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JANUARY 8, 2010 VOLUME 18, NO. 1 INSIDE: WEEKEND | PAGE 18 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com Collect pension, return to work ‘DOUBLE DIPPING’ BY RECENT CITY RETIREES A COMMON PRACTICE TO EXTEND CAREER
By Daniel DeBolt it’s allowed in California. CalPERS, the agency respon- he cost of city employee sible for managing pensions for pensions has long been a the retirees of most California Tsubject of controversy, and cities, allows government work- that debate was given new life ers to receive their pensions while recently after three city depart- returning to work for another ment heads retired last month agency under CalPERS (which — then returned to work part- time while still receiving their See PENSIONS, page 9 pensions. To do what city officials called “critical work” for the city, library director Karen Burnett Ronit Bryant JAMES TENSUAN and employee services direc- YOU SAW ME STANDING ALONE: tor Kathy Farrar have returned to their posts after retiring in is new mayor A long exposure taken at Castro and Villa streets on New Year’s Eve captures the recent blue moon rising December. They will be paid over downtown Mountain View. A “blue moon” is a second full moon in the same calendar month — a $110 an hour and $113 an hour, By Daniel DeBolt phenomenon which usually occurs once every two to three years. respectively, while also drawing annual pensions of more than he City Council has unani- $100,000. mously selected Ronit Bry- Farrar’s annual pension could Tant to be the new mayor Outlook 2010: more tough times be a record-high $187,000 due of Mountain to her salary of $183,000 and her View in 2010. BUDGET WOES SURE TO PERSIST IN THE YEAR AHEAD — steady employment with the city The Tuesday BUT WILL HANGAR BE LEFT HANGING? for 38 years. (Burnett’s salary of night selec- $176,000 and her 8.5 years with tion followed By Kelsey Mesher and Daniel DeBolt her friend, House Speaker Nancy the city could lead to a $40,000 city tradition, Pelosi, will finally get something yearly pension from Mountain by which the ost prognosticators will done on this worthwhile project. View alone.) Calls to CalPERS council mem- say that 2010 has to be All in all, this is hardly a year for to confirm these figures were not ber with high- Ronit Bryant Mbetter than its prede- optimism, but there are glimmers returned as of press time. est seniority cessor. Would the governor of of hope on the horizon. Newly retired city attorney and who received the most votes California agree? Michael Martello is also return- (and who hasn’t yet been mayor) The state budget is once again N INSIDE Tough budget year ing to work, as interim “town rotates into the mayor’s seat. By short many billions of dollars. And Mountain View officials are attorney” in Los Gatos, where the same tradition, council mem- when Sacramento is desperate for Ten high-tech predicting a $4 million to $5 mil- he will be paid an undisclosed ber Jac Siegel was unanimously money the squeeze is put on local lion deficit when it comes time to amount while also drawing a chosen to be vice mayor. governments and school districts, breakthroughs balance the city’s budget in June, pension. He retired from Moun- Both Bryant and Siegel spoke so watch for further contractions at in 2010 requiring some painful cuts to ser- tain View with a salary of of the challenges the city faces the local level. Just like last year. vices and personnel. $235,000 last year — possibly in the coming year. Bryant said On the bright side, there could be IN BUSINESS P.15 After the city budget was cut to resulting in another unusually that, with four department heads some good news at Moffett Field, the bone to fill a similar gap last large yearly pension as he will retired as of last month, city man- where venerable Hangar One is being the South Bay’s most vis- year, many are anxiously wait- receive $101,000 from his work ager Kevin Duggan is “tasked due to lose its toxic pallor and get ible landmark. We’re betting that ing to see if this year’s shortfall in Mountain View alone. with forging a new organization” the new siding it needs to continue Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and will actually require laying off The practice of taking a pen- at City Hall. And Siegel spoke city employees. Council mem- sion and returning to work of the city’s budget problems: ber Margaret Abe-Koga said city part-time is known as “double “These are exciting times, but dipping.” And while it is illegal See OUTLOOK, page 8 in some states, such as Michigan, See MAYOR, page 7
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4 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE ■ CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ■ COMMUNITY -PDBM/FXT ■ FEATURES College From the Editor’s district cuts Desk employee benefits — A New Year’s layoffs loom By Kelsey Mesher resolution New Year does not mean a fresh start for educators By Don Frances Astruggling to balance bud- HIS MONDAY was the first gets. At Foothill College, President Monday of the New Year, Judy Miner announced in a state- T ment last month that reductions and I was just back from vacation, and the air was fresh and in the school’s 2010-11 budget will full of promise. Best of all, my inbox total around $4.5 million, reflecting wasn’t too full. a bigger shortfall district-wide. Still there were some nice mes- “Ordinarily, this would be a time sages in there, and one in particular to wind down the quarter and take caught my eye. A faithful reader a well-deserved break before the wrote to ask — plead, really — start of a new calendar year,” Miner MICHELLE LE regarding Town Square, the Voice’s said in the statement. “Unfortu- U.S. Census workers David Schaitberger, Tom Banks and Michael Ahrens undergo training Tuesday nately, our budget challenges are online forum. at the census office located at 200 W. Evelyn Ave., Suite 120. Specifically, she wondered: not on hiatus, so I want you to What’s it good for? Given all the know what Foothill faces and how bigots, crazies and negative nellies we are proceeding.” on there, it seems to be more of a Stand up and be counted The Foothill-De Anza district failed experiment than a useful budget must be balanced when the tool. Or so she thought. CENSUS BUREAU SETS UP DOWNTOWN OFFICE TO COORDINATE 2010 TALLY next fiscal year begins in July; to I think her message speaks to the do so, district officials decided in December to cut benefits for “all concerns of many readers. Below is By Kelsey Mesher work is on the local level — as in for,” she said. her abridged e-mail, followed by my Mountain View, where city and Thomas added that this year employee groups,” said Kurt Hueg, response: he U.S. Census Bureau community workers are busy the census consists of 10 ques- Foothill’s associate vice president of launched a national road with their own outreach efforts. tions, and is designed to be sim- external relations. Don — tour and media campaign “It’s important, it’s easy and pler than questionnaires from The cuts, which should free up T around $5.3 million for the district, I would like to wish you and the Monday in an effort to inform it’s safe,” said Kimberly Thomas, past decades. Increasing the Voice well in the coming year. people about the 2010 Census, assistant to the city manager. response rate is “one of our key will mean steeper co-pays, as well I also want to tell you that I’m which will solicit information “Those are really crucial mes- goals at the city,” she said. In as higher monthly payments, for seriously considering making a from every residence in America sages to get out to ensure that the 2000, Mountain View had a 72 district employees, Hueg said. New Year’s Resolution not to read this March. community knows how simple percent response rate, which was “All of the unions and meet-and- Town Square. It’s a waste of time The campaign will hit about this is.” higher than both the national confer groups had to agree in order and resources. 800 major events across the “This data provides support and California averages of 62 and to make changes to the insurance I would really like to know what country, including the Super for a variety of grant programs 70 percent, respectively. plans,” noted district spokesperson you’re trying to do with this feature. Bowl and the NCAA Final Four. that we apply for, that schools Becky Bartindale. “They worked hard with the district for many, At this point, it offers us no useful But much of the nitty gritty apply for, that nonprofits apply See CENSUS, page 11 info and often no display of even many months to come up with this common courtesy by the contribu- solution.” tors. The same proudly ignorant As for the more serious measure and often bigoted people seem to be of letting go of employees, Hueg spending all their time just mouth- said, “By the end of the month we ing off. Arrest made in embezzlement case are going to be identifying some The format of the feature open- By Kelsey Mesher custody on Wednesday, Dec. $300,000. additional full-time positions for ly encourages this unproductive 30 at approximately 3 p.m., McCoy would not release fur- elimination.” behavior by not requiring people he woman said police spokesperson Steve ther details regarding the case The layoffs will be “across the to provide their real names. If they suspected McCoy. McCoy said Stewart was as it is still open, though he said board,” he said, though it is likely had to do that, perhaps they might of embez- arrested at a friend’s residence in Stewart was cooperating with that teacher positions will be spared T this round. He also said fee hikes think a bit before hitting send. Do zling $100,000 Redwood City. There had been a investigators and that she is the you think it’s worth a try? from the Silicon warrant out for her arrest since sole focus of the investigation. are a possibility for next year. Valley Commu- Dec. 24. According to Amy Cornell, Hueg said he been working in I replied: nity Foundation She was booked into the coun- spokesperson for the Santa Clara community colleges since 1992, was arrested last ty main jail in San Jose on one County District Attorney’s and that the current budget crisis is Frances Louise “by far the most devastating” he’s A funny thing about the Internet: week, Moun- Stewart count of embezzlement, one Office, Stewart was arraigned on Now you know what everyone is tain View police count of burglary, one count of Dec. 31 and gave no plea. Her experienced. thinking. Turns out, maybe you announced. grand theft and for the unau- next court appearance is sched- Bartindale said district officials didn’t want to know. Frances Louise Stewart, 52, thorized use of others’ personal uled for Jan. 27 in Department are still waiting to sort through the governor’s latest budget proposal, to of San Carlos, was taken into information. Her bail was set for 84 at 9 a.m. in Palo Alto. V be released Friday. V See EDITOR’S DESK, page 11
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N SEEN AROUND TOWN Sleeping barn owl
“I took this picture of a barn owl that was sleeping in a tree in my driveway in early November,” wrote Mark Wunderman of Eunice Avenue. If you have a photo taken around town which you’d like published in the Voice, please send it (as a jpg attachment) to [email protected].
