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Movies 26 Eating Out 29 Arts & Entertainment 32 Crossword/Sudoku 59 Page 31 NUpfront Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson to retire Page 3 NSports Stanford seeks Bowl bid in Big Game Page 38 NHome & Real Estate Avoiding danger in the bedroom Page 45 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital AT STANFORD

Page 2ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Police arrest street-robbery suspect Jeffrey Owen Smith pleads not guilty, Smith pled not guilty to robbery the investigation, police Agent Dan robberies targeted women walking Thursday afternoon in San Mateo Ryan said Wednesday. alone, consistent with numerous held on $50,000 bail County Superior Court, and is being The arrest resulted from “a lot of earlier reports of the strong-arm held on $50,000 bail. A preliminary good police work and a little bit of robberies, Ryan reported. by Jay Thorwaldson hearing is set for Dec. 3. luck,” Ryan said. There have been 18 street rob- alo Alto and Menlo Park frey Owen Smith, 38, of Palo Alto Palo Alto police detectives Smith was apprehended at 9:10 beries in Palo Alto since June, plus police Tuesday night appre- was arrested on a charge of robbery searched the Alma Street apartment p.m. by Palo Alto and Menlo Park others reported in nearby communi- P hended a prime suspect in a relating to a purse-snatch robbery of the street-robbery suspect, seek- police following an attempted purse- ties. A pattern in most of the robber- string of strong-arm robberies that in Menlo Park — following an at- ing evidence that might link him to snatch robbery in north Palo Alto at ies was that women walking alone have targeted women walking alone tempted robbery earlier in Palo Alto up to 18 other strong-arm robberies 7:20 p.m. and a successful robbery would be attacked from behind, in the Palo Alto area. in which a witness noted his car’s since June. in Menlo Park 25 minutes later. The suspect, identified as Jef- license-plate number. “Detectives worked all night” on Both the attempted and actual (continued on page 12)

POLICE Lynne Johnson will retire as police chief Under firestorm of criticism for race-related comments, chief opts to step down by Jay Thorwaldson alo Alto Police Chief Lynne John- son will retire and leave her job P Dec. 19, City Manager James Keene announced Thursday following an assembly of virtually all officers in the department. Johnson has been the target of a firestorm of protest

Veronica Weber since she stated Oct. 30 at a community crime-prevention SEE VIDEO ONLINE meeting that she had www.PaloAltoOnline.com instructed officers to make “consensual Movers and shakers contact” with black men who match the Jim Kelly and other construction workers moved the ship-shaped Sea Scout building 200 feet at the Baylands last week, where it will be description of a man Police Chief restored on a new foundation. Environmental Volunteers, a group offering hands-on science to more than 11,000 South Bay schoolchil- who was targeting Lynne Johnson dren, is recycling the building for use as an EcoCenter, with public wildlife viewing programs, exhibits and school field trips. women walking alone and stealing their purses. Deputy Chief Dennis Burns will be- ECONOMY cal to the future of Silicon Valley,” ployment in the state is projected come acting police chief upon Johnson’s Bruce Swenson, Foothill-De Anza to rise from 7.7 percent to 9.7 departure. Her official retirement date is Board of Trustees president, said. percent in 2010, while “commu- Feb. 3, Keene said. “This is not the time to offer stu- nity colleges are California’s most Her remarks were reported worldwide Community colleges face dents fewer classes and services. It cost-effective and efficient way to as condoning illegal “racial profiling.” She makes no sense.” ensure that our state has a well- has since repeatedly apologized for her massive budget hit Foothill-De Anza Chancellor educated, well-trained workforce “misspoken” comments and cited decades Martha Kanter said the budget to lift us out of this economic cri- of her 34 years with the Palo Alto Police Thousands of students could be turned away due situation is the worst she has seen sis.” Department during which she was an ad- to $8 million in budget cuts in her 30-plus years in higher edu- The current budget proposal vocate of fair treatment of everyone. cation. calls for 10 percent budget cuts Keene told the Weekly late Thursday by Don Kazak “California’s requirement for a at all levels of public education in afternoon that the decision to retire was two-thirds legislative vote to pass California, including K-12, com- Johnson’s, but acknowledged they have he Foothill-De Anza Com- Statewide, community colleges the budget has hamstrung the munity colleges, the California been meeting on a regular basis to discuss munity College District will face $332 million in budget cuts, state’s ability to raise taxes and State University system and the the situation and “talk about where she’s T lose $8 million from its which would mean turning away close tax loopholes,” Kanter said. University of California. going and what she’s thinking.” current-year budget and turn away almost 263,000 students, accord- “These steps are necessary to The Foothill-De Anza Commu- “I did not demand her resignation or tell “hundreds, if not thousands” of ing to an analysis by the Commu- provide essential state services, nity College District serves more her I was going to fire her,” Keene said. students under the current mid- nity College League of California including education. Foothill-De than 45,000 students at Foothill He said Johnson was considering retiring year budget proposal from Gov. on the effects of the budget cuts Anza will join other advocates in College in Los Altos Hills and De prior to the Oct. 30 comments. Arnold Schwarzenegger, district on the state’s 110 community col- urging solutions to California’s Anza College in Cupertino. N “It’s still a tough decision for her, af- officials warned Tuesday. leges. budget deficit that will not devas- Senior Writer Don Kazak can ter 34 years with the department,” Keene More than a quarter-million “A 10 percent budget reduction tate the lives of so many residents be reached at dkazak@paweekly. said. students might have to be turned means turning students away at a of our state.” com. Emilie Doolittle contributed “It’s a tough day in the police depart- away statewide, the officials said. time when their education is criti- Kanter also noted that unem- to this story. ment.” N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER Our William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Town Tyler Hanley, Online Editor by Don Kazak Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer Emilie Doolittle, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers Setting the wrong example Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant y Nov. 7 column about ing his Cal shirt and a Stanford Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer school bullying in Palo football player then picked him up Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Jack McKinnon, MAlto generated some and “dangled him by his feet” over Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors thoughtful responses and triggered a trash can, supposedly part of the Megan Rawlins, Susan Robles, Johanna Toivio, Rachel Palmer, Kris Young, Editorial Interns a thread on Palo Alto Online’s “Beat Cal” sentiment. Town Square forum with numer- When the mother’s older son, DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director ous opinions offered. also an Escondido student, got out Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers Clearly, parents in Palo Alto of his seat to come to the aid of his Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, Scott Peterson, Designers care about the subject and have brother, Prehn told him to sit back heartfelt things to say. down, the mother said. PRODUCTION Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager I also received an e-mail that When the mother met her young- Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, stunned me and led to a phone er son after school that afternoon, Sales & Production Coordinators conversation with the mother of a she said he was upset and crying 530 Ramona Street ADVERTISING former Palo Alto student. about something but he was so up- Monday - Saturday 10-6 Walter Kupiec, Advertising Director Palo Alto Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. Kids bully other kids. But adults set he couldn’t talk about it. Sunday 12-5 Judie Block, Janice Hoogner, Gary Whitman, can set the wrong example. Another parent told her what 650.327.5667 Display Advertising Sales Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales The mother agreed to let the happened. Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. story become public since a lot of She said both Prehn and Skelly David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, people in the Escondido Elemen- didn’t respond at first to her de- Inside Advertising Sales Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. tary School community already mand for an apology and a second ONLINE SERVICES know of it, on the condition I don’t school assembly for that apology. Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online use her name to protect the iden- Instead, the mother said Prehn BUSINESS tity of her two young sons. made a public-address announce- Theresa Freidin, Controller One of her sons may return to ment to Escondido students in Haleh Yee, Manager of Payroll & Benefits Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant the Palo Alto Unified School Dis- which he said it was too bad the Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Cathy trict next year as a middle-school second-grade student wearing the Stringari, Doris Taylor, Business Associates student. Cal shirt didn’t realize it was “just ADMINISTRATION People sometimes buy homes to a joke.” Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & Promotions Director get their children into Palo Alto Prehn later relented, and a sec- Rachel Palmer, Promotions & Online Assistant schools. This is a story of a Palo ond school assembly was held this Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Ruben Espinoza, Jorge Vera, Couriers Alto family pulling their kids out fall where an apology was made — of Palo Alto schools because of although the two brothers were no EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. William S. Johnson, President what happened to them. longer at Escondido to hear it. Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO “Our family worked really hard “Skelly sent a note of apology,” Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Robert Stetson, Director of Marketing to get the principal of Escondido the mother said. Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations (Gary Prehn) and (Superintendent “We have a principal who is a & Webmaster Kevin) Skelly to recognize the im- good man who made an error,” Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales Manager Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation & Mailing portance of setting the wrong ex- Skelly said. He added that Prehn Services ample for the kids, and addressing “regrets the incident” and apolo- Alicia Santillan, Susie Ochoa, Circulation Assistants not just the bully and the bullied, gized to other Escondido students Chris Planessi, Chip Poedjosoedarmo, but the children who witness it,” in the assembly held earlier this Oscar Rodriguez, Computer System Associates the e-mail began. fall. The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) is Escondido held a “track and The Stanford athletes also apol- published every Friday by Embarcadero Publishing Co., 703 High St., Palo Alto, CA 94302, (650) field day” assembly last spring ogized to the boy, Skelly said. 326-8210. Periodicals postage paid at Palo Alto, that included visits from Stan- While many schools have anti- CA and additional mailing offices. Adjudicated a ford athletes, which is appropriate bulling programs, it doesn’t help newspaper of general circulation for Santa Clara County. 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Planning commission rejects Alma Plaza map Great Buys Commissioners object to splitting property and to new restrictions on ‘community room’ use in by Gennady Sheyner Today’s Economy eveloper John McNellis’ de- grocery store and 14 below-market- skeptical of McNellis’ explanation cade-long quest to replace the rate apartments and a “community for the split. D boarded-up Alma Plaza shop- room.” A second parcel would in- Despite staff members from the ping center with a grocery store, clude a smaller commercial build- city attorney’s office and the plan- 37 homes, a commercial building ing. A third would include private ning department saying the devel- Since 1992, the fi rst and fi nest with14 below-market-rate apart- streets, pathways and common areas oper’s “condominiumization” of the Since 1992, the best in consigned furniturein consigned and furniture.home accessories. ments and a “community room” for the new houses. property is beyond the commission’s Open 10-4 Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday may stretch into a second decade. “Financing a mixed-use project is purview, commissioners argued 67 Encina, one block north of Embarcadero Rd., off El Camino Real, Palo Alto The Planning & Transportation historically difficult,” McNellis said. that the creation of the three parcels 650 324-8791 Commission Wednesday night “We’ll be seeking to finance these would damage the overall product. voted 4-1 to oppose McNellis’ projects separately. There are lend- “I’m struggling with how to deter- tentative map for the Alma Plaza ers who will consider low-income mine whether the project is consis- project, citing concerns about Mc- housing and there are other lenders tent with the Comprehensive Plan if “Wouldn't you just love Warm Tile Nellis’ decision to split the prop- who will consider commercial.” the ownership is so subdivided as to erty into three parcels. Chairman But while he insisted all the par- render parts of it not viable and as to for your Tootsies this winter?” Daniel Garber was the only voice cels would remain in his family’s render long-term maintenance of it of support for the plan. ownership, commissioners were a nightmare,” Commissioner Susan FREE Radiant fl oor heating system Commissioners also objected to skeptical. If one parcel is sold and Fineberg said. when you reserve a full bath an 11 a.m.-to-7 p.m. ban on use of the two owners didn’t get along it Garber voted against Tuma’s remodel by December 19. a “community room” by commu- could be hard to maintain the com- motion, saying that an operational nity members, from groups to after- mercial building, which is designed agreement could be put in place to See web site or visit store for details. school use by students. McNellis to be the central hub of the neigh- treat the different parcels as one. Remodel must be completed by had originally proposed these hours borhood in the area. But it was a plan to restrict use March 31, 2009 in a July memo to then-Planning Di- “I am extremely concerned that if of the community room that inter- rector Steve Emslie. the property was broken into sepa- ested most of the roughly 30 area Now it will be up the City Council rate parcels it could degrade the residents who attended Wednes- to decide whether the project — in center to [the] point where the cen- day’s meeting. The City Council, The Bath the 3400 block of Alma Street — ter is no longer viable, is no longer a which passed an ordinance in May Room will become a reality when it con- neighborhood center,” Vice Chair- 2007 allowing the mixed-used de- siders the project, likely in January. man Samir Tuma said, in making velopment in the area, included McNellis told the commission the motion to recommend against the community room as a “public Tues-Sat. 10am -6pm Wednesday that splitting the prop- the project. benefit” of the project. Many speak- 1910 W. El Camino Real #E www.thebathroominc.com erty into three parcels is necessary “So we are then left with the ers Wednesday expressed outrage %*$) $ ,0 Contractor Lic. #867330 for the project to go forward because result that does not satisfy the un- at McNellis’ new restriction that of financial realities in today’s lend- derlying requirements of land use,” would make the room only avail- ing market. Tuma said. able for community use before 11 One parcel would contain the Others echoed his concern. Com- mixed-use building, featuring a missioner Arthur Keller said he was (continued on page 14)

REAL ESTATE ‘Uncharted’ future for business real estate HOLIDAY FAIR Palo Alto is in good spot for recovery but ‘needs to polish its golden eggs’

Quilt by Blanche Prior Fine Crafts ◆ Local Artists by Sue Dremann December 12, 13, 14, 2008 alo Alto has weathered six But the city must take its busi- recessions Keenan has experienced economic downturns in the ness relationship with Stanford since 1969, he said he can’t “read” Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10-5 P last 40 years — two of them University seriously and find ways this one in terms of predicting the Hoover House (aka ”The Girl Scout House”) serious — but the current crisis is to shorten the “Palo Alto Process” outcome. 1120 Hopkins, Palo Alto uncharted territory for the area’s (extended project reviews), speak- “The (national) debt this time is commercial real estate profession- ers warned. so turbocharged that the pattern For Information: als. Lessons learned since the dot- recognition” can’t be found, he said. 650-625-1736 or [email protected] Palo Alto will do better than sur- com bust of 2001 may prevent the “Historically, housing was the en- rounding communities, speakers massive hemorrhage the commer- gine that led out of recession, but I agreed during a panel discussion cial real estate market experienced don’t know this time.” Wednesday on the state and future in the late 1990s, speakers agreed. Other speakers agreed. of commercial real estate in the Law firms are still major occu- “The cuts are coming,” Randy area, sponsored by the Silicon Val- pants in the city. Gabrielson, senior vice president ley/San Jose Business Journal, at And the relationship between and co-manager of Cornish & Carey the Cabana Hotel. Palo Alto and Stanford will con- Commercial Palo Alto, said of jobs They also agreed that Palo Alto tinue to be important, as public and in general, rentals and income of is better positioned than in the past private funding pours into research real estate firms. or than other communities because in clean tech and biotech, the speak- The worst-hit commercial real es- it has more business diversification, ers said. tate market is the stretch along West a coveted address, venture capital, “The most important project for Bayshore Road, which has a 12.02 Ole's Car Shop passes the Stanford University, a vigorous pro- the next 50 years will be the new percent vacancy rate — more than fessional-service sector and high- Stanford Hospital,” Keenan said. twice the 5.11 percent rate in the torch to Dave's Auto Repair quality executive housing. “Stanford has 20,000 employees. Stanford Research Park, Gabriel- Fabian The city’s advantages will help it It is the biggest employer and takes son said. The rate in downtown Palo San Antonio101 remain resilient, speakers said. in $4.5 billion in revenues. One half Alto is 6.49 percent and 7.20 percent $20off Any scheduled maintenance NEW “In Palo Alto, it’s an issue of of that is spent here in Santa Clara in the California Avenue business (7.5K, 30K, 60K) Location Charleston polishing your golden eggs,” Palo County.” He said $1 billion in re- district, he said. Must present this ad ☛ Alto-based developer Charles search money comes here from fed- Lease rates that were once as high Offer expiresExpires 11/28/08 11/17/08 830 E. Charleston “Chop” Keenan, CEO and president eral agencies. as $9 per square foot have dropped at Fabian in Palo Alto of Keenan Land Company, said of But he tempers his rosy outlook to an average of $5.17 in downtown the current recession and the city’s by recognizing that there will be (650) 328-6537 pluses. other troubled times. Unlike the six (continued on page 14) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 5

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Thanksgiving Eve Concert and Service QUOTE OF THE WEEK Wednesday, November 26, 7 p.m. ‘‘ 950 Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park.

