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Page 4 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis State housing laws could increase development

Council, city staff say recently passed bills housing proposals on subjective around their regional housing kicking in on Jan. 1, City Hall will reduce local control, spur major change grounds; and pave the way for a requirements. staff are scrambling to under- $3 billion housing bond that will But for the Palo Alto City stand the implications and come by Gennady Sheyner go to the voters in 2018. Council, which has made hous- up with new procedures and poli- or Palo Alto’s housing ad- of affordable housing. They also require cities to ap- ing one of its top priorities for the cies to address them. vocates, the broad package The 15 bills, which sailed prove accessory-dwelling units year, the Sacramento-adminis- Perhaps the most transforma- F of bills that Sacramento through the state Legislature in in all single-family residential tered medicine comes with a host tive bill in the bunch is Sen- lawmakers signed into law this September and then signed into zones; ensure that inclusionary- of unpredictable side effects. The ate Bill 35, known as the “by fall are exactly the type of dis- law by Gov. Jerry Brown, create a zoning requirements apply to new laws could upend the city’s right” housing bill. Authored by ruption that the city needs after streamlined approval process for residential developments, in- policies on everything from park- state Sen. Scott Weiner, D-San years of sluggish residential con- residential developments; make it cluding rental properties; and ing requirements to architectural struction and a deepening crisis harder for municipalities to reject make it harder for cities to dance reviews. And with the new laws (continued on page 10)

TRANSPORTATION For new bike boulevard, it’s not smooth sailing New Ross Road fixtures are confusing bicyclists and drivers, creating danger, residents say by Sue Dremann he city of Palo Alto’s ef- narrowed space with the intent of fort to turn a south Palo passing bicyclists. T Alto street into a bicycle- Palo Verde neighborhood resi- friendly boulevard is encounter- dent Maryann Hinden, an occa- ing a chorus of complaints from sional bicyclist, said she’s contin- residents who say that the chang- ually looking over her shoulder es are making the road more now for approaching cars, espe- dangerous. cially as she cycles through the

Veronica Weber Veronica The first phase of the $8.6 mil- narrow spots. lion Neighborhood Traffic Safety As a car driver, Hinden said she and Bicycle Boulevard Project also finds the new configurations commenced this fall and is ongo- “pretty aggravating.” The bike ing. City contractors are adding lane, when permanently marked, St. Elizabeth Seton School eighth-graders, from left, Yamarie Martinez, Anayeli Lopez, Briana Diaz speed humps, traffic islands, curb will be in the middle of lane, and and Victoria Mora talk with science teacher Scott Bell about the states of matter, which they’re extensions and other modifica- cars and bikes will be expected to learning about in their new science textbooks, on Dec. 7. The school purchased the Glencoe Series tions designed to slow speeders share the road. textbooks, which meet national Next Generation Science Standards, with grants from the Palo Alto along Ross Road, a major route “All I can see is a recipe for Weekly Holiday Fund and the Thomas Merton Center. to local schools. The project in- drivers getting frustrated and volves 7.1 miles of local streets, having road rage,” she said. including Ross, Moreno Avenue, Annette Glanckopf, co-chair Amarillo Avenue, Louis Road, of the Midtown Residents Asso- HOLIDAY FUND Montrose Avenue and Bryant ciation, said in an email that she Street. In addition to the street had a near miss this week on the fixtures, the plan calls for 11 newly configured road. The gift of knowledge roundabouts, three raised cross- “I drove it the other night and walks, five raised intersections almost hit a biker. Two cars can Holiday Fund grant provides students with much-needed new science textbooks and the reconfiguration of four barely pass each other; I do not by Alexandria Cavallaro intersections. know how two cars and a biker Todd Koumrian, a resident of can pass. It is an accident waiting he classroom sat in capti- Eighth-grader Ashley Magal- Standards, a set of national edu- Stelling Drive, walked the area to happen. Although something vated silence in late No- lon, who has attended the non- cational guidelines written and on a recent afternoon, pointing is technically feasible and seems Tvember as science teacher profit Palo Alto school since finalized by 26 states in 2013 to four traffic islands at the inter- very logical, it doesn’t take into Scott Bell explained the day’s kindergarten, received her and revised periodically, science section of Ross and Loma Verde consideration human behavior,” lesson, lecturing from a brand- new textbook this teachers had to seek out or create Avenue that he said now force she wrote. pristine textbook. Each fall. Previously, students supplemental materials to adhere cars into the existing bike lanes, But Palo Verde resident Mark of the 27 eighth-grade like Ashley and Aaron to the requirements. which in turn push bicyclists off Pietrofesa said he approves of the students at St. Elizabeth Andrade, who has also “We had very outdated texts the road. project, which will slow down Seton School, dressed in been enrolled for nine before, so it was imperative that “Cars making a left onto Ross drivers. He cycles about 10,000 navy and red uniforms, years, struggled to learn we update the series,” Principal now have a very narrow spot to miles annually and has a 10-year- had his or her own copy from books published in Evelyn Rosa said. turn. It’s a danger zone,” he said. old who rides a bike to school. open and followed along. 2008 that were not only With the support of a $10,000 Speed humps flanked by con- “Traffic has gotten worse Extra science textbooks were worn from years of use but were grant from The Palo Alto Week- crete landscape boxes that extend around here,” he said, noting that stacked neatly in rows on coun- also on the brink of inaccuracy. ly’s Holiday Fund and $5,000 out into the street have narrowed every day he gets “buzzed” by tertops in the back corner of the Because the textbooks no longer the road into pinch points. Ko- drivers who get too close while room. met Next Generation Science (continued on page 8) umrian said he has seen driv- ers speed up to get through the (continued on page 9)

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EDUCATION Complaints: by the numbers Palo Alto Unified School District is maintaining a District log reveals reports, log of reports and complaints of discrimination at its schools. Updated weekly, this data is from Dec. complaints of discrimination 1 and only includes reports made in the 2017-18 Nearly 100 complaints across the Palo Alto school district school year. show nature, extent of alleged misconduct by Elena Kadvany NUMBER, LOCATION OF COMPLAINTS

s of Dec. 1, the Palo Alto basis of disability to a student’s Ten incidents also took place both Total complaints: 96 High: 38 school district has logged pants allegedly being pulled on- and off-campus, according to Elementary: 41 • Sexual: 21 Anearly 100 reports related down during a game. the log. • Sexual harassment, • Racial: 8 to sexual and racial misconduct, The district’s three middle The vast majority of the inci- inappropriate touching, • Bullying: 1 (on basis of harassment and discrimination. schools have logged the fewest dents are currently under inves- disability) Like a scientist adjusting the complaints: 16 total. JLS Middle tigation. Other cases are “under comments, gender lens of a microscope to bring a School has the most reports (sev- review,” meaning the district has discrimination: 32 • Other: 8 (district staff, network of cells into focus, the en), followed by six at Jordan and not yet determined that a formal • Racial harassment, Paly staff, school board log reveals for the first time the three at Terman. The incidents investigation is merited. discrimination: 3 members and PAUSD as frequency, location and severity are almost evenly split between In four cases, parents requested • Bullying: 2 a whole failed to properly of these incidents as the district ones that are sexual and racial in that the district not conduct an address alleged sexual works toward a higher level of le- nature. There are reports of both investigation. • Other: 4 (student drew gal and policy compliance. verbal and physical sexual harass- The district has determined swastika in art project, assault; allegation about The most recent log, which new ment as well as racial harassment that the alleged conduct occurred employee-employee teacher that did not involve Title IX coordinator Megan Far- and discrimination, including an in four incidences, according to discrimination based on a prohibited discrimination; rell is now posting on the district’s allegation at JLS of “physical the log. disability, student made school activity violated website on a weekly basis, has 96 harm on the basis of race” and In only one case this school prohibition on charging fees; complaints from this school year. different treatment by a teacher year were the allegations not negative religious-based Most of them come from the el- based on race, also at JLS. substantiated. comments, complaint that disability accommodations ementary and high schools, but At the high schools, the ma- Most of the reports were al- parent “touched” teacher) improperly implemented; there is at least one incident from jority of the 38 total reports are leged to have taken place this • There are reports at every report of criminal matter every single campus in the district. sexual in nature. More incidents year, but some stretch back to campus. Ohlone has the potentially involving a At the elementary level, Ohlone have originated at Palo Alto High 2016, 2015, 2013 and even 2011. student) Elementary School has the most School — 24 compared to 14 at As the district works to address most reports (10), followed reports — 10 out of 41 total at the Gunn High School. discrimination allegations of all by Barron Park (6) and • At Paly: 24*; at Gunn: 14 elementary level. Incidents at the The vast majority of incidents kinds, the newly staffed Title Walter Hays (5). Unidentified location: 1 school range from unwanted sex- on the log took place on school IX office is in particular feeling ual touching and bullying on the campuses: 77 out of the total 96. pressure to keep up with the sheer Middle: 16 On or off campus? number of reports. • Sexual: 9 • On-campus: 77 At Tuesday’s school board meet- • Racial: 7 • Off-campus: 9 ing, interim Superintendent Karen • Most reports at JLS (7), then • Both: 10 Hendricks said that she plans to Jordan (6) and Terman (3). Public Agenda hire a full-time investigator and A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week a part-time clerical employee to support the office for the rest of CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss and consider adopting the school year. Having an internal STATUS/RESOLUTION the Sustainable Implementation Plan for 2018-2020 and hear a status investigator would offset costs the • Under investigation: 70 • Allegations not update on the proposed Palo Alto History Museum at 300 Homer Ave. district has incurred hiring outside • Under review (to determine substantiated: 1 The council will then meet in a closed session to discuss a complaint legal firms to conduct Title IX in- from James Judge Luckey against the city. The meeting will begin at vestigations, Hendricks said. The whether an investigation is • “School addressed 5 p.m. on Monday. Dec. 11. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 investigator also would provide appropriate): 11 behavior”: 3 Hamilton Ave. The closed session will follow. much-needed on-campus support • Requested • Misc. resolution: 2 (parties for school administrators still ad- no investigation: 4 reached agreement through COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee justing to the new level of compli- • Allegations substantiated/ mediation; complainant plans to consider amending the city’s taxicab ordinance; discuss the ance expected in the district. 2018 priority setting process and consider an anti-idling ordinance. The The district budget includes an conduct found to have advised of other avenues to meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Community additional $130,000 to fund these occurred: 4 pursue concern) Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. positions through the end of the school year in June. This is on top PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission of more than $700,000 the dis- DATE FILED/REPORTED plans to meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Council trict has spent since this spring Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. to hire a law firm to investigate August: 8 total October: 32 total the district’s handling of a sexual • 8/14-8/31: 8 • 10/1-10/15: 20 LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to assault case at Paly and to fund September: 28 total • 10/16-10/31: 12 discuss the Fiscal Year 2017 California State Public Library Report and a temporary Title IX coordinator • 9/1-9/15: 11 November: 28 total Statistics Output. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. for five months. • 9/16-9/30: 17 • 11/1-11/15: 18 13, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The district needs to “build out the infrastructure of that office • 11/16-11/30: 10 HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 755 while we’re making sure we’re Hamilton Ave., a proposal for a second-story addition to an existing meeting all compliance and ac- 2,536-square-foot home. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. countability measures,” Hen- WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED Dec. 14. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. dricks told the board. 2011: 1 2016: 3 The board discussed the fund- 2013: 1 2017: 80 BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ... The school board’s ing as part of an interim budget policy review committee will tentatively discuss policies on bullying, update the district provides to the 2015: 9 No date: 2 admissions, independent study and board action, among others. The county. The board “gave guid- meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, at the district ance” to staff that supported in- *Editor’s note: One parent filed multiple complaints against the office, 25 Churchill Ave., Room A. cluding the additional $130,000 school district, school board, Paly staff and a student publication in the update but did not take a in relation to two separate allegations of sexual assault at Paly. COUNCIL APPOINTED OFFICERS COMMITTEE ... The committee plans formal vote to approve it, Di- The district has combined some of those complaints into single log to review the performance goals for the four council-appointed officers Brienza said. Q entries, resulting in six complaints total. and consider the next steps in evaluating them. The meeting will begin Staff Writer Elena Kadvany at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, in the Community Meeting Room at can be emailed at ekadvany@ Source: Palo Alto Unified School District City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. paweekly.com.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 7 Upfront News Digest Brock Turner files appeal in sex-assault case A year and a half after a jury found Brock Turner guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, the former Stanford University student is appealing his conviction. Court records show that Mill Valley attorney Eric Multhaup filed an opening brief in the 6th District Court of Appeal on Turner’s behalf on Friday, Dec. 1. The 172-page appeal describes Turner’s trial as “fundamentally unfair” and requests a new one. A Santa Clara County jury last March found Turner guilty on three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration with a foreign object of an unconscious person. Two graduate students testified that they had found Turner on top of the young woman, referred to anonymously as Emily Doe, outside a Weber Veronica fraternity party they had both attended. Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail, a sentence that sparked wide outrage and has led to a high-profile campaign to recall the judge who oversaw the case, Aaron Persky. Turner was also sentenced to three years of probation and to reg- Long-awaited Edgewood Plaza grocery store makes its debut ister as a sex offender for life. He served half of his jail time before The Market at Edgewood in Palo Alto’s Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center held its soft opening on being released. Dec. 1, filling a void left after The Fresh Market abruptly closed in March 2015. Residents from Turner originally filed a notice to appeal in July 2016, shortly after Duveneck/St. Francis and other neighborhoods flocked to the new store, located at 2080 Channing his release from jail, according to court records. Ave. Inside, they found five kinds of eggplant, bins of potatoes, tomatoes, Asian and Indian greens The appeal states that evidence of key character traits — namely, and squash, a variety of pears, apples, grapes, mushrooms and specialty produce, from Buddha’s Turner’s credibility and honesty — was “erroneously” excluded and the hand fingered citron to cherimoya. The store also features an olive bar, full-service deli, bakery and jury was influenced by “extensive ‘behind-the-dumpster’ propaganda” meat and fish departments. In June, the owners of Crystal Springs Produce in San Mateo signed on by the prosecution, who described the assault as taking place behind as the new grocer, with developer Sand Hill Property Company putting up $300,000 in financing a dumpster outside the fraternity house where Turner and Doe met. to seal the deal. To read more about the store, go to PaloAltoOnline.com and search for “Edgewood Multhaup also argues that there was insufficient evidence for each market” or go to tinyurl.com/EdgewoodMarket. conviction. For the most serious felony, assault with intent to commit rape, the appeal argues that “weight of the evidence,” the appeal states, shows that Turner “did not (intend) to have sexual intercourse with Ms. life,” Aaron said. concept and then breaking the Doe but rather to engage in sexual contact short of sexual intercourse.” Holiday Fund Ashley agreed that the shorter matter down into smaller, more In a statement, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen (continued from page 5) sections of the new textbooks digestible components. said that Turner’s conviction will be upheld. Q make it easier for her to study. After familiarizing students — Elena Kadvany from The Thomas Merton Center, “Some textbooks are way too with the structure of the new text- St. Elizabeth Seton School was busy, but these kind of hit the books, Bell said, “The next step City approves Junior Museum and Zoo expansion able to provide new Glencoe Series sweet spot,” Bell said. He’s glad (will) be to integrate the software One of Palo Alto’s most popular family attractions received a big science textbooks and additional that the new books are largely boost Monday night, when the City Council gleefully backed an LearnSmart software for all 90 of its concept-based, presenting the core (continued on page 11) ambitious plan to rebuild and expand the Junior Museum and Zoo. sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders. By a unanimous vote, the council voted to advance the long-planned The textbooks fulfill the require- reconstruction of the Rinconada Park museum and zoo — a project that ments for sixth-grade Earth and will be predominantly funded through private donations. The Friends of Space, seventh-grade Life Science Junior Museum and Zoo had recently completed a $25 million fundrais- and eighth-grade Physical Science ing plan for the project (with the Peery Foundation providing $15 million). curricula. Bell noted, however, that The council voted 8-0, with Adrian Fine absent, to approve the envi- the Life Science books are also a ronmental clearance for the project, pass a park-improvement ordinance great supplemental resource for his CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week (which enables development on park space) and approve a $270,124 bud- fifth-grade students. get appropriation for a new museum and zoo at 1451 Middlefield Road. The new books’ detailed dia- City Council (Dec. 4) The project is being funded by the Friends group and effectively grams and the accompanying in- Zoo: The council approved the environmental analysis for the reconstruction donated to the city, making approval a formality. teractive software are especially of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, The council’s vote Monday allows construction to commence in helpful for English-as-a-second- Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach Absent: Fine Housing: The council discussed the implications of recently passed state 2018, with the goal of completing it in the summer of 2019. Q language learners like Ashley, housing bills on Palo Alto. Action: None — Gennady Sheyner Aaron and their classmates, school staff said. The interactive software Board of Education (Dec. 5) School board approves new donation policy provides videos, review questions Election: The board elected Ken Dauber and Jennifer DiBrienza as president The need to strike a balance between welcoming anonymous donations calibrated to the learning needs of and vice president, respectively, for 2018. Yes: Unanimous and providing transparency as a public agency divided the Palo Alto students and the opportunity for County committee: The board selected Ken Dauber as its representative on the County Committee on School District Organization. Yes: Unanimous school board on Tuesday night, with its members ultimately approving in teachers to include their own notes Stanford GUP: The board postponed approval of a comment letter on Stanford a 3-2 vote a new requirement for internally disclosing donors’ identities. for their students. University’s general-use permit. Action: None People or organizations who give the district more than $50,000 Though students arrive at the Budget: The board discussed the district’s first interim budget update for 2017- and wish to remain publicly anonymous will now have to disclose school speaking English, the major- 18. Action: None Gifts: The board approved a new administrative regulation on gifts, grants and their identity to the superintendent, who would then inform each ity come from low-income homes bequests. Yes: Dauber, DiBrienza, Godfrey No: Baten Caswell, Collins board member verbally, one by one. The board can waive this re- in East Palo Alto and east Menlo CSBA: The board selected Trustee Melissa Baten Caswell to serve on the quirement in public session. Park, where English is not the first California School Board Association’s delegate assembly. Yes: Unanimous Newly elected President Ken Dauber, Vice President Jennifer DiBrienza spoken language. The adaptive and and board member Terry Godfrey supported the new policy, arguing that visual elements of the new science Council Finance Committee (Dec. 5) textbooks and software are particu- Finances: The committee discussed the city’s projected budget gap and the the board should know who donors are in case there is any reputational or recent audit of the city’s financial statements. It recommended amending financial risk to the district. The waiver, they said, provides public account- larly key to helping this population budget appropriations for various funds and approving forwarding to the ability to the board’s decision to accept or reject an anonymous donation. of students learn effectively. council the Fiscal Year 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). Board members Melissa Baten Caswell and Todd Collins cast the “Right now we’re reading about Yes: Filseth, Holman No: Tanaka Absent: Fine dissenting votes. Collins said he could not support building into policy atoms, and it showed a picture of what he described as a “clever” workaround of the open-meeting law, what atoms are made of,” Aaron Utilities Advisory Commission (Dec. 6) the Brown Act, which prohibits board members from talking to more said. The diagrams, and the way Strategic Plan: The commission discussed the 2018 Utilities Strategic Plan and the implementation of the city’ Sustainability and Climate Action Plan. Action: than one other trustee about district business outside of a public meeting. the book simplifies concepts, None Baten Caswell said she was “uncomfortable” with the proposal’s make the material feel more ac- potential to make board members feel “beholden” to someone who cessible to him, he added. Architectural Review Board (Dec. 7) gives a large sum of money to the district. “The old ones, they would just Verizon: The board heard a presentation on Verizon’s plan for a cluster of 15 The policy was spurred by a significant anonymous donation made have an excessive amount of in- small cell node locations in Midtown, Palo Verde, St. Claire Gardens and several neighborhoods sound of Midtown. The board offered feedback, heard public to Addison Elementary School last year. Q formation and wouldn’t simplify comments and continued its hearing to a later date. Action: None — Elena Kadvany it with how it is relevant to your

