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Last Year’s Grant Recipients ach year the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund raises money Give to the Palo Alto Weekly to support programs serving families and children in the 10 Books A Home ...... $7,500 Holiday Fund and your Abilities United...... $10,000 Palo Alto area. Since the Weekly and the Silicon Valley Ada’s Café ...... $5,000 E Community Foundation cover all the administrative costs, every donation is doubled. You give Adolescent Counseling Services ...... $15,000 All Students Matter ...... $5,000 dollar raised goes directly to support community programs to non-profit groups that work Bayshore Christian Ministries ...... $5,000 through grants to non-profit organizations. right here in our community. Building Futures Now...... $5,000 And with the generous support of matching grants from CASSY ...... $7,500 It’s a great way to ensure that Community Legal Services ...... $15,000 local foundations, including the Packard, Hewlett, Peery your charitable donations are Community Working Group ...... $5,000 and Arrillaga foundations, your tax-deductible gift will be Downtown Streets Team...... $5,000 DreamCatchers ...... $10,000 doubled in size. A donation of $100 turns into $200 with the working at home. East Palo Alto Kids Foundation ...... $5,000 foundation matching gifts. Family Connections ...... $7,500 Whether as an individual, a business or in honor of someone Foundation for a College Education ...... $7,500 Donate online at Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo ...... $5,000 else, help us reach our goal of $350,000 by making a generous CLICK Grace Lutheran Preschool...... $3,000 AND contribution to the Holiday Fund. GIVE ssiliconvalleycf.org/ Health Connected ...... $2,500 Hidden Villa ...... $5,000 With your generosity, we can give a major boost to the paw-holiday-fundp Jasper Ridge Farm ...... $5,000 programs in our community helping kids and families. JLS Middle School ...... $5,000 Jordan Middle School ...... $5,000 Kara...... $7,500 The Learning Center ...... $3,000 Enclosed is a donation of $______Marine Science Institute ...... $5,000 Midpeninsula Community Media Center ...... $5,000 Name ______Mural Music & Arts Project ...... $5,000 Music in the Schools Foundation...... $5,000 Business Name ______New Creation Home Ministries ...... $5,000 New Voices for Youth ...... $3,000 Address ______One East Palo Alto ...... $5,000 City/State/Zip ______Palo Alto Art Center Foundation ...... $5,000 Palo Alto Community Child Care...... $10,000 E-Mail ______Palo Alto Friends Nursery School...... $3,000 Palo Alto School District Music Department...... $5,000 Phone ______All donors and their gift amounts will be Palo Alto Housing ...... $5,000 published in the Palo Alto Weekly unless the Parents Nursery School...... $3,000 Credit Card (MC, VISA, or AMEX) boxes below are checked. Peninsula Bridge ...... $5,000 Peninsula HealthCare Connection...... $5,000 ______Expires ______/______T I wish to contribute anonymously. Project WeHOPE...... $15,000 T Please withhold the amount of my Pursuit of Excellence...... $5,000 contribution. Quest Learning Center ...... $7,500 Signature ______Ravenswood Education Foundation ...... $7,500 Please make checks payable to: Silicon Valley Urban Debate League ...... $10,000 I wish to designate my contribution as follows: (select one) Silicon Valley Community Foundation St. Francis of Assisi Youth Club ...... $5,000 Send coupon and check, if applicable, to: St. Vincent de Paul ...... $7,000 T In my name as shown above TheatreWorks...... $5,000 Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund YMCA ...... $7,500 T In the name of business above c/o Silicon Valley Community Foundation Youth Community Service...... $20,000 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 Youth Speaks Out...... $20,000 OR: T In honor of: T In memory of: T As a gift for: Mountain View, CA 94040 ______The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund is a donor Non-profits: Grant application & guidelines at (Name of person) advised fund of Silicon Valley Community www.PaloAltoOnline.com/holiday_fund Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization. Application deadline: January 5, 2018 A contribution to this fund allows your donation to be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Page 4 • November 24, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis New system tracks sexual misconduct, discrimination Palo Alto Unified interim Title IX officer reflects community uproar this spring over the schools,” he said in a recent handled the Paly case, in which on progress achieved, to be made how the district handled a Palo interview with the Weekly, shortly a male junior reportedly forced a Alto High School sexual-assault after exiting the role. “I think that female freshman to perform oral by Elena Kadvany case are evidence of progress on the whole district is responding to sex in a campus bathroom. A law new system for reporting during a game of tag, for example issues that have been entrenched that reality. I also think that the firm later found that both district and tracking reports of dis- — to potential sex crimes. No for years, said John DiPaolo, the response is at this point genuine and Paly administrators failed to A crimination, harassment matter the nature of the offense, district’s interim Title IX compli- and very meaningful.” comply with state and federal law, and bullying is providing these cases logged in this system are ance officer. But there is still much DiPaolo, an education attorney as well as district policy. The case issues higher visibility across the being formally investigated and work to be done, he said, particu- and Obama administration ap- revealed persistent gaps in how Palo Alto school district. It’s cap- monitored by the district’s Title larly around sexual violence. pointee who worked in the U.S. the district responds to not only turing everything from the benign IX compliance officer. “I think that everyone agrees Department of Education for six sexual harassment but other forms — an elementary school student This system and other chang- there’s too much sexual miscon- years, was hired in response to slapping another student’s bottom es put in place in the wake of duct (and) sexual harassment in concerns over how the district (continued on page 8)
CITY HALL East Palo Alto mayor lauds ‘city on the move’ State of the City address highlights development, safety, housing and infrastructure achievements by Sue Dremann elebrating East Palo Al- performing arts center, had been to’s transformation on on hold until recently, after the Veronica Weber Veronica CMonday night, Nov. 20, city ran out of water allocations to Mayor Larry Moody pointed to support expansion. But a $5 mil- the city’s achievements this year, lion deal worked out with the City which he said have kicked open of Mountain View has transferred the door to a new progressive era 1 million gallons of water per day Kathleen Hughes, founder of Ada’s Café, left center, Charlie Hughes, center, and Todd Cerf, right, in the once-troubled city. in water rights, which East Palo serve a customer at the Mitchell Park cafe on Nov. 21. “We are no longer the ‘90s,” Alto secured in perpetuity. Moody said during his State of “The water transfer is the first the City address at the Four Sea- of its kind” for the Bay Area Wa- HOLIDAY FUND sons Hotel. The city has shed its ter Supply and Conservation As- sobriquet as the “Per-capita Mur- sociation, he said. He and Palo der Capital” of the country, which Alto Mayor Greg Scharff are it dubiously earned in 1992. working to execute transfer of Ada’s Cafe gives people Moody portrayed East Palo another half-million gallons of Alto as a “city on the move” that water per day from Palo Alto’s welcomed a new 1,300-strong allocations, which would help with disabilities a chance to grow workforce at Amazon and 120 East Palo Alto grow according Nonprofit runs one-of-a-kind eatery centered around community jobs at retailer Target this year. to its strategic plan, he said. Thanks to a new policy on debt Funding for the water purchase by Jamey Padojino management, East Palo Alto now from Mountain View came from boasts a balanced budget, he said. the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, odd Cerf never saw dish or drink from menus. While that opened in 2014 next to the Moody spoke about the city’s The Sobrato Organization, 2020 himself as a leader, but the espresso machine hums away, Mitchell Park Library or in the advancements in commercial de- Bay Road and the Primary School T he’s now a manager-in- Cerf and his customers enjoy commercial kitchen in Mountain velopment, housing, public safe- and the City of East Palo Alto. training at Ada’s Cafe in Palo each other’s company and inject View, where all the food is made ty, the environment, infrastruc- “Those checks are belief in the Alto. He opens up most morn- humor into their conversations. with organic ingredients. Many ture and employment, among city of East Palo Alto,” Moody ings with card access to “If they ordered a of them are trained to be a jack- other issues. said. the building, one of his big drink order I just of-all-trades who can take orders, The city is drafting a new de- many duties since get- tell them, you know, prepare food, deliver orders and Commercial develop- velopment code, which would ting promoted in May. ‘Sounds like someone clean up, among other duties. ment/water supply aid in creating more commercial “I enjoy it because I needed to get their buzz “The more u grow at the cafe The city has four major proj- space and guide the city’s devel- get to work more hours, on,’” he said. “I can joke the more responsibility you will ects on the drawing boards, in- opment through 2035. The docu- and I enjoy it because I with them in a way that have and more trust In your self cluding 1.4 million square feet ment is undergoing public review. like seeing all the regu- makes them want to and more trust with people who of office space at 2020 Bay Road lar customers that come in every come back.” work with u every day,” Cerf — the closed Romic chemical Public safety day,” the fresh-faced 31-year-old Cerf is one of the 34 people said in a follow-up email. plant site — that could add an Moody also said public safety said timidly but with a grin. with disabilities who are find- The workers’ disabilities in- estimated 4,500 to 5,500 tech in the city has improved: East He maintains his professional- ing empowerment through their clude traumatic brain injuries, and biotech jobs and a proposed Palo Alto is on track to have zero ism with the patrons as they enter jobs at Ada’s Cafe, a nonprofit Down syndrome and autism 233,840-square-foot office build- homicides in 2017, for the first the shop, a straight shot from the that aims to give work opportu- spectrum disorders. Their em- ing on University Avenue and time in its history. He credited door to the counter, look over the nities to this group and to change ployment is significant: National East Bayshore Road. the community-policing model displays of delectable pastries the face of retail. They work out Those and other projects, in- and its Clean Zone and Fit Zone and to-go items, and choose a of a small, inviting coffee shop (continued on page 8) cluding the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative’s Primary School and a (continued on page 10)
www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 24, 2017 • Page 5 Upfront PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE 450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 (650) 326-8210 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT PUBLISHER ACCESS CHANNEL 26 William S. Johnson (223-6505) EDITORIAL ***************************************** Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA Associate Editor Linda Taaffe (223-6511) ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6516) INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane (223-6517) Home & Real Estate Editor We are no longer the ’90s. CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: Elizabeth Lorenz (223-6534) —Larry Moody, East Palo Alto mayor, on the state http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp Assistant Sports Editor Glenn Reeves (223-6521) Spectrum Editor Renee Batti (223-6528) of the city. See story page 5. (TENTATIVE) AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING – COUNCIL Express & Digital Editor Jamey Padojino (223-6524) CHAMBERS Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Elena NOVEMBER 27, 2017 @ 5:00 PM Kadvany (223-6519), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) Staff Photographer/Videographer Veronica Weber (223-6520) CLOSED SESSION Editorial Interns Alexandria Cavallaro, 1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-POTENTIAL Fiona Kelliher Contributors Chrissi Angeles, Dale F. Bentson, LITIGATION Mike Berry, Carol Blitzer, Peter Canavese, :PNUPÄJHU[,_WVZ\YL[V3P[PNH[PVU
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TRANSPORTATION Palo Alto set to approve new bike bridge Overpass at Adobe Creek would give residents new path to the Baylands by Gennady Sheyner hey were looking for ultimately selecting a prominent, bridge design as a sign of the “Wow!” but, having failed, arched structure designed by a team city’s falling expectations when it T Palo Alto residents and city led by the engineering firm HNTB. comes to major capital projects. leaders are settling for “now.” The council, for its part, tossed The type of trestle bridge pro- Such is the change in commu- out the recommendation and posed for Adobe Creek is what nity sentiment when it comes to threw its unanimous support be- the “village builds over a stream,” the proposed bike bridge that the hind the runner-up: a slimmer and not what a city builds over a major Courtesy city of Palo Alto city is looking to build over U.S. subtler ribbon-shaped bridge from highway, Waldfogel said during The Palo Alto City Council will consider approving on Nov. 27 a Highway 101, a structure that the a team led by Moffatt & Nichol. the commission’s Sept. 19 review. pedestrian and bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101, to be located City Council has been dreaming But in December 2015, with cost By failing to bring its “A- approximately 0.3 miles north of San Antonio Road. Construction about for at least six years. And estimates for the Moffat & Nichol game” to this project, Palo Alto is would not begin for at least a year. while construction is still at least bridge rising to $17 million, the sending a poor signal to develop- a year away, the bike bridge is ex- council agreed to terminate its ers and the community about its commuters with a new option for the corporate campuses in that area pected to clear a huge milestone contract with the firm and start priorities on major future projects, getting to Google, LinkedIn or and what we’ve built here is a really on Monday night, when the coun- from scratch on a simpler and such as the downtown parking ga- other companies in the North Bay- nice alternative,” Rosenblum said. cil approves the environmental as- cheaper bridge designed by Biggs rage and railroad crossings. The shore area of Mountain View. Palo Chair Michael Alcheck agreed, sessment for the project and gives Cardosa. The main component of message, he said, is that “the only Alto’s Architectural Review Board noting that the proposed structure it the final green light. the bridge is the 165-foot-long pre- thing that matters is cost.” followed suit on Oct. 19, when it is both “a recreational bridge” and The council’s vote will conclude fabricated steel-bowed truss span- “I think we should collectively unanimously approved the design of “a commuter tool.” The project, what has been a long, complex ning U.S. Highway 101 (with two breathe a sigh of relief that some- the bridge, setting the stage for the he said, is not perfect but is “good and, at times, contentious design smaller sections spanning East thing is moving forward, but (at) council’s final approval next week. enough.” process for a $10 million struc- and West Bayshore roads). the same time I think we should Planning Commissioner Eric Alcheck said he had found the ture that would give south Palo The design also includes an just pause for a second and ask Rosenblum, a former Google em- design competition for the bridge Alto bikers and pedestrians year- overlook area decked with a ourselves why after all of this ployee, said the purpose of build- “thrilling” and “fun,” despite the round access to the Baylands. The wood finish and amenities such as time, all this effort, this is the de- ing the bridge is “to encourage cy- fact that none of the designs from bridge would replace the existing benches and informational signs. sign that we’re ending up with.” cling and to get people out of their the contest ultimately won the Benjamin Lefkowitz Underpass, Lights will illuminate the bike Nevertheless, the commission cars if possible.” He proposed council’s support. which is prone to flooding and is path at night. voted 6-0 (with Waldfogel abstain- including signs on the bridge di- “I think this result is very only open seasonally. Not everyone is thrilled about ing) to approve the environmental recting two-wheeled commuters emblematic of the challenge of In 2014, the city facilitated a the design’s evolution. Asher analysis for the project. Several to their places of employment. satisfying everyone,” Alcheck design competition for what was Waldfogel, vice chair of the Plan- commissioners lauded the prospect “If you drive to Shoreline or any said. “When we went through supposed to be an “iconic” bridge, ning and Transportation Commis- of both enhancing Palo Alto’s rec- of those exits, it’s pretty obvious with a panel of architecture experts sion, characterized the proposed reational offerings and providing that a lot of the traffic is driven by (continued on page 10)