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church invites you and your family He still calls it a carrot; to join us for an inspiring evening of music and a special I call it scrap. conversation with MPPC member Steve Seabolt, who walked —Len Filppu, a member of Friends of Alma Plaza, www.mppc.org with “The Last Lecture” author Randy Pausch through the last on the developers’ latest — and rejected — plan. See story on page 5. 650.323.8600 days of his battle with cancer. ‘‘ Around Town YA THINK? ... Coldwell Banker available to be mixed at any Residential Brokerage just hardware store. To cast a ballot, released its annual college visit www.thecolorofpaloalto.org home-price comparison index and click on “Vote” to cast a se- and — guess what? — Stan- lection for one of the three final ford, UC Berkeley and Cal candidates. There is one poll for State San Jose ranked in the residents and another for non- top 10 most expensive college- residents. Residents should use football towns. Topping the their City of Palo Alto Utilities charts was Palo Alto, with account number (on their bill) home prices averaging $1.74 to verify residency. The poll is million, followed by Berkeley open to children and adults. in third place nationally at $1.3 Stanford Dermatology Clinic million and San Jose in sixth A ZONING MILESTONE ... It’s place at $1.08 million. (The being heralded as a green pio- survey included 2,220-foot, 4 neer, an architectural gem and bedroom, 2.5-bathroom homes a vision of Palo Alto’s future. Now Offers Extended Hours! with a family room and a two- And on Monday, the proposed car garage.) The most afford- development by Clarum Homes able of the 119 college-football became the city’s first PTOD- towns surveyed? Akron, Ohio, zoned project. The new zoning home of University of Akron, designation — which stands with average home price of for Pedestrian and Transit- $135,780. Others in pricey Oriented Development — will markets included Boston Col- allow Clarum to build four lege, UCLA, USC, University of houses with ground-floor office Stanford Dermatology Clinic Provides State-of-the-Art Hawaii, Northwestern University space in what was previously Care and Management for the Common to Complex (Evanston, Ill.), University of Mi- an exclusively commercial zone. ami and University of Colorado The City Council created the Problems of Adult Skin. (Boulder, Co.). new zoning designation to give property owners in the Califor- LAST CHANCE TO VOTE ... The nia Avenue area more flexibility We offer a full range of medical and surgical dermatology services polls are now open to vote on for development and encourage including Mohs Micrographic Surgery. “The Color of Palo Alto.” The residential projects in a transit- final day to vote for a favorite friendly district. But the council shade of green is Dec. 5. Artist was equally excited by the Stanford Dermatology Clinic hours are designed to fit your schedule. Samuel Yates was commis- proposed project’s ultra-green sioned by the Palo Alto Public features, which include photo- Art Commission to search for voltaic and solar thermal panels the color of Palo Alto in 2005 to create electricity and heat as part of an art installation at water with the sun. On Mon- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday For more information, or to make City Hall. Yates photographed day, the City Council gushed through Friday a dermatology appointment every parcel of land in Palo ecstatically about Clarum’s Alto with a digital camera and proposal, which will be located ran the gleaned information at 420 Cambridge Ave. Coun- Extended clinic hours: Call: 650-723-6316. through a computer program cil member Sid Espinosa said 5:00 pm -7:00 pm on Wednesdays to determine the final “average” the project “ushers in a new Stanford Dermatology Clinic color of Palo Alto. The photos vision for what can exist in the and Thursdays of Palo Alto (17,729 of which are California Avenue region” while 900 Blake Wilbur Drive, W0001 used to calculate the city color) council member Pat Burt called 8:00 am - Noon on Saturdays. Stanford, CA 94305 now cover the entire City Hall it an “outstanding achieve- façade on a printed adhesive ment.” Only council member A physician is on call 24 hours www.stanfordhospital.com material as part of a temporary Jack Morton voted against it. installation. Three colors remain His reason for not supporting a a day. to be chosen by the public as project designed to encourage “the” color of Palo Alto. The pedestrian and transit use? Not paint color “Palo Alto” will be enough parking. N

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STANFORD Nobel Prize winner advocates ‘social businesses’ Future lies in untapped energy and talent of just plain folks, Muhammad Yunus says by Chris Kenrick

obel Peace Prize winner Mu- ing good things but you find out on the family than money going “Today we’re small, but if we can has partnered with a French water hammad Yunus urged Stan- it’s absolutely the wrong thing,” he through men.” enlarge it to, say, 10,000 borrowers, company, Veolia, to offer clean wa- N ford students to use their tal- said. “So be there with the people, Loans are given to individuals for costs will be covered with an inter- ter in Bangladeshi villages at a price ents to develop “social businesses” know what the problems are, what income-generating activities that est rate of 15 percent,” Yunus said. of a penny for 10 liters. to solve pressing problems such as real intervention is needed and what are familiar to the recipients, such Grameen also makes interest-free “People can bring their own con- global warming, unemployment impact it makes.” as raising chickens, cows or vegeta- loans to beggars in poor countries, tainer, take 10 liters and that’s it,” and poverty. Yunus was introduced by George bles, and making baskets or sewing he said. With average loans of $15, Yunus said. “If it works and pays Yunus is famous for thinking Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of clothes. the bank encourages the beggars back, then we can repeat it. small, but in a big way. He is a pio- State and Hoover Institution fellow, The bank encourages borrowers going house to house to carry cook- “Once you develop a prototype neer “micro-credit entrepreneur” who called the micro-lending pio- to send their children to school and ies, candies or toys to sell, giving you develop a seed. Now multiply whose Grameen Bank has 7.5 mil- neer “one of the world’s great hu- offers scholarships to those who people the option to give money or the seed and it can be everywhere. lion impoverished borrowers with man beings.” perform well. buy something. “That’s the challenge to young loans averaging less than $200 and Shultz said he asked Yunus if he’d Attempting to break the cycle “More than 7,000 have stopped people in a school like Stanford a payback rate of 98 percent. donned a white tie and tails to re- of poverty, it also makes loans in begging completely and the remain- — to develop a social business, be- He also focuses on silver linings: ceive the 2006 Nobel Prize. Schultz housing and education and now has ing 90,000 or so are part-time beg- cause that’s where the future lies,” The world’s economic crisis offers said he responded, “No, I just wore 32,000 students in higher education gars, mixing begging and selling at Yunus said. “an enormous opportunity” to de- what I always wear.” and professional schools, Yunus the same time. “We see every day how human sign a fairer financial system, he said “He’s his own man,” Shultz said said. “It’s an amazing experience to be beings are packed with unlim- in a talk last Friday at Stanford. of Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist This year, Grameen Bank opened a of some help to a beggar,” he said. ited capacity, unlimited potential. “Now it’s a question: Who’s more who wore a tunic and vest over his branch in Queens, New York, where “They’re very smart — they know They’re not helpless people; they’re creditworthy, the rich or the poor?” trousers at Stanford Friday. Yunus said there are now 380 bor- which houses are good for begging as capable as anyone else. It’s that Yunus said, drawing laughs from Yunus made his first loan in 1976: rowers, all women, with average loan and which are good for selling. society never gave them an opportu- the standing-room-only audience. $27 from his own pocket to 42 Ban- amounts of $2,200 without collateral They don’t have to go to business nity to unwrap that gift. It’s a matter “So why don’t we create a financial gladeshi village women, who he and a 99.5 percent repayment rate. school; they already know about of removing the barrier. system that’s an inclusive system?” thought were being cheated by mon- “We follow the same procedures market segmentation.” “We have not allowed the bulk Technology offers a powerful eylenders. They made profitable use as in Bangladesh and when other Yunus outlined numerous other of the population on this planet to weapon against poverty, Yunus said. of the money and repaid it. things are collapsing it’s as strong Grameen ventures, including a unleash their creativity and talents, He urged technology-minded stu- Women now comprise 97 percent as ever.” hospital and a partnership with the and that is our loss,” he said. N dents to live among the people they of the bank’s borrowers, Yunus said, New York borrowers have created French company Groupe Danone to Writer Chris Kenrick, a for- seek to help before designing their because the bank has found that businesses in areas such as child produce low-cost yogurt containing mer editor at the Weekly, can be “high-impact social ventures.” “money going to a family through care, elder care, housecleaning and nutrients Bangladeshi children are e-mailed at christina_kenrick@ “Sometimes we think we’re do- women had much more impact flower arranging. missing in their diet. Grameen also yahoo.com.

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PARKS & RECREATION Upgrade, flood basin next for PA golf course? Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course may be redesigned — and used for flood overflow CityViewA round-up of government action this week by Gennady Sheyner he past decade hasn’t been rable Bay Area courses. The 76,000 element could also spice things up City Council (Nov. 17) kind to the Palo Alto Munici- rounds played annually rank it third and attract new visitors, according Golf course: The council held a study session on an operational analysis of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course. Action: None. T pal Golf Course, according to among the 15 competitive courses to Rob De Geus, division manager Zone change: The council also adopted an ordinance to change the zone designa- a new report by a golf-course con- surveyed by ERA. for Recreation and Golf. tion of 420 Cambridge Ave. from Community Commercial 2 to the California Avenue sulting firm. At the same time, 41 percent of “There’s an opportunity to do Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented District. Yes: Klein, Drekmeier, Burt, Espinosa, A depressed economy and an surveyed golfers who primarily something unique with the golf Kishimoto, Barton, Schmid, Yeh. No: Morton. abundance of new private courses play at other courses cited Palo Alto course that would also fix flood Board of Education (Nov. 18) have kept golfers off the links at Muni’s poor quality and play expe- control,” De Geus said. Strategic Plan: The board of the Palo Alto Unified School District approved a strate- the Palo Alto Muni, which has seen rience as the number-one reason to Some city officials said they sup- gic plan with higher goals for student achievement by 2012. Yes: Unanimous. play decrease by 16 percent between play elsewhere. port the conservative investment Summer School Plan: The board approved the 2009 Summer School Program Pro- 2000 and 2007. Weekday play for If the council ultimately decides strategy recommended by the con- posal, which requires $58,000 of funding. The board plans to revisit the proposal in 18-hole games has slipped by 51 to make significant changes to the sultant, at least until the JPA makes January, when it knows the effect of state budget cuts. Yes: Unanimous. percent between 2002 and 2006, course, that decision would have to its decision. Policy and Services Committee (Nov. 18) while 9-hole games dropped by 19 wait at least a few months. The San “As much as I like to see services in The City Council’s Policy and Services Committee discussed city oversight of the percent during the same period. Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Palo Alto be the very best, this is one Palo Alto Airport and approved a $105,000 contract with R.A. Wiedeman & Assoc. At the same time, a regional Authority (JPA) — a local regional place where I think a maintenance for airport business plan and airport/community value analysis. Yes: Kishimoto, Bar- flood-control agency is consider- agency focusing on flood control approach may be more appropriate ton, Espinosa. No: Drekmeier. ing using the golf course to reduce along the creek — is consider- than a more aggressive investment the risk of flooding from the San ing proposing modifications to the strategy,” said Parks and Recreation Planning & Transportation Commission (Nov. 19) Francisquito Creek by creating an course to reduce the risk of flooding Commissioner Paul Losch. Alma Plaza: The commission recommended rejection of a tentative map for the Alma Plaza project, which includes a 14-unit residential and commercial condo- overflow area. in the creek’s downstream area. The report also proposed several minium building, 37 residences, private streets and park land. Yes: Tuma, Fineberg, The City Council discussed the Modifications could entail either minor changes, including aligning Sandas, Keller, Holman. No: Garber. Absent: Lippert. golf course Monday with consul- creating a low dam on the golf course tenant leases and the course’s man- tants from Economics Research to store the water during storms or agement contract to expire concur- LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines Associates (ERA), which recently creating a new overflow channel to rently, and making small capital and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com conducted an operational analysis of divert the creek through a portion of improvements, including spending the course. Alternatives are to make the course. The alternatives are two $870,000 to rebuild some original small strategic changes in golf op- of seven the JPA is considering for greens and bunkers. erations, significantly redesign the flood control. The agency expects to The council’s Finance Committee course or keep things running the narrow its options to two in the next will study the report next, before re- The Public Agenda way they are. few months. turning to the council with recom- ERA principal Gene Krekorian If one of the flood plans involving mendations. N said while play had slipped in re- the golf course were chosen, the wa- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner There are no public meetings scheduled for next week. cent years, Palo Alto’s course is still ter element would become the new- can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ doing better than most other compa- est feature of the course. The new paweekly.com.

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Page 8ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront Join us for the first annual News Digest Stanford ER Run Two Stanford professors picked for Obama team Two Stanford University professors have been named to policy-working groups by the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama, & Community Day according to the National Journal. Linda Darling-Hammond, an education professor, and Mariano-Flo- rentino (Tino) Cuellar, a law professor, were named to the policy-working This event benefits Stanford Hospital Emergency Department groups for education and immigration, respectively. Darling-Hammond has taught at Stanford since 1998 and launched the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy and the School Redesign Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Network. Her research focuses on areas of school reform, teaching quality and educational equity. 9 a.m. rain or shine Cuellar’s research focuses on how organizations manage complex regulatory, migration, international security and criminal justice problems. N The race starts at the Stanford Stadium and ends — Don Kazak at PAC 10 Plaza Expectations rise for Palo Alto students Palo Alto School Board members raised overall goals for student pro- ficiency in a Strategic Plan passed this week. Join us for a fun filled, family friendly day. The new goal calls for 95 percent of students in grades 3-8 to be Particpate in the 5k Fun Run/Walk, visit on grade level, as measured by California standards tests in English, the many booths, or cheer on runners as Language Arts and Math, by 2012. By that time, the percentage of not-yet-proficient students should be reduced by 50 percent from cur- they cross the finish line. Bring your family rent levels. & friends - and support the cause! There The plan also evaluates high school students based on whether or not they meet the course requirements of the University of California and will be music, food, free give-aways, and the California State University systems. With almost 200 high school creative art projects for children. students currently not meeting the UC/CSU “a-g” course requirements, the plan calls for 85 percent of high school graduates to meet those requirements by 2012. “The goal is to make sure that we challenge every student, that we keep students at the advanced levels,” Superintendent Kevin Skelly said. “We also believe this is an opportunity for us to point the ship in the right direction.” For more information on how to The plan was written by Assistant Superintendent Scott Laurence and assessment and evaluation director Bill Garrison. participate, volunteer, or register to run, visit: “I believe that teachers are going to take all of this into their own agenda and continue pushing the envelope,” Laurence said. N — Emilie Doolittle www.StanfordERrun.org BART-tax measure teeters on the edge of victory A Santa Clara County bond measure funding a BART extension inched closer to a razor-thin victory this week thanks to heavy support from Introducing recently counted ballots. But Measure B’s victory still hinges on a few thousand “provisional ballots” yet to be counted. “If they stopped counting at this very second, we’d win by the skinniest of margins,” said Phil Yost, spokesman for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) and the “Yes on B” campaign. Monday, the measure had 66.67 percent of support, the percentage it needs to pass. By Thursday, the percentage climbed to 66.74. ELITE#ARE Elma Rosas, spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Registrar of Vot- ers, said she expects the office to have 98 percent of all ballots counted AT by the end of this week and the rest tallied by Dec. 2. Yost noted earlier this week that with so many ballots left, the outcome could still swing either way. 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Dec. 6-7, noon-8 Holiday Fair The fair will feature a Garden Club of Palo Alto presents a holiday p.m. Menlo Park Presbyterian Church - Fel- lowship Hall, 950 Santa Cruz Ave. Menlo Extraordinary Eyewear Collections Park. Expert Contact Lens Fitting VSP and Flex Accounts Welcome Peninsula School will host its annual holiday craft fair Sunday, Dec. 7. There will 1805 El Camino Real, Palo Alto SPA+SALON BodyKneads be more than 30 vendors with handcrafted 650/324-3937 toys, pottery, jewelry, soaps and more. www.luxpaloalto.com Holiday Gift Ideas! Homemade soups and desserts and other items will be available as well as live music Body Kneads Signature Facial, and a supervised play area. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Peninsula School, 920 Peninsula Manicure, and Pedicure . . . . $79 Way, Menlo Park. Call 650-325-1584 or visit www.peninsulaschool.org for more One Hour Swedish Massage information. and 30 minute Jacuzzi ...... $65 Manicure HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS “Holiday Traditions Around the and Spa Pedicure ...... $25 World” Visitors can make an Italian Labe- fan doll, an English party favor, a Filipino Short Getaway Package...... $145 star lantern, a German Christmas tree and 1 Hour Swedish Massage, Express Facial, Manicure, more. Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. and Spa Pedicure Gift Certificates Available San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Call 650- 3AN!NTONIO2D 0ALO!LTOsDAYS AM PM 299-0104. www.historysmc.org WWWBODYKNEADS DAYSPACOM Offer ends Dec. 31, 2008. Sunday, Dec. 7, Cubberley artists will open their studios to the public for this year’s Cubberley Artists Holiday Open Studios. There will be hands-on activities and art-making demonstrations as well as THANKSGIVING AT THE lots of artwork on display. 2-5 p.m. Free. POOLSIDE GRILL RESTAURANT Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefi eld Road, Wings E, F & U, Palo Thursday November 27, 2008 165 MAIN STREET Alto. Call 650-200-5242. www.cubberley- $32.95 for Adults and $15.95 for Children under 12 LOS ALTOS studios.com 2:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m 650.917.8900 “Holiday Treats,” an original 30-minute STARTERS holiday puppet show presented by Nick (Choice of) Barone Puppets will be performed Monday, Butternut Squash Soup with Chives & Sour Cream Dec. 8. The show is sponsored by the or YUm YUM Organic Bib Lettuce Salad, Caramelized Walnuts with Balsamic Herb Vinaigrette Friends of the Library. 4-5 p.m. Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton. ENTREES Call 650-328-2422 or visit www.smcl.org (Choice of) Traditional Turkey Dinner for more information. Served with Gravy, Sage Stuffing, Yams, Mashed Potatoes and Cranberry Sauce or HOURS: Gamble Garden will host a holiday Angus Prime Rib au Jus Monday - Saturday puppet show Saturday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m., Served with Baked Potato & Seasonal Vegetables 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m. “’A Time to be Jolly” and Creamy Horseradish 10 a.m. - 6 p.m or by The Puppet Company will be performed.. Scottish Loch Duart Seared Salmon Filet Extended $10 members, $15 non-members. Reserva- with Fennel Confit, Tapenade, Cherry Tomatoes with Dill and Honey Mustard Aioli Holiday Hours tions required. Age 3+ with adult. 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Visit http://www. DESSERTS Dec 7th - 21st (Choice of) gamblegarden.org for more information. Pumpkin Tart Apple Cranberry Tart Pecan Tart Sunday with orwith or with 12 noon - 5 p.m FESTIVE FEASTS Cinnamon Chantilly Caramel Sauce Tahitian Vanilla Ice Cream Little House will host a Thanksgiving din- Call Today for Reservations ner Thursday Nov. 27, in the Dining Room. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15. PV Inc Little House, 625 El Camino Real · Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 328-2800 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. The Poolside Grill is also open for Breakfast and Lunch 6:00 am to 2:00 pm Complimentary Valet Parking is Available The Bay Area Country Dance Society presents their annual Thanksgiv- ing dessert potluck/contra dance party. Bring desserts to share. Saturday, Nov. 29, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Admission is $10 general; Page 10ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Your local patronage will make a major difference Whimsical,WhWhimsih c adorableable to our area retailers this holiday season...thanks! forf allall seasonss members $8; students $5. 1st Church of Christmas Eve services in Memorial 20,, children from the community will gather Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Church include a family service with at the Mountain View Police Department Call 650-965-9169 or visit www.BACDS. children’s sermon and carol singing at 5 for the six annual “Cops That Care” holiday ORG/NEWCOMERS for more information. p.m. and a candlelight service at 9 p.m. gift-giving event. This program is designed Please bring new, unwrapped gifts of toys or for families in Mountain View who are un- The Palo Alto YMCA will host a holiday clothing, which will be distributed to needy able to purchase gifts for their children this card and cookie-making social on Thursday, children, at the family service. Both services holiday season. Donations can be brought Dec. 11. The cards and cookies created feature celebratory holiday music played by directly to the police department. For more B 342 State Street, Los Altos, CA 94022 will be donated to the Palo Alto Veterans University organist Dr. Robert Huw Morgan. information, contact Officer Ron Cooper at K Collections 650-948-0198 Hospital. Please bring a donation of cookie Wednesday, Dec. 24, Memorial Church, 650-903-6344. 1000 Villa St., Mountain We gift wrap and ship dough or baked cookies to the event. Stanford. View. Noon-1 p.m., 3412 Ross Road, Palo Alto. WHERE TO GIVE Donations of new books and toys are SOUNDS OF THE SEASON Dec. 1-12, new, unwrapped toys for children needed for distribution through InnVi- The All Saints’ Choir, directed by of all ages can be dropped off at local sion’s annual “Holiday Toy and Teen Rodney Gehrke, will offer music by Bach, Coldwell Banker offices for the Toys Shoppe.” Donors are also needed to Open now! Palestrina, Victoria, Distler, Ord, Phillips, for Tots program. The toys will be delivered “adopt” families and individual clients by Laster and Manz. Join in singing the hymns by the United States Marine Corps Reserve providing gifts and gift cards. Cans of food, of Advent followed by English High Tea. to local charitable organizations, which will clothes, sleeping bags and blankets are Sunday, Nov. 30, 4 p.m. All Saints’ Episco- do the distribution to kids. Coldwell Banker also need. Volunteers are needed to sort pal Church 555 Waverley St. Palo Alto. locations include 245 Lytton Ave., Ste. 100, donations. For information on where to Palo Alto; 800 El Camino Real, Ste. 300, drop off items, call 650-853-8672. Further Palo Alto Children’s Theatre is host- Menlo Park; 116 Portola Road, Portola Val- information is available at www.innvision. ing a musical production of “A Christmas ley; 2969 Woodside Road, Woodside. org , e-mail [email protected] or call Carol,” an adaptation of Dickens’ holiday 650-853-7066 x205. Food donations are classic that follows Scrooge’s magical When holiday shoppers purchase a $50 or accepted Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to journey. It plays Dec. 5-20. Tickets are $10 $100 “Tree Gift” for a friend or loved one, 3:30 p.m. 425 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. adult, $5 child. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, Canopy will plant a tree in their name. All Unexpected pleasures, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call proceeds benefit Canopy’s local urban for- Through Dec. 24, PETCO stores are selling C 650-463-4930 or visit www.cityofpaloalto. estry work. For more information, visit www. ornament cards in denominations of $1, $5, sure-to-be treasures— org/childrenstheatre for more information. canopy.org or call 650-964-6110. $10 or $20 to benefit the PETCO Founda- plus custom wrapping for gifts bought tion for orphaned animals. Donations may at Cadeaux or elsewhere! The California Bach Society presents, The Mountain View Police Depart- also be made online. Visit www.petco.com “A Venetian Christmas,” a concert featuring ment is accepting new, unwrapped toys or call 650-966-1233. 1919 El Camino music composed by the greatest musicians and clothing as well as gift cards and cash Real, Mountain View. of the Basilica of San Marco. Program for children up to 18. On Saturday, Dec. 725 Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park 650.326.7700 Mon-Fri 9:30-6; Sat 9:30-5:30 includes Monteverdi’s “Magnificat” for four voices and other works for Christmas Vespers by Gabrieli, Grandi and Willaert. The concert will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. $30 general; $22 seniors; $10 students. All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Visit www.calbach. org for more information.