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Ross Road (continued from page 5) he rides in dedicated bike lanes. He expects traffic on Ross will lessen because the more aggres- sive drivers will take another route, just as many have to avoid ROSS ROAD Bryant, which was the city’s first bicycle boulevard. “I don’t think it can hurt the cy- cling or the driving communities. We just need for everyone to be patient,” he said. Regarding his neighbors’ con- cerns about the new configura- tion, Pietrofesa believes that put- ting the bike lane in the middle of SLOTTED SPEED HUMP the road might force drivers to go a little slower. It also makes bicy- clists more visible. Kids will be better off because drivers will be able to see them, he said. Also, cy- clists won’t have to swerve around parked cars and into the road. The center bike lane will elimi- nate another problem: drivers Courtesy City of Palo Alto passing cyclists and making right To make Ross Road more bicycle-friendly, the city of Palo Alto is adding numerous road fixtures, including extended corner curbs, slotted turns in front of them, imperiling speed humps and concrete medians, among other features. the riders who end up in the driv- ers’ blind spots, he added. will be installed throughout the construction began with pictures But Sunita Verma, who lives on length of Ross Road, have been of what was happening. Ross Road, has concerns. She’s shown to be the most effective “I’m not a traffic engineer or a observed that bicyclists and driv- method for slowing traffic, he bicycle commuter. When I heard ers do not know what to do, espe- said. ‘bike boulevard,’ I thought bike cially when they come upon a nar- City staff is working on a cam- lanes, like Louis Road. When I rowed roadway. She’s seen cars paign for the schools on how to heard ‘traffic calming,’ I thought force students from Palo Verde safely use traffic circles and the speed bumps, like the rest of Ross Elementary and Jane Lathrop other street structures. They also Road,” she said. Stanford Middle schools to stop are developing a user’s guide for The planning department at the new concrete curb exten- residents regarding the new cor- should have mailed a FAQ “in sions and wait for the cars to go ridor. A FAQ will be posted on the plain English, not traffic jargon” through, she said. project website at cityofpaloalto. and a document with a map on one “I wish they had just put a bike org/bikepedsafety. side with pictures on the other. lane in. There’s no space. Kids The road project has lit up the “The city requires other proj- have to go on the sidewalk or in Palo Verde neighborhood, whose ects to provide physical visual the middle of the road,” she said. residents have posted more than notice before final approval — City Senior Transportation 200 comments ranging from dis- cell towers, home additions, con-

Planner Chris Corrao defended may to approval on the website struction, etc. But this significant Veronica Webe the project in an interview with the Nextdoor.com. Residents also change to our street did not do New concrete curb extensions have been built on Ross Road to Weekly. He maintained the project claimed they didn’t receive notifi- that,” she said. narrow the street and slow traffic. will be much safer once it’s com- cation from the city about the proj- The project might turn out well, pleted and the road markings are ect, which led to surprise when the she added, “but I promise you that in creating safe bicycle routes to regarding the final Ross Road in place. The narrower lanes are street fixtures started to appear. if you aren’t a traffic engineer or a schools, supports taking a wait- draft concept plans at Ohlone still legally wide enough for two Ross Road resident Alison Cor- bicycle commuter, it doesn’t look and-see perspective until the work Elementary School on March 29, cars to go through — at least 10 mack said neighbors got only a that way when it shows up unan- is completed. The project’s effec- 2016, and 61 people attended. The feet — and double-yellow mark- postcard about a workshop in nounced in front of your house.” tiveness can’t be fairly assessed City Council approved the plans ings will mark the road’s center. March 2016, a notification of a Penny Ellson, a Greenmeadow by conflicts created in part by on- in May 2016, and the contract was The combination of speed pre-construction meeting in Janu- resident who bikes and drives going construction, she said. awarded by the council on June humps and curb extensions, which ary and a door hanger this fall as on Ross and has been a leader She also implored for people 27, 2017. not to divide into “us” and “them” Assistant City Manager Ed camps of motorists and bicyclists Shikada said in an email that the but to work together and see the public can contact the construc- project as a benefit for all users. tion contractor’s public-informa- The greatest danger to pedes- tion officer through the project trians, bicyclists and motorists website. The city is now making is speed, she said, and this proj- sure that person contacts residents ect addresses that. A pedestrian living near soon-to-be-added fix- struck by a vehicle at 35 mph has tures prior to the construction. The a 68 percent chance of survival; at city is also asking the contractor 25 mph, the survival rate is 85 per- to add project information signs cent, according to the California earlier as construction proceeds. State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. For future projects, Shikada Corrao said that city staff said, city staff and consultants will has heard “loud and clear” resi- do more door-to-door outreach dents’ concerns about the lack during the concept-planning stage, of outreach about the project. in addition to posting public no- The city did hold multiple bike- tices and holding workshops. The along events, conduct outreach at outreach will include posting signs a farmers market and hold four along the route and making direct

Veronica Weber Veronica rounds of community meetings contact with residents who live ad- regarding the city’s planned bike jacent to proposed traffic features and pedestrian boulevards (not prior to project approval. Q specifically for Ross Road, though Staff Writer Sue Dremann it was included) between 2014 and can be emailed at sdremann@ A bicyclist rides down Loma Verde Avenue this week, past a row of parked cars and a newly constructed 2016. Staff held a public meeting paweekly.com. concrete island, as a vehicle navigates the turn from Ross Road. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 9 Upfront

