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JUNE 19, 2020 | VOL. 55 NO. 31 WWW.ALMANACNEWS.COM Widespread protests shift to target local demands
By Kate Bradshaw and Jamey Padojino rotests throughout the Peninsula have prolifer- Pated this month. Starting with a protest against police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 1, they’ve continued, with hundreds rallying to call for police reform. The most recent protests have surfaced local demands, with a June 12 protest calling on Face- book to stop funding the Menlo Park Police Department and Amazon to halt contracts with police departments, prisons, U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement (ICE) and the American military. A June 16 protest called on the city of Menlo Park to continue to fund services in its Belle Haven neighborhood at the Onetta Harris Community Center and the Menlo Park Senior Center. Another Black Lives Matter protest was held on June 11, where about 250 demonstrators first gathered in downtown Palo Alto and marched to Menlo Park to oppose police violence, including the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. At the June 12 protest, Magali Gauthier Protesters share a moment of silence across from California Highway Patrol officers while blocking traffic at the intersection of See PROTEST, page 16 Bayfront Expressway and University Avenue during a June 12 protest. Menlo Park council OKs partial Santa Cruz Avenue closure so restaurants, shops can spread out By Kate Bradshaw night, June 16, for a plan vetted The council also voted to area between University Drive in an email to the city. Restau- Almanac Staff Writer by the city’s Chamber of Com- streamline the process for other to El Camino Real, are from rants that already have outdoor merce to close down several restaurants across the city to Evelyn Street to southbound dining space will be allowed to s soon as next week, blocks of Santa Cruz Avenue — a offer dining in outdoor areas Crane Street, from northbound expand into adjoining spaces, three blocks of Menlo cluster where a majority of the usually used for parking. Typi- Crane Street to southbound and those without it can have APark’s primary down- street’s restaurants are located — cally, it takes 90 days for busi- Chestnut Street and from Curtis the new opportunity to offer town thoroughfare, Santa Cruz to allow downtown restaurants nesses to receive an outdoor Street to Doyle Street. outdoor dining, she said. Avenue, will be closed to allow greater opportunities to offer dining permit, according to the The Chamber of Commerce “It is so important we send this restaurants and shops to spill outdoor dining and shops the city’s management analyst, John developed the plan to allow for lifeline to our businesses,” she onto the street. ability to showcase their wares Passmann. good vehicle, bike and pedestri- added. The Menlo Park City Council outdoors to enable more social The three blocks of Santa Cruz an circulation, said Fran Dehn, signaled wide support Tuesday distancing among customers. Avenue set for closure, in the the chamber president and CEO See SANTA CRUZ AVE, page 19
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June 19, 2020QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ3 ® Congratulations to the Top Real Estate Agents & Teams in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties 2019
Organized Agent/Team Key Team Ranking Brokerage as Agent or Total Sales* Listing Sales Buyer Sales Name Members Team
Ken DeLeon 1 DeLeon Team DeLeon Realty, Inc. Team $811,146,401 $434,887,401 $376,259,000 Michael Repka
2 Stanley Lo Green Banker Realty Agent Stanley Lo $313,987,178 $213,720,178 $100,267,000 3 David Troyer Intero Real Estate Services Agent David Troyer $208,460,828 $193,079,380 $15,381,448 4 Judy Citron Compass Agent Judy Citron $203,714,900 $111,222,200 $92,492,700
Mary & Brent Mary Gullixson 5 Compass Team $192,910,000 $137,010,000 $55,900,000 Gullixson Brent Gullixson
6 Andy Tse Intero Real Estate Services Agent Andy Tse $184,183,716 $133,268,216 $50,915,500
7 David Lillo DPL Real Estate Agent David Lillo $158,687,788 $136,596,288 $22,091,500 8 Billy McNair Compass Agent Billy McNair $156,072,000 $90,242,000 $65,830,000
The Patty Dwyer 9 Compass Team Patty Dwyer $133,016,500 $79,211,500 $53,805,000 Group
10 Keri Nicholas Parc Agency Corporation Agent Keri Nicholas $120,052,700 $81,107,700 $38,945,000
11 The Hanna Group Real Estate 38 Team Zaid Hanna $117,255,116 $45,843,116 $71,412,000
Eric Boyenga 12 Boyenga Team Compass Team $114,778,950 $66,266,450 $48,512,500 Janelle Boyenga 13 Kathy Bridgman Compass Agent Kathy Bridgman $113,376,555 $97,966,555 $15,410,000
14 Recip. Team† "ÕÌvƂÀi>"vwVi Team Not Applicable $108,660,945 $17,680,000 $90,980,945
15 Juliana Lee JLee Realty Agent Juliana Lee $101,509,488 $31,343,600 $70,165,888
16 Jim Arbeed Coldwell Banker Realty Agent Jim Arbeed $99,692,276 $75,112,388 $24,579,888
17 Sternsmith Group Compass Agent Casey Sternsmith $99,409,000 $53,298,000 $46,111,000 Tom LeMieux 18 LeMieux Associates‡ Compass Team $99,328,000 $74,923,000 $ 24,405,000 Jennifer Bitter
19 Len Stone Group KW Peninsula Estates Team Len Stone $99,170,500 $60,761,500 $38,409,000
Keller Williams Realty - Dave Clark 20 Dave Clark Agent $97,507,500 $94,107,500 $3,400,000 Silicon Valley Troy Bambino
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4QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 19, 2020 Local News
M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY
County surpasses 2,600 COVID-19 cases By Embarcadero Media staff case in a staff member over the past seven days. an Mateo County on Tues- day reported 28 new cases Sof COVID-19 for a total to COVID-19 numbers stabilize 2,653. No more people have died As California counties col- of the disease, holding the death lectively move further into toll to 99. reopening businesses and pub- In nearly a week, the number lic spaces, the positivity rate of of people hospitalized with COVID-19 cases and the num- confirmed or suspected cases ber of hospitalizations remain of COVID-19 has gone down by stable, Gov. Gavin Newsom said 50%. Forty-four patients were at a Monday press conference. hospitalized on June 9. Six days The positivity rate has later, on June 15, that number remained at around 4.5% over went down to 22. the past 14 days even as the state Also, the county recently approaches its testing capacity added residents ages 9 years goal of 60,000 tests per day. The old or younger to its chart of number of hospitalizations and cases by age group. As of June patients admitted to the inten- Magali Gauthier 16, this group had 101 cases, the sive care unit has stayed relative- Barbershops, hair salons and gyms can reopen in San Mateo County under a new shelter-at-home second-lowest total across all ly flat, Newsom said. However, order issued Wednesday. age groups. Residents ages 90 the rate is still an indication that and older had 83 cases, the low- the virus remains at large. est total across all age groups, as Cases continue to rise with County gets green light from state to of Tuesday. 2,597 new ones identified across Santa Clara County reported the state on Monday — a 1.7% open more businesses and activities 28 new cases of the coronavirus increase since Sunday — and on Tuesday, bringing its total to deaths have increased by 0.5%, By Kate Bradshaw The following types of busi- may create safety plans and 3,254. with 26 new deaths recorded Almanac Staff Writer ness and services can now resume operations starting The county’s number of during the same time span, ffective immediately, a reopen, so long as they follow June 19. deaths has stayed at 151 since according to state data. wide range of businesses health and safety plans: dine- Face coverings are still Sunday. Forty-nine people are Newsom said an increase of Eand activities in San in restaurants, hair salons and required inside or in line to hospitalized. cases is expected as stay-at- Mateo County are allowed to barbershops, casinos, family enter businesses like grocery Palo Alto’s Channing House home restrictions are loosened. reopen, according to a June entertainment centers, win- stores, laundromats, hospitals, and Bridge Point Los Altos are In the meantime, the state con- 17 announcement from the eries, bars, zoos, museums, clinics, testing locations, den- among the eight long-term care tinues to bolster its inventory county. gyms, fitness centers, hotels tists, veterinary care sites and facilities found with the corona- of personal protective equip- Group gatherings are now (for tourism and individual public transit or ride share ser- virus over the past 14 days. The ment and hospital beds. So far, limited to no more than 50 travel), card rooms, racetracks, vices. They are recommended two local facilities each reported the state has acquired 73,867 people with social distancing campgrounds and outdoor rec- but not required for outdoor fewer than 11 cases in residents hospital beds and 175.5 million and face coverings, and people reation areas. recreation when one can main- and fewer than 11 cases among surgical masks, said Newsom. from multiple households are In addition, personal service tain 6 feet of space from others, staff members as of June 16. In addition, 2,243 contact allowed to interact in “social businesses like nail salons, Channing House, which also tracers have been trained and bubbles” of 12 or fewer people. body waxing and tattoo parlors See REOPENING, page 19 appeared on the same list last week, confirmed at least one See COVID-19, page 18 ‘It’s a moral imperative that we address it’ Portola Valley council discusses