N NEWSBRIEFS LOCAL TRANSIENT each gave conflicting informa- and about 250 pounds. ATTACKED WITH SCISSORS tion regarding how long they’d Wylie said police are studying lived there. surveillance footage to track A dispute between two home- The owner of the building was less men living in the Old Ron’s down the suspects. Both men notified and has signed a tres- remain at large. !%) !'$) Farmhouse building on El Cami- pass form, meaning that if either no Real turned violent when one of the men is found there again *# attacked the other with a pair of he can be arrested, Wylie said. — Kelsey Mesher old scissors, police say. The two men got into an argu- GAS LEAK CLOSES ment at approximately 10 a.m. GUNMEN ROB KRAGEN on New Year’s Day, said police BEGEN AVENUE " ON CALIFORNIA ST. spokesperson Liz Wylie, at which Fifteen homes were evacuated point the suspect “used a broken Police say two men brandish- in Mountain View last Friday " pair of scissors to stab at the vic- ing a handgun robbed the Kra- afternoon after a contractor hit gen Auto Parts on California tim in the back of the head. There a gas line and caused a leak, were two wounds on the back of Street last Saturday morning, according to the Mountain View " ! his head, but they were not in any getting away with an undis- way life threatening.” closed amount of cash. Fire Department. Wylie said the victim, a 41-year- The pair entered the store At 3 p.m., a contractor hit "$ %&$!"$ "$ !"$ & "! old transient living in Mountain at approximately 10:05 a.m. a half-inch gas line on Begen View, fled to a taqueria on Saturday, Jan. 2, while “There Avenue, the department said. Latham Street and called 911. were no other customers inside, Firefighters confirmed the line ((( !" "%# & "$ Responding officers found just staff members,” said police was damaged and had started to Leonardo Ordonez, 40, at the spokesperson Liz Wylie. She leak, and 15 homes in the area abandoned building at 2026 W. said they asked to see the man- were evacuated. Begen Avenue El Camino Real — site of the ager and made it clear that they was also closed to traffic. had a gun, though they did not former Old Ron’s Farmhouse PG&E responded to the leak restaurant — and took him into specifically point it or threaten custody on one count of assault to shoot. “They were last seen and repaired the gas line that day, with a deadly weapon. He was running out the front doors,” the Fire Department said. The booked into the main jail in San Wylie said. evacuated residents were able to Jose. The robbers are described as return to their homes by Friday Wylie said police found several African-American men in their evening. mattresses, a couch and some mid-20s wearing black sweat- blankets. She said both men shirts and dark pants. Both are apparently lived there, though described as over six feet tall — Bay City News
6 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 -PDBM/FXT 10-30 Abe-Koga lands seats on VTA board, LAFCO Inches The Bowman program builds By Daniel DeBolt members Greg Perry and Laura Macias in 2006-07. Slimmer confidence, creativity and ouncil member Marga- As one of the county’s smaller In About an Hour academic excellence. ret Abe-Koga may have cities, Mountain View used to Cstepped down from her rotate onto the board once every $ +"#' $) mayoral duties, but she is mov- 10 years, but Abe-Koga said the 129 ing up in the world of local North County city grouping $$"#' $) transportation. decided to try a new voting sys- Slender Tone Last month a group of six tem this year in which the city $$*-$)%$#$(& North County cities selected group would actually select its Body Wrap Not valid with any Abe-Koga to be one of its three three VTA representatives. !#'$#**)*$) representatives on the Val- Abe-Koga had been serving as other discount ley Transportation Authority a VTA policy advisory commit- ))((#' board of directors starting in tee member over the last year. 2010. She says she plans to make The two other City Council "%'%#, a move for the vice chair posi- members selected to represent tion on the board as well. North County are Chris Moylan +)*$#' Abe-Koga said city reps from from Sunnyvale and Rich Larsen Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos from Los Altos Hills. Hills, Sunnyvale and Santa In other news, Abe-Koga said www.bowmanschool.org Clara decided that Mountain she has also managed to get a View should get a seat on the seat on the Local Agency Forma- board over others because tion Commission, or LAFCO, it has several transportation a little-known but powerful issues to deal with and several agency in Santa Clara County. Bay Area projects in the works, includ- Its five commissioners decide ing high speed rail. on city annexations and the Health Spa The move was the result of a formation of new cities in the ÓäxxÊÀ>ÌÊ,`ÊUÊ-ÌiÊ£ää new selection process which has county. It also decides where Los Altos Mountain View representation Mountain View and Sunny- 650.390.9727 back on the VTA board much vale’s “spheres of influence” lie sooner than expected follow- at Moffett Field, which is federal bayareahealthspa.com ing a shared term by council property. V is for: developments of buildings, parks MAYOR and landscaping. Continued from page 1 Bryant said it’s a priority to consider “environmental sustain- ability in all that we do as a city,” make no mistake, we have signifi- to “energetically encourage the cant challenges this next year. The involvement of youth in every- city faces a five- to six-million- thing we do as a city,” and to “pro- dollar shortfall.” tect and enhance Mountain View’s As mayor, Bryant is responsible financial well being.” for running City Council meet- As the city finalizes an updated ings, working with the city man- General Plan to guide future devel- ager to set meeting agendas and opment, Bryant said, the challenge will represent the city at various will be to “navigate between pres- X functions, among other duties. ervation and innovation.” Along Outgoing mayor Margaret Abe- those lines, Siegel said he wants to Koga said it had been a 40-hour-a- keep the city “vibrant and diverse” week job for her. while also working to “preserve our As for presiding over the meet- neighborhoods.” ings, Bryant said she hoped to Both Siegel and Bryant are up facilitate “effective and efficient for reelection this year, along with discussions” and “timely and outgoing Mayor Abe-Koga, who transparent decisions.” was recognized for her accomplish- Originally from Israel, Bryant ments as mayor during Tuesday’s came to Mountain View in 1983. council meeting. She has lived on four continents, Continuing the mayoral tradition speaks six languages and holds sev- of holding open office hours for the From A to Z, eral degrees in the field of psychol- public, Bryant will begin “Meet ogy. She has been self-employed as with Ronit” sessions at the Bean you’ll find it in Los Altos. a technical writer, has raised three Scene cafe every Thursday from 9 kids, and lives downtown with to 10 a.m. starting Jan. 7. The cafe is %PXOUPXO-PT"MUPTt&M$BNJOP3FBM her husband Cliff, an employee of located on the corner of Castro and 'PPUIJMM$SPTTJOH4IPQQJOH$FOUFSt-PZPMB$PSOFST Hewlett-Packard. Mercy streets, in the same building 3BODIP4IPQQJOH$FOUFSt7JMMBHF$PVSUt8PPEMBOE1MB[B A former Parks and Recreation as the Mountain View Center for commissioner and an avid gar- the Performing Arts and across the www.LosAltosAtoZ.com dener, Bryant is known for her tire- plaza from Mountain View City V less advocacy of creating “walk- Hall, located at 500 Castro St. 4QPOTPSFECZ able” and “pedestrian-friendly” environments in Mountain View, E-mail Daniel DeBolt at especially when it comes to new [email protected]
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though the ranks of the city’s may approve zoning changes to OUTLOOK volunteer commissions, which is encourage development of the Give Your Child the Gift of a Lifetime Continued from page 1 unlikely. industrial areas in the Shoreline Whatever happens, the elec- business district as proposed by Now Accepting Applications tion will be a chance for com- planning director Randy Tsuda. • Kindergarten – employees are being told their munity members to evaluate the A big question this year is 8th Grade jobs are not safe. council’s actions in what will be whether the city’s two major “I don’t see any way we’ll be • Excellent Academics a very difficult year for city gov- housing developments move for- able to address our financial ernment. ward — the already-approved • Dedicated and challenges without reducing posi- 450-home Mayfield project at Caring Faculty tions,” said city manager Kevin School board elections 100 Mayfield Ave. and the pro- • State-of-the-Art Duggan last week. “Whether November elections may bring posal to build 550 homes on Facilities they are vacant or filled, it’s too change to local schools. The 28.5 acres on Ferguson Drive. hard to tell.” City staff “need to terms of Mountain View Whis- Mayfield was approved last year • Music, Arts understand what the council’s man trustees Ellen Wheeler and after years of planning, but a new and Athletics and the community’s goals are Phil Palmer expire this year. owner has yet to indicate when • After-School Programs going to be.” In 2006 they ran unopposed, construction would commence. In the schools, too, budget cuts and in 2008 trustees Fiona Wal- The South Whisman project may Call now for your personal tour! will continue in 2010, and may ter, Ed Bailey and Steve Olson also be delayed until the housing Aileen Mitchner www.hausner.com be even harder-hitting than last ran unopposed as well. But market recovers. Director of Admission 450 San Antonio Road year. The Mountain View Whis- several recent controversies in 650.494.8200 ext. 104 Palo Alto, CA 94306 man School District predicts cuts the district are likely to bring in Trails extended [email protected] CAIS and WASC Accredited A Beneficiary of the JCF of $2 million or more. At the some new candidates. In late spring construction Confidential Scholarships Available community college level, Foot- In the Mountain View-Los is set to begin on a pedestrian Additional scholarships provided by hill president Judy Miner said Altos High School District, the bridge over Highway 85 that will tenured faculty could be laid off four-year terms of trustees Judy extend the Stevens Creek Trail as early as March. Hannemann and Julia Rosen- from the Sleeper Avenue area That leaves it to the commu- berg will expire, though neither just south of El Camino Real into nity to come out in support of has said whether they will seek the Dale-Heatherstone neighbor- schools on the November ballot. reelection. Both ran unopposed hood. Though generally parcel taxes in 2006. Not long after that, construc- Holiday Fund Donations and bond measures for schools tion may also begin on a pedes- Anonymous (25) ...... 7125 M. M. Tashiro ...... ** are approved in this region, last Crunch time for Hangar trian tunnel under Old Middle- Robert & Lois Adams ...... 500 Tats & Rose Tsunekawa ...... 100 November parcel tax measures in The Navy is scheduled to field Way for the Permanente The Alder Family...... ** Lisa D. Twardowski ...... 125 R. Lanier Anderson & Joshua R. Tyler ...... 1000 the neighboring Santa Clara Uni- remove the toxic siding from Creek Trail, along with a nearby Katherine Preston ...... 75 Al & Marcia Vierra ...... ** fied and Fremont Union High Hangar One at Moffett Field in bridge for the trail over Highway Dolores C. Bacosa ...... 200 Jonathon Wiener ...... 100 School districts failed. mid to late 2010, according to 101, connecting several residen- Mark Balch...... 200 S. & S. Wu ...... 500 This go-round, the Mountain Kathryn Stewart, BRAC Envi- tial neighborhoods to Shoreline Anthony, Wendy & Kaiya Chang....1000 Donna Yobs ...... 500 View-Los Altos High School ronmental Coordinator for Mof- Park and the city’s largest job Merrill D. Clum ...... 250 Edward M. Yu ...... 500 Peter & Amy Darrah ...... 50 Tom & Betty Zeidel ...... ** District has plans to place a bond fett Field. center in and around Google’s Christopher & Mary /dateo...... 500 Feng Zhou ...... 100 measure on the June ballot; and That means that the clock is headquarters. Jeffrey Davis ...... 100 because it would need only 55 ticking for NASA Ames to figure Ana Gabriela Deeds...... 50 In honor of percent of the vote to pass, we out a way to pay for the historic Hospital costs rise Mary DeMasters ...... 500 LaDrea Clark & the hardworking Paul & Sarah Donahue...... 500 staff & volunteers at CSA ...... 500 predict that it will. structure’s restoration with new Named “the most techno- Dianne Dryer ...... 100 Gordon grandchildren ...... ** siding. Stewart said the White logically advanced hospital in Kevin & Robin Duggan ...... ** Dean & Alyce Gorgolynski...... ** School chief shuffle House Office of Management the world” by Popular Science Jack & Rada Ford...... 100 YMCA Body Pump Instructors ...... 100 Although nothing is official, and Budget met with the Navy magazine in its December 2009 Greg Fowler & Julie Lovins ...... ** look for Craig Goldman, cur- and NASA Ames in December issue, El Camino Hospital will Michelle Friedland ...... 1000 In memory of Ben Galin ...... 100 David Balfour ...... 50 rent CFO of the Mountain View and “made significant progress continue to be an industry leader Dolores N. Goodman ...... 500 My beloved dad, Leonard C. Boos ..100 Whisman School District, to towards mutual understanding in medical technologies — but at Barry & Julie Groves ...... 50 Sally H. Corley...... 50 become superintendent after on various points” after nego- increased costs to its patients. Roy & Janet Hayter...... 500 Kathryn Gibbons ...... ** Maurice Ghysels steps down. tiations between the Navy and In January the hospital will Jerry & Renee Hinson ...... ** Emily Goulart ...... 100 Catherine P. Howard ...... 50 Jo Harrison...... ** Ghysels put the transition in NASA broke down over how to complete construction on Ricardo & Sara Jenez ...... ** Henry Hennings, Jr...... 50 motion when he told the school pay for Hangar One’s restoration. its new Center for Advanced Anne Johnston ...... ** Sarah Ish ...... ** board in November that he was She said all three parties intend Radiotherapy and CyberKnife Margaret Lansky ...... 100 Kathleen Jensen ...... 100 looking for work outside the dis- to meet soon with Eshoo, who Radiosurgery. The CyberKnife Vincent Leone ...... ** Emundo Larenas, beloved father.....100 trict. The board lost no time in says she is ready to push for a bill allows physicians to pinpoint Job Lopez ...... ** My Teacher Father ...... 