Attorney Molly Stump indicates. zones that allow residences, have multifamily housing applications As an example, staff consid- Housing That’s because based on data at least two units and be consis- that the city receives,” the memo ered a scenario in which a devel- (continued from page 5) through 2016 (which covers the tent with “all objective zoning from Gitelman and Stump states. oper seeks to build a mixed-use first two years of the 2014-2022 standards.” The bill also bars The memo notes that large project on El Camino Real, with Francisco, the bill would apply to planning cycle), the city has only cities from adopting laws to pre- projects requiring local legisla- housing over ground-floor retail. jurisdictions that have not been issued permits for 16 percent of vent a project’s eligibility for the tive action (e.g. rezoning) or de- As long as residential use makes issuing enough building permits its allocation for market-rate units streamlined review. sign exceptions will still have to up 75 percent of the project, it to satisfy their regional housing (310 total units) and 8 percent of Under SB 35, cities have 60 go through the city’s regular pro- would qualify for a streamlined allocations for various income its allocation for affordable-hous- days to determine whether a proj- cess, which gives council mem- review. One project of this sort categories. ing units (121 total). ect is eligible for streamlining bers wide discretion to approve was recently approved at 3877 Though the state Department In cities that fall short of the and then an additional 30 days to or deny them. But more than 13 El Camino Real, the former site of Housing and Community De- housing goals, as determined review the project, with a focus percent of the land in Palo Alto of the Compadres Bar and Grill. velopment hasn’t yet determined by Regional Housing Needs As- only on “objective criteria.” has zoning designations that The new three-story development which agencies will be subject to sessment, Senate Bill 35 creates “In some ways, SB 35 is a could accommodate housing, and will include 11 townhouses and the bill, city officials are expect- a streamlined approval process game-changer for multifam- “property owners in these areas six condominiums, along with ing Palo Alto to be among them, a for multifamily residential proj- ily housing development in Palo could choose to shape their pro- about 4,000 feet of commercial memorandum from Planning Di- ects that meet certain criteria. Alto because of its potential to posals to be eligible for stream- space. rector Hillary Gitelman and City The projects must be located in influence the size and location of lined review,” the memo states. The law could also have major

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Page 10 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront ramifications for Stanford Re- Plan could become moot under document that each city has to The U.S. Census Bureau esti- search Park, where zoning al- the new rules, which could force approve detailing its plans for en- Holiday Fund mates that, in 2015, about 50 per- lows some residential space. the city to approve more housing couraging housing construction (continued from page 8) cent of Hispanic East Palo Alto Even though the density of resi- units than it planned to. and listing potential housing sites. teens graduated high school and dential development is capped by “If you’re talking about chang- The new laws require cities to without diluting the reading pro- a mere 10 percent continued to a floor-area-ratio of 0.4 to 1 (the ing the community, this has the file annual reports on their hous- cess we’ve established.” higher education. In contrast, 95 built square footage can only be potential to do it,” Scharff said. ing progress, track whether cities Bell said that the vocabulary of percent of students from the Seton 40 percent of the site’s area), the Some of these changes can are acting consistently with their the books is slightly above stu- School graduate high school and large size of the parcels in the Re- be very positive, he said. The Housing Elements (and poten- dents’ reading level, but he isn’t 75 percent continue on to some search Park could lead to many new laws, for instance, can spur tially revoke the certification of concerned. He prefers to “teach form of higher education. The new units getting approved “by a housing boom in downtown, the documents for those agencies up,” he said. graduation rates among school right.” California and El Camino Real that aren’t) and make it difficult “It’s above,” he said, “but it’s alumni are a source of pride, not Currently, the city requires — areas that the council believes for cities to list already developed accessible.” just for the accomplished stu- developers to receive use per- are particularly suitable for the sites on their housing inventories. To help students grasp the con- dents, but for their parents and the mits for residential projects in development. At the same time, DuBois wanted to add even cepts and language, teachers take whole Seton community. the Research Park. The new law, the pace of development could be more clarity by recommending the time to work with students in “We want to prepare our stu- Gitelman said, would prevent the faster than what residents are ac- that the council establish its own small groups so that each can have dents to share in the prosperity city from requiring these permits, customed to, he predicted. specific target for the percentage individualized attention when that Silicon Valley offers,” Ca- provided the project meets the “When you talk about changing of new housing units that should working through more difficult ligaris wrote in the school’s ap- bill’s qualifications. the character of the community be designated for low-income grammatical concepts. plication to the Palo Alto Weekly Another significant change and having rapid change — this residents. The population of students at Holiday Fund earlier this year. Q is an update to the Housing Ac- is the kind of thing that can actu- “I think it’s going to take that Seton School is 80 percent His- More information about the countability Act, which limits ally achieve it in a way that could kind of focus in our area if we’re panic, with just under 10 percent Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, a city’s ability to deny a zone- be very different from the kind of really serious about affordable of students from the Pacific Is- including how to contribute and compliant housing project or to stuff we talk about,” Scharff said. housing,” DuBois said. lands, and, according to Carmel a list of people who’ve already require less density even though Several council members, in- His proposal did not, however, Caligaris, the school’s advance- donated, can be found on pages it falls under the zoning maxi- cluding Cory Wolbach and Tom sway the majority. Some council ment director, the majority of stu- 12 and 13. Read additional Holi- mum. Two bills, Assembly Bill DuBois, lamented the dimin- members, including Scharff and dents will be first generation high day Fund stories at PaloAltoOn- 678 and Senate Bill 167, both ishment of local control under Vice Mayor Liz Kniss, suggested school and college students. line.com/holiday_fund. raise the burden of proof for lo- the new state bills even as they that creating new local require- cal agencies that reject housing praised the new legislation for ad- ments would be premature at this projects. Another, Assembly Bill dressing a problem that council point. City staff are already draft- 1515, requires courts to give less members have been struggling to ing a new work plan for possible deference to cities in rulings on solve. DuBois said the focus on code revisions to encourage more City of Palo Alto zoning consistency. “affordable housing” is particu- housing development — an effort Architectural Review Board Regular Meeting “All three of these bills would larly positive. that was sparked by a recent col- 250 Hamilton Avenue, Council Chambers strengthen existing provisions in Council members have been leagues’ memo from Councilman December 21, 2017 at 8:30am the law and increase penalties for “wishy-washy” in defining what Adrian Fine, Kniss and Wolbach. non-compliance, making it much the term means, he noted. Under Kniss noted that for all the talk more difficult for the city to dis- the new state requirements, devis- about encouraging the construc- Action Items approve or reduce the number of ing a single definition is moot, as tion of affordable housing in re- PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 380 Cambridge [15PLN- units in a housing project,” the municipalities will be required to cent years, there has been little 00249]: Consideration of Major Architectural Review to Allow memo states. make progress on new homes in action on that front. For the City Council, the new each income category. Until the council actually votes Demolition of Three Existing Commercial Buildings Totaling 32,083 bills could significantly shift the SB 35 isn’t the only new law to approve an affordable-housing Square Feet and to Construct a New Three-Story Commercial community conversation about that tracks a city’s progress on project, Kniss said, she will not Building Totaling 35,000 Square Feet. The Request Includes a housing, Mayor Greg Scharff said meeting its regional allocation. believe that her colleagues are se- Design Enhancement Exception to Allow the Project to Exceed the at Monday night’s council meet- The package of legislation also rious about providing affordable /LPNO[3PTP[ -LL[0U(KKP[PVU;OLYLPZH9LX\LZ[[V>HP]LHU6Ɉ ing. The council’s recent debates includes three Assembly bills housing. Q Street Loading Space. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From as to whether the city should — 879, 1397 and 72 — that con- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) plan for 3,000 or 10,000 housing cern themselves with the Hous- can be emailed at gsheyner@ in Accordance With Guideline Section 15332 (In-Fill Development units in the new Comprehensive ing Element, the state-mandated paweekly.com. Projects). Zoning District: CC(2)(R) (Community Commercial with Retail Shopping Combining District). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Sheldon S. Ah Sing at [email protected]. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 2370 Watson Court [17PLN-00306]: Recommendation on Applicant’s Request for Approval of a Major Architectural Review for a Master Sign Program That Would Allow for Changes to Donor and Tenant Names That are Consistent With the Master Sign Program Without Subsequent Planning Review. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance With Guideline Section 15311 (Accessory :[Y\J[\YLZ AVUPUN +PZ[YPJ[! 9634 ,+(+ 9LZLHYJO 6ɉJL and Limited Manufacturing Subdistrict-Embarcadero With a Site and Design and Automobile Dealership Combining District). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Claire Hodgkins at [email protected] 4256 El Camino Real (17PLN-00357): Request for Preliminary Architectural Review for a new 51,266 Square Foot Five-Story Hotel Including 90 Guest Rooms 96 Parking Spaces, the Majority of which are in Parking Lift Systems. Environmental Assessment: Not a Project. The Formal Application Will be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review. Zone District: CS File photo/Veronica Weber (Service Commercial). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Samuel Gutierrez at [email protected]. The Architectural Review Board is live streamed online at http:// midpenmedia.org/category/government/city-of-palo-alto and available on via cablecast on government access channel 26. The complete agenda with accompanying reports is available A host of new state laws aim to encourage the construction of housing developments, like Mayfield Place, online at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/arb/default. located on El Camino Real in the Stanford Research Park, which opened in June and has 70 apartments asp. For additional information contact Alicia Spotwood at alicia. for low- and moderate-income residents and ground-floor services and retail. One bill requires cities and [email protected] or at 650.617.3168. other municipalities give a “streamlined” review to housing proposals that meet certain requirements.

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On November 17th Ruth V. Wick passed away in her Los Altos home where she had lived for more than 70 years. In Pulse Miscellaneous Possession of drugs...... 1 POLICE CALLS that home she shared with her husband Bradford Wick, she Found property...... 7 Under influence of drugs...... 1 Palo Alto Lost property ...... 2 raised four daughters. When the daughters were in school, Miscellaneous Nov. 29-Dec. 5 Misc penal code violation ...... 3 Coroner case ...... 1 Psychiatric hold ...... 4 Ruth became very active in the local chapter of the AAUW Violence related Found property...... 5 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 Domestic violence ...... 1 Info case...... 4 and the Friends of the Library. In later years she worked with Vandalism...... 4 Theft related Lost property ...... 1 Warrant/other agency...... 3 Physicians for Social Responsibility. Fraud ...... 1 Missing person...... 1 Grand theft...... 3 Unattended death...... 1 Psychiatric subject ...... 1 Ruth is survived by her daughters—Kristen Wick, Janis Identity theft ...... 5 Misc. sex crime...... 1 Petty theft...... 2 Menlo Park Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 Wick, Claudia Bonnet, and Laurel Wick-Langill and three Shoplifting...... 4 Nov. 29-Dec. 5 Vandalism...... 1 Warrant arrest...... 2 grandchildren—Amanda Langill and Brian and John Bonnet. Vehicle related Theft related Auto recovery ...... 1 Fraud ...... 2 Warrant/other agency...... 8

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She was 91. She was Driving under the influence...... 1 Alcohol or drug related Palo Alto born Eleanor Jane Baker on Sept. Drunk in public ...... 2 Driving under the influence...... 2 Arastradero Road, 11/30, 12 a.m.; Possession of drugs...... 4 Drunk in public ...... 1 domestic violence with battery. 3, 1926, in Hudson Falls, New York, the daughter of Harry and Charlotte Baker. She graduated from Hudson Falls High School in 1944. She was captain of the cheer-leading team, was active in numerous organizations, and was voted the “most popular girl” in her class. She became engaged to The MEDICARE ANNUAL her high school sweetheart, Andy Doty, and corresponded with him throughout his service in World War II and their college years. They married on July 29, 1950, and raised three daughters. The family ENROLLMENT Period Ends December 7 lived in in Canton, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ann Arbor, Michgan before settling in Palo Alto, California in 1963. Eleanor will be remembered for her great zest for life, her deep love of family and friends, and her adventuresome spirit leading Is your Medicare coverage still right to treasured hikes and explorations in Yosemite and the Sierras, Point Reyes Seashore, the Italian Dolomites, England’s hill and for you? dale, Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness and the Colorado Rocky Mountains. She and Andy held season tickets to theater companies in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Ashland (Oregon). She Get your Medicare health plan was an avid Stanford sports fan alongside her husband and many friends. questions answered. She savored creating scrumptious meals and gathering her circle around the table, with a bottle of wine, for spirited conversation and much laughter well into the wee hours; she was an avid reader I can also review the high-quality care and affordable attending weekly literature and poetry classes, monthly book clubs and author readings. 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Kaiser Permanente Medicare They include: Bobbie and Jackie Baker (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Susan (Doty), Michael, Meredith and Rebecca Shepard (Boulder, Health Plan Sales Specialist Colorado); Ann (Doty), Andy, David and Michael Protter (Palo Alto, California); Nancy Doty, Bill, Erica and Amy Howe (Boulder, Colorado). 408-857-3927 Along the way, an aspiring graduate student from Holland, Rob Van der Wijngaart, joined the family in all but name. He is father mykpagent.org/carlf to two sons, Ben and Tim (San Jose, California). The family is deeply indebted to the compassionate staff at the Vi, to Betty Nguyen in particular who cared for Eleanor daily with tenderness and love. And also to the staff and volunteers at Mission Kaiser Permanente is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Hospice, especially to Pat Rice who brought poetry, song, kindness Kaiser Permanente depends on contract renewal. You must reside in the Kaiser and laughter to Eleanor each Wednesday for the better part of a Pemanente Medicare health plan service area in which you enroll. Calling this year. In her final days, Eleanor shared with her family the precious gift of last love, generously given and received. She drew us together number will direct you to a sales specialist. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., as she did in life and we will forever hold her close and dear. 393 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91188-8514. Y0043_N00006388_B_CA PAID OBITUARY

