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MARCH 12, 2021 | VOL. 56 NO. 27 WWW.ALMANACNEWS.COM Dr. Seuss’ godson weighs in on the ‘culture wars’ uproar Late author’s estate decided to stop publishing several books containing racist images

By Kate Bradshaw published and licensed are “And Almanac Staff Writer to Think That I Saw It on Mul- berry Street,” “McElligot’s Pool,” ichael Thompson “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scram- knew his godfather as bled Eggs Super!” and “The Cat’s MUncle Ted. Quizzer,” the announcement But to many, many others, said. Theodor Seuss Geisel was best The announcement has trig- known by his pen name, Dr. gered an uproar. Some have Seuss. decried it as an example of “can- Thompson, who now lives cel culture” run amok while oth- in Redwood City, said he was ers have argued that Seuss came around 3 years old when Geisel from a culture that was white dedicated his book “If I Ran the supremacist, and that children’s Zoo” to him. books today should not just That book is one of the six that avoid containing harmful racial the Seuss estate, Dr. Seuss Enter- stereotypes, but should better prises, announced on March represent positive protagonists 2 that it has decided to stop from different races. selling. “These books portray In the meantime, some of the people in ways that are hurtful titles to cease publication have and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enter- skyrocketed in demand and prises said. price. Amazon now lists cop- Specifically, some illustrations ies of “If I Ran the Zoo” selling of Asian and Black people in between $500 and $800. those books are considered to In an interview with this Magali Gauthier be crude racial stereotypes. The Michael Thompson holds a copy of “If I Ran the Zoo” by Dr. Seuss in his Redwood City home on March other books that will cease to be See DR. SEUSS, page 18 8. The late author, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was Thompson’s godfather. Are the kids alright? Teens speak out about the emotional toll of a year in isolation By Elena Kadvany Thanksgiving break. She felt have been increasingly con- 25 years old. In 2020, there were lost. She stopped running, even cerned about youth well-being about 34,500 calls from youth to Any person who is feeling ine months into the though she loves cross country as the coronavirus pandemic has the hotline, compared to about depressed, troubled or suicidal global pandemic, Riley and hopes to compete in college. kept most local schools closed 27,000 in 2019 — a 28% rise, can call the National Suicide Capuano told a grid of She was going to bed late for no for months longer than anyone according to data provided by the Prevention Hotline at 800- N 273-8255 or can reach trained faces on a Zoom screen why she reason. anticipated. Desperate parents county. and her peers need schools to “I felt like I was just tired of have called into school board “At the beginning of the pan- counselors at Crisis Text Line by reopen. waiting for it to end. I lost all meetings, describing children demic we could still tell them, texting 741741. More resources “I’ve never interest in any schoolwork. I of all ages who are listless and ‘Hang in there. Eventually we are listed at the bottom of this seen this many didn’t find any of it interesting,” disengaged. In February, one will get out of this.’ ... but now story. students strug- she said. “I was sick of just waking Palo Alto parent told the school it seems endless,” Suicide and gling with men- up, talking to my parents, doing board her children are “empty, Crisis Services Manager Lan still grappling with the ripple tal health,” the school, being too lazy to run and zombie-like shells of what they Nguyen, who is often on the effects of sheltering in place for Los Altos High then repeating (it all over again).” once were.” other end of the line with teens a year. School junior Capuano didn’t feel hopeless, From April to October 2020, calling into the hotline, said in said during a she said, but like there just “wasn’t hospitals across the U.S. saw a January. “They say, ‘When is this Turning to advocacy virtual school Riley Capuano anything good” on the horizon. 31% increase in the proportion going to go away? When will I board meeting on Dec. 14. “Being She is one of a vast many local of mental health emergency visits be able to see my friends again? As her high school’s student cooped up in your home all teenagers who have been feeling by youth ages 12 to 17, according When can I go back to school? school board representative, day is really, really tough. I’m a this way in the last year since to the Centers for Disease Con- When is it going to end?’ And Capuano has assumed the role pretty happy kid usually, but I’ve their lives have mostly shrunk trol and Prevention. unfortunately we can’t answer of spokesperson for her peers. never struggled more than I have to the walls of their homes and Locally, Santa Clara County’s that question for them.” She’s consistently advocated for this year because of being fully computer screens. Normally suicide prevention hotline saw a While local schools are slowly reopening campuses even as online.” motivated students have become significant increase in calls from starting to reopen this spring, some of the adults in the room, Capuano said she’d hit a withdrawn and disconnected, young people last year, particu- life for teenagers is still far from low point last fall, just before and parents and health experts larly from those between 15 and normal, and many of them are See MENTAL HEALTH, page 19

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4QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 12, 2021 Daylight Saving Time is starting. Set your clocks ahead one hour Local News at 2 a.m. this Sunday M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY Teacher vaccine sign-ups ramp up By Angela Swartz students with the greatest Almanac Staff Writer needs and those from house- holds with limited financial an Mateo County educa- resources, those learning Eng- tors are beginning to have lish and those who are home- San easier time signing up less or in foster care. There are for COVID-19 vaccines since about 5,000 teachers employed they first became eligible — countywide and the state has along with law enforcement dedicated 10% of its vaccine officers and farmworkers — on supply to educators. Feb. 22. In local school districts with At first, it was easier for in-person instruction, most teachers already in classrooms teachers and staff members have to get appointments, since they already received their first shots. were prioritized for county vac- These teachers, who returned to cination events. classrooms in the fall, had lob- “I think people are finding it bied to get priority status. easier now than in the past two All 450 of Menlo Park City weeks to get scheduled — there School District’s staff, substi- Magali Gauthier was a lot of confusion initially tute teachers and child care around the requirements in workers have been offered the Back in the swing of things different counties, especially opportunity to receive the vac- Juniors Callista Mille and Lila Motamedi play doubles for Menlo-Atherton High School’s varsity tennis if you live in one and work in cine, or schedule an appoint- team against Carlmont High School at M-A’s Atherton campus on Feb. 25. Following a long hiatus another,” said Edith Salvatore, ment, said Parke Treadway, the due to the coronavirus pandemic, student athletes are facing short, compressed seasons now that president of the Sequoia Union district’s public information competitions for outdoor sports were allowed to resume at the end of January. High School District’s teachers officer in a March 4 email. union. “Members said the first Just 18 have yet to secure vac- weeks were like ‘The Hunger cination appointments and were Games,’ stalk- expected to do San Mateo County could move to ing websites so within the and franti- ‘The first weeks were next week, she less-restrictive orange tier next week cally refresh- said. All stu- ing to see if like “The Hunger dents stayed Astrid Casimire/Bay City News fitness centers, some stores, food and agriculture, educa- appointments home for Service movie theaters and museums. tion, child care and emergency were available. Games,” stalking remote learn- During a presentation to the response sectors. But now that websites and frantically ing during the low recent COVID-19 San Mateo County Board of Rogers said the county’s vacci- both FEMA county’s Feb. case rate and positiv- Supervisors Tuesday, Chief of nation efforts have been focused sites (Levi’s refreshing to see if 24 vaccination Aity rate mean San Mateo San Mateo County Health Lou- on census tracts in the lowest Stadium and appointments were clinic at the County could advance to the ise Rogers encouraged people HPI quartile of the county. Oakland event center less restrictive orange tier of the to continue wearing face cov- However, the state’s plan to Coliseum) available.’ so that teach- state’s reopening framework erings, social distancing and dedicate 40% of its vaccine sup- and all of the ers would be next week. getting tested at the first sign of ply to zip codes with the lowest county sites EDITH SALVATORE, able to attend, San Mateo County stayed in COVID-19 symptoms. Health Places Indexes does not are online, it TEACHERS UNION PRESIDENT according to a the red Tier 2 of the state’s Blue- “I want to take this opportu- benefit San Mateo County as seems to be Feb. 22 email print for a Safer Economy this nity to reconfirm that testing Rogers said only 10 zip codes in going more smoothly.” to district families. week. Based on data for the week access remains important as we the Bay Area are included in that The Sequoia district, which is Some 84% of staff in the Por- ending Feb. 27, the county had must continue to understand count and none of them are in slated to have teachers return to tola Valley School District have an adjusted case rate of 3 new the spread of the virus in our San Mateo County. classrooms on April 5, has been received one or both of the dos- cases per 100,000 and a posi- community and be vigilant “If vaccine supplies to Califor- able to offer around 55% of all es, said Superintendent Roberta tivity rate of 1.2%. For census about potential increases,” Rog- nia do not increase, the result staff the chance to be vaccinated Zarea in a March 3 email. tracts in the lowest quartile of ers said. of this change would be a con- through the San Mateo Coun- By March 7, 94% of staff were the Healthy Places Index (HPI), The county continues to pro- cerning flattening of our sup- ty Office of Education, said vaccinated with either the first the positivity rate was 2.3%. vide free testing at various loca- ply, which is already, as you all Interim Superintendent Crystal or second dose. By the second These numbers meet the crite- tions. A full testing schedule is know, insufficient to meet the Leach in an email March 5. The week of April, 94% of staff will ria for advancing to the orange available at smcgov.org/testing. demand locally,” Rogers said. district does not have the exact have both vaccines, according to Tier 3 following the county’s While case rates decline, the Regardless, the county contin- percentage of staff vaccinated Zarea. could required three-week stay county’s vaccination numbers ues to focus vaccination efforts available, but said it would be “County Superintendent Nan- in the red tier. continue to inch forward. As on its own low HPI census tracts receiving vaccine priority access cy Magee and the superinten- Being in the orange tier would of Monday, 177,967 people or by working with local health codes for staffers to use this dents of the 23 districts worked mean that amusement parks 27.7% of the county’s eligible centers and community part- week, she said. so hard to make this happen and theme parks could reopen, population have received at least ners to set up vaccine clinics. for our staff, and I could not be and bars and breweries could the first dose of the vaccine. Dr. Anand Chabra, San Mateo Priority groups, local prouder or more relieved,” said open outdoors only after being Those eligible for the vac- County Health COVID-19 mass Zarea. closed in the red tier. The orange cine include health care work- vaccination section chief, said teacher vaccination rates In the Las Lomitas Elementary tier would also loosen capac- ers, residents of long-term care on Tuesday that the county The county has priori- School District, Superintendent ity restrictions for restaurants, facilities, individuals 65 years tized vaccinations for school places of worship, gyms and and older and workers in the See ORANGE TIER, page 20 staff working in person with See VACCINES, page 12