racism, policing in wake of killing of George Floyd By Julia Brown deputies and people they pull town is “90% white” and talked “This ugly legacy and our Almanac Assistant Editor over, including information on about previous housing policies zoning ordinance and housing he town of Portola Valley race. that contributed to the lack of policies, which have resulted in will begin engaging the “There’s no question in my diversity. preserving this paradise we live Tcommunity about police mind there is institutional rac- “When my former husband in, have also been successful in reform and racial inequality ism,” Mayor Jeff Aalfs said dur- and I bought our house in 1992 keeping working class and now following a Town Council dis- ing the meeting. “It is pervasive, in Westridge, we received the even middle-class families — cussion June 10 on the killing of Jeff Aalfs Don Horsley it is corrosive, and I think it’s original 1947 CC&Rs (cov- and by extension people of color George Floyd by a Minneapolis a moral imperative that we enants, conditions and restric- — out of most of our neighbor- police officer and subsequent address it in some way. We’re tions),” Derwin said. “I never hoods,” she said. “Is it time to protests against police brutality. Office about police reform in an affluent community, mostly read them until many years connect the dots between this The council created a subcom- Portola Valley and other cit- white, but I think that actually later and I was absolutely horri- gorgeous place we live — 1,700 mittee, made up of Vice Mayor ies that have contracts with puts us in a position where I feel fied to discover this document households and 9 square miles Maryann Derwin and Coun- the Sheriff’s Office for police a certain responsibility to take contained a restrictive covenant of land — and the lack of eco- cilman John Richards, to start services. The council members some of this on.” preventing non-Caucasians nomic and racial diversity in a dialogue with residents and will also request Sheriff’s Office At the outset of the discussion, from buying houses in the the San Mateo County Sheriff’s data on interactions between its Derwin acknowledged that the subdivision. See COUNCIL, page 14
June 19, 2020QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS NOTICE INVITING BIDS Established 1965 TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA High school district The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the Serving Menlo Park, following public work: Atherton, Portola Valley, debates how to reopen and Woodside for over 50 years 2020 SLURRY SEAL PROJECT campuses in the fall Remove existing ADA ramp and install Caltrans standard NEWSROOM ADA ramp with truncated dome (concrete inset). Perform Over 900 community members speak out on the PUZ[HSSH[PVUVM;`WL00TPJYVZ\YMHJPUNWLY;V^UZWLJPÄJH[PVUZ Editor issue in Board of Trustees public comment Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) VU[OLSPZ[LKZ[YLL[Z^OPJOPUJS\KLZUV[PÄJH[PVUZ[YHɉJ control, prep work, oil and chip installation, compaction, Assistant Editors By Tyler Callister Over 900 community mem- sweeping, and re-striping/pavement markings (as needed) Julia Brown (223-6531) Almanac Staff Writer bers submitted public comments Heather Zimmerman (223-6515) with a 1-year guarantee. before the meeting, and over 300 Staff Writers he Sequoia Union High watched the Zoom-broadcast 7SHUZ :WLJPÄJH[PVUZ TH` IL VI[HPULK H[ http://www. Kate Bradshaw (223-6536) School District is still in meeting online, with most com- ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The Contractor Tyler Callister (223-6588) wide-ranging discussions ments addressing online versus shall be responsible for any addendums that may be posted Angela Swartz (223-6529) T over reopening its schools in on-campus learning. on the Town’s website. Contributors Kate Daly, Maggie Mah the fall, Superintendent Mary Many commenters com- :,(3,+)0+:^PSSILYLJLP]LKH[[OLVɉJLVM[OL*P[`*SLYR Special Sections Editor Streshly said in a June 12 letter. plained of difficulty learning 150 Watkins Ave, Atherton, California 94027, until 1:30 p.m. Linda Taaffe (223-6511) All 11 district schools — which through online instruction, say- 7HJPÄJ:[HUKHYK;PTLVUTuesday, June 30, 2020, at which Chief Visual Journalist includes campuses in Menlo ing it has been a challenge for time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Magali Gauthier (223-6530) Park, Atherton, Woodside, Bel- both teachers and students. Oth- mont, Redwood City, and East ers cited student mental health Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be submitted DESIGN & PRODUCTION in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “Bid of (Contractor) for Palo Alto — have been closed to concerns stemming from social Design and Production Manager on-campus learning since mid- isolation. 2020 SLURRY SEAL PROJECT”, along with date and time Kristin Brown (223-6562) of bid opening. March due to the coronavirus “Our students need to get Designers Linda Atilano, Amy Levine, pandemic. back to school,” wrote Mark Paul Llewellyn, Doug Young Streshly’s letter expressed her Federighi, a district parent.
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oodside Middle School’s Class of W2020 celebrated its graduation June 12 during a drive-in ceremony held on the school campus. Students arrived in vehicles with their families and then walked up, one at a time, to receive their diplomas from Woodside Elementary School District Superintendent Steve Frank and school board members. Bells rang at Woodside Vil- lage Church to start the cer- emony, and local firefighters gave the graduates a rousing send-off at the close of the Courtesy Craig Adams Courtesy Craig Adams event by sounding the sirens A graduate sits out the front passenger window of a car at the Woodside Elementary School District Superintendent on their fire engines. Woodside Middle School drive-in graduation ceremony on June 12. Steve Frank addresses the graduates at the Woodside Middle School The drive-in graduation drive-in ceremony. capped a week of activities cre- atively marking the students’ school’s seventh-grade families. featuring photos of class mem- and flexibility and positivity in really unique ways,” said Jenn promotion from eighth grade, Some of the usual compo- bers throughout their time during this time. We know it Pedersen, Woodside Middle including a local team-building nents of the school’s tradition- at the K-8 school, were held wasn’t the way that they imag- School’s new principal. A company leading the students in al graduation ceremony, such online before the celebration. ined their eighth grade year Email Heather Zimmerman at online games and a drive-thru as student speeches, award “I’m really impressed with wrapping up. But we’re so happy [email protected] luncheon that was hosted by the presentations and a slideshow this group of students’ resilience that we got to go celebrate them Preschools, child care centers battling COVID-19 from the inside By Tyler Callister Padilla said that Build Up on sanitary mats sprayed with There are also fewer children. cares have also tried to work Almanac Staff Writer San Mateo is an initiative that Lysol in order to disinfect their Many parents have chosen not around the virus by offering advocates for more child care shoes as they enter one of their to take the risk of returning online learning — with limited enlo Park preschool resources in the county. Before facilities. The center has loca- their kids to child care, and success. and child care centers the pandemic, there was already tions in Palo Alto, Pleasanton HeadsUp only has 60% of their Bernstein said that kids at Mhave taken a hit since a gap in providing child care due and San Jose. normal enrollment, Bernstein his facilities have enjoyed small the start of the COVID-19 largely to a lack of facilities, and In order to reduce contact, said. moments of online learning, pandemic, with many forced to now many more have closed. when parents drop kids off Bernstein and Hopkins both such as an art show done close for regulatory or financial “We had so many sites that at a HeadsUp facility, parents said that any staff or children through video chat, but that reasons. Now, as San Mateo had to close, either because of no longer enter the building. who have symptoms that would longer and deeper learning is a County’s shelter-in-place order mandates or because of difficult Instead, parents drop kids at the suggest COVID-19 infection are challenge. loosens, the remaining pre- decisions they had to make for front and teachers guide them asked to stay home. schools and child care centers themselves,” Padilla said. “Our inside. Many preschools and child See PRESCHOOLS, page 9 are adapting to a new normal. huge concern now is will they be This was the message com- able to reopen?” ing from a recent online panel During the shelter in place, discussion titled “COVID-19’s about 1 in 5 child care provid- Impact On Menlo Park and the ers in California had suspended Region’s Childcare Resources,” operations by May 1, according led by Menlo Park City Council- to data from the Department of man Ray Mueller and featuring Social Services. four local experts. 