Page 14 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Robert J. Saldich (1933 – 2017) TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths Bob Saldich, retired CEO of Raychem the Assistant to the President of Kaiser Corporation and former Chairman of The Aluminum. Robert “Bob” Knight the site for many gatherings dur- Commonwealth Club of California and In 1963 he met and married Anne Robert “Bob” Knight, a 66-year ing the summer and winter. All resident of the Barron Park neigh- six children and their families the American Electronics Association, has Rawley and in 1964 their son Alan was borhood in Palo Alto, passed live a short distance away from died in Palo Alto. born. That same year he was recruited by away peacefully with family by his Palo Alto home, which was Bob’s leadership abilities surfaced early. a small materials science firm in Menlo his side on Nov. 18, 2017. a hub of activity, with countless His mother said that he was president of Park, CA, Raychem, founded by Paul Born in the small town of Ran- gatherings to welcome family dall, Minnesota, on Dec. 4, 1922, through the decades, she said. his class every year through elementary Cook. Then in 1966 he was sent to England Knight took an early interest in Knight is survived by his six school, a claim he modestly neither to start up their European operations and engineering. He graduated from children and their spouses: Bob confirmed nor denied. he, with a lot of other very talented people, the University of Minnesota with Knight, Dennis (Lonnie) Knight, He was born in New York City in 1933, helped Raychem grow to be a Fortune 500 a bachelor’s degree in electrical Rick (Carol) Knight, Margaret engineering. He then served in Olivier, Terry Knight and Mary into a prosperous company, and in 1990 the U.S. Army Signal Corps as Dandridge; 10 grandchildren Russian Jewish family, he succeeded Paul a captain from July 12, 1943, to and 14 great-grandchildren. He the son of Bertha and as CEO and Robert March 1, 1946. Once home, he is preceded in death by three had a 30-year career with Bechtel grandchildren: Ken Knight, Alexander Saldich, Halperin as President, Corporation, traveling the world Christine Dandridge and Caro- the youngest of 26 helping to grow with his wife of more than 71 line Dandridge. first cousins. His revenues by 50 percent years, Therese, his granddaugh- Instead of flowers, the fam- grandfather emigrated by the time he retired ter Brandy Faulkner said. ily would appreciate donations Knight enjoyed collect- to Snowline Hospice, 6520 in 1896 and formed the in 1995. Besides his ing stamps and coins, golfing, Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Royal Table Company, leadership, he infused traveling, building furniture Springs, CA 95619 or visit pieces of whose the company culture and camping with family and snowlinehospice.org. Q furniture still exist. with his memorable friends. He was an involved neighbor, never short of good BIRTHS Bob’s mother was the humor, and everybody advice or the energy to help first child of the family remembers Raychem build new additions or re-wire Nicholas Matson and born in America. as a fun place to work. their homes in his spare time, Kristin Neirinckx of Palo When in 1948, Bob’s In 1993 it was listed in according Faulkner. Alto, a son, Nov. 16. But more than anything Knight father followed a job to the book, The 100 Best was a devoted family man, she Ze’ev and Mali Rosenstein Shreveport, Louisiana, Companies to Work added. He and Therese raised six of Menlo Park, a son, Bob was not at all sorry for in America, by children and built a family cabin Nov. 18. at Donner Lake, which served as to leave New York, because in Louisiana you Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz. could drive at 15! He quickly established His interest in business education led him himself at Byrd High School on the debate to be appointed to the Visiting Committee team and was selected for Boys’ State. His for the Harvard Business School, and David Russell Wells unbending integrity made him stand out the advisory boards for Cal Poly and the April 26, 1931 - July 29, 2017 and he was sent from there as a delegate to University of Santa Clara Business School. Boys’ Nation, the highlight of his young In retirement his social policy interests led David Russell Wells, 86, life being meeting President Truman in him to invest his energies in The American died peacefully at home the Rose Garden. Leadership Forum, the State of the World on July 29th, 2017. David He went on to Rice University in Forum, and the Silicon Valley Center for was born and raised in Palo Alto and remained Houston, Texas, filling leadership roles Community and Justice, now FACES. a lifelong resident. He at- in almost every organization he joined, Bob leaves his wife, Virginia, his son, Alan tended Lytton Elemen- a circumstance that would repeat itself (Nancy), and his devoted step-children, tary School (1938-1944), for the rest of his life, and graduated in Tad (Eleanor) and Stan (Heather) Thomas, Jordan Middle School 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Melinda Thomas (Michael Fabozzi), and (1944-1947), Palo Alto High School (1947-1950) and Menlo Col- in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science in Meg Thomas Dudley (Scott). He always lege (1955-1956). David was in the U.S. Navy 1951-1954. He was Chemical Engineering. He was chosen as a said, “They are my child and your children, in UA-125 Air Squadron at NAS Miramar. His squadron was Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University but they are our grandchildren”: Emily deployed on the USS Oriskany and the USS Boxer during the in 2006 “For his leadership in business and and Ben Saldich; Elizabeth, Andrew and Korean War. David was the son of James Bertrand Wells, a pro- commitment to public service.” Bronwyn Thomas; Clare, Paige, and Will fessor of engineering at Stanford University and also a graduate After a brief stint at Proctor & Thomas; Drew and Lindsey Dudley, along of Palo Alto High School (1907) and Claire French Humphries. Gamble, using his Chemical Engineering with step-grandchildren Elizabeth and David was the fourth of five sons – Ted, Jack, Alan and Richard. background to supervise the manufacture Madeline Fabozzi. All of whom adored David worked 34 years for Hewlett Packard as an experimen- tal machinist in HP Labs. He retired in 1990. of Pink Dreft, Bob went on to Harvard him and miss him intensely. David was an avid automobile enthusiast. He raced his Business School, Class of 1961, where he Bob’s Memorial Service will take Chrysler 300 at the local drag strips and was a chief mechanic finished as a Baker Scholar, and stayed for a place at 2 pm December 27 in Skylawn for a car that participated in the SCCA San Francisco Region. year after graduation, having been selected Memorial Park at the intersection of He owned nearly 50 cars in his lifetime and was often seen over as an assistant to the legendary professor, Routes 35 (Skyline) and 92 in San Mateo. the years driving around town in his 1941 Plymouth Business General Georges Doriot, who started Donations in his name that would please Coupe. the first American venture capital firm, him greatly can be sent either online to David loved spending time at his cabin in Lake Tahoe and for American Research and Development. Historysmc.org where the archive of many years he took his family and friends out on his boat teach- It was that background that got him a Raychem documents is being collected. ing them how to water-ski. He also loved fine wine and dining job offer from the Whitney family in Or by mail to the San Mateo County and made many trips down to Paso Robles over the years. Da- New York to be their first private venture Historical Association, 2200 Broadway vid was also an expert on Palo Alto history was revered by his capitalist. But Bob was eager to leave New St., Redwood City, CA 94063, Designate neighbors. We will miss his love of life and sense of humor. York and came instead to California to be in Honor of Robert J. Saldich.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 15 PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Stumped on What to CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE Give Your Parents? BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp (TENTATIVE) AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING – COUNCIL CHAMBERS DECEMBER 11, 2017 @ 5:00 PM Closed Session Give them the gift of: The gift of an 17. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY- EXISTING LITIGATION Subject: James Judge Luckey v. City of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County Superior Court Case No. 16CV303728 GIndependence Avenidas Village membership lets Special Orders of the Day GFriendships 1. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Dave Dockter for Outstanding Public Service your parents stay G 24/7 support Upon his Retirement  in the home they 2. Acceptance of Santa Clara County Healthy Cities Initiative Awards GSense of belonging love, while keeping 2A. Proclamation Honoring Annette Glanckopf for Outstanding Public Service GCultural outings them active, safe Consent Calendar GTransportationp assistance and connected! 4. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute Amendment Number 1 to the Mills Act Historic Property Preservation Agreement for 900 University Avenue (Squire House) Removing the Public Tour Requirement Consistent With State Law Call ()(650) 289-54055 5. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.11 of Title 2 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to or visit Reauthorize Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Access Fees That Will Apply to Comcast as it Provides Service Under its State Video Franchise www.avenidas.org  (KVW[PVU VM ;OYLL 9LZVS\[PVUZ!   9LZVS\[PVU (TLUKPUN ,]LYNYLLU 7HYR4H`ÄLSK 9LZPKLU[PHS Preferential Parking Program Resolution 9663; and 2) Resolution Amending Southgate Residential Preferential Parking Program Resolution 9688, Both to Adjust the Number and Allocation of Employee Parking Permits; and 3) Resolution Establishing a Two-hour Parking Restriction on the East Side of El Camino Real Between College Avenue and Park Boulevard and in the Commercial Zones Adjacent to Changes are coming! 1515 El Camino Real and 1638 El Camino Real 7. 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Page 16 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Editorial The risks of secrecy School board splits on whether and how to accept large anonymous donations

Editorials, letters and opinions hen developing a new public policy, a sure warning sign Spectrum should be when the policy has to thread a needle to Wavoid violating existing laws and, in doing so, becomes convoluted and irrational. The Palo Alto school board struggled Tuesday night trying to trains that frequently are exceed- (GUP) must fully mitigate its ac- balance competing interests of transparency and donor privacy, Letters ing 100 miles per hour as they roll tual impact of the ingress/egress and a bare majority (Ken Dauber, Jennifer DiBrienza, Terry God- through a station. of more people, done through: frey) approved a new policy that, in our opinion, skates on the edge The art we deserve Caltrain can carry over 1,000 1. Prioritizing aggressive hous- of the law and brings an unacceptable level of secrecy. Editor, passengers whereas most auto- ing construction on-campus and The issue arose because in March 2015 a representative of a still- I just read that the People Have mobiles carry one, sometimes in the nearby communities to undisclosed person approached Addison Elementary School Principal Spoken and we will finally be two. The economics of focusing satisfy the need for all added Amanda Boyce with the desire to give as much as $15 million or more rid of two pieces of controversial on effective rapid transit is worth residents; to improve the school, Palo Alto’s oldest and smallest campus. Palo Alto public art: “Go Mama” it in every sense of the word. 2. Expanding the current traf- While the potential gift raised the issue of equity among other and “Digital DNA.” Oh yes, let’s James Thurber fic-management tools to reach all schools, the request for anonymity added another troubling ques- do choose our art based on what Snow Street, Mountain View residents/visitors interacting in tion: Should a major donor to a public agency be permitted to be won’t offend, outrage or cause any way with Stanford Univer- unknown to the public? complaint because that is the Put the climate first sity’s campus going forward. Instead of immediately bringing the matter to the school whole point of art, right? Editor, As written, the GUP falls board, former Superintendent Max McGee allowed district staff I was never a great fan of either The Palo Alto Weekly’s Dec. 1 short on both of these impor- to work with the donor’s representative for nine months before piece. Found the first interesting question of the week was “What tant goals. Santa Clara County word eventually leaked out, and he then waited another three but the stuff of nightmares and the potential problems resulting from and Stanford University can months before disclosing details and requesting the board’s ap- second pretty but rather obvious Stanford University’s proposed continue their proud partner- proval of a $17 million concept plan and the acceptance of an in it’s point-making. Still, both expansion should the county most ship of wise decision-making initial $1.3 million anonymous donation. were art. Perhaps not great but not scrutinize?” for the good of all area citizens With no policy in place on accepting anonymous gifts, the fakes, neither hackneyed nor full My response: the imposition by placing climate-change miti- board eventually acquiesced and approved moving forward with of pretension. Both were trying. of more greenhouse gases into gation front and center in Stan- the anonymous donation, a decision we reluctantly supported They didn’t seem boondoggles. our atmosphere, worsening the ford’s development plans aimed under the circumstances. Remember the Color of Palo growing crisis of climate disrup- at now and the future. For the last 18 months, the board has discovered how difficult it is Alto? Songs from the Music Man tion everywhere. At a minimum, Jeralyn Moran to craft a policy to guide these matters in the future. Several meetings kept running through my head. the Stanford General Use Permit Los Robles Avenue, Palo Alto of the board’s policy committee have been devoted to the issue, which Were we ever told the color? was brought back to the board this week with a poorly conceived and Drum roll, please! Did it turn out WHAT DO YOU THINK? badly drafted approach to handling anonymous donations. be greenish-brown? Was I the only The new policy appropriately requires that gifts of more than one who wasn’t on tenterhooks? $50,000 be approved by the school board and that the board discuss The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage Do let’s hope the art we get and provide direction to the superintendent at an early stage when a or on issues of local interest. next to replace the two will be the potential gift of more than $1 million has been proposed by a donor. sort of things that sit in the grass For a donor who wishes to be anonymous, however, the policy outside of banks: some big, bland creates a bizarre road map for skirting both the Brown Act meaningless twists of metal that Should Palo Alto close any open-meetings law and the California Public Records Act. It might have have been dropped of its rail crossings to traffic? states that the superintendent will determine the identity of the from the sky by a littering giant. donor and will then “inform the Board in confidence.” But it It will be exactly what we also allows the board to vote in a public meeting to waive being deserve. informed of the donor’s name. Proponents of the policy argue Chana Feinstein Submit letters to the editor of up to 300 words to [email protected]. that having a public discussion on granting a waiver would ef- Midtown Court Palo Alto Submit guest opinions of 1,000 words to [email protected]. Include your fectively “sunshine” the issue. We strongly disagree. name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, On what basis would a board member vote against being in- Close the rail crossings libel and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be formed by the superintendent of the identity of the donor? And Editor, accepted. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a what if it did vote to learn the identity? How do five board mem- Thank you for the excellent ar- granting of permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Media to also bers and the superintendent knowing the identity of a donor, but publish it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. ticle last week discussing rail/au- For more information contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at [email protected] not the public, provide any accountability? tomobile crossing sites. Palo Alto or 650-326-8210. This policy is a clever attempt to appear to construct safeguards is fortunate in that many of them against improper influence of anonymous donors, but in fact would are already separated. likely lead to rumors, suspicions and controversy. It promotes be- The cost of elevating tracks or havior that violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the state Constitu- building a bridge/tunnel interface tion, the Brown Act and the Public Records Act. A superintendent is excessive. Palo Alto might be making individual phone calls to each trustee to avoid holding wise to consider the economic what would be an illegal meeting and avoid creating a public docu- alternative of simply blocking off ment so it couldn’t be viewed is an end-around to bypass the laws the roadways where they cross the intended to ensure transparency in public agencies. tracks. We commend trustees Melissa Baten Caswell and Todd Col- This could be done for under lins for seeing these problems and opposing the new policy and $10,000. Simply place concrete are disappointed that Dauber, DiBrienza and Godfrey decided barricades and remove the cross- the new policy was good enough. ing signals/arms. Ultimately, fenc- Previous donors of major gifts, such as the Peery Family, who ing could be extended to elimi- generously funded the new gyms at Paly, have accepted that dona- nate pedestrian/bicycle crossings. tions to a public school need to be public information. The City of Provide space so that uneducated Menlo Park has insisted that John Arrillaga’s gifts of the Burgess drivers could easily make a U- Gym and, potentially, a new library be publicly disclosed even turn. Automobile drivers will find though he preferred to make them anonymously. a way to get to their destination; In a school district that is already vulnerable to feelings that some they always do. parents have more influence than others, there will always be ques- In terms of safety this is a tions about what advantages an anonymous donor may later seek or mixed bag. Many suicides occur receive for their children by selectively revealing their special do- not at rail crossings but in stations nor status to teachers, administrators or board members. Whether where trains don’t stop, frequently it be a starting position or leadership role on a sports team or in the passing through the station at 60 school play, assignment to the best teachers, special college recom- mph or more. Even the Europe- mendations, leniency in discipline or influence over school policy, an rail system, with 100 percent there is simply too much opportunity for abuse and unfairness. separation of vehicles/trains, These practices are all too familiar in private schools. Our has to deal with “pass-through” public school district can and must do better. Q