March 12, 2021QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS NOTICE INVITING BIDS Established 1965 TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA CRIME BRIEF The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the following public work: Serving Menlo Park, Unlicensed teen crashes truck, damages fire station EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES Atherton, Portola Valley, Three teenagers in a Dodge pickup truck nearly rammed into AT HOLBROOK-PALMER PARK and Woodside for over 50 years an East Palo Alto fire station on March 2, hitting the rail of the wheelchair access ramp that also protects the structure. ;OL;V^UVM([OLY[VUPZZLLRPUNWYVWVZHSZMYVTX\HSPÄLK No one was injured, according to a press release from the companies or individuals to provide event management NEWSROOM Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which provides fire protec- services at Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Avenue, Editor tion and emergency services for East Palo Alto. Atherton California. The successful vendor will be Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) responsible to market, advertise, plan, schedule, manage, Around 3 p.m. on March 2, firefighters at Station 2, located on Assistant Editors operate, and conduct events in Holbrook-Palmer Park the corner of University Avenue and Runnymede Street, heard Julia Brown (223-6531) and its facilities. tire screeches and a “loud bang” by the station’s public entrance, Heather Zimmerman (223-6515) the press release said. The Request for Proposals may be obtained at http:// Staff Writers www.ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The vendor When investigating the scene, firefighters found three teens Kate Bradshaw (223-6536) inside the vehicle, including an unlicensed 17-year-old behind shall be responsible for any addendums that may be Angela Swartz (223-6529) posted on the Town’s website. the wheel. The driver told firefighters that he had “borrowed” Contributors his dad’s truck, according to the press release. 79676:(3: ^PSS IL YLJLP]LK H[ [OL VɉJL VM [OL *P[` Kate Daly, Maggie Mah Clerk, 150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, California 94027, The passenger side of the front of the truck was left with until 2:00 p.m.7HJPÄJ:[HUKHYK;PTLVUWednesday, Special Sections Editor extensive damage. May 4, 2021. Linda Taaffe (223-6511) “These kids are lucky no one was on the sidewalk and that Interested parties are advised that the Town of Atherton Chief Visual Journalist they weren’t injured themselves,” fire Chief Harold Schapelhou- has also released a companion Request for Proposals Magali Gauthier (223-6530) man said in the press release. ZLLRPUNX\HSPÄLK*HMtVWLYH[VYZMVY[OL;V^UVM([OLY[VU The truck avoided hitting the building, but the fire district DESIGN & PRODUCTION 3PIYHY` *HMt SVJH[LK H[  +PURLSWPLS :[H[PVU 3HUL ;OL said the station sustained “thousands of dollars of damage,” companion Request for Proposals is available on the Design and Production Manager with broken concrete and metal pedestrian handrails. Town of Atherton website or by contacting the Town of Kristin Brown (223-6562) According to the fire district, the incident is the third time ([OLY[VU7\ISPJ>VYRZ+LWHY[TLU[ Designers since the station was rebuilt in 2016 that a vehicle nearly hit the Linda Atilano, Amy Levine, building. Shapelhouman credits the careful thinking behind the Paul Llewellyn, Doug Young building’s design for leaving the station unscathed every time. ADVERTISING “We added concrete bollards to protect the corner of the new structure when it was rebuilt and they have twice done their job I belong to Avenidas Village ... Vice President Sales and Marketing Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) extremely effectively,” he said. “We also raised the overall height of the station compared to the height of the street and sidewalk, Display Advertising Sales (223-6570) which appears to have helped as well.” The fire chief added that the station will be looking into plac- Real Estate Manager ing “bollard style bases” by the handrail since the March 2 crash Neal Fine (223-6583) was the closest time a vehicle has gotten to striking the building. Legal Advertising —Lloyd Lee Alicia Santillan (223-6578)

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6QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 12, 2021 NEWS Sequoia district teachers approve deal to return to classrooms next month By Angela Swartz Agreement details be learning from teachers in Almanac Staff Writer the classrooms, while others If the county moves back into would be home and attending equoia Union High School the more restrictive “purple via video. With social distanc- District teachers over- tier,” when virus spread is ing requirements, classrooms Swhelmingly approved a substantial, or there is an can have students at 25% plan last week to return to teach- outbreak of COVID-19 at one capacity, according to the ing in person on April 5. or more school sites, teachers agreement. If the county enters Some 91% of the teachers will return to 100% distance the “orange tier,” indicating union, the Sequoia District learning, the agreement states. moderate spread of the virus, Teachers Association, voted in Teachers are also able to work classrooms can go up to 50% favor of the deal, which gives from home on Wednesdays capacity. A sample two-week students the option of in-person during so-called asynchro- cycle of in-person learning learning starting next month if nous learning (when students states that a quarter of stu- San Mateo County remains in work independently) to allow dents would attend classes on the less restrictive “red tier,” said for deep cleaning and sanitiz- Mondays, while three-fourths Magali Gauthier union President Edith Salvatore. ing of rooms between cohorts would attend remotely. Sequoia Union High School District families and staff stand District officials reached a ten- of students, according to the The district will be required outside the district office to demand schools reopen for in-person tative agreement with the dis- agreement. Schools will close to conduct monthly COVID-19 learning when San Mateo County entered the state’s “red tier” in trict’s teachers union on Feb. 23. if there are more than three tests for staff members who Redwood City on Feb. 23. A simple majority vote of teach- outbreaks in a two-week peri- interact with students. ers in the union was needed to od and more than 5% of the make it official. Teachers voted school population has been Students rally to return, called for schools to reopen members are concerned about on the agreement March 3-5. infected. once the county entered the widespread COVID-19 cases Locally, the district operates Students would not spend while teachers bring up red tier on Feb. 23. in some parts of the school Menlo-Atherton and Woodside time on campus for a typi- concerns about equity Parents have spoken about community. Regardless, the high schools, as well as TIDE cal Monday through Friday The district’s decision comes the need for students to return school board announced at a and East Palo Alto academies. schedule, Interim Superinten- after a coalition of over 100 to classrooms for their mental Feb. 24 board meeting the The district’s classrooms have dent Crystal Leach said. The students, parents and teachers health. intent to reopen classrooms in been closed for in-person learn- district has chosen a concur- rallied at the district office on Conversely, teachers have April. A ing except for small cohorts of rent learning model, known as Feb. 23 to resume in-person shared their fears about at-risk students since March 16, “Zoomers and roomers,” which instruction. State Sen. Josh returning to classrooms and Email Angela Swartz at 2020. means some students would Becker, D-Menlo Park, also noted some community [email protected] Coronavirus central: California sets aside vaccines for hardest-hit communities Stadiums, entertainment venues and amusement parks allowed to reopen at limited capacities By Embarcadero Media staff one-third of those shots have secretary of the Health and lowest quartile includes a dozen plan is to lower the threshold gone to residents in wealthier, Human Services Agency. “As we census tracts located in San Jose. for counties to go from the an Mateo County as of healthier communities. achieve higher levels of vaccines There are no census tracts in most restrictive purple tier to Tuesday had 39,184 cumu- Health officials say the new in the hardest hit communities, San Mateo County in the lowest the red tier. Counties will only Slative cases of COVID-19, focus will be essential for we feel more and more activities quartile. need to reduce daily cases to 10 with 525 deaths. There were reopening the economy and across the state can occur.” Ghaly said the plan must go per 100,000 residents — rather 27 people hospitalized. Santa recovering from the pandemic, The initial goal is to vaccine 2 beyond an increased allotment, than seven — in order to be Clara County as of Tuesday had and its success will directly million California residents who and that the state will lean reclassified. 112,036 cumulative COVID-19 affect when counties will be able are in the lowest quartile of the on community clinics, public Ghaly called the change a cases and 1,830 deaths. There to enter the less-restrictive red, state’s so-called Healthy Places hospital systems and trusted “small but meaningful step” that were 151 people hospitalized, 23 orange and yellow tiers. Index (HPI), which maps com- pharmacies in the communi- adjusts to a new normal, follow- of which were new. “This is a key strategy to keep munities based on everything ties to act as liaisons. It also ing a dark stage of the pandemic the pressure off of our health from chronic diseases and air means reserving appointments in which case counts, hospi- State shifts COVID-19 care delivery system,” said quality to income and education for residents who are “severely talizations and deaths surged vaccines to hardest-hit Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s level. In Santa Clara County, the impacted” by the pandemic, and over the winter months. But a boost in funding for safety net he hesitated to say the state is communities providers responsible for doing rushing to reopen, and said that Seeking an “equity” approach the outreach. California will maintain some to allocating COVID-19 vaccine With an expected increase of the strongest public health doses across the state, Califor- in supply and a third vaccine restrictions in the country. nia health officials announced by Johnson & Johnson now “We will keep our foot on the Thursday that 40% of vaccine approved, Ghaly said the shift brake, not on the gas,” he said. doses will be reserved for low- in availability shouldn’t reduce income and minority com- the number of shots available More than 200K educators, munities that have been dis- to communities that don’t fall child care workers get proportionately affected by the under the lowest HPI quartile. pandemic. It will slow the increase in avail- vaccine The preference will roughly able shots, however. The new More than 200,000 educators double the allotment to ZIP priorities will not affect plans and child care workers received codes and census tracts with to extend vaccine eligibility a coronavirus vaccine dose poor health outcomes and high- to people with disabilities and over the last week, more than er rates of COVID-19 cases and high-risk conditions on March double the goal set by the state of deaths. The state has admin- 15. Natalia Nazarova istered 10 million doses of the Once the state hits its 2 mil- See CORONAVIRUS, page 12 vaccine to date, but just over Outdoor venues like Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View will lion vaccine benchmark, the be allowed to reopen with limited capacity. March 12, 2021QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ7 NEWS State settles teens’ lawsuit, allowing for indoor competitions An Atherton student also filed suit, saying rule was unfair to high school athletes By Angela Swartz The settlement, which allows such as volleyball and basket- sports throughout California: Almanac Staff Writer all sports to operate using simi- ball would only be permitted (the) settlement will be to lar protocols to those in place if a county was in the yellow allow for indoor and outdoor alifornia’s high school for college and professional tier, which indicates minimal sports to resume — ahead of athletes are allowed to athletes, resolves a lawsuit spread of the coronavirus, with their color tier — if they follow Cresume indoor sports filed last month in San Diego fewer than one COVID-19 case the same guidelines as college competitions after the state County by high school football per 100,000 people. No county sports,” said Sam Singer, who settled a lawsuit by a group players. in the state has reached that tier represents Stella Buch. of Southern California youth Their attorney, Stephen C. yet. Athletes will be required to athletes on March 4. Grebing, a managing partner of San Mateo and Santa Clara be tested weekly for COVID-19, A similar lawsuit was filed by Wingert Grebing of San Diego, counties are in the second- the same as high-contact out- an Atherton teen represented said the settlement allows com- most restrictive red tier, which door sports in counties with by the same law firm in San petitions in all sports in coun- means there are fewer than case rates between seven and Mateo County last month urg- ties with case counts below 14 seven cases of COVID-19 per 14 per 100,000. Coaches, staff ing state and county officials to per 100,000. 100,000 residents. and players on the bench are loosen prohibitions. Previously, indoor sports “We are very happy with the required to wear masks, but decision and grateful for those athletes are not required to OBITUARIES who were willing to really wear them while playing, Gre- look at all the data on safety bing said. Local residents who died recently include Judith Wood, of sports rather than be stuck The ban violated equal pro- in fear,” said Heather Buch, tection because there is no 88, whose daughter is longtime Almanac contributor Bar- Courtesy Stella Buch John Lester Chin mother of Stella Buch, 14, a vol- medical evidence that com- bara Wood, on Feb. 2; , 68, a Menlo Park leyball player at Menlo School peting in indoor team sports Stella Buch, a Menlo School resident and geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, on Feb. and Atherton resident. “The is safe for college and profes- freshman, at the Colorado Michael Collins Brown 18; , 73, director of communications fight for equal opportunities sional athletes but not safe for Crossroads tournament about a for the San Francisco Archdiocese and longtime Portola Val- for kids to better themselves high school athletes, Buch said year ago before the shelter-in- ley resident, on Feb. 21; Barbara Brandon Varenhost, 92, through sports continues now in the court filing on Feb. 26. place order took effect. former counseling psychologist at Palo Alto Unified School at the local levels, in particular Her lawsuit emphasized the adult recreational sports ban- District and Portola Valley resident, on Feb. 23; and Therese where some sports are getting disparate impact an indoor ning all indoor high school Hamilton, 87, a longtime Atherton resident and member of much longer seasons than team sport ban has on female sports in counties in the purple the Junior League of Palo Alto, on Feb. 26. others due to CIF (California athletes. and red tiers, effective Feb. 26. A Interscholastic Federation) sec- On Feb. 19, the California To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post pho- tion schedule rigidity.” Department of Public Health Email Angela Swartz at tos, go to Lasting Memories at almanacnews.com/obituaries. “This is great news for youth issued guidance on youth and [email protected]