The Menlo Park Chorus will perform seasonal songs from around the world on Saturday, Dec. 6. The songs will be a sampler from their upcoming Winter concert. Seasonal refreshments will be served. Menlo Park Library. 800 Alma St. Menlo Park www,menloparklibrary.org. “Mixed Blessings” is a world-premiere THANKSGIVING DINNER AT performance by the chorus Soli Deo Gloria. The human side to the divine Christmas RESTAURANT SOLEIL story written by Palo Altan and ensemble Thursday November 27, 2008 artistic director Allen Simon. Saturday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m. $25 (general) and $20 (student/ $36.95 for Adults and $16.95 for Children under 12 senior). K-8 students are free. First Lutheran 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm Church, 600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. www. sdgloria.org. STARTERS (Choice of) Golden Nugget Squash Bisque, Pumpkin Seed Fleuron, Chives Coulis Westin SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS or Ananda is holding a Thanksgiving medita- Baby Iceberg Lettuce with Creamy Blue Cheese tion service Thursday, Nov. 27, at 10 a.m., followed by a vegetarian feast at 1 p.m. ENTREES Tickets are $15 at the door, $6 for children (Choice of) ages 6-12, children under six are free. 2171 Traditional Turkey El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Served with Stuffing, Buttered Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Yams, Cranberry/Orange/Ginger Relish, Creamed Pearl Onions and Brussels Sprouts CHRONO-MATIC 49 or The Stanford Memorial Church Grilled Niman Ranch Beef Tenderloin with Cabernet Truffle Sauce Choir and the Stanford Chamber Chorale Sauteed Fingerling Potatoes, Haricot Verts and Baby Squash combine forces under the direction of or Gregory Wait and Dr. Stephen M. Sano to Seared Herb Alaskan Halibut present this program of holiday music and with Steamed Kale and Pino Grigio Beurre Blanc and Corn & Yukon Gold Potato Cakes readings in the tradition of the Chapel of the Kings College, Cambridge University. DESSERTS Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. (Choice of) Memorial Church, Stanford. Free. Pumpkin Crème orApple Cranberry Tart or Pecan Tart Brulee Tart with Crème Anglaise with Chocolate Coulis and Tahitian Vanilla Ice Cream Hundreds of nativity scenes from around the world are on display in the Christmas Call Today for Reservations Creche Exhibit at the Church of Jesus 675 El Camino Real · Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 321-4422 Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3865 Restaurant Soleil is also open for Breakfast and Lunch 6:00 am to 2:00 pm Middleﬁeld Road, Palo Alto, Dec. 6-10. The Complimentary Valet Parking is Available Join us for our Holiday Watch Fair exhibit also features live holiday music and is open from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, December 13-14 *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 11 Upfront

laptops had also been stolen from Addison a month prior. Both thefts Robbery suspect happened after school hours without forced entry, according to police. (continued from page 3) Online This Week (Posted Nov. 14 at 9:51 a.m.) These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout pushed or knocked down and robbed the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news Stanford long-term growth could double of their purses. or click on “News” in the left, green column. Stanford University could grow by an additional 3.5 million square In the Palo Alto attempted purse- feet of new buildings — after it completes its current planned growth snatch Tuesday evening, a wom- Two Palo Alto men arrested after Terman burglary of 3.5 million square feet by 2018 — according to scenarios in a an was attacked from behind as (Posted Nov. 14 at 11:38 she was walking home in the 100 Two 21-year-old Palo Alto men believed responsible for several school just-released Sustainability Development Study. a.m.) block of Bryant Street. The woman burglaries in recent weeks have been arrested following a burglary at screamed as she was being pushed Terman Middle School Tuesday. Computers stolen from the school were to the ground and several neighbors recovered, Police Agent Dan Ryan said. The men were identified as Frank New Children’s Library manager announced ran outside, scaring the robber off J. Taylor and Kyle Hopkins. (Posted Nov. 14 at 12:57 a.m.) Children’s Library Manager Melinda Wing announced Friday that school liaison Maya Spector will take over her position officially on Dec. without the woman’s purse. Police: same numbers, different conclusions 1. Wing, who has worked for Palo Alto’s libraries for 24 years, retired One neighbor saw the man get into an Friday. (Posted Nov. 14 at 5:04 p.m.) older model tan Toyota Corolla and was Debate over racial profiling by Palo Alto police continued at the Hu- able to get a license plate, Ryan said. man Relations Commission meeting Thursday, where both sides used the At 7:45 p.m. Menlo Park police re- same numbers to tell different stories. (Posted Nov. 14 at 1:05 a.m.) Mountain View man arrested for triple murder Mountain View resident Jing Hua Wu, 47, was arrested Saturday for ceived a report of a woman, also walking alone, at Oak Grove Avenue and San Mateo County sues Lehman Brothers the fatal shooting Friday of three persons — including Los Altos resident Brian Pugh — at Wu’s former workplace. Pugh, also 47, was vice Middlefield Road, being attacked and San Mateo County has filed a lawsuit against executives of the Leh- having her two-tone purse stolen. president of operations at SiPORT, Inc., of Santa Clara. (Posted Nov. 15 at man Bros. investment firm, which went bankrupt in September and lost Officers from both departments 8:53 p.m.) more than $150 million of county taxpayers’ money, county spokesman flooded the region looking for the Marshall Wilson said. (Posted Nov. 14 at 1:17 am.) suspect vehicle. Man found dead in Palo Alto apartment Smith was spotted and stopped at Laptops stolen from Addison Elementary A 32-year-old Palo Alto man was found dead in his Cowper Street 9:10 p.m. on West Bayshore Road Addison Elementary School library looked normal last Saturday, until apartment on Monday morning. Vincent Leung, 32, was found by police in East Palo Alto, just south of Uni- a teacher noticed that six laptops were missing from the laptop cart. Six in his apartment, according to a neighbor. (Posted Nov. 17 at 4:07 p.m.) versity Avenue, by Acting Sgt. Alex Afanasiev, based on the license plate and vehicle description provided by the witness to the Palo Alto robbery attempt, Ryan said. He said Afanasiev had gone to the area after running the plate through a police database and finding that the car had been stopped in that area once before. Palo Alto Deputy Chief Dennis Burns and Capt. Mark Ven- able, just named to head the patrol division, were the first back-up officers on the scene, followed by Menlo Park officers, Ryan said. Ryan said the purse stolen from the woman at 7:45 p.m. was found in the suspect’s vehicle, and the suspect was positively identified by a witness to that robbery. Ryan said Smith matched the descriptions by witnesses in both Tuesday-evening incidents. In the Palo Alto attempt, the would-be robber was identified as a tall black man wearing a knee-length black coat. In the Menlo Park robbery the robber was described as a black male in his 30s wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and running pants. Based on the evidence and positive identification in the Menlo Park case, Smith was placed under arrest by Menlo Park police and booked into San Mateo County Main Jail in Red- wood City on a charge of robbery. Ryan said Palo Alto police detectives are investigating possible links to other robberies in recent weeks and, depending on the outcome of the investigation, may be filing charges in Santa Clara County to be included in a hold warrant. He said detectives from both departments will be working together investigating potential links to other robberies in the area. N

Corrections A Nov. 13 Palo Alto Online story about more burglaries in Palo Alto and a Nov. 14 story about the rise in gun sales and alarm systems incor- rectly stated that a residential burglary on Bret Harte Street occurred after the nanny left the home’s garage door open. The burglars came through a side door into the garage by damaging the door’s lock, which was properly locked at the time. To request a correction, contact Man- aging Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650- 326-8210, [email protected] or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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NeighborhoodsA roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann

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BICYCLE SHARING ... On Dec. 1 the Palo Alto City Council will review recommendations for a bicycle sharing program. A bikes program was proposed to the council on July 21. The meeting takes place at 7 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto.

TIME MACHINE IN PALO ALTO? ... Morning commuters who cut through side streets in Crescent Park might have seen a strange yellow dune- buggy-type vehicle with flash- ing lights and odd tine-like Rachel Palmer antennae zipping down the streets Tuesday. The strange contraption is not an experi- mental emission-free vehicle tinkered together by a Silicon Palo Alto’s longest-running poker game continues monthly, and includes (from left, clockwise) Bill Burns, Arden Anderson, Mits Uchida, Valley genius, nor is it the Bob Dannenberg, Thomas Tom, Bob Leonard and Tom Collins. modern-day version of H.G. Well’s fabled time machine. It is a layout machine used Eight of a kind is a winning hand to plot lines to be painted on the newly paved streets, ac- A group of Palo Alto men beat the odds to keep a monthly poker tradition alive for more than 50 years. cording to city public works personnel. by Susan Robles

THREE CHEERS FOR GREER n 1955 “Gunsmoke” debuted on television, heed Martin, said the night gives him something Burns, 66, the youngest of the group, said the ... Long-awaited plans for rede- rock ‘n’ roll music was starting to catch on to look forward to. food and drinks were originally sandwiches and velopment of the last 1.5 acres I and eight men sat around a table in a Palo “It’s an escape, camaraderie,” he said. “It’s a alcohol. of Greer Park will be unveiled Alto home for the first time — to play poker. very congenial group,” added player Tom Col- “Today, the games are non-smoking and the at a public meeting on Dec. 2, They enjoyed the game and vowed to make it a lins. snacks are primarily soft drinks, two different along with updates regarding monthly tradition. More than a half century lat- Dannenberg’s wife, Marian, began teaching types of pie and ice cream,” Burns, a neighbor of the child area. The meeting er, only two original members remain — but the first-grade at Palo Verde Elementary School in the Dannenbergs, said. takes place at 6:45 p.m. at game goes on. The players wonder if they’ve set 1954. She said she never had the desire to partici- In 1955 the poker-chip values were nickels, Emerson School, 2800 W. Bay- some kind of longevity record, almost certainly pate in the games, adding that the ladies also had dimes and quarters. Now, the chip values have shore Road, Palo Alto. in Palo Alto and perhaps beyond. their own “Bridge night” every so doubled to 10 cents, 20 cents and 50 cents. Eight diverse men still gather the first Thursday often. Although she didn’t enjoy They said there has never been one player RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACK of every month at the Midtown home of Robert her drapes smelling like cigars that wins most often, but Thomas Tom, YARD ... The Annual InnVision and Marian Dannenberg. Once in their 30s, the the next morning, she said a player for many years, walked away Estelle Chaflin Thanksgiv- players are now primarily in their 70s and 80s. she never minded all that with $100 in the previous month’s ing Day Community Dinner, The men play a variety of poker games, most much the guys playing. game. which brings a little comfort commonly “Texas Hold’em” and “Omaha.” The types of poker games they and much cheer to people in Like television and music, the poker night has play have also changed over the need, is looking for volunteers gone through many revisions over the years. years. They started out playing and food donations, and it’s Hearty laughter and friendly jabs are still the wild-card games such as, “Deuces something one can do right in tone of the evening, but many of the faces have Wild” and “Midnight Baseball.” the community. Frozen turkeys, changed. “One of the early members sug- dinner rolls, sliced cheese Yet one element remains consistent: no wom- gested they play more ‘real’ poker with and other items are needed en. fewer wild-card games,” Burns said. “In- and can be dropped off at “When we first started, this room would be terestingly, those wild games that survived All Saints Episcopal Church, smoke-filled,” Robert Dannenberg, an original are now named after the Midtown players who 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto by player, said with a chuckle. chose to play them most frequently.” Wednesday, noon or brought Poker comes from the French “Poque” and was To make it a little more fun for everyone there, to the Food Closet, 425 Ham- believed to be introduced to America in the early the guys came up with the idea of “being on the ilton Ave., early Thanksgiving 1800s by the French in New Orleans. The game county” or on “welfare.” What this means is that week. Volunteers are needed traveled from Louisiana up the Mississippi Riv- even when a player runs out of money he can con- er, almost literally by riverboat, and eventually tinue to play without chips provided he hangs a for preparations on Wednes- Rachel Palmer day, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. spread throughout the rest of the country. fake Nevada license plate that reads “H82LOSE” Turkey-carving lessons will be Bill Burns, a new member of the group for 15 around his neck. held at noon. Thanksgiving din- years, said poker reminds him of Westerns. Health problems plagued Dannenberg in ner will take place on Thursday, “It’s been a guy’s game since the Wild West 2007 and he had to start using a walker, mak- Nov. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. days, in the saloons,” Burns said. “It’s a smoking it harder for him to get around. The others ing-in-the-bathroom-back-in-junior-high type of Bob Dannenberg, one of the original players, decided to bring the game to him every month. at All Saints Episcopal Church. has been playing for more than 50 years. Volunteers for Thanksgiving thing.” They all still chip in money and take turns host- Day should sign up early as The group consists of men with a variety of ing, cleaning up the mess they make at the end positions fill quickly. Volunteers jobs. of the night. Dannenberg said that while it’s are needed for Thanksgiving Dannenberg, 88, is a former aeronautical re- “I would get up at midnight, when they would hard for him to move he doesn’t mind everyone Day and also on Friday for the search scientist. Others have included educators finish, and I would open all the doors and win- coming over. leftovers meal at the church and engineers, even federal attorneys and police dows to get the smell out,” she said. “Luckily [the “This group of guys couldn’t be a more won- from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call the officers at one point. One thing they had in com- smoking] didn’t last too long.” derful group,” Marian said. “They’re gentlemen Thanksgiving Hotline at 650- mon was they were all either husbands of teachers Initially, the players would rotate hosting the in every sense of the word.” N or teachers themselves. game at their homes, providing food and drinks. Editorial Intern Susan Robles can be reached 218-0101. N Mits Uchida, a retired photographer with Lock- Each player would chip in $4 to cover the cost. at [email protected]. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 13 Upfront

Alma Plaza “He still calls it a carrot; I call it available “during both daytime and (continued from page 5) scrap.” evening hours.” The project would offer other ben- “It also raises the question ‘At efits to the neighborhood, including what point does a project change so a.m. and after 7 p.m. a new grocery store, a park and much that it should be reopened?’” McNellis said the development 14 below-market-rate apartments. Tuma said. “If the developer said wouldn’t have sufficient parking to But on Wednesday, even the com- 14 bmr’s (below market rate apart- allow daytime use of the room and missioners honed in on the 1,750- ments) would generate too much still have enough spaces for grocery square-foot room, which many parking, let’s do seven, I don’t think shoppers. hoped would be available to youths people would be happy about that.” But residents accused McNellis of after school. The commission’s comments on trying to get away with a bait-and- Commissioner Karen Holman the community room did not factor switch tactic. called the restricted hours at the into the decision on the project’s “Basically, the developer dangled community room “another broken tentative map. The concerns will be the carrot in front of the commis- promise.” conveyed to the City Council with sion’s eyes, got the vote he wanted, And Tuma said the room, with the the negative recommendation. then took the carrot back into the restricted hours, “flies in the face of The council is expected to con- back room and chopped off the the Comprehensive Plan.” The plan sider the future of the project in end,” said Len Filppu, a member of — the board’s guiding document January. N Friends of Alma Plaza, a neighbor- — encourages use of community Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner hood group lobbying for area im- rooms at neighborhood centers and can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ provements. specifies that such rooms should be paweekly.com.

pen until 6pm st stores o . Mo sgiving Day on Thank Factors affecting 2009 include From 2001 to 2004 the real estate Real estate companies that reduce or eliminate market was “looking for the bottom; (continued from page 5) subleased space, employee layoffs, there was a big red ‘X.’ Nobody LookL k iinsideid today’sd ’ iinsert ffor TThanksgivingh k i i SSavings!i ! reductions in venture-capital invest- wanted to invest in the Bay Area,” NO ment, stock-market changes and he said. Palo Alto, he added. Palo Alto now tightened or closed credit markets, This time the speculative building has 8.8 million square feet of office Gabrielson said. of the late 1990s has been replaced space and 8.7 million square feet of But today’s more prudent ap- by a sense that when the country research-and-development space, proach by businesses could help pre- arises from recession there won’t be according to Gabrielson. vent the massive financial bloodlet- enough new real estate built to go Gabrielson predicted a “difficult” ting that occurred after the dot-com around, Keenan said. market in 2009 because firms are implosion. Huge tenancy losses re- Gabrielson said Palo Alto now putting planned development on sulted in a dive in revenue for real has a well-diversified portfolio of hold and are leasing only what they estate investors when large blocks software, hardware, clean tech, bio- need and for shorter intervals of 12 of space — as much as 500,000 medical, Web 2.0 and nanotechnol- to 18 months rather than three to square feet — were dumped by ogy firms. five years. companies such as Cisco, Hewlett- And although Stanford is seen as “Nobody has a vision of where Packard and Sun Microsystems, a major player in the city’s future, this is going,” he said. Gabrielson said. Keenan cautioned that business still hasn’t faced the full impact of the recession. “Forty percent of the space is empty at HP. It’s like a Hollywood set. Floors upon floors are empty. Roche is closing up,” Keenan said. But “location, location, location” is still a major factor in continuing growth, according to Jack Nelson, a partner at Reed Smith LLP, an international law firm that decided last year it could finally compete ef- fectively in Silicon Valley. Palo Alto’s location is so important to overseas investors that law firms have found “they couldn’t find clients who would talk to them unless they were located in Silicon Valley,” he said. Palo Alto currently has 55 law firms, concentrated because clients want to be close to their legal representatives, he said. Palo Alto City Manager James Keene said university towns are notoriously hard places in which to get things done. Keene worked in Berkeley and Tuc- son, Ariz. before moving to Palo Alto. He said one of his goals is to “reorient the culture not to be frozen by the process.” Keene said he sees a future where judicious higher development, such as in transit corridors, high-speed trains and better libraries will poise Palo Alto for the future. But he warned that getting mired in the usual Palo Alto way will hurt when the economy rebounds. “A delay in a decision on the city side can have a ripple effect on business. In my mind, nothing is worse than dark and empty storefronts,” he said. N Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly.com.

