Head to Stanford Migraine? Express Care When a severe headache, cut, sprain, fever, or flu needs quick attention but not in the Emergency Department, call Stanford Express Care.

Express Care doctors, nurses, and physician assistants treat children (over 6 months) and adults by same-day appointment.

After your visit, our doctors update your doctor and share recommendations for follow-up care. Don’t have a local doctor? We can help you find one.

Express Care accepts most insurance and is billed as a primary care, not emergency care, appointment.

Express Care is open Monday–Sunday, 9:00am–9:00pm:

Palo Alto San Jose Hoover Pavilion River View Apartment Homes 211 Quarry Road, Suite 102 52 Skytop Street, Suite 10 stanfordhealthcare.org/expresscare Palo Alto, CA 94304 San Jose, CA 95134 tel: 650.736.5211 tel: 669.294.8888 Page 2 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com TAX SEMINAR IMPACT OF TAX REFORM ON LOCAL REAL ESTATE

Oshman Family JCC 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

Saturday, January 6th, 2018 5:00 2M - 7:00 PM

Please join DeLeon Realty at our Real Estate Tax Seminar to learn about how Trump’s tax plan could impact the local market as well as other important real estate tax issues.

Gain insight from Michael Repka, the managing broker and general counsel of DeLeon Realty. Michael holds a degree in finance, a law degree, and a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Taxation from NYU School of Law. Also, hear the latest market updates from founder Ken DeLeon, the most successful real estate broker in Silicon Valley and former economics professor.

Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please visit deleonrealty.com

®

[email protected] 650.543.8500

CalBRE Seminar is for prospective clients only. #01903224 No outside real estate professionals permitted.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 3 1 in 10 people in Silicon Valley receives food provided by Second Harvest.

DONATE TODAY SHFB.ORG | 866-234-3663

SPONSORED BY

Page 4 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis

A bicyclist rides down Loma Verde Avenue Weber Veronica past the newly constructed concrete islands at the intersection of Ross Road, where the city narrowed the street as part of an effort to calm traffic.

The year in words As we took a look back at 2017: Palo Alto’s pivotal year 2017, several words jumped out in our coverage that sum Big accomplishments, looming challenges mark the year at City Hall up the year in Palo Alto. We’ve scattered them — along with by Gennady Sheyner their particular “Palo Alto” oss Road residents know the projects in the city’s 2012 bike swearing in of two new council million square feet of academic definitions — throughout this all too well that change, master plan, is just one example members — former planning space and 3,000 housing units by week’s publication. R however well-intentioned, of this pivot from the abstract to commissioners Adrian Fine and 2035. can be a jarring experience. the tangible. The Palo Alto Trans- Greg Tanaka — and one incum- Palo Alto’s traffic problems, In the fall, as the city kicked off portation Management Authority, bent, Liz Kniss, the newly estab- critics say, will not be solved by BEAUTY CONTEST | byü- its long-planned redesign of Ross which the council formed in 2015 lished pro-development majority new developments and city-de- Wď?NκQ WHVW_ n. 1. Palo and other busy streets in the Mid- to help discourage driving solo, stripped all policies out of the signed “road diets.” Many remain Alto's short-lived idea town area, residents woke up in a began to see promising results Comprehensive Plan that would unconvinced by the council’s new WRWUHDWSURSRVHGRIÀFH strange new world of roundabouts, and increased investment from have spelled out how the city reliance on “transportation de- developments like "Star traffic islands and speed humps. the city. New parking-permit pro- would implement the vision. The mand management” strategies — Search" contestants. Some welcomed the changes, grams sprung up in the Evergreen decision was ultimately reversed which incentivize commuters to which are part of an $8.6 million Park and Southgate neighbor- after a community backlash, but switch from cars to other modes COMPREHENSIVE PLAN \ bike-and-pedestrian project that hoods to offer long-sought relief it was only one of a series of tense — to really curb traffic. For them, NlPSUL·KHQ W VLYSODQ?_ the City Council approved in the to residents from perpetually 5-4 votes over issues ranging from projects that offer less parking summer. Many others found them parked-up blocks. The city’s years a downtown cap for commercial that is normally required — such n. 3DOR$OWR·VRIÀFLDO confusing, hazardous and, above long push to save Buena Vista construction to “community indi- as the “car-light” 60-apartment land-use bible. 2. A book all, shocking. Mobile Home Park from redevel- cators” that would track impacts development proposed for the that everyone cites but no Like many of her neighbors, opment concluded on a victorious of new projects. But in the end, busy corner of El Camino Real one reads. Alison Cormack said she was note in May, when the El Camino a year that began with vitriolic and Page Mill Road — will not unaware that the “traffic calm- Real mobile-home park was offi- accusations flying between the actually result in fewer drivers; CAR LIGHT NlUOĦW_ ing” project involved narrowing cially purchased by the Housing council’s two factions concluded they will just lead more people to adj. 1. Housing built with the road and putting bicyclists in Authority of Santa Clara County. with hard-fought consensus and a park their cars in other areas. expectation that residents the same lanes as cars, shoulder And after a prolonged period of Champagne toast in the Council Similarly, some decried the won't own cars. Ever. 2. to shoulder with oncoming traffic. stagnation on housing production, Chambers in November, when the city’s September decision to loos- Strategy to bypass the need “I have since learned it’s a great the council approved a develop- council finally approved the plan. en its cap on office development to include parking and a idea, but when a bulb-out shows up ment with 50 apartments at the For some Palo Altans, the chang- — which now no longer includes rebuttle to allegations that unannounced in front of your house, former site of Mike’s Bikes, also es are too big and coming too soon a “beauty contest” and which it doesn’t seem that way,” she said. on El Camino. and too fast. In January, the council now allows developers to carry development will increase The dramatic changes on Ross Yet even in this year of action, discussed a citizen survey indicat- over “unused” square footage to WUDIÀF Road and the divergent reactions the council’s most significant ing growing angst about traffic future years — and opposed the PENSION _ ?SHQ6+κQ?_Q to them epitomized in many ways achievement in 2017 came on the congestion, housing costs and the city’s moves to encourage more ,QVDQHÀQDQFLDOOLDELOLW\ 2017 in Palo Alto, a year in which planning front. In November, the city’s overall “quality of life.” These accessory-dwelling (or “granny”) that keeps Palo Alto leaders the council made giant strides on council finally adopted an updat- themes would emerge throughout units and to promote market-rate some of its most pressing priori- ed Comprehensive Plan, a land- the year during public hearings on residential development (below- up at night —estimated this ties and began to pivot from plans use vision document that was everything from “grade separation” market-rate housing, by contrast, year to be upwards of $1 to action — drawing mixed reac- more than a decade in the making on the rail tracks (an expensive proj- remains relatively popular). billion owed to current and tions for its efforts. and that sets the stage for future ect that aims to, among other things, But it was the housing advocates former city retirees that the The new network of bike- zoning revisions and development address increased traffic at grade who had the most to celebrate in city has no way to pay right friendly routes in Midtown, decisions. But getting there wasn’t crossings) to Stanford University’s now. which comprises about half of a smooth ride. Just weeks after the application to build more than 2 (continued on page 11)

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 5 Upfront

450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 YEAR IN REVIEW: VIOLATIONS (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson (223-6505) Code enforcement crackdowns, other showdowns EDITORIAL Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) by Gennady Sheyner Associate Editor Linda Taaffe (223-6511) Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6516) ome rules are made to be broken — Fair Political Practices Commission — rules in Palo Alto, where developers clashed with Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane (223-6517) at least according to those who break are necessary to promote political transpar- watchdogs over fine print and where three Home & Real Estate Editor them. For those who enforce them — ency, prevent traffic calamities, protect neigh- council members struggled to comply with Elizabeth Lorenz (223-6534) S Assistant Sports Editor Glenn Reeves (223-6521) whether they be Palo Alto’s code-enforcement borhoods and protect retail. campaign laws. Here are five violations that Spectrum Editor Renee Batti (223-6528) officers or investigators from the California In 2017, code enforcers found plenty to do made the headlines in 2017. Express & Digital Editor Jamey Padojino (223-6524) 1. RV CRACKDOWN — The law the city’s decision to go after Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Elena is simple: You are not allowed to businesses and nonprofit groups that Kadvany (223-6519), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) park in the same spot for more than rented space at First Baptist Church Staff Photographer/Videographer Veronica Weber (223-6520) 72 consecutive hours. For people in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood in Editorial Intern Fiona Kelliher who lived in vans and RVs along violation of the property's residential Contributors Chrissi Angeles, Dale F. Bentson, El Camino Real, north of Stanford zoning. The first victim of the city’s Mike Berry, Carol Blitzer, Peter Canavese, Avenue, Palo Alto's decision to start enforcement was the New Mozart Yoshi Kato, Chris Kenrick, Jack McKinnon, Alissa Merksamer, Sheryl Nonnenberg, Kaila Prins, enforcing the law this year created School of Music, which was given Ruth Schechter, Jeanie K. Smith, Jay Thorwaldson a complex dilemma. Some RV an eviction notice, prompting its ADVERTISING residents had been priced out of owners to find a new location. Later, Vice President Sales & Marketing the region’s housing market; others as the city prepared to go after other Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) chose it as a lifestyle. But after tenants — including clinicians and Multimedia Advertising Sales receiving complaints from nearby Adam Carter (223-6573), Elaine Clark (223-6572), mental health service providers — Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571), V.K. Moudgalya neighbors, police began issuing officials decided to tap the brakes (223-6586), Caitlin Wolf (223-6508) Veronica Weber Veronica parking warnings and citations. Some and look for ways to accommodate Real Estate Advertising Sales RV residents moved to other towns, the tenants while addressing the Neal Fine (223-6583), Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) including East Palo Alto, where concerns of the church’s neighbors Legal Advertising Alicia Santillan (223-6578) officials said they want a solution to about traffic and noise. help their own residents who live in Lead Code Enforcement Officer James Stephens takes a photo of ADVERTISING SERVICES 3. DARK MONEY — Palo Alto Advertising Services Lead Blanca Yoc (223-6596) RVs, and they don’t want to absorb illegal dumping outside a multi-unit housing complex during a city lawmakers rarely find themselves Sales & Production Coordinators Diane Martin RVs from other communities. Others, under investigation for breaking the crackdown on code violations. (223-6584), Toni Villa (223-6582) who didn’t heed the warnings, law, but this year was an exception, her contributions from developers until question that they sparred over DESIGN learned in the fall that the city meant with three council members facing well after the November 2016 election, was whether the city can legally Design & Production Manager business when police began to Kristin Brown (223-6562) probes from the Fair Political Practices appears to be a more complicated continue to fine Sand Hill for its failure tow the vehicles — an action that Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Paul Llewellyn Commission. The complaints against affair. It began in March and remains to continuously operate a grocery for many epitomized the growing Designers Rosanna Kuruppu, Talia Nakhjiri, Adrian Fine (who failed to include an ID ongoing as the year comes to a close. store at the recently redeveloped challenge of living in Palo Alto for Doug Young number on a mailer) and Greg Tanaka Edgewood Plaza. That was just anyone with limited means. 4. ON EDGEWOOD — The legal EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES one of a series of Palo Alto conflicts (who did not disclose the occupations tussle between the city of Palo Alto Online Operations Coordinator 2. CHURCH VS. STATE — Not all that revolved around zoning-code Kevin Legarda (223-6597) of several developers who contributed and developer Sand Hill property code-enforcement crackdowns definitions. Earlier in the year, to his campaign) were resolved fairly company went back and forth this BUSINESS proved equally popular. In August, residents were upset to see retail- quickly, with Fine getting a warning year, with an administrative judge Payroll & Benefits Zach Allen (223-6544) a group of residents that included zoned sites being converted to Business Associates Cherie Chen (223-6543), and Tanaka paying a $733 fine. The siding with the city in April and a legendary San Francisco 49ers Suzanne Ogawa (223-6541) probe against Vice Mayor Liz Kniss, Superior Court judge favoring the quarterback Steve Young, criticized (continued on page 16) ADMINISTRATION who allegedly failed to report most of developer in December. The big Courier Ruben Espinoza EMBARCADERO MEDIA YEAR IN REVIEW: CRIME President William S. Johnson (223-6505) Vice President Michael I. Naar (223-6540) Vice President & CFO Peter Beller (223-6545) was facing a three-strike case “for an attempt to force them to move Vice President Sales & Marketing singing on a video,” the prosecutor from their rent-controlled units so Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) Odds and ends said, “(His) singing isn’t that bad ... he could collect higher rent from Director, Information Technology & Webmaster (it’s) what he had in his hand.” —a new tenants. Frank A. Bravo (223-6551) A look back at the year’s weirdest crime (and Marketing & Creative Director abandoned reptile) stories firearm, which is a parole violation. Shannon Corey (223-6560) CAUGHT IN THE ACT — A man Major Accounts Sales Manager rom a brawl over an eaten doughnut to the woman who de- STOP FOR GAS, LOSE YOUR CAR who exposed himself to a woman Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571) — In a brazen carjacking, a man in Palo Alto’s Evergreen Park Director, Circulation & Mailing Services cided to join her dog in biting a would-be robber, Palo Alto Tatjana Pitts (223-6557) stole a pickup truck at a Palo Alto neighborhood on Feb. 27 didn’t F had its fair share of odd, head-shaking stories that made the Circulation Assistant Alicia Santillan headlines in 2017. gas station near Edgewood Plaza flee quickly enough to prevent her Computer System Associates Ryan Dowd, With the year coming to an end, here’s a look back at some of Shopping Center on July 9 as the from taking a photo of him fondling Chris Planessi owner was pumping gas. Police himself with his pants down to his The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) is published every them: Friday by Embarcadero Media, 450 Cambridge Ave., Palo discovered a gas nozzle and hose thighs. Alto, CA 94306, (650) 326-8210. Periodicals postage paid at about a mile down the road that Palo Alto, CA and additional mailing offices. Adjudicated a DOUGHNUT SCUFFLE — Two men and the dog began biting his legs. newspaper of general circulation for Santa Clara County. got into an argument with 7-Eleven ripped out of the pump as he drove COFFEE FOR A COP — A Menlo The Palo Alto Weekly is delivered free to homes in Palo away. Park man allegedly threw a cup Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, clerks on Feb. 15 after they refused ADOPT A SNAKE — A Santa Clara to faculty and staff households on the Stanford campus of hot coffee on a Palo Alto traffic and to portions of Los Altos Hills. If you are not currently to pay for a doughnut they removed Valley Transportation Authority CARBURETOR ATTACK — A Palo enforcement officer after being receiving the paper, you may request free delivery by and ate from the pastry case. After bus in Palo Alto had to make calling 326-8210. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Alto man upset that he had been issued a citation on the 600 block Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302. ©2016 the clerks tried to prevent the men an emergency stop and clear by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Reproduction given the wrong car part was of Alma Street on Sept. 25. The from leaving the store, one of them passengers near Town & Country without permission is strictly prohibited. The Palo Alto arrested on Feb. 12 after a dust- officer, who was not injured, then Weekly is available on the Internet via Palo Alto Online at: smashed the glass entrance door, Village after a 1- to 2-foot-long www.PaloAltoOnline.com up at an O’Reilly Auto Parts in cited the man for battery on a and the other punched a clerk in young ball python was found curled Our email addresses are: [email protected], Mountain View, where he allegedly peace officer. [email protected], [email protected], the face. The men were arrested for up on one of the seats on Sep. 27. attacked another customer with a [email protected] strong-arm robbery and conspiracy The slithery creature was removed Missed delivery or start/stop your paper? carburetor cover and attempted to — In an to commit a crime. from the bus by a Palo Alto Animal A BRAZEN ESCAPE Call 650 223-6557, or email [email protected]. punch an employee before leaving elaborate scheme, two handcuffed You may also subscribe online at Services animal control officer and www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Subscriptions are $60/yr. the store and striking a car on and shackled inmates evaded a CRIME-FIGHTING WOMAN, put up for adoption a month later. DOG —A man got more than he the way out. He was arrested for deputy in the halls of the Palo Alto assault with a deadly weapon, hit courthouse and escaped in an bargained for on Feb. 19 after he MUSIC VIDEO FELONY — A and run, and resisting arrest. awaiting getaway car that drove grabbed a woman around the neck 27-year-old East Palo Alto man them to a U-Haul near Oregon and threw her to the ground in an found himself facing a third-strike Become a — Expressway that they used to flee the attempt to steal a cellphone out felony conviction in October after RENT-CONTROL VANDALISM Paid Subscriber for as low The landlord of an East Palo Alto area on Nov. 6. Both were captured of her pocket while she walked police spotted him singing, dancing as $5 per month apartment building pleaded no separately three weeks later. her small dog in Pardee Park. The and pointing firearms at the camera Sign up online at contest to felony vandalism on Feb. woman and her dog fought back: during a rap music video posted on —Palo Alto Weekly staff www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ 8 for damaging his tenants’ cars in She bit down on the man’s hand, YouTube. When he asked why he reports user/subscribe