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Magali Gauthier Menlo-Atherton High School Principal Simone Rick-Kennel, seen here at the school’s 2019 graduation ceremony, has been named Principal of We’re giving away advertising the Year by the Association of California School Administrators. to help small businesses reopen. Education briefs M-A leader named principal Menlo College hires new of the year arts and sciences dean As a small business ourselves, we foresee the Menlo-Atherton High School A longtime political science Principal Simone Rick-Kennel professor has been appointed as challenges that lie ahead for all of us. But by has been named Principal of the the new dean of arts and scienc- Year for the 2019-20 school year es at Menlo College in Atherton. working together, we can all start bringing by the Association of California Professor Melissa R. Michel- School Administrators. Rick- son, who has served in the col- back our customers and, equally important, Kennel was acknowledged at lege’s political science depart- our employees. the Sequoia Union High School ment since 2010, will take on District’s school board meeting the deanship at the Menlo Park- on May 13 as an outstanding based business school on July 6, administrator for Region 5, according to a statement from As the media organization with the largest which encompasses 25 districts the school. in San Francisco and San Mateo Michelson is the author of print and online readership serving the counties. six books, and a nationally rec- According to a press release ognized expert in Latinx and Peninsula, and the most trusted, we are in from the Sequoia district, LGBTQ politics, as well as in a unique position to help you. Embarcadero Region 5 is considered competi- how to increase voter turnout. tive for such awards “due to its She hails from Alameda and Media has created a $200,000 matching fund highly ranked schools and dis- received her Ph.D. from Yale tinguished leaders.” University. of advertising credits that we are making Superintendent Mary E. “I am delighted that Profes- Streshly spoke highly of Rick- sor Michelson has agreed to available to locally-owned, small retail Kennel in the press release. serve as our Dean of Arts and “During her tenure at Menlo- Sciences,” said Steven Wein- businesses that have been impacted by the Atherton, Simone has always er, president of Menlo Col- COVID-19 crisis. To give you double the amount worked diligently to establish lege. “She is an accomplished a clear vision, cultivate strong scholar and a proven academic of advertising over the next three months and relationships, ensure inclusivity leader. Her leadership of our as part of M-A’s core values, and Arts and Sciences programs an affordable way to reach new and existing support the development of both will significantly enhance our students and staff,” she wrote. efforts to increase the inter- customers, we will match every dollar you “All of us that work closely disciplinary nature of Menlo’s * with Simone know how much academic offerings, building spend. she loves her school commu- on the momentum that we have nity and how fortunate we are to enjoyed in recent years thanks have her leadership within our to the efforts of a great many district,” Streshly continued. members of our faculty, staff, To learn more and apply, go to Rick-Kennel addressed the and students.” school board during the May 13 In the school’s statement, embarcaderomediagroup.com/smallbusinessgrant meeting, expressing her grati- Michelson spoke broadly about tude. “I’m honored and hum- the value of diversity and a lib- bled by the recognition for the eral arts education. ACSA Secondary Principal of “Arts and sciences classes help the Year award for Region 5,” she students to be more understand- said. ing of difference and diver- “Five years ago I was appoint- sity, more knowledgeable and ed principal of Menlo-Atherton thoughtful about local, national, and I remember standing behind and world events, more likely *Some restrictions apply. Grants range from $250 - $2,500 per month for use the podium in the boardroom, to read for pleasure, and more in July, August and September 2020. Grants will be made on a rolling basis very nervously, as I addressed involved in their communities,” until the entire $200,000 in matching funds have been allocated. the board and cabinet,” she she said. “I am excited to step continued. “I had big shoes to into this new role and ensure fill and as my predecessor and that our liberal arts core will mentor Matt Zito said, the song continue to prepare Menlo stu- ‘New York, New York’ sums up a dents to achieve their career and principalship at M-A: ‘If I make life goals.” it there, I’ll make it anywhere.’” —Tyler Callister
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By Kate Bradshaw “StreetCode Academy has That should be the floor, and Almanac Staff Writer been a phenomenal partner and the community should be striv- advocate in driving engagement ing for the ceiling instead, he cross San Mateo County, with technology for learners in said. there are an estimated East Palo Alto and neighboring “I think what’s even more A9,000 households who communities,” said East Palo inspiring is what the potential don’t have computers or con- Alto Mayor Regina Wallace- is when someone gets the tech nections to access the internet. Jones in a statement. “I am that they need, what possibili- And nearly half of those encouraged by their aspiration ties open up when you have the households are black or Latinx, to make technology resources right tools, the right access,” according to a press release and enrichment available to our he said. “We don’t know what from StreetCode Academy, a residents and I am optimistic kind of innovators, what kind Menlo Park-based nonprofit about our ability to partner of executives, what kind of that provides free community- with them to unlock the power founders, what kind of leaders based classes in coding, entre- of hope, will, triumph and are going to emerge from us preneurship and design to resilience.” putting the right tools in the underserved communities of Sobomehin said he sees clos- right hands. color in Silicon Valley. Sammy Dallal ing the digital divide as a criti- “In a moment when the ineq- In East Palo Alto, the Belle Luis Magana, 16, picks up a computer from Andy Pascual at Menlo- cal part of the Black Lives Mat- uity that faces black people is Haven neighborhood of Menlo Atherton High School on March 19. Since schools have been closed, ter movement. being spotlighted and high- Park, and North Fair Oaks access to laptops and reliable internet service has become even more “The goal is not just surviv- lighted to the whole world, in unincorporated San Mateo important for students to succeed in school. ing. You can’t survive without every person should ask the County, there are at least 2,500 tech. The goal is thriving,” he question, ‘How can we continue households that don’t have an It aims to raise $2.5 million to of the needed funds, StreetCode said. erasing this inequity? What adequate internet connection, if provide 2,500 laptops, internet Academy CEO Olatunde Sobo- There are too many house- job opening can I push toward they have one at all, or a home and free tech education to com- mehin said in an interview. holds right now without access overlooked black talent? What computer, according to the munity members in need in Early supporters of the pro- to the devices and internet resources can I channel toward nonprofit. East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and gram include the Peery Foun- access they need to participate not just black life survival but To help close the so-called Redwood City. It’s collecting dation, Google.org, The Magic in schooling and society, he black life thriving?’... Let’s live digital divide locally, the acad- money and laptop donations. Beans, the Franklin & Cathe- said. up to the best Silicon Valley we emy recently launched a digital A little more than two weeks rine Johnson Foundation, Con- But just ensuring everyone can be.” inclusion initiative it’s calling into the campaign, the non- crete Rose, and an anonymous has a laptop and internet access Go to streetcode.us/give for the “Level Up Initiative.” profit has raised about a quarter funder. shouldn’t be the goal, he said. more information. A
SCHOOLS Following the meeting, dis- “Although our district is work- PRESCHOOLS both noted that during an online continued from page 6 trict leaders have returned to ing very hard to return students continued from page 7 learning session, parents at home the drawing board and plan to to in-classroom instruction, we get to participate in ways that they us to sacrifice an entire year to present a final recommenda- will have to adhere to the orders “I think there are some good wouldn’t have before. “That’s a remote learning ... To learn the tion to the board at its meeting established by the San Mateo parts to it, but talking about great silver lining,” Hopkins said. core content, kids were expected Wednesday, June 24, according County Public Health Depart- several hours a day, I think that’s “That parents can see the work to watch videos and read things to Streshly’s letter. ment,” she said in the letter. “For problematic,” he said. of early childhood educators, and to essentially teach themselves. Streshly said that the board is that reason, any decision that is Hopkins agreed. “Two- and how valuable they are, as opposed We know that our kids are not “equally committed to having ultimately made will be contin- 3-year-olds, their ability to focus to just dropping the kids off and prepared to teach themselves our students back in our class- gent on their directive.” A on anything, especially on a going on their way.” A subjects like Algebra 3 or chem- rooms in August and provided Email Tyler Callister at screen, is limited,” she said. Email Tyler Callister at istry — this is why we’re sending feedback on the proposals (from [email protected] But Bernstein and Hopkins [email protected] them to school in the first place.” district leaders).”