COMMUNITY every client at LifeMoves will re- Toys for Tots, ceive two holiday-gift wishes. The Palo Alto, Menlo Park, organization is seeking people to Mountain View Ways to help during the holidays purchase the specific gifts asked for by a family or by just one fam- The U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Midpeninsula nonprofit agencies offer plenty of opportunities to spread holiday cheer ily member. A drop-off time and Toys for Tots program collects by Linda Taaffe location will be assigned to those new, unwrapped toys to distribute who sign up. The Holiday Dinner as Christmas gifts to less fortu- number of local organiza- Information: christmasbu- Alto-Mid Peninsula is team- Basket program ensures that every nate children. The organization’s tions are working to make reauofpaloalto.org. ing up with the Junior League homeless family will be able to en- local chapter can use volunteers to A this holiday season bright- of Napa-Sonoma for a children’s joy a holiday meal together; dona- help sort, count and prepare toys er for those in need, and they de- Ecumenical Hunger gift drive to benefit victims of the tions of dinner baskets are needed at its San Jose warehouse; pick pend on donations and volunteers Program, North Bay wildfires. New holiday (drop-off dates are Dec. 18-19). up donation boxes throughout from the community to make it East Palo Alto gifts for children in kindergarten Through the Holiday Meal pro- Santa Clara County; and help at all possible. Read on for ways to through sixth grade will be col- gram, volunteers prepare and serve any of the numerous Toys for Tots turn your time and treasure into Every holiday season, Ecumeni- lected on Saturday, Dec. 2, from a holiday meal at a LifeMoves site. events. Residents can also donate seasonal cheer. cal Hunger Program provides low- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Historic Information: lifemoves.org or new and unwrapped toys at the income families in East Palo, Palo Gatehouse, 555 Ravenswood Ave., contact the volunteer coordina- following locations in Palo Alto Christmas Bureau, Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding Menlo Park. tor at [email protected] or through Dec. 18: Palo Alto communities with gifts and food Donations will benefit the 408 650-685-5880, ext. 180. • Nordstrom, Stanford Shop- For the past 60 years, the through three special programs: students of Abraham Lincoln El- ping Center, 550 Stanford Shop- Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto The Family Sharing Program, ementary School in Santa Rosa. Palo Alto Weekly ping Center, Palo Alto. has collected small checks dur- which matches donors with fami- Wish list items include puzzles, Holiday Fund, • The Marc, Palo Alto, 501 Forest ing the holidays to distribute to lies with special needs; The Teen books, Legos and any other age- Palo Alto Ave., Palo Alto (through Dec. 15). families and individuals living at Gifts Program, which provides gifts appropriate gifts. The Junior • Supercuts, 2190 W. Bayshore or below the poverty line. Since to local teens who are often over- League asks donors to wrap all The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Road, Suite 170, Palo Alto. its inception, the Christmas Bu- looked (the majority play a care- gifts and label them with the ap- Fund makes an impact on thou- • Alex and Ani, 180 El Camino reau has provided a way for resi- taker role in their families, looking propriate age range and gender, if sands of people’s lives each year Real, Space #206B, Palo Alto. dents to discreetly help families, after younger siblings and filling applicable — but unwrapped gifts by raising money for programs • Premier Property Manage- seniors and others in financial in for working parents who cannot and gift cards also are appreciated. serving families and children in ment, 539 Alma St., Palo Alto. need by quietly collecting do- afford child care); and the Holiday Information: thejuniorleague. need in the Palo Alto and East • WilmerHale, 950 Page Mill nations and distributing checks Box Distribution program, which org. Palo Alto area. Over the past 25 Road, Palo Alto. each December to those referred hands out food boxes that include years, the annual charitable giv- Information: Toys for Tots Vol- to the non-sectarian nonprofit by everything a family might need to LifeMoves, Palo Alto, ing campaign has distributed more unteer Coordinator Sgt. Jeremy social services agencies, schools, make Christmas dinner with plenty Menlo Park, than $6 million to local nonprof- Tapp at 669-223-1859 churches, temples and other of leftovers for the following week. Redwood City its, including 51 agencies this year. community agencies. There are Information: ehpcares.org or The fund is managed pro bono by If your 501 (c)(3) organization no turkeys, toys or canned goods email [email protected]. LifeMoves combats homeless- the Weekly and the Silicon Valley is in need of volunteers and do- involved — just a handwritten ness through modern housing and Community Foundation, so none nations for holiday events and check that the recipients can Junior League Gift Drive intensive supportive services, in- of the donated funds is used for would like to be listed in the on- spend on whatever they need. for North Bay Wildfire cluding teaching comprehensive overhead expenses. This year’s line version of this article, posted Last year, the nonprofit dis- Victims, Palo Alto life skills. The nonprofit is run- goal is to raise $350,000. at PaloAltoOnline.com, contact tributed checks to nearly 3,000 ning a variety of holiday programs. Information: PaloAltoOnline. Associate Editor Linda Taaffe at recipients. The Junior League of Palo Through Adopt-a-Household, com/holiday_fund. [email protected]. Q
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“That’s pretty hard to gauge,” cleaning tables but now finds Café he said. himself relearning food prepara- (continued from page 5) In May, Collins used the money tion and bringing out orders in a he saved up from his job to pur- timely manner, which he said can data from the U.S. Bureau of La- chase an HP All In One desktop become overwhelming. bor Statistics showed a 10.5 per- computer during a Memorial Day The 21-year-old employee origi- cent unemployment rate for people sale, just under $600. Now, he has nally lived in Mountain View when with disabilities last year, nearly his sights set on saving up for a new he was hired, but now works on double the national average. The car — either a Mazda6 or Dodge the weekends while he spends the unemployment rate for people with Charger — or a Nintendo Switch. weekdays in San Jose as a San Jose disabilities is 10 times the average Jeremy Teter, 32, of Sunnyvale, is City College student. He aspires to of a local area, Executive Director Weber Veronica embracing his inner people person become a humanitarian and to one Kathleen Foley-Hughes said. at Ada’s, where nowadays he finds day take part in relief efforts. The nonprofit has also hired a himself at the nonprofit’s catering Gaynor is learning the ropes of Syrian refugee who immigrated events initiating conversations with the espresso machine by watching to the United States and landed in At Ada’s Café, John Collins prepares the “Wonderful Wendy” customers by asking about their day. his fellow co-workers. the Bay Area, where he said he sandwich, which features turkey, bacon, avocado, chipotle aioli, “I’m learning to do things differ- “When I observed it I was like, applied for more than 50 jobs be- lettuce and tomato on ciabatta bread, one of the cafe’s most popular ent to challenge myself,” he said. ‘Oh, OK, that’s not so bad.’ It’s fore coming to Ada’s. items. His new responsibilities include just like a couple steps and you’re To support the work of Ada’s counting money at the cash regis- done,” he said. Cafe, the Palo Alto Weekly Holi- turnover at Ada’s, where wages disabilities, each person has a ter (“I do the dollars first and the The job requires taking on day Fund gave a $5,000 grant last range between $12 to $20 per hour, plan,” Foley-Hughes said. change last,” he said) and taking a multiple responsibilities, which year, which allowed the organiza- Foley-Hughes said. Funding the John Collins, 53, of Palo Alto, cart to the Mountain View kitchen fosters a sense of independence tion to fill a shortfall between the employee earnings will be a grow- is learning how to create latte art where he visits the storage room among the workers, who strive to cafe’s revenues and the costs of ing concern as the rate is scheduled from his co-workers. Hearts and to stock up on supplies, a task he create a place for the community running the operation. to go up to $15 an hour by 2019. bears are pretty easy to draw, but does either on his own or with a co- to indulge in a good meal. “Our grant helped cover the Foley-Hughes noted the non- he said it would be neat to create a worker who can help keep track of “It’s nice to see people who minimum wage that has increased profit hasn’t raised its prices since yin yang symbol on foam. what’s needed. might have a hard time getting a for everyone,” Foley-Hughes said. late 2015. “I didn’t really get to make coffee Teter’s passion for his job and job otherwise ... (be) able to work The nonprofit also provides health “We’re so community-minded drinks before on the espresso ma- co-workers is apparent. here, and they can feel like they’re insurance and workers compen- and we don’t want people to not chine,” said Collins, who has previ- “We love each other. We respect a regular person,” Gaynor said. Q sation, which have also become a afford to come. We try to be good ous food service experience at Papa each other and we are a family More information on the Holiday large expense. about that,” she said. Murphy’s and Emil Villa’s Hickory that care about each other,” he Fund, including how to donate, can All employees start out earn- On-the-job training is a vital Pit. His sharp memory is apparent said. “It’s a blessing to be with be found on page 4 and online at ing the minimum wage, which is component to maintaining an ef- as he carefully describes the steps people who you really like ... who PaloAltoOnline.com/holiday_fund. currently $12 an hour in Palo Alto ficient work environment. into making a latte, which requires you care about, too.” Digital Editor Jamey Padojino and is set to increase to $13.50 in “When you’re talking about making sure the milk is warmed up Powell Gaynor is comfort- can be emailed at jpadojino@ the new year. There’s little worker working with people with to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. able behind the cash register and paweekly.com.
As the district seeks to meet still a lot of learning that needs to to its failures to properly address Title IX the federally required level of happen before the practice is con- sexual misconduct. He said he has (continued from page 5) compliance, some administra- sistent and at the level we want.” “no reason to believe” there is more tors are struggling to adjust to the DiPaolo said the district needs sexual misconduct at Palo Alto of discrimination and bullying. amount of time it’s taking to prop- to seriously consider allocating Unified than is typical for K-12 Under DiPaolo’s leadership, the erly document, investigate and more resources to Title IX issues, school districts, and that he has district has launched this new sys- address potential Title IX issues, including making the compliance “definitely seen worse.” tem for tracking complaints, more DiPaolo said. The district has office a two-person department. “I don’t have hard data on it, but of which are coming in than in also imposed new requirements Though conducting Title IX inves- my expectation, my hypothesis is years past. There are close to 60 for handling less serious cases, tigations wasn’t part of the original that Palo Alto’s issues would be complaints from this school year such as sending outcome letters job description, DiPaolo expected the issues of almost any district if alone as of Oct. 24. to the involved parties that sum- he’d be able to do more than he you took the kind of close look that At this time last year, there were marize what happened and what was. Counseling administrators on we’ve taken here,” DiPaolo said. five complaints in the Uniform Elena Kadvany the school did in response. how to respond to specific cases What sets Palo Alto Unified Complaint Procedure log — the At the elementary schools, has instead taken up the bulk of apart, however, is that it’s been un- old system for tracking discrimi- administrators are struggling to his time. Outside investigators are der close federal scrutiny for years nation allegations, DiPaolo said. draw a line between what might currently examining 12 reports, for its handling of sexual violence The new log is also now posted John DiPaolo, at the Palo Alto be described as “kids being kids” according to DiPaolo. and harassment. The Office for regularly on the district website; Unified School District office, and inappropriate behavior that The district did recently hire a Civil Rights recently concluded previously, it was only accessible was hired over the summer to merits a formal investigation, full-time replacement for DiPaolo a yearslong investigation into nu- in response to individual Public oversee civil-rights compliance. DiPaolo said. The new complaints — Megan Farrell, a consultant merous cases involving students, Records Act requests. log shows incidents at the elemen- with experience in law, higher teachers and in one case a prin- The database, called “Roots,” is frequency and if incidences are tary schools like inappropriate ex- education and Title IX. cipal at both Paly and Gunn High a repurposed version of the system happening more at a particular lo- posure, name calling, inappropri- DiPaolo has spent years over- School, finding multiple Title IX the district already uses to track IT cation, for example, DiPaolo said. ate touching and “inappropriate seeing Title IX compliance for the violations stretching back to 2013. issues and Public Records Act re- The district is also now using looking in bathroom.” federal government but had not This makes the district’s current quests. For this purpose, it allows Roots to automatically populate DiPaolo said he’s urging admin- worked for a school district before state “more problematic,” DiPaolo principals and assistant principals its log of Uniform Complaint Pro- istrators to view these incidents as in this capacity. The Office for Civ- said. to file detailed reports — includ- cedure investigations, eliminating meriting a “both, and” rather than il Rights’ focus has primarily been “That’s part of why the burden ing when an incident happened, the possibility of a case somehow an “either, or” response. on colleges and universities, mean- on us to get better is, I think, high- when it was reported, if it hap- getting lost. “The fact that you have to log ing K-12 schools are still far behind er,” he added. Q pened on- or off-campus, the na- The system is providing a new it in and clearly determine what when it comes to understanding the Staff Writer Elena Kadvany ture of the allegations, attaching level of accountability in the dis- happened and send a letter home law. He suspects Palo Alto Unified can be emailed at ekadvany@ any relevant documents — that trict, DiPaolo said. to parents and say, ‘If you think is not an anomaly when it comes paweekly.com. are immediately sent to DiPaolo. He thinks the high number of that there’s sexual harassment, The system is for any reports of reports illustrates a new level of that you’re unsatisfied, you can discrimination based on sex, race, awareness in the district about the file a complaint’ ... you can do all disability, age or religion. importance of these issues. There’s those things and still address this DiPaolo can ask questions and also an increased awareness among issue properly as you want to as provide feedback to the person who students and parents, he said. Fami- an educator,” he said. filed the report, communication lies of students who are victims and “I think last year there were a lot CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week that’s saved in the database. The re- those accused are now coming in of good intentions but not a lot of port can later be updated with more with lawyers, which wasn’t hap- understanding of everything Title information, such as if a school puts pening when he first arrived. IX requires,” DiPaolo said. “We are Board Policy Review Committee (Nov. 17) Policies: The Board of Education’s policy review committee discussed policies interim measures in place. “The district is going to be un- now at the phase where people (ad- on suicide prevention; bullying prevention; immunizations; administering The database allows the district der a lot of pressure from both ministrators and staff) need to put medication; and gifts, grants and bequests. The committee decided to move to analyze the reports “at a more ag- sides to go by the book, to be fair,” what they have been presented with the gifts policy forward to the full board. Yes: Unanimous gregate level,” looking for patterns, DiPaolo said said. into practice, which means there is