Page 6 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront

<($5,15(9,(:('8&$7,21 A turbulent year School district looks to restore morale, move needle on critical issues in 2018

by Elena Kadvany served as Title IX coordinator), his year was a tumultuous special-education director (Chi- one for the Palo Alto Uni- ara Perry), equity coordinator Tfied School District. In June, (Martha Castellon) and student then-superintendent Max McGee services officer (Brenda Carrillo) announced he would retire in all left in 2017. one year, but within months re- At the schools, Gunn High Prin- signed under mounting pressure cipal Denise Herrmann left for a from the Board of Education and job in another district, Ohlone El- community members, leaving the ementary Principal Nicki Smith

school board to appoint a district retired, Jordan Middle principal Weber Veronica newcomer as interim superin- Katie Kinnaman resigned, and tendent. An alleged on-campus Terman Middle Principal Pier sexual assault roiled the commu- Angeli La Place requested reas- nity in May, leading to personnel signment within the district. changes and a stinging report on New hires are filling some of VDZILUVWWKHUHWLUHPHQWWKHQUHVLJQDWLRQRI6XSHULQWHQGHQW0D[0F*HHSLFWXUHGDERYHZLWKWKH the district’s continued failure to the district’s most critical and VFKRROERDUGDQGVWXGHQWUHSUHVHQWDWLYHV adhere to federal and state laws as scrutinized positions: Karen Hen- well as its own policies. And an dricks, who was brought on as the efforts to right years of compli- for several years. The month be- unions have since agreed to re- avoidable budget error came with new human-resources head in ance lapses, particularly with fed- fore the Paly case was reported open negotiations over a pending not only a big financial cost — $6 July, was quickly named interim eral law Title IX, which prohibits publicly, the school board signed 1 percent bonus that could cost million in unbudgeted pay raises superintendent; Lana Conaway, discrimination on the basis of a resolution agreement with the the district an additional $1.5 — but also a relational cost with the district’s new assistant super- sex, including sexual harassment U.S. Department of Education’s million if not canceled. (Under the district’s employee unions. intendent of strategic initiatives and violence, at schools. Office for Civil Rights, agreeing the contract, if the actual prop- As the district enters 2018, and operations, also oversees spe- Title IX arguably became a to a series of corrective actions erty tax received for the 2017-18 it’s still in transition, working cial education, an area in which household term in the school for the district’s past Title IX school year is greater than bud- to move the needle on critical parents have pushed to reform for community this year. News re- violations — violations that reap- geted for by 1.5 percent or more, a issues and restore morale while years; and Keith Wheeler, the dis- ports in May that a male Palo Alto peared in the Paly case. 1 percent automatic bonus will be the school board focuses on trict’s new equity coordinator, is High School junior accused of an The community’s uproar has increased to 2 percent.) The dis- what trustees say is their single expected to help the district make on-campus sexual assault — and resulted in a heightened focus on trict is projecting a $3.5 million most important job: hiring a new long-overdue progress on closing previously convicted in juvenile accountability, much like what is budget deficit this year. superintendent. its achievement gap. court for a separate, off-campus happening at the national level in sexual assault — had remained response to high-profile cases of Progress made High turnover Title IX scrutiny on campus for months, sparked sexual misconduct. A new online While the district faced its McGee’s position wasn’t the A key, new position also was intense indignation and concern system is tracking an unprec- share of struggles, it also resolved only one to become vacant this filled this year: full-time Title IX among students and parents. They edented number of reports of po- several hot-button issues. After year; in fact, it followed a wave coordinator, whose sole respon- poured into school board meet- tential discrimination, and a su- months of community input, the of turnover, with mid-year depar- sibility is to oversee civil-rights ings to question district staff and perintendent’s task force, formed district agreed to rename Jordan tures and end-of-year retirements compliance across the district. In demand the resignations of Mc- this fall, is working to effect and Terman middle schools due by key staff. At the district level, October, the district hired Megan Gee and Paly administrators who change through education, com- to their namesakes’ promotion of the assistant superintendent for Farrell, a consultant with experi- had been involved in the case. pliance and prevention programs. human resources (Scott Bowers), ence in law, higher education and The case was compounded by “We acknowledge we are in (continued on page 16) associate superintendent (Markus federal anti-discrimination law the fact that the district had been a new era,” Trustee Terry God- Autrey), chief student services Title IX. under federal investigation for frey said during a Dec. 14 board officer (Holly Wade, who also Her hiring reflects the district’s its handling of sexual violence Policy Review Committee discus- MISUNDERSTANDING \ sion of the district’s complaint PLVϑQGϑU VWDQGL1*?Q procedures. 1. A failure to understand Board members weigh in on school issues that something correctly. saw the most, least progress in 2017 Contract ‘misunderstanding’ 2. The term Palo Alto school district leadership used The Weekly asked each member of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education which issues the district Another issue that will carry made the most progress on in 2017 and which they were disappointed to see there wasn’t more progress made. over into 2018 is the contractual to describe their failure Responses were edited for length. Read their full answers at PaloAltoOnline.com. error made by district staff last to adhere to a contractual Issues that made the most Issues that had the most spring that resulted in unbudget- deadline to reopen salary significant progress disappointing progress ed pay raises. negotiations with employee As the Weekly first reported unions, an error that cost Melissa Baten Caswell New curricular programs, recognition Support of under-served populations; attention in September, senior leadership about the importance of educational to detail in operational implementations, particu- failed to formally notify teach- the district $4.4 million equity larly in the areas of student safety and welfare ers and employee unions that the in unbudgeted raises, plus district planned to exercise its op- another potential $1.5 tion to reopen negotiations, as re- million for bonuses. Todd Collins Changing the culture and practices on Becoming better managers, including using data quired by the contracts, with the dealing with sexual harassment and to drive goals and processes intent of canceling a 3 percent TITLE IX ? WĦWϔO HNV?Q assault raise this year. While McGee and the unions 1. Federal law that prohibits Ken Dauber Transparency and accountability, in- Reducing excessive homework loads and test and sought to downplay the issue by discrimination on the basis cluding investigation and discussion of project stacking to avoid work pileups for second- describing it as a “misunder- of sex, including sexual sexual misconduct ary students standing” due to “confusion” harassment and assault, in over the terms of the union con- schools and colleges. Jennifer DiBrienza District compliance with state and fed- Investment in broader student health and success; tracts, board members saw it as a eral law, including for discrimination building safeguards against mindless march to- serious, “self-inflicted” manage- 2. Government jargon that complaints, special education and pub- ward “doing school” ment failure. became a household term lic records requests The mistake cost the district in Palo Alto following — which was already in conser- reports of sexual violence at Terry Godfrey Confronting shortcomings in respond- Supporting students who receive special educa- vation mode after staff underes- Palo Alto High School this ing to sexual misconduct and resolving tion services timated property-tax projections to change culture and practices last summer — $4.4 million. The spring.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 7 Upfront YEAR IN REVIEW: COMMUNITY Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ...The council has no meetings scheduled for this week.

CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week City Council The council did not meet this week. Online This Week

Michelle Le These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto Online.com/news.

Tony Montooth, owner of Antonio’s Nut House, pours his personal margarita mix at the bar. The future of the longtime California Avenue dive bar has been in limbo since Montooth’s death in May. Moving truck causes gas leak A truck broke a utility box and damaged a gas line at Everett Avenue and Kipling Street, affecting service for eight residences and causing police to block off traffic in the area. What happened to...? (Posted Dec. 28, 1:27 p.m.) Updates on a megahouse, a murder case, Palo Alto’s last dive bar and more City looks at drones for blood deliveries Blood-carrying drones may soon make their debut in Palo Alto by Sue Dremann skies under a program that city and Stanford University officials are hoping to launch in 2018. (Posted Dec. 28, 8:26 a.m.) ews cycles come and go, would become an Airbnb hotel, neighbors and church tenants briefly bringing issues and a “hacker hostel,” a conference about the application, which will Cambridge development meets opposition Ndisputes to the public’s at- center or an assisted-living facil- be used when the city makes a Local businesses owners and residents worried about changing tention. Some situations are later ity, bringing traffic, parking and tentative decision on the appli- the nature of the California Avenue Business District spoke out resolved out of the limelight, noise to the quiet neighborhood cation. The petition is subject to against a new three-story retail-office development proposed for while others remain or evolve. of single-family homes off of public review. 380-410 Cambridge Ave. during the Dec. 21 meeting of the Ar- Before 2017 concludes, we want- Embarcadero Road. “We are also granting exten- chitectural Review Board. (Posted Dec. 27, 2:06 p.m.) ed to give our readers closure on Property owner Fr. Bishoy sions to some of the tenants, al- at least some of the news that William, a former surgeon and lowing them to stay while the Alleged gang member arraigned for shooting grabbed our attention this year. priest at Archangel Michael & CUP process is completed. All An East Palo Alto man faces felony charges that could put him Saint Mercurius Coptic Ortho- extensions are subject to condi- behind bars for decades after he allegedly shot into an occupied Harassed by bounty hunters dox Church in Redwood City, tions designed to minimize im- car, but missed striking the driver, the San Mateo County District As fears and rumors spread asserted that only his family and pacts on surrounding residents, Attorney’s Office said. (Posted Dec. 28, 9:47 a.m.) like wildfire in March about U.S. visiting relatives would use the and we appreciate the patience of Immigration and Customs En- large home. But neighbors were all involved as we work to address Man pleads ‘no contest’ to robbery spree forcement (ICE) agents looking unpersuaded. this issue. We are also working A 25-year-old Oakland man charged in nine robberies commit- for undocumented immigrants in When he submitted modified on putting together a web page to ted in a single day, including one each in East Palo Alto and Menlo East Palo Alto, a family of U.S. plans in February reducing the provide updated information as it Park, pleaded no contest on Friday. (Posted Dec. 27, 9:53 a.m.) citizens who are Latino were number of bedrooms to six and becomes available,” Keith said. City settles discrimination complaint awakened by bangs on their door. bathrooms to eight full- and four Without admitting any wrongdoing, the city has agreed to a Laura Saldana and Juan Pinto, half-baths, about 50 residents sent A pet clinic closure? $47,495 settlement with Sarah Syed, a former transportation plan- their children and parents were a petition to city planners object- The doors of the city’s popu- ner who alleged that she was the victim of sex discrimination and confronted by bounty hunters ing to the megahome. lar 44-year-old spay and neuter searching for a distant relative According to the Palo Alto clinic remain shuttered. The city retaliation for whistleblowing. (Posted Dec. 26, 11:14 a.m.) of Pinto’s who had skipped bail planning department, the ap- abruptly announced a temporary at an immigration hearing in the plication for the megahome was closure in late October, saying at early morning hours. The family withdrawn on April 26. No other the time the closure was due to Since then, the California Ave- As for its long-term future, believed the men were working plans for the residence have since a staffing shortage as the shelter nue bar has continued to serve its that’s still in the hands of lawyers with ICE agents, and Pinto cap- been submitted. goes through an operations tran- customers in its usual style. But working on Montooth’s estate, tured the first encounter on video. sition to Redwood City-based there are some changes, longtime she said. The family did not know the Evictions from a church Pets in Need. Meanwhile, the bartender Kelley Gorman said. relative’s whereabouts and said Responding to neighborhood city is referring pet-owners need- Citing a conditional-use per- A murder in Greenmeadow so, but the men harassed them re- complaints regarding traffic and ing the surgical services to other mit issued to Montooth in 2004, The sister-in-law charged in peatedly, demanding to see their parking at First Baptist Church of organizations. The city has said it the city began making Antonio’s a Palo Alto woman’s grisly ho- documents and questioning them Palo Alto, the city of Palo Alto plans to return to full operations keep alcoholic beverages inside micide is still in Santa Clara about their immigration status. earlier this year planned to evict after the transition is completed. the building only. Antonio’s County jail with her case grind- By the third time the men came multiple nonprofits and business- “Negotiations with Pets in house s a taqueria that has tables ing through the judicial process. to the house, East Palo Alto police es that were leasing space as inap- Need to operate the Animal Shel- outside, but Gorman said the city Jingyan Jin, 42, pleaded not got involved and told the bounty propriate uses for the property, in ter is proceeding; city staff hope is enforcing the alcohol rule even guilty in May to a murder charge hunters they would be arrested if violation of city zoning. to have a contract before the City when people are eating outside. in the death of Jenny Shi, whose they bothered the family again. In mid-November, the city re- Council in the first quarter of the Montooth’s son Jess was plan- stabbed body was found in her Pinto said all has been quiet ceived an application from First 2018,” city spokeswoman Claudia ning on taking over the opera- Greenmeadow neighborhood since the police intervened. Baptist for a Conditional Use Keith said in an email. tions, but he has now left. The home on July 7, 2016. Jin has Permit (CUP) that would, if ap- bar is currently being operated been scheduled multiple times Big house, big complaints proved, allow some of the tenants The future of the Nut House by Montooth’s widow, Aloha, for a preliminary examination, Plans for an 11-bedroom, 14- to continue their leases as part of The May death of Tony Mon- and managed by Gorman. Gor- which would present evidence bath home that would replace a a “community center,” city Chief tooth, the owner of Palo Alto’s man said they hope to freshen to determine if she should stand one-story home at 1710 Newell Communications Officer Claudia last dive bar, left many patrons up the bar with new flooring and trial. But the hearing has been Road faced stiff opposition from Keith stated in an email. wondering what might happen to perhaps some paint, but other- postponed in part because her neighbors earlier this year. The city is in the process of beloved watering hole Antonio's wise the bar will remain true to Neighbors feared the home getting input from the church, Nut House. its dive-bar roots. (continued on page 10)

Page 8 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Juliana Lee Education Foundation OUR MISSION The Juliana Lee Education Foundation was created to support local schools and believes education has the power to expand opportunities and transform lives. We hope to inspire others to get involved and support our communities.