leaving her cut and bruised. Crime brief In fleeing the scene, Spears Teen pleads no contest to took a turn too fast and col- Due to Covid-19, our drive-by robbery lided with another vehicle, Last week, a 19-year-old injuring the driver of that car, office has made upgrades from Menlo Park pleaded no according to prosecutors. contest to charges related to a Spears, the juvenile accom- to ensure your dental February robbery of a senior plice and another person citizen at a bus stop. jumped out of the car and took experience will be even On Feb. 28, Lorenzo Kenth- off running. wan Spears drove a stolen 2017 Daly City and Broadmoor safer than before. Ford Explorer up to a 72-year- police officers set up a perim- old woman sitting on a bench eter and caught Spears and the at a bus stop in Broadmoor, juvenile accomplice. We welcome you to according to the San Mateo Spears pleaded no contest County District Attorney’s on the condition that he not make an appointment. Office. serve time in state prison and An unnamed juvenile no more than one year in the accomplice then jumped out of county jail. He has 208 days the vehicle, grabbed the wom- credit for time served, and an’s purse and fled, according will be placed on three years’ to prosecutors. supervised probation after- The woman chased the ward. His next court date is TTrishalrishal LLamba,amba, DDDS,DS, IInc.nc. accomplice and grabbed the July 10 to receive the restitution 1300 University Dr. Suite 7, Menlo Park purse strap, but the juvenile got order. He remains in custody back into the car and Spears on $50,000 bail, according to (650) 326-1682 accelerated away, knocking prosecutors. dahldentalpractice.com the woman to the ground and —Kate Bradshaw Member of the Mid Peninsula Dental Society
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COUNCIL transparency, due process, The Sheriff’s Office claims it continued from page 5 body cameras and training, follows six of the eight poli- ‘8 Can’t Wait’ policies by Campaign Zero eliminate qualified immu- cies, but does not currently our town, and reexamine our nity for police officers and a mandate warnings before )HUJOVRLOVSKZHUKZ[YHUNSLOVSKZ zoning ordinances and our few more, including military shooting or ban shooting at 9LX\PYLKLLZJHSH[PVU housing policies to consider equipment and the use of that moving vehicles. accepting more density so that and whether it’s appropriate “The Sheriff’s Office trains 9LX\PYL^HYUPUNILMVYLZOVV[PUN we can welcome more people or not, and clearly an uptick its employees to, when fea- ,_OH\Z[HSSHS[LYUH[P]LZILMVYLZOVV[PUN of color into our community?” in cultural competence and sible, provide a verbal warning Councilwoman Ann unconscious bias training for and opportunity to comply +\[`[VPU[LY]LUL Wengert said she also encoun- law enforcement.” prior to the use of OC Spray, )HUZOVV[PUNH[TV]PUN]LOPJSLZ tered a covenant upon mov- In a June 2 letter to San Pepper Projectile Systems, 9LX\PYL\ZLVMMVYJLJVU[PU\\T ing to Portola Valley in 1999 Mateo County residents, Sher- Baton, Tear Gas, Speciality that had previously prevented iff Carlos Bolanos wrote that Impact Munitions, Canine, 9LX\PYLJVTWYLOLUZP]LYLWVY[PUN African Americans from buy- “our policies and training the TASER, and Firearm,” ing the home. She turned according to the Sheriff’s the discussion to policing, Office. see cuts due to a significant said she has been disheartened proposing that the town of ‘I’m not someone Floyd’s death in police cus- budget shortfall the county is to see police use rubber bullets Portola Valley and other cit- tody May 25 has spurred facing amidst the coronavirus and tear gas against protesters ies that contract with the that had to research protests worldwide and calls pandemic. nationwide and highlighted Sheriff’s Office form a group what racism is like in for police reform and decreas- “The Sheriff’s Office, pro- the Taser-related deaths of with a representative from ing law enforcement funding. bations, the DA — all of our three people in San Mateo each area to discuss policing Portola Valley — it’s Menlo Park Mayor Cecilia departments are going to County in 2018. She called on and subject matters they’d like something that I’ve Taylor recently said she’d like have to take pretty significant the use of “fully independent more clarity on. truly experienced.’ to see the city’s police budget cuts,” he said. “If we’re going prosecutors” and critical inci- “I am still very pleased with reduced by 20%. The Palo to keep clinics and hospitals dent review boards that would the work we have gotten and ANNALISE CONSTANTZ Alto City Council on Tues- open we’re going to have to include community members the service we have gotten day moved toward adopting redirect funding from other as well as law enforcement from our police department, explicitly prohibit the neck the “8 Can’t Wait” platform departments to keep vital officials. but now is the time to take it to restraint used on Mr. Floyd.” and signaled its desire to services.” “The goal is ostensibly to a new level, and to make sure In response to the “8 Can’t consider combining its police During public comment protect the public, but I feel that we ask for some clear pro- Wait” campaign, which was and fire agencies into a single June 10, Annalise Constantz, radically less safe than I would hibitions and new standards,” launched by the police-reform Department of Public Safety. a biracial woman who grew up like to, and I’d very much like Wengert said. “It starts with nonprofit Campaign Zero and In San Francisco, police offi- in Portola Valley, emphasized to see as much local commu- things like prohibiting the advocates for cities nation- cers will be replaced with the importance of educa- nity pressure as we can apply police from using chokeholds wide to adopt a set of eight trained, unarmed profession- tion in addressing systematic to drive what’s also happening or applying any pressure to the policies regarding use of force, als to respond to noncriminal racism. at the state, and God knows throat, uniform standards for the Sheriff’s Office released a calls for help involving mental “As someone who grew up what we hope will happen at police departments regarding graphic summarizing how its health, school discipline and in both Ormondale and Corte the national level,” she said. use of force, civilian review, policies look by comparison. the homeless as part of new Madera schools, I can’t say In a June 12 email to resi- reforms announced last week. that I ever remember talking dents, Aalfs wrote that he and “It’s recently been pointed about race or inclusion, and his colleagues “are learning out that the scope and the meanwhile we have students about (‘8 Can’t Wait’) and mission of the police has being bused in from East Palo other measures, and we plan Public Notices grown dramatically over the Alto and those students unfor- to engage with local agencies years to include more and tunately were my peers who to pursue them.” more things that aren’t related were racially profiled while “In the coming days, the The Almanac is adjudicated to law enforcement,” Richards walking to Roberts (Market) town will seek your input, to publish in San Mateo County. said during last week’s coun- after school or to the deli ... ideas and thoughts through an cil meeting. “Rethinking the It’s our duty as an extremely online portal we hope will Public Hearing Notices • Resolutions • Bid Notices actual mission of the police, privileged white community engender a community conver- I would think some of them in the Bay Area with so many sation about not only what we Notices of Petition to Administer Estate would be delighted to get resources to really do a lot should say in response to this Lien Sale • Trustee’s Sale some of these things off their about this,” she said. “I’m not great ongoing national discus- Deadline is 5 p.m. the previous &RIDAY. plate, like the mental health someone that had to research sion, but also what we can do issues that have fallen apart what racism is like in Portola in our own community to be Call Alicia Santillan at 650-223-6578 ever since one of our long-ago Valley — it’s something that part of the solution,” he said. A governors tore apart the sys- I’ve truly experienced.” or email [email protected] Email Julia Brown at tem in California.” Resident Betsy Morgenthaler [email protected] for assistance with your legal advertising needs. Reached Wednesday, San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley, who served as county sheriff from 1993 to 2007, said he’s discussed with the county manager the idea of “civilianizing” the Sheriff’s Office’s psychiatric emergen- cy response team. “Why can’t all police depart- ments contribute (funding) Cottage for Rent to a unit of specially trained Quiet 1 bedroom 1 bath To place an ad cottage in College Terrace, psychiatric or social workers Palo Alto. Walking distance to or get a quote, that could respond to calls for Stanford University. $3350/ month; Call (650) 387-3350. contact mentally ill people?” he said. Nico Navarrete “I think they’d be glad to hand at 650.223.6582 off those kinds of cases. 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PANELISTS Ron Davis Al Pardini Shown above from top left Former East Palo Alto Police Chief (2005- Chief of Police, East Palo Alto 2013); Executive Director of President Olatunde (“Tunde”) Sobomehin Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Paul Bains CEO of StreetCode Academy, East Palo Alto; Policing; currently advising Gov. Gavin President & Co-Founder, Project WeHope; active in numerous community organizations, Newsom on policing and social justice chaplain for East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and including the Mural Music & Arts Project, reform Menlo Park police departments; pastor of Eastside College Prep and Live In Peace Saint Samuel Church of God in Christ Winter Dellenbach Henrietta Burroughs Former public interest law attorney and MODERATOR Executive Director, East Palo Alto Center for community advocate; founder of Friends of Michael Grant Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Community Media Journalist & Teaching Fellow at Google News Lab; former Knight Journalism Fellow