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March 12, 2021QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ9 NEWS Menlo Park: Man shot in ‘Triangle’ homeless encampment Firefighters have responded to the site more than 100 times in the past few years, fire chief says By Sue Dremann Avenue, Bayfront Expressway and because he wasn’t breathing, Firefighter/paramedics moved received emergency trauma care Willow Road near Facebook’s Schapelhouman said. the man onto the flat elevated rail and was hospitalized in critical man who was reportedly Menlo Park headquarters. A Capt. Scott Blandford on Menlo bed and looked for additional bul- condition. shot in the Menlo Park caller told Menlo Park police dis- Engine 2 arrived with his crew at let wounds. The man had suffered The shooter remained at large A“Baylands Triangle” area patchers that “someone was shot” 11:42 a.m. and parked on Uni- significant blood loss from the as of Monday. was taken to the hospital after near westbound Highway 84 at versity Avenue at the abandoned single entry wound into his thigh. Schapelhouman has sought for being found in cardiac arrest on University Avenue, Schapelhou- Dumbarton Rail line, using the Paramedics also suspected he years to have the city of Menlo Monday, March 8, Menlo Park man said. elevated rail bed to travel to the had a broken femur. Emergency Park and state and county agen- Fire Protection District Chief Menlo Park police officers who patient, who was about 500 feet personnel worked to compensate cies restrict access to the Triangle, Harold Schapelhouman said in a first arrived found a man bleed- from the roadway. The area, for his massive blood loss and per- which has been the location of statement. ing out from a gunshot to his left also known as the Ravenswood formed CPR and used a defibrilla- multiple fires from homeless Firefighters responded at 11:38 thigh. Officers quickly applied Triangle, is fraught with hazards tor to monitor his heart and try to encampments and significant a.m. in the Triangle, which cov- a tourniquet and moved him from trash, trenches and latrine save his life, Schapelhouman said. environmental damage. Menlo ers about 60 acres of open nature from a homeless encampment pits, some as deep as 10 to 12 feet, The man was taken to Stanford Park officials recently reported preserve located at the edge of closer to an abandoned rail line. often hampering fire and police Health Care’s Emergency Trauma East Palo Alto along University They started chest compressions access, he said. Center at 12:07 p.m., where he See SHOOTING, page 21 Menlo Park water rates proposed to rise over next five years By Kate Bradshaw — from 2022 to 2026 — would neighborhood and the area separate capital surcharge that fund. Almanac Staff Writer go into effect July 1 if approved. north and east of El Camino customers will be required to A rate study by the consulting For the increases to not go Real. pay be noted separately on firm Black and Veatch prepared ustomers of the Menlo forward, a majority of prop- On March 9, the Menlo Park customer bills for the sake of for the city indicated that if the Park Municipal Water erty owners served by the water City Council took action to transparency. city opts to take loans to pay Cservices will soon be system have to submit written move the process forward by The capital surcharge would for some of the infrastructure receiving notices that their protests. authorizing the city to notify be based on water use to help improvements, as is recom- water rates could increase over The Menlo Park Municipal customers of the proposed rate fund capital projects. A mas- mended, then consumption the next five years under newly Water system serves about half hikes. In addition, it decided ter plan for the water system charge rates would be increased proposed rate hikes. of the city and about 4,400 that it favored a three-tier sys- adopted in 2018 said that the 5% for the next five years; other- Under the law, the city has customers of various types, tem for water rates, with one rate water system needs around $90 wise rate increases could rise to to notify all customers 45 days including residential, commer- for those using less than 6 cubic million in improvements to its 12%. before a public hearing on cial, industrial, institutional, feet, or 748 gallons, a second rate infrastructure to limit water Generally, a customer’s bill the matter, which is currently irrigation-related and fire ser- for those using between 6 and 12 main failures, water outages and includes a fixed meter charge, scheduled for May 11, according vices-related. The water comes cubic feet, and a third rate for potential future liability, accord- a consumption charge and a to a staff report. from the San Francisco Public those using more than 12 cubic ing to the staff report. Of that, capital surcharge, according to The rate increases, set to run Utilities Commission and is feet. $27 million is expected to be for the next five fiscal years delivered to the Sharon Heights They also agreed that a paid for through the city’s water See WATER RATES, page 24 Reflections on racial inequities that persist in Menlo Park Local community organizers share lessons from presentations on discrimination in the city By Angela Swartz they do this work. Karen Grove. “We’re helping barred from accessing the same boom, Black and Hispanic fami- Almanac Staff Writer During workshops, organizers people to connect policies to low-interest home loans as white lies making more than $200,000 have touched on issues such as their values.” veterans did as part of the GI a year were more likely on aver- n the same January redlining in the 1930s, in which Belle Haven resident Pam Bill. age to be given a subprime loan day that rioters stormed banks refused home loans to Jones said some people at work- During an in-person work- than a white family making less Othe U.S. Capitol, 180 people because they lived in an shops have learned how they shop by Menlo Together on the than $30,000 a year.” Menlo Park City School District area deemed to be a poor finan- benefited from the redlining. topic in 2019, Katie Hadrovic, Jones said during the presen- community members gathered cial risk, instead making loans For example, their family may a Menlo Park Library commis- tation in January that barriers on Zoom to discuss how gov- to segregated, “racially harmo- have lived in Menlo Park since sioner, said her jaw dropped began to physically isolate East ernment policies and prac- nious” communities, according the ‘50s and passed down prop- “lower and lower” as she learned Palo Alto and the Belle Haven tices in Menlo Park have led to to the presenters. When assess- erty that’s grown in value. about the systemic practices that neighborhood from the rest of segregation. ing loans, the federal govern- “That’s why history is so created segregated communities. Menlo Park. Growing up in East The discussion was part of ment took into account risk fac- important; it can help us make “It was really powerful infor- Palo Alto she used to easily cross an ongoing series, started in tors such as proximity to other sense of why we are where we mation that was the past of the the area that is now U.S. 101 (the 2019, focused on Richard Roth- homes with “freakish architec- are today,” she said. She said it community I live in and has state widened the highway in the stein’s book “The Color of Law: tural design,” “nuisances” such also can help people understand powerful residuals,” she said. 1950s). A Forgotten History of How as billboards, service stations or “why those people over in Belle “I don’t think anyone wants to “We no longer had access Our Government Segregated stables, and whether the neigh- Haven are so angry.” know they still currently benefit because of this concrete,” she America.” The workshops, put borhood included mixed racial Shame, anger and sadness are from something they abhor.” said. together by local nonprofits or social groups. just a few of the emotions that Jones said many residents The NAACP called the barrier Menlo Together, a group of But many residents often don’t come up during the presenta- come away discovering things the “Concrete Curtain.” Peninsula residents who envi- realize that there are still poli- tions, organizers said. “about your sweet little city that It wasn’t until recently that a sion a city that is integrated cies in place which help perpetu- A housing covenant from aren’t very nice.” new bike and pedestrian bridge and diverse, multigenerational ate lack of access to housing. the 1920s to 1940s in the Wil- In 2006, many Belle Haven over 101 between Newell Road and environmentally sustain- “We hope that this com- lows neighborhood, for exam- residents lost their homes to and Clark Avenue in East Palo able, and Community Equity munity, which is fairly liberal, ple, restricted people of “Black, foreclosure after refinancing Alto now gives the formerly iso- Collaborative, a group focused yet votes against policies like Japanese, Chinese and Mon- their mortgages with subprime lated residents of the Woodland on education equity and early affordable housing through- golian descent” from living loans in the 1990s, when preda- Park area easier access to the rest learning in Menlo Park. out the city, realize that (not in the area unless they were tory lenders went door to door of the city’s services on the other The Almanac spoke with supporting affordable housing) residing on a property of their to segregated minority neigh- side of the highway. organizers of these events about continues to contribute to segre- white employer, according to the borhoods to promote the risky reactions they’ve gotten, epipha- gation and economic inequity,” presentation. loans. A 2013 study found that nies they’ve witnessed and why said Menlo Together member In 1945, Black veterans were “at the height of the housing See INEQUITIES, page 20