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NeighborhoodsA roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann Around EVERGREEN PARK/BARRON PARK she said the tree thrived on its own because it received healthy doses of the Block an earthly element: water. The tree EDGEWOOD GROCER NEARS showed signs of stress in the fourth OPENING ... Just in time for year of the Bay Area’s drought, so holiday festivities, The Market at she chose to keep watering it rather Edgewood is shooting for a soft than to have it decline. opening on Nov. 29, according to Stafford has her own history with Mustafa and Emel Mutlu, owners redwoods. When she was 13, her of the family-run store. Duveneck- mother sent her father to purchase St. Francis and Crescent Park eucalyptus trees for their home, residents have long awaited a which is located around the corner new market to replace The Fresh from where she now lives. He came Market, which closed at the Eichler- home with several redwoods after a built shopping center in March nurseryman talked him into buying 2015 after less than two years of the trees. Those specimens are now business there. That store was robust 56-year-olds. She’s always owned by an East Coast-based had an appreciation for redwoods corporation, which decided to pull and for trees in general. out of all of its ventures in California. “We were a camping family,” Neighbors hope that a family-run she said, and they always stayed operation with local roots will have in forests and other places that more staying power. The Mutlu cultivated her appreciation for family, which also owns Crystal redwood groves. Springs Produce in San Mateo, Stafford’s tree’s journey from recently sat down for an interview space to her backyard happened with neighborhood activists Carla because of Acton, who lived Carvalho, Jeff Levinsky and Lenore in Palo Alto for 29 years while Cymes to discuss the new grocery working at Lockheed Palo Alto store. Highlights from the interview: Research Lab. Acton was a pay- The store will be open daily from load specialist and solar astrono- 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with hours mer who was in charge of optical possibly adjusted to best serve the scientific instruments and tele- community. It will not be a discount scopes used for observing the sun. market in the Trader Joe’s tradition, “One of the telescopes on board but it will offer high-quality at good was made right there in Lockheed value, the Mutlus said. The store Palo Alto Research Lab,” Acton, will sell take-out meals, fresh fruits an affable man, said by phone and vegetables, and some pan- from his Montana home. Asian and pan-European products, The flight’s primary payload among general grocery items. “We was Spacelab-2, according to want to listen, listen and listen so NASA. we can shape our products and Acton was originally selected programs to what the community for space flight in 1978 but didn’t needs,” they said. go up in orbit until 1985. He said crew members were typically HAPPY (DONKEY) ANNIVERSARY permitted to take small items on Veronica Weber ... Barron Park donkey Perry and Christine Stafford stands outside of her home in Barron Park in front of the redwood tree grown from a board to give away after the orbits. playmate Jenny, a rescue donkey seed flown in the space shuttle Challenger in 1985. 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the planting of He thought it would be nice to take from southern California, marked this and about 125 other space-shuttle redwood seedlings in Palo Alto. something up from Palo Alto. A their one-year anniversary this city official came up with the idea month: It’s been a year since Jenny tracked how many still live, City of taking the El Palo Alto seeds. was brought into the pasture next Arborist Dave Dockter said. “They were returned to the to Bol Park after Perry’s longtime Still standing in tribute Some have assumed places of city in a ceremony, and the Parks companion, Miner 49er, died. Now, Redwood trees grown from seeds that traveled on the stature in their neighborhoods. One Department gave away the seed- a new donkey website is in the tree in the 600 block of Matadero lings,” he recalled. works, with a planned launched in space shuttle Challenger thrive in Palo Alto Avenue has reached a majestic Reflecting on his journey into December. Resident Jenny Kiratli by Sue Dremann height — 60 to 80 feet — dwarfing space, Acton said, “The most is asking for people to send their nearby 40-foot utility poles. amazing thing was being part of favorite stories, memories and n Palo Alto’s Peers Park stand El Palo Alto itself was already Homeowner Christine Stafford this human effort, to be a player of pictures of the animals to jkiratli@ redwood trees that as infants more than 1,000 years old. said she acquired the sapling after this biggest adventure of our time.” yahoo.com for publication on I traveled farther than many Little did Acton know at the her sister, who was visiting from But glimpsing the earth the website. Perry and Jenny are people do in their lifetimes. time, but his gesture would take Boston, read about Palo Alto’s through the space shuttle’s win- housed on land made available On July 29, 1985, space shut- on added significance just six giveaway of the special plants dows also opened his eyes to the by private landowner James Witt, tle Challenger astronaut Loren months later when the Challenger on Arbor Day 1987. Her sister planet’s vulnerability. and the public can view and take Acton carried a package of red- crew perished in a disastrous ex- and Stafford’s then-12-year-old “To be able to see the earth as a pictures of them from outside wood seeds from Palo Alto’s plosion after launch. In 1987, 20 son, Jeremy, went to pick up the whole and see how very, very thin the pasture fence or visit them eponymous tree, El Palo Alto, of the space-shuttle saplings were sapling, which was grown by the our layer of breathable atmosphere Sundays, 10-11 a.m., under the into space as a goodwill gesture planted in a grove at Peers Park on Saratoga Horticultural Society. is has caused me to appreciate supervision of donkey handlers. for his hometown. Circling the Park Boulevard in remembrance Space flight doesn’t seem to the fragility of our atmosphere. It Donations for the donkeys’ care earth for seven days, 22 hours, 45 of the Challenger astronauts. Now have altered the tree’s genetics shows up as a lovely blue layer that and feeding can be made at minutes and 26 seconds at speeds 30 years later, the grove of the in any way, Stafford said, add- is paper thin. When you’re down on barronparkdonkeys.org or directly up to 17,500 miles per hour, the surviving 10 trees towers above a ing that “it grew really fast.” She the earth you look up and you think to Acterra, 3921 East Bayshore seeds made 126 orbits, traveling slate commemorative plaque. did not attribute its vigor to space that it goes on forever,” he said. Q Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (indicate 2,868,514 miles. The rest of the 125 saplings were travel, however. Staff Writer Sue Dremann “Donkeys” on the donation). Q Not bad for the oldest living given away, planted in home yards Admiring the dark green, luxu- can be emailed at sdremann@ species on the planet. At the time, throughout Palo Alto. No one has riant fronds and deep russet bark, paweekly.com. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 24, 2017 • Page 9 Upfront
costs. Thanks to a hot construc- administered by the Metropolitan and longtime leader of the city’s a new car-free connection to this Bridge tion market, the new bridge has Transportation Commission ($4.35 successful Safe Routes to School amazing open, natural space.” (continued from page 7) an estimated price tag of about million) and a contribution from program, urged officials in a May “The Highway 101/Adobe pe- $16.25 million, well above the $10 Google ($1 million). email to “move this much-needed destrian/bike bridge is an impor- that design process we had many million that the city had originally The high cost notwithstanding, project forward expediently.” tant regional connector that is long members of our community who envisioned. Of that sum, about $6.9 residents have been emailing the The bridge would create a “sig- overdue,” Ellson wrote. “Please suggested that there are far better million will come from city spend- council and commissioners urg- nificant addition to daily bike com- move it forward quickly.” Q things to spend our money on.” ing. The rest will come from Santa ing them to get the project built mutes,” she wrote. And for people Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner The lower ambitions have not, Clara County funds ($4 million), as soon as possible. Penny Ell- who like to hike and watch birds can be emailed at gsheyner@ however, dramatically reduced the the One Bay Area Grant program son, a south Palo Alto resident in the Baylands, it would “provide paweekly.com.
One proposal that is provid- October with recommendations Council working with local and State ing some hope: 965 Weeks St., for a citywide network of bike regional partners, and he praised (continued from page 5) where the city wants to build ap- routes and programs. The city the council and staff as the most proximately 150 affordable hous- has also neared completion on professional the city has had. programs, in which officers help ing units for low- , very-low- and another Safe Routes to Schools “East Palo Alto is a city mov- clean up neighborhoods and take extremely-low-income residents. project on Bay Road, and Univer- ing forward,” he said. “We are part in community fitness pro- Supporting the development on sity Avenue, an important route East Palo Alto. We carry that grams, both of which have cre- the city-owned site is the $10 for schoolchildren and parents. brand proudly.” Q ated greater trust in the police million Facebook Catalyst Fund. Moody said progress in the Staff Writer Sue Dremann department. city is the result of the the col- can be emailed at sdremann@ Through the 2007 parcel tax Transportation & parking lective work of the entire City paweekly.com. Measure C and the Transient The city experiences a signifi- Occupancy Tax Grant programs, Dremann Sue cant amount of cut-through com- the city also funded multiple muter traffic that is not generated nonprofit organizations such as by residents. University Avenue the Boys & Girls Club to offer has an annual average daily traf- East Palo Alto Mayor Larry Online This Week crime-fighting programs and op- fic of 22,000 vehicles, and 84 These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online Moody during his State of portunities for youth. percent of these trips neither throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto the City address on Nov. 20 originate nor end in East Palo Online.com/news. Employment lauded his city for funding more Alto, Moody said. On the retail jobs front, Target affordable housing. The city has submitted a Sustain- hired 120 employees; about 50 able Transportation Planning Grant Escaped inmate captured percent of whom are East Palo housing units in East Palo Alto, to the California Department of One of two inmates who fled from the Palo Alto courthouse ear- Alto residents, Moody said. The approximately 3,200 are afford- Transportation this year to develop lier this month has been arrested with help from law enforcement city also has continued its com- able. Thus, about 40 percent of a comprehensive mobility study agencies in Stockton, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office an- mitment to aiding youth, adults our entire housing stock is af- to address traffic, parking, cut- nounced late Tuesday night. (Posted Nov. 22, 12:06 a.m.) and immigrants by introduc- fordable. We are proud of carry- through commuter traffic and bike, ing programs such as Working ing more than our fair share of pedestrian and vehicle circulation. Brown Act violation to be corrected Scholars, a no-cost program that affordable housing. And, we keep “We don’t expect this study to The Palo Alto school board plans to rectify a Brown Act viola- helps working adults achieve a adding units,” he said of Seren- be a panacea or silver bullet, but tion at its next meeting after it failed to properly notice a closed- bachelor’s degree. ity, to which the city contributed it will be the beginning of a re- session discussion of a potential lawsuit from the family of a Palo “Eighty-three percent of East $700,000. gional conversation to solve the Alto High School student who said she was sexually assaulted on Palo Alto residents 25 years or But the city still has not done regional issue of traffic conges- campus in 2015. (Posted Nov. 21, 3 p.m.) older do not have a bachelor’s enough to develop housing for tion,” he said. degree; therefore, we can great- low- and very-low-income resi- The city also approved the ly benefit from this program” dents, he said. Bicycle Transportation Plan in Stanford reboots naming process Moody said. A Stanford University committee convened to examine the issue of Since last month 33 people com- renaming campus facilities, spurred by concerns over buildings and pleted their first college course in Public Agenda streets named after California mission founder Junipero Serra, has personal finance, he said. been unable to reach agreement on its work. (Posted Nov. 19, 10:34 a.m.) The Sobrato Organization and A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week Amazon have also built and are staffing an employment center to CITY COUNCIL ...The council plans to meet in a closed session help residents. In October, Ama- to discuss potential litigation regarding the Palo Alto-Stanford Fire zon held an informational jobs Protection Agreement. The council will then hold a joint study session fair. The company also opened with the Utilities Advisory Commission, discuss a proposal from a tenant full-time jobs, as well as lower- at 285 Hamilton Ave. for a rooftop deck; and consider approving the EIR for the U.S. Highway 101 overpass at Adobe Creek. The closed session Lost Pet skill jobs in food and shuttle ser- vices, facilities management and will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday. Nov. 27. Regular meeting will follow at 6 security, he said. p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. REWARD $1000.00 The city also provided a $100,000 grant to the local non- PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ...The commission plans to “RILEY” our amazing dog profit Renaissance Entrepreneur- approve a park-improvement ordinance for a new dog park at Peers ship Center to encourage resi- Park; review an annual report from Palo Alto Swim and Sport; and hear Contact (650) 575-8861 dents to become small-business an update on the city’s youth and teen programs. The meeting will begin entrepreneurs. The program at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Identifying marks: He is served more than 60 families and Hamilton Ave. black, has a white chest, and adults, 78 percent of whom were a little white fur on paws and women, he said. COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to hear a presentation from City of Burlingame officials about the Broadway under the chin and an orange Railroad grade separation project; and review the draft Rail Corridor collar. He is sometimes shy at Housing first but very food motivated. Moody also pointed to efforts Circulation Study White Paper, the draft community questionnaire and the draft Rail Financing White Paper. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on He may bark but he is just the city is making to combat saying hello and is as sweet as gentrification, which has led Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 can be (will not bite). Please very low-income residents and Hamilton Ave. call if you have seen or heard immigrants to move or become PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission homeless. The city had a ribbon plans to make a recommendation on numerous zoning amendments anything! He has been spot- cutting last week for the new $25 to the city’s Municipal Code. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on ted a few times in Palo Alto and possibly Menlo Park and million Serenity Senior Apart- Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 we have been actively looking for him since Saturday 11/19 ments, which offers 41 units of Hamilton Ave. Last sightings: - Alma street near Palo Alto train station affordable and low-income hous- COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION ... The commission plans to 11/22/17 and lost at Tasso Street Palo Alto November ing for seniors in San Mateo 19th 3:00 p.m. but is possible that he has travelled a bit. County. Of those units, 20 are discuss Stanford University’s General Use Permit, which would allow marked for East Palo Alto resi- 2.25 million square feet of academic space and 3,150 housing units. The Email: [email protected] meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Palo Alto Arts dents, he said. or [email protected] “Of the approximately 8,000 Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.