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 17 A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Karla Kane

by Kaila Prins From a purely technical perspec- t’s very probable that Jules tive, TheatreWorks puts on a fan- Verne, French author and one tastic show. The conceit of Brown’s I of the fathers of science fic- adaptation of the book has five ac- tion, never anticipated that his tors playing all of the parts, switch- “Around the World in 80 Days” ing costume, accent, gait and facial would be playing as a madcap farce hair at the drop of a hat. As with on stages in 2017. Yet Theatre- any good farce, there are pratfalls, Works Silicon Valley has pulled mistaken identities and silly sound it out of the time capsule, bringing effects galore. Under the direction the 2001 adaptation by playwright of Robert Kelley, the cast handles Mark Brown to Palo Alto this holi- this script admirably, with comedic day season. timing so precise they’d make the “Around the World in 80 Days” “real” Phileas Fogg proud. follows the story of a British gentle- As far as the acting goes, every man named Phileas Fogg, whose actor is a standout, so the fact that Kevin Berne life has been completely predict- they can work together without able, punctual and devoid of friend- upstaging one another is another ship or family. He’s driven out sev- feat. Both Jason Kuykendall (as eral servants with his finicky and Fogg) and Ajna Jai (as the princess exacting behavior, and the gentle- Aouda) do an admirable job of Sir Francis (Ron Campbell) and Parsi (Michael Gene Sullivan) cower from “formidable beasts” man at his club think he’s a bit of playing the “straight man” foils to in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” an odd duck. When a new servant, the character work going on around a Frenchman named Passepartout, them. Ron Campbell, whose abil- parts of the world — and the peo- funny stereotypes. text to comment on the problematic arrives, he sees this as the perfect ity to shapeshift into just about any ple living there — are strange, sav- It’s disappointing, because the nature of the stereotyping and oth- assignment: After a wild and un- character with the application of a age and “other.” The characters blatant racism of the material does ering in Verne’s book, it might have predictable life, he’s ready to settle fake mustache or a hat is absolutely we meet, as a result, are incredibly the TheatreWorks team a disser- been a better production. As a farce down and have some stability. stunning (and is often the source of crude stereotypes that play to the vice — the acting, direction, set that celebrates the source material On the day Passepartout arrives, the audience’s loud guffaws). Mi- worst of ethnic fetishization. design and technical execution without a critical eye, “Around the the men at the gentlemen’s club read chael Gene Sullivan, as well, is a That may have been all well and were all flawless. But the source World in 80 Days” falls flat. Q an article announcing the comple- master at hamming up the bit parts; good in the 1870s, when this book material rings far too hollow in Freelance writer Kaila Prins can tion of a transcontinental railroad in addition, his ability to give De- first appeared, but for an audience 2017 to act as a solid foundation for be emailed at [email protected]. in British-held India — making it tective Fix a palpable character arc in 2017, it’s entirely cringeworthy. this talented team. The playwright technically feasible for a person to and emotional growth while also Culture is literally worn as a cos- wrote, in a note shared on his blog, What: “Around the World complete a round-the-world trip doing pratfalls is commendable. tume in this play — costumes that that his intent was to poke “fun at in 80 Days.” by train and steamship for the first It’s Tristan Cunningham, however, are meant to highlight the differ- nearly everyone.” But intent is not Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, time. Fogg wagers that he can make who carries the show as the hap- ence between the civilized Western the same as impact and when the 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. it in 80 days and the men take him less Passepartout. Her character man and his Eastern counterpart. only person who makes it out un- When: Through Dec 31 (see up on it, to the tune of £20,000. work, acrobatic skills and energy It’s material like this, wherein scathed by satire is the white man online for specific showtimes). Thus begins an adventure that are unparalleled. “otherness” is the primary driver of with the savior complex, it might Cost: $40-$100. takes Fogg, Passepartout and the But for all of its merits from the the comedy, that continues to con- be time to take a step back and ask Info: Go to TheatreWorks.org. friends, enemies and unexpected technical perspective, there is one tribute to the very problems we’re whether the play is really doing for allies they make along the way very large painted elephant in the experiencing in our politics and the audience what it intends. around the world. Throw into the room: the racism inherent in the culture now: suspicion, hatred and I wanted to love TheatreWorks’ READ MORE ONLINE mix a bumbling detective bent on source material. violence against people of color. It’s production of “Around the World in PaloAltoOnline.com arresting Fogg for a suspected rob- Jules Verne wrote his book at a not enough that there was diversity 80 Days” but I couldn’t get past the bery, an Indian princess rescued time when the British and French in this cast; the text itself is flawed, discomfort of being complicit in the For Karla Kane’s review of Pear from certain death and several saw no problem in colonizing Asia. because it asks us to “punch down” very thing I protest outside of the Theatre’s world premiere of “The Millionth Production of A Christmas natural disasters, you should have The perspective of this white, male and laugh at people who will ulti- theatre enough to muster a laugh. Carol,” go to PaloAltoOnline.com/arts. the recipe for a good time. author shows us that the Eastern mately be hurt by these supposedly If the playwright had used Verne’s

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Despite big expectations and bigger prices, Nobu Palo Alto doesn’t quite deliver

From top, clockwise: Nobu’s yellowtail sashimi jalapeño plate, date cake and signature black cod with miso.

By Monica Schreiber The answer might depend on our waitress told us that our in- we also tried a few of the side crunchy candied pecans and a Photos by Veronica Weber when you go. Many of Nobu’s sig- quiry about the provenance of the dishes, including a disappointing side of rum-raisin flavored mal- ts many fine restaurants aside, nature dishes and cocktails have ocean trout inspired a staff debate roasted cauliflower ($14). A few aga gelato. Palo Alto has not been home to stood the test of time, especially if about whether Tasmania was “a undercooked, forlorn-looking flo- Over one lunch and two dinners, I a true celebrity-chef establish- you’re celebrating an IPO or din- real place.” rets rolled around on a small plate a number of other dishes distin- ment since Wolfgang Puck pulled ing on the tab of a venture capital- Luckily, Tasmania is home not and were so slightly seasoned we guished themselves and a few fell up stakes on Spago in 2007. ist. Four months into operations, just to cartoon devils, but to some were hard-pressed to taste much of short. With a typical dinner for two Now there’s Nobu. Anyone who though, with the small dining room succulent ocean-going trout ($35). anything except oil. The eggplant easily hitting $300, the expectation has been paying even a little atten- jam-packed every night, Nobu Palo Served with crispy spinach and spicy miso ($12) was five bite-sized is that every aspect of the meal — tion to the local restaurant buzz Alto is still uneven and unpredict- swimming in a decadent sea of chunks of eggplant coated with a ambiance, service, food — should knows that Nobuyuki Matsuhisa able. The black-clad servers are butter and chilies, this silky hunk sweet-ish chili sauce and served on hit the mark every single time. The and his A-list business partners young and eager, but often in over of blush-colored fish is more deli- a banana leaf. challenge right now with the Palo bestowed on Palo Alto the honor their heads. cate than salmon, with some in- In the “cold” menu section is an- Alto Nobu is that no matter how of being the first Northern Califor- The minimalist decor by Los An- tense, peppery heat. “Melts in your other Nobu classic, the new style good the food might be on a given nia outpost in their global empire. geles-based Montalba Architects mouth” are the most cliché words sashimi ($29). Salmon is sliced visit, the ambiance is a yawner and Nobu opened in Oracle CEO Lar- is sleek but all too obvious: white one could employ in a restaurant a smidgen thicker than sashimi, the service needs polish. As the ry Ellison’s Epiphany Hotel in July, onyx bar, teak wood, shoji screen review, but I will use them in this quickly bathed in hot sesame and servers grow into their roles, and taking the street-front location that walls. The tables are so tightly con- case without shame. olive oil and seasoned with garlic, the planned expansion improves had been Lure +Till. figured you could well find your- Similarly, the black cod with ginger, chives, sesame and yuzu the ambiance, these issues could Then, in early October, they self privy to a hot tip about a new miso ($36) still holds up as one sauce. The quick pass through hot be forgotten as quickly as we de- took over the entire 83-room hotel. start-up. “Irasshaimase!” might of Nobu’s cult favorites: a wedge oil teases the flavorful fats from voured our black cod miso. Q The Nobu Epiphany now is part of be shouted in your general direc- of cod is said to be marinated for the fish, making for succulent, but- Freelance writer Monica Schreiber the Nobu Hospitality chain, with tion upon entry, but the traditional two days in sake and miso, which tery bites. can be emailed at monicahayde@ hotels from Manila to Ibiza. Plans greeting feels hokey coming from coalesces into a sweet and savory Crispy rice with spicy tuna yahoo.com. are in motion to expand the res- the 20-something servers. glaze once the fish is roasted. The ($10 per piece) was a little tower taurant: Nobu is seeking architec- “You guys all set?” is what you more understated Chilean sea bass of mushy toro tartare, served on Nobu, 180 Hamilton Ave., tural review from the city to build might expect to hear across the with dry miso ($38) was deeply a crisp rice cake and topped with Palo Alto; 650-666-3322; no- a two-story, 4,240-square-foot street at the Peninsula Creamery. flavorful and perfectly salted with avocado. Yellowtail sashimi jalape- burestaurants.com/palo-alto/ restaurant around the corner on But when you’re deciding if you a rich umami finish. The fish is ño ($29), another of Nobu’s widely experience-3 Emerson Street. want to dip into your kid’s col- topped with crispy onions and a imitated standards, is six diamond- Hours: Breakfast, daily: 7-11 a.m. Whenever a restaurant grows lege tuition fund for the 16-ounce few delicate pieces of flash-fried shaped slices of raw hamachi, Lunch, daily: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. into an empire — or is known as prime New York strip with sea- asparagus. served in the shape of a pinwheel, Dinner, Sun.-Thurs. 6-10 p.m.; Kim Kardashian’s go-to spot on sonal mushrooms ($78), a bit more Decadent rock shrimp tempura each piece topped with a smidgen Fri. and Sat. 6-11 p.m. Seating in two coasts — expectations run formality would be in order. ($26) can be ordered with ponzu of jalapeño. The dish offers a nice bar and lounge, 3-6 p.m. high. Can Nobu really sustain the During one Saturday evening or a “creamy spicy sauce.” We re- interplay of heat and citrus from culinary magic across five conti- dinner, no one in our party of four ceived a nice-sized serving of crisp, the yuzu sauce, but at about $5 per  Reservations Parking nents, 30-plus locations and three could understand much of any- delicately fried shrimp topped with nibble, it got my vote as the most  Credit cards Catering decades? Does the restaurant’s sto- thing our young server relayed in the latter. Plump, fried shrimp in a overpriced —and perhaps over-  Wheelchair  Outdoor ried Japanese-Peruvian fusion cui- her rapid-fire patter. Another meal, chili-infused sauce seasoned liber- hyped — dish we experienced. access seating sine warrant the second mortgage taken early on the bar side of the ally with garlic and some rice vin- At dessert, the banana soy toban Bathroom you might need to take out on your restaurant, was better paced and egar for tang: perfection. ($16) was a standout: delicately  Alcohol Cleanliness: midtown Eichler? more clearly narrated. Hilariously, From the “hot” side of the menu, caramelized bananas topped with Excellent