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CORONAVIRUS and school staff allowed all 58 Stadiums in counties that more broadly,” Myers said. “We’d VACCINES continued from page 7 of the state’s counties to vacci- remain in the purple tier would like to see it go away but not until continued from page 5 nate educators throughout the be capped at only 100 attendees it’s safe to do so.” California, Gov. Gavin Newsom week. Prior to that, 35 counties and would also be barred from The new guidance, paired with Beth Polito said March 4 that said Monday. had opened vaccine eligibility to selling concessions. last week’s announcement of the about 80% of teachers and staff Last week, the state began teachers and child care workers. The new stadium and amuse- state’s planned modification of have gotten the vaccine (mostly reserving 10% of the vaccine To date, 10.5 million vaccine ment park guidance will take the case thresholds at which coun- first doses). shipments sent to local health doses have been administered effect April 1, Ghaly said. ties are moved in and out of tiers, About 90% of Woodside Ele- departments and multi-house across California, according to “We have, for many months, sets the stage for fans to attend mentary School District staff health care entities for educa- state officials. drawn a strong distinction when the Oakland Athletics and members have received their tors and child care workers in an between outdoor activities being San Francisco Giants begin the first shots, said Superintendent effort to hasten the reopening of State allows outdoor much less risky than indoor Major League Baseball regular Steve Frank. schools across the state. venues to reopen, with activities,” Ghaly said during a season on April 1. Some 54 staff members par- That 10% allocation will total briefing on the new guidance. Bay Area amusement parks like ticipated in a vaccination event at least 75,000 vaccine doses per limits Stadium and amusement park California’s Great America in through the Office of Education week, Newsom said. For the first time in roughly a attendance will be subject to Santa Clara and the Santa Cruz and the county health department “This is welcome news for year, Bay Area residents will be various coronavirus mitigation Beach Boardwalk would also be Feb. 24. An additional 23 staff teachers, students and parents as able to attend outdoor sporting measures like mask wearing and eligible to reopen. members were vaccinated through more and more schools reopen and entertainment events and physical distancing, and attend- San Francisco, Santa Clara, other opportunities for educators, safely across the state,” Newsom amusement parks, state officials ees will only be allowed if they are Alameda and Santa Cruz coun- he said. said in a statement. “We will announced March 5. California residents, according to ties are all in the red tier as of continue working with our local The state’s new guidance for state officials. March 10. Events partners to accelerate this effort large events would allow up to Ghaly also noted that the state’s in communities across the state 20% capacity for sports stadiums travel advisory suggesting that Comprehensive COVID-19 The Office of Education sent so that all school staff have access and up to 15% capacity for amuse- residents refrain from traveling coverage out invitations to teachers and to a vaccine within weeks.” ment parks once the county in more than 120 miles from their child care workers to attend vac- Newsom touted the effort, say- which a stadium or park sits is home still remains in effect. View interactive charts tracking cination events at the San Mateo ing that the increase in vaccina- out of the purple tier of the state’s Ghaly and Dee Dee Myers, a the spread of the coronavirus in County Event Center on March 5 tions for workers like teachers pandemic reopening system. senior adviser to Newsom, framed San Mateo and Santa Clara coun- and 6, according to Patricia Love, the new guidance for outdoor ties online at paloaltoonline.ata- executive director of strategy and stadiums, venues and amusement vist.com/tracking-the-coronavi- communications. Kaiser Perma- Your COVID-19 vaccine parks as another step toward lift- rus. 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DR. SEUSS him,” he added. continued from page 1 ‘Maybe their time is past’ publication, Thompson shared his memories of the late chil- While Thompson can remi- dren’s author and how he’s nisce fondly of his godfather, he feeling about the Seuss estate’s can also see the point the Seuss decision to no longer publish the estate is making by discontinu- Here for you. Or over there for you. author’s book dedicated to him. ing to publish or license certain “I’m sad I can no longer wan- books. der into a bookstore and take His godfather did do propa- In-person or virtual visits at a copy off the shelf and see my ganda work during World War II, name there, but that’s OK,” he and as was not uncommon during said. that time period, he said, “it was Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group very anti-Japanese propaganda.” ‘Kind, loving and obviously One 2019 study found that only 2% of the human characters genpeds.stanfordchildrens.org immensely talented’ depicted in 50 Dr. Seuss children’s Thompson said he has fond books were characters of color. Of memories of his godfather. those, they were all male and were His parents were friends with “only presented in subservient, Geisel and his first wife in Man- exotified or dehumanized roles,” hattan before the couple moved the study stated. to La Jolla, and the two families Thompson said he’s come to maintained a long-term friend- think about the situation as some- ship despite the distance. thing like a #MeToo reckoning in Geisel would regularly visit recent years at his former board- New York City to meet with his ing school. As he described it, a editors and publishers at Ran- previously well-liked headmaster dom House, and one evening was found to not have taken while out at dinner, Thompson appropriate measures when a recalled Geisel criticizing the teacher was rumored to have sexu- publishing house’s books for ally abused a student. In response, early readers. Geisel had said the school erased the headmaster at the time that he believed from public recognition. he could come up with better “My feeling was, while it made stories using limited vocabular- me very sad, if by taking that ies, and that’s how Seuss’ foray action, one or more victims might into writing “Beginner Books,” feel that they had been listened to which would come to include or heard, or apologized to, then his famous “The Cat in the Hat” it’s probably worth it.” TOWN OF WOODSIDE book began, Thompson said. “If there were aspects of Ted’s 2955 WOODSIDE ROAD, WOODSIDE, CA 94062 As a child, Thompson also books that caused offense to peo- recalled Geisel saying his full ple today — which they probably PLANNING COMMISSION name — Michael Gordon Tacka- do — then this is probably OK.” MARCH 17, 2021 6:00 PM berry Thompson — and telling It might be an easier attitude This meeting is compliant with the Governor’s Executive Order N-25-20 issued on March 4, 2020, him that it “scans.” Thompson for him to simply say that Dr. allowing for deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act. The purpose of this is didn’t know what that meant Seuss Enterprises is overreacting, to provide the safest environment for staff and the public while allowing for public participation. at the time, but later learned but, he said, “I don’t think that’s The meeting will be held by teleconferencing. The public may participate via: Zoom meeting or that the term applies to how the an honest view. We have been so by coming to Independence Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, where a microphone and speaker will be stresses of each syllable are dis- insensitive to so many people for available to allow for participation. tributed — a relevant observa- so many years, we have a long way tion by someone so well known to go before we overreact.” PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATING BY TELECONFERENCE: BILDNER, for his rhyming abilities. “I don’t think it’s enough to say BRUCH, DARE, KUTAY, LONDON, AND VOELKE. His godfather encouraged him that when they did these things, to travel — by land. As a col- there was nothing wrong with Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 835 4062 8268 lege student, Thompson said them,” he added. One tap mobile Weblink: https://us02web.zoom. he took a trip to California to Still, he said, there will be some visit friends and made a stop at loss, especially of the pride he +16699006833,,83540628268# US (San Jose) us/j/83540628268 the Geisels’ home. His godfa- used to get from being able to +12532158782,,83540628268# US (Tacoma) Remote Public Comments: ther asked him how he planned point out his name in a Dr. Seuss Dial by your location Meeting participants are encouraged to submit to return to New York City book. One time, he said, he went +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and Thompson replied that he into Linden Tree Books in Los public comments in writing in advance of +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) planned to fly. Altos, a local children’s bookstore, the meeting. The following email will be +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) “He said, ‘Hmm, you know, and mentioned his connection to monitored during the meeting and public +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) you don’t really get a sense of Dr. Seuss. comments received will be read into the record. the United States just by flying “They just about swooned,” he +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Email: [email protected] over it. Let’s see if we can’t set said. “Who doesn’t take some joy +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) you up with something better,’” and happiness from that?” Thompson remembered Geisel Of his godfather’s literary cre- 1. Joanne Kagle 1. LLAJ2021-0001/GPAM2021-0001/ZOAM2021-0001 telling him. ations, he added, “I think they’re 3900 Sand Hill Road/ Vacant Lot APN 072-380-020 Planner: Sage Schaan, Principal Plannerr So Geisel called his travel agent wonderful, and how widespread Presentation and recommendation of approval, conditional approval, or denial, to the Town Council of a proposal and booked Thompson a seat on they’ve been is a testament to that. for a Lot Line Adjustment (LLA) between two existing lots: a developed lot at 3900 Sand Hill Road (APN 072- the train from Seattle to Chi- The rhyming is so amazing, and a 380-010) (Lot 1) with an existing residence eligible for listing as a Historical Resource (no changes are proposed cago, and then Thompson flew fun aspect of the way he told the to the existing residence), and a vacant lot fronting Mountain Home Road (APN 072-380-020) (Lot 2). The the rest of the way home. stories,” he said. “But the flip side Lot Line Adjustment would provide a transfer of land from Lot 1 to Lot 2; and would require a General Plan “I’ll never forget that trip,” is, if it made parents or children Amendment of the transferred land from Residential (R) to Residential/Environmentally Sensitive Area (R/ESA), he said. “That was the kind of uncomfortable, or made them and a rezoning of the transferred land from Rural Residential (RR) to Special Conservation Planning, 5-acre person he was. I just knew him angry or hurt or something, then Minimum (SCP-5). as a kind, loving and obviously maybe their time is past.” A THE APPLICATION MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW BY CONTACTING immensely talented person.” PRINCIPAL PLANNER, SAGE SCHAAN AT [email protected] “He’s had a big impact on my Email Kate Bradshaw at life and I’m grateful that I knew [email protected] 18QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 12, 2021 NEWS