50 John Manton...... 50 Evan Christopher Rauch ...... 50 naming Goldman as their choice to fund Hangar One’s restora- solid tumors in the body and use Alice Anne Martineau & Rosemary Stasek ...... 500 to take over, although nothing tion. radiation treatment without inci- Olivia Bartlett ...... 2100 Kate Wakerly ...... 100 can be final until Ghysels for- We predict Congresswoman sions or anesthesia. Beginning Dorothy Meier...... ** Kate Wakerly ...... ** mally resigns. Anna Eshoo will be asked to find in February the Center will take Phyllis H. Michel...... ** Sheri Morrison...... 350 Businesses & Organizations The jockeying began after the needed $15 million in federal on patients, and use the facility Carmel B. Mould...... ** MV Moms’ Cookie Party ...... 710 Ghysels, who took over as super- funding for the project, and that to teach visiting physicians how Muir Family...... 500 intendent in 2005,admitted that she will succeed. to use the CyberKnife and other Randa Mulford ...... ** A Gift for he and Landels Principal Car- forms of radiotherapy. Diane Nanis...... 100 To everyone who meant so much men Mizell were in a relationship Real estate horizons With the best, and likely prici- Leslie C. & Anita N. Nichols ...... 100 to me over the years ...... 100 Dave Paradise ...... 100 and that both were in divorce Housing and office develop- est, new technologies available at Doug & Shirley Pearson...... 1500 TOTALS: As of January 5, 2010, proceedings to separate from ment will likely continue at a the hospital, patients could see an Susan Perkins ...... ** a total of 126 donors have given their current spouses. slow pace next year with the increase in fees this year. El Ed Perry & Laurie Bonilla...... 200 $32,480 to the Mountain View Voice 53-home project at Grant Road Camino CEO Ken Graham told George Petersen ...... ** Holiday Fund. City Council elections E. Denley Rafferty...... 100 and Levin Avenue one of the few journalists in September that This November the city will projects to enter into construc- they last raised their prices in Lisa Rogan ...... 200 ** The asterisk designates that the donor did Robert J. Rohrbacher ...... ** not want to publish the amount of the gift hold an election for the three tion. June 2008, and that the new hos- Diana Roome...... 30 council seats held by Margaret But despite the disappearance pital facilities would not have an Jeff Segall ...... 50 Abe-Koga, Ronit Bryant and Jac of numerous projects out of the “immediate” impact on pricing. Patricia Smedt ...... 100 Wesley & Molly Smith ...... ** 2009 Siegel, all of whom are expected city’s planning pipeline, planning He said at the time that a price Helen Vanderberg ...... 50 iday to seek reelection. issues will continue to make news increase was not expected for at Ryan Spratt...... 300 ol And all three will be reelected, this year as the city completes the least another year — which Irving & Renee Statler ...... ** H d unless they face a serious chal- update of its General Plan, which points to a hike in fees in the Ron Stephens...... 200 n u lenge from an impressive new- V Peter & Julie Reynolds...... ** F will guide future development middle of 2010. comer or someone who has risen in the city. And the City Council
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PENSIONS revenue to take a significant hit, Comparing cities Continued from page 1 and Kong said the city’s con- While the city’s CalPERS rate tribution will increase for the is not unusual (Palo Alto also 2010-11 fiscal year. pays its employees “2.7 at 55”), The Peninsula’s Premier includes Los Gatos) as long as The financial burden to cities Levin said Mountain View’s Funeral Service Provider it is for no more than 960 hours is a topic of concern being dis- city employees pay a significant a year — translating to about cussed on a regional level by city portion of their own salaries Serving families since 1899 six months of full-time work or managers, said Levin. A possible toward their pensions. As for a year of half-time work. The solution often talked about, she Martello and other non-pubic policy spurred council member said, is a “two tier” system in safety employees, 10.5 percent of 980 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, California 94301 Margaret Abe Koga to say she’d which newer employees’ pen- his salary over the last few years (650) 328-1360 like to see a report on how many sions are set at lower rates. “went to pay for his pension,” hours Martello is working for She said nothing could be she said. Public safety employees Los Gatos. done to lower the pensions pay 13 percent of their salaries www.rollerhapgoodtinney.com already agreed upon for exist- toward their pensions. Passing the torch ing employees, as “those are “This is very unusual,” Levin Funeral Home FD132 Critics say double dipping contractual obligations.” said. “You will probably find encourages senior officials to Council member Mike (in Mountain View) the high- retire early while est cost share of any preventing others other city around.” from moving up in According to the ranks. Propo- Critics say double dipping records published nents say it allows online by www. government agen- encourages senior officials to retire californiapension- cies to save mon- reform.com, there ey since a retiree early while preventing others from are at least 16 retired does not need to moving up in the ranks. city of Mountain be provided addi- View employees tional health care who are paid over coverage. Martello $100,000 a year in himself pointed out that retired Kasperzak noted that pension retirement income, not includ- police chiefs are known to move rates increased during the dot- ing those who just retired in from city to city filling vacan- com boom, when cities believed December 2009. The highest cies. the heated economic climate paid on that list is former City Council members had would last. Now Mountain police captain Bruce Barsi, who mixed opinions about city man- View is facing a deficit of up to receives $156,000 a year, or ager Kevin Duggan’s decision to $5 million out of its $89 million $13,000 a month. bring back Farrar and Burnett general fund this year. By comparison, 21 city of Palo for part-time work. Levin said pension rates Alto retirees are paid over “I prefer the practice in which increased in 2006 to stay com- $100,000 a year, and 54 city of you train someone to take over,” petitive with other cities, and Sunnyvale retirees are paid over said council member John Inks. as part of bargaining with $100,000 a year. V Give the Gift of Good Health This New Year! “I think (Duggan) has probably unions which agreed to cuts done that, we’re just not seeing it in retiree health care, another Colder weather means stiffer joints, give your pet here.” major expense which is growing. E-mail Daniel DeBolt at Abe-Koga said she had hoped For salaried city employees not [email protected] Cosequin for optimal joint function. to have replacements for Burnett in public safety, pension rates and Farrar already in place since rose from “2 at 55” to “2.7 at the council budgeted $150,000 55” — meaning Mountain View N INFORMATION for “succession planning.” employees can retire as early as But assistant city manager age 55 and receive 2.7 percent MOUNTAIN VIEW’S Nadine Levin said the two of their highest annual salary $100,000 CLUB retirees will work for no more multiplied by the number of Below are the city of Mountain View retirees, not counting Karen Burnett, than four months each until years they worked for the city. Kathy Farrar and Michael Martello, replacements are found. And After 30 years of employment, who are currently drawing annual #1 Vet Recommended Joint Supplement Inks noted that Duggan is deal- that comes to 81 percent of their pensions of more than $100,000: Cosequin plays an important role in maintaining optimal joint function. Healthy ing with a wave of retirements, highest salary. cartilage is crucial for proper joint mobility. Cosequin helps support cartilage production including a dozen in December For public safety personnel, Bruce Barsi: ...... $156,187 and protect existing cartilage from breakdown. From daily walks to winter naps, alone. rates increased to “3 at 50,” Cosequin allows your pet to enjoy their everyday activities. “He’s got big shoes to fill, and meaning they can retire at age Timothy Ko: ...... $146,734 Marc Revere: ...... $138,618 a bunch of them all at once,” 50 and receive, for example, 90 - Cosequin Also Available at - Inks said. He added that assis- percent of their salary after 30 Steven Conte: ...... $133,164 tant public works director Mike years of employment. Paula Bettencourt: ...... $130,285 Fuller has temporarily taken CalPERS calculates how much Ronald Geary: ...... $122,851 over for Cathy Lazarus, the previous employment adds to Larry Bertuccelli: ...... $119,933 retired public works director. an accumulated final pension. Employees have to work for at Michael Freeberg: ...... $115,601 Financial burden least five years for the city to Michael Alexander: ...... $106,590 Our Wellness Services include: CalPERS investment earnings receive anything from Moun- Glenn Lyles: ...... $105,925 Heartworm/Tick Disease Testing (650) 969-8555 Flea Control AlpineVetOnline.com currently cover 75 percent of tain View towards their pen- Charles Gibson: ...... $105,874 Vaccinations pension payments, according sions. Benvenuto Lenci: ...... $104,358 to city finance director Patty The dim economic climate is Dentistry & Oral Surgery Larry Janda: ...... $103,639 Kong. sure to affect upcoming union Surgical Services In recent years the city’s negotiations. Mountain View is Dennis Belluomini: ...... $102,966 Spay & Neuter contribution — most of which expected to begin negotiations John Welbourn: ...... $101,716 Fecal Parasite Exams Microchipping comes from its general fund soon with the Police Officer’s Bruce Fritz: ...... $100,372 — has decreased slightly, and Association, as its contract ends Geriatric Pet Care currently hovers at around $9 in June. The city’s three other Source: Health Certificates For Travel million. But the recession has unions have contracts expiring www.californiapensionreform.com caused CalPERS investment in 2011. Dr. Amy Long D.V.M Dr. Rebecca McClellan D.V.M
JANUARY 8, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 9 Community Health Education Programs
Palo Alto Center 795 El Camino Real Mountain View Center 701 E. El Camino Real Lecture and Workshops Vascular Disease Outside of the Heart Lecture and Workshops 650-853-7373 Presented by Erik Price, M.D., PAMF Cardiology Understanding Our Children’s Taking the Fear Out of Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 – 8:30 p.m., 650-853-4873 Unique Learning Styles Colonoscopy and GI Health Marvin Small Memorial Parent Presented by Sanjeev Tummala, M.D. Living Well Classes 650-853-2960 Workshop Series Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7 – 8 p.m. What You Need to Know Taking Charge of Your Body Presented by Elizabeth Copeland, M.D. About Warfarin Mondays, Jan. 25 – Mar. 8 (no class Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2 – 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 15) , 6 – 8 p.m. Mindfulness-Based Adult Asthma Management Class, Living Well Classes 650-934-7373 Stress Reduction Breathe Well Live Well Ash Kickers! Smoking Cessation Free orientation, Tuesday, Jan. 5, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. – (six-week series) 6:30 – 9 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Mind-Body Stress Management Nutrition and Diabetes Classes 650-853-2961 (three part class) Supermarket Wise Adult Weight Healthy Eating with Monday, Jan. 18, 7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2 – 4 p.m. Management Group Type 2 Diabetes Thursdays, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 5:30 – HMR Weight Management Program 650-404-8260 Bariatric Pre-Op Class 8:30 p.m. Free orientation session. Thursdays, Jan. 7 & 21, 5 – 6:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 9:30 a.m. – noon Heart Smart Class Jan. 12 & 26, noon – 1 p.m. Two-session class. Tuesdays, Bariatric Nutrition SMA Weight Management Program 650-934-7373 Tuesday, Jan. 5, 10:30 a.m. – noon Jan. 19 & 26, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Lifesteps® Weight Management (14-week program) Prediabetes Starting Wednesday, Jan. 13, 6 – 7:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 9 – 11:30 a.m. Nutrition and Diabetes Classes 650-934-7177 Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Child Care Classes Heart Smart Class Prediabetes Preparing for Birth Preparing for Childbirth Second Tuesday of each month, Third Thursday of each month, 2 – 4 Thursdays, Jan. 7 – Feb. 11, Without Medication 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. p.m. Fourth Tuesday of each month, 7 – 9:15 p.m., 650-853-2960 Sunday, Jan. 31, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 3 – 5 p.m. 650-853-2960 Diabetes Class (two-part class) Moving Through Pregnancy Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – noon and Sweet Success Gestational Monday, Jan. 4, 11 & 25, 7 – 9 p.m. Feeding Your Toddler Wednesdays, 2 – 4 p.m. Diabetes Class 650-853-2960 Thursday, Jan. 21, Wednesdays, 9 a.m. – noon 10 a.m. – noon, 650-853-2961 Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Child Care Classes Support Groups Breastfeeding Childbirth Preparation Cancer Healing Imagery for Cancer Patients Monday or Tuesday, Jan. 4 or 5, Friday, Jan. 8, 6 – 9 p.m. & Saturday, 650-342-3749 650-799-5512 6:30 – 9 p.m. Jan. 9, 9 a.m. – noon CPAP Kidney Feeding Your Toddler Preparing for Baby 650-853-4729 650-323-2225 Tuesday, Jan. 5, 7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Infant Emergencies What to Expect with Your Newborn 650-224-7872 650-328-0179 and CPR Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 – 8 p.m. Drug and Alcohol Wednesday, Jan. 6 650-853-2904 Baby Care or 20, 6 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Los Altos Center OB Orientation For all, register online or call 370 Distel Circle Thursday, Jan. 7 & 650-934-7373. 21, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Child Care Classes Health Resource Center 650-934-7373 Feeding Your Preschooler Wednesday, Jan. 20, 6 – 8 p.m., 650-853-2961 By appointment: HICAP Counseling, Advance Health Care Directive Counseling, General Social Services (visits with our social worker)
For a complete list of classes and class fees, lectures and health education resources, visit: pamf.org.