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[email protected] Menlo Park www.cityofpaloalto.org/recycle Pierce Road and Sevier Avenue, 11/13, 4"/."5&0ɣ1"-0"-50ɣ4"/'3"/$*4$0ɣ-04"-504ɣ#63-*/(".& 8:03 p.m.; robbery. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 15 Editorial Great work by citizens, police on robbery bust Victim’s scream draws instant help from neighbors, which leads to arrest of a suspect Editorials, letters and opinions in strong-arm-robbery crime wave Spectrum he best news of the week occurred Tuesday night when Palo Alto A natural alliance? the tunnel, one cannot exit the plat- lately. I especially enjoy going for and Menlo Park police apprehended a prime suspect in a string Editor, form unless one is prepared to walk late-afternoon walks to enjoy the T of strong-arm robberies, mostly in Palo Alto. In the Weekly’s Nov.14 editorial, along the tracks (“trespassing”) for fall colors and the clean wet smell. While it’s too soon to know whether the suspect, Jeffrey Palo Alto becomes the city that can a considerable distance. How safe We are so lucky to live where the Smith, 38, of Palo Alto, can be linked to any of the 18 strong-arm quite appropriately commend those is that? I am flabbergasted that we winds from the sea sweep our air purse snatches in Palo Alto since June, police have searched his involved in passing the library bond are allowing this highly dangerous, clean. apartment and are intensively investigating the continuing case. measure. It took time, but the voters pedestrian-hostile design travesty in Unfortunately, on some blocks But the pattern of women walking alone being attacked from saw the need and took steps to up- the name of “safety” and progress. the air is frighteningly contaminat- behind, knocked or pushed to the ground and having their purses grade our anemic library system. Pria Graves ed even on these brisk clear days. stolen fits most of the robberies. The Weekly made few friends, Yale Street Smoke from wood-burning fire- That was precisely what happened Tuesday at 7:20 p.m. when however, in snidely commenting Palo Alto places billows and settles. This is a woman walking home in the 100 block of Bryant Street was that the victory should not be inter- the smoke that causes up to 30 per- attacked. She screamed when she was falling. Neighbors rushed preted as an endorsement of forever Where is the manager? cent of the air pollution in the Bay outside, scared off the robber, and one or more saw him get into keeping the College Terrace and Editor, Area, according to the Bay Area Air a tan Toyota Corolla and drive off. One neighbor got his license- Downtown branches. You are correct that Lynne John- Quality Management District. How does a newspaper that makes son should step down, but I have a This is the smoke that has parti- plate number. Neighbors quickly called police, who launched a cles that lodge in the lungs and stay search for the vehicle. its living off the printed word ratio- bigger question. nalize closing libraries? If ever there Where is our new city manager there forever contributing to lung Then just 25 minutes later an almost identical attack occurred disease, especially in children and on a woman walking in Menlo Park, at Oak Grove Avenue and was a natural alliance, it ought to be on this issue? It is his job to resolve this, one way or another, not the the elderly. Middlefield Road. She lost her purse to the robber. newspapers and libraries! Also, the editorial was off base press and not the public. To burn wood or pressed logs is Police from both cities immediately scoured the area. One in stating the rebuilt and expanded My concern is that we not repeat to spew filth into the air for all to officer, Acting Sgt. Alex Afanasiev, checked the license against Children’s Library was funded the appalling lack of action under breathe. a police database. He discovered that the vehicle had been from regular city budget funds. In former City Manager Frank Benest I know some people love the smell stopped in the “triangle” area of East Palo Alto once before fact, roughly half the funds for that on many personnel issues, including of wood smoke (I smell ignorance) (between Bayshore Freeway and San Francisquito Creek south of project were from the private sector Lynne Johnson. but I love the smell of clean air. University Avenue). On a hunch he cruised the area. and were marshaled by Friends of Carol Jansen Please give your family and neigh- His hunch paid off. At 9:10 p.m., he saw the vehicle and made the Palo Alto Library and the Palo Hawthorne Avenue bors clean air this holiday season. the stop, was quickly backed up by Palo Alto’s Deputy Chief Alto Library Foundation from in- Palo Alto Maria Kleczewska Dennis Burns and patrol Capt. Mark Venable and soon thereafter dividuals who wanted to assure the Marmona Drive by Menlo Park officers. In Smith’s car they found the purse of success of the project. Smoke in your eyes? Menlo Park the woman robbery victim from Menlo Park. After the woman If the private sector is to continue Editor, identified Smith as the robber, he was arrested and booked into to participate in funding such proj- It’s been nice to have a little rain (continued on page18) San Mateo County Main Jail in Redwood City. ects, it is essential that it be given Palo Alto detectives, after months of deep frustration over credit for its participation. being unable to solve the terrifying string of strong-arm Tom Wyman YOUR TURN robberies, were up all night Tuesday trying to establish provable Washington Avenue links to the Palo Alto robberies. They searched Smith’s Alma Palo Alto The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on Street apartment, but as of Thursday weren’t disclosing much issues of local interest. about what they might have found, if anything. Caltrain flaws It is important to remember that an individual is innocent until Editor, What do you think? Does the arrest of a suspect in the recent street proven guilty — a long-established tradition in American law I read with interest Karen Es- robberies make you feel safer walking in Palo Alto? and jurisprudence. cobar’s comments in the Nov. 7 Weekly on the lack of shelter at the Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] But one can’t help but breathe a bit easier knowing that a or shorter comments to [email protected]. Include your name, prime suspect is in custody and off the streets in what seems like Palo Alto Caltrain station and her address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right challenge to Palo Alto to do more a really tight case, at least in terms of the two incidents Tuesday to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors than “talk” green. known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be accepted. evening. As a long-time Caltrain user, I You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town There are some lessons we can learn from this community have been distressed over the past Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read trauma, however. few months as I’ve witnessed the blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any One is that prudent caution is called for by anyone walking time, day or night. “redesign” of the California Av- Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- alone around Palo Alto, especially a woman. enue station. All the trees are gone mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish Still another is that there is someone else out there capable so folks will have to crowd into the it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. of such crimes. One of the attacks was on a man who suffered little station building or seek shelter a broken shoulder when he was hit with a baseball bat in the For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Assistant to the Editor in the tunnel as she describes. The Tyler Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. Caltrain tunnel in downtown Palo Alto by one of two assailants so-called “shelters” on the platforms who ran up behind him. will be solar-heated greenhouses in Another is that police still have work to do on expediting summer and offer little protection notification of the public about potentially hazardous situations. from winter rains. Would one of the women victims of a robbery have been In addition, since the tunnel is lo- walking alone at 10:30 p.m. near California Avenue had she cated near the middle of the parking known of the wave of robberies targeting women walking alone lot, it is also clear that the designers in the area? Not everyone sees every news story or follows the completely ignored the majority of online postings. users who arrive on foot, on bikes Police are working on getting word out faster to more people, or in shuttles from California Av- as they did about the arrest Tuesday night. enue, or through the underpass from Alma. But perhaps the biggest take-home lesson from this significant, It will now take several extra min- potentially breakthrough arrest is that it was responsive citizens utes to reach the northbound plat- and police working together — quickly — that resulted in the form. Placing the stairs and tunnel arrest this week. In short, we need each other. near the north end of the platform Our police have taken some undeserved abuse and some would have largely avoided that in- justifiable criticism in recent months, including criticism from convenience. the Weekly. Finally, and most serious of all Now it’s time for heartfelt commendations and congratulations, in light of the recent spate of vio- all around. lence, there is only one route to and from the northbound platform. If a threatening person is waiting in Page 16ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town!

Guest Opinion An alliance to help make Palo Alto a ‘sustainable community’

by John Barton concerned about the type and location of new Alto complies with its “fair share” housing future, for our current residents, our children n recent weeks and months, a group of us housing being approved by the Planning & requirement, but to reap the environmental, and the next generation of city residents. in Palo Alto have forged a new organi- Transportation Commission and City Council. economic and social benefits that result from We are looking to engage the public to have I zation, the “Alliance for a Livable Palo Reduced density, high parking requirements smart urban-planning efforts. a healthy dialogue on how development can Alto,” or ALPA for short. and not enough housing planned near transit The local business community wants to It is a new community and retail centers fails the sustainability test ensure our economy remains strong, which benefit the community, the dangers of resist- group composed of resi- regardless of whether it is built with green includes providing more housing for the local ing “smart growth, “how local land-use poli- dents, and businesses and materials. workforce. cies can help the city meet the state’s global- neighborhood leaders in As the new book, “Growing Cooler, The Finally, we all want to work towards a warming-reduction goals, and maintain social Palo Alto to advocate a Evidence on Urban Development and Climate healthier city where residents and workers diversity in a city at risk of displacing even “sustainable communi- Change” indicates, land use, especially how a spend less time in their cars and more on foot, middle-income residents ties” agenda for Palo region houses its workforce, is as much a part on bikes, and on shuttles, buses and trains. Approaching the city’s Housing Element Alto. of global warming as the vehicles the residents We envision a city that drive and the energy their homes consume. Update with an open mind and exploring the embraces the future and But who on the council or commission was We all want to work towards best ways to plan for the 2,800 housing units takes a leadership role in making this connection? a healthier city where assigned to Palo Alto by 2016 (a fair share the region to build under- That connection is well-understood in Sac- residents and workers spend based on how many jobs Palo Alto hosts) standing of the connection between land use ramento. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, cred- presents an ideal opportunity to further ex- and transportation planning and the fields of ited in 2006 with signing AB 32, the state’s less time in their cars and plain our goals to the community. climate change, economy and social equity landmark global-warming-reduction law, has more on foot, on bikes, and ALPA will advocate for smart-growth and diversity. just signed another landmark bill, SB 375. While our members come from different The new law that will require the Metropoli- on shuttles, buses and trains. solutions before the planning commission, parts of the community — environmentalists, tan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the council, regional governing bodies and civic activists, for-profit and nonprofit devel- the Association of Bay Area Governments ALPA also sees the ramifications of not through interactive forums, conferences and opers, the business community, professional (ABAG) to develop “sustainable community building new housing: more gentrification, other outreach events to the community. urban planners and architects, and private citi- strategies” that ultimately reduce greenhouse- more pressure placed on the existing hous- We will sponsor research and develop pol- zens — we all share a genuine interest in pro- gas emissions in the Bay Area by reducing the ing stock. While the latter may please existing icy papers. moting growth that is sustainable and makes time we spend in our vehicles. homeowners when they place their homes for We encourage others to join us in these Palo Alto a leader in meeting both the state’s The targets that MTC sets in collaboration sale it detracts from our current quality of life. new greenhouse-gas reductions and the city’s with ABAG must be approved by the state It spells out a grim future where the city has important actions. Check our website for affordable-housing allocation. Air Resources Board, the entity charged with declining social diversity, and a much larger meeting times and dates: http://alivablepalo We formed for several reasons. For some, meeting the global warming reduction targets carbon footprint resulting from an increas- alto.org/. N it was the obvious contradiction of the City set in AB 32. ingly distant workforce. John Barton is a member of the Palo Alto Council’s deletion of housing as a priority In short, our group intends to lobby “for the The reluctance to build more housing also City Council, a former member of the Palo when taking up the global-warming-reduc- right kind of housing in the right locations.” hurts existing residents: There are limited Alto Board of Education and chair of ALPA. tion goal. Every resident can subscribe to Housing advocates joined the group to en- opportunities to continue living in the city Other ALPA founding members contributed Palo Alto Green — but the huge transporta- sure that housing is planned and built for all after retirement and there are few affordable to this column, including Steve Levy, Scott tion emissions from a commuting workforce income groups, not just those who can afford apartments for our children who might wish overwhelm the reductions gained by renew- market-rate prices, to remain here when they are ready to live Ward, Jeff Rensch, Steve Raney and Irvin able electricity sources. A major part of our agenda is to ensure independently. Dawid. Barton can be e-mailed at John Others joined ALPA because they were that new housing is planned not only so Palo We believe Palo Alto needs to look to the Barton Streetwise What are your plans for the Thanksgiving holiday? Asked on South California Avenue in Palo Alto. Question and interviews by Kris Young. Photographs by Rachel Palmer.

Jodie Craig Alexei Dunayev Babbett Latham Stephanie Elliot Alex Kawaja Physician Student Retiree Art Director Consultant Ramona Street, Palo Alto Matadero Avenue, Palo Alto South Court, Palo Alto Burlingame Portola Valley

“We always have Thanksgiving with our “I and my girlfriend are planning on “One of my children will invite me over “I’m going to see family in San Diego. “We’re having family over, and my par- families; this year it’s at my parents’ hanging around the Bay Area, maybe for Thanksgiving, I don’t know which My favorite Thanksgiving dish is ents-in-law. We’ll be making pumpkin house. My husband’s family makes a visit Marin. It’s silly, but what I wanna one. I’m a horrible cook but now all of creamed onions, no dessert, thank pie and stuffing from scratch.” great sweet potato pie.” do is have a Tofurky.” them are good cooks. See what hap- you. I’ll eat maybe two plates, but I pens when you can’t cook.” won’t gain a pound because I have a mean trainer at the gym.”

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Weekly, Nov. 7). the use of plastic grocery bags re- (continued from page 16) If passed, the proposed measure cently found that their efforts to Bag ban’s bad will have the unintended effects of help the environment actually had Editor, increasing energy use, greenhouse- the opposite effect. We hope the Palo Alto City Coun- gas emissions and waste while also A tax on grocery bags in Ireland cil will reconsider its rush to ban reducing opportunities for recycling that went into effect in 2002 has plastic grocery bags (“City plastic- other plastic bags. not reduced plastic-bag use. Data bag bans would tackle grocers first,” Communities that taxed or banned show that consumers today actually use 10 percent more plastic bags than they did in Ireland’s pre- tax days. San Francisco’s ban on plastic grocery bags caused shoppers simply to switch to paper bags. Ironical- ly, plastic grocery bags require 70 percent less energy to manufacture, GREER PARK IMPROVEMENTS produce 50 percent less greenhouse- PUBLIC MEETING gas emissions and create five times less waste than bulky paper bags. In December 2, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. addition, litter has not decreased, which was one of the stated pur- Emerson School, Red Room poses of the city’s ban. 2800 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto Plastic is a valuable resource, too valuable to waste. It should be re- To meet city staff and consultants working on the project, and to cycled. We hope the Council will review preliminary design concepts for proposed improvements to accept our offer to partner with the the children's play area and the remaining undeveloped 1.5 acre city to increase recycling of a variety portion of the park. of plastic bags and wraps — grocery bags, dry-cleaning bags, wraps from bread, paper towels, and bathroom City of Palo Alto Public Works Department paper ... even the plastic bags used to deliver this newspaper. Shari Jackson Director, Progressive Bag Affiliates American Chemistry Council Thanks for support Editor, During a bike ride with my husband in the Santa Cruz Mountains this past August, I was hit broadside by a car at the corner of Sand Hill and Portola Valley Road. I’m writing today to express my thanks to all of you who were there. Moreover, to express my gratitude for your calm response and for hon- oring my desire to handle the situation in a way that was comfortable for me. When one of you offered to call 911 and I declined, you didn’t protest. When I asked for a moment to collect my thoughts, you all stood by quietly. And when I chose to decline the help of a doctor who happened to be on the scene, she graciously honored my decision, although I wholeheartedly appreciated her thoughtfulness. The driver who hit me calmed down, we hugged, no information was exchanged. Everyone deals with adversity differently and all I can tell you is, that in a situation like this, my first inclination is to pray — fervently. It was a solid hit. But the absence of fanfare afforded me a few much needed moments to rely on prayer — the efficacy of which I’ve come to appreciate as a life-long Christian Scientist. ... Later that night, there were a few physical symptoms to deal with. They were all met quickly and ef- fectively through prayer. I’m happy to report that I was back on the road a few days later for a 65-mile ride. Four weeks later, I completed the 100-mile Eastern Si- erra Fall Century ride. Thanks to all of you for your part in what, perhaps ironically, I consider to have been a wonderful day of riding. Wendy Remington Tyndall Street Los Altos Page 18ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ ,/22!).%2(%.$%23/. ,/#!,6/,5.4%%2 Lorraine R. Henderson, at Stanford. She attended St. Raymond’s Church and was a former resident of Menlo Park, member of the Palo Alto University Club. Her praiseworthy TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths died recently in Richland, WA dinner parties for her husband’s business associates He was born in Staten Island, N.Y. at age 84. Mrs. Henderson was and clients were notable. In 1989, she moved with her Deaths After service in the army, he earned born in New Orleans, LA. Shortly husband, for his new assignment, to Richland where she Benjamin Ahmad a bachelor’s degree in mathematics thereafter she moved to Los participated in several local organizations including the Benjamin Ahmad, 64, a resident of from Colgate University, and mas- Angeles, CA where she received Tri-Cities Traditional Jazz Society and Meadow Springs East Palo Alto, died Nov. 2. ter’s degrees from the University of her elementary, high school and County Club. Born in Delano, Calif., He moved Washington and Stanford Univer- college (University of California She enjoyed traveling, especially in Europe before and to East Palo Alto in the 1970s. sity. at Los Angeles) education. after marriage. She was known for her independent spirit, His goal in life was to serve his He worked at the Stanford Re- She assisted in her mother’s businesses before starting compassion for others, quick wit and positive outlook. family, community and to contribute search Institute in artificial intelli- a career in L. A. County government, ultimately overseeing She had truly personified the lyrics of the 40’s song “Sweet to humanity. gence. Later he worked as an instruc- the Coogan Law’s required funds for minor screen actors. Lorraine” and was beloved by many. tor at Foothill College. He is survived by his wife, Aha- Also, she was Social Director at Temple Beth Am. In She is survived by Marc, her husband of 46 years; her Loved ones recall his quick wit dah Ahmad of Menlo Park; four Washington, DC she married Marc Henderson, a systems step-son Richard (Jan) and their daughters Brooke and children, Jamil Ahmad of Southern and sense of humor. California, A’ishah Ahmad of Menlo He is survived by his children, designer for computers in the Pentagon. She continued her Ali Henderson, all of Phoenix, AZ; nephew Dr. H. Milano Park, Akilah Ahmad of Menlo Park, Tom Kirkley of San Jose, daughter studies at George Washington University, was involved in Mellon (Marji) and their children of Los Angeles; niece and Alimah Ahmad of Union City, Sondra Glider of Palo Alto; brother, several charities, supported costumers at the Arena Stage, Lore (Werner) Gaubinger of Spokane; brothers-in-law Calif.; seven grandchildren; and four John Kirkley of Oregon; his com- did volunteer work in the U. S. House of Representatives, Richard (Avanell) Henderson of Portland, OR and Barry brothers. panion, Susan Edwards of San Jose; became an astute follower of national politics and supported Henderson of Seattle, WA and numerous other relatives. A community tribute was held at and three grandchildren. one of the candidates in DC’s first elective campaign. Donations in her memory for the Lucille Packard Costano School in East Palo Alto on Her husband was transferred by SRI International Children's Hospital may be mailed to the Lucille Packard Nov. 15. Martha Binns Paddock to Menlo Park, CA, where she began a new range Foundation for Children's Health, 400 Hamilton Avenue, Donations can be sent to Com- Martha Paddock, 80, a resident of of volunteerism—ranging from polling stations to her Suite 340, Palo Alto, CA 94301. munity Development Institute, Attn: Palo Alto, died Oct. 1. favorite, the Palo Alto Auxiliary to the Children’s Hospital Ben Ahmad Fund, 321 Bell St., East She grew up in Tacoma, Wash., Palo Alto, CA 94303. and moved to Palo Alto at the age of PAID OBITUARY 16 and entered Stanford University. Wallace Kean She graduated at 20 with a degree Wallace (Wally) Kean, 81, a resi- in Russian Area Studies. She worked dent of Menlo Park, died Nov. 11. as a Russian translator, primarily of !.../24/.$!6)3 He was born in Bremerton, Wash. scientific writings. After service in the U.S. Navy he In 1949 she married John P. Pad- 3%04%-"%2 ./6%-"%2 earned a degree in civil engineering dock. from the University of Washington. She volunteered for the Friends of Ann Norton Davis years that followed, Ann organized a wide He became a commercial pilot for the Palo Alto Library and in 2000 passed away on variety of neighborhood social events, always United Air Lines and Pan American became the Friends’ book-sale man- World Airways. ager. November 9, 2008, caring for those in need. He was kind, genuine,diplomatic A devoted mother and grandmoth- after a heroic battle with Ann was extremely proud of her three and helpful, loved ones recall. er, she will be greatly missed, loved cancer. Ann was born daughters and her eight grandchildren who He is survived by his wife, Gudny; ones say. and many friends. She is survived by her children, in Louisville, Kentucky adored her. Ann was dearly loved by her Donations in his name may be Randy Paddock of San Diego, Rich- on September 7, extended family and many friends. Once made to Second Harvest Food ard Paddock of Palo Alto, John Pad- 1939, and raised in you met her, you were Ann’s friend for life. Bank, 1051 Bing St., San Carlos, CA dock of San Francisco, and Caroline 94070. Paddock of Portland; and seven Cincinnati, Ohio, She stayed in contact with her friends and grandsons. graduating from everyone considered her among their closest Charles R. Kirkley A “celebration of life” memorial Walnut Hills High School in 1957. In 1961, friends. She kept everyone laughing with her Charles R. Kirkley, 70, a resident of will be held at the Lucie Stern Com- the Palo Alto and Mountain View area munity Center in Palo Alto Saturday, Ann graduated with a degree in education from wacky sense of humor. Ann was a strong, for 45 years, died of cancer Nov. 7. Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. Northwestern University, where she joined the independent woman, with an unparalleled Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and met her generosity of spirit, putting the needs of others future husband, Alan. Ann and Alan married before her own to the very end. She was a very in Cincinnati on August 18, 1961. After their special person, touching all those she met, marriage, Ann and Alan moved to San Carlos, and inspiring us to be better human beings. California, where Ann taught at Brittan Acres To say that Ann will be greatly missed doesn’t Elementary School from 1961-1964. Ann begin to describe our loss. returned to the work force in 1985, after raising Ann was predeceased by her parents her family, first joining the staff at the Stanford Eleanor and Earl Norton. She is survived by Law School and then the Stanford Medical her husband Alan; her daughters and sons-in School, where Ann continued to work until law Lori and Sean Cottle of Palo Alto, Susie the day she was hospitalized on November 4, and Curtis White of Centennial, Colorado, and 2008. Carrie and Patrick McGaughey of Moraga; by ! " Ann, Alan, and family moved to Palo Alto in her grandchildren Travis and Emily Cottle, #$$% 1966, where Ann became involved in volunteer Austin, Anna, and Aiden White, and Nick, and PTA work for Fairmeadow and El Carmelo Maddie, and Will McGaughey; by her brother & Elementary Schools, Wilbur and Jordan Junior Earl Douglas Norton, Jr. of Dallas, Texas; by ! !' !' ( ! High Schools, and Gunn High School during her father-in-law Roland Davis of Palo Alto; the 1970s and 1980s. Ann was also a by her godson Todd Davis of Mill Valley, and ) * !+ !, , volunteer at the Allied Arts Guild through the by a large extended family. Memorial services -!, , Woodside Atherton Auxiliary for the Children’s will be held on December 2nd at 3:00 at the Hospital at Stanford, and for the local Kappa Stanford Memorial Church. In lieu of flowers, ! Kappa Gamma chapter at Stanford University. donations may be made to the American . / 01$%2%03$$ In the early 1980s, following her nomination Cancer Society, www.cancer.org, 800-227- by Judge Frank Cliff, Ann served as a member 2345, or the American Diabetes Association, of the Santa Clara County Grand Jury. In the www.diabetes.org, 800-342-2383. ! PAID OBITUARY