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Haile Selassie Clay desire to learn, live life to the full- and a master’s in business ad- Sylvania defense systems, and as a person who “walked around Haile Selassie Clay, a Silicon est and take advantage of every op- ministration from Santa Clara Stanford Linear Accelerator Cen- the house with a tool belt on.” In Valley pioneer, died on Oct. 25. portunity life afforded him. University. He was accepted into ter (SLAC), where he was a leader his later years, he could often be He was 81. Clay was the first African- a doctoral program at Stanford in the field of cryogenics. found holding social court in the The seventh American engineering graduate University’s mechanical engi- Clay was known as a business Lobby Lounge & Bar at the Clare- of nine chil- at the University of Missouri. Ac- neering department. consultant for minority-owned mont Club and Spa in the Oakland dren born to cording to Who’s Who of College Clay was introduced to his fu- small businesses. He headed Clay- Hills. Dedicated to his family, he Charles John Students in America 1957-1958, ture wife, Jo Ann Howard, by a Leffler Environmental Systems as attended his grandchildren’s music Clay and Emma while he was earning his bach- childhood friend who was his CEO, was the executive vice presi- and sports lessons and every one of Jean Greenfield elor’s degree in mechanical engi- wife’s nephew. The couple had dent of Bank of America in charge their school and sport events. Clay, Clay was neering, he was active on campus, three children: Charles, Andrea of supervised assets and worked as Clay is survived by his children; born on Jan. 22, from being Dunklin House sec- and Haile (Teddy). president of Western Farm Credit grandchildren Virginia, Madison 1936, in Kin- retary and governor to running Clay’s legacy in Silicon Valley banks. His patents range from a and Furious; siblings Roy, Charles, loch, Missouri. track and field, taught Sunday includes engineering calculations technique to improve the diagno- Imogene and Myrtle and many As a child, Clay cleaned the school and was employed by Mc- used in missile telemetry systems ses of cancer to simple devices that nieces, nephews, cousins and in- church where his father was a Donnell Aircraft Corporation. that helped win the space race, improved his golf game. laws. He was predeceased by his minister, participated in track and In 1960, he moved to Silicon several patents for the Atomic Clay enjoyed his family, golf, parents and siblings Thaddeus, field, and despite the trials of racial Valley and earned a master’s de- Energy Commission, and work tennis, cooking and home build- Pauline, William and Hope. segregation, like his siblings, had a gree in mechanical engineering at North American Aviation, ing. He was described by family Services have been held. Q
Menlo Park Nov. 15-20 Violence related Donna Jean Lane Assault w/a deadly weapon ...... 1 Theft related Donna Jean Lane passed away peacefully at ford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve where Checks forgery...... 1 Fraud ...... 3 home on Saturday November 18 surrounded she loved to take people on hikes to observe the Grand theft...... 1 Shoplifting...... 2 by her loving family following a brief illness. native plants and wildlife. A highlight of these Pulse Theft undefined ...... 2 Born in Lincoln, Illinois on March 28, 1930 hikes was a glimpse of a mountain lion, which POLICE CALLS Vehicle related Palo Alto Bicycle theft ...... 3 to Arthur and Luella Gimbel, Jean, as she was thrilled rather than scared her. Nov. 15-20 Driving w/suspended license ...... 3 Hit and run ...... 3 known to friends, developed a deep and lasting Jean has been a long time supporter of her alma Violence related Theft from auto...... 3 love and appreciation for nature mater, Northwestern University. Domestic violence ...... 4 Vehicle accident/mnr. injury ...... 2 Battery ...... 2 Vehicle accident/no injury...... 1 and had a consuming curiosity In 1996 the College of Arts and Strong arm robbery ...... 1 Vehicle impound...... 3 Family violence/misc...... 1 about the world and everything Sciences named the Jean Lane Alcohol or drug related Theft related Under influence of drugs ...... 1 thing in it; she was indeed a per- Humanities professorship. Mu- Grand theft...... 2 Identity theft ...... 3 son who could “see the universe sic nurtured Jean’s soul. In 2005 Vehicle related VIOLENT CRIMES in a grain of sand”. she endowed the Jean Gimbel Driving w/suspended license ...... 2 Palo Alto Driving without license ...... 2 Channing Avenue, 11/15, 12:19 a.m.; From a young age, she walked Lane Prize in Piano Performance Hit and run ...... 1 domestic violence with battery. with her parents in the Illinois at Northwestern University. In Theft from auto...... 6 California Avenue, 11/15, 10:44 p.m.; Vehicle accident/mnr. injury ...... 6 miscellaneous family violence. woods every spring, discovering 1976, Jean’s life-long interest in Vehicle accident/prop. damage ...... 5 El Camino Real, 11/16, 1:56 p.m.; Vehicle impound...... 2 domestic violence with battery. the earliest blooming wildflow- music led her to form a baroque Alcohol or drug related Park Boulevard, 11/16, 10:38 p.m..; ers, mushrooms, salamanders, trio called The Portola Trio. The Drinking in public ...... 2 domestic violence with battery. Driving under the influence...... 1 El Camino Real, 11/17, 12:55 a.m.; simple birds’ nests and all manner of Trio’s practice sessions and per- Drunk in public ...... 5 battery. Possession of drugs...... 2 Ramona Street, 11/18, 8:47 p.m..; simple living creatures. As a Girl Scout, formances gave her much joy. Miscellaneous battery. the first badge she achieved was Jean was preceded in death by Found property...... 1 Ramona Street, 11/18, 10:37 p.m..; victim Misc penal code violation ...... 2 punched. the Tree Finder’s Badge. Jean’s interest in rocks her husband Bill, her sister Mary Lou and her Psychiatric hold ...... 6 El Camino Real, 11/20, 10:09 a.m..; led her to take a course in geology during her nephew Arthur Gimbel, Jr.. She is survived by Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 strong arm robbery. Vandalism...... 3 Fabian Way, 11/20, 3:20 p.m.; domestic freshman year at Northwestern University. her children Sharon Louise Lane of North San Warrant/other agency...... 2 violence with battery. Smoking in prohibited place...... 3 Menlo Park Jean graduated from Northwestern with a Juan, CA, Robert Laurence Lane of Atherton, Unattended death...... 1 Laurel Street, 11/17, 5:56 p.m.; assault B.S. degree in 1952, majoring in art history and CA, Brenda Lane Munks (Greg) of Portola Val- Terrorist threats...... 1 w/a deadly weapon. interior design. While working as an interior ley, CA, her brother Arthur Gimbel (Caroline) designer in Chicago, she was introduced to Bill of San Mateo, CA, her grandchildren Bryan Lane, the love of her life. Bill and Jean married Munks, Keighley Lane, Riley Munks, Jessica in 1955 and started a lifetime partnership of Munks and Cristina Munks. raising children, protecting the environment, The family wishes to extend their heartfelt serving and strengthening the community appreciation to Jean’s longtime Personal As- and helping the less fortunate. Over the next sistant, Karen Hamilton, and her devoted care- fifty-five years, their life together included Bill’s givers: Karen Alfonso, Elsa Bustos and Maria work as Publisher of Sunset Magazine, as well Manalang. ® as his Ambassadorships in Japan and Australia. Jean’s was a deep and abiding Christian faith. Jean, alongside Bill, brought the taste and spirit Jean and Bill were members of Valley Presbyte- of the American west to Australia through rian Church from its early days of services held their legendary Sunset hospitality. Jean’s com- at Portola Valley School. She helped establish a mitment to teaching others led her to develop a Bible Garden with friends at the current loca- Teacher’s Resource Center in Science and Tech- tion on Portola Road. A celebration of her life nology at Canberra University. will be held at Valley Presbyterian early in the Jean’s community involvement and accom- new year. plishments are many and varied. She was a In lieu of flowers please send contributions in founding member of the Westridge Garden memory of Donna Jean Lane to National Tropi- Club of Portola Valley, a member of the Board cal Botanical Garden, 3530 Papalina Road, of Trustees of the National Tropical Botanical Kalaheo, HI 96741. ® Garden, a board member of the Smithsonian’s The DeLeon Difference National Museum of Natural History in Wash- Inside everything and everybody ington, D.C, a member of the Governing Board Is much more than meets the eye. 650.543.8500 of Filoli Center and a member of the President’s Stay open to that which lies within us all, www.deleonrealty.com Cabinet at California Polytechnic State Univer- And let charity conquer the mall! sity in San Luis Obispo, California. She was also a long-time docent and supporter of Stan- —Jean lane 650.543.8500 | www.deleonrealty.com | DeLeon Realty CalBRE #01903224
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Ragazzi Continuo will share songs of the season in its holiday David Allen David concert, “Winter’s Warmth,” in Palo Alto on Dec.9.
MUSIC service this holiday season. The Memorial Church Choir and Stanford Chamber Cho- rale will perform. Live holiday music at the mall Where: Stanford Memorial Church, 450 What: Stanford Shopping Center is host- Serra Mall, Stanford. ing a variety of free musical performances When: Friday, Dec. 8, 7:30-9 p.m. during the holiday season, including perfor- More information: events.stanford.edu/ mances by Holiday Festival Strings, Dick- events/710/71077/. ens Carolers, Steel Pan Band, Musical Toy Solider Guard and Merry Mariachi Band. Where: 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo ‘Messyah’ Alto. What: The Bay Choral Guild and Redwood When: Afternoons, Saturdays and Sundays Symphony present Paul Ayres’ “Messyah,” through Christmas Eve. a reimagined, light-hearted update of the Holiday happenings More information: bit.ly/ Handel original choral masterpiece. StanfordHolidayEvents. Where: First United Methodist Church, 625 on the Midpeninsula Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. by Karla Kane, Linda Taaffe and Kate Daly When: Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. ‘Christmas in Poland and More information: baychoralguild.org. the Baltics’ is the season to be jolly, as the old song says. But perhaps you’re What: In a departure from J.S. Bach, the in a more contemplative mood? Whether you’re feeling merry and California Bach Society presents a program Winter’s Warmth ‘T bright, quiet and reverent or more “bah, humbug” than “deck the of Christmas music from Poland and the What: Ragazzi Continuo, the adult a cap- halls,” there’s something for everyone happening on the Midpeninsula this Baltic countries. pella choir for graduates of the Ragazzi holiday season. Where: All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Boys Chorus, presents its holiday concert Looking for a traditional concert of classic carols? Check out a cappella Waverley St., Palo Alto. “Winter’s Warmth.” group Chanticleer’s annual performance at Stanford University’s Memorial When: Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. Where: First Congregational Church of Auditorium. More information: calbach.org. Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road. The winter season itself will be honored by the beautiful voices of Kitka, When: Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. an all-female vocal group singing songs of Eastern Europe, while Hanukkah More information: ragazzicontinuo.org. (and Woody Guthrie) will be celebrated by the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. ‘Ubi Caritas: There’s no shortage of local “Nutcrackers” for dance fans: Try Menlowe Where There is Love’ Ballet’s for a unique blend of the beloved ballet with the tear-jerking film “It’s What: Ragazzi Boys Chorus’ holiday pro- ‘The Hot Sardines’ Holiday a Wonderful Life” (with a few new, politically aware twists this year). gram celebrates the concept of universal Stomp’ If it’s some snarky laughs you’re after, try TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s love with musical selections drawn from What: The Hot Sardines present a concert “The Santaland Diaries” or the Pear Theatre’s “Millionth Production of a diverse traditions and faiths. of jazz versions of holiday favorites. Christmas Carol.” Where: First United Methodist Church of Where: Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Of course, plenty of festivities for kids and families are on the calendar, too. Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave. Stanford. Featured here are but a few of the many holiday-themed events happening lo- When: Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. When: Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. cally in the coming month, so grab your scarf and cup of hot cocoa and start More information: ragazzi.org. More information: live.stanford.edu. making your plans. For more event listings, or to submit your own, check out the Midpeninsula event calendar at PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar. Festival of Lessons ‘A Chanticleer Christmas’ About the cover: “The Santaland Diaries,” based on the essay by David What: Stanford University’s Department of What: Male a cappella choir Chanticleer Sedaris, chronicles the adventures of David (Max Tachis) as Crumpet the Elf. Music, Office for Religious Life will hold Photo by Kevin Berne. Design by Paul Llewellyn. its annual Festival of Lessons and Carols (continued on page 14)
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The Grammy-winning Klezmatics put a Klezmer spin on Woody Guthrie’s melodies this year. Comfort and Joy (continued from page 13) Allen David returns to Stanford University for its annual holiday concert. Where: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford. When: Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Ragazzi Boys Chorus presents a “Ubi Caritas: Where There is Love,” which includes songs from More information: live.stanford.edu. various traditions.
The Klezmatics’ ‘Happy, Joyous Hanukkah’ Where: Canada College Theater, 4200 Farm Hill DANCE What: The Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics fuse Klezmer Blvd., Redwood City. sounds with melodies by Woody Guthrie in this holiday concert. When: Sunday Dec. 17, at 6:30 p.m. Where: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford. More information: gryphoncarollers.com. ‘It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker’ When: Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. What: The professional company Menlowe Ballet More information: live.stanford.edu. and students from its ballet school, Menlo Park Schola Cantorum’s holiday concerts Academy of Dance, are performing their third an- What: Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley will nual “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,” which blends ‘Winter’s Gifts’ present two holiday concerts with sing-along op- Tchaikovsky’s ballet with Frank Capra’s “It’s a What: The Choral Project performs its annual holiday concert, portunities: “Warmest Christmas Traditions” (a Wonderful Life.” New this year: some nods to “Winter’s Gifts: Family,” with the San José Chamber Orchestra. selection of favorite carols) and “51st Annual Mes- today’s political climate, plus a shorter, “sensory- Where: First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto. siah Sing.” friendly” version on Sunday, Dec. 10, especially When: Saturday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing appropriate for children and adults with develop- Cost: General admission: $35; senior admission: $25; student/ Arts, 500 Castro St. mental disabilities. alumni: $10. When: Sunday Dec. 17, at 3 p.m. (“Warmest Where: Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, More information: choralproject.org/categories/winters-gifts/. Christmas Traditions”) and Monday, Dec. 18, at 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. 7:30 p.m. (“Messiah Sing”). When: Dec. 8-10 and 15-17. More information:scholacantorum.org/home. More information: menloweballet.org. PACO Holiday Extravaganza with Anderson & Roe What: The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will perform its annual Kitka’s ‘Wintersongs’ ‘The Christmas Ballet’ holiday show with special guests piano duo Greg Anderson and What: Kitka, the women’s Eastern European mu- What: The 2017 edition of Smuin’s “The Christ- Elizabeth Joy Roe, plus dancers from Pacific Ballet Academy. sic vocal ensemble, will perform its annual concert mas Ballet” features several new works choreo- Where: Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, of winter songs, featuring selections from its new graphed by company dancers. Los Altos Hills. seasonal album “Evening Star.” Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing When: Saturday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. Where: St. Bede’s, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Arts, 500 Castro St. More information: pacomusic.org. Park; Filoli, 6 Cañada Road, Woodside. When: Dec. 6-10. When: Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m. (Menlo Park) More information: smuinballet.org. and Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. (Woodside). The Gryphon Carolers More information: Kitka.org. What: The Gryphon Carolers, a 30-voice ensemble founded at Palo ‘’Twas the Night Before Christmas’ Alto’s Gryphon Stringed Instruments, will perform their 36th-annual What: Dancers Repertory Theatre is once again holiday concert. staging “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” a
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Gingerbread house decorating What: Executive Pastry Chef Eric Keppler teaches parents and their children how to decorate a gingerbread house like a pro during “Quattro’s Perfect House.” Where: Quattro at the Four Seasons, 2050 University Ave., East Palo Alto. When: Sunday, Dec. 10, at 10:30 a.m. More information: 650-470-2889; quattrorestaurant.com/ quattros-perfect-house/.
Tropical Holiday Family Day What: Free tropical art-making and performances for participants ages 5 to adult. Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto. When: Sunday, Dec. 10, 2 - 4:30 p.m. More information: bit.ly/HolidayFamilyDayPaloAlto.
Christmas Tree Lane What: Christmas Tree Lane has been a Palo Alto yuletide tradition Keith Sutter Keith since 1940, when homeowners spontaneously decided to decorate two blocks from Embarcadero Road to Seale Avenue with Christmas trees and lights for the community to enjoy. Smuin dancer Erica Felsch performs in “Santa Baby,” part of Smuin’s annual “Christmas Ballet.” Where: Fulton Street (off Embarcadero Road) Palo Alto. When: Lights are displayed 5-11 p.m. nightly for two weeks dur- ing the holiday season, starting approximately the week before colorful spectacle featuring a cast of 90 adults and Tree-lighting Ceremony Christmas. children acting out Clement C. Moore’s poem of What: The City of Palo Alto’s annual celebration More information: christmastreelane.org. the same name. of the lighting of its 60-foot-tall tree with bands, Where: Woodside High School Performing Arts choirs and art activities. Hot drinks and treats Center, 199 Churchill Ave., Woodside. available. Hanukkah celebration When: Sunday, Dec. 3, 9 and 10. Where: Lytton Plaza (University Avenue at Emer- What: Hanukkah celebration with free musical performances, arts More information: twasthenight.org. son Street), downtown Palo Alto. and crafts for children, face painting, dreidel games, candle lighting When: Friday, Dec. 1, 5:30 - 7 p.m. and a special Hanukkah puppet show and sing-along. More information: 650-463-4900; search event- Where: The Plaza (near Neiman Marcus), Stanford Shopping Cen- More ‘Nutcrackers’ brite.com for the event details. ter, Palo Alto. What: More local dance groups offering versions When: Thursday, Dec. 14, 5:30 - 8 p.m. of the holiday ballet include Ballet America (amer- More information: paloaltojcc.org/Events/ icanballet.com/home/perform/), HaoExpression Holiday Train hanukkah-celebration-at-stanford-shopping-center-4. (haoexpression.com/ballet.html), Ramon Moreno The Caltrain Holiday Train, a festively lit locomo- School of Ballet (ramonmorenoballet.com), West- tive that collects toys for kids (presented by the ern Ballet (westernballet.org) and Peninsula Ballet Silicon Valley Community Foundation) will be ‘The North Pole Review’ Theatre with The Tribe and Poise’n (peninsulabal- rolling into select Peninsula stations for 20-minute What: The Fratello Marionettes perform “The North Pole Review.” let.org). stops. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate. The 30-minute holiday variety show will feature high-kicking antics Where: Various Caltrain stations (see online) of the Russian Trepak Dancers, the graceful ice skater Crystal Chan- MISCELLANEOUS When: Dec. 2-3, station-stop times vary delier and the dazzling acrobatic penguins. There also will be arts More information: holiday-train.org. and crafts, refreshments and goody bags for children. FESTIVITIES Where: Gamble Garden Carriage House, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. When: Sunday, Dec. 17, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Ernie’s Trains More information: Tickets available at gamblegarden.org or Photos with Santa 650-329-1356. What: Santa Claus will be at Stanford Shopping What: An elaborate, five-track model train display Center daily through Christmas Eve to take photos started by the late Ernie Bianco and continued by with children. his son John draws visitors to a block of the Monta (continued on page 18) Where: Center Pavilion, 660 Stanford Shopping Loma neighborhood lined with farolito lights and Center, Palo Alto. holiday decorations. When: Through Sunday, Dec. 24. (A special Where: 2387 Adele Ave., Mountain View breakfast with Santa will take place on Dec. 2.) When: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, from More information: bit.ly/SantaPhotosStanford Thanksgiving through Sunday, Dec. 24 (weather permitting).