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PROTEST activism, Faraji said, “One thing continued from page 1 that’s come out of this is a lot of unity and solidarity — not just hundreds of people gathered at with East Palo Alto and other Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, cities, but among East Palo Alto where rally organizers described residents. I’m really happy to see the shortcomings they’ve identi- that the young in East Palo Alto fied in local law enforcement are not just turning out — but agencies. turning out in solidarity with That night, the names of each other.” Floyd, Taylor and other black “It was definitely a piece people killed at the hands of of Peninsula history I don’t police echoed through East Palo think people will forget anytime Alto and Menlo Park during a soon,” he said. rally that at one point brought traffic to a standstill on the Dumbarton Bridge. Belle Haven residents Rally organizer JT Faraji, who protest budget cuts founded Tha Hood Squad Art On Tuesday evening, June 16, Collective and The Real Com- about 50 Belle Haven residents munity Coalition, said that East and supporters gathered at the Palo Alto police are not working corner of Ivy Drive and Willow hard enough to hold other police Road to protest proposed budget departments, particularly Men- cuts to Menlo Park’s Onetta Har- lo Park police, accountable when Magali Gauthier ris Community Community and they enter the city and aggres- A protest organized by a Menlo Park teen on June 1 drew hundreds to Burgess Park. The group marched the Belle Haven Senior Center. sively respond to incidents. from Menlo Park to join another crowd of protesters gathering in Palo Alto. The City Council has dis- Activists also raised concerns cussed keeping the community over private companies benefit- The group disputed recent Dumbarton Bridge, where Cali- The group then marched to center and senior center closed ing from their contracts with statements from Amazon and fornia Highway Patrol officers Facebook headquarters down ahead of a plan in the works to police and prisons, including Facebook that showed support and their vehicles blocked the the street for speeches from build a new community center. Amazon and Facebook, which for the Black Lives Matter move- freeway entrance. local activists that criticized the The project, led by Facebook, they said profit from a “racist ment, viewing them as a public Traffic on the bridge came relationship between the social is currently scheduled to begin criminal injustice system.” facade. to a standstill as the protesters media giant and Menlo Park demolition work in March. A flyer for the event high- The peaceful rally that continued chanting and knelt police before returning to the The protest, organized by lighted past Facebook donations spanned about four hours began down for eight minutes and 46 park at about 9 p.m. Belle Haven resident Brigith to Menlo Park police. The com- at 5 p.m. at Farrell Park, where seconds, the length of time a Faraji said in a June 15 inter- Babb, who volunteers at the pany’s 2017 offer promised to demonstrators listened to local handcuffed Floyd was pinned view that he was happy with senior center, and Patty Mayall, distribute $11.2 million in funds activists and were given ground to the ground by a Minneapolis the turnout and the resonance who teaches classes there, was to start a new police unit to cov- rules, such as not throwing police officer’s knee on his neck of the protest’s message among an effort to protect community er the Facebook campuses and rocks or igniting fireworks. on May 25. Some drivers and attendees. programs in Belle Haven. May- nearby areas that were recently Chanting “no justice no peace, passengers caught in the backup He said he also opposed Face- all teaches music appreciation, rezoned for redevelopment over no racist police,” marchers made joined the moment of silence. book’s contribution to fund stress management and art, and the next five years. their way through East Palo “Marching is a way of spread- policing in the city of Menlo said that staff members at the Organizers claimed Amazon Alto, where drummers playing ing awareness,” Kenan Moos Park in 2017. senior center have worked hard earned “billions” through con- from the back of a truck accom- said to the crowd. Moos, a Los At the time, Faraji told the during the pandemic to deliver tracts with police departments, panied their calls. Altos High School graduate, Menlo Park City Council, materials for classes, as well as prisons, ICE and the American By 6:30 p.m., the group co-organized a protest in Los “When you have that many groceries and food to seniors in military. The event also sup- reached Amazon’s University Altos attended by hundreds of more police patrolling the area the community. ported efforts to end mass Avenue offices, then made their people on June 5. At Friday’s and no increase in crime, there “Without the senior center, incarceration and defund and way east to Menlo Park. About rally, he said showing up was the is a tendency for over-policing seniors will stay at home and demilitarize police, according an hour later, they reached first step — people need to take and that can sometimes result deteriorate,” said Babb, who to the flyer. Bayfront Expressway near the action and vote. in racial profiling.” He said he said she relied on the center to was also “concerned about a provide needed respite while she private corporation that is going was a caregiver for her mother. to be funding public officials. ... “For most of us, it was our Instead of being beholden to the second home,” said Ismael O., public, public servants will be a regular at the senior center. beholden to a private company.” Of the recent community See PROTEST, page 17
Magali Gauthier Magali Gauthier Over 100 protesters chanted in front of California Highway Patrol Brigith Babb cheers alongside other demonstrators on Willow Road in Menlo Park at a June 16 protest officers blocking the approach to the Dumbarton Bridge on Bayfront to oppose Menlo Park’s proposed budget cuts to Belle Haven’s senior and child care centers. Expressway on June 12.
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PROTEST work — she said she took care continued from page 16 of one senior for 10 years, and it felt like the work of seven peo- “Without the center it’s like ple. To think two or three staff being in hell.” members at the center would be Rev. Teirrah McNair, who sufficient “doesn’t make sense,” is a pastor at Fountain of Life she said. Global Christian Ministries The city has scheduled a and identifies as a senior herself, telephone town hall at 4 p.m. sat at the protest with a micro- Thursday, June 18, to hear phone, leading chants like “No input from the community on cuts! No cuts! No cuts — they policing practices, after which make us bleed!” and “Build this the City Council will hold a community up, don’t tear it study session to discuss possible down!” responses. Call 1-877-229-8493 As a longtime resident of and enter the PIN code 119449 Belle Haven, she said, she to participate. saw her father fight for the A BBQ and protest is sched- same things — equality and uled to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, sufficient services for her June 20, in East Palo Alto at neighborhood. Jack Farrell Park, 2509 Ford- “When you start messing with ham St., in recognition of June- seniors and babies you’re tread- teenth, the June 19 holiday cel- ing on dangerous ground,” she ebrating the emancipation of said, referring to the council’s enslaved people in the U.S. earlier discussions about cut- Magali Gauthier Attendees are advised to bring ting child care services to bal- Rickey McLane wears a shirt that lists the names of black victims of violence at a June 12 protest in East their own grills and food and ance the city’s budget. It voted Palo Alto. maintain social distancing last week to keep offering child requirements. The event will care services, and increase rates Facebook about the new Belle hear them out. current plan is to bus seniors also celebrate black graduates of for families at the Burgess Park Haven community center, which Since the pandemic started, across town to the Arrillaga the class of 2020. A child care center but not the one will include senior services, a she said, those meetings, includ- Family Recreation Center. Email Kate Bradshaw at in Belle Haven. new library and youth center, ing discussions of how to con- McNair said she’s deeply kbradshaw@almanacnews. Another reason for her con- the company’s representatives tinue senior services during the opposed to any cuts to staff at com and Jamey Padojino at cern, McNair said, is that in had taken the time to meet with construction of the new project, the Belle Haven Senior Center. [email protected] earlier conversations with seniors in the community and have largely dissipated. The Taking care of seniors is hard Pandemic signals end for Menlo Park’s J Floral Art By Kate Bradshaw provided critical revenue to opening J Floral Art. He grew with LGBTQ issues in the com- Mirage, a community near Almanac staff writer cover rent at their warehouse up in Redwood City, attended munity, according to previous Palm Springs. in unincorporated Menlo Sequoia High School, and Almanac reporting. It’ll be different — and fter three decades in Park, located at 3489 Edison studied theater arts at San Jose J Floral plans to be in busi- the changes bring feelings of the business of floral Way. State University before per- ness through June 27, and is excitement, nervousness and Adesign and event plan- They moved their studio to forming around the world and lining up a liquidation sale sadness, Adair said. ning, Jeffrey Adair and Craig the warehouse about 17 years the U.S. with supplies and props from “It’s going to be good for us to Kozlowski of J Floral Art in ago, after starting about 30 He and Kozlowski were mar- the many events the owners slow down. After working so Menlo Park plan to close their years ago in the historic build- ried by county Supervisor and have coordinated over the hard for 30 years, we’re looking shop and relocate to Southern ing at 1162 El Camino Real, Assemblyman Rich Gordon years, likely to be held around forward to the next chapter,” he California. followed by a location on Santa the day that same-sex marriage the third week of June. said. A The business partners and Cruz Avenue. was legalized in California in Adair and Kozlowski are Email Kate Bradshaw at couple specialize in floral Over the years, the duo 2008, and have been involved planning to relocate to Rancho [email protected] design for events, and have expanded their work into not been closely involved in chari- just floral design, but coordi- table and philanthropic events nating events. “It’s something in particular over the years. we graduated into over the “We’ve been involved in pret- years,” Adair said. ty much any charity event you Adair said one of his favorite can think of on the Peninsula,” events to plan was Stanford’s said Adair in an interview. “Rodin by Moonlight” fund- The coronavirus pandemic in raiser for the Cantor Arts Cen- some ways spurred the process ter, held every two years. People to close the business. “Craig dined among the stars at night, and I have wanted to slow and he helped to decorate the our lives down for a couple of museum and coordinate the years,” Adair said. “With the theme. “It was a lot of fun to closedown, the universe is tell- come up with a different theme ing us something.” each time,” he said. When the pandemic struck, They have also been involved the supply chain for imported in civic, business and arts flowers disappeared, he said. affairs in the community. Then, the flower market in Adair has served on the board San Francisco shut down. It’s of the Menlo Park Chamber been slowly opening up in of Commerce, and on the recent weeks, he said, but the national board of the Human more exotic flowers have been Rights Campaign. He directed Magali Gauthier slower to return. Fortunately, the Menlo School benefit for Jeffrey Adair and Craig Kozlowski, the owners of J Floral Art, stand in their Menlo Park he said, they did have a suc- many years and was a profes- warehouse on May 28. The pair announced they’re closing the longtime floral design and event planning cessful Mother’s Day, which sional dancer and singer before business at the end of the month.