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volatility and flood threat volatility neighborhoods fearful of its neighborhoods counties, communities — and communities counties, San Francisquito Creek divides divides Creek Francisquito San Veronica Weber Veronica Page Page Tommie Roberts, Tommie 80, walks along a levee protecting his East Palo Alto home (background). Roberts says flooding of low-lying homes could be prevented by strengthening the levees and clearing vegetation and brush to allow better drainage of San Francisquito into Creek the bay. Cover Story Dry to flooding — in hours Veronica Weber

Recent efforts have been made to reinforce levees and banks along San Francisquito Creek, including this bend near East Bayshore Road and Highway 101. In addition to the concrete wall along the bend and reenforcing a sagging section of levee, workers are installing a new pump to expedite creek flow. by Gennady Sheyner hen it’s not completely dry, the San Francisquito could be inundated with 8 to 10 feet of water should there nearly 20 identifiable tributary creeks, most up short, Creek is either a tiny stream or a brownish “white- be a major overflow or failure of a creek-bank levee — a steep canyons — with historically romantic names such W water” torrent threatening to flood downstream potentially deadly depth if there is a sudden inundation as Squealer Gulch, Dennis Martin Creek and Bull Run homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. from a levee failure. Hundreds more homes could be flood- Creek. And it can change within hours. ed to shallower depths. Since 1998, Roberts and his neighbors have looked on Born of tributary creeks up steep, wooded canyons of the When the last big storm hit the area in February 1998, anxiously as city, county and state officials made only Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisquito snakes through Roberts’ low-lying neighborhood filled up like a bathtub small, incremental improvements to the area’s inadequate hills, open space preserves and urban neighborhoods be- with 2 feet of water that had spilled over the top of the levees and creek banks. fore flowing into the San Francisco Bay. levee. But like many residents on both sides of the creek, Rob- To some, the creek is little more than a rippling streak Roberts calls the 1998 storm the worst he has experi- erts is hopeful these days. glimpsed off Highway 101 or one of the bridges crossing enced in his 60 years in the city. It caused an estimated The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, an it. A few know it as a home for steelhead trout, red-legged $28 million in damages, mostly to Palo Alto homes where agency that includes officials from the five jurisdictions frogs and western pond turtles and a natural boundary be- water reached levels of 2 to 4 feet, leaving behind a layer abutting the creek, has a new executive director and an tween Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Santa of fine-silt mud. ambitious new plan to bring near-term relief to residents Clara and San Mateo counties. But 1998 was a far cry from the feared “100-year storm,” in flood-prone areas. To 80-year-old Tommie Roberts, it’s an ever-present which experts say would decimate the area and cause On a parallel track, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, threat hanging over his neighborhood and home on Jasmine roughly $780 million in damages to homes in Menlo Park, also with new leadership, is slogging through a more com- Way in East Palo Alto, across the creek from the Palo Alto Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, according to 2005 estimates prehensive — and substantially more expensive — plan to Municipal Golf Course. by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Think $1 billion (or protect the region from the feared 100-year flood. Roberts lives on a front line of man’s long-standing battle more) today or in future dollars. “There was a time when I felt like nothing is ever go- to contain Mother Nature. His and 300 to 400 other homes Part of the volatility of the creek is that it comes from ing to be done,” Roberts said. “When leakages in levee (continued on page 24) ‘There was a time when I felt like nothing is ever going to be done. When leakages in levee banks aren’t repaired as speedily as you think they could’ve or should’ve been it kind of discourages you a bit. But now we’re hopeful.’ — Tommie Roberts, who lives near the creek in East Palo Alto

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 21 special feature Preventing Sports Injuries None of us need to be told that physical activity is good : Exercise different muscle groups. If you run one day, do for us, immediately and long-term. However, whether some free weight lifting the next day. By giving all your it is sports or a visit to the gym or a brisk walk around muscles regular workouts, you develop whole body A community health education series from Stanford Hospital & Clinics the neighborhood, moving our bodies sometimes strength. results in injury. To avoid such injuries, remember these

Norbert von der GroebenNorbert : Warm up and cool down. Warm up for your warm up. suggestions: had to detach the muscle, creating Research studies have shown that the traditional static an additional injury that would : Don’t exercise or play when you’re already injured until stretches can actually rob muscles of their strength. Do a take months to heal. In athletes – you’ve seen your doctor. The old adage about playing slow jog or brisk walk for a few minutes, then mix static New Sports Medicine or anyone who is active, the deltoid through pain is not good advice. Your body needs time and dynamic stretches. After exercising, stretch again. is especially developed, making it to heal from an injury or you risk reinjury and a longer : Wear proper safety gear if recommended. even more difficult to get to the recuperation. cuff. Once at the cuff, surgeons Breaks Old Age Barriers needed to separate the muscles !% $ # : Don’t push your body too hard. Getting enough rest is ) enough to maneuver sutures. important. Those muscles and joints need a break after ' strenuous activity. If you’re exhausted, so are they. Many For more information, call the Stanford Hospital Speeding the Healing of Common Injuries sports injuries occur after several days of hard play. & Clinics at (650) 723-4000. “ We are maintaining our Kevan Del Grande is soft-spoken movement at the youthful activities into the and gentlemanly, as befits a 75- shoulder—when later decades of life, but year-old grandfather, owner of it is not func- walls and the ceiling translates “and to develop new training tech- a long-successful business and tioning, even unfortunately, the muscles into the need to be both right- and niques and new ways to retrain community-minded patron of the daily chores are and tendons can’t always left-handed at very high speed. and recuperate after injury. Better arts. Put him on a handball court painful or im- keep up.” And, Del Grande said, “You don’t methods of healing will likely be at and that version of Del Grande is possible. actually jump up the side of the the cellular and biochemical level.” gone. Here is a man whose com- – Dr. Gary Fanton, Chief walls, but you’re going full speed petitive spirit drives the hard play What Del Sports Medicine Division to get the ball and the wall is not Corralling the body’s own growth required in this grueling sport Grande found at very forgiving.” Remember—Del factor-loaded proteins is being with a no-holds-barred speed and Stanford Hospi- For athletes, such tearing and Grande is 75. widely studied, McAdams said. an agility that belies his age. tal is a program consequential repair procedure Those proteins, injected directly that reflects could finish a high-level competi- into an injured area, might one He started playing handball six the advances in tive athletic career. The Hospital’s Transition to arthroscopy day be a routine part of healing. decades ago, ventured into tourna- sports medicine Orthopedics program has become When, finally, he saw Stanford

ments at 50 and continues to beat that have expo- very familiar with that possible orthopaedic surgeon Timothy Mc- von der GroebenNorbert And, added Fanton, perhaps opponents 20 years his junior. He nentially speed- outcome. For several years, its Adams, surgery was his only op- addressing stoic folks like Del shows no signs of slowing down, ed recovery and doctors have served as physicians tion and, finally, arthroscopy had Grande. “We’re looking at repair- but he, like other athletes, whether improved out- for the San Francisco Giants, the come to the shoulder. It had been ing tendon problems before they recreational or competitive, lives comes. Instead San Francisco 49ers, the U.S. recent: McAdams, who graduated become huge.” with the possibility of injury. And of a procedure Olympic Decathlon team, Stanford from medical school in 1995, was Del Grande would be the first one that mandated von der GroebenNorbert University’s championship athlete trained in the long-incision pro- That is all good news for Del to say thank you to his doctors at a six-inch long teams, at the 2002 and 2003 U.S. cedure. However, in the six years $ # ' Grande. He is back to winning na- the Stanford Hospital & Clinics incision across National Track and Field champi- of advanced training in surgical tional singles titles. “I plan to be Sports Medicine Division of the the shoulder, onships and for other groups whose orthopaedics that followed for an athlete all of my life,” he said. Department of Orthopaedics. the new mini- performance depends on shoulder him, the tools and techniques of the body, the surgeon must trian- wood City, opening in February. The improvements in develop- mally-invasive strength, including Ballet San arthroscopic surgery developed as gulate his or her actions. There, the Orthopaedics Depart- ment – might just make it possible Del Grande had played with such arthroscopic Jose. the norm. In 2001, the transition ment will have a substantially for him to do that, even at his full conviction and force over the years approach leaves from the old, open shoulder entry Today, all rotator cuff surgeries improved and expanded area for speed ahead pace. that by age 71, he had shredded behind three Del Grande is an example of a to arthroscopy’s less damaging are performed arthroscopically state-of-the- his shoulder joint’s protective scars no more recreational athlete who remains procedure was complete. and because that does so much art surgical, sleeve of muscles and tendons, than a quarter inch long. Instead year, said its chief, Dr. Gary Fan- competitive. In 1998, his tourna- less collateral damage, patients clinic and commonly called the rotator cuff. of being limited by repairs that ton. “More people are participating ment victories earned him a place can go home the same day. Along workspace The cuff is essential to the arm’s might wear out within a relatively in sports and the age of the recre- in the Northern California Hand- “ I plan to be an athlete with the new procedural instru- that will en- short time, ational athlete is going up every ball Association Hall of Fame. He all my life.” ments, physicians use newly devel- hance their re- even under decade. We are maintaining our was named as a grand master in oped sutures and anchoring bolts search to clear – Kevan Del Grande, handball champion normal use, youth into the later decades of life, the U.S. Handball Association Hall and Stanford Sports Medicine patient to reattach the cuff’s tendons to the next set of surgeons now but unfortunately, the muscle can’t of Fame in 2003. That was the bone. Stronger plastics makes the hurdles. have available always keep up.” year he turned 70 and won singles sutures more durable and the rede- sutures and and doubles divisions in his age It is not simple surgery. Physi- signed anchor can be made of ma- “We’re work- Norbert von der GroebenNorbert other repair group at the World Handball As- cians use a very different set of terial that ultimately melts away ing with the components Wear and tear adds up sociation. skills. With open surgery, the when the healing is complete. University’s that are lon- Now, almost half the injuries the doctor holds the surgical tools in sports medi- ger lasting Orthopaedics Clinic physicians see The following year, he finally paid his hands and uses them. With ar- cine program and much involve the rotator cuff, an area attention to his right shoulder. “It throscopy, the surgeon is operating Seeking more knowledge to understand stronger. deep inside the shoulder that is was sore and I just kept playing remotely, seeing inside the body Stanford Hospital sports medi- the body in Norbert von der GroebenNorbert naturally tricky to negotiate in on it,” Del Grande said. “I have with a tiny surgical camera and cine doctors are looking forward action more "' Stanford Hos- surgery. The cuff sits beneath a a tendency to play with injuries managing sutures and graspers. to their move to the new Stanford completely,” pital’s Sports protective layer of other muscles, and consequently had a number of Instead of looking right down into Medicine Outpatient Clinic in Red- Fanton said, Medicine including the deltoid, which rounds problems that probably would have program is the shoulder and is also essential been better served by laying off.” Stanford Hospital & Clinics is known worldwide for advanced treatment of complex disorders in areas such as cardiac care, cancer always busy, for normal shoulder movement. treatment, neurosciences, surgery, and organ transplants. Consistently ranked among “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News seeing more Before surgeons had the tools to Handball stresses every part of and World Report, Stanford Hospital & Clinics is internationally recognized for translating medical breakthroughs into the care of & and more pa- slip between the muscle fibers and the body. Playing in a court whose patients. The Hospital is part of the Stanford University Medical Center, along with the Stanford University School of Medicine and ( tients each down into the rotator cuff, they legitimate field includes all four Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Page 22ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 23 Cover Story

weeks, Materman has been meet- Dry to flooding ing with residents along the creek, San Francisco (continued from page 21) including those in Roberts’ and Bay Beamer’s neighborhoods, to present 101 East banks aren’t repaired as speedily as the agency’s plans and solicit input. Palo Alto you think they could’ve or should’ve He has also been in constant com- been it kind of discourages you a munication with leaders from the bit. affected cities and counties, as well “But now we’re hopeful.” as officials from the Army Corps 84 Menlo and Caltrans, both of which are 35 Palo Alto pstream and across the creek, also working on projects that could Park k in Palo Alto’s high-end Cres- e impact the creek flow and flood e Cr cent Park neighborhood, op- protection. The most recent Army o

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C But the broader concern is whether early 2009, Materman expects the s o c fixing the bridge would pose a deep- seven to be winnowed down to two n a r 280 er threat to East Palo Alto. Crescent projects, perhaps three. T s Park area residents sued Palo Alto o To combat flooding, the JPA has L for not dealing with the bridge after to choose from one of two basic earlier overflows or near-overflows. strategies, or a combination: It could The city ultimately settled for $3.5 try to trap some of the water up- million. stream, perhaps on a stretch of un- But the settlement did little to as- developed land owned by Stanford suage residents’ anxieties. A 100- University. It could also redesign the year storm would not only deci- 84 35

flood-control system downstream, Peterson Scott by Map mate the Crescent Park and other in the Palo Alto baylands so water neighborhoods but also saddle the could be diverted away from popu- Skyline Blvd. city with an even heftier liability, lated areas. Beamer says. It doesn’t help that the down- The problem from the neighbor- stream area that collects the most hood’s perspective has been JPA water also has the least capacity to officials’ focus on a long-term, fed- handle the water, Materman said. erally funded solution that would “You want the most capacity Many tiny creeks and gulches feed into San Francisquito Creek as it runs from Searsville Lake down to San shield the region from a 100-year where it enters the bay and the least Francisco Bay, snaking through hills, open space preserves and urban neighborhoods. Their short runoff storm, which by definition has a 1 amount of capacity in the hills,” distances add to downstream volatility. percent chance of occurring in any Materman said. “But the way it is given year. But that process could the greatest amount of capacity is take decades and no one knows the furthest upstream. That just whether Mother Nature will wait doesn’t make sense.” that long. Of the seven options still on the “The Chaucer bridge caused 99 table (see sidebar story), one would percent of the damage in 1998,” aim to divert water in the upstream Beamer said. “Another major flood area, four would try to expand ca- could cause $100 million in dam- pacity downstream in the baylands ages, for which the city would be and two would be projects in be- liable. Yet the city seems compla- tween. Each would cost about $10 cent and letting other people be con- million, give or take a million. cerned about it.” The downstream alternatives are Since the 1998 flood, the Crescent to construct a new channel to siphon Park residents have been lobbying off water from the creek and carry for a more manageable short-term it away from the dense East Palo solution, funded by local and re- Alto area; move the levees further gional dollars. And while they aren’t apart east of Highway 101 to widen ready to pop champagne bottles yet, the channel in the flood-prone area; the residents are pleased to see the rebuild and increase the height of JPA taking a similar view. the downstream levees; and create “We’re dissatisfied by the general a new flood or overflow zone on lack of progress,” Beamer said. “But the golf course to reduce pressure on the other hand, the new executive on the levees. director of the JPA seems to want to