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Lunch Menu Kirsten ofCourtesy Stanford Live Today! Vangsness Wednesday - Friday 650.561.3577 leads a cast of actors telling Get a FREE holiday stories Open in “Selected House Wine or Shorts.” Breakfast/Brunch Dessert du jour Sat/Sun 9am-2:30pm with purchase Lunch Comfort and Joy (continued from page 15) of any Wed-Fri 11am-2:30pm Dinner Lunch Entrée! Tues-Sat 5pm-930pm THEATER 415 California Avenue || Palo Alto ‘Madeline’s Christmas: A Musical’ What: Madeline and her friends embark on a Christmas adventure in LaBohemePaloAlto.com this musical adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans’ book. Where: Main stage, Palo Alto Children’s Theatre,1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. When: Nov. 30 - Dec. 17. More information: bit.ly/MadelineTickets. Waste-free gift ideas from Palo Alto residents ‘The Millionth Production of a Christmas Carol’ What: The Pear presents James Kopp’s satirical story of a small Northern California theater company struggling to pay the bills For a holiday gift, Amie is and begrudgingly putting on a production of the Dickens Christmas classic. bbuyinguying her husband a fishingfishing Where: Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View When: Nov. 30 - Dec. 17. llicenseicense fforor days ooff ffamilyamily ffun.un. More information: thepear.org. ‘Selected Shorts’ What: Kirsten Vangsness leads a cast of actors, including Tate Don- ovan and Christina Pickles, telling holiday tales by notable writers. Where: Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford When: Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p.m. More information: live.stanford.edu.
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HEALTH CARE THAT CARES
FALL 2017
Photos, counter-clockwise from top left: Tomomi Mori & Virginia Wang; Rachel Tarantino & Iris Wu; Rachel Tarantino & Virginia Wang; Tomomi Mori & Virginia Wang
Ravenswood Achieves Level 3 Medical Home Recognition
Dear Friends,
After 15 years of valued service to communities in San Mateo County, their own health journeys. Finally, we will tell you about how Family I am pleased to announce that Ravenswood Family Health Center was Nurse Practitioner, Michelle Buchholz, and our Health Care for the awarded Level Three Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) in May Homeless (HCH) team have successfully resurrected the mobile van 2017. This is the highest level of recognition attainable from the clinic to care for the most underserved patients in our community. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which administers The PCMH model is a framework that helps Ravenswood to ensure the nation’s most widely adopted evaluation program. The PCMH that all of our patients have access to high-quality care and positive model of health care emphasizes putting patients at the forefront of experiences in our health center. It is one small step we have taken care. Research has demonstrated that this model improves the quality toward a future where health disparity is eliminated, and well-being of care administered and enhances patient experiences and and prosperity abound. Until then, Ravenswood hopes to continue to satisfaction, all while reducing health care costs. share in our patients’ positive health outcomes, and support each and At Ravenswood, we have employed innovative methods to increase every one in their journey toward better health. our patients’ access to care guided by the six core principles of the On behalf of everyone at Ravenswood, thank you for being an PCMH model, which are: Access, Practice Teams, Population integral member of our family and our success! Management, Care Management, Care Coordination, and Quality Improvement. Ravenswood staff have consistently gone the extra mile Luisa Buada, RN, BSN, MPH to ensure that patients have access to the programs, services, and &KLHI([HFXWLYH2IƓFHU support that they need to effectively achieve their own positive health trajectories.
We start off by sharing our CenteringPregnancy® program, which promotes independence among pregnant women and empowers them to achieve the best possible health outcomes during pregnancy and for their newborns. You will also read about Dr. Sharon DiPierro’s Doc Walk program developed in partnership with San Mateo County, and how this program encourages patients to become advocates in Photo: Scott Buschman
Ravenswood Family Health Center | 1 Our Mission To improve the health of the community by providing culturally sensitive, integrated primary and preventative health care to all, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status, and collaborating with community partners to address the social determinants of health. Photo: Tomomi Mori & Virginia Wang
CenteringPregnancy facilitators Mariela Magana (left) Sonia Cardenas (center), and Dr. Diana Mokaya (right). Photo: Rachel Tarantino
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In June 2017, Ravenswood Family Health Center launched “CenteringPregnancy provides a better care experience for CenteringPregnancy®, an innovative prenatal program in patients,” says Dr. Sonia Santana, Associate Medical Director of which women who are due in the same month come together the Women’s Health Department at Ravenswood. Nikki as a group to their prenatal visits. CenteringPregnancy Gallegos, Ravenswood’s CenteringPregnancy Coordinator, provides our prenatal patients the opportunity to form a agrees with her. She adds that this program allows women to Dr. Sonia Santana (left) and Nikki Gallegos (right). strong peer support network with other women, and engage “acknowledge each other’s questions and insights, which help Photo: Rachel Tarantino them in learning about healthy pregnancy and baby care in a them normalize the pregnancy experience”. Ms. Gallegos safe and nurturing environment. further shares, “what is heartwarming for us is to see our participants embrace each other after the sessions”. There are 10 sessions in the CenteringPregnancy program. At BOARD OF DIRECTORS each session, a Ravenswood staff who is also a trained &XUUHQWO\5DYHQVZRRGKDVLQLWLDWHGƓYH&HQWHULQJ3UHJQDQF\ Melieni Talakai, Chair facilitator teach women how to check their own blood cohorts—two in English and three in Spanish, with around 30 Marcelline Combs, Vice Chair pressure, assess their urine stick tests, and weigh themselves. women in attendance. Dr. Santana and Ms. Gallegos encourage Julio Garcia, Treasurer These self-assessments empower women to take ownership all of their prenatal patients to participate in Jonathan Lindeke, Secretary of their health during pregnancy. Our facilitators also engage CenteringPregnancy. Research shows that this program has the Manuel Arteaga, Parliamentarian women in interactive learning by leading discussions on a potential to provide concrete and positive health outcomes for Nancy Alvarez variety of important topics including prenatal nutrition, women and children, such as reducing preterm labor, increasing Adrian Amaral prenatal screenings, breastfeeding, and infant care. Finally, at breastfeeding, and decreasing postpartum depression. “Over Vernal Bailey each session facilitators play music and provide healthy WKHQH[WƓYH\HDUVZHZLOOWUDFNWKHVHPDUNHUVDPRQJVWRXU Senseria Conley snacks to create a comfortable, relaxed environment for patients,” says Ms. Gallegos with enthusiasm as she prepares for Ana Gomez ZRPHQŋLQFRPSOHWHFRQWUDVWWRWKHFRQƓQLQJH[SHULHQFHRI the next cohort of pregnant women entering the program. Siteri Maravou traditional one-on-one prenatal appointments. Elizabeth Salas Raymond Mills, Board Liaison Sherri Sager, Board Liaison
ADVISORY COUNCIL Advocating for Child Wellness Patricia Bresee, Chair Maya Altman As a Ravenswood Family Health Center Pediatrician, Dr. interacting with children when they are infants decreases the Greg Avis Sharon DiPierro understands the importance of developing number of words they know by the time they begin school. To Caretha Coleman and implementing effective solutions that will help her encourage families to speak and read to their children, Dr. Chris Dawes patients lead lives that are as healthy as possible. On an DiPierro distributes books to patients following each well-child Greg Gallo average day, Dr. DiPierro conducts well-child check-ups, check-up. This not only exposes Lily Hurlimann treats common ailments, collaborates with families to avoid her patients to written words Photo: Rachel Tarantino Rose Jacobs Gibson accidental injuries and illnesses to children, and connects and promotes vocal interaction Dr. Ross Jaffe children and families to additional resources for access to between families and children, Jim Koshland healthy foods, such as local meal programs and food but also enables her to Dr. Richard Levy pantries. evaluate where her patients are Gordon Russell at developmentally. John A. Sobrato Dr. DiPierro also strives to prepare her patients for school. Dr. Frederick St. Goar “Many parents do not talk to infants because infants do not (continued on back) Jane Williams say anything back,” says Dr. DiPierro. However, not Dr. Sharon DiPierro, Ravenswood Pediatrician.
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PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE Health Care in the Community • Prenatal Care • Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Ravenswood Family Health Center’s Health Care for the made from the local homeless shelter, and to connect • Adult Medicine Homeless (HCH) program, supported by San Mateo homeless individuals to health care services in a safe • Women’s Health County, provides homeless individuals with access to facility. Many members of the HCH team are either from • Optometry & Optical Services • medical care, dental care, and support services. For over the community or are trusted by the community, which in Screenings & Immunizations • Pharmacy 15 years, Tayischa Deldridge, Ravenswood’s HCH turn make them an invaluable resource for building • General X-ray Manager, has provided the best possible services for our rapport with our homeless patients and connecting them • Ultrasound homeless patients. to the health care and support services they need. • Mammography • Referrals to Specialty Care Working with the HCH team, Ms. Deldridge successfully “The whole practice of homeless medicine,” says Ms. connects homeless patients to care within the clinic and Buchholz “is meeting the patients where they are.” The INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL the community. Additional HCH team members include: HCH team has stationed the mobile van outside of a local HEALTH SERVICES Michelle Buchholz, Family Nurse Practitioner; Kassundra shopping center once a week where day laborers and • Crisis Intervention Dunn, Homeless Outreach Worker; Evelyn Garcia, homeless individuals can access medical services. Street • Short-term Counseling Medical Assistant; and Carl Purvis, Van Driver. outreach has also enabled the HCH team to offer wound • Social Service Referral care, rapid HIV testing, and glucose monitoring to • Parenting Support The HCH team implemented the Shelter and Street individuals residing in homeless encampments. • Domestic Violence Counseling Medicine Clinic to reduce the number of emergency calls (continued on back)
(above) The HCH team inside one of the exam rooms in the mobile van clinic.; (right) The HCH mobile van clinic. Photos: Rachel Tarantino
CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION Ramón’s Story – Access to Health Care, Anywhere! Eligibility & Enrollment 1805 Bay Road After nine months in East Palo Alto, Ramón is at home in his Ramón was so impressed by the quick action and East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Tel: 650.330.7416 new community. “I feel good here,” he shares with a smile. high-quality care he received that he became a patient at To Ramón, East Palo Alto offers him a tranquil place where Ravenswood, where he can access comprehensive and • Chronic Disease Management he can live and work. Being relatively new to the affordable primary care. “I would recommend Ravenswood • Health Coaching community, he was unfamiliar with local medical facilities to everyone!” says Ramón. “The quality of the services that • Health Coverage Enrollment and resources. One Thursday afternoon, Ramón noticed they provide is amazing, and the friendly staff treat you so Ravenswood Family Health Center’s mobile van clinic well that you just want to keep coming back!” stationed outside a local shopping center. He decided to give their services a try. Photo: Rachel Tarantino RAVENSWOOD FAMILY DENTISTRY Ramón met with Michelle Buchholz, Ravenswood’s Family Continues on back cover 1807 Bay Road Nurse Practitioner, in the mobile van clinic for care. He East Palo Alto, CA 94303 explained to Ms. Buchholz that he was blind in his left eye Tel: 650.289.7700 and was worried about losing vision in his right eye. Concerned that Ramón’s retina may have been damaged, • Pediatric & Adult Dental Ms. Buchholz brought him that same day to Ravenswood’s • Preventive Care • Optometrist, Dr. Sonia Menchavez, for a complete vision Restorative & Periodontal Care • Crowns, Bridges & Dentures test. Dr. Menchavez diagnosed Ramón with retinal • Oral Surgery detachment and glaucoma, and immediately referred him • Emergency Dental Services to a specialist at Stanford. Together, Ms. Buchholz and Dr. • Oral Health Education Menchavez worked to preserve Ramón’s limited vision and Ramón (right) receiving a blood pressure check-up from • Preventive Dental Care in connect him to timely treatment! Medical Assistant, Evelyn Garcia (left). 40 San Mateo County Pre-schools and Other Sites
www.RavenswoodFHC.org | 3 Advocating for Child Wellness Continued from inside In addition to vocal interaction, physical activity is another factor that is vital to Ring in 2018 with children’s health trajectories. In our community, children have limited access to safe and affordable locations for play. The closest physical activity facilities are often very expensive, and many affordable local programs have been discontinued. Parents regularly inform Dr. DiPierro that they are uncomfortable letting their children play outside due to safety concerns. To help her patients engage in exercise and play, Dr. DiPierro has worked to break down barriers to physical activity by stepping outside of our health center and collaborating with Ravenswood invites you to welcome in the New Year with another organization. #GivingTuesday! On November 28, 2017, we ask that you consider giving the gift of health care to those in need. Dr. DiPierro was awarded the Champion Provider Fellowship in spring 2017. This program has facilitated opportunities for her to implement change and increase For over 15 years, Ravenswood has provided crucial structured physical activity at a community level. In October 2017, Dr. DiPierro in services to an increasing number of patients. We need partnership with the San Mateo County Health Department launched the Doc Walk pilot program, which enabled residents and patients in our community to your support to ensure we can continue to provide walk with Dr. DiPierro and her colleagues in a local park and ask them questions high-quality health care to all patients for years to come. about health. During this time, Dr. DiPierro learned about the barriers many community members experience in their attempts to incorporate more physical Ring in the New Year with a charitable gift to Ravenswood! activity into their daily lives, and about the interventions that might help them become more physically active.