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Page 22 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com MOVIES NOW SHOWING

A Bad Mom’s Christmas (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Blade Runner 2049 (R) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Coco (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-13) +1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Darkest Hour (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun. The Disaster Artist (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 50th Anniversary (1967) (Not Rated) Century 20: Sunday Just Getting Started (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Photo by Justina Mintz, courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Entertainment Bros. Warner of courtesy Mintz, Justina by Photo Justice League (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Lady Bird (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Met Opera: Hansel and Gretel Encore (Not Rated) Century 20: Saturday Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Roman J Israel, Esq. (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Shape of Water (R) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. The Star (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Wonder (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. James Franco plays the eccentric Tommy Wiseau, known for making what’s been dubbed “the worst Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto film ever made,” in the biographical comedy “The Disaster Artist.” (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. 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The movies have produced Wiseau is a wildly weird individu- became so elusive and ambitious some truly terrible specimens, al — turns into the solution. Mys- in the first place: a lifetime of ridi- + Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding but perhaps none so successful as teriously wealthy, Wiseau decides cule. There’s real hurt there and in “The Room,” Tommy Wiseau’s to bankroll his own independent Wiseau’s uneasy ongoing success 2003 independent film that swift- film, which he will write, direct precisely because he is a joke. It’s “ALTOGETHER ly became notorious as one of the and star in opposite Sestero. The a hurt that “The Disaster Artist” ” worst films ever made and, there- rest is history, as Wiseau clueless- grazes but never fully reckons by, a cult “midnight movie” sensa- ly bangs out a melodramatic script with for fear of blunting the com- tion. With “The Disaster Artist,” and begins overcompensating for edy of schadenfreude. Likewise, Palo Alto-raised actor-director his total lack of experience by the movie’s awkward laughs sud- James Franco tells the uproarious overspending: buying equipment denly darken when Wiseau turns behind-the-scenes story of “The he should be renting, simultane- monstrous on the set, but all is for- Room,” with elaborate recreations ously shooting on both film and gotten and forgiven by the more of “The Room” and its enigmatic digital HD, and building unnec- or less happy ending, chased with maker. essary sets. Before “The Room” a post-credits appearance by the A GUILLERMO DEL TORO FILM “The Disaster Artist” takes the could become a cult film, Wiseau actual Wiseau. perspective of aspiring young ac- had to join the cult of the auteur, Like the hilariously inept melo- tor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco, positioning himself as an eccen- drama of “The Room” itself, James’ brother) on the weirdness tric genius whose bizarre choices Tommy Wiseau offers Franco that is Wiseau (James Franco). ought not to be questioned. a goldmine of oddities. His per- Working from Sestero’s memoir Rather than answering any of formance mostly qualifies as a (with Tom Bissell) “The Disas- these questions, “The Disaster collection of quirks: that accent, ter Artist: My Life Inside ‘The Artist” keeps them ever-central with its terrible diction and absurd Room,’ the Greatest Bad Movie to its comedy, which plays out claim of New Orleans origin; the Ever Made,” screenwriters Scott less like a true story and more indiscriminate age; the dead eyes, Neustadter and Michael H. Weber like a Judd Apatow movie (appro- emotional disconnect and side (“(500) Days of Summer”) lean priately, that producer-director brushes of his jet-black mane. It “ ” into the bromance of Greg and makes a cameo). Does Wiseau only takes a few minutes of Fran- PURE ENCHANTMENT. Tommy, beginning with a “meet expect more from this bromance, co’s Wiseau for him to tee up one cute” in a San Francisco acting given his jealousy of Greg’s new of the film’s funniest lines, when class. 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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 23 A monthly section on local books and authors

A guide to children’s books about classic life lessons by Debbie Duncan he holiday season is often a time to introduce include stories about family, friends, pets and other clas- new books to children as special gifts or in front sic components that make up good children’s literature. T of the fire, shared with family during winter eve- These books celebrate everything from loyal pets and nings. We’ve put together a list of books for children that schoolyard friends to cultural diversity and family bonds.

“Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List” by “Real Friends” by Shannon Hale, artwork Kate Klise, illustrated by M. Sarah Klise; by LeUyen Pham; $13 paperback; First Second $18; Feiwel and Friends (ages 4-8). (ages 8-12). There was never a time when Eli the dog Young readers who loved the best-selling wasn’t in Astrid’s life. These best friends graphic novel memoirs “Smile” and “El do everything together. Yet dogs age faster Deafo” will be instant fans of “Real Friends.” than girls, and Astrid wishes, “If only we Though white, Mormon, 1980s Salt Lake City could STAY like this forever.” Since that is very different from multicultural, high- isn’t possible, Astrid makes a bucket list tech, contemporary Silicon Valley, Shannon’s for things to do with Eli before he gets experience finding and keeping a best friend, “too old”: bike ride; library (check out and dealing with the ins and outs of “The books about dogs); movie (Lassie); sleep Group” are easily identifiable for anyone outside and under the covers; and eat who’s been a schoolkid in oh, about the last spaghetti with meatballs at a restaurant 100 years. Shannon deals with anxiety, as (echoes of “Lady and the Tramp”). In well as bullying from peers and an older the end, and all along, really, Eli simply sister. She doesn’t always do the right thing wants to spend time with his Astrid. and she’s not the popular leader her friends That is his bucket list. Adrienne and Jen are. Not everyone can With cheerful paintings of dogs, peo- be! Shannon does, however, have the imag- ple, and Astrid’s little world, Berkeley ination of a budding writer: she devises illustrator Sarah Klise adds depth and elaborate stories to play with her friends. humor to her sister Kate’s thoughtful LeUyen Phan’s stunning artwork in “Best story about the end of a dog’s life. Friends” helps the reader feel what Shan- non is going through. A helpful Author’s Note explains more about Shannon’s elementary school years, and encour- ages kids to “hang in there.” “Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy” by Lau- rel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes; $15; Chronicle Books (ages 6-9). Charlie and Mouse’s grandfather, “Slider” by Pete Hautman; $17; Candlewick Press Grumpy, comes to stay for the weekend in (ages 10-14). this charming chapter book for early read- David Miller says he has a boring name and an or- ers, the second in a series. Charlie, who dinary existence as the middle child stuck between is getting big, and Mouse, who decides a straight-A older sister and an autistic younger he is “getting medium,” delight in having brother. David does acknowledge that he is good Grumpy around to pounce on, watch a at eating massive quantities of food —especially not-too-scary movie inside a blanket fort, pizza — fast. His hero is San Jose’s Joey Chestnut, and fix hot dogs and pizza. They’re sad the perennial Nathan’s Hot Dog champion. There’s when Grumpy has to pack his bag to go, money to be earned in competitive eating contests, which is actually one of the best things and David needs to win one because he acciden- about this book. It’s okay for kids to be tally put $2,000 on his mom’s credit card. Oops. sad, and I applaud author Laurel Snyder David trains for the Pigorino Bowl, held at and illustrator Emily Hughes for show- the Iowa State Fair, for a month: eating heads of ing that beautifully. And for leaving the cabbage, bowls of spaghetti, and lots and lots of door open for Grumpy to come back. He forgot his toothbrush! (continued on next page)

Page 24 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Title Pages (continued from previous page) Support pizza. While stretching his stomach he also takes care of his brother. Turns out Are you getting the our Kids he’s pretty good at that, too. “Slider” has plenty of service you deserve? gross-out humor and eat- with a gift to the ing challenges, as well Palo Alto Weekly as an unsolved mystery, We answer our to keep kids turning the Holiday Fund pages. phones.

“You Bring the Dis- tant Near” by Mitali Perkins; $18; Farrar Straus Giroux (ages 12 and up). Three generations, six women — each a Serving the community for over 26 years! unique blend of Bengali and American cultures, CHARLIE PORTER and all with stories to tell. “You Bring the Farmers® Agency Distant Near” is a spe- License # 0773991 cial novel of the American experi- Her daughters grow up, find part- 671-A Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park ence, one with much to say about ners and careers, and have daugh- Donate online at families, immigration, prejudice, ters of their own. The family now 650-327-1313 fitting in, growing up, learning, includes black in-laws. Gradually [email protected] paloaltoonline.com/ loving. Ranee eases back into her daugh- holiday_fund The book begins in 1973, just ters’ and thus granddaughters’ before the Das family immigrates lives. Some of the biggest chang- to the U.S. to a primarily black es (and laughs) come when Ranee New York neighborhood that becomes an American citizen. “SHEER JOY! Tara and Sonia’s Ma, Ranee, con- She wants to “look more Ameri- siders an unsafe stepping stone can,” too, and that to her means The finest toast to the season.” in their American journey. The wearing muumuus. Then she re- – SF Chronicle girls make friends and learn to turns to her old New York neigh- THE code-switch between languages borhood, not the same person she and cultures with help from TV had been decades before. (for Tara, aka Marcia Brady) It is no surprise that this young and books from the library (So- adult novel by East Bay author CHRISTMAS nia). Ranee badgers her husband, and Stanford alumna Perkins was whom Tara and Sonia adore, to longlisted for the National Book make enough money so the fam- Award. “You Bring the Distant ily can move to New Jersey. They Near” should find a wide audience do make it out. Then tragedy hits, among teens and adults in Silicon BALLET followed by the first big laugh of Valley and beyond. (Disclosure: the book, which involves a young I am proud to consider myself a hippie priest. friend of Mitali Perkins.) Q MAKING THE Ranee holds tight to her biases – Debbie Duncan is a as she settles into the life of a Stanford writer and author of HOLIDAYS SIZZLE! Bengali widow living in America. books for children and adults. Ballet, tap, swing, jazz— it’s all there in Smuin’s Book Talk annual yuletide treat, with Kepler’s celebrates the holidays Alto. Proceeds from the event, plenty of new surprises. ... Kepler’s Books is hosting its hosted by the Friends of the annual holiday party on Sunday, Palo Alto Library, will benefit Dec. 10, from 3-5 p.m. at the Palo Alto libraries. The event DECEMBER 6-10 bookstore, 1010 El Camino Real, includes everything from gently Menlo Park. This year’s holiday used books in the Main Sale Mountain View Center party, hosted by the board of Room to $1 books at the Tent

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 25 The Class Guide is published quarterly by the Palo Alto ust because it’s winter and the days are colder and Weekly, The Almanac and the Mountain View Voice. J shorter, doesn’t mean you have to stay bundled at home. There are plenty of classes and other activities offered along the Midpeninsula this season to get you out of Dance Connection classes for the six-month basic instru- 650-494-8686 / info@midpenmedia. the house and moving. Whether its dancing, cooking or learn- 4000 Middlefield Road, L-5, Palo citons begin Jan. 2, 2018. org / midpenmedia.org ing a foreign language, our list of local offerings is bound to Alto. 650-322-7032/ info@dancecon- For Seniors The center offers workshops for a nectionpaloalto.com / danceconnec- range of media arts, including video fulfill at least one of your goals, interests or passions. production, photo enhancement, stu- tionpaloalto.com. Avenidas Dance Connection offers a pre- dio work and more. The center sug- school combination class for pre- 4000 Middlefield Road, 2nd floor, gests starting with one of its free hour- Business & Tech Dance school-age children (beginning at Building 1, Palo Alto. 650-289-5400 long orientation sessions. The next age 3), graded classes for youth and / avenidas.org. orientation is scheduled for Dec. 21. CareerGenerations Brazivedas adults and other programs to meet Avenidas offers a plethora of class- es, as well as lectures and workshops, Pacific Art League 2225 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. 53 Shorebreeze Court, East Palo dancers’ needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip- hop, lyrical, Pilates and other instruc- for seniors focusing on topics such as 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. 650- 650-320-1639 / info@careergener- Alto. 650-644-7343 / brazivedas.com. general health, physical fitness, lan- 321-3891 / [email protected] ations.com / careergenerations.com. Brazivedas offers classes in tion is available for students at various levels of ability. Registration for the guages, humanities, computing, mu- / pacificartleague.org CareerGenerations offers group Brazilian dance, music and mar- sic and writing. Membership costs, Instructors teach many mediums, workshops and programs to meet the tial arts for all ages and experience Spring 2018 season will be accepted until Feb. 1 on a space-available basis. fees and class descriptions are listed including drawing, painting, water- career needs of a variety of individu- levels. Classes are held at sev- on the website.Registration for Win- color, printmaking, digital art and als, including college students looking eral venues, including Lucie Stern Sports & ter classes, which run from January more. Registration for Winter 2018 for internships, graduates looking for Community Center, Stanford Uni- Outdoors through March, opened Dec. 4. is open. employment and those re-entering the versity campus and a home studio market. The next six-week Job Search in East Palo Alto. Special needs Palo Alto Art Center Group for Women starts on Jan. 24. Kim Grant Tennis Academy 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. 650- 3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Bay Area Friendship Circle 650-752-8061 / admin@kimgrant- 329-2366 / cityofpaloalto.org/gov/ 3921 Fabian Way, Suite A023, tennis.com / kimgranttennis.com. depts/csd/artcenter Palo Alto. 650-858-6990 / bayare- The Kim Grant Tennis Academy Palo Alto Art Center classes and afc.org, / [email protected] organizes an array of tennis classes workshops — teaching children, The Bay Area Friendship Circle and programs for adults and chil- teens and adults — cover such areas offers programs for children, teens dren, including those with special as ceramics, painting, drawing, jew- and young adults with special needs needs. Registration for Spring 2018 elry, sculpture, Adobe PhotoShop ages 2 to 22 year-round as well as opens Jan. 30. and more. Registration for the Win- winter and summer camps. Trained ter quarter, which begins Jan. 8, 2018, United States Youth teen volunteers provide one-on-one is open. Volleyball League friendship and support. To register for programs or camp visit the web- School days Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow site. Winter camp operates Dec. 26 Drive, Palo Alto. 310-212-7008 / to Dec. 29. Amigos de Palo Alto [email protected] / usyvl.org/locations/ paloalto. Language 1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto. 650- Run by the league and volunteers, courses 493-4300 / info@amigosdepaloalto. the youth volleyball program allows com / amigosdepaloalto.com boys and girls of all skill levels from Amigos de Palo Alto is a Spanish- Language classes at the immersion preschool for children 2 ages 7 to 15 to play and learn the Palo Alto Adult School sport in a fun, supportive and co-ed 1/2 and older. Palo Alto High School, Tower environment. Registration is open for Emerson School the April 10 to June 2, 2018 season. Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. 650-329-3752 / adultschool@ 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. Health & Fitness pausd.org / paadultschool.org/class/ 650-424-1267 / emersonschool@head- world-languages sup.org / headsup.org/emerson-school Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Classes are offered in Spanish, Emerson School provides a full- Alto French, Italian and Mandarin Chi- day, year-round program for grades 4000 Middlefield Road, M-4, Palo nese. Registration is open for Winter 1 to 8, teaching a personalized, Mon- Alto. 650-327-9350 / mjchan@ttopa. 2018 classes, which begin in January. tessori curriculum. com / ttopa.com. Arts Gideon Hausner Jewish At Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto, Day School established in 1973, students learn the The Midpen Media Center Art & Music classical Yang Style Taijiquan Slow 450 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. Classes Form style of tai chi. The next new 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. 650-494-8200 / hausner.com Preschool Art & Music Private Music Lessons