Since 2013, the Foundation has provided grants to the following programs / projects • Barron Elementary School • Palo Alto Art Center Foundation • EPAK (East Palo Alto Kids Foundation) • Palo Alto Chinese School • Gunn Foundation • Palo Alto High School PTA • Gunn High School • Palo Alto Partners in Education (PIE) • Hoover Elementary School • Palo Verde Elementary School • Hoover Elementry School PTA • PALY • JLS Middle School • Rotary Club • New Hope Chinese Cancer Care Foundation • Terman Middle School PTA • Ohlone Elementry School PTA • Tzu Chi Foundation

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP AND MAKE A DONATION Please make checks payable to: Juliana Lee Foundation Send to: Juliana Lee Foundation - 505 Hamilton Ave, Ste 100, Palo Alto, CA 94301 For more information please email: [email protected] TOGETHER, WE PROSPER.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 9 Upfront

YEAR IN REVIEW: CITY

master plan acknowledged Proposition 64 in November 2016, a requirement that these robots Wild cards of the year pickleball as the next big thing paving the way for legal pot, be monitored at all times by their and pledged to find new pickleball council members agreed that they human overlords. The pilot program hile Palo Alto’s housing and traffic challenges dominated courts. In November the council don’t want legalized pot on their will expire at the end of 2018. City Hall chatter in 2017, Palo Alto’s elected leaders still passed a special City Council streets. To that end, they adopted found time to deal with a range of cool-button issues. In- resolution in honor of pickleball. a permanent ban on pot shops W 5. THE TESLA OF TRASH — More importantly for fans of the (replacing the temporary one that spired by community activists and emerging trends, here are five of Nothing screams “This is so Palo sport, the city is now preparing preceded it) and agreed that Palo the most surprising efforts that the city undertook this year: Alto!” like an all-electric garbage to convert tennis courts at Alto would be better off letting 1. IDLING — If idle hands are (with various exceptions for traffic truck. The colossal vehicle made Mitchell Park for pickleball use, cities like Mountain View and the devil’s playground, idle cars signals, medical conditions, etc.). its debut this fall and, if things go thus cementing the sport’s new Santa Clara take the initiative on are the polluter’s. So decreed In December, staff acknowledged well, may soon become a staple dominance in the local field of this “green” issue. the Palo Alto City Council, which that the new law is unlikely to of the city’s trash-truck fleet. In recreation. this year began a crackdown on get enforced, although a council late November, the city unveiled 4. iDELIVER — Don’t be surprised idling vehicles to its workload. committee recommended passing the new truck, manufactured by 3. HIGH TIMES — In theory, Palo if you now find yourself sharing The issue was proposed by Sierra it anyway. The recommendation will the company BYD, and began Alto’s elected leaders support sidewalk space with a robot Club activists, whose anti-idling go to the full council in early 2018. running its first routes on local legalized marijuana and hate the or two. Palo Alto has received comments spurred an anti-idling streets. Though it’s considerably failed “war on drugs.” But bring several inquiries this year from memo from Vice Mayor Liz Kniss 2. EXTRA PICKLES — A new more expensive than the diesel- up the idea of local pot shops, autonomous-robot operators who and council members Tom DuBois, craze swept through Palo Alto’s fueled truck ($400,000 versus and things get fuzzy real fast. This want to bring their technology to Eric Filseth and Karen Holman. parks and playgrounds this year: about $300,000), officials expect year, the City Council wrestled local streets. In October, the City In August, the council agreed to pickleball. Championed by a the vehicle to save the city about yet again with the question of Council approved a pilot program clamp down on idling, prompting growing contingent of local seniors, 6,000 gallons of diesel per year and whether to ban pot dispensaries, with a set of rules that these staff to draft an ordinance banning the paddle-and-ball sport saw its cut emissions by 72 metric tons which would otherwise become vendors will need to agree to. people from running their cars in City Hall clout grow exponentially annually. Q legal in January. While voters These include a speed limit of 3.5 place for more than three minutes this year. Palo Alto’s new parks overwhelmingly supported feet per second (or 2.4 mph) and — Gennady Sheyner

Leadership Academy, a collabo- Happening ration between San Diego public (continued from page 8) charter school High Tech High, renowned for its innovative prac- case is complex. Some of the wit- tices, and the California Depart- nesses are in China, her defense ment of Education. The academy attorney said. brings together educators to create Jin is scheduled to appear for project-based learning programs a preliminary hearing on Feb. 20 with the support of a High Tech in Santa Clara County Superior High teacher-mentor. This year, Court in San Jose. the program is focused on includ- ing diverse students, including Designing new ways to learn through special education, career Following a 2016 kerfuffle over technical education and tradition- a stealthily proposed, innovative ally “academic” education, the new secondary school in Palo academy website states. Alto that was to be explored us- The Learning Design Team ing private grant money, former will meet in mid-January to superintendent Max McGee con- discuss progress and next steps, vened a group of teachers to find Hendricks said. other ways to nurture innovation,

particularly in the high schools. New school names Veronica Weber Dubbed the “Learning Design In the final weeks of 2017, the Laura Saldana and Juan Pinto stand outside their home in East Palo Alto, which they share with their four Team, the teachers were asked to district announced next steps in children and Juan’s parents. They said bounty hunters harassed them in March, making two late-night visits develop “authentically engaging, its plan to rename David Starr and demanding to know their immigration status. inquiry-driven educational expe- Jordan and Terman middle riences, programs and classes.” schools due to their namesakes’ — a monthslong, controversial Securly offers web filtering for ambivalent about Securly and its (Earlier this year, the teachers leadership in the Eugenics move- process — resulted in the school K-12 school districts. An optional use,” Arun said. presented to the school board ment in the early 20th century. board’s decision to rename the “parent portal” allows parents to an early proposal for a “school- A new advisory committee two schools. customize what their children can At long last, Cubberley within-a-school” pilot program at convened this year has taken up The new committee is made view and to monitor their chil- Plans for a new vision for Cub- Palo Alto High School.) the work of recommending new up of staff, parents and com- dren’s web use. Parents can also berley Community Center inched Interim Superintendent Karen names to the school board and munity members, including opt to receive weekly email re- along in 2017, as they have in pri- Hendricks wrote in an email that is seeking ideas from the public. former Palo Alto Mayor Leland ports on their children’s activity. or years. The City Council voted the team was recently accepted This group follows the initial re- Levy and retired judge LaDoris While those features pleased 7-1 in September for city staff to into the Project-Based Learning naming committee, whose work Cordell. The group has met four some parents, high schoolers issue a request for proposals for times since October and has at voiced concern about the soft- consultants to help the city and least three meetings scheduled ware’s implications for their pri- the Palo Alto Unified School for January. vacy. Members of Gunn’s student District develop a master plan The public can submit name government formed a task force for the aging former high school. ideas at tinyurl.com/y8ybd2w4. to learn more about Securly. Ad- The school board discussed the Hard-copy forms are available at vait Arun, Gunn’s student school request for proposals at a meeting Palo Alto public libraries and at board representative, met with in September, but deferred action all Palo Alto schools. The dead- district Chief Technology Officer until a future meeting. The school line is Jan. 22, 2018. Derek Moore to discuss their con- district owns the lion’s share of The committee is set to submit a cerns and how the software and the property — 27 acres — while list of recommended names at the the district’s Chromebook policy the city owns eight acres. board’s first meeting in March. work. In 2014, the city and the district While “we got a lot of an- agreed to modify and extend the Spying on students? swers,” Arun said students are lease for five more years, with the Privacy and security issues came “still not completely satisfied.” understanding that the two sides to the fore in early 2017 after a new He said he has heard from some would use this time to come up filtering and monitoring software students that some websites, in- with a new plan for the jointly Veronica Weber. On July 8, members of the Palo Alto Police Department were called out program, Securly, was installed cluding question-and-answer owned facility. Q to investigate a homicide at a residence on the 300 block of Creekside on take-home laptop computers at site Quora, are blocked on their Staff Writer Sue Dremann Drive, where 42-year-old Jingyan Jin was suspected of murdering her Gunn and Palo Alto high schools Securly-enabled devices. can be emailed at sdremann@ sister-in-law. Jin is still awaiting a preliminary hearing. and Jordan Middle School. “Students definitely still feel paweekly.com.

Page 10 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront

Pivot AFFORDABLE HOUSING (continued from page 5) ?κ IʩUGκEκO KDXų]Lΰ?_ n. 1. below-market-rate 2017, a year that repeatedly re- housing. 2. An oxymoron. minded us that local elections have serious consequences. With QUALITY OF LIFE ? NZlOκ Fine, Tanaka and Kniss winning seats (along with residentialist Wď?κY? OĦI?_Q 1. a collec- Lydia Kou), the council’s pro- tion of characteristics and development camp won a 5-4 ma- amenities (including, but not jority. In early March, the council limited to, good schools, safe decided to relax regulations for streets, leafy parks, quiet construction of accessory-dwell- Architects. courtesy Steinberg Rendering ing units, a move that Fine said 7KLVUHQGHULQJVKRZVWKHWZREXLOGLQJGHYHORSPHQWIHDWXULQJDSDUWPHQWVDQGUHWDLOVSDFHWKDW skies and Philz coffee) that will leave “the choice of growth UHFHLYHGWKHJRDKHDGWRUHSODFHWKH0LNH·V%LNHVVKRSRQ(O&DPLQR5HDO³WKHODWHVWVLJQRIFKDQJH collectively form an ideal- up to each resident in Palo Alto.” LQWKH9HQWXUDQHLJKERUKRRG ized version of a Palo Alto As the year wound down, the OLIHVW\OH$QLOOGHÀQHG council’s focus on housing sharp- remained hot-button issues through- they unanimously approved a long- While Fine and Tanaka got off but treasured entity that that ened, reflecting both its political out the year, council members awaited reconstruction and expan- with a warning and a small pen- makeup and the severe nature marched largely in lockstep on sion of the beloved Palo Alto Junior alty, respectively, the Kniss probe every City Council candidate of the regional housing crisis. In other critical decisions that will Museum and Zoo, which is set to be has been ongoing since March. As promises to defend and that, November, just after the council change Palo Alto for decades to completed in 2019 and re-opened to of late December, state investiga- according to proponents signed off on the new Comprehen- come. They advanced plans for the public the following year. tors were still looking at alleged of slow-growth polices, is sive Plan, it set its differences aside new garages in downtown and near “There are few moments in life improprieties in her reporting of under perpetual assault from to unanimously support an ambi- California Avenue; a new public- where you can sit back and say, developers’ contributions to her tious memo from Fine, Wolbach safety building on Sherman Avenue ‘This is great, the community is 2016 campaign. This means she developers and commuters. and Kniss that calls on the city to and a bike bridge over U.S. High- moving forward and we should will likely remain under the cloud consider a host of zoning revisions way 101 — projects that have been be proud of our community,’” of the FPPC investigation in early new bike boulevards, nudging its to encourage housing — changes mulled about for years and that are Mayor Greg Scharff said during 2018, when the council is set to infrastructure plan forward and that could impact everything from now creeping closer to construc- the Dec. 4 meeting, just before choose its next mayor (as vice upping its recreational dreams, parking rules to building heights. tion. They embraced in August a the vote on the zoo expansion. mayor, she is the odds-on favorite). it will be the city’s management “We’ve heard loud and clear proposed partnership with Pets In “This is one of them.” More significantly for the aver- of the uncertain budget picture from the community that hous- Need to build a state-of-the-art an- Yet for all the jubilation, the age resident, the city continues that will help shape the year to ing is a top priority,” Fine told his imal-services facility. They united year had its share of foibles, slip- to face fiscal challenges, with come and determine whether the colleagues at the Nov. 6 meeting, in September behind a new mas- ups and challenges, some of which pension obligations ballooning council can maintain its late-year in explaining his memo. “These ter plan for the local park system, will extend to 2018 and beyond. to nearly $1 billion, according to momentum as it advances into proposals are focused on creating which proposes (among many other Three council members — Kniss, one councilman’s estimates, and 2018. Q more BMR and market rate hous- projects or facilities) new dog parks, Fine and Tanaka — faced inves- the costs of infrastructure projects Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner ing in the least impactful area.” more park restrooms and pickle- tigations this year from the Fair spiraling out of control. For all of can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ While traffic and housing ball courts. And in December, Political Practices Commission. its progress in 2017 in building paweekly.com.

Let’s Talk About Home Care. Let’s talk about how high quality, personalized in-home care can help you or a loved one. Home care can keep older adults in their homes. 9 out of 10 of seniors prefer to age in their own homes. Hiring a caregiver provides the extra support an older adult may need to stay where they most prefer: at home. Home care helps seniors stay independent longer. A caregiver provides support with activities of daily living, while encouraging mental and physical stimulation and overall wellness. They also promote safety in the home by preventing falls or other accidents. Home care is personalized to each family. Our care plans at Home Care Assistance are tailored specifically to each client's unique needs and preferences. Caregivers are expertly matched and managed by our client care team. Caregivers are available for a few hours every day or around-the-clock. Home care supports advanced care needs. Our caregivers are experienced and trained to support older adults who are transitioning home from the hospital, recovering from a stroke or a major medical procedure, or managing chronic conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or diabetes.

Contact a Client Care Manager today to schedule your free in-home consultation! 650-263-4807 HomeCareAssistance.com/Palo-Alto 148 Hawthorne Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Come visit us! We’re located in downtown Palo Alto off Alma. Providing award-winning care to clients in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Woodside and Atherton!

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 11 ® HOW THE NEW TAX LEGISLATION COULD IMPACT CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE

BY MICHAEL REPKA, ESQ. (LL.M. (TAXATION) NYU SCHOOL OF LAW ’01)

Well, it is now the law of the land. On December 22, 2017, changes net out to be a very positive change for the extremely President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, giving wealthy, but will be costly for couples with a combined taxable VJG4GRWDNKECPUVJGKTƂTUVOCLQTNGIKUNCVKXGYKPUKPEG2TGUKFGPV income between $600,000 and $1.2 million. It should be noted 6TWORVQQMQHƂEG6JGUYGGRKPITGHQTOYKNNJCXGCUKIPKƂECPV that only the highest bracket brings back what was colloquially impact on California. referred to as the “marriage penalty.” Again, this change may be particularly hard on Silicon Valley families, where it is not As Silicon Valley’s top listing agent, a high-income taxpayer and WPEQOOQPVQJCXGDQVJURQWUGUGORNQ[GFCVJKIJRC[KPILQDU a tax attorney, I have been watching the various proposals for tax reform with a keen eye. I was not alone—twice a year DeLeon THE GOOD NEWS Realty presents a seminar on the taxation of real estate, which usually attracts an audience of around 60 to 80 local homeowners. The Step-Up in Basis upon Death of one Spouse When I held the seminar in November 2017, shortly after the The new legislation retains the taxpayer-favorable step-up in basis House of Representatives outlined its version of the Bill, we had rule. Under this rule, homeowners with highly appreciated real over 200 people in attendance. People were paying attention. estate receive a functional forgiveness of the capital gains taxes Recently, we announced that we will hold a seminar on the recently that would have been due upon sale, if these assets are still held enacted tax law, and already, we have had over 400 people RSVP. by the taxpayer on the date of his/her death. As a result of this We also have seen a dramatic uptick in listing appointments. Silicon long standing rule, many Silicon Valley homeowners are wisely Valley residents are nervous and worried. advised not to sell their highly appreciated real estate prior to their death. Thus, any change to this rule could have resulted in a rapid Taken as a whole, and in general terms, the new tax legislation increase to the number of homes coming onto the market and a should be very good for corporations, shareholders, the very corresponding decrease in home values. . wealthy, and the middle class in the heartland of the country. On the other hand, there may be negative consequences for the Section 1031 “Like-Kind” Exchange Rules Unaffected “working wealthy,” with combined incomes between $400,000 and Under the new rules, “like-kind exchanges” under IRC Sec 1031 $1.5 million in high tax states, such as New York and California. remain materially unaltered with regard to real property. Taxpayers 7PHQTVWPCVGN[VJGpYQTMKPIYGCNVJ[qITQWROCMGUWRCUKIPKƂECPV are still permitted to defer the capital gains tax on appreciated real portion of the buyer pool of expensive Silicon Valley real estate. property by purchasing qualifying replacement real property. The seller still has 45 days to identify the replacement property and 180 There is substantial amount of confusion about the new rules. Part days to close. Under the new rules, however, this provision is only QHVJGEQPHWUKQPUVGOUHTQOEQPƃKEVKPITWNGUVJCVYGTGEQPVCKPGF CRRNKECDNGVQTGCNRTQRGTV[tRGTUQPCNRTQRGTV[PQNQPIGTSWCNKƂGU in the original Bill announced by the House of Representatives on for the deferral November 2, 2017, and the Senate version passed on December 6JKUEQPHWUKQPKUGZCEGTDCVGFD[VJGEQPƃKEVKPICPF Section 121 Survived a House Scare occasionally misleading, analysis coming from various partisan Although the House and Senate Bills called for substantial groups in the government and the media. This article will limitations on taxpayers’ ability to exclude up to $500,000 in summarize many of the key provisions that should have a profound ICKPKPVJGUCNGQHVJGKTRTKOCT[TGUKFGPEGVJGƂPCNNGIKUNCVKQP impact on California real estate. leaves this rule untouched. Thus, taxpayers can still exclude up VQ OCTTKGFƂNKPILQKPVN[ KPICKPKHVJG[JCXGQYPGFVJG TAX RATES property for more than two years and have lived in the property HQTCVNGCUVVYQQHVJGRCUVƂXG[GCTU6JGTGKUPQRJCUGQWVQHVJKU In general, the tax rates have come down. While retaining seven deduction. It should be noted that this taxpayer-favorable rule tax brackets, the new legislation reduces the rates applied to most appears to be on Congress’s radar screen, and could be repealed tax brackets. The new brackets are as follows: at some point in the future.