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The Public Art Commission voted on Nov. 16 to remove the Digital DNA and Go Mama sculptures from Lytton Plaza and California Avenue, respectively. Digital DNA, Go Mama voted out Palo Alto Art Commission opts to remove sculptures from city’s collection by Karla Kane igital DNA, the 7-foot- Varella was unable to attend and noted that it had been a topic of tall egg sculpture made of of censoring art for political discussion at numerous previous Dcomputer circuit boards reasons. meetings. and installed in Lytton Plaza, “The real reason there is a push “The city of Palo Alto has re- will be removed from the city’s to remove me is not my state, but ally tried to find a solution. I do public-art collection, the Public instead my content — the po- believe the piece is deteriorating, Art Commission voted unani- litical message embedded in me and we aren’t able to maintain it mously Nov. 16, after a report which talks about how our mod- in a good state for the public to from city staff made the case ern technology can enslave us,” be around it,” Commissioner Lo- that the piece is damaged, made the statement read. “When a Pub- ren Gordon said. of materials unsuitable for out- lic Art Commission starts using The big egg is not the only ma- door installation and too costly tricks of process and bureaucracy ternity-symbol sculpture on the to keep restoring. to facilitate removal of art for po- chopping block. Marta Thoma’s Artist Adriana Varella, who’s litical reasons, it stops being an Go Mama, currently located on started a crowdfunding campaign art commission and becomes a California Avenue, will likely to fund restoration and possible censorship committee.” soon be gone, as the commis- relocation of the piece, counters Robertson handed out printed sion voted to remove it as well. HOLIDAY HILARITY FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! that the city is actually set on get- photos of a new piece Varella The piece, a figure with a doll- ting rid of the sculpture because is currently exhibiting in New like head and a baby’s face in its of the way the piece encourages York that includes photos and bi- midsection, was originally com- AROUND the WORLD reflection upon the darker side of ographies of members of the art missioned at a time when “pub- technology. commission and identifies them lic art didn’t have to go through At the commission meeting, as the “Censorship Committee of so strenuous a process as it does in 80DAYS Varella’s attorney requested that Palo Alto.” now,” deMarzo said, noting that the vote be rescheduled for a time According to the statement, “I the piece has become unstable, when Varella could be present, was designed to be in the heart of structurally unsound and dam- Adapted by Mark Brown while two members of the Rag- Palo Alto from its conception. I aged by years of people climb- From the Novel by Jules Verne ing Grannies, a social-justice and inspired the Twitter egg and have ing and spilling food on it, espe- activism group, spoke in favor of become a focal point for gather- cially after the California Avenue keeping Digital DNA. Granny ings in Lytton Plaza. Removing streetscape redesign a few years Grab your family, and your passport, Ruth Robertson read a statement me from this location will rob my ago. The city, she said, “cannot for an ingenious, imaginative on behalf of the artist and the re- message of contextual meaning guarantee the safety of the piece.” cently formed Friends of Digital and be a desecration.” Deaccessioned artwork may be expedition around the world! DNA group. The statement was The statement also accuses the returned to the artist at the art- written from the point of view city of not allowing enough time ist’s expense, sold or donated by Nov 29–Dec 31 of the sculpture itself, and in for the public to become aware the city, or destroyed. Q Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto particular accuses the commis- of and comment about the deac- A&E Editor Karla Kane can sion of purposely scheduling the cession, although Palo Alto Pub- be reached at kkane@paweekly. theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 deaccession vote on a date when lic Art Director Elise deMarzo com.
Courtesy of Friends of Digital DNA Digital of Friends of Courtesy Digital DNA artist Adriana Varella calls the Public Art Commission the “Censorship TheatreWorks Committee of SILICON VALLEY Palo Alto” in this new piece. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 24, 2017 • Page 19 Eating Out
Rocco Scordella, a native of Italy, owns Tootsie’s and Vina Enoteca in Palo Alto. Veronica Weber
by Elena Kadvany said he would alternate summers ily features Italian classics like pas- cent poster wrote that she is “re- he would end up working even later oon after Rocco Scordella working in the front and back of the ta bolognese and Margherita pizza, considering” her friendship with a than he does at the restaurants. moved from his native house. He always thought conquer- Scordella has no qualms about the coworker who loves Vina Enoteca. Staff writer Elena Kadvany S Italy to take a job at famed ing both was important “if you want fact that it is not a truly authentic She called the caprese salad “ba- can be emailed at ekadvany@ chef Mario Batali’s Del Posto in to open your own business.” Italian restaurant. It was the first sic,” the Margherita pizza “oddly paweekly.com. New York City in 2005, a tran- After graduating, he spent a brief restaurant on the Peninsula to serve sour and sweet” and the panna cotta sit strike shut down his commute stint at a small trattoria in Manches- the meatless Impossible Burger, “the biggest disappointment: White from Queens into Manhattan. So ter, England (he spoke no English which quickly became a popular gelatin with orange marmalade.” Lightning round: The Weekly Scordella walked two-and-a-half and hated the weather), then worked menu item, he said. Scordella said “No need to lose a friend over a asked Scordella a series of and- hours in the snow to get to the res- as a bartender in Paris before mov- he was skeptical when he first tried panna cotta,” Scordella wrote in or questions related to food, drink taurant each day. ing to New York City. He met his the plant-based burger, but is now response. “Caprese salad (is) sup- and more. Find out his answers “I didn’t want to miss the job,” he future wife and business partner, playing with it like any other ingre- posed to be basic, (it) is all about below. said. Shannon, at Del Posto. (Shannon, dient, creating a bolognese sauce the tomatoes.” • Pesto or bolognese? Bolognese. This matter-of-fact dedication paid a native of San Carlos, had moved and a meatball sandwich. In response to another negative • Red or white pizza? White. off, as Scordella — who spoke no to New York herself to become a “In America, you can’t be strictly review, he apologized for missteps • Aperol spritz or negroni? English when he arrived at Del Pos- chef.) 100 percent Italian,” he said. “The in service, said he would show the Negroni, all the time. to — moved up through the ranks, The two eventually moved to Cali- Impossible Burger is kind of an review to his staff and gave his • Mario Batali or Alice Waters? becoming a “captain” overseeing fornia and together opened Tootsie’s American twist. We have to give email for the poster to contact him Alice Waters. his own section of the restaurant. in 2009. Last year, their second act the customer what they like, if you directly. • Stanford or Cal? Stanford. Del Posto earned two Michelin came in the form of Vina Enoteca, want to pay the bills.” Despite running two restaurants, • In-N-Out or Impossible stars the first year he was there. At a farm-to-table Italian restaurant. These days, Scordella is more own- raising three young children and Burger? That’s a tough one. 24 years old, he had accomplished Scordella — young, approach- er than chef — he’s primarily found getting about five hours of sleep Impossible Burger. I love In-N- his dream of working in a Michelin- able and energetic — described on the floor during lunch and din- each night, Scordella is hungry to Out, but every time you go to starred restaurant. his cooking philosophy as “keep it ner services, talking with custom- do more on the Peninsula. He said In-N-Out, right after you’re like, The threads that connect Scordel- simple and keep it fresh.” ers and problem-solving with staff he plans to remodel Tootsie’s soon ‘Why did I do it?’ la’s career from then to today — his California, and the Bay Area in — but he is heavily involved in all and expand it to more locations in • Butter or olive oil? Olive oil, all Italian roots, a philosophy that es- particular, is much like Italy in aspects of the restaurant. He col- the area. A pipe dream is to open the way. pouses simplicity and quality and a that chefs have access to high- laborates with Vina Enoteca’s new a speakeasy, but he said he knows passion for the ins and outs of run- quality ingredients grown close by, executive chef, Nadiv Geiger from ning a restaurant — are evidenced Scordella said. He said he doesn’t Michelin-starred The Village Pub in his two Palo Alto restaurants, see the point in using out-of-season, in Woodside, on new menu items. Tootsie’s and Vina Enoteca. far-away ingredients. He also steps in when needed; he Scordella was born in Salento Pug- “These days it’s very important ask has filled in as pastry chef, events lia in Southern Italy, but grew up the farmer what they have available coordinator and sommelier. in Porretta Terme, a small town and then come up with a dish rather Scordella believes in being a present of about 2,000 people located be- than the opposite,” Scordella said. and responsive owner, something ShopTalk tween Florence and Bologna. His “You may have a great dish but instilled in him during culinary Local food & retail happenings first restaurant job was as a server without the great ingredients, it’s school in Italy. In this day and age, at a large hotel-restaurant. He was not going to taste like anything.” that extends beyond the walls of his HERMÈS OPENING SOON... Work 2016 that it would be opening a 13 years old. The Vina Enoteca menu regularly restaurants. The first thing he does on the exterior facade of the soon- new store at Stanford adjacent At 14, students in Italy can choose draws from produce grown about a every morning is Google Tootsie’s to-be home of French luxury house to Cartier. The boutique will be to attend schools focused on differ- mile away at Stanford University’s and Vina Enoteca. He regularly re- Hermès of Paris is underway at the first Hermès has opened in ent areas designed to prepare them O’Donohue Family Stanford Edu- sponds to negative views on Yelp. Stanford Shopping Center, where the United States in more than to go onto college, such as arts, sci- cational Farm. Scordella said he is “Sometimes they (customers) say the boutique is scheduled to five years. The family-run retailer ence or vocational school. Scordella in talks with Stanford to build a new things that could be helpful — what open in early 2018. The company has manufactured luxury goods chose a five-year culinary school 7-acre garden that would supply his you don’t see or you don’t pay atten- is adding a new parapet to the for six generations. The boutique program. The first three years, stu- restaurants. Other vendors that the tion to,” he said, “and other times, front of the 6,052-square-foot will offer a collection of men’s, dents learn about the front and back restaurant buys from are listed on it’s just people trying to find some- shop, according to city permit women’s, home and equestrian of the house, then decide which area the dinner menu. Pasta, bread and thing (wrong).” records. The shop’s opening has collections. — L.T. they wanted to focus on. pastries are all made in-house. He doesn’t shy away from calling been highly anticipated since the Scordella opted for the kitchen, but While the Vina Enoteca menu heav- Yelpers out on their “BS.” A re- company announced in October (continued on next page)
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(continued from previous page) the Boston area in 2011. There are now locations in more than 10 states, ‘MICHELIN’ RESTAURANT COMING including franchises, plus a reality The Haydn Project TO CHANTILLY ... The restaurant show on A&E about the family-run group behind local establishments company. The menu includes several Mayfield Bakery & Cafe and The burgers as well as sandwiches, Village Pub plans to open a Michelin- salads and sides. Burgers range caliber restaurant in Redwood City. in price from $9.25 to $12.95. The Take four musicians, ninety-three string quartets, Bacchus Management Group has site at 185 University was previously and the genius of Franz Josef Haydn: Stir taken over the former Chantilly space occupied by Sam’s Chowder House, at 3001 El Camino Real, founding whose owners sold the business to vigorously and applaud wildly. San Francisco partner Tim Stannard said this week. Wahlburgers last year. — E.K. Chamber Orchestra All-Stars Ben Simon (viola), Chantilly closed in April after 43 years of business. Chantilly had long ‘ROCKET’ FIZZLES... Rocket Fizz, Robin Sharp (violin), Julie Kim (violin), and and storied history in the area, with a quirky downtown Palo Alto candy Hannah Addario-Berry (cello) are the Haydn rumors of high-profile Silicon Valley store filled with items such as bacon deals being made in its private rooms. cotton candy and buffalo wing- Project, launched in September 2013 to boldly go Stannard said the new restaurant will flavored soda, has closed, according where few quartets have gone before—a journey be similar in concept to The Village to a sign posted in the store’s Pub and Spruce in San Francisco, windows at 250 University Ave. “The of exploration into the mostly brilliant, always which Bacchus also owns, but with end of our lease is here,” the message inventive, enormously engaging ninety-plus string a special focus on premium steak. reads. “A special thank you to all of The restaurant will have formal wait our friends and regular customers. quartets of “Papa” Haydn. This special event will service and a sommelier. Stannard We had a lot of fun with you and loved include a short presentation about Haydn by San said they hope to start construction being your candy store.” Rocket Fizz in the next month or so, with a goal is a franchised chain that first started Francisco Chamber Orchestra director Ben Simon, of opening in summer 2018. Staff in Camarillo, California, in 2009. The and the performance of two quartets. are already in training at The Village Palo Alto franchisees, husband and Pub. — E.K. wife Chris Dunn and Lisa Pelgrim, wrote on Facebook that they will be WAHLBURGERS OPENS combining with another Rocket Fizz in DOWNTOWN... An outpost of Campbell, which they also own. The Saturday, December 2 • 7:30 pm Wahlburgers, the national burger couple opened the Palo Alto location chain from celebrity family the in 2012. — E.K. Visit continuingstudies.stanford.edu/Haydn for location Wahlbergs, is now open in downtown Palo Alto. Wahlburgers Compiled by the Weekly staff; this Stanford University • Free and open to the public soft opened at 185 University Ave. week written by Elena Kadvany on Nov. 12, an employee said. and Linda Taaffe. Got leads on Paul Wahlberg, together with his interesting and news-worthy retail two brothers — actor-producer developments? The Weekly will For more info: Mark and actor-singer-songwriter check them out. Email shoptalk@ continuingstudies.stanford.edu/events Donnie — started Wahlburgers in paweekly.com.
The Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Stanford Continuing Studies, the Office for Religious Life, and The Sarum Seminar present
The Matter of Medieval ANUSCRIPTS
Tens of thousands of manuscripts survived from the western medieval period, circa 500–1500. Each of these manuscripts is uniquely handwritten and decorated—a product of immense expertise and often immense expense. Medieval books were prized and venerated, sold and traded, and sometimes even held hostage. They contained religious and irreligious words and images in startling juxtaposition; and they now have a global following through their frequent use in historical documentaries, in science fiction and fantasy, and on social media.