10 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 -PDBM/FXT SINGLES AND COUPLES Have fun, make new friends and burn calories too! LEARN TO SQUARE DANCE New class begins Mon., Jan. 18, 7:30 P.M. Steve Loyola School, 770 Berry Ave., Los Altos Anderson, www.bowsANDbeaus.org or 650/390-9261 second from left, works on the 2010 census by making residential phone calls Mountain View Whisman School District from the office on West Evelyn Avenue. (K-8)K-8 ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT MICHELLE LE 2009-20102010-2011 BEGINS FEBRUARY 21 DISTRICTDISTRICT OFFICEOFFICE individuals’ private information 88:30:30 AMAM -- 44:00:00 PMPM is safe. Government workers who CENSUS District Kinder Info Nights Continued from page 5 break the oath may face a $250,000 District Kinder Info Night (registration(registration requirements requirements and enrollment info) fine, five years in prison, or both. Januaryand enrollment 12 - Theuerkauf info) Elementary Currently there are about 45 JanuaryJanuary 19 7 - Landels Elementary “The numbers will be relevant for people working at the Evelyn Street 6:30Landels - 8:00 Elementary PM the next 10 years,” said Pnina Lev- 6:30 - 8:00 pm office, though office manager Kinder Info Site Visits and Open Houses ermore, a specialist with the Census James Kamenelis said that number throughoutKinder Info the Si temonth Visits of and January Open Houses Bureau who is helping lead efforts at will grow by May. Most will be throughout the month of January the bureau’s newly established local field workers, who are paid $22 per MVWSDMVWSD offers offers Choice Choi cePrograms Programs office at 200 W. Evelyn St. hour. StevensonCEL and PACTPACT (parent participation) participation) Levermore said the federal gov- A goal of the office is to hire CastroDI (Span DI (Dualish-Engl Immersion)ish) ernment distributes about $400 workers from local communities, billion per year — or $4 trillion Kamenelis said, adding that they over the 10-year period — based on plan to hire between 40 and 60 census data. people from the city of Mountain According to a 2007 Brookings View. Institution study, cities receive “The whole outreach effort is to $1,145 per person per year in fed- work with trusted messengers,” More iinformation: eral funding. If a family of four Levermore said, noting that all 650.526.3650.526.3500, ext. 1001 isn’t counted in Mountain View, census workers will bear an offi- www.mvwsd.orgwww.mvwsd.orgwww (Enrollment Info) that could cost the city upwards of cial badge and carry a special bag. $50,000 over the next 10 years. Anyone asking for Social Security Thomas said the city is par- numbers or private information ticularly interested in reaching the door to door is not from the cen- “hard-to-count” populations, those sus, she said. who “might feel the census is not The questionnaire itself will something they’d like to fill out.” be available in English, Span- Such groups can include new citi- ish, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese zens, non-English speakers, renters, and Russian, though Levermore homeless, or people who have a fear said that nationally census staff- A Guide to the Spiritual Community of government. ers speak over 90 languages, and “We are intent on getting as close field organizers will help connect to 100 percent (participation) as MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Los Altos Union people with a staff member who Presbyterian Church possible,” Levermore said, but she can assist them, even if it’s over the Saturday Services, Worship 10:50 a.m. 858 University Ave 650-948-4361 acknowledged that census workers phone. Sabbath School, WWW.UNIONPC.ORG are expecting about 25 percent of 9:30 a.m. “We are really making every Wednesday Study Groups, Turn East on University surveys to be unreturned as of the effort,” she said. 10:00 a.m. off El Monte Ave. April 1 deadline. Field staffers plan Those interested in working for 1425 Springer Rd., Mtn. View Office Hours 9-1 Tues - Fri between I-280 and Foothill Expwy to make as many as six visits to the local census office may call 650-967-2189 8:00 am Worship and buffet breakfast every residence that does not return (866) 861-2010. For more informa- 9:30 am Worship and buffet breakfast 9:30 am Sunday school adults the survey. tion visit www.2010.census.gov, or and children Census staffers take an oath of look for the U.S. Census on Face- 11:00 am Worship in the Sanctuary, Club Sunday for Children, Nursery confidentiality, Levermore said, so book or YouTube. V
Rosemary Stasek died. And from We Invite You to Learn and Worship with Us. Los Altos EDITOR’S DESK a business standpoint, it increases Lutheran Continued from page 5 our page views dramatically, which Church makes our online ads much more FPCMV welcomes our new Pastor ELCA As for your suggestion: Unfor- viable — and that’s the future of Timothy R. Boyer. Pastor David K. Bonde tunately, requiring that people put newspapers, so we’re not about to Outreach Pastor their real names before posting is give that up. Biblically based Sermons and Gary Berkland not logistically possible. Short of Bottom line: It’s here to stay. 9:00 am Worship Worship Service 10:30 AM. 10:30 am Education making them come down to the Though frankly I don’t blame any- Nursery Care Provided office with a photo ID, how would one for skipping it. Many faithful Alpha Courses you do it? readers get the full Voice experience www.fpcmv.org 650-948-3012 Town Square has had some good while never bothering with Town 460 S. El Monte Ave., Los Altos aspects. It helps us to know what Square — remaining just as bliss- 1667 Miramonte (Cuesta at Miramonte) 650.968.4473 www.losaltoslutheran.org stories people are interested in. fully ignorant of it as I was over the It has led to actual scoops before past week. V To include your Church in Inspirations (the postings can act as a sort of Please call Blanca Yoc at 650-326-8210 ext. 6596 rumor mill). It’s been a good emo- Don Frances can be reached tional outlet in some cases, as when at [email protected]. or e-mail [email protected]
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■ EDITORIAL ■ LETTERS THE OPINION OF THE VOICE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY
Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly NO DEAL CUT IN property will not only cause OMVNA ELECTION more parking problems, but ■ STAFF City’s housing also more traffic congestion at Editor: the corner of Castro and Villa Publisher In the Letters to the Editor in streets. Tom Gibboney your Dec. 25 issue, Ronnie Fal- People who choose to own a program under fire cao questioned whether a deal car will drive it, and they will Editorial was cut between the 2009 Old not board the train if they don’t Managing Editor Don Frances Mountain View Neighborhood want to, even if the train stops Staff Writers Daniel DeBolt, Kelsey Mesher fter 10 years on the books and a serious legal chal- Association steering commit- right under their nose. Intern Dana Sherne lenge, the “Below Market Rate” fee assessed on larger- tee and the MiRNA (Minton’s It’s not fair for people liv- Photographer Michelle Le scale development projects to subsidize housing for Redevelopment Neighborhood ing outside the area to support Photo Intern James Tensuan A Alliance) group on which can- overbuilding around the “Hub” Contributors Dale Bentson, Angela Hey, low income residents appears ready for a makeover. didates would be listed on the in the name of promoting mass Sheila Himmel, Jennifer Pence, Monica Schreiber The fees, usually 3 percent of the final purchase price of ballot. transit. They are not the ones As coordinator of the MiRNA Design & Production each unit in a project, are funneled into a city program who will have to deal with the Design Director Raul Perez group’s activities, I can state traffic and parking consequenc- unequivocally that there was no Designers Linda Atilano, Laura Don, that makes it possible for some lower income residents to es when things don’t work out. Gary Vennarucci move into a home at a price they can afford. The use of deal. Shirley Kwong Our motivation for endorsing Houghton Street Advertising BMR fees is common in most Peninsula cities, including specific candidates was stated Advertising Representatives Anna Mirsky, Mountain View, where they can add up to many millions publicly in the campaign flier we Dianna Prather STUDY NEEDED TO of dollars and help subsidize affordable housing. distributed supporting the three Real Estate Account Executive write-in candidates: “We are a ASSESS PROJECT Rosemary Lewkowitz In lieu of paying the fee, builders also have the option of Real Estate Advertising Coordinator group of concerned residents Editor: Diane Martin actually selling one of 10 units in a project for below the who feel that the current slate I oppose the high-density market rate. But since the program began here in 1999, of candidates does not share a development on the Minton’s Published every Friday at vision for preserving the charac- property for two very practical 450 Cambridge Avenue only eight units have been sold, with nearly all developers ter of Old Mountain View.” reasons. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Our motivation was also dis- (650) 964-6300 preferring to pay the fee. First, 61 units per acre is not cussed at length on the OMVNA fax (650) 964-0294 The legal challenge to BMR fees came from a case in “environmentally responsible” E-mail news and photos to: online mailing list prior to the but rather environmentally irre- [email protected] the city of Patterson, which had substantially increased its election. This mailing list is sponsible. It will result in fur- E-mail letters to: also accessible to the public, and [email protected] assessment on builders. The case was later turned down ther overcrowding of downtown anyone interested can read what Mountain View and the Evelyn News/Editorial Department for review by a state appellate court, which effectively cast a (650) 964-6300 we had to say on the subject. Avenue corridor, and will fur- fax (650) 964-0294 legal cloud over all BMR fees assessed in the state. We trust that these public ther degrade the quality of life Display Advertising Sales Now developer John Mozart and his Classic Communities statements are a transparent for downtown residents. (650) 964-6300 description of why we chose Second, I oppose relaxing the Classified Advertising Sales group is demanding a refund for the $2 million BMR fee it to endorse the candidates we (650) 964-6490 • (650) 326-8216 parking requirement from 2.3 fax (650) 326-0155 paid for the recently completed Miramonte Avenue develop- endorsed. spaces per unit to 1.5 per unit E-mail Classified [email protected] ment of 58 single-family homes near St. Joseph School. The Robert Cox unless Mountain View can pro- E-mail Circulation [email protected] MiRNA coordinator and vide convincing evidence that it The Voice is published weekly by Embarcadero company claims the city hasn’t adequately justified its BMR OMVNA secretary-elect will not affect surface parking in Media and distributed free to residences and fee, and calls it an illegal tax on development. surrounding neighborhoods. businesses in Mountain View. If you are not Specifically, this would be a currently receiving the paper, you may request Retired city attorney Michael Martello disagrees, noting BEWARE TRAFFIC FROM free delivery by calling 964-6300. Subscriptions for MINTON’S PROJECT detailed and impartial study $60 per year, $100 per 2 years are welcome. that Classic Communities did not argue against the fee which shows that, all other Copyright ©2010 by Embarcadero Media when the company agreed to pay it. He adds, however, that Editor: factors being equal, residents All rights reserved. The proposed density of the Member, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce the company did have a right to object before the fee was rental project on the Minton’s See LETTERS, page 14 imposed — and it is this opening that Classic Communi- ties and possibly other developers will attempt to mine as cities scramble to justify the law. After 10 years on the books, the city’s BMR policy is up for ■ WHAT’S YOUR VIEW? All views must include a home address and contact a scheduled review by the City Council, Martello said. We phone number. Published letters will also appear on the web site, www.MountainViewOnline.com, believe a fair legal analysis will show that the policy, which and occasionally on the Town Square forum. has seen few changes over the years, is appropriate and sup- TOWN SQUARE FORUM POST your views on the ports a reasonable affordable housing program that is not Town Square forum at an undue hardship on the local housing industry. www.MountainViewOnline.com E-MAIL your views to If the ordinance is stricken from the books, it is doubt- [email protected]. Indicate ful that housing prices will come down by any measurable if it is a letter to be published. MAIL to: Editor amount, and it would signal the end of virtually all the Mountain View Voice, P.O. Box 405 city’s efforts, small though they are, to provide reason- Mountain View, CA 94042-0405 ably priced housing to those whose earnings are near the CALL the Viewpoint desk at 964-6300 poverty level. This is not an outcome that the city, or its residents, wants to see. JANUARY 8, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 13 Viewpoint