Corporation Can Bring Money Back to the U.S. at Lower Cost For many years, U.S. corporations have substantial resources UVWEMQHHUJQTGDGECWUGDTKPIKPIVJGUGRTQƂVUDCEMKPVQVJG7PKVGF States, (a.k.a. Repatriation) would have resulted in a substantial tax. Under the new law, these corporations can bring this money back to the United States at a much lower cost. The hope is that these resources will be put to use in the United States, where they will ETGCVGLQDUCPFQVJGTYKUGUKOWNCVGVJGGEQPQO[*QYGXGTKVKUNGHV to be seen whether these repatriated funds will gravitate towards states with lower taxes. The highest tax bracket now starts at $600,000 as opposed to the $1 million starting point proposed under both the House and the Child Care Credit Increased to $2,000 Senate version of the Bills. This last minute change to the bracket Although the popular Child Care credit program was increased to UVCTVKPIRQKPVEQOGUYKVJVJGDGPGƂVQHNQYGTKPIVJGJKIJGUV $2,000 per child, this provision is phased out for taxpayers with bracket rates from the 39.6% and 38.5% (as proposed in the House EQODKPGFCFLWUVGFITQUUKPEQOGUQXGT and Senate Bills, respectively) to 37%. Taken as a whole, these two

Page 12 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com THE BAD NEWS Changes for Individuals sunset in 2025 Much has been made about the fact that the changes to Much has Reduction of the SALT Deduction been made about the fact that the changes to personal income 9KVJQWVSWGUVKQPVJGOQUVUKIPKƂECPVEJCPIGHCEKPI%CNKHQTPKC taxes will sunset after 2025, whereas the corporate changes are homeowners is the dramatic limitation on the deductibility of state permanent. However, I believe this is more of an administrative and local taxes (“SALT”), including both state income taxes and requirement rather than the long-term intent of the legislation. county real property taxes. Although, under the newly enacted rules, taxpayers are permitted to deduct up to $10,000 in state and Under the “Byrd Rule,” any plan for tax reform cannot add to local taxes, most people that can afford to purchase real estate in VJGFGƂEKVDG[QPFC[GCTDWFIGVYKPFQY+HKVFQGUCUWRGT Silicon Valley already pay over $10,000 in state income taxes so OCLQTKV[QHXQVGUYQWNFDGTGSWKTGFVQRCUUVJG5GPCVG this change effectively eliminates the deductibility of all property which would require bi-partisan support. By including the sunset taxes. This change will reduce the incentive for the purchase of real RTQXKUKQPQPN[CUKORNGOCLQTKV[YCUTGSWKTGF2TGUWOCDN[ estate. %QPITGUUEQWNFGZVGPFVJGUGEJCPIGUD[UKORNGOCLQTKV[CUVJG 2025 date approaches. .QPIGTVGTOVJKUEJCPIGOC[OCMGKVOQTGFKHƂEWNVVQCVVTCEV top talent to the state. As a result, we are likely to see businesses Thus, we believe that the sunset provision was one of legislative locate high paid operations out of state to the extent practicable. convenience, rather than a telegraphing of a long-term intent to Naturally, these concerns will be counterbalanced, to some degree, eliminate the tax changes for individuals. by the overall desirability of the state and the robust business environment. No change to capital Gains tax rates (Inc. 3.8%) Many had hoped that there would be a decrease to the capital Although we expect this provision to have an immediate and gains tax rates, which start at 15% for federal purposes and UKIPKƂECPVKORCEVQPVJGDW[GTUoFGUKTGVQRWTEJCUGJQOGUVJKU increase to 23.8%, inclusive of the 3.8% tax on Net Investment impact should diminish over time as some taxpayers realize that Income to fund the Affordable Healthcare Act (i.e., “Obamacare”). state and local taxes were a “preference item” under the AMT Unfortunately, the new legislation leaves these rates in place, rules, and, as such, were already added back. In other words, not including the 3.8% surtax. CNNVCZRC[GTUYGTGIGVVKPICDGPGƂVHTQOVJG5#.6FGFWEVKQPUQ VJGNQUUQHKVYKNNPQVJWTVVJGOCUOWEJCUVJG[OC[HGCTCVƂTUV Personal exemption ($4,150) suspended (but this was phased out for couples making over $320,000)

While the Standard Deduction was increased from $12,700 to Reduction in mortgage interest deduction $24,000, the personal exemption of $4,150 per dependent was Under the new law, mortgage interest on loans used to purchase suspended. Thus, the net effect of these two provision will vary RTQRGTV[YKNNQPN[DGFGFWEVKDNGVQVJGGZVGPVQHVJGƂTUV from family to family. It should be noted that the old personal of principal amount. This is down from $1.1 million, which was exemption was phased out for couples making over $320,000 the combined limit of the $1 million mortgage mount and the whereas the phase-out of deductions has been eliminated under $100,000 equity line, which could be aggregated to form a the new legislation. combined limit of $1.1 million. Although existing loans, and the TGƂPCPEGQHGZKUVKPINQCPUYKNNTGVCKPVJGOKNNKQPRTKPEKRCN CONCLUSION amount limitation, the additional $100,000 has been eliminated. Overall and nationwide, most taxpayers will see a net decrease 9GFQPQVGZRGEVVJKUEJCPIGVQJCXGUKIPKƂECPVKORCEVQPVJG in their federal taxes as a result of the recently enacted Tax Cuts psyche of potential buyers because interest rates are so low and and Jobs Act. However, there will be a net increase to taxes for buyers of expensive real estate have proven undaunted by the non- many highly paid people in Silicon Valley. This could result in deductibility of a portion of their mortgage interest. some businesses deciding to form, or move operations, to states with low or no state taxes if otherwise economically feasible. The Overall Reduction in Incentives to Buy Homes extremely high cost of living in the Bay Area, most notably with The near doubling of the standard deduction, and the reduction regard to housing, and the non-deductibility of state taxes, may of the deductibility of state taxes and mortgage interest, will make it more challenging for employers to recruit to this area. have the unintended consequence of reducing the incentive for people to buy rather than rent. We expect this impact to be However, the reduction in corporate income taxes and the most pronounced on lower priced homes, but the entire market incentives to move money back to the United States, should have UJQWNFHGGNUQOGUQTVQHGHHGEV9JKNGVJGTGCTGDQVJDGPGƂVUCPF a positive effect on businesses. Silicon Valley’s Tech economy is detriments associated with entry level homes becoming more extremely strong, and the area is very attractive. Ultimately, only affordable, current homeowners may want to be prepared for a time will tell whether the strength of the local economy, and the turbulent ride. FGUKTCDKNKV[QHVJGCTGCCTGUWHƂEKGPVVQYGCVJGTVJGUGVCZEJCPIGU that hit us particularly hard. No Elimination of the Personal AMT (But increased to $1,000,000 for couples) Although the House Bill called for the repeal of the Alternative Want to hear more about tax impacts? /KPKOWO6CZ p#/6q HQTKPFKXKFWCNUVJGƂPCNNGIKUNCVKQPTGVCKPGF Attend our tax seminar on January 6th, 2018 the Individual AMT, but eliminated the corporate AMT. However, the legislation raises the point at which the AMT exemption is This is a high-level summary of the recently released tax rules. Readers are advised to discuss RJCUGFQWVHTQOHQTLQKPVƂNGTUVQHQTLQKPV the new rules with their tax advisors to determine how the changes will impact their personal ƂNNGTU6JKUKPETGCUGFNKOKVEQWRNGFYKVJVJGTGFWEVKQPQHCXCKNCDNG circumstances. This article may not be relied upon as tax or legal advice. deductions, should result in a much lower percentage of the population paying AMT. 650.543.8500 | www.DELEONREALTY.com | CalBRE #01903224

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 13 Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund

ach year the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund raises money Give to the Palo Alto Weekly Last Year’s Grant Recipients to support programs serving families and children in the Holiday Fund and your 10 Books A Home ...... $7,500 Palo Alto area. Since the Weekly and the Silicon Valley Abilities United...... $10,000 E Community Foundation cover all the administrative costs, every donation is doubled. You give Ada’s Café ...... $5,000 Adolescent Counseling Services ...... $15,000 dollar raised goes directly to support community programs to non-profit groups that work All Students Matter ...... $5,000 through grants to non-profit organizations. Bayshore Christian Ministries ...... $5,000 right here in our community. Building Futures Now...... $5,000 And with the generous support of matching grants from It’s a great way to ensure that CASSY ...... $7,500 local foundations, including the Packard, Hewlett, Peery and Community Legal Services ...... $15,000 your charitable donations are Community Working Group ...... $5,000 Arrillaga foundations, your tax-deductible gift will be doubled in Downtown Streets Team...... $5,000 size. A donation of $100 turns into $200 with the foundation working at home. DreamCatchers ...... $10,000 matching gifts. East Palo Alto Kids Foundation ...... $5,000 Family Connections ...... $7,500 Whether as an individual, a business or in honor of someone Donate online at Foundation for a College Education ...... $7,500 else, help us reach our goal of $350,000 by making a generous CLICK Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo ...... $5,000 AND PPaloAltoOnline.com/a Grace Lutheran Preschool...... $3,000 contribution to the Holiday Fund. GIVE Health Connected ...... $2,500 With your generosity, we can give a major boost to the holiday_fund Hidden Villa ...... $5,000 programs in our community helping kids and families. Jasper Ridge Farm ...... $5,000 JLS Middle School ...... $5,000 Jordan Middle School ...... $5,000 Kara...... $7,500 Enclosed is a donation of $______The Learning Center ...... $3,000 Marine Science Institute ...... $5,000 Name ______Midpeninsula Community Media Center ...... $5,000 Mural Music & Arts Project ...... $5,000 Business Name ______Music in the Schools Foundation...... $5,000 New Creation Home Ministries ...... $5,000 Address ______New Voices for Youth ...... $3,000 One East Palo Alto ...... $5,000 City/State/Zip ______Palo Alto Art Center Foundation ...... $5,000 E-Mail ______Palo Alto Community Child Care...... $10,000 Palo Alto Friends Nursery School...... $3,000 Phone ______All donors and their gift amounts will be Palo Alto School District Music Department...... $5,000 published in the Palo Alto Weekly unless the Palo Alto Housing ...... $5,000 Credit Card (MC, VISA, or AMEX) boxes below are checked. Parents Nursery School...... $3,000 Peninsula Bridge ...... $5,000 ______Expires ______/______T I wish to contribute anonymously. Peninsula HealthCare Connection...... $5,000 Please withhold the amount of my Project WeHOPE...... $15,000 T Pursuit of Excellence...... $5,000 contribution. Signature ______Quest Learning Center ...... $7,500 Please make checks payable to: Ravenswood Education Foundation ...... $7,500 Silicon Valley Community Foundation Silicon Valley Urban Debate League ...... $10,000 I wish to designate my contribution as follows: (select one) St. Francis of Assisi Youth Club ...... $5,000 Send coupon and check, if applicable, to: T In my name as shown above St. Vincent de Paul ...... $7,000 Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund TheatreWorks...... $5,000 T In the name of business above c/o Silicon Valley Community Foundation YMCA ...... $7,500 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 Youth Community Service...... $20,000 OR: T In honor of: T In memory of: T As a gift for: Mountain View, CA 94040 Youth Speaks Out...... $20,000 ______The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund is a donor (Name of person) Non-profits: Grant application & guidelines at 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 14 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Ruth Hammett ...... * Jacques & Wanda ...... 250 Lijun & Jia-Ning Xiang ...... 100 Elliot W. Eisner ...... * Phil Hanawalt & Eric Demant ...... 50 Graciela Spivak ...... 1,000 Thank you donors Donate online at Katharine Rogers King ...... * Nancy & Joe Huber ...... 100 Ernest J. Moore ...... 200 PaloAltoOnline.com/ Ann & Don Rothblatt ...... 500 As of Dec. 26, 2017, Boyd Paulson, Jr...... * holiday_fund Felecia Levy ...... 100 August Lee King ...... 30 331 donors have donated $267,571 Elizabeth Kok ...... * Steve Fasani ...... * Carol Bacchetti ...... * Emmett Lorey ...... * Virginia & Don Fitton ...... 25 Becky Schaefer ...... * 24 Anonymous ...... 8,860 Marilyn, Dale, Rick & Mei Simbeck .. * Nancy & Jim Baer ...... * Ted & Ginny Chu ...... * Kathy Morris ...... * David & Nancy Kalkbrenner ...... 100 Ann Burrell & Allen Smith ...... 250 Judy Ousterhout ...... * Yoko Nonaka ...... 100 Jacqueline Rush ...... 100 Roger Warnke ...... 300 Ruth Rosenbaum ...... 100 New Donors Our loving parents Albert & Glenn Affleck ...... 25 Bjorn & Michele Liencres ...... 1,000 Jennifer DiBrienza & Beverly Pellizzari ...... * Jesse Dorogusker...... 250 Judy Kramer ...... * Carolyn Williams & Mike Keeler ... * Fran Codispoti ...... 500 Don & Marie Snow ...... 100 Carroll Harrington ...... 100 Richard Johnsson ...... 7,000 Dorothy Saxe ...... * Barbara Allen ...... 200 Carol Berkowitz ...... 200 Diane Sikic ...... * Ralph Wheeler ...... 300 Mike & Loren Gordon ...... 250 Lawrence Naiman ...... 100 Bertha Kalson ...... * Cynthia Costell ...... 100 Catherine Dolton ...... 200 Dave & Lynn Mitchell ...... 300 Steven Feinberg ...... 5,000 Daniel Cox ...... 200 Marsha Alper ...... 250 Monica Engel Williams ...... 200 Bruce & Jane Gee ...... 250 Freddy & Jan Gabus ...... 250 John & Pat Davis ...... * Ronald Popp ...... * Patricia Levin ...... * In Memory Of Susan & Doug Woodman ...... 150 Betty Gerard ...... 100 Yen-Chen & Er-Ying ...... 250 W.J. McCroskey ...... 100 Russell C. Evarts ...... * Brigid Barton ...... 1,000 Jim Lewis ...... * Dr. Nanci Yuan ...... 1,000 Miriam Jacob ...... 200 Bill Land ...... * Margot Goodman ...... 100 George & Betsy Young ...... * Jim Byrnes ...... 100 Marc & Margaret Cohen ...... 250 Jim & Dottie Mellberg ...... * Peter Stern ...... * Merrill & Lee Newman ...... 250 Ruth & Chet Johnson ...... * Gail Woolley ...... 500 Anna Zemei Wang ...... 41 Sally & Craig Nordlund ...... 500 Mike & Cathie Foster ...... 500 Robert Lobdell ...... * Xiaofan Lin ...... 50 Lee Domenik ...... 50 Joe & Marlene Prendergast ...... * Diane Doolittle ...... * Pam Grady ...... 250 Ellen Vanderwilt ...... * Leonard Ely ...... 250 Carol & Roy Blitzer ...... * Roger Smith ...... 300 Helen Rubin ...... 500 Colleen Anderson ...... 250 Ted Linden ...... 200 Sally O’Neil & Ken Bencala ...... 100 Lani Freeman & Tracy & Alan Herrick ...... * Patrick Radtke ...... 2,000 Mary Floyd ...... 35 Chris & Beth Martin ...... * Stephen Monismith ...... 100 Ken Sletten ...... * Mitchell Rosen ...... 100 Ken Sletten ...... * Judith Appleby ...... 300 Page & Ferrell Sanders ...... 100 Nate Rosenberg ...... 150 Diana Diamond ...... 250 In Honor Of Margaret Fisher ...... 50 Laurie Jarrett ...... * Bob Donald ...... 100 Norm & Nancy Rossen ...... 250 Ms. Georgia Lee ...... 25 Phil Fernandez & Ellen Place Lillington ...... 200 Daniel Sternbergh ...... * Duncan Matteson ...... 500 Jeremy Platt ...... 500 Georgia Lee ...... 35 David & Virginia Pollard ...... 150 Betsy & George Bechtel ...... 100 Thomas W. & Louise L. Phinney .... * Doris & Arnold Petersen ...... 100 Zorro ...... 100 Hugh McDevitt ...... 250 Marcia Katz ...... 200 Leo & Sylvia Breidenbach ...... * Peter Ullman ...... * Klaus & Ellen Porzig ...... 200 Mandy Lowell ...... * Beth Marer-Garcia ...... 25 Florence Kan Ho ...... * Susan Elgee ...... 500 Organizations Bobbie & Jerry Wagger...... * Richard Mazze ...... 100 Dr. David Zlotnick ...... 250 James Taylor ...... 200 Harrell Remodeling ...... * Al & JoAnne Russell ...... 300 Greg & Penny Gallo ...... 500 deLemos Properties ...... 500 Janet H. Hermsen ...... 200 Romola Georgia ...... * Robert & Barbara Simpson ...... * Braff Family ...... 500 Jack Sutorius ...... 300 David Fischer ...... 100 Previously Published Robyn Crumly ...... 100 Chris Kenrick ...... 1,000 Sandy & Rajiv Jain ...... 100 As a Gift For Vic Befera ...... 100 Art Stauffer ...... 500 Bill Reller ...... * Ned & Judy Lund ...... * Peter Rudd ...... 50 John & Mary Schaefer ...... * Kenyon Family ...... 500 Helene Pier ...... * Ada’s Café ...... 50 Annette Isaacson ...... 100 Suzanne & Bert Bell ...... * William DeBord ...... 1,000 Edward Kanazawa ...... 100 In Honor Of John & Meg Monroe ...... 500 Carolyn Brennan ...... * Linda & Steve Boxer ...... * Don & Bonnie Miller ...... 100 Lucy Berman’s clients ...... 2,500 David Backer ...... 500 Drew McCalley & Marilyn Green ... 100 Eugene & Mabel Dong ...... 200 Boyce & Peggy Nute ...... * Kathryn Avery ...... * Leonie Walker ...... 100 Lee & Judy Shulman ...... 100 Barbara Riper ...... * Ralph Britton ...... 200 Elaine Hahn ...... * Dena Goldberg ...... 500 Lawrence Yang & Harry & Susan Hartzell ...... 100 Wendy Sinton ...... * Jennifer Kuan ...... 1,000 Carolyn Reese ...... 300 Nancy Peterson ...... 100 Jim & Alma Phillips ...... 500 Mike & Lennie Roberts ...... 150 Veronica Tincher ...... * Marilyn Sutorius ...... 300 Kathleen Kelly ...... 200 Elizabeth Salzer & Carol Kersten ...... 200 Patti Yanklowitz & Mark Krasnow .. * Michael Couch ...... 250 Richard Baumgartner...... * Organizations Nigel Jones ...... 50 Janice Bohman ...... 250 John & Florine Galen ...... * Luca & Mary Cafiero ...... 500 Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk ...... 53,745 Anna Messner ...... 250 Erika Jurney ...... 100 Julie & Jon Jerome ...... * Tom & Pat Sanders ...... * Sponsors of Moonlight Run: Marian Adams ...... 100 Steve & Diane Ciesinski ...... 500 Sally & Abdo Kadifa ...... 1,000 Teresa Roberts ...... 2,000 Palo Alto Medical Patricia Bubenik ...... 200 Ron Wolf ...... 200 Judith & Warren Goodnow ...... 300 Joanne Koltnow ...... 300 Foundation ...... 5,000 Don & Dee Price ...... 45 Ken & Michele Dauber ...... 500 Richard Zuanich ...... 150 Hal & Iris Korol ...... 250 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich JoAnne Zschokke ...... 100 Thomas Rindfleisch ...... * Jan Thomas & Roy Levin ...... * Kaaren & John Antoun ...... 1,500 & Rosati Foundation ...... 5,000 Vermeil Family ...... * Wendy Max ...... 50 Bruce Campbell ...... 200 Ellen & Tom Ehrlich ...... 400 Stanford Federal Credit Union ...... 5,000 Susan Osofksy ...... 200 Eileen Brennan ...... 500 Diane & Bob Simoni ...... 200 Richard & Tish Fagin...... 200 Palantir ...... 5,000 Dawes Family ...... 250 Arthur Keller ...... * Dennis Clark ...... 150 Chuck & Jean Thompson ...... 100 DeLeon Realty ...... 5,000 Hoda Epstein ...... * Diane Finkelstein ...... 150 Leif & Sharon Erickson ...... 250 Godfrey Family ...... 100 Wealth Architects...... 5,000 Tom & Nancy Fiene ...... * Sandra & Scott Pearson ...... 500 Arden King ...... 25 Dorsey & Katherine Bass ...... 300 Facebook ...... 5,000 Nina & Norman Kulgein ...... 250 Margo Sensenbrenner ...... * Richard Alexander ...... 1,000 Judith & Hans Steiner ...... 100 Lakin Spears ...... 2,000 Barbara Rieder ...... 100 David & Mindy Sitzer ...... 100 Scott & Jan Kilner ...... 500 Sue Kemp ...... 250 Bank of the West ...... 1,000 Karen & Steve Ross ...... * Debby Roth ...... 200 Stephen & Nancy Levy ...... 500 Cathy & Howard Kroymann ..... 250 Peery Foundation ...... 10,000 Irvin & Marilyn Yalom ...... 100 Carol & Mahlon Hubenthal ...... * Elaine & Eric Hahn ...... * Gordon Chamberlain ...... 300 Arrillaga Foundation ...... 10,000 Guy DiJulio ...... * Herbert Fischgrund ...... 200 Bill Johnson & Terri Lobdell .... 1,000 Denise Savoie & Darrell Duffie ...... * Packard Foundation ...... 25,000 Robert Raymakers & Hal & Carol Louchheim ...... 400 Keith Clarke ...... 200 Micki & Bob Caredelli ...... * Bonnie Packer ...... 100 Shari & Donald Orstein ...... 300 Havern Family ...... 5,000 Joan Norton ...... * Hewlett Foundation ...... 25,000 Dennis & Cindy Dillon ...... * Jerry & Linda Elkind ...... * Dorothy Kennedy ...... 200 Rosalie Shepherd ...... 100 Good Bear & Co. Charitable Fund ...... 5,000 Charles & Barbara Stevens ...... * Arna & Hersh Shefrin ...... * Gwen Luce and Family ...... * Diane Moore ...... * Alta Mesa Cemetery Tony & Priscilla Marzoni ...... * Barbara Klein & Stan Schrier ...... * Janis Ulevich ...... 100 Don & Adele Langendorf ...... 200 & Funeral Home ...... 1,800 Bob & Joan Jack ...... 250 Anna Olsen ...... 150 Hamilton Hitchings ...... 250 Jody Maxmin ...... * Attorney Susan Dondershine .... 200 Constance Crawford ...... * Pat & Nancy McGaraghan ...... 250 Andrea Smith ...... 100 Gerald & Joyce Barker ...... * Bleibler Properties ...... 500 Susie Richardson & Hal Luft ...... * Bonnie Berg ...... * Shirley Ely ...... 500 In Memory Of Communications & Power Nancy Moss ...... * Sallie & Jay Whaley ...... * Ellen & Mike Turbow ...... 200 Ando & Barbara MacDonell ...... 100 Industries ...... 500 www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 15 Upfront