In this lecture, Elaine Treharne will explore how contemporary audiences get access to and use these manuscripts, both in the real world and in the virtual world. These users include scholars, of course, but also those who destroy medieval manuscripts for financial gain, those who show off their collections with little idea of what they mean, and even those who try to recreate libraries and volumes that never existed. Wednesday, November 29 ¹ 7:30 pm Bishop Auditorium, Lathrop Library Stanford University ¹ Free and open to the public
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The following is a sampling of movies Daddy’s Home 2 01/2 a rollicking comedy. In his third (more Wonderstruck000 ‘Coco’ recently reviewed in the Weekly: “Daddy’s Home 2” is a lazy family or less) solo outing, the god of thunder Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck” takes off (continued from previous page) comedy sequel. Along with co-writer/ (Chris Hemsworth’s Thor) tentatively from a young-adult period-piece novel Justice League 001/2 director Sean Anders, the cast of 2015’s teams up with his half-brother, the god by Brian Selznick that simultaneously The best advice for the legions of “Daddy’s Home” returns, now enhanced of mischief (Tom Hiddleston’s Loki), to tells the story of a girl’s journey in 1927 “Coco” can be a bit wearing in superhero fans heading into the hotly by an elder generation of stars. Co- protect their realm from the their long- and a boy’s journey in 1977. It’s one of its plot mechanics — such as a ten- anticipated DC superhero team-up dads Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg lost sister — uh oh — the goddess those stories that presents a narrative dency to keep contriving rules and movie “Justice League” is this: Enjoy must contend with their own fathers, of death (Cate Blanchett’s Hela). The mystery: two plot threads in two the details. Problems abound in this played by John Lithgow and Mel Gibson, fast-moving plot allows for plenty of wry disparate timelines with a connection adding obstacles — but overall, the patchwork film, in which directorial respectively. The original movie, while bouncing around the universe, Douglas we know will supply an emotional climax movie drains the viewer in the best credit goes to Zach Snyder (“Batman hardly subversive, made hay from the Adams-style. Much of the action takes when the last piece fits into place. ways: the “museum fatigue” of so v Superman: Dawn of Justice”), even chemistry of Ferrell and Wahlberg and place on the planet Sakaar, a sci-fi It’s a movie that should capture the though it was largely directed — in located some edge in its premise of Roman Empire where a Grandmaster imaginations of precocious kids up for many wondrous sights, so much extensive “bless this mess” reshoots a “dad vs. stepdad” competition for (Jeff Goldblum) distracts from his color and music, and the emotional something a little deeper than usual. — by Joss Whedon (switching two children’s love. The sequel finds tyrannical elitism with gladiatorial The 1927 story follows young Rose fatigue of having been put through sides after directing two “Avengers” that situation curdled into a passive- contests, and a runaway Valkyrie (Tessa (newcomer Millicent Simmonds) as she aggressive acceptance, mischievously a sentimental wringer. Particularly movies for Marvel).Their sensibilities Thompson of “Dear White People”) runs away from home to Manhattan exploited by an otherwise grumpy and exploits the system. Add the return of aren’t a good fit, and the results are for a hopeful encounter with Lillian in the land of the dead and despite schizophrenic. The plot is suspiciously insecure granddad (Gibson’s Kurt) Anthony Hopkins as Asgardian ruler Mayhew (Julianne Moore), a silent- plenty of dark scenes, the spectacle familiar: a power struggle over three who can see the resentments bubbling Odin, and you have another superhero film star. In 1977, young Ben (Oakes mightily powerful cubes (the “Mother under the surfaces of Dusty (Wahlberg) movie bursting with riches: two Oscar carries with it a palpable wow fac- Fegley) absconds to Manhattan from Boxes”), protected by our heroes and and Brad (Ferrell). Brad’s dad (Lithgow) winners, four Marvel superheroes (two tor. And the music, orchestrated by his Minnesota home in the hopes of coveted by god-like alien Steppenwolf has buried his own problems yet in cameos I won’t spoil), three worlds Pixar stalwart Michael Giacchino, (voiced Ciar·n Hinds). This very, very deeper, promising his out-sized, cheery worth of eye-popping production design, tracking down his father. These kids gets a songwriting boost from the fake-looking computer-generated demeanor will eventually yield to a manic and enough gags to rule them all. “Thor: on the cusp (around ages 12, 13) featured tune “Remember Me” by longhorn commands an army of flying emotional breakdown. “Daddy’s Home Ragnarok” doesn’t have much to offer, both make their journeys without the monkeys — sorry, Parademons — and 2” isn’t unbearable for adults, and it’s but it does, like “Iron Man 3,” devote benefit of hearing: Rose has been Robert Lopez and Kristen Ander- deaf all her life, while Ben becomes son-Lopez (“The Book of Mor- makes the least-compelling villain this likely to delight kids to no end as the some effort to rounding off a trilogy new wave of DC films has yet offered adults act stupid and the kids get their of films while opening a door to future deaf as the result of a freak accident mon,” “Avenue Q”). up. Once the film gets down to its triumphs. Rated PG-13 for suggestive adventures for its lead character. Above involving lightning.The film’s longueurs Director Lee Unkrich (“Toy relevant plotting, “Justice League” material and some language. One hour, all, Waititi revs up this vehicle for a wild may try some audience’s patience, Story 3”) and co-director/co- starts trending toward the airless. With 40 minutes. — P.C. ride, the sort of wide-eyed adventure especially given the modest payoff, screenwriter Adrian Molina (also so many characters to serve, there’s likely to send Marvel’s giant core but “Wonderstruck” offers a breath of never a dull moment in the film’s studio- Thor: Ragnarok 000 audience staggering out of the theater fresh air in a world of special-effects a Pixar vet) attend to a harmoni- mandated two-hour running time. Marvel has successfully doubled down wearing a collective smile.Rated PG-13 extravaganzas and short-attention-span ous set of themes, about vocation Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi on the laughs in “Thor: Ragnarok” for intense sequences of sci-fi violence CGI-animated roller coasters. Rated PG and ambition (“Seize your mo- violence and action. Two hours, 1 by mashing up Thor, Hulk and the and action, and brief suggestive for thematic elements and smoking. ment”), the role of family (“That’s minute. — P.C. “Guardians of the Galaxy” sensibility for material. Two hours, 10 minutes. — P.C. One hour, 57 minutes. — P.C. what families are supposed to do ... support you”), and the meanings of life and death. Despite similari- ties to Fox’s 2014 “The Book of Life,” “Coco” also takes a posi- tive cultural step for mainstream American entertainment, with its all-Latino voice cast. As obvious and familiar as this thematic ter- ritory can be, “Coco” deals with it tenderly and sweetly, in ways that will send audiences young and old out with a song in their recently warmed heart. Rated PG for thematic elements. One hour, 49 minutes. — Peter Canavese
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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 24, 2017 • Page 23 Book Talk SPY SECRETS REVEALED ... Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden will discuss A monthly section on local books and authors his new book “Spy Schools: Title Pages How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities” with journalist Angie Coiro on Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. “Spy School” examines how the world’s super powers have become knowledge-based economies and what secrets countries like the United States, China, Iran and more are desperate to keep secret. A pacifist’s SALES HELP REFUGEES ... Books Inc. in Palo Alto is donating 20 percent of its store sales made between 5 first-hand look p.m. and 8 p.m. on Nov. 30 to the nonprofit PRERNA, an all-volunteer organization focused on empowering refugee families from conflict- at ridden countries to become war independent and productive citizens. The organization Palo Alto author releases provides housing assistance, supplies, health care her father’s letters referrals, education support, employment counseling and home from WWI financial and legal aid. Books Elinor Aspegren Inc. is located at Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. For more Ben Hacker information, go to booksinc.net.
LITERARY HONORS ... Gunn High School grad Russell Palo Alto resident Constance Crawford has compiled letters written by her father Pvt. Ned Crawford nearly 100 years ago that chronicle his Rickford, now an associate experiences during World War I, including the days following the armistice in November 1918. professor at Cornell University, has won the Hooks National vt. Ned Crawford never as- student at Stanford University 15, dated Nov. 15, 1918 (four days contact from home,” she said. Book award for his book, pired to serve in the mili- during the 1940s who now lives after the armistice), exemplifies Constance’s own commentary “We are an African People: P tary or fight in a war. But at Palo Alto’s Channing House, this quality as he describes climb- on each letter attempts to aid the Independent Education, while working as a telephone said she first read the letters back ing a ruined tower and looking out reader in a further understanding. Black Power, and the Radical lineman and switchboard install- in 1980, after Marshall’s son, Ned over the Belgian countryside. His She notes, in her commentary of Imagination.” The award er, he unexpectedly found him- (named after Constance’s father), relaxation and joy show in that letter No. 15, that although Ned’s is given to an author of a self drafted into the U.S. Army loaned them to her. letter, she said. “ironic humor is in play,” he “ad- book that ìbest advances an and shipped overseas to fight in “I was just delighted that they “A massive tower has been mits, for the first and last time, World War I. existed,” Constance said. “I was shelled till it looks like a natural how frightened he was under understanding of the American He chronicled his experiences surprised at how funny they were. pinnacle in the mountains more fire.” She provides a translation civil rights movement and on the battlefield through letters My father had a good sense of hu- than a man-made affair,” Ned for his language, while still pro- its legacy, according to The home, mostly addressed to his mor but it was a quiet quirky sense writes. “It is still possible to go to viding commentary on her opin- Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for best friend and coworker, Bill of humor that I think was in the the very top — about 300 ft. and ion of her father’s writing. Social Change at the University Marshall, who had escaped the letters, which really delighted me.” from there is one of the grandest Particularly noteworthy is Con- of Memphis. Rickford’s book draft because of his age. After seeing his words scrawled views I ever saw. And peaceful. stance’s use of the present tense also won the Organization of Now nearly 100 years after the across page after page, Constance The little details of destruction in her commentary, as if both she American Historians Liberty war’s end, Crawford’s daughter, decided to compile her father’s are not so noticeable from that and the reader are with Ned in Legacy Foundation Award for Constance Crawford, has com- letters into a book for the fam- height and the country stretches France. She said that she wrote in the best book by a historian on piled those letters in the newly ily. As the years past, she began out like a green checkerboard, this style to mirror the feeling of the civil rights struggle from the released book, “My Dear People: thinking that others might enjoy surely as pretty a country as a the present. beginning of the nation to the The World War I Letters of Pri- reading about his experiences, and person could wish.” “When you’re holding a letter present. vate Ned Crawford.” put together “My Dear People,” Constance said, “The fact that that’s written on paper by a per- The collection of 30 letters de- which includes her commentary he would write about that person- son, the marks of ink are in the HOLIDAY STORY TIME ... tail — often in an intimate and as well as historical background al joyful moment about climbing present. The person is writing in Children ages 5 and younger humorous way — an account about his military outfit. up there for the fun of it ... I think the present. It’s a present happen- can celebrate the holidays of WWI through the eyes of a “The idea of writing about the release of that letter really ing,” she said. during a special story-time event 31-year-old pacifist who said he real feelings and writing about makes it my favorite.” Also noteworthy is the inclu- featuring readings from books only went to the war “because real events in people’s (lives) just Ned wrote 15 letters during the sion of a historical lens, written about Chanukkah, Christmas they’d put me in jail if I didn’t.” thrilled me,” she said. war and 15 after its end, when he by Christopher McManus. Despite his abhorrence, Con- Despite the positive, intelligent and his fellow soldiers shifted “I thought it would be good to and Kwanzaa at 11 a.m., on stance said her father’s letters have tone, Ned’s letters are honest: He from camp to camp, waiting to have the solid military history as- Sunday, Dec. 3, at Books Inc., a positive tone, encouraging his attempted to shatter the noble fa- be sent home. Despite the ap- pect of the book so that it’s not just 74 Town & Country Village, Palo “dear people” — which included çade of war for his readers, as if parent boredom, Ned keeps on the letters and my writing about Alto. The event also will include his coworkers and friends, as well he knew that others besides his writing. Constance attributes this my father but also about the histo- themed activities and snacks. as Marshall’s mother — to appreci- “dear people” would read his ac- perseverance to his desire “to get ry of his outfit,” Constance said. Q For more information, go to ate life’s beauty and comfort. counts, Constance said. letters back.” Elinor Aspegren is a former booksinc.net. Q Constance, a creative writing Constance’s favorite letter, No. “He was very hungry for editorial intern.
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Page 32 • November 24, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com PREP VOLLEYBALL Sports Gators Shorts advance IVY LEAGUE HONORS . . . Palo Alto’s Jack Anderson, who played and started nine of 10 football in NorCals games for Dartmouth at right SHP meets Carlmont guard and Menlo School grad Jack Heneghan, who became the third with a berth in the Dartmouth quarterback to throw state finals at stake for 2,000 yards in a season twice by Rick Chandler (2,136) while completing over 63 espite an 0-3 record percent of his passes (185-of-293) against its opponent and with 17 touchdowns and just six being down two mascots, interceptions, were both named All- D Sacred Heart Prep somehow made Ivy League honorable mention. the magic happen on Tuesday. It won its CIF state NorCal ALUMNI REPORT . . . Fresno Regional Division II Volleyball State clinched the Mountain semifinal over host and nemesis West Conference West Division Notre Dame-Belmont, 20-25, 25- championship Saturday with a 20, 25-23, 25-19, to grab a spot in 13-7 win in sub-freezing conditions the NorCal finals title game on at Wyoming. A couple of former Saturday at 6 p.m. at Carlmont. local prep stars have made big The top-seeded Scots beat contributions. Jordan Mims, a Granite Bay, 25-20, 25-21, 25-15. freshman running back from Menlo- “We had lost to them three Atherton, leads the team in rushing straight times, and we just made with 552 yards on 126 carries, up our minds that it wasn’t go- despite not starting the first six ing to happen again,” said Sacred games of the season. He’s averaged Athletics McKenney/Menlo Pam Heart senior Cate Desler, who led 4.4 yards per carry and scored five both teams with 33 kills. “We just touchdowns. KeeSean Johnson, a kept the feeling that, ‘Yes! All this junior wide receiver from Palo Alto hard work will pay off.” High, leads the team in receiving Now they’re hoping that having with 58 catches for 741 yards and played against, and losing to, Carl- six touchdowns . . . Another former mont early in the season will also prep standout at Menlo, Maddie pay dividends. Huber, is a senior co-captain on the Menlo receiver David Schmaier caught a 15-yard touchdown pass against Jefferson. The Scots won the CCS Divi- Princeton volleyball team. She had sion I title but was reseeded in the 19 digs playing libero Saturday in a NorCal Division II tournament. 3-0 playoff win over Yale that sends The Gators (28-8) would just the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament like a little enjoying their first win for the second consecutive year. M-A renews football rivalry over the Tigers since Notre Dame Menlo School hosts Scotts Valley in Division V game on Saturday joined the West Bay Athletic GETTING THEIR KICKS . . . The League two years ago. Stanford men’s soccer team by Glenn Reeves “We graduated most of our The Bracy twins have been First of all, it was Sacred Heart’s bested Pacific in a shootout, 4-1, n Nov. 25, 2016 Menlo- team and their whole team has a formidable 1-2 combination. defense that led the way. Despite to advance to thethird round of the Atherton registered its come back,’’ Menlo-Atherton Tariq, a running back being re- Desler’s kill output (junior team- NCAA tournament against visiting biggest win of the sea- coach Adhir Ravipati said. cruited by the likes of Notre Dame mate Ali Polverari was next with Coastal Carolina on Sunday at 5 p.m O son, a 17-0 victory over Milpitas Milpitas is 11-0 this season, and multiple Pac-12 schools, has 12), it was her team’s work at the . . . Jordan DiBiasi scored the only that gave the Bears the Central seeded No. 1 in the CCS Open rushed for 1,232 yards on just net that was another big factor. goal of the game with just over 10 Coast Section Open Division I Division I playoffs, and has abso- 130 carries with 17 touchdowns. Notre Dame won the first match minutes remaining to play to lift the championship. lutely manhandled and dominated Tyree, the team’s quarterback, 25-20, but then SHP completely top-ranked and top-seeded Cardinal One day shy of a year later M-A its schedule, outscoring 11 oppo- passes sparingly. He has com- flipped the script -- taking the next past visiting Florida State, 1-0, in the plays Milpitas again with its sea- nents 469-58. pleted 60 of 103 passes, but with three 25-20, 25-23 and 25-18. third round of the NCAA Women’s son on the line in a 7 p.m. CCS “They are extremely athletic 21 touchdowns. Over one-third This despite Notre Dame hav- Soccer Tournament on Sunday. semifinal matchup Friday at Mil- and extremely physical with a lot of his completions and over one- ing two mascots, both Tigers, who Stanford (21-1) hosts No. 3 seed pitas High. of guys playing since they were fifth of his attempts have gone for kept the home crowd in top form. Penn State (15-4-4) at 2 p.m. Friday But this time around. roles are sophomores together,’’ Ravipati in the quarterfinals. reversed. said. (continued on page 35) (continued on page 34) ON THE AIR STANFORD FOOTBALL Friday College men’s basketball: Gonzaga or Ohio State vs. Stanford, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Crunch time for Stanford College women’s soccer: Penn State at Stanford, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Cardinal will focus on the Irish with a bit of luck for the Huskies Networks by Rick Eymer Stadium. Of course, Stanford could Saturday hey won’t go so far as to wear have taken care of things and simply College football: Notre Dame at any combination of purple and beaten the Cougars when it had the Stanford, 5 p.m., ABC yellow under their Cardinal uni- chance. College women’s volleyball: T Stanford at California, 7 p.m., Pac-12 forms but Stanford football players are “There have been conversations about Networks in agreement over which way they’d that,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. Sunday like to see the Apple Cup play out. “We don’t need to keep secrets from College men’s basketball: Stanford Interestingly enough, the Cardinal each other; everybody will have their at PK80 Invitational, 10 a.m., ESPN2 will be together for the game, though phones and check them. I’m sure there
College men’s soccer: Coastal they might be a little distracted. Stan- will be an announcement or two dur- Feria/isiphotos.com Don Carolina at Stanford, 5 p.m., Pac-12 ford’s 5 p.m. nonconference game with ing the game. Still, what’s important for Networks visiting Notre Dame on Saturday is us is what’s happening on our field and scheduled to kick off at the same time hopefully that game goes the way we READ MORE ONLINE as the Washington State at Washington want it to but that’s not going to affect www.PASportsOnline.com contest. the way we play Notre Dame.” Should the Huskies win that game, The Irish (9-2) are ranked ninth in the For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, visit Stanford will play USC for the confer- Stanford senior cornerback Alameen Murphy records www.PASportsOnline.com ence title on Friday, Dec. 1 at Levi’s (continued on page 34) a tackle.