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HomeA weekly guide to home, garden & and realReal estate news, edited byEstate Elizabeth Lorenz Home Front ROOFTOP SOLAR CHANGES ... If you live in Palo Alto and are considering rooftop solar, the deadline is approaching for the end of the Net Energy Metering program. This gives customers with solar power on their homes a Midpeninsula parents special billing arrangement for electricity generated by with no kids at home their rooftop systems. The city plans to transition to a have few housing options different program once it reaches its 10.8-megawatt cap for the current program, by David Goll which is expected to happen ucy Berman has a unique perspective, this month. Under the newer experiencing firsthand both sides of program, customers would the empty-nester conundrum having still receive a credit for hourly L a major impact on the tight Midpeninsula electricity exported to the housing market. grid but at a different rate. A real estate agent since 2004, she sees To ensure that all customers potential homebuyers struggling to find evaluating solar can apply homes they can afford in one of the nation’s for the city’s NEM program most expensive housing markets. With the this year the city utilities staff expense comes the fact that available home is recommending that City inventory continues to shrink. Council extend NEM program At the same time, Berman and her hus- eligibility to all solar applicants band, Palo Alto homeowners since 1984, through Dec. 31. In addition, whose children have left the nest, are among Image courtesy of Photospin. the city is planning to extend those acknowledging that they are living in the program’s window within more house than they need in a city where property taxes on a new dwelling is another create more affordable housing. which customers must property values have increased enormously drawback when they consider selling and He advocates more California counties complete their solar project in recent years. relocating. adopt existing state laws allowing home- to 12 months. The Palo Alto Like many other local empty nesters, the Dreyfus said those negatives are especial- owners ages 55 and older to retain their City Council will review these Bermans considered downsizing to a small- ly true for older members of the baby-boom Prop. 13-created lower property taxes on recommendations at its Dec. er home on a smaller lot a few years ago. But generation — the 77 million Americans new properties they purchase. Chancel- 11 meeting. If approved, the they decided such a move just didn’t make born from 1946 to 1964. This is not as much lor also supports area cities building more program rule changes will sense financially. of an issue however, for empty nesters on the densely developed, transit-oriented housing take effect on Tuesday, Dec. “We found once we paid all of the taxes younger side of the scale, or the late boom- suited to empty nesters so they can sell large 12. For more information, (resulting from a sale), there would be no ers, the youngest of whom are still more houses they no longer need. go to cityofpaloalto.org/ money left,” Berman said. “We have a lot of than a decade away from traditional retire- People’s attitudes toward living with less solar or cityofpaloalto.org/ friends in the same position. Most of them ment age. They no longer need the amenity space, possessions and automobiles are nemreservation. have owned their houses anywhere from 20 of top-rated schools for their children and changing, Chancellor contends, even in to 40 years.” may even be wearying of the region’s infa- Silicon Valley. But the region hasn’t really GROW ORCHIDS ... These And most are staying put, Berman said, mous traffic congestion. caught up with the idea of building more, beauties can be grown here, thinking about remodeling projects that will “A move for them is more likely not con- denser housing, exacerbating the area’s with a bit of knowledge and TLC. allow them to age in place. Those would nected to retirement,” he said. “They have housing problems. Lyngso Garden Materials will include things like relocating their master lots of time left and have the attitude they’re “As people get older, they’re not getting offer a clinic on growing orchids bedroom downstairs or finding where in the not going to let taxes get in the way of their into their cars as much,” he said. “If we had on Saturday, Dec. 9, from house they could build an elevator to the lives. They’re enthusiastic about the possi- more of the right (dense, transit-oriented) 10 a.m. to noon. Participants second floor. Those individual decisions to bilities for the second half of their lives.” type of development on the Peninsula, and will get to know cool-growing stay, multiplied hundreds or thousands of Most of his clients in that category move public transit was clean, cheap, safe and orchids, such as masdevallia times, combined with the continuing large to another part of the Bay Area, often San convenient, people would be more likely to and cymbidiums, as well as number of overseas investors sinking cash Francisco, or to a less expensive part of Cal- sell their homes. I’ve had the opportunity to everyone’s favorite indoor into pricey Midpeninsula real estate, is ifornia or a neighboring state, Dreyfus said. see more livable communities when I lived orchid, the Phaelaenopsis. having major consequences for Berman’s “Psychologically, it’s an easier thing for in Italy and Scandinavia. My wife is Dan- Learn how to re-pot, water and clients. them to do if they’re worried about leav- ish, so I’ve spent lots of time in Europe. I’ve feed orchids and get them to “It’s very difficult for people to find ing friends or a favorite yoga class,” he said. only had to rent a car once when there.” bloom again. Lyngso is located places to live here, whether they’re now rent- “They still feel they’re a part of the Bay Whether empty nesters are considering a at 345 Shoreway Road, San ing locally or moving here from elsewhere,” Area community. And some have second sale of their property, renting it out, or just Carlos. To register, go to she said. “There’s a very limited stock of homes in places like Tahoe or Montana or staying put, the strength of the Midpenin- lyngsogarden.com. houses for sale and the prices are astronomi- Carmel, and they want to spend more time sula housing market is stoking lots of activ- cal compared to other parts of the country. there.” ity, said real estate agent Karen Trolan of I have had clients who ended up not taking Brian Chancellor, sales manager in the Alain Pinel, who is a past president of the Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, jobs here after seeing the cost of living. It’s Palo Alto office of the Sereno Group, agrees Silicon Valley Association of Realtors. She home improvement and gardening a huge problem for local employers.” that younger baby boomers tend to be more said there are lots of advantages to selling in to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, Getting socked with taxes on a house sale willing to sell their homes than their older the current hot market and she’s seen many P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA is indeed a deterrent for many empty-nester counterparts, move to new communities empty-nester clients move to less expensive 94302, or email elorenz@paweekly. com. Deadline is one week before homeowners, said Michael Dreyfus, a resi- and become active members. “And I think markets like Auburn (in the Sierra Nevada publication. dential real estate broker and president of they’re less concerned about their children foothills) or Arizona. Others decide to rent Silicon Valley for Golden Gate Sotheby’s inheriting their property,” he said. “They out their properties if they want to keep their International Realty. want them to earn their own way in the options open to return to the Bay Area or READ MORE ONLINE “They look at taxes and capital gains and world.” plan to eventually bequeath their homes to PaloAltoOnline.com blanch, because they might have 40 percent Chancellor said despite the area’s incred- heirs. Q going to state and local taxes,” Dreyfus said. ibly tight housing market, common-sense David Goll is a freelance writer for the There are more real estate features online. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com/ For homeowners who benefited from measures could be taken to help ease the Weekly. He can be emailed at david.w.goll@ real_estate. 1978’s Proposition 13, paying higher availability of existing homes and help gmail.com.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 29 In Learning We Trust ! The mission of 10 Books A Home is to cultivate the intrinsic learning motivations of high- poverty preschoolers with the aim that all children served enter kindergarten ready to learn and perform above grade level in elementary school and beyond. Volunteer tutors provide one-on-one at-home lessons every week for up to two years. Parents participate during each lesson and work with their children between lessons. Early childhood education experts have shown that focusing on kindergarten-readiness has many advantages over waiting to intervene until late elementary or middle school years. 10 HERE Books A Home helps translate this research into practice and has four years of data for its four cohorts of graduates. All four groups have performed either at or above grade level in kindergarten through third grade. This is in sharp contrast to their peers in the school FOR district, 81% of whom are performing below grade level. We currently serve 180 families in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park and will open our GOOD. East San Jose site in 2019. Support us and learn more at www.10BooksAHome.org 1% for Good provides grants to local organizations that are active in improving our communities. Sereno Group Palo Alto will be supporting 10 Books A Home from October to December 2017.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 31 THE ADDRESS IS THE PENINSU THE EXPERIENCE IS AIN PINEL

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Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors®. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation. Page 32 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com LUXURIOUS REMODEL WITH GATED SERENITY GARDEN RETREAT WITH HISTORIC PRESTIGE 455 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park 399 Atherton Avenue, Atherton Offered at $4,998,000 Offered at $4,988,000 www.455SantaMargarita.com www.399AthertonAve.com