Other alternatives are creating a Marjan Sadoughi try to move things along. That’s a temporary holding basin on Stan- positive development.” ford land, getting Caltrans to add Beamer’s and Roberts’ neighbor- another culvert under Highway 101 hoods have not always seen eye-to- and rebuilding the Pope/Chaucer eye when it comes to the creek. Bridge. Crescent Park residents think any Yet Materman and the JPA board Len Materman, new executive director of the creek Joint Powers Authority, stands on Geng Road by the San flood control solution should neces- still have a maze of logistical, fi- Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto. New JPA leadership has brought hope that a solution to future flooding can sarily involve reconstruction — or nancial and political obstacles to be found sooner rather than later. even removal — of the Pope/Chau- navigate. Stanford so far has been cer Bridge. But while this solution cool to the idea of having its land might keep carpets and floors dry in flooded, even temporarily. And it’s ‘If you’re sitting in East Palo Alto and your flooding problem Crescent Park, experts say it could not even clear whether Palo Alto of- also force more water onto the East ficials would welcome the idea of is primarily caused by creation of a golf course and an Palo Alto side of the creek, further having the city’s golf course flooded endangering the city’s already vul- during storms, although the City airport for people who have more resources than you, you nerable neighborhoods. Council accepted the concept Mon- Len Materman, the new executive day night. have strong feelings about that.’ director of the JPA, hopes to find a Art Kramer, a Crescent Park resi- way to satisfy all parties. In recent dent whose home was flooded in — Len Materman, Joint Powers Authority executive director

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1998, put it: “In Palo Alto, if you Ruben Abrica, chair of the JPA try to do something new, there are board, said the authority is constant- always 40,000 people who would ly negotiating with the water district say ‘No.’” about funding for the flood-control Then there’s the general challenge projects. The district is expected to of getting officials from five differ- propose another bond measure in ent jurisdictions on the same page. 2010 or 2012, and may need to show As Materman noted, the creek orig- progress to justify the additional inally meandered through the bay- funds, he said. The JPA is also look- lands. But in the 1930s, Palo Alto ing at state grants and federal fund- officials, with concurrence from ing for the longer-term projects. San Mateo County decades before “We are trying to do the best we East Palo Alto incorporated, relo- can in the short term, while we are cated the creek to its present loca- pursuing the larger project,” Abrica tion, with two hard turns and a long said. straight channel out to the bay. No one is quite sure when the f the five regular members creek was given its present align- on the JPA board, Abrica ment in the baylands, but it is be- O has perhaps the most at stake lieved the new levees were simply when it comes to the agency’s early created by piling up dredged mud. implementation plans. Flood dam- City Historian Steve Staiger calls age has been on Abrica’s mind since Veronica Weber finding a precise date one of “the the 1998 flood, when as a member of great mysteries of history” in Palo the East Palo Alto Board of Educa- Alto. One source has the channel tion he spent a frantic night mobiliz- built in 1928. ing the city’s school-bus fleet. Palo Alto in the 1930s relocated Abrica is in many ways the driv- its municipal airport from Stanford ing force behind the regional effort Ruben Abrica, former mayor of East Palo Alto and now chairman of the Joint Powers Authority board, stands land (where Escondido Village stu- to make short-term improvements to along East Bayshore Road in East Palo Alto, with the San Francisquito Creek in the background. Abrica dent housing now sits) and in the the levees. In 2005, Abrica, then on noticed erosion where the creek bank wall is and as mayor declared a state of emergency resulting in getting 1950s built the golf course. It also the East Palo Alto City Council and state funds for the repairs. purchased two major marshland serving as mayor, watched anxiously tracts north of the creek, in San as weather forecasts predicted heavy Mateo County — the Faber and rains and high tides. ‘We are trying to do the best we can in the short term, Laumeister tracts. Abrica summoned area fire chiefs, But it didn’t get around to an- city staff and school district officials while we are pursuing the larger project.’ nexing the area south of the “new” for a noon meeting. That evening, creek until the 1960s — which has after Abrica noticed erosion along — Ruben Abrica, Joint Powers Authority board chairman left lingering resentments among the banks of a levee fronting East long-term East Palo Altans who felt Palo Alto, Abrica declared a state of they were promised other bayfront emergency, initially running into a land for industrial development. wall of bureaucracy but ultimately “If you’re sitting in East Palo Alto freeing up state funds to repair the and your flooding problem is pri- sagging levees just east of Highway Seven ways to contain San Francisquito Creek marily caused by creation of a golf 101. course and an airport for people “I became more conscious at that Following is a list of seven potential near-term the north. Estimated cost: $10 million who have more resources than you, time of how important it is to do at projects that would help control the volatility and s7IDENTHECHANNELBYMOVINGTHELEVEESFURTHER you have strong feelings about that,” least something while we’re planning flood threat of San Francisquito Creek, according to apart east of Highway 101. Estimated cost: $9 Materman said. for the huge project that may take 20 Executive Director Len Materman of the creek Joint million “We are not getting the channel years to complete,” he said. Power Authority. s)NCREASETHEHEIGHTOFLEVEESEASTOF(IGHWAY back to where it was, no matter how “We need to do something sooner Only two or three of the projects would be selected 101. Estimated base cost: $11 million. Additional much nature wants that, but we are than that.” due to costs. Funding would be from local sources, cost, as part of a multi-part project: $2 million going to try to do things that address Now, as chair of the JPA Board of likely including the Santa Clara Valley Flood Con- Upstream: the inequity that resulted from the Directors, he will help decide which trol and Water Conservation District’s 2000 bond s#ONSTRUCTANOFFLINEDETENTIONFACILITYATFORMER changing of the stream,” he said. projects are chosen as part of a near- measure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has Boething Nursery site, owned by Stanford Univer- In that sense, the golf course op- term solution. Like Materman, he agreed that such local projects would not affect the sity. Estimated cost: $8 million tion may be among the most viable. wants to make sure that alternatives Corps’ ultimate decision on an overall project to pro- Other: But Materman also said the idea chosen do more than just improve tect downstream neighborhoods from a “100-year s -ODIFY -IDDLEFIELD ANDOR 0OPE#HAUCER of rebuilding the Pope/Chaucer flood control in East Palo Alto. They storm” — a storm that has a 1 percent chance to bridges to increase flow. Estimated base cost: Bridge should be kept on the table, must also improve the quality of life occur in any given year. $9 million. Additional costs, as part of a multi- even if the proposal isn’t selected by bringing environmental or recre- Downstream: part project immediately. The JPA hopes Palo ational benefits to the city and area, s#REATEASECONDARYWATERCOURSEATANANGLEON (with major upstream and downstream projects): Alto could find some funds to help he said. the west side of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf $26 million. with bridge reconstruction. Though the San Francisquito Course. Estimated cost: $9 million s#ONSTRUCTANADDITIONALCULVERTUNDER(IGHWAY “If we deal with the bridge first, Creek flooded parts of his city a de- s#REATEAWEIRTOALLOWOVERFLOWFROMCREEKTO 101. Estimated base cost: $2.5 million. Ad- that would just put more water down- cade ago, Abrica holds no grudges — Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course or baylands to ditional costs, as part of a multi-part project: $9 stream, which would flood others,” just a growing sense of urgency with — Gennady Sheyner Materman said. “I just don’t think each approaching rainy season. it’s doable. If we can do the bridge at Earlier this year, East Palo Alto’s the same time as doing these other City Council put together a com- things, that would be great.” prehensive plan for trails and mini- Materman said the problem is that parks. The creek and adjacent bay- the bridge flow capacity is about lands is an area where city officials 5,500 cubic feet per second (cfs). want to create more recreational ac- Golf course may become overflow basin The 1998 storm had about 7,200 cfs, tivities, Abrica said. forcing water to spill over the banks. “It’s a beautiful creek and it’s not The answer to containing floods from the San Recreation and Golf, said the new layout could be A 100-year storm could produce a something we should fear,” Abrica Francisquito Creek may lie in the Palo Alto Munici- part of the city’s making the course more exciting to flow of 9,300 cubic feet per second, said. “It’s something we should en- pal Golf Course. offset lagging business in recent years. or more, causing massive spillovers joy.” N The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Author- But the projects face major hurdles. JPA Executive all along the creek’s lower banks and Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner ity (JPA), a multi-jurisdictional agency focused on Director Len Materman said any project involving levees even if all the levees held. can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ controlling flooding from the creek, is considering the golf course would also have to make sure areas The JPA hopes much of the fund- paweekly.com. creating a dam on the golf course to contain over- around the course are protected. ing for the selected projects would flows or constructing a new channel that would run “The challenge of using the golf course itself as come from the Santa Clara Valley On the cover: In 2007, San through a portion of the course and siphon water an area for flood waters is we’d have to essentially Water District’s Measure B parcel Franciscisqito Creek quickly from the creek. These are two of seven alternatives contain those flood waters within the golf course,” tax. The measure was approved by filled near the Pope/Chaucer the JPA is considering. Materman said. “We don’t want them to impact the a razor-thin margin in 2000, thanks Bridge. Photograph by Marjan Rob De Geus, Palo Alto’s division manager for N airport, the Embarcadero area and all that.” in large part to heavy support from Sadoughi. — Gennady Sheyner Palo Alto voters.

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displaced Jews. Nazi war films have come house. Christine’s concern escalates into a NOW PLAYING and gone, but few have displayed such a controlled panic, fueled by frustration and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ---1/2 fresh and poignant perspective. Rated: fear. File a missing-child report? Wait 24 (Cinearts) Mark Herman crafts a taut World PG-13 for intensity and disturbing themes. hours. Challenge the LAPD when Captain War II drama that packs a controversial 1 hour, 34 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Nov. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) produces a “son” NOW PLAYING wallop. It’s a tense Germany in the 1940s, 14, 2008) who isn’t hers? Intimidate Christine into CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES and a well-placed SS commandant (David playing along, so the cesspool of a police SORRY, NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT Thewlis) is promoted up the ranks. He then Changeling 1/2 force gets some good publicity. Then deem sees fit to relocate his wife and children --- (Century 16, Century 20) Angelina Jolie her a hysterical woman and toss her into from Berlin to the relative safety of the Ger- plays Christine Collins, a single mother the county loony bin. Meanwhile, the pages man countryside. The family’s new home raising her son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith), are flying off the calendar. And Walter is no- backs up onto a concentration camp, Fresh news alone. One weekend, she agrees to where to be found. Rated: R for some vio- though mom and her offspring naively take a co-worker’s shift at the telephone delivered daily believe it to be a working farm labored by (continued on next page) company. She returns home to an empty *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 27 Movies

ANNE ROSEMARIE BILL TUNDE MATHER ANNA DEAVERE AND DEBRA (continued from previous page) HATHAWAY DeWITT IRWIN ADEBIMPE ZICKEL SMITH WINGER STANFORD THEATER lent and disturbing content, and language. 2 hours, 20 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed “‘ ’ Oct. 31, 2008) The Stanford Theatre is at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Go to www.stan- RACHEL GETTING MARRIED fordtheatre.org. HOLDS YOU SPELLBOUND!” Happy-Go-Lucky ---1/2 -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE (Aquarius) Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a The Big Sleep (1946) Humphrey Bogart plays the street-smart glass-half-full sort of girl for whom lemons Philip Marlowe, the private investigator found in the crime novels of become lemonade each and every day. Raymond Chandler. Fri.-Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. also at 3:40 “GRADE A! A TRIUMPH!“ When her precious bicycle is stolen, her p.m. -Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY only lament is a missed opportunity to say goodbye. Once she is sans bicycle she determines to learn to drive, and turns to In a Lonely Place (1950) Washed-up writer Dixon Steele is a mur- the Axle School of Motoring whose wrathful der suspect who’s given an alibi by his lovely neighbor. Then Cupid instructor Scott (Eddie Marsan) arrives full strikes. Fri.-Thu. at 5:45 & 9:35 p.m. of piss and vinegar. Poppy wants everyone to be upbeat along with her and that’s a tall order. Her incessant cheer delicately friends intend to catch a flight home on a Rachel Getting Married ---- masks a bruised soul that her 30-year- wreck of a plane, piloted by those pesky (Guild) Kym Buckman (Anne Hathaway) has old single self refuses to acknowledge: a penguins. Blink again. The CG-movie has been sprung from rehab into the custody sparse loneliness of tentative depth. Rated: hardly begun. Adults will experience deja of casa Buckman for her sister Rachel’s A JONATHAN DEMME PICTURE R for language, some nudity and mature vu with the sequel, although appreciat- (Rosemarie DeWitt) impending nuptials. themes. 1 hour, 58 minutes. — J.A. (Re- ing the animation and music-and-dance Nine months clean but ever the narcis- WRITTEN BY JENNY LUMET PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY JONATHAN DEMME viewed Oct. 31, 2008) numbers. There’s less fun than the barrels sist, Kym stakes out the arcane rituals of

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of dishes. Desserts were equally delightful. A new jewel on University Strawberries Madrilene ($7) was a Presenting contemporary Latin cuisine, Joya lives up to recipe from Roux’s grandmother. The custard was deceptively light, its name, ‘gem’ yet thick as tapioca and certainly by Dale F. Bentson as flavorful. Topped with fresh- chopped strawberries and served hat better economic and all in price. Several sandwiches are with a sweet tortilla tuile, it was social commentary than offered only at lunch, a few more easily my favorite dessert. W turning a bank into a res- entrees at dinner. The nearly dozen The mini churros ($8) were fun taurant? Yesterday’s tender has seg- and a half tapas dominate both the to eat. Cloud-light, hot from the ued into a more reliable currency menus. fryer, dipped in Spanish hot choc- of today, despite restaurants being The tapas sampler ($22) one olate, they made for a most fill- amongst the riskiest of ventures. evening consisted of ceviche with ing dessert. Chocolate cake ($9) When US Bank abandoned shrimp and watermelon; marinated with house-made ice cream was its downtown Palo Alto branch, olives; mussels with white wine, lush and gooey. It’s a recipe Roux property owner Alex Giovannotto sweet onion and lime; two versions brought from France. seized the opportunity to open a of Spanish sausage; two versions of Roux also assembled the inter- contemporary Latin-style (Central, Spanish ham; a mushroom empan- esting wine list. Selections are South American and Iberian) res- ada; and a piquillo pepper stuffed from Spain, South America and taurant. His family already owned with toasted almonds, scallions, the West Coast, many available by La Strada Italian restaurant next valderon (Spanish blue) and queso the glass. One lovely example was door. fresco cheeses. Without dissecting the Spanish Marqués de Riscal, He installed Fabrice Roux as ex- every morsel on the plate, I can say Reserva, 2003 ($48). This Tem- ecutive chef. Roux, who hails from it was an appetizing offering. pranillo-based wine was soft and Laon, in France’s Champagne dis- The three varieties of seared well rounded, ruby-red color, and trict, absorbed rustic cooking from Spanish sausages ($9) were irre- went well with both meat and fish. his grandmother and spent many of sistible. The cantimpalitos were Joya abounds in character. Not his youthful summers vacationing mini chorizo links, a mini but only aesthetically pleasing, the in Spain. mighty flavorful sausage. Butti- food is bold and beautiful as well. After completing culinary farrita, the most popular sausage My fondest hope is that the culi- school, Roux cooked at top-notch around Barcelona, is found in most nary standards are upheld when the properties throughout France. every tapas bar along the Rambles. restaurant devotes more energy to- Eight years ago, he and wife Mu- Morcilla, or blood sausage, is made wards being a nightclub in the near rielle migrated to America. Before from pig’s blood, rice, onions and future. The three visits I made to being appointed executive chef at spices. Light in color, Joya’s ver- the restaurant were not enough. I Joya, he cooked in San Francisco sion was on the mild side. In Spain, want to go back and try everything and Las Vegas. Murielle is cur- morcilla can be black, bulky and on the menu and then, perhaps, rently the pastry chef at the Four pungent, definitely an acquired start all over again. N

Seasons Hotel at University Circle taste. Together, the medley of sau- Weber Veronica in East Palo Alto. sages was robust and rustic, topped Joya’s jerk-marinated chicken is served with a Nicaraguan vegetable Joya opened its doors mid-Au- off with a dollop of garlic aioli. I medley and a glass of pineapple sangria. Joya gust. The interior is chic, yet clas- considered ordering another round 339 University Ave., Palo Alto sic, with lofty wood panels, ex- of sausages and canceling the rest with jicama salsa and horserad- cream sauce. Scotch bonnets are 650-853-9800 posed steel, and a glassed-in wine of my order altogether, but duty ish cream, on thick corn tortillas, one of the hottest peppers on the Hours: Sun.-Wed. 11:30 a.m.- cellar near the front entrance. The prevailed. was almost too pretty to eat. The planet. No fear here though; the 10 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. 11:30 lighting is subdued but huge ar- The posole soup ($7.50) with artistic rendition was plated on a cream tamed the heat leaving only a.m.-midnight ticulated windows swing open on pork, onion, cilantro, lime, cab- dark oblong plate with the three a slight peppery taste. A timbale of Website: www.joyarestaurant. warmer days, flooding the inside bage, peppers, cloves, cumin, anise tortillas as tantalizingly lined up annatto rice accompanied. All sat com as an Old Master’s still life. The handsomely atop a banana leaf. with a rich luster. A row of tables and cinnamon was seriously won- Reservations Catering lines the exterior for al fresco din- derful. Thick and hearty, almost a meat was succulent, and the jica- The jerk chicken ($17) was per- ing. meal in itself, posole is native to ma and horseradish cream added a fumed and suggestive. Marinated Credit cards Outdoor cool, spicy infusion atop the supple in a dozen spices including tequila, seating Inside, the space is broken into Jalisco, Mexico. Roux’s version Lot Parking two dining rooms and a small pri- added a contemporary twist, sub- tortillas. the half chicken was charred on Noise level: vate banquet room in what used to stituting cabbage for corn. Baked King salmon ($17) was a the outside, juicy and sweet inside, Full Bar Moderate thick, fleshy colored, fresh-tasting and expertly cooked. Served with a be the bank vault. There is a segre- The dense Cuban sandwich ($12) Takeout Bathroom gated lounge as well that serves a was made with slow-braised, mari- fillet. The fish was served with medley of chopped fruits and veg- Cleanliness: reduced menu into the wee hours. nated pork, caramelized red onion, roasted butternut squash and Brus- etables including potatoes, Mexi- Highchairs Excellent The plan is for live Latin music and Black Forest ham and Dijon mussels sprouts, and topped with a can squash, raisins, pineapple and Wheelchair DJ’s on weekends. “It’s the best tard. The thick, filling sandwich mellowed-out Scotch bonnet chili- olives, it was the most Caribbean access corner in Palo Alto,” Roux said. was served with fabulous sweet Banquet The lunch and dinner menus vary potato fries. ON THE WEB: Hundreds of restaurant reviews at www.PaloAltoOnline.com only slightly in composition, not at Braised short rib tacos ($9.50),