June 19, 2020QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ17 NEWS Atherton’s Steph Curry talks activism, race and fatherhood in local nonprofit interview By Kate Bradshaw the black community. Almanac Staff Writer “If people can handle the minutiae of their lives and keep n a candid June 8 interview people accountable and get the with Menlo Park-based non- hate out of people’s (hearts), then Iprofit StreetCode Academy, we’re on the right track,” he said. Warriors star Steph Curry dis- Squint asked Curry what he cussed participating in Palo thought is the best way to make Alto’s Black Lives Matter protest, change. activism, fatherhood and making “Having love and valuing peo- a difference. ple for who they are is huge,” The interview, held on Insta- Curry said. gram Live between Curry and “The thing I’m thinking about the chief evangelist at Street- now is how you can connect as Code Academy who goes by the many dots as possible with the nickname Squint, presents a resources you have available. warm and thoughtful conversa- That can look a lot of differ- tion between two men discuss- ent ways for a lot of different ing, in large part, the Peninsula’s people. … Whatever is within response to the Black Lives Mat- your means and your reach, you ter movement. exhaust them. That’s what I’m Curry, who lives in Atherton, trying to do on my own and with participated in Black Lives Mat- our family, but everyone can do ter protests in Oakland and Palo Lloyd Lee that. It just might look different, Alto. At the Palo Alto protest, Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors, center, marches with Ayesha Curry, who is carrying and that’s OK.” Curry brought his 7-year-old their daughter Riley on her back at the Palo Alto demonstration for racial justice on June 6. Go to is.gd/Curry_StreetCode daughter, Riley, who participated to watch the interview, starting with classmates. around 21:00. “That’s a moment I know she’ll as a parent to be a part of that.” views that don’t make sense in challenge can be to “keep people StreetCode Academy is a non- remember for a long time, in terms Curry and Squint also talked terms of humanity and equality accountable in the minutiae of profit based in Menlo Park that of the diversity of people that were about racism, and about how — those are all learned traits,” their lives,” whether it’s someone provides free coding, entrepre- out there speaking on behalf of they, as parents, both used the Curry said. “As a parent, you challenging a family member’s neurship and design education to change for the black experience,” protest as a teaching moment grow into that responsibility year “racist tendencies” or, for him- underserved communities of Curry said. “For her I know with their kids. after year after year as your kids self, thinking of questions to ask color in Silicon Valley. A that’s going to be a life-changing “Four hundred years of sys- develop and understand that.” brand partners, investors and Email Kate Bradshaw at perspective, even at 7. … It was temic racism, people living bad When it comes to longer- others in the corporate world [email protected] amazing. It was a proud moment intentions and morals, and world range activism, he said one about how they’re investing in
COVID-19 Ghaly, the state secretary of Nursing home residents also at the lobby of City Hall, 250 the coronavirus. continued from page 5 health and human services, the have been heavily impacted Hamilton Ave., through June Of the 12 locations, two sites COVID-19 pandemic has dis- by the coronavirus. Newsom 19 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in San Jose and one in Milpitas an additional 4,855 people are proportionately affected Lati- said that 50.3% of COV- There is no defined limit to have each reported between near the end of the training nos and African Americans. ID-19 deaths came from those the total number of nasal-swab three and five cases. These process. The goal is to have Latinos, who make up 38.9% of facilities. tests the site can provide, but sites as well as the Mountain 10,000 contact tracers by July the state’s population, account As the governor shared stable the county’s target goal is to View location have shut down 1. for 56% of total coronavirus numbers and touted increased perform around 500 tests per operations as they cooperate More data also has allowed cases and 40.4% of total deaths. preparations for surge cases, day in Palo Alto, according to with the health department, state officials to highlight African Americans, who make Newsom stressed that physical Ky Le, director of Santa Clara the news release stated. which groups of people are up 6% of the California popu- distancing, wearing masks and County’s Office of Supportive “These cases emphasize the most affected by the coronavi- lation, account for 4.7% of total washing hands continue to be Housing. fact that we are still in the rus and to what extent. cases and 9.5% of the total critical practices. The pop-up is mainly geared midst of a pandemic,” Dr. According to Dr. Mark deaths. He displayed a graph chart- toward asymptomatic individ- Sara Cody, the county health ing the death tolls of the 1918 uals — those who do not show officer, said. “With additional Spanish flu pandemic, which any symptoms of the coro- sectors reopening, it is vital showed a significantly higher navirus. People who do have that everyone carefully follow peak of deaths later in the year, symptoms should get tested social distancing protocols to as a caution to viewers. by contacting their medical ensure that workers are safe. “We don’t want to experience provider, Le said. This includes keeping physical the second wave as they expe- distance and wearing a face rienced in 1918 in the fall,” Construction sites become covering.” Newsom said. “Be smart about COVID-19 hot spots physically being distanced; Construction sites in Santa Comprehensive COVID-19 wear a face covering.” Clara County, including one in coverage Mountain View, have become View interactive charts track- Pop-up test site in Palo Alto a new hot spot for coronavirus ing the spread of the coronavi- For the first time, Santa cases, according to the county rus in San Mateo and Santa Clara County has opened a Public Health Department. Clara counties online at paloal- pop-up test site in Palo Alto A Mountain View construc- toonline.atavist.com/tracking- for free COVID-19 tests at City tion site has confirmed 10 pos- the-coronavirus. Find a com- Hall for a four-day stretch. itive cases and more than 30 prehensive collection of cover- The site is open to anyone, people potentially exposed to age on the Midpeninsula’s Magali Gauthier Cheryl Pan and her daughter Chloe Leung pick up a book they regardless of age or immigra- COVID-19, according to a June response to the new coronavirus ordered from a table outside Kepler’s Books on June 2. As more of the tion status. Those seeking a 10 news release. An additional by The Almanac and its sister state reopens for business, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned residents to test don’t need an appointment, 12 construction sites through- publications, Palo Alto Online, stay smart about physical distancing and wearing masks. doctor’s note or health insur- out the county have reported and the Mountain View Voice, ance. Tests will be provided at least one confirmed case of at tinyurl.com/c19-Almanac. A
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SANTA CRUZ AVE the length of Santa Cruz Avenue. continued from page 1 But not all downtown busi- nesses were on board, and the Other downtown restaurants Chamber of Commerce col- that aren’t along Santa Cruz lected input and developed Avenue, such as The Refuge, a proposed partial-shutdown Ristorante Carpaccio and Cafe compromise. Del Sol, would have to apply for “We are all operating at 20%, encroachment permits to offer 25%, maybe 35% or 50% if you’re outdoor seating, but the process lucky,” Daly said Tuesday night. would be streamlined. Allowing restaurants to be More than supporting down- creative in offering outdoor town businesses, closing the seating in the coming months street is a step for public health, could help those restaurants stay argued Councilman Ray alive, she said. Mueller. “I encourage the city and “We’re still in a pandemic,” he everyone to just get behind it said. “We’re looking for a way to for a little while so we can figure make it safe for people to enjoy out and navigate in our indus- downtown.” try how to move forward,” she Councilwoman Catherine added. Carlton proposed public health Magali Gauthier The move follows in the measures being utilized in Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown Menlo Park will have three blocks closed to vehicle traffic as soon as footsteps of many other cities, Europe to accompany outdoor next week. including Palo Alto and Red- dining — requiring people to wood City which are adopting have their temperature taken Other council members use it for utilitarian trips to the changes should be made. similar programs to support and mandating restaurants col- pushed back, arguing that while hardware store or pharmacy. There is not yet a dedicated small businesses decimated by lect a name and phone number those aren’t bad or onerous For those users of the street, budget for the proposal; the city the COVID-19 pandemic and for each party so that they can public health ideas, they should the closures could prove to be a is working on tracking down enhancing their ability to serve be contacted if someone they come from the county public nuisance. But he still backed the materials to close the street, and customers more safely. were in contact with tests posi- health department. Mandating measure to support downtown the plan is to make businesses “All the other cities around tive for COVID-19. that restaurants in Menlo Park businesses. cover material costs for expand- us are doing this,” Mueller said. The measures could prompt enforce those policies could be Mayor Cecilia Taylor suggest- ing outdoors. “We’re not being mavericks. greater confidence in the health a challenge for restaurant work- ed adding hand-washing sta- The idea was first publicly Candidly, we’re last.” and safety measures being taken ers and result in unpleasant tions and developing measures suggested months ago by Cafe The council is set to review a and encourage more people exchanges with customers, Vice to help salons and barbershops Zoë owner Kathleen Daly, after resolution and finalize a few to venture out, she suggested. Mayor Drew Combs said. offer social distancing. which council members Betsy more of the initiative’s details at “Everybody has a right to know He added that Santa Cruz Ave- The pilot program is expected Nash and Mueller worked on its next meeting, tentatively that they’re not sitting next to nue, unlike other areas where to launch next week. After 45 a subcommittee to develop the scheduled for Friday, June 19. A someone that has a very high shutdowns are being contem- days, the City Council plans to idea. Email Kate Bradshaw at fever that’s potentially ill,” she plated, is a key transportation check in to see how the initia- Nash and Mueller said they’d [email protected] added. thoroughfare, and many people tive is going and whether any initially favored closing down