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But Sacred Heart went on a 5-1 Volleyball run early in the second period Stanford football (continued from page 33) and never trailed. Desler had five (continued from page 33) kills, three blocks and one ace in Sacred Heart, meanwhile, had the second. country, providing Stanford (8-3) none; its legendary Gator mascot And her domination carried the opportunity for another signa- didn’t show up. through the other two sets, as ture victory in hopes of attracting But they had Desler and Pulver- nearly every time Notre Dame a higher profile bowl game should ari, and that was enough. Desler is looked to pull away, Desler would the Cardinal get locked out of the part of the Gators’ Mount Rush- come through with an athletic Pac-12 title game appearance. more: four seniors (with Haley move to save the day. Besides, playing Notre Dame is Martella, Caroline Caruso and “I honestly think that us win- still a big deal, part of a tradition Celia Charlton) who, according to ning long rallies was a difference,” that dates to the Jan. 1, 1925 Rose head coach Ali Magner, have pro- said Desler, who is hoping to play Bowl game. The series was spo- vided the leadership to make this at Division III Tufts University radic in the first 63 years, when Athletics Shorin/Stanford Grant win possible. (Boston) next season. “When you the teams met four times between “Cate has been a flawless lead- win those, you don’t feel tired.” 1925-1988, and lop-sided. er,” Magner said. “We are peaking Sacred Heart fell behind 3-1 and The Irish won 17 of the first at the right time, and she’s a big 10-3 in the third set, but came back 23 meetings. Stanford didn’t part of that. to tie it at 20-all on Elena Radeff’s win back-to-back games until “I’m proud of all the players,” block, and pull away from there. 2009-10. Magner said. “These girls believe The Gators won it in the fourth “The last seven have been tight in each other and play for each set when, fittingly, a spike by games; hotly-contested,” Shaw Cameron Scarlett carried the ball on 11 consecutive plays to help other, and that showed tonight.” Polverari ricocheted off of a said. “They have been physical Stanford run out the clock against Cal. After two losses to the Tigers Notre Dame player’s hands and and unbelievably respectful on in the regular season and one in sailed into the Sacred Heart root- both sides.” in their hands.” gotten 11 in a row though.” the CCS Division IV playoffs, it ing section. Notre Dames is coming off a Ah yes, dynamic running backs, Scarlett said the Apple Cup looked like SHP was in for anoth- Sadly, their mascot was not 24-17 victory over Navy while like, say, Bryce Love. might be in the back of everyone’s er whuppin’ in this one -- Notre there to retrieve it. But for the Ga- Stanford beat California in the “Love is day-to-day,” Shaw mind but that the team is doing Dame shot to a 3-0 lead in the first tors, everything else was just about Big Game, 17-14. The Irish lost said. “It’s not as bad as it could be a good job of preparing for the period, and won that match. perfect. Q to Miami and Georgia and have but not as good as we’d like. If it’s Irish. beaten Michigan State and USC wise and if he’s ready, he’ll play.” “We’re hoping Washington (49-14). If he isn’t ready, Cameron Scar- pulls it out but we’re focused on “Size,” Shaw said about lett has suddenly become a better Notre Dame,” he said. “It’s a big City of Palo Alto what stands out about the Irish. alternative. His hard-nosed run- rivalry game, an end-of-the-year Architectural Review Board Regular Meeting “They’re big, physical, strong. It’s ning, getting the ball 11 straight game that we take seriously. It’s 250 Hamilton Avenue, Council Chambers hard to win the line of scrimmage times in the fourth quarter against been intense.” December 7, 2017 at 8:30am like we try to do every week. They Cal, allowed Stanford to run out Shaw also addressed safety Jus- don’t give up too many big plays. the final 7:25 of the contest. tin Reid being left off the list of Offensively, they can all run, can “I’ve grown a lot stronger and three finalists for the Joe Thorpe Action Items make big plays, break tackles. grown as a running back,” Scar- Award. Needless to say, he was They are all dynamic with the ball lett said. “I don’t think I’ve ever not happy about it. PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 180 Hamilton Avenue “In bold letters, it’s ridiculous, it’s disrespectful, it’s wrong,” he (17PLN-00171): Consideration of a Minor Architectural said. “Call it east coast bias, call it Review to Allow for Exterior Improvements to an Existing Stanford bias, whatever you want Hotel. The Proposed Changes Include: Replacing the to call it; it’s ridiculous. He’s one Ground Floor Store Fronts Along the Hamilton Avenue and of the best players in America. At Emerson Street Entries, Replacing the Existing Awning at the very least, one of the best play- the Emerson Street Entry, New Façade, Finishes on the ers at his position. Join our team! “Guy just played both safety First Floor and Part of the Second Floor, and Sidewalk positions, boundary corner, field Improvements. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from We’re looking for talented, corner, nickel and dime in one the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act highly-motivated and dynamic people game. It’s amazing,” Shaw said. (CEQA) per Guideline Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). “Everything he’s done this year Zoning District: CD-C(GF)(P) (Downtown Commercial). has been amazing. Tied for the lead in interceptions middle of For More Information Contact the Project Planner Samuel Embarcadero Media is an independent multimedia news organization with over 35 years of providing award-winning the year and the ball has stayed Gutierrez at [email protected]. away from him. Quarterbacks local news, community information and entertainment to the are smart. They’re going to throw PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 250 Hamilton Midpeninsula. away from him. He’s not going to get very many interceptions if he Avenue [17PLN-00169]: Consideration of a Tier 3 We currently have the following positions open Wireless Communication Facility Permit Application for doesn’t get the opportunities. But for talented and outgoing individuals: the level of play is awesome. the Deployment of Small Cell Wireless Communication • Assistant Editor Experienced journalist to serve as assistant to the “And to not be a finalist ... Equipment on Utility Poles in the Public Right of Way. This editor for print publications and websites. Guide and edit work of Minkah Fitzpatrick is phenom- Application Proposes 15 Small Cell Node Locations Within reporters and post news to digital platforms and social media. enal. He’s a great football player,” the Mid-Town, Palo Verde, St. Claire Gardens, and South • Digital Inside Sales Representative Prospect and sell to local Shaw said. “That being said, Jus- of Mid-Town neighborhoods. The Approximate Location businesses to help brand and promote their products or events using tin belongs in that group. I know our full-suite of digital solutions. he’s disappointed. He’s fine. He’ll of Each of the Nodes is Available Online at: http://www. • Advertising Sales/Production Admin Assist the sales and design go back out and play his heart out cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62257. teams in the production of online and print advertising. Tech savvy, like he always does. I had to men- Environmental Assessment: Pending. 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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Courtesy Eastside College Prep College Eastside Courtesy
The Eastside College Prep boys team advanced to the state meet in Division V.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY Menlo runner ready for state meet Eastside Prep boys, Menlo and Castilleja girls advance by Glenn Reeves loose, be ready.’’ Miranda will be joined by obert Miranda has a shot He’s taking a similar approach Knights’ teammate Kamran Mur- at winning a state Divi- toward declaring a major in ray, a freshman who has been im- Cate Desler Miles Conrad R sion IV cross country college. proving at a rapid rate all season. SHP VOLLEYBALL M-A FOOTBALL championship Saturday at Wood- “I have no idea,’’ he said. “You Palo Alto’s Henry Saul and ward Park in Fresno. could put down math or computer Sam Craig hope to complete a The senior outside hitter The senior threw for 345 That’s the way his coach sees it. science, but if you ask me again in solid season in boys Division I recorded double figures in yards and four touchdowns “Rob should be in the top three four years it might be something and Gunn’s Justin Chiao in boys kills and digs in each of the to help the Bears beat San along with Collin Ullrich of Lib- completely different.’’ Division II looks to finish strong. Gators first two CIF NorCal Benito, 37-21, in the first erty Ranch and Anthony Grover On the girls’ side, Gunn’s Joyce Division II victories over Del round of the Central Coast of JSerra,’’ Menlo coach Jorge Shea, who finished second at the Oro (15) and Nevada Union Section Open Division II foot- Chen said. “It’s going to be a CCS Division II and Woodside (18), giving her more than ball playoffs. Conrad com- showdown. It should be very in- resident Anna Mokkapati, who 600 kills on the season. pleted 14 of his 22 passes. teresting. All three ran without finished second at the CCS Di- competition at their section finals. vision IV championships, lead Honorable mention It could be literally neck to neck. a strong contingent that also in- Caroline Caruso Spencer Corona* Rob is very motivated. He will cludes Sacred Heart Prep’s Luci Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Menlo-Atherton football leave everything on that course.’’ Lambert in Division IV and Ely- Celia Charlton Troy Franklin Miranda, who has commit- sse Folkman of Kehillah Jewish Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Menlo-Atherton football ted to run in college at Yale, has in Division V. Ashley Dreyer Miller Geschke had a terrific senior season, win- Three local teams are also Menlo volleyball Menlo water polo ning every race he’s been entered headed to the state meet: the Chelsea Fan* Dillon Grady* in except for Mt. Sac, where he Menlo School girls, led by Char- Palo Alto volleyball Menlo football placed fourth. The Central Coast lotte Tomkinson and Kyra Pretre, Haley Martella David Schmaier Section 3,200-meter champion in in Division IV, Castilleja, with Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Menlo football track last spring, Miranda wants CCS Division V champion Tevah Stephanie Yu Walker Seymour to conclude his high school cross Gevelber, in girls Division V and Palo Alto golf Sacred Heart Prep water polo country career on a positive note. Eastside College Prep in boys Di- *Previous winner “I’ve just got to be ready to vision V. run my best race,’’ Miranda said. Woodside resident Isabelle Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com
“This is why you run, what you’ve Mark Foster Cairns will run with St. Francis in been working for all season.’’ girls Division IV and Bellarmine Alexis Nunez, Max Velazquez, Katie Aufricht, Amanda Foster, He said he doesn’t go into a race senior Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau, Jose Munoz, Cristopher Mans- Cameron Boom. with any particular strategy. who will be at Stanford next year, illa, Joshua Mendez and Erick Other Castilleja runners are “I just try to go in with an open Robert Miranda has a chance will be competitive in Division I. Hernandez. Lauren Traum, Angie Wang, Rio- mind and respond,’’ Miranda to finish near the top of the Eastside College Prep is com- Other Menlo runners are na Yoshida, Lia Spencer, Ananya said. “Let your body take over, be Division IV race. prised of Carlos anye Nunez, Marisa Castagna, Gabby Kogler, Ramkumar and Caroline Hallee. Q
happen.’’ Scotts Valley in the CCS Divi- Spence) who looks like a Division Prep football Ravipati listed his team’s keys to sion V semifinals on Saturday at I talent.’’ (continued from page 33) being successful: 1 p.m. Menlo returned much of its “We’ve got to limit the number Menlo (7-4), the No. 2 seed, de- team from last year and went into touchdowns. Jaw-dropping ratios. of explosive plays they make, force feated Jefferson 35-8 in the open- the season with lofty goals. Tuni Faletau Fifita, another Divi- them to go on long drives, We can’t ing round. Scotts Valley, the No. 6 “Going into this season I knew sion I recruit, is the top receiver have any mental mistakes. seed, upset No. 3 Soledad 24-17. this team could be great and had with 29 catches for 611 yards and “Offensively we’ve got to find Scotts Valley (7-4) beat Los a chance to be the best team in 10 TDs. a way to run the football, be able Altos 35-7 in its season opener Menlo history,’’ running back- “The Bracy brothers are an ab- to convert third downs and move and lost to Terra Nova 63-21 the defensive back Dillon Grady said solute load and Fifita is a heck of a the chains. following week before staying after the win over Jefferson. playmaker, Ravipati said. “It’s go- “And don’t give up any lost yards down in the southern part of the Menlo has advanced to a CCS ing to be a tall order. But our team or big plays on special teams. Win CCS the remainder of the season. championship game three times has gone through a lot of adversity the field-position battle.’’ The Falcons lost to Soledad 19-3 and lost each time -- to Carmel this year, learned a lot of lessons. Having tremendous size and during Mission Trail league play, in 2009, to Sacred Heart Prep We’re going to have to play well athleticism is nothing new for and finished behind Soledad in in 2012 and to Half Moon Bay to have a chance. But I feel we’re Milpitas. When the Trojans have the league standings, but evened last year. If the Knights can get battle tested.’’ fallen short in recent years it has the score last week in the CCS by Scotts Valley they will have a Nine of the 11 teams the Bears often been the result of a lack of playoffs behind running back chance to realize their goal and have played this season advanced discipline. Anthony Locatelli, who scored win the first CCS football title in to the CCS playoffs. “We haven’t been a very dis- the winning touchdown in the fi- school history against the winner M-A (7-4), the No. 5 seed, won ciplined football team this year, nal minute. of the Gilroy-Hillsdale semifinal. at No. 4 San Benito in the opening either,’’ Ravipati said. “The more “They don’t make many mis- “It’s definitely been on their round, 37-21. Milpitas beat No. 8 disciplined team in the fourth takes, are very efficient in all three minds,’’ Newton said. “This se- Bob Dahlberg Bellarmine 35-7. quarter will probably win.’’ facets of the game,’’ Menlo coach nior group has the goal of getting “They are such an explosive Mark Newton said. “They have a back there. We have a lot of play- football team,’’ Ravipati said. Division V solid offensive and defensive line off experience. But this time of “They rack up points in a hurry. Menlo School, on a quest to that gets off the ball quickly. They year it’s a real game of attrition. Spencer Corona hopes to kickoff They are a big play waiting to make program history, will host have a tight end (6-foot-6 Carson Everybody is banged up.” Q a victory on Friday night.
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