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of high-density housing near a transportation nexus own 0.8 fewer vehicles per unit than those in units not near the nexus. If Mountain View cannot provide such proof, then park- International School of the Peninsula ing should stay at 2.3 spaces per unit. &DPMFJOUFSOBUJPOBMFEFMB1ÏOJOTVMFtљ৭ርᏱਯ William R. Hitchens French Immersion and Chinese Immersion Sunnyview Lane 1BMP"MUP $"tXXXJTUQPSHt SURPRISE TICKETS ARE BAD PR t/VSTFSZ ZFBSTPME UPth HSBEF t-PXTUVEFOUUPUFBDIFSSBUJP tZFBSTPGCJMJOHVBMFEVDBUJPO t/PTFDPOEMBOHVBHFFYQFSJFODF Editor: FYFQSJFODF required The five-hour parking signs t"DBEFNJDBMMZSJHPSPVTQSPHSBN t&TUBCMJTIFE&OHMJTIDVSSJDVMVN were erected on my street some- XJUIJOBOVSUVSJOHFOWJSPONFOU t5XPBHFBQQSPQSJBUFDBNQVTFT time before mid-1983 and rarely were enforced until last month, when parking tickets were issued 'SFODI*NNFSTJPO*OGP/JHIUT+BOVBSZ to folks like me, residents living $IJOFTF*NNFSTJPO*OGP/JHIUT+BOVBSZ in homes behind the cited cars. One would think that in the name of harmonious com- Watch your parents blossom! munity relations the Police Department would have had the courtesy to alert residents about their abrupt change of ignoring these signs. But no, just send the “meter man/woman” out with- out a prior notice, issue tickets, and irritate folks who weren’t having a problem in the first place. Caltrain gives notice, Cal- Trans gives notice, and VTA Mountain View Whisman School District gives notice when policies or services are to be changed. School Facilities Improvement Plan (Master Plan) But somehow this courtesy or forethought is missing with the Police Department. 6:30-8 pm, January 14, 2010 Don Kensil Monta Loma Elementary School MUR Daily Health Monitoring ♦ Exercise ♦ Th erapies Bush Street 460 Thompson Avenue, Mountain View Socializing ♦ Music ♦ Arts ♦ Gardening Nutritious Lunch ♦ Local Transportation ... and more! Public Forum to review and seek input regarding –: s 'UIDING 0RINCIPLES s #ONDITIONS .EEDS !NALYSIS s 0ROGRAM 3TANDARDS Th e Family Choice for Adult Day Care All interested community members are welcome. Is My Child Ready for 270 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 289-5499 www.avenidas.org Kindergarten? Join St. Joseph School for an informative evening MV: Waiting List Open presented by our Vice JEEP/CHRYSLER OWNERS WELCOME! Principal Sue O’Neal and At Dean’s Automotive, outstanding 1BR Senior experienced Kindergarten & 3%26)#% 9/5 #!. 42534 3).#% service is our primary objective. Pre School Teacher Mrs. Apartments Kathy Harnett. This is a great Looking for an alternative to the Dealer? Uncomfortable time to learn strategies and with how your Jeep/Chrysler is being serviced? SR Fountains Apts techniques that will help Then come in and meet us! We’re a one-stop shop for all your prepare you and your child for automotive needs, and are passionate about providing the best 2005 San Ramon Ave., Mtn. View a wonderful Kindergarten possible service to each and every customer – backed by a 24 (650) 966-1060 experience. month/24,000 mile warranty on parts and labor. Every Tues. 9am-12pm Only January 14, 2010 Please call us at 650-961-0302 or Every Thurs. 1-4pm Only 7:00pm visit our Web site to schedule an appointment To Open Permanently St. Joseph School 1120 Miramonte Ave. * Income limits and monthly rents -ONDAY n &RIDAY AM n PM Mountain View, CA. 94040 3%26)#% %8#%,,%.#% subject to change with median /LD -IDDLElELD 7AY income of Santa Clara Co. Section 8 RSVP by 1/12/10 7)4( ! 0%23/.!, 4/5#( -OUNTAIN 6IEW #! Certificates and Vouchers Accepted. WWWDEANSAUTOMOTIVECOM 650-967-1839
14 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 *O#VTJOFTTMOUNTAINVIEWVOICE their i2i Stream Two Pack that links an iPod to headsets or speakers wirelessly. It can transmit CD-quality sound up to 30 feet. They also have folding portable speakers and an FM transmitter to play tunes from an iPod on a car radio. Arda Technologies (ardatech.com) will show chips for high-quality consumer audio. 5. More video cameras will watch you in 2010. Cavium Networks provides highly inte- grated chips for networking, video, storage, 10IN security and communications. At CES, Cavium will show PureVu chips that can be used for remote medicine, industrial imaging, electronic news gathering, telerobotics and surveillance. 6. Expect your cell phone or computer to act as a remote for more consumer products. Arrayent provides software that connects a cell phone’s Web browser to consumer devices. For ‘10TECHNOLOGY IS SURE TO example, it can connect a cell phone to home MAINTAIN ITS BREAKNECK controls, thermostats, toys and medical moni- toring devices. PACE IN 2010 — HERE’S 7. More monitoring devices and sensors will SHOPPING 10 REASONS WHY warn of disasters in homes and offices. Moun- tain View’s FireEar will receive a Design and By Angela Hey Engineering award at CES for its FE-1100 Home LOCAL hat can we Monitor, manufactured by Orient Direct (ODI), odi.net, another Mountain View company. The gets expect from FireEar Home Monitor listens for a smoke detec- WMountain tor, detects extreme temperatures and senses a View’s technology power outages. A FireEar service notifies the with companies in 2010? Here homeowner of a problem by phone call, e-mail or are 10 predictions. text message. It can also notify the fire depart- ment in case of fire. The device and a year’s free 1. Google Wave — which service costs about $200 from resellers. ShopMountainView.com comes from two brothers, Lars and Jens Rasmussen, in Google’s Australia 8. Mobile accessories will give cell phones office — will become generally available in office features. Spracht, a subsidiary of ODI, By Kelsey Mesher space on the site free of charge. 2010, with developers racing to create applica- will exhibit Aura Mobile BT, a pocket-sized He said East West Bookstore on tions. The brothers sold their startup to Google speakerphone for a cell phone, and Aura hopping locally just got easier, Castro Street was one of the first and helped create Google Maps. Google Wave BluNote Bluetooth Speaker, a mobile, battery thanks to a partnership between local businesses to utilize the site. simplifies document and message sharing, and operated speaker for cell phones. Sthe Mountain View Chamber of “They’ve really done a good job Commerce and ShopCity.com, a early on,” he said. “They have mul- with it all recipients can comment on an original Watching TV programs on pocket devices company dedicated to promoting tiple events in the store but now they message in real time. 9. will become more popular in 2010. Many will local commerce online. can promote those events online.” The Chamber is the first in the Another boon of the site, Garcia 2. Google’s Android software is gaining trac- watch TV programs and short videos on smart- phones, putting pressure on cellular networks. country to launch its own local ver- said, is that consumers from across tion on cell phones like Motorola’s DROID, Sony sion of the Web site — ShopMounta- the country or around the globe Ericsson’s Xperia X10 or the HTC Nexus One. In Alternatively, broadcast programs can be watched on small-screen handheld TVs. Moun- inView.com — designed to promote can purchase goods from Mountain 2010, there will be many more Android phones, and support local businesses. View businesses. For example, using challenging Apple’s iPhone. Android-based tain View’s Michley Electronics, with manufac- “There’s been a big push in cities ShopMountainView.com, a relative devices like netbooks, videophones and cameras turing in Guangzhou, China, will show portable to promote ‘shop local,’” said Oscar in another state could easily buy a will start to proliferate. Apple won’t take this TVs at CES, the smallest being the Scout 3.5” Garcia, Chamber president and gift from a Mountain View resident’s lying down, however — it’s expected to intro- Portable Digital TV. CEO. “We ourselves launched a Shop favorite local store. duce a tablet. Local program back in September.” “When you have a Web presence 10. Digital pens might finally make it in The site is part Facebook, part Yelp you have a worldwide presence,” 3. Mobile eReaders will give Amazon’s Kindle 2010. Intuit Labs have taken a digital pen and and part Yellow Pages. Through it, Garcia said. more competition. Plastic Logic will launch its integrated it with QuickBase, Intuit’s easy-to- Mountain View’s businesses and Garcia said there are plans to expand sleek QUE proReader (quereader.com) with use database. Write with the pen on a form and organizations can create their own the site’s services in the near future. a large letter-sized touch screen, at the Con- data automatically gets captured in the data- page where they list store hours, con- One goal is for businesses to create tact information and other details, as sumer Electronics Show (CES) this January in base. It’s simpler than using a laptop, cell phone their own incentive and giving pro- or tablet for many users. With Intuit’s marketing well as promote events or even sell grams online, so they can easily part- Las Vegas. Designed for business users, it will their wares in the “community mar- ner with local schools or community contain books, industry publications and office strength and integration with small business applications, it might just take off. ketplace.” Users can leave reviews. organizations for fundraising efforts. documents. Plastic Logic’s US headquarters are Garcia said the site is especially Garcia said the Chamber would in Mountain View and its technology comes Happy New Year! V helpful for small- to medium-sized also like to eventually allow users to from the University of Cambridge. businesses, which may not have the browse businesses by category, Angela Hey can be reached at funds or manpower to run robust Web including “green businesses,” so that 4. Better sound from MP3 players and iPods is [email protected]. sites on their own. Local businesses or environmentally conscious consum- coming. At CES, Arielle Technologies is showing organizations may create their own ers could shop green and local. V
JANUARY 8, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 15 *O#VTJOFTT Students in need come to POE ! " # $ % &' ( By Jennifer Pence be flexible; when a student needs #! ! -# !& y mother, who extra money due struggles with to a change in cir- mental illness and cumstances, we ! “M substance abuse, had me when try to provide it.” "# $ %& ' .* ()*(+ she was 15.” “I’ve slept in a bed To find its less than one year of my life.” “I applicants, POE ,,, %& ' lost my home in a fire, but also targets school my mother and my childhood.” districts which So begin some of the applica- either have an tion essays for Pursuit of Excel- AVID program lence (POE), a Palo Alto-based or a significant number of low- organization that grants schol- income students. The greatest Club arships to local low-income high number of scholarship recipients M tary school seniors. have come from the Sequoia ountain View Ro The organization, founded by school district. Other students are f f l e Dick and Jerry Smallwood of from Eastside College Prep, East 2 0 & R a Palo Alto in 1984, started out Palo Alto High School, Mountain 1 0 C r a b F e e d small, giving out just one schol- View High School, and — to the arship in 1985. Since then, over surprise of some people — Palo Live 300 students have received POE Alto and Los Altos high schools. on Saturday, January 30, 2010 scholarships. “A lot of people say, ‘Los Variety Serving 4:30pm - 7:30pm Dick and Jerry had slightly dif- Altos!’ But a number of students Show! ferent reasons for starting POE. at Los Altos High School live in at The Mountain View Buddhist Temple Dick attended MIT on full schol- the apartments near El Camino 575 Shoreline Blvd. (Across from Safeway) arship and wanted to help others or in Mountain View and are realize their own college dreams. very low income, so there is a Donation: $45 per person / $17 kids 3-10 yrs Jerry’s previous work as a teacher lot of need there that tends to go and social worker led her to real- unrecognized,” explains Jerry. ize that helping young people The top two characteristics the All you can eat succeed gives her “a boost.” Smallwoods look for in appli- Fresh Dungeness Crab... Unlike many other scholarship cants are financial need and Field Greens and Gorgonzola Cheese with Vinaigrette Dressing Find a movie. organizations, POE commits to determination. Indeed, many of Penne Pasta with Marinara Sauce, Fresh Fruit Salad & French Bread supporting its students through the students demonstrate their Find a restaurant. each year of college, provided ability to overcome enormous that the students are making obstacles in their application Tickets Available Online At: Find a date. satisfactory academic progress, essays by writing about topics www.mountainviewrotary.org Find eternal happiness. which is defined on an individ- such as the death, incarceration OR FROM ANY MOUNTAIN VIEW ROTARIAN ual basis. In extreme cases, this or deportation of their parents; 3 out of 4 is might mean supporting students parental drug abuse, mental ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT LOCAL CHARITIES pretty good. for as long as six years as they illness and domestic violence; work their way through school. their own homelessness, abuse One student who will graduate or neglect; and the everyday this spring first received a POE struggles of extreme poverty scholarship in 2003. and having to help raise their Larry’s knows Toyotas. POE has a very hands-on younger siblings. approach with its scholarship Says Jerry, “I read the news- Voted Best Auto Repair for the past 7 Years recipients. Each POE board papers and get depressed. Then member mentors three or four I meet these amazing kids and When you want it right, you go to the experts. students, meeting with them think maybe the world isn’t so at the beginning of each school bad after all.” Our Toyota expert is nationally certifi ed and attends over year to review the student’s To make a donation to POE or 45 hours a year of specialized training to stay on top of the transcript, budget, and plans for receive more information, e-mail latest information. the next year. [email protected]. The “I used to meet with all the scholarship application deadline He is so good, we guarantee his repairs in writing (parts students myself,” says Jerry Small- for this year is Feb. 15. V AND labor!) for 3 years or 36,000 miles. No other shop wood. “Now that the board mem- does this! We also have experts on Honda, Subaru, bers are involved it’s easier to track Mountain View resident Jennifer and Nissan vehicles and off er the same the students. We also adjust the Pence is founder of the Windmill unbeatable guarantee on all of their work. student’s financial award each year, Giving Circle and founder and although the amount is usually the owner of Academic Springboard, a same as or slightly higher than the tutoring group. She can be reached previous year’s award. We like to at [email protected].