Words of the year ACCESSORY |?LN VHVκUď with ease in a community. | adj. A type of dwelling 2. A pipe dream in the Bay located behind a main $UHDIRUWKHÁXLGHDVHRI house to boost Palo Alto’s movement on streets and affordable housing inventory; across town. usually comes with parking restrictions. OMNICHANNEL | ? lPQL ? FKDQκO?_Q 1. Stream-of- CARMAGEDDON _?NlUPκ consciousness approach to JHGκQ?_Q7UDIÀFMDPV retail business in Palo Alto on Palo Alto’s streets during deemed crucial to brick-and- the afternoon rush hours that mortar business survival that occur mainly in the Crescent includes all kinds of sales Park neighborhood and cause and marketing: e-commerce, frustrated drivers to be stuck brick-and-mortar, email, etc. for hours and engage in risky driving behavior, such PALO ALTO TMA as driving in the oncoming (Transportation

Veronica Weber Veronica lanes. Management Association) _SD OĿ?DO WĿ? Wď? HP? ă_ Q FIBER TO THE PREMISES $VPDOOQRQSURÀWFKDUJHG _? IĦEκUWκ WKď SUHPκV?_Q with solving downtown Palo 1HZ*XQQ+LJK6FKRRO3ULQFLSDO.DWKLH/DXUHQFHZDVRQHRIVHYHUDODSSRLQWPHQWVPDGHWKLV\HDUWR 1. An underground network of $OWR·VWUDIÀFSUREOHPV ILOONH\YDFDQWSRVLWLRQVLQWKHVFKRROGLVWULFW ÀEHURSWLFFDEOHVWKDWEULQJV ultra-high-speed broadband THE PERFECT _ WKď SκUÀNW board’s consideration. And an access to every premise in | n. 1. The sworn archenemy Education SEL ? V? ď?HO ?_Q 1. advisory committee convened the city. 2. A dream deferred, of “the good” and, as such, (continued from page 7) Educational buzzword and by the board will meet with the again and again. a thing to be avoided at all acronym for social-emotional final candidates confidentially eugenics; decided to continue its and give feedback to the board costs. learning. 2. The next phase in controversial sex-education cur- toward the end of the process. GATEWAY _ JăW Ză_ riculum; and made a final deci- the Palo Alto school district’s When McGee tendered his let- adj. 1. A designation that RECALL _UL NʩO__Y 1. sion to report both unweighted ongoing efforts to improve ter of resignation in late Septem- developers apply to ordinary Remember or recollect and weighted cumulative GPAs student well-being, sparked ber — read out loud at a school building proposals for which something. 2. Remove a for all sophomores, juniors and in part by youth suicide board meeting by then-president seniors who earn a C or better in Godfrey, sitting next to McGee they’re seeking extraordinary Santa Clara County Superior clusters. honors and Advanced Placement — he recognized the current zoning exceptions. Court judge. (AP) courses, starting with the state of the school district. class of 2021. hired to oversee the superin- The community is in need ICONIC ?Ħ NlQLN?DGM 1. RETAILTAINMENT _ Uď Momentum stalled, however, tendent search are scheduled of not only a new leader “who Doomed to fail because of WăO?WăQPκQW_Q 1. A on two key issues: special edu- to hold public meetings, inter- will sustain all that is good,” unrealistically high ambitious cation and the achievement gap. views and focus groups over he wrote, but also “heal what is marketing strategy deemed and unexpectedly high costs. School board members have several days. Based on this in- hurt.” Q by Palo Alto business leaders committed to paying closer at- put, consultants will compile Staff Writer Elena Kadvany as necessary for survival LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) tention to both in the new year. a leadership profile and bring can be emailed at ekadvany@ against e-commerce. It adds Also, in January, consultants candidates forward for the paweekly.com. ?OHYκOκY VκUYκV?Q 1. A incentives and hooks to get PHDVXUHRIWUDIÀFLPSDFWV favored by those who think customers into the downtown component of its business there. 5. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD RAGE that the real problem is stores. Code enforcement Officials also required a Middlefield — Too many Middlefield Road (continued from page 6) congestion. Road building leased by restaurant commuters treat the “no left turn” SERFR _? VκUI?lU_Q --1. A Asian Box, supposedly for a gluten- restrictions north of University offices and warehouses. In some free bake shop, to provide more Avenue as little more than friendly LOW INVENTORY 'OĿ ÁLJKWSDWKDERYH3DOR$OWR cases, the city has responded. This customer seating in response to suggestions — much to the chagrin LQYκQ WʩUď?Q - 1. A that causes consternation due summer, code enforcement required complaints that the space is being of nearby residents. Enraged by phenomenon in Palo Alto to noise and frequency of Coupa Café, which has been using primarily used as the company’s traffic problems that span from total ÁLJKWV an El Camino Real retail site for corporate office. gridlock to careless speedsters, that forces homebuyers to warehousing, to expand the retail compete against one another and fed up with the high number TRANSPORTATION of accidents and near misses on in bidding wars, which can DEMAND MANAGEMENT the stretch of Middlefield, Crescent push a home’s price as much Park and Downtown North residents _ WUDQ W VSκU WăVKκQ?GL as 63 percent higher than the succeeded this year in petitioning PDQG ?PDQLMPκQW_Q 1. the city to redesign the northernmost original asking price. stretch of the busy roadway to modify a collection of carrots and lanes and add barriers to prevent MEGAHOUSE _PHJD? sticks aimed at weaning turns on Everett Avenue. The one- KDXųV?_Q 1. An opulent, drivers off their four-wheel year pilot program is now about habit. halfway through and, to date, has usually two-story residential netted mixed results. The accident structure that dwarfs VEHICLE MILES rate remains steady, according to other smaller homes in a a recently published review of the neighborhood or nearly TRAVELED (VMT) | ? Yď program, though the number of near- consumes the entire lot. 2. κNκOPĦ κ  WUDYκOHG?_ crashes has gone down — bringing Q$PHDVXUHRIWUDIÀF Ben Hacker a small measure of relief to residents Sometimes called a dinosaur. accustomed to seeing cars hurtling impacts favored by those onto front yards with shocking MOBILITY _?PĿ ELOκWď? who think that the real $EDWWHUHG&KHYUROHWYDQVLWVSDUNHGLQDOLQHRI59VDQGFDPSHU regularity. Q _Q 1. The ability to move problem is that there are too YDQVDORQJ(O&DPLQR5HDO7KHFLW\FUDFNHGGRZQRQ59GZHOOHUV — Gennady Sheyner people or oneself around many drivers. WKLVVXPPHU Page 16 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Transitions

law firm, which ultimately em- He co-founded the Stanford Fi- Clem Wiser court,” said Oregon’s U.S. Sena- In Memoriam ployed several hundred lawyers. nancial Co. with longtime friends Died Feb. 3, 2017, at 92 tor Ron Wyden, who played for After representing numerous Dennis LeVett and Bill Reller. In Palo Alto Wiser in the 60s, in an interview Notable Palo Alto area small startup companies, he 1978, he founded Matteson In- resident Clem with Paly’s The Campanile news- people who died this year formed the venture capital firm vestment Corp., which focused Wiser, longtime paper in 2014. Bay Partners in 1976, which he on multi-family housing. In 1987, Palo Alto High Those who knew him called him s 2017 comes to a close, led until his retirement in 2004. he co-founded Mid-Peninsula School basket- a man of great will, integrity and we look back at people He served on the Stanford Bank in Palo Alto. ball coach and character who looked people in the A who left a lasting impres- University Board of Trustees for He was active in the Repub- athletic direc- eye, spoke simply but effectively sion on many in the Palo Alto 10 years and was also a mem- lican Party on a local, state and tor, was a role and could make anyone feel like the community and beyond through ber of the board of the Stanford national level. model to gener- most important person in the room. their accomplishments, the les- Hospital and Clinics and chaired His philanthropic contribu- ations of young Wiser’s teams won 401 games, sons they imparted and the bar- the Lucile Packard Children’s tions included co-founding the men and women. a record that exceeded that of any riers they broke. Hospital board. He also served Housing Industry Foundation, Born in Kentucky, he joined the other Palo Alto basketball coach. This list is not meant to be on the boards of American Cen- which gives emergency grants to U.S. Marines as a teenager, when He won nine league champion- exhaustive. If you would like to tury Funds and the Taube-Koret people at risk of homelessness. America became involved in ships and was named California make note of other people who died Campus for Jewish Life, among He also helped raise $45 million World War II. Winding up in Palo Coaches Association basketball this year, go to PaloAltoOnline. many others. in private contributions in 1999 Alto, he coached basketball for 28 Coach of Year in 1983. com and leave your comments In 2006 he and his wife, Jill, for a new Palo Alto Medical years at Paly, where he also served — Rick Eymer under this article online. To look committed $25 million for the Jill Foundation facility and chaired as athletic director for another de- at additional obituaries, go to the and John Freidenrich Center for fundraisers for the March of cade and worked as a school guid- READ MORE ONLINE Lasting Memories website, posted Translational Research, aimed at Dimes and the American Cancer ance counselor. PaloAltoOnline.com at PaloAltoOnline.com/obituaries. translating medical research into Society. “Coach Wiser is simply the improved patient care. He and his wife, Shirley, also gold standard for teaching bas- Read our full version of “2017 In “He put his heart into improv- supported Stanford University en- ketball players on and off the Memoriam” at PaloAltoOnline.com. Pat Briggs ing the community, and he espe- tities, from the Hoover Institution Died June 8, 2017, at 80 cially put his heart into improv- to the Stanford University Medi- Pat Briggs, the ing Stanford,” Ware said. cal Center to Stanford Athletics. director of the — Barbara Wood He was an elder at Menlo Palo Alto Chil- Church, where he served as a dren’s Theatre trustee for the Church of the Pio- from 1961 to Daniel Arthur Logan neers Foundation, which owns and 2008, is credited Died March 3, 2017, at 72 manages the church’s real estate. with building Palo Alto —Kate Bradshaw the group’s na- resident Dan- tional reputation iel Logan led for excellence. the Palo Alto Kenneth G. Sletten She was born in Chicago to Family YMCA Died Nov. 8, 2017, at 88 parents who were performing art- as executive Palo Alto ists, and by her senior year in high director from resident Ken- school she was studying voice, 1991 until his neth G. Sletten diction and lessons at Goodman retirement in was known for School of Drama in Chicago. She 2006. In that his leadership eventually found her way west. time, he raised more than $10 in the construc- During her 47 years at the Palo million and focused on making tion industry Alto Children’s Theatre, she di- the Palo Alto Y a more inclusive as well as for rected more than 500 productions place for people of low income, his community and wrote more than 20 scripts, in poor health or with disabilities. service. receiving numerous awards. He received his bachelor’s de- Born in Helena, Montana, In August 2010, the Children’s gree in history from Stanford he served in the U.S. Marine Theatre Foundation of America University in 1966 and a master’s Corps, where he was hit by gave her a “Medallion” award for degree in social work at George shrapnel from a mortar shell her nearly half-century of promot- Williams College in Illinois. So- during a mission to retrieve ing “significant artistry and/or cial justice was the theme of his fallen comrades in Korea. Upon achievement impacting the imagi- career, from civil-rights work to his discharge from the Marines, nation of children and youth.” preventing young adults with drug he attended Stanford Business Briggs also was active with problems from entering the penal School. In 1962, he and Onslow the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic system. “Rudy” Rudolph co-founded Church in Palo Alto, serving on In 1992, he received the Fun- the firm Rudolph and Sletten, three committees. draiser of the Year Award from where he established ethical In 2009, during a proclamation the North American YMCA De- business practices that years ceremony for Briggs, City Coun- velopment Organization, and in later garnered him the Legacy cilman Jack Morton commented, 2005 the YMCA of the Mid-Pen- Award from Engineering News “There are some people in this insula awarded him its Lifetime Record for his contributions to world that walk into your life and Achievement Award. the industry: innovations such leave you with a permanent mem- He maintained an active life as fast-track scheduling, guaran- ory of the good we can do when despite overcoming physical teed-maximum-price contracts, we put our hearts to it.” challenges, including adapting to negotiated contracts and the zero — Jay Thorwaldson a wheelchair for the last 14 years punch list. of his life, following an accident. Among the many projects that Rudolph and Sletten worked John Freidenrich on were more than a dozen at Died on Oct. 11, 2017, at 80 Duncan Matteson Stanford, including the Lucile Palo Alto na- Died May 12, 2017, at 82 Packard Children’s Hospital; tive John Fre- Palo Alto numerous corporate buildings, idenrich, who resident Duncan including for Hewlett Packard lived in Ather- Matteson was a and the Apple Campus at 1 In- ton since 1969, leader in busi- finite Loop; and his favorite, the made his mark ness, philan- Monterey Bay Aquarium. on the world thropy and com- As a community leader, he as an attorney, munity service. served on the boards of a range civic leader, Born in Kansas of nonprofits, including the early investor City, Missouri, Children’s Health Council, Pen- in many Silicon Valley companies he joined the Air insula Family YMCA, Avenidas and major supporter of his alma Force after graduation from college. and Menlo School. He received Want to get news briefs emailed to you every weekday? mater, Stanford University. In Palo Alto, Matteson worked Lifetime of Achievement awards Sign up for Express, our daily e-edition. With Leo Ware, he co-founded in the securities business and from Avenidas and from Habitat Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. in 1968 the Ware and Freidenrich then in commercial real estate. for Humanity. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 17 ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Entertainment culture, books and more, edited by Karla Kane