NOW SERVING dishes are Italian. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Dinner 4-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. Brunch 8 a.m.-4 (650) 321-7888 dizzying array of options. Not the place for Following are condensed versions, in alpha- Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (Reviewed July 3, p.m.; Dinner 4-9 p.m. (Reviewed July 2, Mint Leaf Asian Noodle House offers a Thai a quiet meal. Sit at the sushi bar and watch betical order, of longer restaurant reviews 1998) 2004) and Vietnamese menu with more than 60 the plates of raw fish creations float by. published in the Weekly over the past several Mike’s Cafe Menlo Park, 150 Middlefield Ming’s, 1700 Embarcadero Road, Palo choices. Particularly good are the chicken Mon-Thu & Sun 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri-Sat years. This week’s reviews begin where the Road, Menlo Park (650) 321-7377 Alto (650) 856-7700 pot stickers, beef massaman curry, Thai 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. (Reviewed Jan. 2, 2004) list ended one week ago. Mike Wallau follows up his popular Palo This highly regarded giant of a restaurant is spicy prawns and shaking beef. Open, airy, Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 2000 W. El Cami- Mike’s Cafe Etc., 2680 Middlefield Road, Alto cafe with this handsome neighborhood known for its dim sum and chicken salad. bistrot-styled restaurant. Beer and wine. no Real, Mountain View (650) 694-7800 Palo Alto (650) 473-6453 restaurant serving mostly Italian-American Southern Chinese cuisine, power-lunching Tue-Sun 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; 5-9:30 p.m. This mini-chain offers specialty pizzas, (Reviewed June 6, 2008) Owner Mike Wallau has been in the restau- dishes. Brunch on the patio is good for businesspeople. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-9:30 such as “The Everest” and “Mt. Veggi- rant business for a quarter century and has kids or dates, and those with big appetites p.m. Sun. 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Miyake, 140 University Ave., Palo Alto more,” and sandwiches, such as the “Cliff decided simply to serve his favorite dishes will enjoy the omelets and sides. Mon.-Fri. Mint Leaf, 452 University Ave., Palo Alto (650) 323-9449 Hanger.” Daily 1 a.m.-11 p.m. at his popular Midtown eatery. Many of the Breakfast 7-11 a.m.; Lunch 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Hip, raucous, crowded, generous sushi in *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊU Page 29 PIZZA Pizza My Heart 327-9400 Restaurant 220 University Ave., Palo Alto of the week Range: $1.50-16.50

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Spot A Pizza 324-3131 AMERICAN CHINESE 115 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto Su Hong—Menlo Park Voted Best Pizza in Palo Alto Armadillo Willy’s 941-2922 Dining Phone: 323–6852 www.spotpizza.com 1031 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos To Go: 322–4631 Range: $5.00-13.00 Winner, Palo Alto Weekly “Best Of” POLYNESIAN Hobee’s 856-6124 8 years in a row! 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto INDIAN Trader Vic's 849-9800 Also at Town & Country Village, Palo Alto 327-4111 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688 Dinner Mon-Thurs 5-10pm; Fri-Sat 5-11pm; BURMESE 129 Lytton, Downtown Palo Alto Sun 4:30 - 9:30pm Lunch Buffet M-F; Open 7 days Available for private luncheons Green Elephant Gourmet Janta Indian Restaurant 462-5903 Best of Chinese (650) 494-7391 Lounge open nightly 369 Lytton Ave., Downtown Palo Alto Restaurant by Burmese & Chinese Cuisine Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-6 pm Lunch Buffet M-F; Organic Veggies 3950 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto Palo Alto Weekly and Menlo Almanac (Charleston Shopping Center) ITALIAN SEAFOOD Dine-In, Take-Out, Local Delivery-Catering

Spalti Ristorante CHINESE 327-9390 Cook’s Seafood 325-0604 1039 El Camino Real 417 California Ave, Palo Alto 751 El Camino Real, Menlo Park ÝµÕÃÌiÊ`ÊUÊ"ÕÌ`ÀÊ } Menlo Park, CA Chef Chu’s (650) 948-2696 Seafood Dinners from 1067 N. San Antonio Road Tel: 650-323-6852 JAPANESE & SUSHI $5.95 to $9.95 on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos Fax: 650-322-1963 2002 Zagat: “Gold Standard in Fuki Sushi 494-9383 THAI Fresh Chinese Cuisine.” Su Hong ToGo 4119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 630 Menlo Avenue Jade Palace (650) 321-9388 Open 7 days a Week Thaiphoon Restaurant 323-7700 151 S. California Ave, E101 Menlo Park, CA Jin Sho 321-3454 543 Emerson St., Palo Alto (in Palo Alto Central) Tel: 650-322-4631 454 California Ave, Palo Alto Full Bar, Outdoor Seating Open 7 days a week Fax: 650-322-1963 Japanese Fusion iÃiÊ>ÕÌiÊ ÕÃiÊUÊ >µÕiÌÃÊUÊ Ê-Õ www.thaiphoonrestaurant.com www.jinshowrestaurant.com 2006 Best Thai Restaurant in Palo Alto Jing Jing 328-6885 Uzumaki Sushi 322-2828 443 Emerson St., Palo Alto 451 California Ave, Palo Alto Indochine 853-1238 Authentic Szechwan, Hunan Japanese Restaurant Thai & Vietnamese Cuisine Food To Go, Delivery Sushi Bar www.jingjinggourmet.com www.indochinethai.com 2710 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto Ming’s 856-7700 MEXICAN 1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto Midtown Shopping Center www.mings.com Fiesta Del Mar 965-9354 1006 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View STEAKHOUSE Search a complete New Tung Kee Noodle House Mexican Cuisine & Cantina listing of local 520 Showers Dr., MV in San Antonio Ctr. restaurant Sundance the Steakhouse 321-6798 Voted MV Voice Best ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04 Fiesta Del Mar Too 967-3525 reviews by location Prices start at $3.75 See Coupon 735 Villa Street, Mountain View 1921 El Camino Real, Palo Alto or type of food on 947-8888 Open Weeknites to 11pm, Weekends to 12pm Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30 am-2:00pm PaloAltoOnline.com Dinner: Mon-Thu 5:00-10:00pm Peking Duck 856-3338 Palo Alto Sol 328-8840 2310 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 408 California Ave, Palo Alto Fri-Sat 5:00-10:30pm, Sun 5:00-9:00pm We also deliver. Õ}iÊiÕÊUÊiÃÌÞiÊ,iV«iÃÊ www.sundancethesteakhouse.com

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“Dancer in Red,” which Bruce Metcalf created from paint- A wild drawing by Metcalf is blown up on the art center wall. Nearby, curator Signe Mayfield gets a ed boxwood, gold and patinated copper, catches the eye at grin from the exhibit’s guest book. the Palo Alto Art Center. D Craftsm L an R c re O a te W s t L in y Left: “Overgrown” L ﬁ is pictured in a

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Center. Courtesy of Palo Alto Art Center Art Alto Palo of Courtesy light bulb for a head. And who could not sympathize with East Coast artist Metcalf creates silver brooches and the woeful creature weighed down by the titular and self- other jewelry pieces that are physically petite but big on explanatory “Lead Umbrella”? emotional depth. His diminutive worlds are populated Some pieces portray acts of empathy, such as “Small by lumpy, goggle-eyed creatures that are, despite their Offering of Refreshment,” which features one character peculiarities, undeniably human in expression. Most have presenting a pitcher of drink to a cranky-looking second large heads with slight bodies and atrophied limbs. His figure. The “Nature Heads” series depicts human bodies whimsical figures are sometimes based on himself or with plant heads, symbolizing the sometimes conflicting other real-life people, but more often Metcalf’s charac- relationship between nature and culture. ters serve as “everymen” who embody universal human Some also represent larger social and moral issues, or experiences. Page 32ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ£]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Seeing the big picture BEST FITNESS CLUB Misrach exhibit focuses on large landscapes LIVE. FLEX. GROW. ENGAGE. and eco-issues CLASSES.CLASSES TRAINERS. NEW EQUIPMENT. by Karla Kane

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Mountain View reference debates from within the art ing that he was also a frequent sketch Center for the world. The humorous elements of artist, filling the pads of company Performing Arts Metcalf’s work are equal parts play- paper his father would bring home ful, biting and ridiculous, such as the from work. DECEMBER 3 – 7 political parody “Worms from Mars Not surprisingly, Metcalf is in- invade an Authentic New England fluenced by the art of cartooning. Village,” which uses toy-soldier-like “Cartoons and comics are small but, figures to symbolize American mili- when well done, can be amazingly tarism in the Vietnam era. resonant,” he said. He cited the comic Though highly conscious of the strip “Peanuts” as a major formative intellectual allusions in his work, influence for many youngsters, and Metcalf strives to make art unpreten- called himself a fan of the current tious and accessible to even the most strip “Get Fuzzy.” casual viewer. Several of his sketch books are “I always like when perfectly ordi- on display as part of the exhibit, nary people respond to my work,” he and show how closely his finished said, recounting a positive interaction sculptures resemble their sketched with the cleaning crew of a host gal- prototypes. lery. “I like to make art that doesn’t Metcalf never took an art class in just speak to insiders but to those art high school. In college, he studied doesn’t normally reach,” he said. “I architecture, believing himself “not 7KH&KULVWPDV%DOOHW Photo by Tom Hauck Tom Photo by want these objects to be democratic art-school material” and lacking in , and speak to everyone, while meet- talent. Near the end of his college ing the demands of the art world at career, a friend introduced him to the same time.” the art of jewelry making, which he “Anyone can look at it and enjoy found “fascinating and wonderful,” it,” Art Center curator Signe May- and he quickly switched majors. Media Sponsor The Christmas Ballet field said of the exhibit. Kids in par- “The logic was no good but it ticular seem drawn to and enthused turned out to be a good decision,” by Metcalf’s art, she added, perhaps he said. “I turned out to be a natural Celia Fushille thanks to the cartoonish look of the craftsman.” Director figures and the familiar appeal of the Artists have traditionally looked miniature. “It helps kids realize the down upon miniatures, Metcalf said, artist within all of us,” she said. associating them with toys or other in Robin Cornwell As a child, Metcalf was an enthu- “diminished” art forms. But minia- siastic builder of plastic models. tures allow him to create “universes “I was a little dweeb,” he said. that open up upon close inspection,” “Not athletic, not popular; retiring, allowing observers to focus closely shy. I had an active fantasy life and and take advantage of their imagi- Sign up today didn’t conform to expectations. My nations,” he said. “Miniatures call father was constantly disappointed.” up engagement with fantasy and it’s www.PaloAltoOnline.com Building and arranging models, he almost impossible to escape. You get said, allowed him to create private sucked into the world; I really like worlds and use his imagination. “I was almost obsessed,” he said, add- (continued on page 37)

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Weekly arts editor Rebecca Wallace saw Berlioz’s “Damnation de Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera last week in New York. She was there as part of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Op- era, held at Columbia University. This Saturday, a live HD broadcast of “Faust” will be shown at 10 a.m. in the Century Cinema 16 at 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View and in the Century 20 Downtown Redwood City at 825 Middle- field Road. Tickets are $24 general admission, $22 for seniors and $16 for children. Go to www.fathomevents. com.

Near the beginning, when Faust — a character from an- cient legend — despairs over his meaningless life, video creates his brown, dank study. An identically gloomy study appears in every other set panel, with dejected men at their own desks. The work’s emotions become universal in this repetitive world. As Faust is about to drink poison, he finds salvation in hearing church bells. The offices become stained-glass; Susan Graham is Marguerite and Marcello Giordani the chorus sings behind flickering votive candles. Hav- plays the title role in “Faust.” ing five men as crucified Christs is perhaps overdoing it a bit, but the windows and candles are elegant and understated. A successful That restraint unfortunately extends to Marcello Gior- dani’s portrayal of Faust. While his tenor voice has some nice velvety tones in the upper register, he can barely spectacle be heard in lower, softer passages, and his emotion sometimes feels muted, especially during the first act. Opera makes pioneering use When Faust declares himself saved, the words are half- of video technology hearted. The first time he sees his beloved Marguerite, he barely looks at her. by Rebecca Wallace All is heightened with the arrival of the ironic an- tagonist Mephistopheles, who is ready to give Faust his ith all the buzz about director Robert Lep- youth and desires, complete with a dotted line to sign age’s technological wizardry in his New York W production of Berlioz’s “Damnation de Faust,” away his soul. John Relyea brings a mocking power — a many an operagoer may expect a show as bold as the verbal lip-curl — to Mephisto, highlighted by his sinu- Metropolitan Opera House’s ruby-red carpet. ous physicality as he clambers about the set. After all, Lepage has directed Cirque du Soleil in Las Still, he can’t save a scene that technology drags Vegas. And his “Faust” makes ample use of video, some down. Near the end of the opera, when he and Faust are of it interactive: Images stir and shift as the cast sings racing black steeds, the emotion should be urgent and and moves. frightening: Faust is frantic to save Marguerite from Instead, this is a surprisingly restrained production. being hanged for an accidental crime, but he’s actually Instead of overshadowing the music, the technological on a journey to hell filled with monsters and a night stagecraft nearly always enhances it. raining blood. The production uses a double wall with video pro- But here, Giordani and Relyea are made to stand still jections originating from the back and front, creating as male dancers “ride” a herky-jerky old film of a mov- layered images inside a gridded set and opening up a ing horse. At one performance, a few audience members new world of scenic design. laughed. Never mind the purists: Here, the technology Beautiful stage pictures emerge as cast meets video. should have been bigger, scarier, newer. Lovers stroll by the river Elbe, their reflections floating In contrast, Susan Graham is truly stirring as Margue- in the video-generated water. Women in full skirts whirl rite. When she fears Faust will never return to her, agony in time with birds soaring on the screen; then the video fills every motion and her upper notes are searing. opens up into a Magritte-colored blue sky. The music The chorus is also strong. During a lusty scene when flows harmoniously throughout, the orchestra conduct- Mephistopheles brings Faust to a bar, the chorus hits ed by James Levine consistently rich and sure. robust heights, their tones somehow blending and shim- Technology helps create emotion without upstaging it. mering at the same time. N

nated with his subjects. In a pic- me a lot,” he said, referring to his Felzmann ture titled “Globe” there’s a globe “European sensibility.” He is also (continued from previous page) reflected on a store window, with working on a book with a Euro- agenda. “Photographing is a long people in the store seeing only pean publisher, requiring him to process that includes photograph- their side of the globe, rather than go back and forth to Europe on a ing, editing, printing,” Felzmann the reflection showing the other regular basis. said. “I try not to think, but to look side of the world. Felzmann hopes people will be and react.” The exhibit includes thoughts and touched some way, and the exhibit In addition to the larger prints of marginalia from Angelus Silesius will “trigger some kind of reflec- Sacramento Valley, there are sev- and John Berger, two collaborators tion of what it means to live within eral series of small prints, includ- for Felzmann’s book, “Waters in today’s times.” N ing “Currents.” What the pictures Between.” Silesius writes: “I know present is “the idea of movement that God could not live an instant What: “Ghostpile,” an exhibit and transformation, movement of without me. If I were returned to of photography by Lukas Felz- animals, air currents, light cur- nothingness, he’d immediately mann rents,” Felzmann said. The pictures render up his soul.” The pictures Where: Thomas Welton Stan- include abandoned belongings, and the notes complete each other ford Art Gallery, 419 Lasuen such as used computers dumped at in an exhibit that is bound to raise Mall a pool of water, lost gloves. some thoughts about the human When: Through Dec. 14. The Felzmann likes to explore themes existence and consumer society. gallery is open Tues.-Fri., 10 that deal with the “interaction of Felzmann was born and edu- a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat.-Sun., 1-5 nature and culture” and “how we cated in Zürich, and received his p.m. (closed Nov. 25-28). relate/connect to nature” and the M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Cost: Free “passing of time.” His pictures are Institute. He has taught photogra- Info: Call 650-723-2842 or go largely open for interpretation, but phy at Stanford since 1993. to http://art.stanford.edu or the photographer himself is fasci- “Switzerland has influenced www.lukasfelzmann.com. 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He in- Kyle & Koko Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tickets: tends his work to be attractive and Adults $20 Seniors|Children $12 comfortable, but “wearability” is ® t second to artistic value. However, he We The People 650-324-3800 All Reserved Seating We the People is a registered trademark. Stores are owned/operated by franchisees who are not would like exhibit-goers to remem- lawyers, cannot represent customers; select legal forms, or give advice on rights or laws. Services are For More Information and Tickets Please Visit ber most of his work is meant to be provided at customers’ request and are not a substitute for advice of a lawyer. Prices do not include court costs. WWW.TWASTHENIGHT.ORG or Call (650) 323-5292 worn, and to imagine themselves ac- Santa Clara LDA #72, exp. 7/09. tually wearing the pieces as jewelry. No doubt, Mayfield said, those bold enough to wear a Metcalf piece would attract attention. “If you wear it in public,” she said, “you open a Palo Alto Unified School District dialogue about issues and start con- Notice is hereby Given that proposals will be received Get Support! versations.” N Karla Kane can be e-mailed at by the Palo Alto Unified School District for bid package: [email protected]. Don’t go it alone. Contract No. IAR-1 What: “The Miniature Worlds Avenidas Social of Bruce Metcalf,” an exhibit DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The work includes, but is not of jewelry and miniatures by limited to: Renovation of approximately 13,000 SF of existing building Work Services Bruce Metcalf and building additions of approximately 5,000 SF including: selective remediation and demo; site work, underground utilities, foundation, Where: Palo Alto Art Center, building pad and roofing related to additions; carpentry; roof patch; interior Counseling 1313 Newell Road and exterior paint; interior finishes; casework; plumbing; mechanical; new When: Through Dec. 21; Tues.- electrical service; and new fire alarm. Bidding documents contain the full Support groups Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ; Sun. 1-5 description of the work. p.m. ; and Tues.-Thurs. 7-10 Geriatric care p.m. There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit at 10:00 management Cost: Free a.m. on December 2, 2008 at the Gunn High School located at 780 Info: Call 650-329-2366 or go Arastradero Road Palo Alto, California Information & to www.city.palo-alto.ca.us assistance or Metcalf’s website, www. Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Facilities brucemetcalf.com/. Office Building D, no later than 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 2008. Help with