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16 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 *O#VTJOFTT Home Sales Mountain View CHAMPION KINDER TOTAL SALES REPORTED: 46 LOWEST SALES PRICE: $174,000 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HIGHEST SALES PRICE: $1,575,000 Tel: 408.735.8333 Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information 1055 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Rd., Sunnyvale company that obtains the informa- tion from the County Recorder’s A Mandarin Immersion Office. Information is recorded from Preschool bringing a world deeds after the close of escrow and A Brand New Facility! published within four to eight weeks. of opportunities to your child. #+)3 IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A BRAND NEW Mountain View SF LEARNING CENTER EQUIPPED WITH Preschool Open House: 791 Alice Ave. Saxon Asset Securities to A dance/kung fu studio; D. Shen for $630,000 on 11/19/09 Every Saturday, 1-3pm 564 Annie Laurie St. #11 S. Scott to C. !N ENRICHMENT CENTER FOR ARTS CRAFTS Murphy for $272,000 on 11/30/09 science, group music; New parents enrollment meeting Saturday, 859 Avery Drive Plymouth Colony to D. January 9, 3-4pm Hetchler for $570,000 on 11/19/09 A private piano and music practice rooms; 1763 Begen Ave. S. & J. Henderson to G. ! CHILRENS LIBRARY COMPUTER ROOM & R. McCreight for $890,000 on 12/8/09; Daily Walk-In Tour: previous sale 11/07, $910,000 1120 Blackfield Way J. Chinn to D. Lee for Come to CKIS, see our Monday-Friday, 10am-6:00pm $714,000 on 11/10/09 Every Saturday, 11am-3:00pm 1176 Bonita Ave. Fayard Investment to differences and unique values. Mcgrath Trust for $1,265,000 on 11/17/09 /Fl CE s #ELL 338 Bryant St. T. Gubiotti to D. Lin for We’re $694,000 on 11/12/09; previous sale 5/03, $539,000 LOOKING for a Preschool Teacher who speaks native English with the ability to teach phonics. www.championyes.com 903 Camille Lane Peterson Trust to W. Shapiro for $790,000 on 11/10/09; previous sale 2/04, $675,500 1505 Canna Court T. Doganer to P. Levinson for $581,500 on 11/20/09; previ- ous sale 3/04, $500,000 119 Centre St. D. Tom to K. Thompson for $578,500 on 11/13/09 Shop Early 137 Centre St. T. & L. Kulick to J. Hsiung for $530,000 on 11/30/09; previous sale 2/98, $262,000 938 Clark Ave. #11 B. Ta to Ingber Trust for for the $460,000 on 12/3/09; previous sale 10/99, $251,000 1623 Columbia Drive G. Zhong to B. & A. Murdock for $1,050,000 on 12/3/09; previ- ous sale 3/02, $639,000 Best Choices 181 Del Medio Ave. #211 Raia Trust to G. Nogales-Alonso for $240,000 on 12/10/09; previous sale 6/98, $99,000 1190 Elena Privada C. Yeung to A. & M. Dentai for $945,000 on 11/18/09; previous sale 12/94, $438,000 183 Fairchild Drive S. & T. Osler to N. & A. Dalia for $637,000 on 12/3/09 745 Glenborough Drive Morgan Stanley to L. & G. Ertoz for $1,157,000 on 11/13/09 80 Glenmead Court Park Trust to P. & S. Waas for $772,000 on 11/20/09; previous sale 2/03, $713,500 1497 Gretel Lane Prime Trust to G. Wang for $952,000 on 11/30/09 901 Heatherstone Way Zurborg Trust to J. & D. Garcia for $750,000 on 11/16/09 3385 Ivan Way Homesales Inc. to J. Xie for $998,000 on 12/2/09; previous sale 2/06, $1,099,000 831 Jackson St. N. & M. Payne to B. Seto for $630,000 on 11/20/09 2541 Mardell Way Debolt Trust to J. & J. Seeba for $735,000 on 11/10/09; previous sale 9/78, $79,700 143 Margo Drive #6 A. Mucha to M. Mak for $520,000 on 11/20/09; previous sale 2/97, $185,000 559 Mercy St. D. Herber to E. Husky for $812,000 on 11/30/09 Once you’ve bought 278 Monroe Drive #20 Sullivan Trust to A. Chan for $395,000 on 11/24/09; previous sale 2/80, $93,000 consignment jewelry, 825 Montgomery St. Smith Trust to Y. Brodskiy for $530,000 on 11/17/09; previ- you’ll never want to ous sale 8/97, $723,000 1943 Mt. Vernon Court #106 K. & V. pay retail again! Nikpour to O. Schmitt for $418,000 on 11/24/09; previous sale 5/08, $440,000 116 Nancy Court F. Casido to S. Skalko for $835,000 on 11/18/09; previous sale 10/03, $700,000 $IAMONDS s 2INGS s .ECKLACES s 0ENDANTS s %ARRINGS s "RACELETS 435 Nicholas Drive Kuhl Trust to S. & W. Chen for $749,000 on 11/13/09; previous sale 2/06, $785,000 1680 Notre Dame Drive V. & A. Packard to SPECIALIZING IN THE CONSIGNMENT SALE OF P. & A. Chen for $1,320,000 on 11/25/09; previous sale 9/88, $399,500 QUALITY FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES AND JEWELRY. 219 Pettis Ave. P. & A. Barnes to J. Kaye for $862,000 on 12/8/09; previous sale 9/99, $524,000 Mt. View Danville San Mateo San Rafael Saratoga 507 Piazza Drive F. Barriga to M. Li for $670,000 on 11/12/09; previous sale 10/06, 650.964.7212 925.866.6164 650.557.8979 415.456.2765 408.871.8890 $821,000 141 E. El Camino Real 1901 Camino Ramon 1888 S. Norfolk 863 E. Francisco Blvd. 600 El Paseo de Saratoga 2481 Porterfield Court R. Haman-Guild to J. Lawrence for $1,451,000 on 11/23/09; previous sale 2/98, $787,000 Also in Folsom, Roseville, Newport Beach, Foothill Ranch, Laguna Niguel, Yorba Linda, Las Vegas, Austin, TX! JANUARY 8, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 17 MOUNTAINVIEW VOICE ■ RESTAURANT REVIEW ■ MOVIE TIMES 8F FLFOE ■ BEST BETS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
N RESTAURANTREVIEW A Shoreline gem SUNNY BOWL ON PLYMOUTH STREET SERVES UP TASTY, HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE KOREAN FARE
By Kelsey Mesher bibimbap, or “mixed rice” bowls, to patrons. These are the only t’s as easy as this: Sunny Bowl entree available, but the simplic- Korean restaurant on Plym- ity of Sunny Bowl’s menu is con- Iouth Street is healthy, filling, sistent with its interior space — a delicious and cheap. tiny pastel-colored room with This is the true definition of a fewer than 10 tables — and the hole-in-the wall eatery, hidden food served there. away in a nondescript strip mall The dining area’s main attrac- stall near Shoreline Cinemas. tion is a very large chalkboard Despite its relatively un-charm- listing the menu along with a ing location — it appears rather detailed diagram of the bibimbap dull from the outside, next door — a crucial help for first-timers. to Subway — Sunny Bowl is a Each bowl consists of steamed unique Mountain View restau- jasmin rice with a layer of freshly rant that should appeal to the cut vegetables neatly organized city’s many frugal and health- on top. Green and red cabbage, conscious food lovers. MICHELLE LE cucumber, radish, carrot, romaine The tuna sashimi bibimbap bowl features rice with green and red cabbage, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, For about a year, owner Dan- grape sweet tomato and other vegetables. iel Choi has been serving up Continued on next page
The origins of Spaghetti alla Carbonara are obscure but few dishes conjure up a more DINNER BY THE MOVIES AT SHORELINE’S loyal following. The name is derived from the Italian word for charcoal where the dish was made popular as a meal for the charcoal makers. Still others going so far as to say it was named for a secret society the “Carbonari” as tribute during Italy’s unifi cation. Pizzeria Venti Since the dish is unrecorded prior to 1927 it will forever be intertwined with the closing days of World War II. And while some historians attribute its creation to hungry American soldiers in Rome, it rarely reaches the heights in this country that it does in Rome. Beyond assumptions, it is most likely an old recipe passed down for generation to generation in the shepherding regions surrounding Rome. Carbonara is the pinnacle of perfection in pasta, surpassing even the more foundational Aglio e Olio (garlic and oil). In a good Carbonara, the creaminess comes not from cream, but from the perfect use of eggs against the residual heat of the spaghetti. Correctly done, spaghetti alla Carbonara is a textural and sensual study in classic cooking. Never made ahead of time, only to order, catering available! your culinary journey to Rome during the war years begins here at Pizzeria Venti. From our kitchen to yours. Buon appetito! Chef Marco Salvi, Executive Chef
Spaghetti alla Carabonara s 4 eggs, at room temperature s 3 ounces pancetta, cut about 1/4-inch s 1 cup pecorino Romano, Parmigiano- thick, slices cut into 1/2-inch long strips Reggiano, or a combination s 1 tablespoon salt s 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black s 1 pound imported spaghetti pepper
Preparation: In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add the cheese and black pepper and set aside. In a medium skillet over low heat, cook the pancetta slowly, turning the pieces occasionally, for until they are cooked through and beginning to crisp. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the spaghetti. 1390 Pear Ave., Mountain View Hours: Cook, until the pasta is al dente. Save 1 cup hot pasta water. Drain the pasta, add back the hot pasta water and return it immediately to the skillet. Stir to combine pasta and (650) 254-1120 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday pancetta. www.mvpizzeriaventi.com 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Saturday Stir in the egg and cheese mixture and toss well to coat the pasta thoroughly to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday distribute it evenly. Serve with a sprinkle of pecorino cheese.
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Daily Lunch Specials 11am to 2pm 790 Castro Street Mon-Fri Mountain View THE BEST Breakfast on Weekends Open 7 days for Lunch & Dinner (1 block from El Camino) PIZZA WEST OF +0*/ &* &"14615 W. El Camino Real NEW YORK (650) 967-0851 (650) 961-6666 —Ralph Barbieri KNBR 680 MICHELLE LE Sunny Bowl features Korean style bibimbap, which translates to stir and mix with rice.
Continued from previous page to $6 range for a regular-sized bowl, which is more than enough lettuce and scrambled egg are pre- for an average appetite. Add 92 sented in a pinwheel-like display, cents for a large bowl, except in along with choice of meat, chicken, the case of fish (add $1.84) or fish or tofu and a small grape sashimi (add $2.76). tomato for garnish. Each also Those looking for a safe choice comes with a side dish of kimchi, should stick with the chicken a Korean pickled cabbage. Add a or beef bibimbap (both $5.50). bowl of miso soup for 92 cents. Most bibimbaps are in the $4 See SUNNY BOWL, page 20
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A Single Man (R) (((( Aquarius Theatre: 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 2 p.m. N MOVIEREVIEWS Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (G) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 1:45, 4, 7:10 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; A SINGLE MAN---- 12:20, 1:25, 2:40, 3:45, 5, 6, 7:25, 8:20 & 10:40 p.m. Sat. also at 10:05 a.m. (Aquarius) Little actually happens in An Education (PG-13) ((( Aquarius Theatre: “A Single Man,” Tom Ford’s debut film 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 2:30 p.m. about a gay British expatriate living in Santa Monica in 1962. And yet every- Avatar (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 12:55, 2:45, 4:30, 8 & 9:50 p.m.; In 3D thing happens in one day in the life of at noon, 1:55, 3:30, 5:50, 7, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 3:25, 8:55 & 10:20 George Falconer (Colin Firth): grief, p.m.; In 3D at 11:20 a.m.; 12:30, 2:15, 2:50, 4:25, 5:50, 6:25, 8:05, 9:25 & 9:55 !## $#'" ### love, remembrance, work, fear ... Jim p.m. Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 1:45 p.m. Sat. also at 10:40 a.m. in 3D. $"#! &" !!$#$ %!# $!# (Matthew Goode), George’s longtime The Blind Side (PG-13) (( Century 16: 12:40, 3:50, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. lover, has been killed in an accident, and q6%;7786)2+8,*631-8763387-2396'31192-8= Century 20: 1, 4:05, 7:30 & 10:25 p.m. Sat. also at 10:10 a.m. George sees little reason to continue q)%67*69-8K-28,)*3613*I<)(S6%8)4%=3987*36 Broken Embraces (R) ((( Guild Theatre: 2, 5 & 8 p.m. living. But he goes through the motions, 0-*)K%2-11)(-%8)',%6-8%&0)()(9'8-32K%2( Crazy Heart (R) (Not Reviewed) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: teaching at the college where he works, 38,)68%<&)2)I87 2, 4:40 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. also at 9:55 p.m. visiting his best friend, Charley (Julianne Moore), letting himself be pursued by Daybreakers (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: q)%:)7%0)+%'=8,%8 a student who wants to confide in him, 12:15, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. Sat. also at 9:55 a.m. " $"#' and perhaps more. Ford’s script, from Did You Hear About the Morgans? (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) a novel by Christopher Isherwood, cap- Century 20: 6:25 p.m. Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 11:15 a.m. tures not only the pain, both hidden and # # Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) overt, of one gay man, but also some of the repressive spirit of the time just ! $"#! $! $! Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:30 & 9:25 p.m. Sat 5:30 & 9:25 p.m. Sun 5:30 & 9:25 p.m. before the sexual revolution changed ,374-8%0K=396'31192-8= The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) everything.Rated R for nudity, some Century 16: 12:30, 3:40, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. ' $ & Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:35 p.m. disturbing images and sexual content. # #! One hour, 39 minutes. — R.P. Invictus (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 12:05, 3:20, 6:55 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 12:10, 3:15, 6:40 & 9:40 p.m. BROKEN It’s Complicated (R) ((( Century 16: 12:20, 2:25, 3:10, 6:15, 7:55 & EMBRACES --- 9:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 12:40, 1:55, 3:30, 4:45, 6:20, 7:40, 9:10 & (Guild) The Madrid-set tale begins in 10:30 p.m. Sat. also at 10 a.m. 2008, then bounces back and forth from *** !" #$ $'% (!$& $)#( $# Leap Year (PG) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 the early 1990s. The constant is the $!"! #' ( # &# $# # & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 1:50, 4:35, 7:05 & 9:30 p.m. protagonist, Harry Caine (Lluis Homar), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) (Not Rated) (Not a blind screenwriter still troubled by the Reviewed) Stanford Theatre: Fri 7:30 p.m. Sat 3:35 & 7:30 p.m. Sun events that led to his blindness and, 3:35 & 7:30 p.m. with it, the abandonment of his film- The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier (Not Rated) (Not directing career. The blindness is, of Reviewed) Century 20: Sat 10 a.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: course, also symbolic of the insecurity of Sat 10 a.m. “Harry” — real name Mateo — in deal- ing with his reality and his art. Rated R Nine (PG-13) (1/2 Century 16: 11:55 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sat 11:55 a.m. & 7 for sexual content, language and some p.m. Century 20: 12:35 & 7:10 p.m. drug material. Two hours, eight min- Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (R) (((1/2 utes. — P.C. Aquarius Theatre: 5 & 9:55 p.m. The Princess and the Frog (G) ((( Century 16: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, IT’S COMPLICATED--- 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 1:55, 4:30, 6:55 & 9:35 p.m. (Century 16, Century 20) Jane (Meryl Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 1, 3, 4:20, Streep), a restaurateur; Jake (Alec Bald- 6, 7:40, 9 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; 1:05, 2, 3, 4:10, 5:10, 7:15, win), her ex, a lawyer; and Adam (Steve 8:15, 9:20 & 10:15 p.m. Sat. also at 10:15 a.m. Martin), an architect, all have histories: families, relationships. Jane and Jake The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 9:45 p.m. are divorced after a 19-year marriage Up in the Air (R) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:50, 3:35, 5:15, 6:50 & and three grown kids. Jake is now mar- 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 12:25, 2:25, 5:05, 6:30, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. ried to Agness (Lake Bell), a ferociously The Young Victoria (PG) (((1/2 CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: beautiful, much younger woman with a 4:50 & 7:20 p.m. Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 2:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. also at 9:50 p.m. bratty 5-year-old. The main action has Youth in Revolt (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 2:15, 4:40, to do with Jake’s attempt to win Jane 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:35, 5:05, 7:25 & 9:50 p.m. back — or not. Meanwhile, she’s begin- ning to have feelings for Adam, who is designing an addition to her house. Despite the film’s glossy, money-is-no- object veneer, its characters have the feel of real people. Rated R for sexuality Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. and some drug content. One hour, 58 AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) minutes. — R.P. CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) CENTURY PARK 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (800-326-3264) CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CINEARTS AT PALO ALTO SQUARE: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) N MOVIECRITICS GUILD: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) SPANGENBERG THEATRE: 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto (354-8263) S.T.-Susan Tavernetti, For show times, plot synopses and more information about any films playing at the J.A.-Jeanne Aufmuth, T.H.-Tyler Hanley Aquarius, Guild and Park, visit www.LandmarkTheatres.com N MOVIEREVIEWS - Skip it For show times, plot synopses, -- Some redeeming qualities trailers and more movie Read more reviews online at --- A good bet info, visit www.mv-voice.com Outstanding www.PaloAltoOnline.com. ---- and click on movies.