Stanford exhibition shows how the Bolshevik Hoover Institution Library & Archives Library Institution Hoover Revolution upended Russian art and politics by Gennady Sheyner Dmitrii Stakhievich Moor’s poster, “Deserter — I Extend My Hand to You. You are as Much a Destroyer of the Workers-Peasant State as I, a Capitalist! Now Only You are My Hope,” is on display at the Cantor Arts Center through March 4, 2018, as part of an exhibit on the 1917 Russian Revolution.

n his iconic 1830 painting, “Liberty Leading and aching for a fight. structures. As the Cantor exhibit oil painting by Johann Baptist “The Crown under the Ham- notes in its introduction, Bolshe- von Lampi, she is wearing a di- the People,” Eugene Delacroix portrays the mer: Russia, Romanovs, Revo- vik leaders “recognized that top- amond-studded tiara, a fur cloak, French Revolution as a call to duty bravely an- lution,” the joint exhibition by pling traditional governmental a cobalt sash over a petticoat of Cantor and Hoover Institute, viv- bodies and economic systems blue silk and a determined gaze swered by an allegorical, flag-bearing heroine idly highlights this transformation would require a wholesale recon- — the picture of cool detachment. leading a crowd over the barricades. while illuminating its deep-rooted struction of the means by which If cool blue runs like a motif causes and wide-reaching effects. revolutionary forces communi- through one side of the gallery, IPablo Picasso’s “Guernica” is right at the bustling industrial The collaboration between the art cated their agenda.” This meant hot red dominates the other. Here less sanguine about war. It de- streetscape below. One hand sup- museum and the research institu- radically rethinking visual arts we see an army of mechani- picts the destruction of a Basque ports the sack; another is being tion feels particularly apt here, and deploying them as weapons cal red giants, holding flags and village during the Spanish Civil firmly grasped by his companion given that the artwork on display against the capitalistic world marching in lockstep over a fallen War of the 1930s through cubist — a round, tuxedoed man with a isn’t just a reflection of the new order. fragments of human and animal top hat and a large sack that says world, it is a call to action and The contrast between what (continued on page 19) carnage. “Millions” on it. agent of the revolution. was and what would be could But what about the October The poster at once depicts and The Cantor gallery juxtaposes hardly be more jarring. On one Revolution of 1917 — an event represents a revolution. The two the oil and watercolor paintings of wall of the Cantor gallery, we see What: “The Crown under the that obliterated a 300-year-old traitors — the deserter and the the Romanov era with the forceful paintings of Russian Royals and Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, dynasty, brought the Bolsheviks capitalist — have all the mark- propaganda prints of the Bolshe- aristocrats — works that would Revolution” to power and set the stage for Sta- ings of villainy. The worker looks viks and, in doing so, brings the not feel out of place at the Brit- Where: Cantor Arts Center & lin’s purges and the geopolitical back uncertainly as he hoards the contrast between tradition and ish National Museum or the Her- Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit brinksmanship of Cold War? For a loot; the “capitalist” puffs a cigar revolution into particularly stark mitage. There is the oil painting Pavilion, 328 Lomita Drive at look at how contemporary Russian between his fish lips and wear- relief. The Hoover display offers Grigory Aleksandrovich Stro- Museum Way, Stanford art reflected this seminal event, ing rings and chains. At a time of a generous sample of primary ganov, whose grandfather helped When: Now through March 4, one can do worse than Dmitry hunger and political upheaval, the samples from its treasure trove Peter the Great implement vari- 2018. Moor’s 1920 lithograph, “Give me message would’ve been impos- of Russian archives, artifacts and ous land reforms in the 17th and What: Marking the 100th Your Hand Deserter. You are the sible to miss. Romanov ephemera — including 18th centuries and whose family anniversary of the Russian Destroyer of the Worker-Peasant Yet the poster also reflects an diaries, family photos, news clip- lent its name to a saucy beef dish. Revolution of 1917, the exhibit State Just Like Me, the Capitalist! abrupt shift is aesthetics, with the pings and the tsar’s abdication With his powdered wig and shirt examines the political, social, Now Only You are my Hope.” somber and realistic oil paintings letter. Together, the two exhibits ruffles, the young Stroganov is and cultural upheavals that The poster, part of a collection of the masters giving way to the aptly trace the Bolshevik’s revolu- the very image of European transformed Russia in the final now on display at Cantor Arts bright, abstract posters of the pro- tion in both art and politics, while aristocracy. decades of the Romanov dynasty Center and the Herbert Hoover letariat. Rather than classical por- showcasing the power of the for- Here is the ruddy-cheeked and the first years of Soviet Memorial Exhibition Pavilion, traits of royals or impressionistic mer to shape the latter. Catherine II (best known as Cath- Communism. depicts a man wearing a loose landscapes of Red Square, here For the Bolsheviks, who seized erine the Great), an 18th-century Cost: Free peasant tunic and a wry smile we see lithographs and pamphlets power on Oct. 25, 1917, the goal empress whose reign is widely Info: bit.ly/ hoisting a giant sack over his left depicting workers and peasants, was nothing short of overturn- considered the high-water mark RussianRevolutionExhibit shoulder as he leers back over his armed with hammers and sickles ing the world’s existing power of the Russian Empire. In in 1790

Page 18 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Arts & Entertainment GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARD NOMINATIONS

3BEST PICTURE DRAMA Revolution TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET ARMIE HAMMER BEST ACTOR DRAMA • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (continued from page 18) ©HFPA ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE David Edelstein, VULTURE crown. On another print, a peas- John Powers, VOGUE Richard Lawson, VANITY FAIR David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE Matt Patches, THRILLIST ant is wearing a red tunic and Joe Morgenstern, WALL STREET JOURNAL Nick James, SIGHT & SOUND Mara Reinstein, US WEEKLY marching alongside a worker with a hammer and a woman equipped with a red apron and holding a scythe. They are marching past a sea of workers who waive red A FILM BY flags, each representing a differ- LUCA GUADAGNINO ent nation where the revolution ARMIE TIMOTHÉE MICHAEL AMIRA ESTHER is taking hold. The lithograph by HAMMER CHALAMET STUHLBARG CASAR GARREL BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SCREENPLAY BY DIRECTED BY Nokolai Mikhailovich Kocher- ANDRÉ ACIMAN JAMES IVORY LUCA GUADAGNINO WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM gin is titled, “Through the Ruins NOW PALO ALTO of Capitalism to the Universal CINÉARTS @ PALO ALTO SQUARE Brotherhood of Workers!” PLAYING 3000 El Camino Real (800) CINEMARK Unlike the classical portraits, VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.CALLMEBYYOURNAME.COM with their subtle smiles and enig- matic gazes, the revolutionary posters leave little to the imagina- & Archives Library Institution Hoover tion. Their goal wasn’t to please Learn the Guitar this Winter the art lover but to instruct the Carol McComb’s “Starting to Play” workshophop includesincludes largely illiterate Russian popu- the FREE use of a Loaner Guitar for the durationration lation. Propaganda posters were of the classes. * Regular cost is just $180 foror eight quickly identified by the Bolshe- weeks of group lessons, and all music is included.ncluded.d. vik leaders as the best vehicle for * “Starting to Play” meets for one hour each Mondayday nightnignight reaching all social classes. for eight weeks beginning January 15th. Thus, between 1918 and 1921, For more information about this and Carol’s other classes we are told, more than 450 differ- This lithograph by Nokolai Mikhailovich Kochergin used as at Gryphon, visit www.carolmccomb.com ent organizations and institutions propaganda during the Russian Revolution of 1917 is part of “The and click on “group classes.” created an estimated 3,000 to Crown under the Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, Revolution,” exhibit 4,000 unique poster designs and at the Cantor Arts Center and the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit millions of posters. Pavilion that examines the political, social and cultural upheavals At times, the revolutionary im- that transformed Russia in the final decades of the Romanov agery spices up a poster’s other- dynasty and the first years of Soviet Communism. Stringed Instruments wise prosaic message. One print Since 1969 shows a man in a red worker tu- 650࠮493࠮2131 nic holding a canister filled with through the snow. One 1919 paint- coats and a desperate hunger. This 3HTILY[(]LU\L࠮7HSV(S[V rubles with one hand while scat- ing is titled, “Hungry Ones in series of paintings, more than any tering the bills with the other. Petrograd Dividing a Dead Horse other in the exhibition, helps ex- www.gryphonstrings.com The falling rubles land on a board in the Street.” It shows men and plain the origins of the Bolshevik subdivided into horizontal strips, women huddling over the carcass Revolution, as well as its ultimate each depicting a vignette of So- in the middle of the street, while failure. Q viet life: three women sitting in a pair of dogs look on. There’s not Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner “There’s no place like home.” a library, a soldier defending the much blue, or red, in this photo. can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ homeland, a hospital, school chil- Rather, we see gray slush, drab paweekly.com dren near a freshly paved road. The title of the piece is “How Property Tax Is Spent.” This pro- MOVIES NOW SHOWING paganda poster, it turns out, is perhaps the world’s most imagi- All the Money in the World (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. native budget document. Call Me by Your Name (R) ++++ Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. If the Cantor exhibit highlights Coco (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. the creative forces unleashed by Darkest Hour (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun. the Bolsheviks, the Hoover one The Disaster Artist (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. emphasizes what was lost in the Downsizing (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. process. At the Hoover pavilion, Father Figures (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. we see black-and-white photos of the royal family and its associates Ferdinand (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. — young Alexei, the tsar’s hemo- The Greatest Showman (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Matched CareGivers philiac son, resting in bed while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Matched CareGivers is nurse owned and operated his mother embroiders next to Century 20: Fri. - Sun. and has provided the best in home care and case him; Grigori Rasputin, the Siberi- Lady Bird (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. management on the peninsula for over 25 years. Molly’s Game (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. an mystic who managed Alexei’s Our trained caregivers provide personal care, condition and, in doing so, be- Pitch Perfect 3 (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. bathing, dressing, companionship, exercise mobility came the palace Svengali during The Shape of Water (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. the final throes of the revolution; Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. assistance, and much more. and photos of the various grand Century 20: Fri. - Sun. dukes who, on Jan. 18, 1919, were Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. When someone you care about needs assistance... taken to a courtyard in Petrograd, Wonder (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. you can count on us to be there. Call (650) 839-2273 told to strip and shot into a mass Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto grave. Menlo Park • San Mateo • San Jose Lic# 41470002 But perhaps the most poignant (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa paintings in the collection are the Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View MatchedCareGivers.com ones that don’t fall neatly into ei- tinyurl.com/Century16 ther the royal or the revolutionary Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City camp. On one wall at Cantor, we tinyurl.com/Century20 see a series of gouache-and-wa- CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto tercolor paintings made by Ivan (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare Looking for something to do? Alekseevich Vladimirov, a battle- Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp field sketch artist whose desolate Check out the Weekly’s Community Calendar Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto scenes capture the revolution’s for the Midpeninsula. real-world consequences: bread- (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org *OTUBOUMZmOEPVUXIBUFWFOUTBSFHPJOHPOJOZPVSDJUZþ lines, empty shelves, vandals Find trailers, star ratings and reviews on the web destroying a room in the Winter at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar Palace, priests marching somberly + Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 19 READ MORE ONLINE PaloAltoOnline.com

There are more real estate features online. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com/ real_estate.

HomeA weekly guide to home, garden & and realReal estate news, edited by Estate Elizabeth Lorenz WENDI WEEKEND Real Estate Matters Selig Aimonetti OPEN Palo Alto median home price 6HUYLQJWKH3HQLQVXOD6LQFH HOME reaches all-time high 7උൺൽංඍංඈඇඈൿ UNLESS OTHERWISE Skyrocketing prices are coupled with all-time low inventory NOTED, ALL TIMES 7උඎඌඍ ARE 1:30-4:30 PM by Xin Jiang  he 2017 Palo Alto percent higher than its asking price.