REOPENING Roadmap,” and asking for per- The county has exceeded that The county’s current rate is The county reports it’s plan- continued from page 5 mission to reopen businesses. rate on three of the last 44 62 cases per 100,000 residents ning to target high-risk commu- The state granted the request. days. Hospital surge capacity — more than twice the state nities by testing all symptomatic but people should have them on “People want to get back to remains strong, county officials benchmark. However, it passes and asymptomatic adults and hand in case they do have to go work. That said, it is up to all said in their application for the other part of the require- their caregivers in skilled nurs- near others. of us to continue to wear face permission to reopen, which ment, for testing. Only about ing facilities and congregate care The new order also permits coverings and to maintain social compares county results in com- 3.2% of tests in the county settings every two weeks. The people to interact with other distancing so we can continue to bating the coronavirus to state were COVID-positive June 3 county has also been expand- households as part of a cohort reopen both the economy and benchmarks. through 9. ing testing services in East Palo termed a “social bubble.” These our social lives in a safe man- Another benchmark is for The county is also expanding Alto, North Fair Oaks, Daly City groups of 12 or fewer people ner,” Warren Slocum, president hospitals and skilled nursing its staffing for contact tracing. It and Half Moon Bay. from different households or liv- of the San Mateo County Board facilities to have enough person- has already increased the num- As of June 10, about 20% of the ing units agree to socialize only of Supervisors whose district al protective equipment (PPE) to ber of full-time people working positive cases of COVID-19 and with members of that group. The includes East Palo Alto and last 14 days. The county is work- on contact tracing from eight to 63% of the COVID-19 related cohort should be maintained for North Fair Oaks, said in a press ing to build up its reserves. 30, and plans to increase that deaths in the county have been three weeks at a minimum, and statement. The health department works to 75 by July by recruiting from associated with congregate care individuals should be part of He added that many residents with a coordinator in Redwood among other county depart- facilities. only one bubble at a time. People of those communities have had City using software to col- ments. The health department The county is planning to who are part of the same bubble to choose between their physical lect requests from health care plans to be ready to expand the develop a draft of a COVID-19 are advised, but not required, to and economic health during the facilities, including hospitals, number of contact tracers to containment plan by July 3. A practice social distancing and pandemic. long-term care facilities, clinics, investigate up to 230 cases per Email Kate Bradshaw at wear face coverings. Violations “This is great news for so skilled nursing facilities and day with 115 full-time employ- [email protected] of the order are punishable by many of the thousands of small others that need medical and ees by recruiting. fine, imprisonment or both, businesses that are truly the health supplies. The coordinator For much of the time the shel- according to the revised health backbone of our local economy, works with the county to keep ter-in-place orders have been in LLEHUAEHUA GGREENMANREENMAN order. especially in East Palo Alto and a list of vendors and make sure effect, COVID-19 testing was Go to is.gd/smc_order_june to North Fair Oaks,” he said in a they have the supplies needed not offered unless someone access the full order. written statement. to fulfill requests. The county’s showed symptoms. With the “Any man The county is now caught up The county’s request to the 17 skilled nursing facilities are loosening of those restrictions can be a father, to many other communities state argued that the county is polled daily to confirm they to people who are mildly or but it takes across the state that are further making good progress toward have enough PPE, according to moderately ill, presymptomatic someone special along in the reopening process. the state’s benchmark goals even the application. or asymptomatic, the county has Last week, the San Mateo Coun- though it is not meeting all of One of the state requirements been able to exceed the state’s to be a dad." ty Board of Supervisors sent a them. is to have no more than 25 cases benchmark for the number of Happy letter to the state affirming that One of the benchmarks is per 100,000 residents over a two- daily tests offered by 26%, or it can satisfy certain criteria to have no more than 5% of week period or for the rate of about 1,151. During the week Father's Day! laid out in the state’s plan for COVID-19 cases admitted to COVID-positive tests to be less of May 31 to June 6, the county 650.245.1845 reopening, called its “Resilience hospitals, or about 20 per day. than 8% in a one-week period. averaged 1,456 tests per day.
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20QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 19, 2020 Paul Eugene Stoft Viewpoint May 28, 1922 – June 1, 2020 Paul Eugene Stoft passed away IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT LOCAL ISSUESISSUES peacefully at age 98 on June 1. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of a minister, Paul lived through the dust bowl, earned a What we’ve lost in the pandemic, bachelor’s degree from Univer- sity of Colorado, served 2 years and what we’ll (hopefully) gain in the Navy at the end of WWII and then completed a doctorate By Arhaan Gupta-Rastogi at MIT in electrical engineer- together? Are there other ways t’s amazing how much I took GUEST OPINION that this pandemic can help us ing. During his long career at for granted. I played sports, to be connected? Hewlett-Packard, he managed Imy family traveled, my grand- online with a friend, but it’s a Most of the news I read is pret- the section of HP labs that parents visited, I went to school, whole other thing to be playing ty negative, but there are signs developed the 9100A desktop and the internet had entertaining actual sports with friends. Social of hope. In Albany, New York, computer and the HP-35 pocket calculator. Apart from career, stories on all sorts of things. Now distancing has taken this away, for example, there is a boom in Paul, and his wife Dorothy who passed away in 2002, touched all of that is gone. and now it looks like we won’t be community gardening that is many lives through their mentoring of young people and their The COVID-19 pandemic is a getting it back any time soon. “helping to save money and ... generous charitable contributions. struggle for teenagers in many There is some comfort in getting people outside during the ways, but the main source of our knowing that our pain is sav- COVID-19 pandemic.” It’s also a He is survived by two sons, Steven Stoft of Berkeley; and pain is the loss of social networks ing lives. In an April 15 article positive step forward in the fight David Stoft of Menlo Park; and by a daughter, Judy Stoft of and all the contact with friends for WTTV Chicago, Heather against climate change. Even in Albuquerque, NM. Memorial donations: Eastside College and family that made our world Cherone reports that according the Middle East, there is talk Preparatory School, www.eastside.org. livable. The only thing that makes to city data, Chicago’s stay-at- of hope. In Israel, the national PAID OBITUARY it bearable is knowing that we’re home order had “saved nearly health care system is bringing saving lives and that it won’t last 1,700 lives” in that city. These Jews, Muslims, and Christians forever. Sometimes I wonder, are dramatic numbers, and they together in a unified effort to though, what will come out of show that social distancing is halt the spread of the virus. As this. What will the new normal slowing down the infection rate Yossi Klein Halevi has reported, look like? and keeping people alive. Israel is now in a position to William Brulé Johnson Social networks — friends, My mom’s parents live in Ohio, turn “crisis into opportunity” July 21, 1934 - May 31, 2020 extended family, and classmates and they are both over 70. When and build a unified society that — make up most of a teenager’s I get bored or frustrated at home, is secure and free. William Brulé Johnson life. As psychology professor I think of them and how I hope In the end, there’s no way to died peacefully at home Catherine Bagwell points out, that young people in their state spin this pandemic into a good on May 31, 2020 from “Adolescence is a time when are also doing the right thing thing — it just isn’t. The United complications of multiple forming and maintaining close, to keep my family safe. Maybe States has 4% of the world’s system atrophy. He was intimate friendships is a critical there are kids in Ohio with population, but we have over a surrounded by Jane, his developmental task — a main grandparents in Menlo Park, so quarter of the world’s coronavi- wife of 57 years, and by ‘job’ of being an adolescent.” She I’m helping to keep their family rus infections. Over 40 million daughters Rebecca Ho- goes on to say that much of this safe while they’re doing what Americans are without work, genhuis and Melissa John- work happens in “face-to-face they can to protect mine. and over 100,000 have died so son. He is also survived by interactions when teens gather All this talk about protecting far. Despite the bad news, there is grandchildren Alexander in the basement, legs and arms the vulnerable makes me think reason to believe that the shelter- and Valentina Hogenhuis. entwined as three or four pile on about how ideas of commu- in-place order is saving lives and Bill was born on July a couch talking and hanging out, nity and social networks might that new possibilities can come 21, 1934, in Rawlins, or at the school lunch table when change after the pandemic ends. out of this hardship. I look for- WY. He moved at a young age to Southern California but a dozen teens sit together at a table Will I feel closer to those kids in ward to being there to help make continued to spend summers in Wyoming with family. designed for half as many.” All of Ohio who stayed in and saved that happen. After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in this closeness is important for our my grandparents? Will they feel Arhaan Gupta-Rastogi is a Physics in 1956, he returned to California for graduate work development and happiness. It’s grateful to us for protecting their student at Hillview Middle in particle physics at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in 1963. one thing to play virtual tennis grandparents? Will this bring us School in Menlo Park. That same year, he married Jane and joined researchers at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center where he remained for his entire career. His work in high energy physics centered on Understandably, this time the incident could have had a dif- hadronic spectroscopy with Group B, evolving from bubble LETTERS young man spoke up to defend ferent ending, as it tragically did chambers to the LASS detector. Along with international Our readers write himself which prompted the for Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud collaborators, he authored or co-authored some 75 scientific man to call the police, who soon Arbery, George Floyd, and too