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PTO PRESENTS: OPERA DIDO & AENEAS Peninsula Teen Opera presents: “Dido & Aeneas,” by Henry Purcell, along with scenes from other operas and operettas. Jan. 15-16, 7:30 p.m. $16 for adults, $10 for students. Los Altos High School, (PJOHT0O 201 Almond Ave., Los Altos. www.teenopera.org ART GALLERIES Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 707-874-3176. www. laboration opportunities and plans for 2010. Tue., Jan. wildcatfund.org 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Carnegie Mellon Silicon Val- Kathy Sharpe - Recent Works New oil and ley, NASA Research Park, Bldg 3, Mountain View. Call watercolor paintings by Kathy Sharpe are on display FILM 650-335-2850. http://www.cmu.edu/silicon-valley/ at Gallery 9 Jan. 5ñ31. Subjects include florals, still life news-events/seminars/index.html and landscapes. Through January, Gallery 9 Hours: Killer at Large (film) (Part of the Ethics of Food and Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., noon-4 p.m. Gallery 9, the Environment series) “Killer at Large” examines the TALKS/AUTHORS 143 Main St., Los Altos. www.gallery9losaltos.com ethical and moral implications of the obesity epidemic with leaders of several world religions and exposes Mary Buffet presents “Warren Buffett’s CLASSES/WORKSHOPS public policies that have contributed to the problem. Management Secrets” Mary Buffet talks about Faculty talk back w/ Christopher Gardner. Thu., Jan. 21, “Warren Buffett’s Management Secrets,” which sheds Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Chil- 7-9 p.m. Free. Stanford Campus, Annenberg Auditorium, light on his decision-making processes and his strate- dren Learn the differences between subtypes of 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 650-723-0997. http:// gies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. Thu., autism spectrum disorders, and other commonly con- ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu/ethics-events/events/ Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. Free. Books Inc. in Mountain View, fused diagnoses. Distinguish between autism spectrum view/676/?date=2010-01-21 301 Castro St., Mountain View. www.booksinc.net disorders and speech/language impairments. Learn Technology and Society Committee Lun- different treatment strategies and talk about how to ON STAGE cheon Forum Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at make decisions about what therapies are indicated. the SETI Institute in Mountain View, discusses his latest PTO Presents: Opera Dido & Aeneas Pen- Mon., Jan. 11, 7-8:30 p.m. No fee (pre-registration is book, “Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s insula Teen Opera presents: “Dido & Aeneas,” by required). Children’s Health Council, 650 Clark Way, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (National Geo- Henry Purcell, along with scenes from other operas Palo Alto. Call 650-617-3806. www.chconline.org graphic Books). The talk will be held Jan. 12, 11:45 and operettas. Jan. 15-16, 7:30 p.m. $16 for adults, a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch is $11, $12 for non-members Hangen $10 for students. Los Altos High School, 201 Almond DANCE Szechuan Restaurant, 134 Castro St., Mountain View. Ave., Los Altos. www.teenopera.org English Country Dancing Peninsula English Coun- Call 650-969-7215. http://tian.greens.org/TASC.shtml try Dance welcomes all, from beginners to experienced OUTDOORS dancers. Live music, no partner needed, all dances TEEN ACTIVITIES Morning Ramble with a Ranger Gentle, ranger- taught. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Dance Teen Open Gym Teen Open Gyms are open every led hike. Open to Palo Alto residents and accompanied meets first, third, fifth Wednesdays through June 2010. Saturday night for various sports. Middle School and guests. Thursdays, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Foothills Park 8-10 p.m. $15 supporters, $9 non-members, $7 mem- High School students only; bring your student ID. 6:30- Interpretive Center, 3300 Page Mill Road, Los Altos bers, $5 students or pay what you can. Flex-It Studio, 9:30 p.m. Free. Whisman Sports Center, 1500 Middle- Hills. Call 650-329-2423. bit.ly/enjoyonline 425 Evelyn Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-493-6012. field Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6410. http:// Twilight Hike Explore Pearson Arastradero Pre- www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/comm_services/ FAMILY AND KIDS serve on a leisurely ranger-led hike as the day ends recreation_programs_and_services/teen_services.asp for some and the night begins for others. Jan. 9, The House The House is open to middle-school stu- Kids Story Hour First and third Wednesday of 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Pearson Arastradero Preserve, 1530 dents to come hang out with their friends in a safe, fun every month on the first floor. One hour of picture- Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-329-2423. book reading and songs. 10-11 a.m. Free. Redrock environment. This free drop-in program is supervised by Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY trained recreation leaders and offers a social atmosphere Kindermusik Demos Experience a sample music that includes homework help, billiards, arts and crafts, CERAMIC SCULPTURES class with a baby or toddler. Sing, explore instru- Insight Meditation South Bay Shaila Catherine foosball, video games and more. 5-8 p.m. Free. The ments, and move to music. Babies 0 - 18 months at and guest teachers lead a weekly Insight Meditation House, 298 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-903- BY PANCHO JIMENEZ 9:30 a.m; toddlers 18 months - young 3s at 10:30 sitting followed by a talk on Buddhist teachings. 6410. www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/city_hall/comm_services/ Works on exhibit will include a combination of a.m. Friday, Jan. 15; RSVP required. free. Nelson Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. St. Timothy’s Episcopal recreation_programs_and_services/teen_services.asp free-standing, small tabletop and wall-mounted home, 1404 Bonita Ave., Mountain View. Call 650- Church, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. imsb.org sculptures. Jimenez teaches art at Santa Clara 968-4733. wendyofmv.kindermusik.net RESEARCH SUBJECTS N MORELISTINGS University and West Valley College. Through Jan. Wild Cat Adventure Wild Cat Adventure features 24, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Mohr Gallery, Community five live wild cats from around the world. Each cat The GeoCam Disaster Response Project Trey For a complete listing of is shown on stage as information about the species School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San Smith will be giving an overview of the GeoCam Disas- local events, see our website at is shared with the audience. Sun., Jan. 17, 2-3 p.m. ter Response Project which helps disaster responders Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call 650-917- adults $10 ; children $5; Foothill College, 12345 El get up-to-date information. His talk will include col- www.PaloAltoOnline.com. 6800. www.arts4all.org/view
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815 Rentals Wanted 840 Vacation name(s) listed herein on 1/15/93. This statement was filed with the Excellent Tenant Seeks 1br/1ba Rentals/Time Shares County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 4, 2010. Bed & Breakfast B&B Hotel Housing Needed (Voice Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010) Furnished apartments and rental con- Northstar Tahoe Public Notices dos, cottages, and houses needed 997 All Other Legals for 20 incoming Stanford Knight Pajaro Dunes Condo Journalism Fellows for the academic 2BR/2BA or 1BR/1BA. On beach, ocean NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL year: Aug/Sept 2010 through June view. Cable TV, VCR, internet access, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 2011. Please contact Lisa Stotlar, CD, tennis, W/D. Pvt. deck, BBQ. Owner, 995 Fictitious Name and wife. business name(s). The information given Date of Filing Application: [email protected], 650-725-1190, 650/424-1747. [email protected] Registrant/Owner began transacting below is as it appeared on the fictitious December 7, 2009 http://knight.stanford.edu/ Statement business under the fictitious business business statement that was filed at the To Whom It May Concern: MELANIEINK name(s) listed herein on 10/01/2009. County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: 855 Real Estate This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): WALGREEN CO Large Unfurnished Room wanted FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Services STATEMENT County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara BEST BITE RESTAURANT The applicants listed above are apply- Looking for cottage File No. 531367 County on December 9, 2009. 1414 W El Camino Real ing to the Department of Alcoholic Nice,reliable w/cat.refs.To $900/mo. Foreclosed Home Auction The following person (persons) is (Voice Dec. 18, 25, 2009, Jan. 1, 8, Mtn. View, CA 94040 Beverage Control to sell alcoholic Pref.rural 650-575-7507. 200+ NORCAL Homes! Auction: January (are) doing business as: Melanieink at 2010) FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY beverages at: 23. REDC / View Full Listings www. ON: 112 N RENGSTORFF AVE Office Space Wanted 344 Loreto Street, Mountain View, CA KUMA MANAGEMENT Auction.com RE No. CQ1031187. (Cal- 94041, Santa Clara County: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 7-15-2006 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043-4222 Seeking cottage or in/law unit SCAN) MELANIE KAYE STATEMENT UNDER FILE NO. 464392 Type of license(s) Applied for: 344 Loreto Street File No. 531876 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): 20 - OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE Seeking Quiet Cottage/Guest Quar A block to Duveneck FEREIDOON-GHIASSI (Voice Dec. 25, 2009, Jan. 1, 8, 2010) www.550patricia.com..(650)906-6516 Mountain View, CA 94041 The following person (persons) is (are) Small Office Space Wanted! This business is owned by an indi- doing business as: Kuma Management 386 S. Monroe NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL vidual. at 1068 Paintbrush Drive, Sunnyvale, San Jose, CA 95128 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 825 Homes/Condos Fogster.com is a Registrant/Owner began transacting CA 94086, Santa Clara County: THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED Date of Filing Application: business under the fictitious business RALPH HABURA BY an individual. December 7, 2009 for Sale unique web site offering name(s) listed herein on July 2009. 1068 Paintbrush Drive This statement was filed with the To Whom It May Concern: Palo Alto, 3 BR/1 BA - $798,500 This statement was filed with the Sunnyvale, CA 94086 County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: FREE postings from communi- County on December 14, 2009. Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $625,000 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara RANDOLF HABURA WALGREEN CO ties throughout the Bay Area County on November 23, 2009. 1388 Montecito Avenue (Voice Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010) The applicants listed above are apply- Redwood City, 5+ BR/4+ BA - $2999500 and an opportunity for your ad (Voice Dec. 18, 25, 2009, Jan. 1, 8, Mountain view, CA 94043 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ing to the Department of Alcoholic 830 Commercial/ 2010) This business is owned by a General CONTRACTORS/ELECTRICAL Beverage Control to sell alcoholic to appear in The Almanac, BALSAM MOON Partnership. INSTALLATIONS beverages at: Income Property the Palo Alto Weekly, and the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Registrant/Owner began transacting FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 121 E EL CAMINO REAL STATEMENT business under the fictitious business STATEMENT MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040-2701 PA: California Avenue name(s) listed herein on 10/13/09. File No. 532547 Type of license(s) Applied for: For sublease 2 prof. offices w/secre- Mountain View Voice. File No. 531865 The following person (persons) is (are) This statement was filed with the The following person (persons) is (are) 20 - OFF-SALE BEER AND WINE tarial area. Contact Maureen: maureen@ County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara doing business as: Electrical Installation (Voice Dec. 25, 2009, Jan. 1, 8, 2010) dotylaw.com or 650/327-0100. To place a Classified ad in doing business as: Balsam Moon at 1120 Bonita Ave., #4, Mountain View, County on December 9, 2009. Contractors/Electrical Installations at CA 94040, Santa Clara County: (Voice Dec. 25, 2009, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 373 Pettis Ave. # 3, Mountain View, CA Portola Valey Office Space The Mountain View Voice, 2010) 94041, Santa Clara County: Call Alicia Santillan On Portola Road w/scenic views. STEPHEN HOYLE The Almanac or 1120 Bonita Ave., # 4 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT CHRISTOPHER E. THOMAS (650) 326-8210 x6578 250-650 sq. ft., $2.25/ft., full ser- 373 Pettis Apt. 3 vice. Tom 650-207-6063 The Palo Alto Weekly Mountain View, CA 94040 OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS to assist you with your LYNN HOYLE NAME MT. View, CA 94041 legal advertising needs. Psychotherapy office call 326-8216 or visit us 1120 Bonia Ave., # 4 File No. 531988 This business is owned by an indi- Beautiful, quiet office just south of down- Mountain View, CA 94040 The following person(s)/entity(ies) has/ vidual. Or e-mail her at: town, $1295, 650-646-2955. at fogster.com This business is owned by husband have abandoned the use of the fictitious Registrant/Owner began transacting [email protected] business under the fictitious business
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26 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ JANUARY 8, 2010 www. HomesFor Sale In Mountain View .com OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 1:00-4:00 LOS ALTOS HILLS First Class Service 13901 WEST EDITH AVE. $4,495,000 Fogster.com Gated Country French Estate situated on 1.3 acres of park-like setting bordered by a meandering creek, is our promise to you! approx one block to the Village. Elegant spacious home with family friendly flexibility. 6,488 sq. ft. of living is a unique web space: 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths including guest house, separate bonus/entertainment room and library/ office. Other features include sparkling pool, vegetable gardens, and garages for four cars. site offering We can make selling or buying a home simple and FREE postings more pleasurable. Call us TODAY. We’ll do all the OPEN SUNDAY, 1:00-4:00 from communities work, while you enjoy life’s simple pleasures! LOS ALTOS HILLS 13914 MIR MIROU DRIVE $6,850,000 throughout the “Your dream is our passion” Exceptional estate which includes a 1.12 Acre parcel with main home, pool, gazebo plus a 1.25 Acre Bay Area and an parcel w/guest house, tennis court, 2nd gazebo for a total of 2.37 Acres adjacent to the open space Arastradero Preserve. Palo Alto Schools. opportunity for Afsie Residential Specialists 12369 GIGLI COURT $4,150,000 your ad to appear (650) 520-0819 Afsie Newly constructed Mediterranean style villa w/ sweeping views to the Bay. Located on a private cul-de- & sac, 5 BR/5 BA + 2 ½ BA, 4700 sq. ft., 1.5 acres, theater, wine cellar & elevator. Palo Alto schools in The Almanac, Sia (650) 208-4603 Sia 12011 GREENHILLS COURT $3,495,000 E-mail: [email protected] Gated property on quiet cul-de-sac on a highly desired street in Los Altos Hills. Great floor plan featuring the Palo Alto Weekly, www.afsiemina.com 5 bedrooms and 3 baths plus office/study with wet bar. Spacious rooms throughout, newer appliances in and the Mountain kitchen, remodeled master bath, with tennis court and pool, 3 car garage. Minutes to town. View Voice.