MENTAL HEALTH felt insurmountable during shel- to come and do homework here,” In distress over COVID-19? There is help. continued from page 1 ter in place. YUCA Program Director Kenia “When you’re talking to some- Najar said. “We see the difference Anyone who is experiencing depression or heightened anxiety because of the public health crisis can find help through local including the president of the one face to face in person you between them being on Zoom resources. teachers union, have taken the can tell how they’re feeling ... but with us versus being in person.” If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911 immediately. opposite position. When the dis- over Zoom or over text, you can’t The shutdown has been chal- trict lacked students’ opinions on tell,” said Mira Devgan, a junior lenging for all teenagers but dis- In Santa Clara County: the prolonged shutdown, she and at Menlo School. “Everybody is proportionately so for those who the Mountain View High School going through new things right lack the resources at home and, Q24/7 Behavioral Health Services Department Call Center: student board representative con- now, but I think people are feel- without being at school in per- 800-704-0900. ducted their own survey on ing really scared to reach out and son, are at risk of falling through QCrisis Text Line: Text RENEW to 741741. student engagement and mental admit it. For me, that’s definitely the cracks. School closures have Q24/7 Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 855-278-4204. health during distance learning. been hard — not only to admit to deepened the achievement gap — In San Mateo County: Of the roughly 270 students who other people that I’m struggling many private schools reopened responded, over 60% rated their but to admit to myself I’m not in before public schools did. QBehavioral Health Services & Resources - 24/7 Access Call motivation as lower during online a good place right now.” “Educational inequities have the Center - Toll-free number: 800-686-0101 | For the hearing school, though about 18% said Like Kim and Capuano, Devgan potential to translate into a lifelong impaired: 800-943-2833. the opposite — that they’re more has also channeled her struggles barrier and a staggering number motivated with distance learning. into advocacy. She’s on the youth of life years lost,” a group of UCSF For seniors, people with disabilities: The Institute on Aging has a About 58% of students rated board at SafeSpace, a youth men- health professionals wrote in an Friendship Line for people ages 60 and older and adults with dis- their current mental health at a tal health organization in Menlo open letter in January calling for abilities who feel isolated: 800-971-0016. one or a two on a scale of one to Park. With SafeSpace, she helped the reopening of schools. “School five, while about 20% of students to produce a film documenting districts around the country are For youth: A list of local resources for young people who need said their mental health is better teens’ quarantine experiences reporting higher rates of students mental health support, as well as their family and friends, can be now than when they’re attend- and a podcast featuring student failing classes, a phenomenon found at tinyurl.com/resources-PAO. ing school in person. Students conversations about well-being. which has been disproportionately reported both positive aspects seen among low-income Latinx recovered. Reyes Lopez again and the relaxation of public health of distance learning — waking Greater hardships and African American children.” feels productive and proud of her restrictions, while positive, won’t up late, more independent work The coronavirus itself has also schoolwork, though her anxiety be a silver bullet for mental health and “school from bed” — as well Moana Kofotua’s difficult pan- infected Hispanic people to a still ebbs and flows. challenges, Chief Clinical Officer as the downsides, including too demic journey landed her in the greater magnitude, and the extra She knows her experience is just Ramsey Khasho said. For some much screen time, difficulty pay- hospital. burden of caring for ill parents one of many among her peers, teenagers — especially those with ing attention and connecting with When school moved online last has fallen on local teenagers like whose voices she feels have gotten social anxiety, who are on the teachers, and “feeling cooped up spring, Moana Kofotua went from Monica Reyes Lopez, a junior at lost in the heated debates among spectrum or have been bullied at at home.” being a passing student to a failing Los Altos High School. adults over reopening schools. school — distance learning has Gunn High School senior one nearly overnight. Over the holidays, both of her “Being a high school student been a respite. Andrew Kim’s personal struggles Then a sophomore at Menlo- parents contracted COVID-19. right now is crazy. Each student “While we’re excited about the during the shutdown also spurred Atherton High School, she had Her father is a landscaper and they has their own story and their own reentry, we’re also a little con- him to action. Kim is the vice a hard time navigating Zoom. think he may have been infected take on how they deal with the cerned that people are seeing this president of Advocacy Through Without a computer and Wi-Fi at first. Her mother stopped going pandemic and distance learning,” as a panacea for youth wellness,” Art, a student-led nonprofit that home, she relied on a laptop and to her job as a house cleaner. Reyes she said. “I think it’s important Khasho said. “In fact we feel like uses art to raise awareness about hot spot from the school, but the Lopez’s throat felt dry but she that we hear them.” there’s going to be a pretty jarring issues like mental health and hot spot internet was patchy. She, ignored it as she tried unsuccess- reentry and recalibration period race. The group organized a too, lost motivation and focus. It fully to find testing appointments Mobilizing support for that’s going to impact kids.” webinar this month featuring was hard to get out of bed, much for her parents. Soon, she was sick, The long-term effects of the pan- health professionals and teens and less participate in classes. An after- too — body aches, chills, fever. students demic on teens remain unknown, are hosting artist workshops in school support program that was Reyes Lopez recovered, but Both schools and community but experts’ best guess at this point May to give students an opportu- helpful pre-pandemic just wasn’t her mother’s health worsened. organizations have taken steps to is that it will linger in trauma-like nity to express themselves — and the same over Zoom. Second semester started and reach students and families who symptoms, Khasho said. destress — through art. “I couldn’t function, going her father went back to work, may be struggling during the He anticipates mental health “We want to help lessen the stig- online,” Kofotua said. so Reyes Lopez had to balance pandemic. In San Mateo County, providers will see upticks in ma of youth mental health during She didn’t feel supported by her school with taking care of her mental health nonprofit StarVista requests as schools reopen, both the pandemic,” said Emily Chan, teachers, who contacted her only mother. She’d get up early, started new, affordable telehealth from students adjusting to cam- a junior at Castilleja School and when she didn’t turn in assign- before her classes, to make her groups for middle and high school puses that don’t function like they president of Advocacy Through ments. In December, she fell ill mother breakfast and bring students struggling with social used to and from teachers and Art. “We’ve been stuck at home from anemia and was hospital- her medicine. She’d put a mask isolation. (To participate, call 650- coaches who notice issues in kids with our family and we’re using ized. While there, she was also on and crack open the door to 355-8787 or email nancy.fang@ they may have only interacted Zoom eight-plus hours a day. I feel diagnosed with depression. check on her mother. She didn’t star-vista.org.) with online. like it’s affected our outlook.” Kofotua doesn’t feel comfortable tell any of her teachers what was The Palo Alto school district He encourages parents to reach Before the coronavirus, Kim talking about depression with her going on at home, and only told contracted with Care Solace, a out to CHC if they have any con- was an outgoing teenager. Social parents, both recent immigrants one friend. She felt guilty and free, online service that helps cerns. CHC requires no evalu- interactions — meeting up with who don’t understand mental like she’d be blamed for getting connect people to local mental ation or family commitment to friends, casual conversations in health, she said. infected. health services based on the services. the hallways between classes and “I had to go through it on my When the anxiety and stress issues with which they’re strug- To meet current and future at lunch — were a given in his own,” she said. got to be too much, she’d go to gling, insurance options and demands, CHC is using a new day-to-day life. Since last March, In February, Kofotua trans- the garage and break down. Reyes other criteria. (To access Care $2.5 million grant from Jack though, socializing has required ferred to Redwood High School, a Lopez’s room is next to her par- Solace, go to caresolace.com/site/ Dorsey’s COVID-19 relief initia- more effort than he often can small continuation school where ents’, and she didn’t want them to pausdfamilies.) tive to hire more providers (CHC summon. Eventually, he said, he she’s been able to attend classes in hear her. The Mountain View-Los Altos has already hired seven new cli- stopped reaching out to friends person. She feels more welcome “There were moments where I school district expanded its part- nicians in the last seven months) and withdrew. there and has also found a sup- felt very exhausted and stressed — nerships with mental health non- and to bolster financial aid and “That left me in a pretty dark port system at Youth United for especially because it was the start profits, hired a new district social free counseling services provided place personally. That’s how it Community Action (YUCA), a of the new year and I already went worker and launched a student in communities like East Palo became pretty bad because at first grassroots community organiza- through a lot in 2020,” said Reyes support group with Commu- Alto. I didn’t — I’m not somebody who tion for youth of color in East Palo Lopez, a serious, first-generation nity Health Awareness Council “Hopefully, what this pandemic talks about my emotions a lot,” Alto. Kofotua and her brother student with high standards who (CHAC). has taught us, because none of us he said. “It’s so easy to get lost in go to YUCA to do homework became overwhelmed and anx- Children’s Health Council in have gotten out of this unscathed, yourself.” and participate in conversations ious in the distance learning envi- Palo Alto, which has seen a 150% is to really focus on our wellness While the barriers to reaching around restorative justice. ronment. “I just wanted a fresh rise in calls during the pandemic, and mental health,” Khasho said. A out for help ordinarily can feel “We’ve opened up the space for start in 2021. I just wanted this is already preparing for the next high, several teens described students who don’t feel safe or year to be more peaceful for me.” phase in teens’ emotional recov- Email Elena Kadvany at this sense that seeking help has comfortable at home and want Her mother eventually ery. The slow reopening of schools [email protected]

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Dr. Barbara B. (Ebright) Varenhorst, Ph.D. INEQUITIES district into their districts each continued from page 10 year. The Peninsula districts June 4, 1928 - February 23, 2021 include Menlo Park, Las Lomi- Educational inequities tas, Woodside, Portola Valley, persist Palo Alto, Belmont-Redwood With loving family by her side, Dr. Barbara Victoria, and Johns Hopkins University. Her In 1967, the NAACP national Shores and San Carlos. B. (Ebright) Varenhorst, Ph.D. of Portola publications were extensive and well-regard- magazine included an article Each district has a maximum Valley, slipped peacefully into the arms of her ed, including the book Real Friends: Becoming about the dispute over new number of Ravenswood stu- Lord on Tuesday evening, February 23, 2021. the Friend You’d Like to Have (1983). school district boundaries that dents it must take each year. If Barbara was born in Omaha, Nebraska on She was especially proud of her roles created a mostly Black high more than the maximum apply, June 4, 1928 to Oak Wood and Mary Louise as Co-Founder and Past President of the school — Ravenswood in East students are chosen by lottery. (Davidson) Ebright. National Peer Helpers Association, and held Palo Alto, which closed in 1976 “I tried to get him into the As the daughter of a Lutheran minister, affiliations with the California Association because of declining enroll- Menlo Park City School Dis- Barbara grew up in a strong Christian family, of Peer Programs, the Board of Regents at ment, 18 years after it opened, trict and wasn’t able to, so I shaping her purpose in St. Olaf College, Search and a mostly white high school didn’t enroll him because we — Menlo-Atherton. didn’t want him on a one-hour life and desire to help oth- Institute, and the College When Ravenswood High bus ride at 7 a.m.,” Lampkin ers. She attended schools Board. Dr. Varenhorst shuttered, students were bused said. “Being Black, my son was in Kansas and Nebraska, was also elected to to three high schools (one was born with one negative already. graduating from Lincoln the Vesper Society Board a 45 minute bus ride away). I couldn’t afford to play Russian High School in 1946. She of Directors in 1977. She Finally, in 2013 the Sequoia roulette with his education.” conducted her under- served there in many lead- Union High School District She is glad she is able to enroll graduate work at St. Olaf ership positions, includ- governing board voted to allow him in private school. College in Northfield, ing interim president East Palo Alto youth to attend “In order for him to get a Minnesota, graduating from 1996-1999. Barbara nearby Menlo-Atherton. good education, we have to pay in 1950. A fellowship at and Vern joined Valley Belle Haven resident Deadra tuition,” she said. “Thank God Syracuse University al- Presbyterian Church in Lampkin of Menlo Together I live with my grandmother.” lowed her to continue her the mid 90’s where said during the January work- Menlo Together member shop that her son was zoned Karen Camacho said hear- education, and ultimately Barbara served as an to attend school in the Raven- ing Lampkin’s story put into earn her master’s degree Elder, founded and nur- swood City School District. greater context how institutions in 1952. Required to read tured an Adult Education She didn’t want him to attend have created inequities. extensively about youth program and made many its schools since she finds them “People have really tough counseling and guid- strong friendships. to be underperforming and feelings and emotions from ance, Barbara attributed Barbara will be re- unsafe. He was accepted into what they hear,” Camacho said. the clear vision that she would later develop membered not only for the impact she had the Tinsley Volunteer Transfer The summer of 2020, after about peer counseling to her time at Syracuse on countless youth, but also as a mentor and Program, but he was assigned Minneapolis police killed University. While at Syracuse she would friend. She was known for her kindness and to a school in San Carlos. George Floyd, an unarmed also meet her future husband, Vernon D. generosity, and her beautiful, bright smile. The Tinsley program came Black man, in late May, showed Varenhorst. Even after a stroke four years ago caused her about as the result of a lawsuit people they need to talk explic- filed in 1976 by parents in the itly about race, she said. “We’re Barbara and Vern were married in 1953 to transition away from independent living, Ravenswood City School Dis- not going to be able to address in Pasadena. They moved to the Palo Alto her compassion, curiosity, and kindness to- trict and neighboring districts. inequities until we explicitly area, where she began teaching and counsel- wards others continued unabated. Her warm The suit was settled in 1985 by talk about it.” A ing in the Palo Alto Unified School District smile always remained the same. requiring Peninsula school dis- (PAUSD). In 1964, she earned her Ph.D. from Barbara is survived by many longtime tricts to transfer some minority Email Angela Swartz at Stanford University in Counseling Psychology friends, who were like family, as well as her students from the Ravenswood [email protected] and returned to PAUSD as a counseling psy- sister-in-law, Virginia Barrows, and sev- chologist for two high schools. While there eral nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great- during the early 1970s, Dr. Varenhorst be- nephews, all who loved their Aunt Barb dearly. ORANGE TIER manage vaccinations statewide, gan to recognize that students were looking She was preceded in death by her parents, her continued from page 5 Rogers said San Mateo is evalu- to their friends and peers, rather than the husband Vern, brothers John C. Ebright and ating the agreement with Blue received 22,160 vaccine doses Shield to figure out what makes adults in their lives, when they needed help William D. Ebright, sister Dorothy Meyer, last week, a jump from the 17,860 the most sense for the county. in decision making or problem solving. This nephews David Oak Ebright, Donald Barrows, doses it received two weeks ago. “Our goal really is to ensure was her inspiration for developing her Peer and Larry Barrows, and brother-in-law Ernest The recent supply includes doses the maximum supply of vaccine Counseling curriculum, to train and collabo- Barrows. of the Janssen vaccine, devel- to this county and to keep the rate with young people to be more effective in Our family would like to express our sincere oped by Johnson and Johnson. pace of work moving forward helping their peers. thanks to the nurses, doctors and caregivers This week, first and second without disruption of the vac- Dr. Varenhorst always felt that the most at the Healthcare Center at The Forum for the dose clinics are continuing at cine effort locally,” Rogers said. important aspect of her career was developing loving care they gave Barbara these last four the San Mateo County Event Since San Mateo County is the Palo Alto Peer Counseling Program. In the years. We’d also like to thank her many kind Center. There were also clinics not in the early phases of Blue years since, thousands of young people across friends, who visited her regularly and sent her scheduled in East Palo Alto, Daly Shield’s vaccine rollout, Rog- the country have been trained in communi- cards and letters with warm, caring thoughts. City and Half Moon Bay. ers said they had some time to Chabra said that the county is decide. cation skills, human dynamics, and when to Because of the pandemic restrictions in place, also beginning to target its vacci- For more information on seek assistance from caring adults through a Celebration of Life will be planned for a later nation efforts on people experi- COVID-19 vaccination in San Peer Helping programs, Peer Ministry, and date when friends and family are able to safely encing homelessness, those who Mateo County, including vacci- other programs that came from this original travel and gather together. Skylawn is in charge may be homebound and people nation data and the county’s work. Dr. Varenhorst has been acknowledged of her arrangements. Memories of Barbara who are hospitalized. So far the notification tool, visit smchealth. as the “Mother” of the peer helper movement may be shared at their website, Skylawn.com. county has identified at least 900 org/covidvaccine. A and a founding member of the National Peer In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made homebound individuals. Helpers Association. Her impact has been far to The Barbara and Vernon Varenhorst Fund, In order to keep up with vac- reaching and will continue to touch others for Search Institute, 3001 Broadway Street NE, cine opportunities, Rogers rec- years to come. Suite 310, Minneapolis MN 55413 or at www. ommended that county residents Like us on In addition to her work in the Palo Alto search-institute.org/donate; The Vernon and sign up for the county’s active notification tool as well as the Unified School District, Dr. Varenhorst was Barbara Varenhorst Endowed Scholarship state’s myturn.ca.gov notifica- a visiting instructor at the Harvard Graduate at St. Olaf College, either by check to St. Olaf tion tool. School of Education, Stanford University, College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN While Santa Clara County facebook.com/ California Polytechnic State University, San 55057 or at https://wp.stolaf.edu/giving; or a opted out of the state’s plan AlmanacNews Francisco State University, University of charity of choice. PAID OBITUARY for Blue Shield of California to

20QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 12, 2021 NEWS LLEHUAEHUA GGREENMANREENMAN SHOOTING with debris, filled in dangerous responsible for the Dumbarton has been when a life hangs in "Luck continued from page 10 trenches that had been dug along Rail Line and a 50-foot ease- the balance, no matter who you is when with latrine pits .... ment on each side of the track. are!” Schapelhouman said in the that the number of people liv- “A number of the people liv- The fire district will be in touch statement. preparation ing in encampments near the ing out here have been assisted with them to have these encamp- Detectives from the California meets Bay had dropped to around 10 by the city, county, Life Moves ments removed as well, he said. Highway Patrol Golden Gate from a high of around 60 people and We Hope and other volun- “Sadly, violence like shoot- Division’s Special Investigations opportunity." in the summer due to efforts to teer organizations along with ings, stabbings, drug overdoses Unit are now trying to deter- connect unhoused people with several religious organizations. and fires have all dramatically mine the identity of the shooter services. Others simply moved elsewhere increased to unacceptable levels and are asking anyone with “We recently made some sig- until they can move back. We’ve over the last few years and that information about the shooting nificant progress in having Cal- been working on this for years has been exacerbated because of to call the CHP investigation tip 650.245.1845 trans and the state bring in a now, it’s not an easy problem to out-of-touch state policies that line at (707) 917-4491. A contractor to remove a num- solve,” Schapelhouman said in somehow presume that local Bay City News Service contrib- ber of the encampments on the statement. firefighters and police officers uted to this report. the north side of the Triangle This particular grouping wouldn’t be touching people near Willow Road. They filled of encampments is on land because of COVID. Clearly, Email Sue Dremann at Sign up today at multiple 50-yard dumpsters owned by SamTrans, which is that isn’t the case and never [email protected] AlmanacNews.com/express

Maureen Louise Hamner Therese Luke Hamilton August 1944 – February 2021 May 25, 1933 – February 26, 2021

Maureen passed away Therese “Terry” Luke Hamilton, - a long- could often be heard late at night talking peacefully at home in Palo time resident of Atherton, and Redwood to herself in the kitchen as she worked out Alto with her husband of City California - passed away peacefully on the nuances of tricky negotiations – a habit fifty-eight years, Richard February 26th, 2021. In the comfort of her she owned during her 25 years of faithful T. Hamner, at her side. home, while surrounded real estate service to the Those who knew and loved by her family, Terry shed community. Terry was Maureen will forever cher- the weight of this world also very fond of travel- ish her memory. With her she loved, and stepped ing. She and Ed were beautiful smile and warm into her Lord’s promised, blessed to have had quite personality, she was known vibrant, and eternal king- the variety of excursions for always making others dom – she was 87 years over the years. Whether feel comfortable. old. crisscrossing the US in Maureen was born dur- Terry is survived by Ed their home-away-from- ing WWII in Japanese- - her husband of nearly home RV, visiting her occupied Manila, Philippines, the daughter of Thomas 66 years - and by her sister and nieces in Italy, A. Campbell and Carmen Russell Campbell. Shortly after four children: daughters dear friends in Japan or the war, Maureen’s family relocated to Westchester, CA, Lindsay and Leslie (Jim), walking the headlands later moving to El Centro, CA, where she graduated at the and sons Ian (Kim) and in her adopted home of top of her class from Central Union High School in 1962. Doug (Dori). Terry is also Mendocino, Terry’s thirst Matriculating to SDSU, in December 1962 Maureen mar- survived by 10 grand- for local culture, history, ried her high school sweetheart, then a third year SDSU children and 8 great and a good story, could student. grandchildren. hardly be contained. In 1975 the Hamner family moved to the community of Terry was born in But for all her travels Ladera (Portola Valley) CA. Within a few years, with three New York, New York to Josephine Therese and adventures, it was the “others” in her life grammar school age sons, Maureen was ready to go to Buckley and Charles Wilson Luke. At the that always focused her attention. Whether work, part time. First working as a bookkeeper and legal age of 10, Terry traveled by train with her it was the “Save the Bay” campaign or serv- secretary for the Foothill College District, her career goal sister and mother across the country to her ing as a Lay Eucharistic Minister at her lo- was to work at Hewlett Packard (HP). In 1981 she joined HP new home in San Francisco. It was there that cal church, Terry was most at home when as a secretary at HP Labs and, subsequently, at Corporate she met a young neighborhood boy nearly she was making phone calls to friends and HR. In 1986 she took a leave of absence from HP to try real her own age, who many years later would family both near and far, writing letters and estate. The is rest is history. Maureen loved being a real- become the love of her life, and the father notes of encouragement - always planning tor and, over her twenty-two-year real estate career, she of her four cherished children. After finish- and organizing group gatherings. She loved carefully developed her business, based on professional ing her primary education at Miss Burke’s her grandchildren deeply. She thoughtfully competency and integrity. An agent with Coldwell Banker School, Terry moved across the Bay, and and routinely wrote postcards to each one on in Menlo Park, Maureen frequently ranked in the top 1% joined the Kappa, Kappa, Gamma sorority her trips with Ed. She often could be found of all Coldwell Banker agents internationally. at UC Berkeley and graduated with a degree playing “go fish” or spoons on the floor with An enthusiastic thirty-four-year Ladera resident, in History. her “grands” over the years, never tiring of Maureen served on the Ladera Community Association Terry and Ed were married in August their enthusiasm and playful natures. Terry board and organized the Ladera Bridge Group. An avid 1955, eventually making their home in welcomed life and she welcomed people into tennis player, Maureen enjoyed playing tennis with her Atherton. With four kids in tow and numer- her life. Ladera friends and traveling internationally with Women’s ous cats and dogs roaming the house, Terry’s As we gathered around her bed on the day Amateur International Tennis (W.A.I.T). The highlight of community interests and service to others of her passing it was noted and affirmed by her tennis career was playing for the Alpine Hills Tennis along the Peninsula, began to blossom. A all, that ultimately, “Mom loved well.” She Club team that won the USA League, 3.5 Senior Women, member of the Junior League of Palo Alto loved her church, she loved God’s creative 1999 National Championships. and the Woodside - Atherton garden club beauty of plants and animals and serene vis- Diagnosed in 2008 with early-onset Alzheimer’s for 40 years, Terry leaned into her volunteer tas. She loved her family with sincerity and Disease, Maureen vowed to fight it, and did so, up until activities with her well-known engaging and passion. And she loved to bring wholeness the last day of her life, retaining the inner purity, grace, inquisitive enthusiasm. With a keen eye for and goodness to everything she touched. and courage that defined her. residential plant life - developed over the Yes, Terry loved well. You will be missed Maureen is survived by her husband, Richard T. years with her fellow garden club members “Grammy” – yes, you will be missed very Hamner; her sons, Richard T. Hamner, M.D., wife - her garden pots at home were always full of much indeed. Eleanor; Todd A. Hamner, wife Mirza; Brett M. Hamner, vivid color the year round. In lieu of gifts or flowers, please consider wife Rene; her six grandchildren; and, her sisters, Carmel As her kids entered their teenage years, giving a donation to the St. Francis Center Repp-Pearl and Patricia Enna-Carr. No memorial services Terry earned her license as a real estate of Redwood City – an organization with a are planned, at this time. agent. She good-naturedly took a healthy rich history helping the least of these in our Remembrances: Alzheimer’s Association, alz.org/norcal dose of teasing from her family, for Terry community. Thank you!