papers. Bill recognized early on the importance of the arrived to diffuse the situation many others. computing revolution in analyzing the increasingly large Racism alive and “well” and send each on his way. Patty New data samples, what we now call “big data.” Eventually, his Recently, the distraught mother I cringe to think what could Edison Way, Menlo Park abiding interest in scientific computing led him to move away of a biracial teenage son spoke to have happened if the teen had from experimental data analysis and into the IT department me about what happened to him reached for his cellphone to at SLAC where he led groups on the development of scientific that day, before the murder of record the incidents, and, if any What’s on computing until his retirement. George Floyd. of the three, thinking that the teen Bill was a loving husband, a patient father and grandfather, He attends a local high school was reaching for a gun, in turn your mind? a true renaissance man with wide interests in literature and lives in the Menlo Park had a gun. What if the teen had Tell us what’s on your mind and music. He was also an avid tennis player, runner, wine community. called police to complain of being by sending your letters to connoisseur and maker, amateur astronomer, backpacker Close to tears, she recounted harassed? Would he have been [email protected]. as well as witty punster. A thoughtful, quiet man, Bill how he was accosted, not once, believed? Perhaps, but only if he Or snail-mail them to: The didn’t speak much, but what he said was always appreciated but twice, as he walked a dog in had been able to document these Almanac, 450 Cambridge and respected. It came from a brilliant, principled, and an affluent area of Menlo Park: incidents without fear. Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306. extraordinarily kind man whose penetrating blue eyes welcomed and reassured. He provided an outstanding First by two white women who Is this the best use of our Letters should be no example of a life well lived and will continue to inspire all of asked him what he was doing already-limited law enforcement longer than 300 words. there, and a short time and dis- resources? Aren’t there more us who knew and loved him. Questions? Email editor@ “If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit. But whatever you tance later, a white man who, urgent calls to attend to? Last, do AlmanacNews.com, or saying that he was a lawyer, told we want this type of behavior to do, don’t wobble.” call 650-223-6537. PAID OBITUARY him that he didn’t belong there. thrive in our community? This
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‘All of us can do something.’ Local black restaurant owners react to George Floyd protests
By Elena Kadvany helplessness since the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old isa Spencer holds her black man who was killed in breath when her youngest police custody in Minnesota on Lson, Myles, leaves their May 25. His death has sparked home in East Palo Alto. impassioned nationwide pro- He’s 15 years old now — not tests, including locally, against yet an adult, but old enough police brutality and racism in for his parents to sit him down America. for a conversation about how to In interviews, African Ameri- behave in any interactions with cans who run food businesses police officers. on the Peninsula expressed a “You have to behave better mix of dismay and hope, at once than other people,” Spencer tells heartened by the momentum her son. “If a policeman comes driving the protests and worried up to you, you can no longer that this will not mark a turn- be the person that we raised ing point in the United States’ you to be, which is to debate long history of violence against things that you feel are wrong black people. Each of them or to fight for your rights. You condemned the looting and vio- have to suddenly be docile. You lence, worried it would distract can’t move your arms. You have from the underlying message of to just sit there and be quiet in the peaceful protests. order to be able to come home Claire Mack, 83, is the owner safely. Don’t reach for anything. of Claire’s Crunch Cake in San Don’t argue. Mateo. Before she started selling “In America or any other her cakes out of her home, she country in this day and time, was a public servant for most of that is not something you should her life. In 1991, she became the Photo by Sinead Chang have to be telling your black first African American woman Lisa, Myles and Dulani Spencer in their home kitchen in East Palo Alto. children,” she said. to be elected to San Mateo’s City Spencer runs Savor Season- Council and went on to become her to run for office. She fought in the community. Her mother of Allegiance, she doesn’t say ing Blends, a homemade rubs the city’s first African American to preserve the neighborhood and aunts and uncles went to “with liberty and justice for all.” and spices company, out of her mayor. A plan to build public and for jobs programs for local school with the men who went She says, “with liberty and home with her son and husband. housing in north central San youth. on to become the city’s police- justice for some.” She’s been wading through deep Mateo, where mostly people of Mack has lived in San Mateo men. She’s served on numerous Spencer, who grew up in East feelings of anger, disbelief and color lived at the time, propelled her entire life and has deep roots local boards, commissions and Palo Alto and now works at organizations and won com- Facebook, supports the peaceful munity service awards. Her protests but thinks meaningful youngest daughter is a colonel change will have to come from in the Air Force, following in within law enforcement. the footsteps of many family “Police have got to say ‘no’ members who have served in the when they see their partners military. doing these things and they “I served my city as the mayor don’t feel good about it,” she three times. I believe in this said. “They have to say, ‘This country. Yet when stuff like isn’t right. Take your knee off this happens, it’s — excuse me,” this person’s neck.’” she paused, starting to cry. “It She’s felt heartened by the makes it a very tough road to images of law enforcement offi- walk.” cials across the country taking a Mack still lives with a knee with protesters, some join- 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a- ing hands across protest lines, week fear for her life. or the Michigan sheriff who “I’m a person who has very took off his helmet and walked good relationships with the alongside a peaceful crowd of police department, at least in my protesters. On June 2, the East city and with most police, but Palo Alto Police Department there’s still a fear that when I’m posted to social media a video of out that I could be Sandra Bland. an officer kneeling with protest- That is a reality,” she said, refer- ing teenagers. ring to an African American “All police aren’t bad just like woman who was arrested and all people aren’t bad, but if you died in jail in Texas following a don’t break the chain then your widely criticized traffic stop in silence isn’t going to stop that Photo by Charles Russo 2015. organization,” Spencer said. “I Max Fennell on the current moment: ‘If anything, this continues to wake something up inside of myself.’ When Mack recites the Pledge think that was my glimmer of
22QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 19, 2020 FOOD & DRINK hope, seeing those police. ... We board of directors of African- abuse in the community recently. need more of that.” American Community Services “If anything, this continues Keith Richardson opened Agency and a volunteer with to wake something up inside of Keith’s Chicken N Waffles in Hunger at Home, which serves myself,” Fennell said. “I think Daly City almost four years ago, meals to people in need. But she people are frustrated. I’m frus- serving fried chicken legs and can’t help but feel “paralyzed” at trated.” He’s now asking him- thighs with Belgian waffles, this moment. self: “Max, are you just going to candied yams and mac and “My heart is heavy. I feel fear- post Instagram posts or are you cheese that people tell him ful for my men in my family,” going to give up the next four remind them of their grand- she said of her two sons and years and be in service for your mother’s cooking. He’s been husband. community?” feeling a sad form of deja vu This fear is nothing new for For people searching for tan- from the Rodney King riots in Dailey, who said growing up gible action to take during this Los Angeles in 1992. in Palo Alto her brothers were time, Mack urged them to speak “To me, it’s kind of a repeat. often stopped by the police. But up, to vote, to go to City Coun- The only difference is Rodney she feels hopeful when she sees cil meetings, to get involved in King lived. We didn’t have to see positive police leadership — she their communities. a man die. As far as the justice lauded San Jose Chief of Police I asked Mack: Does this system is concerned, it’s just a Eddie Garcia as an example of moment feel like a turning repeat,” he said. a transparent communicator point? The Rodney King riots felt — and a new level of discourse “At 83, I don’t know. I’m hop- like an expression of “straight about race relations. ing so,” she said. “The election is anger,” he said, while the current For Menlo Park resident Max going to mean a lot. What gives protests have a different feel. Fennell, founder of Fenn Cof- me hope and heart is that the “This hurt is different. This fee, this moment feels different marches and the protests have hurt is a different pain than only in terms of “other people been multicultural. before,” he said. “This one is showing outrage. But for a black “The marches and the pro- you’re angry but you’re really person, no. We’ve been fed up a Courtesy Claire’s Crunch Cake tests,” she said, “look like Amer- devastated; you can’t believe long time,” he said. Claire Mack, the first African American mayor of San Mateo, runs a ica.” A what happened right in front of Yet it’s lit a fire under Fennell, cake business out of her home. you and how the other officers not unlike Mack three decades If you’re looking for other just let it happen.” ago. He’s thinking about run- sole African American athlete, cop pulled him over. Hand on ways to support the black Sandra Dailey, a Palo Alto ning for a seat on the Menlo said he’s been pulled over by his gun, the officer asked Fen- community, visit tinyurl.com/ native who now runs a cater- Park City Council to have a police four times in his five years nell what was in his lap. Fen- PeninsulaFoodist for a list of ing company in Santa Clara, is direct hand in improving local living in Silicon Valley. Once nell explained it was one of his black-owned food and drink active in the community as the police-community relations. he was driving down Willow company’s products. He said businesses on the Peninsula. former president of the Black Fennell, a professional tri- Road toward Highway 101 with the police officer told him he Know of a business that’s Leadership Kitchen Cabinet of athlete who was profiled in the bottles of Fenn Coffee espresso thought it was cough syrup, and missing? Send an email to Silicon Valley, a member of the New York Times as the sport’s shots in his lap. An undercover that there had been issues with [email protected].
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