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 8, 2017 • Page 37 Sports Shorts SOCCER HONORS . . . Menlo College’s Kaylin Swart and Rachel McCloskey were each named to the NSCAA All-Southwest region women’s soccer team for the second straight year. Swart was named to the first team and McCloskey was selected to the second team. McCloskey finished tied for the team lead in assists with three. Her nine points tied for second-best on the Oaks. Swart, who played with South Africa at the 2016 Rio Olympics, featured a 6-4-3 record on the year, with a 0.824 goals against average, the best of her Menlo career and the best in program history. She made 73 saves and featured an 84.9 percent save rate. Her six shutouts give her 19 in her storied career, Jeremy Reper/isiphotos.com also the best mark in program history . . . Stanford junior forward Michelle Xiao was honored with the NCAA’s Elite 90 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at his or her championship site. Xiao, The Stanford women’s soccer team celebrate its second title overall and the first since 2011. Menlo School grad Jaye Boissiere was named the a biomechanical engineering major game’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player and Sacred Heart Prep grad Tierna Davidson was named Most Outstanding Defensive Player. from Omaha, owns a cumulative 4.05 GPA and was recently named Pac-12 All-Academic first team . . . Stanford men’s soccer team is represented by Stanford women win second national title five student-athletes on the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division Cardinal men prepare for a possible third straight title this weekend I All-Far West Region Teams. Forward Corey Baird, defender by Rick Eymer Davidson was named the Most unimaginable. It was very special.” the apex of college soccer. Tomas Hilliard-Arce, forward Foster hen Menlo School grad Outstanding Defensive Player. Her problems actually began at Before the series of injuries, Langsdorf and midfielder Drew Jaye Boissiere is healthy, Stanford (24-1) won its second Menlo, where she helped lead the Boissiere was a regular visitor to Skundrich were first team selections W she’s a game changer. women’s soccer title and the first Knights to their first ever CCS Di- the U.S. Olympic Development and goalkeeper Nico Corti earned a Last weekend she showed she can since 2011. It was also its first trip vision III title in 2012. She missed Center. spot on the third team. be a season changer too. to the Women’s College Cup in most of her final two prep seasons Stanford completed a dominant Playing with more celebrated three years. with injuries. season in which it set school re- IT’S THE WATER . . . Stanford Stanford women’s soccer team- That’s about how long it took The cause was a mystery until cords for goals (91) and tied the sophomore Katie Ledecky was mates like Sacred Heart Prep grad for Boissiere to fully recover from she was diagnosed with small mark for shutouts (19). The Cardi- named Pac-12 Swimmer of the Tierna Davidson and Team USA a series of injuries that left her on intestine bacterial overgrowth, nal won its final 22 matches, pick- Month. Ledecky won eight individual member Andi Sullivan, Boissiere the sideline for the majority of the which had led to nutritional defi- ing up the last two in the same races in seven different events, which more than held her own. past three years. ciencies and susceptibility to in- state it suffered its lone loss (3-2 included an American record in the Boissiere scored in the 67th Boissiere, embodying the spirit jury. This has been her first fully at Florida). 1650-yard freestyle. Through the minute to snap a tie and lift Stan- of competition, refused to give in healthy collegiate season. Freshman Catarina Macario as- month of November, Ledecky owns ford past Pac-12 rival UCLA, 3-2, and was ultimately rewarded for An academic senior, Boissiere sisted on all three goals. The last the fastest time in the nation in the in the championship game of the her courage, determination and still has two years of athletic eligi- was her 17th of the season, break- 200, 500, 1000 and 1650 free, and NCAA tournament on Sunday at hard work. bility remaining. For the moment, ing the school single-season re- is the only swimmer to break four the Orlando City Stadium in Or- “It’s been a wild journey, but I nothing else matters but being cord set by Christen Press in 2009, minutes in the 400 IM . . . Stanford lando, Fla. have had a great support system all able to hold a championship tro- when many went to Kelley O’Hara. sophomore freestyler Grant Shoults She was named the game’s Most around,” Boissiere said. “Getting phy that represents endurance and was named CollegeSwimming.com’s Outstanding Offensive Player. back there and playing has been resiliency as much as achieving (continued on page 39) National Swimmer of the Week. Shoults swam top-eight times in the 200, 500 and 1,650-yard freestyles STANFORD VOLLEYBALL at the Texas Invitational last week, including wins in the 500 and 1,650 frees. A regional worthy ON THE AIR Friday of a Final Four NCAA men’s soccer semifinal: Stanford vs. Akron, 3 p.m., ESPNU/ Four of top 13 teams meet at Maples Pavilion WatchESPN by Rick Eymer College women’s volleyball: Utah (26-2) play in the earlier regional Erin Chang/isiphotos.com vs. Texas at Stanford, 6 p.m., ESPN3 ifferent year, different semifinal at 6 p.m. College women’s volleyball: Stan- coach, different system, Stanford won a dramatic five-set ford vs. Wisconsin, 8 p.m., ESPNU D different lineup but same match at Wisconsin last year and Saturday success. That’s Stanford volley- beat the Longhorns, who bring a College women’s volleyball: Stan- ball in its purest form. 20-match winning streak into the ford regional final, 7 p.m., ESPNU The fourth-ranked Cardinal weekend, in a spirited, competitive Sunday (29-3) continues its journey in the match in the national finals. Stanford’s Tami Alade goes for a kill. The Cardinal meet Wisconsin College men’s soccer: NCAA NCAA volleyball tournament this It’s a regional worthy of a Final at 8 p.m. Friday in the Sweet 16. Championship Game, 10 a.m., ESPN2 weekend at home, when it has a Four. All four teams are ranked 13-0 mark. Stanford plays No. 11 among the top 13. The Utes were Final Fours. often had five freshmen on the READ MORE ONLINE ranked and unseeded Wisconsin one of the teams that beat Stan- John Dunning, who coached the court at once. www.PASportsOnline.com (22-9) at 8 p.m. ESPNU will air ford on its own court last year, Cardinal to the national champi- What he did know was the the match. Wisconsin is unseeded for the onship last year and then retired, young group knew how to have For expanded daily coverage of No. 11 seed Utah (24-9) and No. first time in 14 years and Texas didn’t always know what he was college and prep sports, visit www.PASportsOnline.com 6 seed and second-ranked Texas has advanced to five consecutive going to get from a team that (continued on page 39)

Page 38 • December 8, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com PREP ROUNDUP ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Familiar foes face off Menlo, Palo Alto meet for Burlingame hoops title by Glenn Reeves Sophomore Cole Kastner record- he Menlo School and Palo ed steals on consecutive posses- Alto High boys basketball sions and Sam Fortenbaugh sank T teams get together for a the first of a trio of 3-pointers in scrimmage every year. Not sur- the span of under two minutes. prising, since Knights coach Fortenbaugh finished with 12 Keith Larsen and Paly’s Peter points, all on 3s. Diepenbrock can trace their Menlo senior Joe Foley scored friendship back some 30 years. 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds, McKenney Pam On Friday, they’ll be meeting recorded four assists and made as opposing coaches for the first four steals. Riley Woodson, also a time in the championship game of senior, recorded 12 rebounds and the Burlingame Lions Club Tour- eight points. Junior Nate Solomon Joe Foley scored 20 points nament, scheduled for 8 p.m.. contributed 12 points. Wednesday night. It’s been five years since the two For Palo Alto, Spencer Rojahn schools have met in a meaning- scored 17 points to lead the way, of the Bay Area Elite Showcase at Hannah Jump Ayo Aderboye ful game and neither coach was including three 3-pointers. Jared Laney College. PINEWOOD BASKETBALL PRIORY BASKETBALL around when the Vikings beat Wulbrun added 14, also with a Defending state Division V The junior averaged 19 The 6-6 senior guard Menlo to open the 2012-13 season. trio of 3-pointers. Max Dorward champion Eastside College Prep points a game in helping the averaged 19 points a game Palo Alto (2-0), the defending had 12. (1-2) takes on Sacramento’s Brad- Panthers win four games in helping the Panthers tournament champions, and Men- In another tournament game, shaw Christian in the Showcase and the championship of the record a 3-1 record and lo (3-0) are both defending league Sacred Heart Prep lost to Stuart at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Eastside La Jolla Country Sweet 16 third place at the Redwood champions and both are currently Hall, 55-40, and will play host will also play Lynwood at 8 p.m. Invitational. Jump, who was Classic in Boonville. undefeated and favored to repeat Burlingame on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. named tournament MVP, Aderboye scored 32 points in as league champs. Eric DeBrine scored 14 points for Menlo-Atherton (1-2), which made 16 of her 34 3-point a 79-72 victory over Argonaut The Vikings won the Central the Gators. reached the second round of the attempts. in the third-place game. Coast Section Division I title with NorCal regional playoffs last year, a thrilling, last-second shot from Girls basketball meets Clovis West at 7 p.m. Fri- Honorable mention Spencer Rojahn at Santa Clara Ila Lane scored 14 points and day and St. Francis at 1:30 p.m. University. grabbed 16 rebounds but Priory Saturday. Klara Astrom Sam Craig The Knights won the CCS Di- fell to host South San Francisco, Menlo School followed its Pinewood basketball Palo Alto cross country vision IV title with a dramatic, 49-41, in a nonleague game. Marin Catholic tournament cham- Cate Desler* Eric DeBrine last-second shot from JH Tevis at Annabelle North added eight pionship with a 56-34 nonleague Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Sacred Heart basketball Santa Clara High. points, including a pair of 3-point- victory over visiting North Sali- Katie Fearon Joe Foley Menlo moved into the cham- ers, Dominque Robson also hit a nas on Tuesday. Castilleja basketball Menlo basketball pionship game with a convinc- 3-pointer as the Panthers (1-3) Mallory North scored 20 points, Ila Lane Kamran Murray ing 69-44 victory over Aragon played their third game without including four 3-pointers, as Priory basketball Menlo cross country on Wednesday. Palo Alto topped senior guard Tatiana Reese, who Menlo is off to its best start since Mallory North Henry Saul league rival Los Altos, 57-37, in is out with an ankle injury. opening the 2000-01 season with Menlo basketball Palo Alto cross country equally convincing fashion. Priory, the defending CCS Di- 11 straight wins. Freshman Coco Emily Tomz Andrew Wang Menlo began pulling away vision V champion, meets Marin Layton added 14 points and Avery Palo Alto soccer Palo Alto wrestling midway through the first period. Catholic at 9 a.m. Saturday as part Lee had 11 points. Q *Previous winner the end line before floating a pass Stanford (17-2-2) heads to Phila- Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com Soccer into the box that Catarina Macario delphia for a national semifinal (continued from page 38) dropped behind to her teammate. against fifth-seeded Akron (18- to advance. Boissiere settled the ball with 3-2) at Talen Energy Stadium on Volleyball “They’re a tough matchup for “Catarina is incredible. She’s a her right foot and shot with her Friday 3 p.m. (continued from page 38) Iowa State,” Stanford coach Kevin freshman with the maturity of a left, scoring her ninth goal of the The Cardinal and Zips have met Hambly said. “I’m not surprised senior,” said 15th-year coach Paul year. once before in an NCAA semifi- fun together and once they fig- by the result. Wisconsin has a 6-8 Ratcliffe, who played at UCLA Stanford’s second goal was the nal, in 2015 when Andrew Epstein ured out how good they could be, middle. It’s a team that has prob- and got his coaching start there. result of an exquisite buildup that saved the 10th Akron penalty kick watch out. ably gotten better.” “Every time she gets the ball she began with a Tierna Davidson to enable Stanford to advance to After turning in the worst home Hambly, who coached at Illinois looks like she’s capable of creat- interception and run upfield, and the College Cup final in Kansas record in school history (at 12-5), last year, may know a little about ing, if not, scoring a goal. She had totaled 15 passes. City. After a scoreless draw, Stan- Stanford turned invincible, win- about Wisconsin, one of six Big remarkable numbers.” An uncovered Sullivan made a ford beat Akron, 8-7, on penalties ning 10 straight to end 10 teams to advance to The victory gives Stanford 114 diagonal run from midfield and with Corey Baird converting the the season. the Sweet 16, but not NCAA team championships, ex- Macario’s ball had just the right decisive kick. Those freshmen enough to feel com- tending two NCAA team records, pace. Sullivan let it run and first- Stanford is 0-2-1 all-time had fifth-year senior fortable. It’s a younger winning a title for the 42nd con- timed a right-footed shot into the against the Zips, including 0-1-1 Inky Ajanaku to rally team and seems to be secutive academic year and captur- net at 25:03. in the NCAA Tournament. Before around. As sopho- coming together at the ing its 51st women’s championship. Jesse Fleming’s connected on a that 2015 semifinal, Akron won mores, they have fifth- right time. Stanford got first-half goals by penalty kick, breaking a scoreless a third-round match at home on year senior Merete “You have to focus Kyra Carusa and Sullivan to take streak of 487 minutes by Stanford Nov. 29, 2009, 2-0, behind goals Lutz. Junior middle on one game at a time,” a 2-0 lead. But UCLA (19-3-3) defense. from Teal Burnbury (29’) and An- Tami Alade is a bonus. Al Chang Gray said. “The level of countered with two goals within Only 4 minutes, 10 seconds lat- thony Amaipitakwong (37’). The Kathryn Plummer, play is always going to a five-minute span of the second er, the match was suddenly even. first Stanford/Akron match came Jenna Gray, Audriana be higher and you have half to pull even. “We talked about determina- on Oct. 2, 1994, a 4-3 win for the Fitzmorris, Morgan Merete Lutz to focus on the game Eight minutes later, Boissiere tion and resiliency, and they fought Zips at the Reebok/Cardinal Clas- Hentz and twins Michaela and plan.” struck a 23-yard shot from the top back,” Ratcliffe said. “Jaye scored a sic on The Farm. Caitlin Keefe came to Stanford Fitzmorris and Gray are both that knuckled inside the left post. fantastic goal. It’s difficult to come The Cardinal is 25-12-6 all- with exceptionally high expecta- products of St. James Academy in “She’s one of the most inspira- back from a situation like this but time in the NCAA tournament - tions. They worked like they were Kansas and with the NCAA Final tional people that I have ever met,” these girls wouldn’t be denied.” 14-2-4 at home, 7-7-0 on the road desperate to make the team and, Four being held in Kansas City, it Sullivan said. “She never stopped However, Stanford was unde- and 4-3-2 at the College Cup. Its in the end, delivered like veterans. adds a little extra motivation for working; she did everything she terred. Boissiere scored and Tegan stretch of five consecutive post- It’s been a different journey this them. could do. She never quits. She’s McGrady nearly got the Cardinal season berths is the second lon- time around. The Cardinal lost “It’s in the back of our minds,” one of the most underrated players another when a cracker of a shot gest in Stanford history behind a to top-ranked Penn State twice Fitzmorris said. “It’s a great op- in college soccer, so I’m glad she’s smashed into the right post. six-year run from 1997 to 2002. within eight days, won 16 in a row portunity to play at home but we getting the attention she should Stanford, one of six programs to before falling to Washington and can’t get there unless we take care after scoring that goal. She’s been Men’s soccer win back-to-back national cham- have won its last seven. of things one match at a time.” that good all along; she knew that In the College Cup for the third pionships, is attempting to be- The Badgers were 11-9 in the Stanford also has a couple of and we knew that. It’s been huge consecutive season and sixth come just the second program to Big 10 but are 11-0 outside of the freshmen in Meghan McClure for us all season long.” time overall, two-time defending win three straight NCAA titles conference. They knocked off and Kate Formico, who continue Carusa fought for the ball along NCAA champion and No. 9 seed (Virginia; 1991-94). Q No. 14 Iowa State in straight sets to push their older teammates. Q

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