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS The deadline to comment on the homeless community.” district. Due to criteria set by introduced the students during continued from page 6 the report is April 12. Written Serving those in need may the state that includes social a Feb. 25 school board meeting, comments should be submit- have exposed these leaders to distancing, classroom and lab referencing the district govern- Family Health Center in a ted by email to Contract Prin- the same risks as the community sanitizing procedures and other ing board’s resolution to create statement. cipal Planner Payal Bhagat at they are serving have faced, the health precautions, the number anti-racist schools, according to Belle Haven residents may fill [email protected], or by organization added. of people on campuses will be a district press release. out an interest form online at letter to Payal Bhagat, Contract —Kate Bradshaw kept at a minimum. “In class we read an article is.gd/BHvax or access it through Principal Planner, Community The district is receiving $13.3 titled ‘Band-Aid launches ban- bellehavenaction.org for more Development, 701 Laurel St., Local community colleges million in federal Higher Educa- dages to embrace the beauty of information about how to regis- Menlo Park, CA 94025. to remain online tion Emergency Relief funding, diverse skin,’” Gabriel said at ter to be vaccinated. The Planning Commission is the district said. Of that, almost the meeting. “We also read the set to hold a public hearing on San Mateo County Commu- two-thirds will be distributed to book, ‘A Kid’s Book about Rac- Menlo Portal the draft EIR and a study ses- nity College District — home students to assist with financial ism.’ We talked about how this environmental documents sion for the proposed project to Cañada College in Redwood challenges and the remainder might make some people feel. via GoToWebinar or Zoom on City, College of San Mateo in will be used to offset costs We are learning about racism released Monday, March 22. People may San Mateo and Skyline College incurred by the colleges for in my class and we noticed that The city of Menlo Park has provide oral comments on the in San Bruno — will continue COVID-related expenses such there’s only one color Band-Aid released the draft environmen- draft EIR then. to hold courses online through as technology, health and safety for everyone. This one Band-Aid tal impact report (DEIR) for —Kate Bradshaw the end of fall semester in equipment, and training. does not match my skin and the Menlo Portal development December. maybe other people in my class. project, a proposal to build 335 Belle Haven nonprofit calls The district’s governing board Woodside committee I am the only Black person in my apartments, office space and for faith leaders to be ratified the decision during a collecting COVID-19 stories class, so I might not feel so good child care space at 115 Inde- Feb. 24 meeting, according to a about my skin tone without a pendence Drive and 104 to 110 prioritized for vaccine district press release. The Woodside History Com- Band-Aid that matches me.” Constitution Drive. Belle Haven Action, a non- “Nothing is more important mittee is creating a collection to The development, proposed profit focused on serving the than the health and safety of document the lives of the town’s New assistant principal at by Greystar, would include a residents of Menlo Park’s Belle our students, faculty, and staff,” residents during the COVID-19 seven-story apartment building Haven neighborhood, has asked said district Chancellor Michael pandemic. Las Lomitas Elementary and a three-story commercial the San Mateo County Health Claire in a statement. “Even Committee members will be John Berry is the new interim building with a total of about Department and the California though we all want to get back to assembling an archive in the assistant principal at Las Lomi- 35,000 square feet of office space State Vaccine Advisory Com- our beautiful college campuses, Woodside Community Museum tas Elementary School in Ather- on the top two levels and 1,600 mittee to give priority for the we will do so in a thoughtful to preserve the history of the ton this spring, according to a square feet of child care space. COVID-19 vaccine to faith and deliberate way. We are opti- crisis. They are accepting stories March 8 school newsletter. He Both structures would have leaders, pastors, reverends and mistic that as vaccines become about how the pandemic has replaces Kristen Fielding, who above-ground parking garages church workers serving the more widely distributed in the impacted Woodside families, left in November to work in the incorporated into the buildings. community. summer and fall we will be able both in good ways and bad, Lake Tahoe area, said Principal Under city ordinances, about “Many members of the church to restore more in-person classes as well as interesting experi- Alain Camou in an email. 48 of the housing units would community in Belle Haven are and services to students next ences they have had during this Berry, a San Francisco native, be for rent below market rate, essential service workers in year.” period. Submissions should be has 28 years of K-12 educational and the developer planned to food service, agriculture, and In-person instruction will 500 words or fewer. If you wish experience and has worn a num- make an additional 15 units the grocery/retail industry,” continue for certain essential to remain anonymous, please ber of different hats in the pro- available for below-market-rate the organization said in a press infrastructure sectors — health indicate that in the submission. fession as an assistant principal, rent if permitted to build all 335 statement. “During the COV- care, emergency services and Send stories to woodsidehis- executive director, high school units proposed, according to the ID-19 pandemic, faith-based transportation fields, as well as [email protected]. adviser and more. project webpage. organizations and churches critical STEM labs in key trans- He holds a bachelor’s degree in The draft EIR reports that have distributed food, assisted fer areas, and to meet licensing Encinal third graders modern history from the Uni- the analyses conducted did with childcare, and conduct- requirements for career educa- advocate for diversity in versity of California at Berkeley, not identify any significant ed grief counseling among tion programs — to train first a master’s degree in educational and unavoidable environmen- the families of those lost to responders and health care bandages administration from Columbia tal impacts from the proposed COVID-19. These organiza- workers to address urgent com- The Menlo Park City School University’s Teachers College, project. tions also provide services to munity needs, according to the District now offers students and holds both an administra- bandages in a variety of skin tive service and teaching cre- tone colors after two Encinal dential from San Francisco State third graders, Gabriel and Nata- University. lia, lobbied for the change to Berry lives in Marin with his make all students feel included wife Paula, and daughters Alex- in the school community. andra and Audrianna. Encinal Principal Sharon —Angela Swartz Burns and teacher Larra Olson

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Ultimately, the Jeff Aalfs is a member of the an unfortunate confluence of California blackouts were much Portola Valley Town Council 995 Fictitious Name EQUINE EVENTS events, the reality is that every shorter, less widespread, and and board chairman for Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 286787 one of these events was a fore- less devastating than the Texas Peninsula Clean Energy, San SENIOR CARE AUTHORITY PENINSULA The following person (persons) is (are) seeable, and preventable, conse- blackouts last month. Mateo County’s nonprofit FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT doing business as: quence of extreme cold. In 2011, The Texas and California electricity supplier. File No.: 286717 Equine Events, located at 1619 Carleton The following person (persons) is (are) in fact, a similar but less intense Ct., Redwood City, CA 94061, San Mateo doing business as: winter storm left over a million Senior Care Authority Peninsula, located County; Mailing address: PO Box 620143, Texans in the dark due to the What’s on your mind? Woodside, CA 94062. at 1040 S. Claremont St., San Mateo, CA same cold-related failures seen 94402, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): Registered owner(s): JOAN LORRAINE MCLAREN last month. In the intervening From City Hall politics and the schools to transportation ANNAMARIE BUONOCORE 1619 Carleton Ct. decade, Texas added 1.6 mil- 414 Barneson Ave. Redwood City, CA 94061 lion new homes, most of them and other pressing issues, the Almanac aims to keep San Mateo, CA 94402 This business is conducted by: An heated with electricity, while readers informed about their community. But we also This business is conducted by: An Individual. Individual. The registrant commenced to transact doing next to nothing to address want to hear from you. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business the known vulnerabilities of its business under the fictitious business Tell us what’s on your mind by sending your letters to name(s) listed above on Feb. 24, 2021. electric system. name(s) listed above on 02/01/2017. [email protected]. Or snail-mail them to: The This statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Since the Federal Power Act Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on of 1935, Texas has gone to great Almanac, 450 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306. February 18, 2021. February 24, 2021. lengths to isolate its electric (ALM Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 2021) (ALM Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021) Letters should be no longer than 300 words. system from neighboring states. You can also submit a longer piece of 450 to 600 words The Almanac is adjudicated to publish in San Mateo County. This isolation allowed Texas to avoid nearly all federal over- for consideration to publish as a guest opinion column. Public Hearing Notices Resolutions • Bid Notices • Lien Sale sight; the Texas grid is operated Questions? Email [email protected], or call Trustee’s Sale • Notices of Petition to Administer Estate by the Electric Reliability Coun- 650-223-6537. Deadline is Monday at noon. Call Alicia Santillan at cil of Texas (ERCOT), overseen 650-223-6578 or email [email protected] for by the Texas Public Utilities assistance with your legal advertising needs. Commission (PUC). As with

26QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 12, 2021 Artscene PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCES IN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Drawn to the past: San Mateo County Historical Association plans new multilevel facility Taube Family Carriage House Museum will be a major addition to downtown Redwood City

By Maggie Mah 14,000-square-foot building will be located at the corner of ometimes, getting in touch Marshall Street and Middlefield Swith the past can help Road, adjacent to the court- make sense of the pres- house and to the newly relo- ent and even provide a sense of cated Lathrop House. Designed stability for the future. When we by Woodside architect Adolph can experience the things left Rosekrans, the striking carriage behind by the people who came house will sit on what is now a before us, history really comes small parking area. to life. With that in mind, a new “It’s hard to believe we could cultural destination is being put something like that up planned for downtown Red- there,” said Taube. wood City that organizers hope The building will feature glass will bring history alive in mul- walls on every level, providing tiple ways and provide plenty of passersby with lighted views of enjoyment in the present. the interior at all hours. The San Mateo County His- What inspired this ambi- torical Association is finalizing tious addition to the San Mateo plans for the Taube Family Car- County Historical Association’s Rendering courtesy San Mateo County Historical Association riage House. Named for the proj- collection? A rendering shows the exterior of the Taube Family Carriage House Museum in downtown Redwood City. ect’s keystone donor, Woodside Long before Silicon Valley philanthropist and businessman started making billionaires, San her 650-acre Woodside estate, energetic and knowledgeable fan Association for a number of Tad Taube, the carriage house Mateo County was a favorite Filoli, to the National Trust for of San Mateo County’s past one years and received the organi- will be the showcase for San destination for people with Historic Preservation. Roth’s is ever likely to meet, provided zation’s History Maker Award Mateo County’s collection of his- high net worth to escape the stunning collection of Brewster a perspective on the “upstairs- in 2017. He first became aware toric horse-drawn vehicles and grit and chill of San Francisco. carriages, however, was given to downstairs” aspect of Peninsula of the carriages about two years much more. The new building They came, they played and they San Mateo County. Although a society in the late 1800s. ago and after a visit to the ware- will include areas for revolving built. By the 1880s, there were few of the carriages have been on “San Mateo and Burlingame house, said he knew he had to exhibits and public event space. more large country estates on display in the San Mateo History were like villages in the Euro- make something happen. Just as the 2006 renovation the Peninsula than in any other Museum galleries, the rest of the pean tradition,” he said. And “When I saw them, I thought, of the historic domed court- place west of the Mississippi. Roth collection and a number although most of the vehicles ‘My God, this is really a trea- house (present home of the San Being seen was important to of other fine examples of horse- in the collection were once sure!’ I immediately reacted Mateo County History Museum, the top tier of society, and fine drawn vehicles (29 in all) have owned by the wealthiest and that we had to bring this to the which has a planned reopening carriages were not just the way been stored for more than 40 most prominent residents of the world,” he recalled. date of March 24) and creation to get around but also the way to years in a climate-controlled area, Postel is adamant that it’s Taube and Postel set out to find of the adjacent public square communicate one’s wealth and warehouse out of public view. not just about them. “Sure, you a new home for the carriages near played a major role in chang- status. Carriages made by Brew- Mitch Postel, San Mateo Coun- might have been a rich cat with Courthouse Square. The original ing downtown Redwood City ster and Company in New York ty History Association president lots of money but many people idea was pretty straightforward from “Deadwood City” to the were considered the finest in the and executive director since made their living by working — a simple structure on the order lively and attractive cultural hot world at the time and owning 1985, said he has been dreaming for the carriage trade. This is of a single-story, garage-type spot that it is today, the carriage at least one was de rigueur for for years of a place where the really our heritage — this is us! building — but rapidly evolved house will add a new dimension wealthy residents. public could enjoy these remind- It’s who we were,” he said. into something far grander. to the area. Fast forward to 1975, when ers of our equestrian past. Taube has been involved in the The planned three-story, Lurline Matson Roth donated Postel, who is arguably the most San Mateo County Historical See CARRIAGE HOUSE, page 28

Magali Gauthier Magali Gauthier Mitch Postel, president of the San Mateo County Historical Association, admires a fire A vintage carriage collection currently in storage by the San Mateo County hose roller from 1880 that’s currently in storage. Historical Association will be displayed in the Taube Family Carriage House.