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Call Rosemary at the Mountain View Voice 650-964-6300 12155 EDGECLIFF PL. $1,565,000 VIEW! VIEWS! VIEWS! Very private property, A lot of potential at a low price, Move in remodel or build new, Indoor swimming pool, Possible 5th bedroom or bonus room, Garage 2nd floor bonus room, original tennis court, close to town. MOUNTAIN VIEW 2255 SHOWERS DR. #313 $449,500 Lovely Parc Crossings 1 bed and a den in perfect condition...New Carpets...New Paint...New Blinds...Washer SOLD! & Dryer in unit...Central Air...Fabulous Location...Nothing to do but move in and enjoy!
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY LOS ALTOS HILLS GORGEOUS TUSCAN ESTATE $4,500,000 Stunning Gated Tuscan Estate surrounded by lovely gardens. Four bedrooms, 4 baths, including luxurious Master Suite with limestone floors, crown mouldings, a private sitting area and door leading to rooftop terrace with peaceful views of the Western Hills. Gorgeous home features include entry with sweeping 325 Serra San Bruno, Mountain View staircase, pillard beam ceilings and tiled marble floors inlaid with mosaic design. CUPERTINO s 4WO LEVEL HOME WITH BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS s 3PACIOUS LIVING ROOM WITH HARDWOOD mOORING AND GAS lREPLACE s ,IGHT lLLED GOURMET KITCHEN WITH BREAKFAST NOOK s ,ARGE MASTER SUITE WITH VAULTED CEILINGS AND WALK IN CLOSET s 0RIVATE BACKYARD WITH COVERED PATIO AND PARK LIKE SETTING $799,000 David Troyer Mountain View Specialist SOLD! DRE#01234450 650.722.0012
1963 Rock St. #3, Mountain View WONDERFUL FAMILY HOME $2,988,000 s BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS WITH OVER 3Q FT Welcome to this stunning home featuring 4 BR /4.5 BA, + sep. office. Wonderful detail throughout s 2EMODELED THROUGHOUT WITH SOPHISTICATED URBAN APPEAL USING w/ gorgeous Australian Eucalyptus hardwood floors, crown moldings, bonus room, pool, fountain, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS outdoor barbeque & fireplace. Views of the Bay and Western Hills. s .EW COMMERCIAL RATED WINDOWS AND SLIDING GLASS DOORS FOR THE UTMOST IN ENERGY EFlCIENCY Worldwide Referral and Global Internet Exposure. s !LL NEW STAINLESS STEEL KITCHEN APPLIANCES PLUS FULL SIZE LAUNDRY Go to www.campi.com for a complete search s 0RIVATE ONE CAR GARAGE ALONG WITH AMPLE OFF STREET PARKING s /VERSIZED PRIVATE REAR PATIO AND YARD WITH GRASS 650.941.4300 $519,000 3 3AN !NTONIO 2D ,OS !LTOS s
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MOUNTAIN VIEW 2 BR | 2 BA MOUNTAIN VIEW 3 BR | 3.5 BA MOUNTAIN VIEW 4 BR | 2.5 BA 509 SIERRA VISTA AV #10 $499,000 PARK LIKE SETTING $648,000 2100 CALIFORNIA ST $929,000 Invitingly open Kit, warm corner frplc, & balcony off the dining area. Living rm w/high ceilings,FP,new cpt & door to priv. deck.Eat-in kit w/ Contemporary home w/high ceilings.Updtd w/slate & bamboo flrs;fam Kim Copher 650.941.7040 brkfst bar. rm kit,inside lndry. Royce Cablayan 650.948.0456 Kathy Horvath 650.941.7040
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MENLO PARK 2 BR | 2 BA PALO ALTO 5 BR | 3 BA LOS ALTOS 4 BR | 2.5 BA ENJOY PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP $625,000 SECLUDED PROPERTY $2,998,000 852 UNIVERSITY AVE $1,599,000 Top floor, 1 level, 1200 sf condo w/formal entry, eat-in kit, large LR w/ Private property-value in the land. Excellent opportunity in Old PA. Harmony & good design. Remodeled & close to downtown. 11,465 sf balcony, MP suite, A/C 13,500 sf w/90'x150'. lot. LA schools. 2 car gar. Robert Marchetti 650.325.6161 Leannah Hunt & Laurel Robinson 650.325.6161 Leannah Hunt & Laurel Robinson 650.325.6161
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301 STOCKBRIDGE AV ELEGANT HOME $1,888,000 EXCITING & UPDATED HOME $2,495,000 ENJOY PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP $625,000 2216 AMHERST ST 3 BR 3.5 BA Close to Downtown.Luxury 4 BR 4 BA Tree top views! In a wooded two 2 BR 2 BA Top floor, 1 lvl, 1200 sf condo w/ SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $799,000 SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,998,000 1 BR 1 BA Vintage redwood and oak cottage. home with stunning kitchen,refinished hard- acres. Featuring soaring ceilings crowned by formal entry, eat-in kit, lg LR w/balcony, MP 4 BR 3.5 BA Outstanding West Atherton wood flooring. Tree studded rustic setting. Charm, character 22 skylights suite, A/C provided. Opportunity in Los Lomitas. Large Lot & Shelly Potvin 650.941.7040 Buchanan/Bowen/Scheel 650.941.7040 Robert Marchetti 650.325.6161 Sue Rotha / Barbara Sawyer 650.325.6161 Room for Expansion! 1191 SAINT ANTHONY CT Laurel Robinson 650.325.6161 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,798,000 SAN JOSE LOS GATOS MOUNTAIN VIEW 4 BR 3.5 BA W/contemporary water feature EASY OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE $299,000 & professional landscaping.Formal entry w/ 450 SANTA ROSA DR END-UNIT TH $499,000 1 BR 1 BA 1 level condo w/priv. fenced yard CUPERTINO red birch hrdwd flr SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,899,900 2 BR 2.5 BA Spacious TH w/large living rm & deck.Top Cupertino schls-Blue Hills/Miller/ 10952 SWEET OAK ST Joanne Fraser 650.941.7040 4 BR 2.5 BA Beautifully remodeled two level & arch door to sep dining rm. Open kitchen, Lynbrook Hi home & vineyard in Alta Vista area with far generous bedrms. Peggy Lee 650.941.7040 SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $599,000 852 UNIVERSITY AVE reaching views Royce Cablayan 650.948.0456 2 BR 2 BA W/no shared common walls.Highly SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,599,000 Michelle Barbic 650.941.7040 SARATOGA sought-after neighborhood near Los Altos 4 BR 2.5 BA Harmony & good design. DESIRABLE TOWNHOUSE $465,000 FABULOUS FAMILY HOME $2,595,000 Remodeled & close to dwntwn. 11,465 sf lot. border. 3 BR 1.5 BA Frml entry leads to kit.featuring 5 BR 4 BA 4,168 sf interior spread over more LA schools. 2 car gar. MENLO PARK SALE PENDING Yasemin Richardson 650.948.0456 wd laminate flrs,maple cabs,stainless appls. than 1/2 an acre in a cul de sac adjacent to Leannah Hunt 650.325.6161 578 OLIVE ST Royce Cablayan 650.948.0456 Creek. Charlene & Vicki Geers 650.941.7040 124 2ND ST #3 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $3,745,000 FOSTER CITY SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,479,000 6 BR 6 BA New, 5000 sf Craftsman in FIRST FLOOR END UNIT $399,000 W. Menlo. +10k lot! High-End Finishes & 2 BR 1 BA Overlooking lawn area.Completely SUNNYVALE 820 SEA SPRAY LN # 303 3 BR 2.5 BA Le Coeur De La Ville town hm. Gor kit. LR w/FP. Private patio. Hrdwd flrs. Countless Amenities updated,kitchen cabinets w/granite counters. 812 FLIN WAY SUN 1-4 $488,000 2-car prkng Mandana Nejad 650.325.6161 Melanie Johnson 650.941.7040 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $812,000 2 BR 2 BA Resort Style Living top flr home. Dana Willson 650.941.7040 3 BR 2 BA Wonderful Sunnyvale Home. Great Cupertino Schools. Excellent flr plan. Secure elevator in bldg Full inside W/D. 1105 TRINITY DR 1 W EDITH AV #A104 PALO ALTO Gourmet kitchen storage. SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $2,595,000 Jon Anderson 650.325.6161 SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $895,000 3 BR 2.5 BA Live & entertain in recently SECLUDED PROPERTY $2,998,000 Joanne Shapiro 650.328.5211 2 BR 2 BA Newer condominium w/all ameni- updated turn-key home on the 3rd fairway of 5 BR 3 BA Private property-value in the land. 839 SAN MATEO CT ties & conveniences for individuals 55+ yrs the golf course Excellent opportunity in Old PA. 13,500 sf SAT/SUN 1 - 4 $629,000 Jo Buchanan & Stuart Bowen 650.941.7040 4 BR 3 BA Ideal w/Mother in law qurtrs. 4 LOS ALTOS Nancy Goldcamp 650.325.6161 w/90'x150'. br/3 ba, 2 kit, 2LR. Enclosed patio area. 2 Hunt & Robinson 650.325.6161 car atta gar. 50 PINE LN LOS ALTOS HILLS 2357 SHARON OAKS DR Letty Guerra 650.941.7040 SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $3,988,000 25045 ONEONTA DR SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,069,000 1234 PITMAN AV 5 BR 5.5 BA French country home presents SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $3,598,000 2 BR 2 BA No steps single-level,end unit in SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $2,649,000 1301 VICTORIA TERRACE classic elegance and modern functionality. 6 BR 4 BA Minutes to the Village w/ views of desireable Sharon Oaks.Attchd 2-car gar. 4 BR 3 BA 9-year-young custom built lot over SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $619,000 the Bay and Hills. Gourmet kitchen. Theater 2 BR 2.5 BA Lovely end unit twnhm w/lots of Terri Couture 650.941.7040 Bonus rm. 7000. House over 2700+ Attached grg.Family & wine cave wndws & light.2 mstr bdrms upstrs w/vaulted Margaret Williams 650.941.7040 rm+sep study ceilings. Bryan Robertson 650.948.0456 920 TERRACE DR Julie Lau 650.325.6161 Teri Woolworth 650.941.7040 166 SAND HILL CI SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $2,900,000 24269 DAWNRIDGE DR SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $979,000 LUXURY ADULT LIVING $875,000 763 CARMEL AVE $398,000 6 BR 4.5 BA From top 2 bottom.5 bdrms,3 SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $2,699,000 2 BR 2 BA Beautiful TH on the tranquil area. 2 BR 2 BA The Hamilton, PA's elegant over '55 Tri-Level town home. Fenced brick courtyard 4 BR 3 BA In a beautifully natural & priv. w/arbor entrance. LR/DR combo w/high ceil- are Suites & a Office,4 full Ba & 1 1/2 Ba lndry Hardwood floors in living room, dining room adult condominiums, offers luxurious retire- setting on one of the nicest streets in Los ings, lndry in unit, Mstr bdrm w/ walk in closet on both lvls Altos Hills. & kitchen ment living & Mstr bath,Bonus Rm w/door to courtyard. Carmichael Team 650.941.7040 Mickey Shaevitz 650.941.7040 Patsy Kodama 650.325.6161 Jo Jackson 650.325.6161 Royce Cablayan 650.948.0456
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