'5( ඐඐඐඐൾඇൽංඌൾඅං඀ർඈආ REDWOOD CITY property market This volume-zone demand mainly con- Ttook a surprising sists of local young couples, at least one of 5 Bedrooms upturn from a soft 2016. whom works in high tech, benefiting from The median price of all the solid tech economy. These young fami- 2673 Ohio Ave www.PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate sold homes in Palo Alto lies are moving from other parts of the Bay EXPLORE OUR MAPS, HOMES FOR SALE, $2,195,000 as of Dec. 1 reached a new Area to cut commute times and get their Sat/Sun 1-4 high of $2.67 million, an children into Palo Alto schools. OPEN HOMES, VIRTUAL TOURS, 11 percent increase from At the high end, buyers become more Coldwell Banker PHOTOS, PRIOR SALE INFO, 2016. Limited supply Xin Jiang demanding on location and lot size. There NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES ON 851-2666 coupled with strong de- were three sales above $10 million this year mand both domestically in Palo Alto. I represented the buyer in one and internationally were the main drivers. of them. All have large lots, bigger than There were 503 new listings as of Dec. 1, 10,000 square feet, on ideal streets in Old

2017-2 0 1 a 14 percent decline from the same period Palo Alto and Crescent Park. 8 last year. This is likely to be the lowest num- Wealthy Chinese families have kept com- ber of new listings since 1998, when mul- ing to Palo Alto despite the government’s tiple listing data became available digitally. countless measures to restrain capital out- What are the reasons behind low supply? flow. Just as our locals benefited from the Tax consequences and high replacement or robust stock market, the elite Chinese have हૈ ӊ/$# trade-up costs prevent existing homeowners grown their wealth through capital markets Broker Associate from selling. The death of elderly parents (Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index has appre- and relocation have remained the top two ciated more than 30 percent so far this year), 15 Years of Proven Results reasons to sell Palo Alto homes. as well as the policy-driven housing bubble m: 650.687.7388 Because of robust demand, an average in China. Palo Alto homes, even at $5 mil- listing stayed on the market for 19 days lion, are regularly considered bargains for [email protected] compared with 21 days last year. There were Chinese buyers. SophieTsang.com only 47 listings where the original price was Lots of uncertainty remains as we head LICENSE# 01399145 reduced so far this year, a 52 percent de- toward 2018, while supply remains the key cline from last year. Thirty-three listings driver for prices. were pulled off the market this year, com- The impact of the federal tax law changes pared to 83 for 2016. on the property market is yet to be seen. As of early December, 431 Palo Alto While the tax deductions on home mortgages homes exchanged hands — 6 percent fewer and property taxes may or may not discour- than the same period in 2016. Among the age home ownership, the potential elimina- closed transactions, 120 homes settled at a tion of the alternative minimum tax bracket price higher than $3.5 million, and the re- may be more than enough to offset any lost 650.283.8379 maining 311 homes, or 72 percent, were sold tax deductions for many Bay Area families. [email protected] at or below $3.5 million. Moreover, given the high home prices, it’s License #01961451 Homes settled below $3.5 million nor- not practical for entry-level buyers to limit mally attracted multiple offers and the num- borrowing to $500,000 to get into Palo Alto Speaks Japanese & Chinese Fluently ber ranged from two offers to close to 30 on anyway. In fact, most young families take Serving Palo Alto, Los Altos and Menlo Park each listing. Severe competition among buy- a home loan ranging from $1 million to $2 2017 Palo Alto Transaction +$32Million ers at this price range tend to drive selling million. It may not be wise for buyers who prices up significantly above listing prices. are searching for their primary homes to In my opinion, the difference between defer purchase because of pending tax law EXPERTISE • INTEGRITY • DILIGENCE listing price and selling price isn’t a mean- changes, as their purchase decisions should ingful barometer for the market, since the be based on a much longer time horizon. listing price of a home is merely a market- Most market participants expect the cur- ing strategy and has little to do with fair rent momentum to continue at least into the market value. However, the market seg- spring of 2018. However, looking back, an ment below $3.5 million is still overheated. overheated property market in 2015 (13 per- Even in the this normally slow end-of-year cent increase in median home price from season, an entry-level home in Midtown 2014) actually led to a 20 percent increase in

® listed at approximately $2 million attracted the number of new listings in the spring of closed to 20 offers, and got bid up all the 2016 and an instant decline in home prices. way up to $3 million. Similarly, about a Supply still remains the most significant dozen other homes experienced bidding driver for home prices in Palo Alto. Q wars, which led to homes going for way Xin Jiang is a real estate agent for Alain more than their asking prices, including Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto. She can be one Greenmeadow home that sold for 63 emailed at [email protected].

The DeLeon Difference® Today’s local news, sports 650.543.8500 & hot picks www.deleonrealty.com Sign up today at www.PaloAltoOnline.com 650.543.8500 | www.deleonrealty.com | DeLeon Realty CalBRE #01903224

Page 20 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com the printed version of MARKETPLACE THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TM TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS fogster.com GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM

Software Engineer Palo Alto, CA 94301 GREG DEATON in the Superior Court of 245 Miscellaneous Coursera, Inc. has following opportuni- 751 General Registrant began transacting business California, County of SANTA CLARA. Bulletin SAWMILLS ties in Mountain View, CA: Software Contracting under the fictitious business name(s) The Petition for Probate requests that: from only $4397.00- MAKE & SAVE Engineer, Build mobile applications listed above on N/A. GREG DEATON be appointed as personal MONEY with your own bandmill- from the ground up for Apple iOS. A NOTICE TO READERS: (PAW Dec. 15, 22, 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 2018) representative to administer the estate of Cut lumber any dimension. In stock Engineering Manager, lead a team of It is illegal for an unlicensed person the decedent. ready to ship! FREE Info/DVD: VILLAGE FLOWER SHOPPE Board engineers responsible for shipping our to perform contracting work on any FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The petition requests the decedent’s www.NorwoodSawmills.com product in a fast-moving environment. project valued at $500.00 or more in will and codicils, if any, be admitted to 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N (Cal-SCAN) File No.: FBN637024 To apply, please mail resumes to C. labor and materials. State law also The following person (persons) is (are) probate. The will and any codicils are 2018 Free Events Calendar - $00. Shimozato, Coursera Inc. 381 E. Evelyn requires that contractors include doing business as: available for examination in the file kept 115 Announcements Avenue, Mountain View, California, their license numbers on all advertis- by the court. Tie dye Beanies & Bandana’s - $12-20 Village Flower Shoppe, located 2237 El PREGNANT? 94041. ing. Check your contractor’s status Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa The petition requests authority to admin- CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB Clara County. ister the estate under the Independent Living expenses, housing, medical, and (2752). Unlicensed persons taking This business is owned by: An Administration of Estates Act. (This continued support afterwards. Choose Mind Business jobs that total less than $500.00 Individual. authority will allow the personal repre- adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. must state in their advertisements The name and residence address of the sentative to take many actions without 877-362-2401 (AAN CAN) that they are not licensed by the registrant(s) is(are): obtaining court approval. Before taking A PLACE FOR MOM Contractors State License Board. SUSAN HONG certain very important actions, however, The nation’s largest senior living refer- & Body Services 2237 El Camino Real the personal representative will be ral service. Contact our trusted,local Palo Alto, CA 94306 required to give notice to interested per- experts today! Our service is FREE/ 754 Gutter Cleaning Registrant began transacting business sons unless they have waived notice or no obligation. CALL 1-855-467-6487. under the fictitious business name(s) consented to the proposed action.) The 405 Beauty Services 624 Financial Roofs, Gutters, Downspouts independent administration authority (Cal-SCAN) cleaning. Work guar. 30 years exp. listed above on 12/19/2017. ELIMINATE CELLULITE Are you in BIG trouble will be granted unless an interested per- Insured. Veteran Owned. Jim Thomas This statement was filed with the DID YOU KNOW and Inches in weeks! All natural. Odor with the IRS? Stop wage & bank levies, son files an objection to the petition and Maintenance, 408-595-2759 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 7 IN 10 Americans or 158 million U.S. free. Works for men or women. Free liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, pay- shows good cause why the court should Adults read content from newspaper month supply on select packages. Order jimthomasmaintenance.com County on December 21, 2017. roll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Call (PAW Dec. 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 12, 19, 2018) not grant the authority. media each week? Discover the Power now! 1-844-703-9774. (Cal-SCAN) 855-970-2032. (Cal-SCAN) A HEARING on the petition will be held of Newspaper Advertising. For a free 757 Handyman/ on March 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: brochure call 916-288-6011 or email 425 Health Services Social Security Disability? 997 All Other Legals 12 of the Superior Court of California, [email protected] (Cal-SCAN) Up to $2,671/mo. (Based on paid-in Repairs NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. Got Knee Pain? Back Pain? amount.) FREE evaluation! Call Bill DID YOU KNOW Shoulder Pain? Get a pain-relieving Water Damage to Your Home? ESTATE OF: First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. Gordon & Associates. 1-800-966-1904. Call for a quote for professional cleanup GERHARD HOLZ If you object to the granting of the peti- 144 million U.S. Adults read a brace -little or NO cost to you. Medicare Mail: 2420 N St NW, Washington DC. Newspaper print copy each week? Patients Call Health Hotline Now! & maintain the value of your home! Set Case No.: 17PR182277 tion, you should appear at the hearing Office: Broward Co. FL., member TX/NM an appt. today! Call 1-855-401-7069 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con- and state your objections or file written Discover the Power of Newspaper 1-877-857-5229 (Cal-SCAN) Bar. (Cal-SCAN) Advertising. For a free brochure call (Cal-SCAN) tingent creditors, and persons who may objections with the court before the OXYGEN otherwise be interested in the will or hearing. Your appearance may be in per- 916-288-6011 or email Anytime. Anywhere! No tanks to refill. Alex Peralta Handyman [email protected] (Cal-SCAN) 636 Insurance estate, or both, of GERHARD HOLZ. son or by your attorney. No deliveries. The All-New Inogen One Lowest Prices Kit. and bath remodel, int/ext. paint, A Petition for Probate has been filed by: If you are a creditor or a contingent credi- EVERY BUSINESS G4 is only 2.8 pounds! FAA approved! on Health & Dental Insurance. We have tile, plumb, fence/deck repairs, foam KLAUS REINIGER in the Superior Court of tor of the decedent, you must file your has a story to tell! Get your message out FREE info kit: 1-844-359-3976. the best rates from top companies! Call roofs/repairs. Power wash. Alex, California, County of SANTA CLARA. claim with the court and mail a copy to with California’s PRMedia Release — the (Cal-SCAN) Now! 888-989-4807. (Cal-SCAN) 650-465-1821 The Petition for Probate requests that: the personal representative appointed only Press Release Service operated by Safe Step Walk-In Tub! KLAUS REINIGER be appointed as per- by the court within the later of either the press to get press! For more info Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be 640 Legal Services sonal representative to administer the (1) four months from the date of first contact Cecelia @ 916-288-6011 or 771 Painting/ estate of the decedent. issuance of letters to a general personal fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Denied Credit? http://prmediarelease.com/california The petition requests the decedent’s representative, as defined in section 58 Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step- Work to Repair Your Credit Report With Wallpaper (Cal-SCAN) will and codicils, if any, be admitted to (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American The Trusted Leader in Credit Repair. Call Glen Hodges Painting probate. The will and any codicils are 60 days from the date of mailing or per- PREGNANT? Made. Installation Included. Call Lexington Law for a FREE credit report Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. available for examination in the file kept sonal delivery to you of a notice under CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. 1-800-799-4811 for $750 Off. (Cal-SCAN) summary & credit repair consultation. #351738. 650-322-8325, phone calls ONLY. by the court. section 9052 of the California Probate Living expenses, housing, medical, and 855-620-9426. John C. Heath, Attorney Stop OVERPAYING STYLE PAINTING The petition requests authority to admin- Code. Other California statutes and legal continued support afterwards. Choose at Law, PLLC, dba Lexington Law Firm. for your prescriptions! SAVE! Call our Full service interior/ext. Insured. Lic. ister the estate under the Independent authority may affect your rights as a adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. licensed Canadian and International (AAN CAN) 1-877-879-4709 (Cal-SCAN) 903303. 650/388-8577 Administration of Estates Act. (This creditor. You may want to consult with an pharmacy, compare prices and get DID YOU KNOW authority will allow the personal repre- attorney knowledgeable in California law. SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP $25.00 OFF your first prescription! Information is power and content is 775 Asphalt/ sentative to take many actions without You may examine the file kept by the CALL 1-855-397-6808 Promo Code King? Do you need timely access to obtaining court approval. Before taking court. If you are a person interested in 130 Classes & CDC201725. (Cal-SCAN) public notices and remain relevant Concrete certain very important actions, however, the estate, you may file with the court a Instruction in today’s hostile business climate? Roe General Engineering the personal representative will be Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) Gain the edge with California News Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, required to give notice to interested per- of the filing of an inventory and appraisal Massage for pain, senior care Publishers Association new innovative artificial turf. 41 yrs exp. No job too sons unless they have waived notice or of estate assets or of any petition or website capublicnotice.com and check small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572 consented to the proposed action.) The account as provided in Probate Code sec- 133 Music Lessons out the FREE One-Month Trial Smart independent administration authority tion 1250. A Request for Special Notice Search Feature. For more information will be granted unless an interested per- Christina Conti Piano form is available from the court clerk. Jobs call Cecelia @ (916) 288-6011 or son files an objection to the petition and Attorney for Petitioner: Private piano lessons. In your home www.capublicnotice.com (Cal-SCAN) Real shows good cause why the court should Richard L. Ehrman or mine. Bachelor of Music, 20+ years not grant the authority. exp. 650/493-6950 Thoits Law, 695 Tours & Travel A HEARING on the petition will be held 400 Main Street, Suite 250 500 Help Wanted on February 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: Tours, Vacation Packages Los Altos, CA 94022 Hope Street Music Studios Computer/IT Estate 12 of the Superior Court of California, and Travel Packages since 1952. (650) 327-4200 Now on Old Middefield Way, MV. Senior Software Engineer, General County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. Visit Caravan.com for details or call (PAW Dec. 22, 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 2018) Most instruments, voice. All ages Motors, Sunnyvale, CA. Perform &exe- First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. 1-800-CARAVAN for catalog. (CalSCAN) and levels 650-961-2192 cute on Over the Air (OTA) update fea- 855 Real Estate If you object to the granting of the peti- NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF GOODS TO www.HopeStreetMusicStudios.com ture for Infotainment system software & tion, you should appear at the hearing SATISFY LIEN AUCTION LOCATION: firmware on Central Stack Module (CSM) Services and state your objections or file written 1040 TERRA BELLA AVE., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 135 Group Activities hardware. Analyze &define reqmts for Home DID YOU KNOW objections with the court before the OTA update feature. Communicate with hearing. Your appearance may be in per- In accordance with the provisions of the FUMCPA Christmas Eve Services! Information is power and content is California Commercial Code, Sections team owning other subsystem in vehicle King? Do you need timely access to son or by your attorney. to identify reqmts. Enhance OTA update If you are a creditor or a contingent credi- 7201-7210, notice is hereby given 145 Non-Profits public notices and remain relevant in that on Wednesday, December 297, service on Intel System-on-Chip (SoC). Services tor of the decedent, you must file your today’s highly competitive market? Gain 2018 at 10:00 am of said date, at 1040 Needs Customize Android recovery mode an edge with California News Publishers claim with the court and mail a copy to implementation &implement reqmts for the personal representative appointed Terra Bella Ave., City of Mountain View, DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT Association new innovative website Infotainment system on Vehicle. Review by the court within the later of either County of Santa Clara, State of CA, the TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. FREE 707 Cable/Satellite capublicnotice.com and check out the hardware impact & use them to design, (1) four months from the date of first undersigned will sell at public auction 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Smart Search Feature. For more informa- implement, & test low level drivers. Dvlp Cut the Cable! CALL DIRECTV. issuance of letters to a general personal for cash, in lawful money of the United Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care of. tion call Cecelia @ (916) 288-6011 or Linux device driver on Android platform. Bundle & Save! Over 145 Channels PLUS representative, as defined in section 58 States, the articles hereinafter described, Call 1-800-731-5042 (Cal-SCAN) www.capublicnotice.com (Cal-SCAN) Debug hardware & software interaction Genie HD-DVR. $50/month for 2 Years (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) belonging to, or deposited with, the Got an older car, boat or RV? issues using debuggers, simulators, & (with AT&T Wireless.) Call for Other Great 890 Real Estate 60 days from the date of mailing or per- undersigned by the persons hereinafter Do the humane thing. Donate it to the logic analyzers. Dvlp & debug Android Offers! 1-866-249-0619 (Cal-SCAN) sonal delivery to you of a notice under named at: KHWW, Inc.. Said goods are being held on the accounts of: Nancy Humane Society. Call 1-800-743-1482 framework. Dvlp & debug Android Java Dish Network Wanted section 9052 of the California Probate layer service & native layer daemon. Kahn. All other goods are described as (Cal-SCAN) Satellite Television Services. Now Over KC BUYS HOUSES Code. Other California statutes and legal Perform software life cycle dvlpmt household goods, furniture, antiques, PlantTrees $0.10/ea Change Lives! 190 channels for ONLY $49.99/mo! HBO- FAST - CASH - Any Condition. Family authority may affect your rights as a from reqmts to interoperability & field appliances, tools, misc goods, office FREE for one year, FREE Installation, owned & Operated . Same day offer! creditor. You may want to consult with an Processing Donations testing. Perform real-time embedded furniture, and articles of art, equipment, FREE Streaming, FREE HD. Add Internet (951) 805-8661 WWW.KCBUYSHOUSES. attorney knowledgeable in California law. software dvlpmt using C/C++ &Java. You may examine the file kept by the rugs, sealed cartons and the unknown. for $14.95 a month. 1-800-373-6508 COM (Cal-SCAN) The auction will be made for the pur- Analyze & resolve Android application (AAN CAN) court. If you are a person interested in crash & kernel panics. Communicate the estate, you may file with the court a pose of satisfying the lien of the under- DISH Network. firmware update reqmts with external Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) signed on said personal property to the firmware vendors. Define software 190+ Channels. FREE Install. FREE of the filing of an inventory and appraisal extent of the sum owed, together with update interfaces. Master, Computer Hopper HD-DVR. $49.99/month (24 Legal of estate assets or of any petition or the cost of the sale. Terms: Cash only For Sale Science, Information Technology, mos).Add High Speed Internet - $14.95 account as provided in Probate Code sec- with a 15% buyer’s premium. Payment Computer Engrg, or related. 12 mos exp (where avail.) CALL Today & SAVE 25%! tion 1250. A Request for Special Notice and removal of items purchased, day of as Software Engineer or related, dvlpg 1-844-536-5233. (Cal-SCAN) form is available from the court clerk. sale. Auction conducted by American Linux device driver on Android platform, Notices Attorney for Petitioner: Auctioneers, Dan Dotson & Associates 202 Vehicles Wanted debugging hardware & software interac- 715 Cleaning Bridget McInerney Harris (800) 838-SOLD, (909) 790-0433 or WANTED! Old Porsche tion issues using debuggers, simulators, Services 995 Fictitious Name Two Embarcadero Center, 5th Floor www.americanauctioneers.com Bond 356/911/912 for restoration by hobbyist & logic analyzers, dvlpg & debugging San Francisco, CA 94111 #FS863-20-14. 1948-1973 Only. Any condition, top $ Android framework &Android Java layer Silvia’s Cleaning Statement (415) 398-8080 /S/ KHWW Inc paid! PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGE service. Mail resume to Ref#778, GM We don’t cut corners, we clean them! (PAW Dec. 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 12, 2018) 12/29/17, 1/5/18 Bonded, insured, 22 yrs. exp., service SERENE SKIN STUDIO CNS-3084192# 1-707- 965-9546 (Cal-SCAN) Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, ROSE PETALS SKIN STUDIO MC:482-C32-C66, Detroit, MI 48265. guaranteed, excel. refs., free est. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER PALO ALTO WEEKLY 415/860-6988 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT ESTATE OF: 215 Collectibles & ENGINEER File No.: FBN636547 JOAN DEATON, aka JOAN J. DEATON, Bioinformatics Engr & Sales Operations The following person (persons) is (are) JOAN JANIS DEATON, JOAN WALSH Antiques Finance Mgr : Personalis, Inc. has open- 748 Gardening/ doing business as: Case No.: 17PR182480 Mountain View High School Wear ings in Menlo Park, CA. Bioinformatics Landscaping 1.) Serene Skin Studio, 2.) Rose Petals To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, Puzzles will Engineer, Operations: data packaging, Skin Studio, located at 216 Ramona St., Vintage Mountain View Mugs LANDA’S GARDENING & contingent creditors, and persons who processing & solutions. Sales Operations Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. LANDSCAPING may otherwise be interested in the will 240 Furnishings/ Finance Manager: system reporting This business is owned by: An Individual. or estate, or both, of JOAN DEATON, aka return next + analysis. Submit resume (principals *Yard Maint. *New Lawns. *Clean Ups The name and residence address of the *Irrigation timer programming. 20 yrs JOAN DEATON WALSH, aka JOAN WALSH Household items only) to: [email protected] & registrant(s) is(are): aka JOAN J. DEATON aka JOAN JANIS include recruitment source + job title/s exp. Ramon, 650/576-6242 ROSEMEIRE MENDES RANCHE Baby Einstein Walker - $25 [email protected] DEATON. week. in subject line. EOE 216 Ramona St. A Petition for Probate has been filed by:

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 21 Sports WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Stanford Shorts WATCH LIST . . . Stanford’s Jordan ready Ewert is one of 27 men’s volleyball players named to the Karch Kiraly Award watch list. Off the Block to rock announced the preseason list for the national award presented to the Cardinal looks to build best outside attacker attacker in on tough preseason NCAA Division I-II menís volleyball by Rick Eymer during the regular season. rittany McPhee returned to the lineup in Stanford’s PENINSULA CLASSIC . . . The home loss to Tennessee Menlo College women’s basketball B last week and it was immediately team hosts Midland College on apparent how much the Cardinal Friday at 6 p.m. as part of the women’s basketball team missed Peninsula Classic, its first game its star senior guard. since knocking off NAIA No. Having her in the lineup 3-ranked Campbellsville at the breathes new life into Stanford’s Hoop N Surf Christmas Classic in conference hopes as it prepares to Honolulu. The Oaks (10-2), who also open Pac-12 play Friday against host College of St. Mary at 6 p.m. visiting No. 11 UCLA at 5:30 Saturday, won their first nine games p.m. The Bruins are the projected before dropping two in a row. Ashlyn conference champs according to a Monk scored 18 points, one of four preseason coaches poll. Stanford Oaks who reached double figures, was tabbed for a second-place tie in the big victory over the Tigers with Oregon. (12-2). Woodside grad Madison “It was great having Brit back,” Michelis had 17 points to go with Bob Drebin/isiphotos.com Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer 13 rebounds. She had 30 rebounds said. “She made a statement. She in her past two games, replacing set the tone.” Destinee Bowie, Menlo’s leading Freshman scorer at 18.2 per game. Bowie did Maya Dod- not play in Hawaii. son made her collegiate SPORTS AWARD . . . Stanford Reid Travis leads Stanford with a 21.4 scoring average. He also averages over seven rebounds a game. starting debut sophomore swimmer Katie Ledecky and showed was voted Female Athlete of the Year STANFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL she belongs. as announced by the Associated Stanford Press. Ledecky narrowly edged fell out of former Bank of the West Classic the AP Top tennis champion Serena Williams 25 poll for for the award. Track and field star Opening conference play the first time Allyson Felix finished third in the Stanford looks to use tough preseason for solid Pac-12 effort since 2001 Maya Dodson balloting. Ledecky became the this week and that may be a bless- first swimmer to earn the honor by Rick Eymer losing by an average margin of 22 has yet to play. Top recruit Kezie ing in disguise. since Amy Van Dyken in 1996 and tanford enters Pac-12 points to teams which currently Okpala just saw his first action, The Cardinal’s preseason the first active collegiate athlete to men’s basketball action have a combined 29-8 record. scoring six points and blocking a schedule included five losses to win since Rebecca Lobo in 1995. as one of two teams in the Two other losses were by fewer shot in 28 minutes against Kansas. teams ranked ninth in the nation Ledecky established herself as a S conference with an overall los- than 10 points to Ohio State and Pickens is a solid player in ev- or higher and a sixth to a team top collegiate swimmer once she hit ing record. Saturday’s opponent, Portland State, both on a neutral ery aspect and an important piece with a 10-2 record. the water for her first competition, California, is the other one. court. Those teams are a com- of the puzzle. He’s capable of Stanford (6-6) enters confer- leading the Cardinal to its first NCAA Perhaps it’s way too early to call bined 20-7. producing double-digit scoring ef- ence play with its worst start after championship title in 19 years. Not it a must-win situation for both What to make of the losses to forts. He led the team in minutes 12 games since opening the 1998- surprising given she has set 13 world teams. Better to say the winner Eastern Washington at home and played and was second in scoring 99 season 4-8, when it finished records thus far. As a freshman will be in a lot better shape than at Long Beach State, teams with last year. 18-12 and got beat in the first Ledecky set five individual American the loser moving forward. a combined 10-18 mark? Is it pos- Sheffield scored a career-high round of the NCAA tournament. records and seven individual NCAA The Cardinal (6-7), projected sible to dismiss them as ‘that’s the 35 points in a game against Ari- “I want us to take this tough records in three different events, to finish fifth in a preseason poll way the basketball bounces’? The zona State, a glimpse of his ex- schedule and make it pay off,” and broke Stanford team records of the Pac-12 coaches, hosts the 49ers went 2-2 against the Pac-12, traordinary talent. He’s averaged Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer in five individual events en route to Golden Bears (6-7), at 7 p.m. (Fox also beating Oregon State and los- 6.4 points in 59 career games, said. “We have to embrace the five All-America honors. At the world Sports 1). Cal was predicted to ing to the Beavers and Arizona. nine starts. challenge. We need more consis- championships in Budapest over the finish 11th. Stanford’s six victories to date, Keeping Pickens and Sheffield tent play.” summer, Ledecky won six medals to Of course preseason polls are three versus schools with a win- on the court is important for the McPhee returned to the Stan- overtake Missy Franklin as the most only worth the effort it takes to ning record, are against teams Cardinal, which relies heavily ford lineup for the first time in decorated female swimmer in world punch a few keys into an online with a combined 36-40 mark. on freshmen Daejon Davis, Isaac over a month. She was limited to championship history. ballot. After all, Arizona State The schedule would indicate White and Oscar da Silva. about 25 minutes and still man- was picked to finish sixth and the Cardinal stands a darn good While it’s a team game, Stan- aged to score 26 points, one off ON THE AIR Washington 10th. chance of being a .500 team. ford will go nowhere without Reid her career best in scoring. Friday And, as the frayed-at-the-edg- Stanford is capable of stealing a Travis, perhaps the most valuable The Pac-12 is loaded with College women’s basketball: es cliche reminds us, everybody win or two and also capable of let- player in the conference in terms nationally-ranked, quality teams UCLA at Stanford, 5:30 p.m., Pac-12 starts at 0-0. ting one or two slip away. of what he means to a team. with postseason dreams of their Networks So what condition is Stanford’s If the Cardinal should finish at Travis averages 21.4 points a own. With McPhee back and Di- Saturday condition in? Is it really a sub .500 least as high as fifth, it would be game thus far and has reached jonai Carrington not far behind, College men’s basketball: Califor- team as the record would like you considered successful, a job well double figures in all 13 contests. the Cardinal can begin working nia at Stanford, 7 p.m., Fox Sports 1 to believe or is it a ploy to detract done. Stanford has its collective he also averages 7.1 rebounds de- to regain its groove. Saturday from the real talent that lurks heart set on making the NCAA spite grabbing just 14 over his last Junior Alanna Smith may be College women’s basketball: USC within? tournament for the first time in three games combined. His sea- the main beneficiary of McPhee’s at Stanford, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks Let’s take the grueling pre- four years. A fifth-place finish son-high is 14. He’s still working return. The team leader in re- season schedule, throw it into the puts them in strong contention for on his 3-point shot (7-27, 26 per- bounds (8.4) will not have to carry READ MORE ONLINE blender, and see what comes out. just such an accomplishment. cent) but has a powerful move to a heavier load and will be freed www.PASportsOnline.com Three of the first seven loss- Health is another consideration. the basket that gets him to the free up to play a style more conducive es have come to teams ranked Senior Dorian Pickens has been throw line. The more aggressive to her talents, which means more For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, visit among the top 15 in the AP Top limited to two games due to a foot www.PASportsOnline.com 25 poll. The Cardinal survived, injury. Junior Marcus Sheffield (continued on next page) (continued on next page)

Page 22 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Women’s basketball ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (continued from previous page) perimeter movement. Get her going and she’ll be a consistent RISTORANTE contributor. Smith has four double-doubles 417 S. California Ave., Palo Alto in her last seven games and is at her best when she’s attacking. Smith leads Stanford with her Open for: .504 shooting percentage and gets to the foul line more than any New Year’s Eve - December 31 other Cardinal. If she improves her free throw percentage (.583), Smith, who also has 25 blocked shots, can be dominating. Book Your Holiday Party Now Senior Kaylee Johnson ranks Call for Reservations (650) 327-9390 second on the team with 7.8 re- bounds a game and is a steadying influence. Ila Lane Max Dorward Full Bar Lunch Dinner Cocktail Banquet Carrington was playing like a PRIORY BASKETBALL PALO ALTO BASKETBALL superstar when she was injured. The senior center scored a The senior scored 23 points The sophomore has displayed a combined 54 points and had in Palo Alto’s victory over multilayer game so far, averaging 43 rebounds in three games Carlmont over the weekend 11.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.2 at the Steve Geramoni Tour- and then scored 23 points assists. nament in Belmont last week. in a first-round victory over Marta Sniezek averages a team- Lane recorded double-dou- Saint Louis-Honolulu at the best 4.8 assists per game and has bles in all three games and Lahainaluna Invitational Tour- an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.8-1. was named all-tournament. nament Her 12 steals are also a team high. Kiana Williams reached double figures in scoring in four straight Honorable mention ® until being held scoreless by the Greer Hoyem* Will Beasley Lady Vols. She still has 61 points Menlo-Atherton basketball Menlo-Atherton basketball over her past four games after Carly Leong Gabe DeVitis scoring 22 in her first seven. Palo Alto basketball Woodside basketball Alexa Ro- Carly McLanahan Jhavante Hill mano, Dod- Menlo-Atherton basketball Menlo-Atherton basketball son, Anna Tatiana Reese* Spencer Rojahn* Wilson, Na- dia Fingall Priory basketball Palo Alto basketball and Shannon Dominque Robson Nate Smith Coffee have Priory basketball Mid-Peninsula basketball all produced Annika Shah Ben Winer double-dig- Palo Alto basketball Kehillah Jewish basketball *Previous winner it scoring ® games for the Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com The DeLeon Difference Cardinal and with more Shannon Coffee 650.543.8500 experience can only get better. Stanford will have a much bet- Stumped on What to www.deleonrealty.com ter conference season than pre- season and by the time the con- Give Your Parents? ference tournament rolls around, 650.543.8500 | www.deleonrealty.com | DeLeon Realty CalBRE #01903224 will be back in the conversation. Q Men’s basketball (continued from previous page) CITY OF PALO ALTO (but not reckless) he is, the better PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION for Stanford. “He’s best around the rim and COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING making tough plays and getting fouled,” Stanford coach Jarod 250 HAMILTON AVENUE, Haase said. “We want to make COUNCIL CHAMBERS sure that’s still the end goal for the Give them the gift of: The gift of an JANUARY 10, 2018 AT 6:00PM most part. But when he can bal- GIndependence Avenidas Village ance that with some jump shots, membership lets GFriendships some dribble penetration, he’ll your parents stay Action Items: become even better. I don’t think G24/7 support anybody ever thought that was go- in the home they 1. PUBLIC HEARING: Recommendation to the City Council ing to be a part of his game, and GSense of belonging love, while keeping Regarding the Adoption of an Ordinance Amending now it may be the best part.” GCultural outings them active, safe Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Chapters 18.12 (R-1 Michael Humphrey, one of two Single-Family Residential District), 18.42 (Standards seniors on the team, will also have GTransportationp assistance and connected! for Special Uses), and 18.77 (Processing of Permits to play a big role both rebounding and Approvals), The Proposed Ordinance is Exempt and scoring. He can draw atten- Call ()(650) 289-54055 from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in tion away from Travis and is ca- Accordance With CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). pable of a double-double. or visit For More Information, Please Contact Clare Campbell at Josh Sharma and Blake Pagon [email protected] are two important role players, www.avenidas.org capable of energizing their team- The Planning and Transportation Commission is live mates when in the game. streamed online at http://midpenmedia.org/category/ When everything is working, government/city-of-palo-alto and available on via cablecast Stanford can play with the best. on government access channel 26. The complete agenda The Cardinal has to bring its ‘A’ with accompanying reports is available online at http://www. game every time out or it will cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/ptc/default.asp. For Additional once again he on the outside look- Information Contact Yolanda Cervantes at Yolanda.Cervantes@ cityofpaloalto.org or at 650.329.2404. ing in at tournament time. Q Sign up today at www.PaloAltoOnline.com

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 29, 2017 • Page 23 PREMIER NEW LUXURY RESIDENCE WARMTH, STYLE, AND VERSATILITY 490 Loma Verde Avenue, Palo Alto 121 Park Avenue, Palo Alto Offered at $4,488,000 Offered at $3,988,000 www.490LomaVerde.com www.121ParkAve.com

GORGEOUS GARDEN ESTATE IN WEST ATHERTON LUXURIOUS REMODEL WITH GATED SERENITY 165 Patricia Drive, Atherton 455 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park Offered at $9,290,000 Offered at $4,998,000 www.165PatriciaDrive.com www.455SantaMargarita.com

GARDEN RETREAT WITH HISTORIC PRESTIGE LAVISH WOODLAND SANCTUARY 399 Atherton Avenue, Atherton 127 Pinon Drive, Portola Valley Offered at $4,988,000 Offered at $16,988,000 www.399AthertonAve.com www.127Pinon.com

650.900.7000 | [email protected] | www.deleonrealty.com | CalBRE #01903224

Page 24 • December 29, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com