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CARRIAGE HOUSE continued from page 27

“We concluded that the only way to do justice to these car- riages was to create a showplace. Of course, a showplace involves money,” Taube said. To date, the Taube Carriage House Campaign has raised over 78% of the $11.5 million price tag, all of which has come from private pledges and donations. Construction of the carriage house is expected to take approximately two years, with Magali Gauthier preliminary site improvements A Brewster Light Park Drag, the crown jewel of the carriage Rendering courtesy San Mateo County Historical Association set to begin this spring. collection, is currently on display in the San Mateo County History Museum. This rendering shows the planned interior of the Carriage House. With the museum fast becom- carriages and a rotating display sporting and social events, while The carriage house’s third- to look at a carriage that was being ing a reality, Taube said, “Any- of other carriages, all of which an assortment of servants rode floor rooftop terrace will be an offered to San Mateo County body who has seen the carriages will be shown with the museum’s below. Pointing to the lined and open, airy space featuring a cen- by History San José. He did not has to get excited about the pos- collection of textiles and vintage fitted compartments for bottles tral skylight and large expanses know that the errand was about sibility that people are going to gowns from the period. Interac- and glasses in the rear of the car- of glass on the exterior walls. The to reconnect him with his child- be able to enjoy them.” Plans are tive features include the opportu- riage, Postel chuckled, “This was facility, which has been designed hood. Rosekrans remembered well underway for what visitors nity to experience what it was like the ultimate tailgating vehicle.” for gatherings of up to 300 people that his mother, Alma Spreckles, will experience. to drive a horse-drawn vehicle The original purchase price and includes catering areas, will had owned several carriages and On the ground floor will be a and to observe craftsmen at work of the Park Drag was $2,800. In be available for rent to the public remembered riding in them on gallery devoted to rotating exhib- restoring and maintaining car- today’s dollars, that would be for post-pandemic events such Runnymede, her Woodside estate, its featuring special display bays. riages in the conservation area. about $82,000 or similar to the as meetings, conferences and but didn’t know what had become Possible themes include vehicle Plans also include an entire price of a new Tesla Model S. receptions. of them. “She probably wanted collections from local car aficio- wall of magnificent gilded mir- Actually, this comparison isn’t In addition to the carriage them out of the way,” he said. nados, historical perspectives on rors from several of the Penin- quite accurate. Despite the qual- house, a new natural history area The carriage being offered the electric car and other vehicles sula’s great estates. ity of both vehicles, the carriage will be created through construc- was a Brewster Brougham (pro- from the county’s collection, The crown jewel of the car- by itself wouldn’t have gotten tion of a passageway connecting nounced “brooam’) from the including a remarkable Standard riage collection is the 17-pas- you anywhere without four fine, the new building with the court- late 1890s and was showing its Oil delivery wagon. Said Postel, senger Brewster Standard Light perfectly matched horses turned house. A diorama will feature the years. Rosekrans and Neitzel “I would love to do a display of Park Drag. With its metal frame out in polished, monogrammed complete 14-foot cast of the skel- went about inspecting the vehicle lowriders.” painted a cheerful but tasteful harnesses, an assortment of ser- eton of a paleoparadoxia — a rare and, “when I put my hand on The second-floor gallery will yellow, the carriage was designed vants and grooms in matching aquatic mammal that inhabited the handle, it felt very familiar,” feature a permanent display of for fun: Owners and guests were uniforms and a clean-shaven the area of what is now Menlo Rosekrans said. A subsequent the county’s 10 prized Brewster seated on top for the best views of coachman. Park in the Miocene period, check of the carriage’s serial approximately 12 million years numbers determined the original ago. Murals by Burlingame artist owner. “It turned out to be my Fred Sinclair, Jr. will depict the great-grandfather, Claus Spreck- ancient elephants, horses, saber- les,” he said. The handle was the toothed cats and rhinoceroses very one he had gripped as a that once roamed the Peninsula. child. Interactive exhibits will pro- The Spreckles carriage, which vide kids the opportunity to for now is back at Runnymede, experience what it’s like to be a will be the first restoration proj- paleontologist or archaeologist, ect. With the Taube Family Car- and an electronic map will show riage House plans rolling along, the area’s geologic and geographic locals can look forward to mak- changes over millions of years. ing more connections to San Meanwhile, project architect Mateo County’s past — and cre- Rosekrans, who will turn 90 this ating new memories. year, can personally attest to the More information is available at power of things from the past. As historysmc.org. A an avid collector of antique farm implements, he recently accompa- Contributing writer Maggie nied San Mateo County Historical Mah can be emailed at Association Curator Dana Neitzel [email protected]

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By Elena Kadvany food must be ordered online for pickup, though are some tables and chairs for Holy 1,600-square-foot kitchen at the outdoor seating. Sushi is Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto offering A its kosher is now home to four businesses Holy Sushi that will bring a range of kosher food and creations at coffee to the local community. Meira Academy, an all-girls private the Oshman The eateries are Holy Sushi, which Orthodox Jewish high school located at Family JCC’s food hall. serves kosher sushi; The Ma’lawah Bar, a the JCC, started Holy Sushi in 2014 to Courtesy Joey Felsen former cottage food operation that spe- bring kosher food to the campus. (Felsen cializes in Yemenite-Israeli breads; Caffe is also the founding board president of jachnun, a sweet, rolled bread that’s baked European food. There’s Moroccan and Mediterraneum, an Italian espresso bar Meira Academy.) low and slow for more than 10 hours Sephardic and Tunisian and Turkish and with pastries and lunch fare; and Matri- The kosher sushi eatery closed for sev- until it’s golden brown. Both are typically Yemenite and Ethiopian Jewish foods,” arch Cafe, a Jewish deli-inspired eatery. eral years but is now back serving rolls, served with freshly grated tomato, hard- she said. “I wanted to show diversity. I Until now, Izzy’s Brooklyn Bagels on sashimi, nigiri and tofu karaage, made boiled eggs and schug, a spicy condiment wanted to expose that.” California Avenue was the only kosher, by chef Wilson He. made from chiles, garlic, chili, cilantro, Yemenite-Israeli cooking revolves full-service establishment in Palo Alto, Holy Sushi is open Monday, Friday and cumin and other spices. around wheat, one of the few ingredients said Rabbi Joey Felsen, founder and Sunday but will eventually expand to six Food has helped Jehassi reconnect to persecuted Jews had access to, Jehassi executive director of the Jewish Study days a week. her Jewish identity, she said. She was born said. They made baked, fried and grilled Network, who teaches classes at the JCC For more information and to order, go and raised in Long Island, New York, in a wheat breads, dipped in hearty soups and brought in the vendors to fill the to holysushi.org. Yemenite-Israeli family. and stews and sauces like schug and vacant kitchen. “Growing up on Long Island, I was very hilbeh (a fenugreek dip). They baked “The Jewish community in Palo Alto The Ma’lawah Bar different from others. I always longed to jachnun for hours in aluminum pots in has been underserved in terms of kosher find my roots,” she said. underground charcoal ovens, a technique offerings relative to most other commu- Owner Doreet Jehassi worked in tech So at 18 years old, she moved to Israel Jehassi now replicates in her 21st century nities in the United States,” he said. “For for nearly two decades but always found — a journey known as “making aliyah.” kitchen using baking dishes to ensure years the community has wanted more herself reminiscing about cooking. In She lived there for 12 years. Decades later, consistency (though when she’s cooking and for us it was a natural assumption 2018, she decided to leave the corporate her time in Israel and learning Yemenite for her family she still uses the Yemenite that the Jewish community center could world and started a kosher cottage food recipes from her mother would influence pot). Making jachnun from start to fin- be a place where that could be offered.” operation out of her Santa Clara home. the birth of The Ma’lawah Bar. Jehassi ish takes 18 hours, including resting All four businesses at 3921 Fabian Way She called it The Ma’lawah Bar. said she wanted to pay tribute to her heri- the dough overnight, laminating it and will be open to the public. Holy Sushi Jehassi became known for her Yemenite- tage and demonstrate that there’s more to the low, slow bake that caramelizes the and The Ma’lawah Bar are already open, Israeli breads, including malawach (the Jewish cuisine than matzo balls. sugars. and Matriarch Cafe and Caffe Mediterra- namesake dish), a flaky, layered flatbread “With all due respect, it’s delicious Jehassi also sells kubaneh, a fluffy, neum will debut this spring. For now, all with the texture of puff pastry, and food, but there’s Jewish food beyond yeasted pull-apart bread that Jehassi describes as “the other challah.” She adds katzach, or nigella seeds, to her version, which also happens to be vegan and is the ideal vessel for soaking up soups and sauces. For dessert, she makes basbousa, a semolina cake that’s soaked in syrup and topped with coconut. Jehassi believes she’s the only Bay Area business serving Yemenite-Israeli food. All of her recipes were passed down through family members, taught by feel and taste. She’s the first in her family to write them down. As The Ma’lawah Bar grew, it quickly took over her home kitchen, so she spent the last year searching for a kosher com- mercial kitchen. Her dream is to get her frozen products and condiments into Courtesy Doreet Jehassi Courtesy Doreet Jehassi Doreet Jehassi makes malawach in her home kitchen. Malawach, a Yemenite-Israeli flatbread, is available from The Ma’lawah Bar. See OSHMAN, page 30

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OSHMAN Jews could go and have a nice cafe, but when the opportunity continued from page 29 coffee and a pastry or a light presented itself at the JCC, he meal,” he said. “I wanted to jumped. retail stores, like Whole Foods. open a place that not only served Brodie’s Matriarch Cafe will She’s heartened to see foods like high-quality, traditional Ital- be his take on a Jewish deli, schug, labneh and shakshuka ian espresso, but that was also with dishes like a pulled bris- sold at mainstream markets. kosher so observant Jews could ket sandwich (made from a The Ma’lawah Bar held a soft have a cafe where they could family recipe, with his own opening last weekend for pick- order anything on the menu.” adaptations), shawarma sand- ups only. The coffee will come from wiches and a lamb burger with For more information, go to Mr. Espresso in Oakland, and Israeli spices. Eventually he’ll themalawahbar.com. the food from Palo Alto kosher serve a New York-style pastrami catering company Deja Vu. sandwich. And even though Caffe Mediterraneum While Hartman’s Caffe Medi- Matriarch Cafe will be kosher, terraneum will be kosher, he “we’re going to be doing a lot of Earl Hartman will be opening doesn’t “want people to think things that make you forget it’s his homage to Caffe Mediter- that the cafe will ‘only’ be a kosher,” Brodie said, like serv- raneum, the iconic Berkeley “Jewish cafe.” ing bacon made from beef. cafe, at the Oshman Family JCC “There’s no rule that says Brodie named the cafe in hon- this spring. Hartman worked kosher has to mean second- or of the female influences in as a barista there, as well as Le rate,” he said. his family: his mother, grand- Bateau Ivre on Telegraph Ave- He hopes to open after Pass- mother and great-grandmother. nue, in his early 20s but eventu- over, in early to mid-April. While Matriarch Cafe won’t ally went on to a longtime career be open until after Passover, the as a Japanese-English translator. Matriarch Cafe Palo Alto JCC will be a pickup Now at 69, Hartman is open- location for Neshama Foods’ ing his first cafe, named after the Spencer Brodie has been Passover menu, including bris- Berkeley original (which closed cooking since he was 11 years ket, matzo ball soup, tzimmes, in 2016 after nearly 50 years). He old, growing up in Belmont. potato kugel and chocolate- plans to serve Italian espresso As a business student at San coconut macaroons (a secret drinks and coffee as well as Jose State University, he said family recipe). Check the Italian sodas, gelato, pastries, he’s worked nearly every job Neshama website at neshama- focaccia and sandwiches. in the hospitality industry — foods.com/passover for order- “Since I keep kosher, and since server, cook, bartender — and ing information. A I love proper Italian espresso, I started his own kosher catering Courtesy Spencer Brodie was conscious of the complete company, Neshama Foods. He Email Elena Kadvany at Spencer Brodie of Neshama Foods will open his first cafe lack of a cafe where observant never planned to open his own [email protected] at the Palo Alto JCC this spring.

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