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Altos and San Jose and this rivalry OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Three local was part of my life. My parents went volleyball players will be com- here, my sister went here. I love peting in the Elite 8 finals of the playing this game. I love everything NCAA Division III tournament this about it. I’m a little sad this is my weekend at Illinois-Wesleyan. Aly last go around.” McKinnon (Portola Valley) from Wilcox-Vogel, a two-time all-San Menlo School, Emily Avis (Palo Mateo County pick, helped take Alto) from Crystal Springs-Up- Menlo School to the Central Coast lands and Chelsea Kubal (Ather- Section football playoffs in his seton), also from Crystal Springs nior year, leading the PAL Ocean all helped their Williams College Division in receptions both as a team earn an automatic berth into junior and senior under then coach the NCAA tournament by winning Kyle Terada Jimmy Noriega, a Stanford grad its second consecutive NESCAC himself. Tournament championship last He played his first football game weekend, despite being seeded as a sophomore at Menlo, after peti- only fourth. Kubal, a junior outside tioning his parents for the chance. hitter, had 487 digs this season The season is spiked On Sept. 23, 2006, in Stanford’s while Avis, a sophomore setter, Palo Alto freshman Melanie Wade (14) pounds away against nationally-ranked Mitty during the Vikings’ contributed 936 assists. . . . Palo season-ending loss in the CCS Division II semifinals on Wednesday night. See story on page 41. Alto High graduate Jenny Reese, (continued on page 43) a sophomore diver at Harvard, finished first on both the one- and CCS FOOTBALL CCS WATER POLO three-meter boards as Harvard defeated Cornell and Dartmouth Castilleja back last week. Reese scored 243.50 An interesting points on the one-meter and in finals after 250.75 in the three-meter com- reward for SHP petition. before playoffs 10-year absence ON THE AIR by Keith Peters by Keith Peters Friday his should be a time of en- hen Ted Minnis signed on Women’s volleyball: USC at Stanford, joyment for the Sacred Heart to become the girls’ water 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) T Prep football team. The Ga- W polo coach at Castilleja for Saturday tors, after all, are in the midst of the 1999-00 season, he heard from College football: Stanford at Cal, their finest season ever at 9-0-1 and more than one person that he might 12:30 p.m.; KGO (7); KTRB (860 AM); preparing for their first-ever Central be taking on a dead-end job. KZSU (90.1 FM) Coast Section playoff game. An era had ended in 1997 after Prep football: Monta Vista at Menlo- Success, however, sometimes Randy Whitchurch left following Atherton, 1 p.m., KCEA (89.1 FM) comes with a price. three straight appearances in the Women’s volleyball: UCLA at Stan- ford, 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) The realignment for next season’s Central Coast Section finals. All Sunday football leagues has taken place and three ended in losses, including a Sacred Heart Prep has been promot- shocking 8-7 loss to Lynbrook in the Prep football: Menlo at Sacred Heart Prep, 8 p.m., Media Center (28) tape ed from the PAL Ocean B Division, Dave Bouvier ‘97 finale after Castilleja was heav- delayed. which the Gators won with a 5-0 ily favored as the top seed. record this season. The program began to sink after SPORTS ONLINE Sacred Heart, however, is not that, but Minnis came in with hopes For expanded daily coverage of college stepping up to the PAL Ocean A. of keeping it afloat. and prep sports, please see our new site SHP’s (L-R) JJ Suttle, Chris Cummings and Ryan Sakowski won the at www.PASportsOnline.com (continued on page 41) Valparaiso Bowl last week, but face Menlo again in CCS. (continued on page 40) Page 38 • November 21, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Stanford women hope NCAA third Stanford round finally will be a charm Driving School by Rick Eymer “We’re a different team with more against Nevada in the first round of his is no time for superstition. weapons,” Ratcliffe said. “There’s the NCAA tournament on Nov. 10, Holiday Savings Package Besides, says Stanford junior no reason to think about anything 2006. FREE CLASSROOM TRAINING with the purchase T midfielder Ali Riley, having else than playing to the best of our “I remember that one wasn’t as of Freeway plus driver training lost in the third round of the past ability.” good as this one,” Heath said. “I Must have coupon for this offer. Expires Dec. 30, 2008 two NCAA women’s soccer tourna- Offensively, this is as good as it think the goalkeeper dropped it and ments just means, “It’s all the more gets. Stanford set a school record it rolled into the net. This time Ali Holiday In-Class Schedule reason for us (to win this year).” against Kansas, recording its 65th (Riley) gave me a good ball and it Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Fifth-ranked Stanford (20-1-1) through 69th goals of the season. went in.” Sat 11/15 Sun 11/16 Sat 11/22 Sun 11/23 hosts Rutgers (13-6-2) on Friday The 1993 version scored 67 goals in Heath became the 11th player with night in the third round at 7 p.m., reaching the Final Four for the first at least one goal this year. Sat 12/20 Sun 12/21 Mon 12/22 Tues12/23 with the chance to advance into the (and only) time. “We’re all excited and we have Sat 12/27 Sun 12/28 Mon 12/29 Tues12/30 quarterfinals for the first time since Palo Alto grad Teresa Noyola sat high hopes,” Heath said. “It’s fun to 2002. Should that happen, the Car- out the win against the Jayhawks as watch and be a part of all this.” (Èxä®Ê{Î£ÇnÊUÊÎÈäÊ Ê >Ê,i>]Ê*>ÊÌ dinal will host on Nov. 28. a precaution for a sore knee. After- Heath missed part of her fresh- To register online, please visit our website at: The unranked Scarlett Knights, ward she was spotted riding a bi- man season with a MCL sprain, www.StanfordDrivingSchool.net who played in the Stanford Invita- cycle in the parking lot outside the and then discovered she has a stress tional last year, tied seventh-ranked stadium, flexing her knee without fracture in her femur just before last Oklahoma State, 0-0, and advanced taking too much pounding. season began, forcing the redshirt on penalty kicks Sunday. Stanford and Rutgers have played season. “The third time is the charm,” in each other’s in-season Invitation- “I couldn’t even run until the said redshirt junior Hillary Heath, al the past two years. The Cardinal playoffs,” she said. “Now I have an- one of the five different players who won, 1-0, in New Jersey in 2006 and other year of eligibility and with this scored in Stanford’s 5-0 victory over beat the Scarlett Knights, 4-1, last team, and that’s exciting.” visiting Kansas in the second round year. Press and Allison Falk scored in of the tournament. “I don’t remember last year’s Stanford’s 2-0 win over UC Santa Kelley O’Hara added a goal and game,” Riley said. “I do remember Barbara in Friday night’s first an assist, and Camille Levin, Chris- two years ago at Rutgers.” round. ten Press and Morgan Redman also Riley scored the only goal in that “It’s amazing,” Riley said. “Kel- scored. Riley recorded the assist on victory, with an assist from Heath. ley O’Hara has been leading us for Stanford first two goals and Kelley She was playing for the New Zea- a couple of years and now we have Birch also had an assist. land national team in the Women’s this freshmen class and we’re so The Cardinal not only has the World Cup last year and missed strong. They’ve all stepped up and chance to reach the Elite Eight, it Stanford’s three-goal win. it’s been beneficial.” can match the program’s best record “We’ve played them before and Looking ahead, there’s a possible (2002) with a win over Rutgers. they are a well-coached team,” Rat- Stanford-Portland meeting in the While Stanford is loaded with cliffe said, “very talented. We have quarterfinals. Both schools would older players who would rather a great team; the girls are working have to win this week, of course, not remember the past two sea- very hard. They deserve the success but it would set up a rematch of the son-enders, there are also enough they’re getting. Now we just have to 2002 quarterfinal in which the Pi- younger players with no memory at keep it going as we move on.” lots and Cardinal played to a score- all and coach Paul Ratcliffe figures Heath waited a long time be- less draw, with Portland advancing it’s a clean slate no matter who is on tween goals. Before Sunday, she on penalty kicks. the field. had not scored since finding the net But that’s a story for another day. ■

heading for a cold climate and COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS they couldn’t be happier. Rain is expected over the weekend but Men’s basketball game at Stanford. Monday should provide a mix- First-year Stanford men’s bas- ture of sun and clouds with highs Women’s volleyball in the upper 40s. The men’s ketball coach Johnny Dawkins Senior Cynthia Barboza has team earned an automatic berth can savor his first home victory, been spectacular during the to the NCAA Championships on a 103-85 nonconference win second half of conference play, Nov. 24 in Terre Haute, IN with a over visiting Cal State Northridge and her efforts has the Stanford second place finish at the NCAA on Tuesday night, a tad longer women’s volleyball team on the YOUTH SOCCER TRYOUTS West Regional on the Stanford than normal. The Cardinal (2-0) verge of its third straight Pac-10 Golf Course last Saturday, while won’t take the court again until title. Barboza, who had 13 kills Nov. 30 to Dec. 15, 2008 the three-time defending na- Wednesday, when the Air Force and 18 digs while hitting .419 in tional champion women earned flies in for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off. the Cardinal’s three-set sweep Stanford shot nearly 50 percent of host California this past week- an at-large berth after finishing Palo Alto Soccer Club from the floor, made 85 percent end, was named the Pac-10 third. The men finished with 72 “Take the next step!” of its free throws and generally Player of the Week on Monday. points, trailing only No.1 Oregon made mayhem of the Big West Barboza won her second such who had 38 points. Portland was SOCCER PLAYERS WANTED: third with 85 points. The second- Conference favorite Matadors. award in three weeks, and her UÊ ÞÃÊ>`ÊÀÃÊ}iÃÊnÊÌÊ£ÎÊ Senior guard Anthony Goods place finish gives the Cardinal fourth all-time. She recorded her UÊÊÊÕÀÊ1ìÀ£äÊÌÊÊ helped make the day would go 11th double-double of the year, one of the 18 automatic bids to well for Dawkins. He scored 25 and hit over .400 for the sixth the NCAA Championships. “We 1ìÀ£{Ê/i>ÃÊvÀÊÓää (CYSA/NorCal points, including 11-of-12 from time. She also had a season- knew that we just wanted to UÊÊ ÀÊLiÌÜiiÊnÉ£ÉxÊÌÊÇÉÎ£ÉÓää£ Affiliated Teams) the foul line. “I only shot maybe make it through,” Stanford coach high four blocks, including three PLAYER BENEFITSÊ 10 free throws yesterday,” Goods solo. Stanford (13-1, 22-3) looks Jason Dunn said. “Our goal was said. “I’m a streaky free throw clinch at least a share of the title to be in the top two. We never UÊÊ,iViÛiÊ«ÀviÃÃ>ÊV>V }ÊÊÊ shooter. I might miss my next with a pair of home wins this want to give away a win, but we >Ê«>ÀiÌ>>}i`ÊÀ}>â>Ì 10. Usually when the first two weekend. The second-ranked were looking to do as little work UÊÊ iÛi«Ê`Û`Õ>ÊÃÃÊ>`ÊÊ go down, I’m OK.” JuniorLandry Cardinal host No. 10 USC on as possible to advance. Now we ÌiV µÕiÃ Fields added 18 points and se- are heading on to nationals with Friday night and No. 9 UCLA UÊi>ÀÊÌi>ÜÀÊ>`Ê}>iÊÃÌÀ>Ìi}Þ niors Lawrence Hill and Mitch on Saturday night, both at 7 a full head of steam and we are Johnson and sophomore Josh p.m. Barboza and fellow seniors looking forward to it.” Freshman UÊÊÊ>««À«À>ÌiÊ «iÌÌÛiÊ >ÃÃÊÎÊ®Ê Owens each had 14 as the Car- Foluke Akinradewo, Jessica Chris Derrick led Stanford with >`Ê} ÞÊ «iÌÌÛiÊ >ÃÃÊ£ÊÌi>Ã® dinal won their 35th home open- Fishburn and Erin Waller will his fifth-place finish in 28:44.31 UÊÊ ÞÃÊ>ÊvÕÊ>`Ê«ÃÌÛiÊÊ er in 41 years at Maples Pavilion. be honored before Saturday’s over the 8,000-meter course. iÛÀiÌÊ*ÃÌÛiÊ >V }ÊÊ Johnson recorded eight assists Garrett Heath finished 10th with match, Stanford’s final regular- >ViÊ* Ã« Þ® and has 403 for his career, just season home match. a time of 29:19.44. Washington the fifth point guard to achieve dominated the women’s race, as many. The Falcons (2-0) have Cross country winning with 25 points. Oregon a pair of home games this week- The Stanford cross country finished second with 62 points, Visit our website for Times, Locations and Contacts end before playing their first road men’s and women’s teams are while Stanford was third with 91. www.pasoccerclub.org Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2008 • Page 39 CITY OF PALO ALTO Sports NOTICE OF CITY MANAGER’S PUBLIC HEARING watched us,” Minnis said. “They’re Division II boys CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE Water polo a great team. Do we match up with Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo (continued from page 38) AND NECESSITY them? I hope so.” have been the top two teams in The matchups in the other three CCS for most of the season. It’s no “I was told when I took the job championship games are equally surprise, then, that the No. 1 Gators NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City that I couldn’t get it (back) to where interesting. (24-5) and No. 2 Knights (22-6) will Manager will consider the application of Yellow Cab Randy had it,” Minnis recalled. “I square off in Saturday’s champion- heard it from more than one person. Division I girls ship game at 6:30 p.m. Company Peninsula, Inc, for a Certificate of Public I think they thought that schools It will be No. 1 Menlo-Atherton It will be the first meeting be- Convenience and Necessity to operate a taxicab like Menlo, Sacred Heart and Paly (25-3) and No. 2 St. Francis (21-7) tween the two local rivals since would get all the girls.” meeting in the championship match the 2006 CCS title match, won by service in the City of Palo Alto under the business Minnis accepted the challenge, at 2 p.m. The Bears won last year’s Menlo. name of California Cab Company, at a special meet- even though Castilleja didn’t have title — the first in school history — “It should be a real good chess a pool large enough to compete in. by beating Leland while the Lanc- match kind of game,” said Menlo ing on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in The Gators played in the Blossom ers lost to Sacred Heart Prep in the coach Jack Bowen, who has his the First Floor Human Resources Conference Room, Valley Athletic League and traveled Division II finale. team back in the finals after a one- located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto. for every match in those days. Menlo-Atherton has been ranked year absence. “I think our teams Minnis and his players endured No. 1 in the CCS Coaches Poll for match up very well.” many losing seasons until recently most of the season after finishing SHP has senior Paul Rudolph, and eventually built a new pool on second in the NorCal Champion- easily the No. 1 player in CCS this campus that would reflect the pro- ships and third at Western States. season after earning first-team All- gram’s resurgence. The task from The Bears have yet to lose to a CCS American honors last year. Menlo Give your car Day 1 was always to get the pro- team this season. For comparison counters with senior James Balas- gram back to its glory days, a goal sake, M-A has beaten Sacred Heart sone, a tough defender and consis- a New Year’s the Gators are getting closer to each Prep twice this season and the Ga- tent scorer. The Gators have a top- season. tors have split with St. Francis. flight goalie in junior Ben Dearborn make-over! On Saturday at Stanford’s Avery “We have the experience of play- while the Knights counter with se- Aquatic Center, second-seeded Cas- ing in a championship,” said M-A nior Scott Platshon. All the positions $ tilleja (19-9) will play top-seeded coach Chris Rubin. “But, ultimately, have similar matchups, so the finale 398! reg. $799 Sacred Heart Prep (22-6) in the CCS the most important thing is that the will be a matter of adjustments by 50% OFF Must present coupon. Most cars. Additional cost may apply. Division II championship match at 5 whole team is extremely hungry for each coach to how each team is Our Best Paint* Valid at San Antonio Rd. Palo Alto p.m. It’s the Gators’ first appearance another championship on Nov. 22. playing. location only. Single stage. in the finals since 1997. That’s where we’ve had our sights Menlo qualified with a 17-5 816 San Antonio Rd., “We’re back in the finals,” said set on since Day 1.” swamping of No. 3 Soquel on Tues- Minnis. “I’m still in a little disbelief The Bears advanced to the finals day at Monta Vista High in Cuper- Palo Alto that it’s happened.” for only the third time ever with a tino while Sacred Heart Prep took (650) 493-6110 Minnis played his high school 13-6 swamping of No. 4 Los Altos a step closer to defending its Di- water polo at Menlo-Atherton and on Wednesday night at M-A. St. vision II crown with an easy 15-9 later coached there before heading Francis, meanwhile, held on for a swamping of No. 4 Burlingame Collision repair to Castilleja. In his four years of 6-5 victory over No. 3 Leland. (21-5). at 33% below average costs playing and 19 years of coaching, Menlo-Atherton junior Becca The No. 2-seeded Knights (22-6) this is his first championship game. Dorst scored four goals while her missed last season’s section finals — LIFETIME WARRANTY — “So, I’m excited,” he said. sister, sophomore goalie Emily, had after being upended in the semifi- Minnis received a call on Thurs- 11 saves. The Bears also feature se- nals. Menlo made sure that wouldn’t day morning from Bekka Cima, niors Morgan Leech and Hannah happen by jumping out to a quick who played on the ‘97 Castilleja Breen plus juniors Vanessa Lane, lead against Soquel in the semifi- team. She called from Washington, Anna Geiduschek and Sarah Win- nals. NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING D.C., just to congratulate Minnis on ters, among others. “We’ve been playing really well,” of the City of Palo Alto returning the team to the finals. said Bowen, who coached his 300th Architectural Review Board (ARB) The ‘97 team, in fact, has been the Division I boys game for the Knights and now is topic of discussion recently between As the No. 7-seeded team, Menlo- 249-51, “Against Soquel, the coun- Minnis and his players. Atherton (16-13) is the lowest seed ter-attack and team defense were Please be advised that Thursday, December 4, 2008, the ARB shall “That’s the bar,” Minnis said of still playing. The defending cham- really great.” conduct a public hearing at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers, 1st the team, which went 27-5 that year pion Bears, however, will come It was 6-1 after one quarter and Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested to cap a 71-12 record over three sea- into Saturday’s finale at 3:30 p.m. 13-3 after three periods, basically persons may appear and be heard. sons. “That team is definitely a team against No. 1 St. Francis (21-7) on mirroring the Knights’ 15-5 non- we talked about.” equal terms. league win over Soquel on Oct. The focus, however, is now on Sa- M-A battled its way back into the 18. Neither game was close, as ex- 4249 EL CAMINO REAL [08PLN-00288] ELKS LODGE: cred Heart Prep, which is seeking its championship game with a big 6-5 pected. Request by Premiere Properties, on behalf of the Benevolent Proud first-ever back-to-back titles. upset of No. 3 Bellarmine (17-10) on Nine Menlo players scored on Order of Elks (BPOE), for Major Architectural Review for the con- “They’re the defending CCS Tuesday night in the Bears’ pool. In Tuesday, led by seniors Gerrard struction of a new two-story Elks Lodge, approximately 37,500 champs. Everyone expected them the later semifinal, St. Francis elim- Clark, Balassone and Mark Hudnall to be here,” Minnis said. “They’re inated WCAL foe Serra, 13-8. with three goals each. John Holland- square feet in size, 126 surface parking spaces and associated definitely the favorite.” Jed Springer, a 6-foot-9 junior McCowan came off the bench and site improvements on a 2.82-acre site in the RM-30 zoning district. Castilleja, of course, is not go- who has come alive offensively in tossed in three goals, as well. Environmental Assessment: An addendum to a Mitigated Negative ing into the finale just happy to be the postseason, scored three goals Menlo’s swarm-style defense Declaration has been adopted in accordance with the California there. to led Menlo-Atherton. Two of came up with 22 steals, led by Clark Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements “I don’t think you can ever be Springer’s goals came in the fourth and Holland-McCowan with four happy to work all season and be sat- quarter, giving the Bears a 5-4 lead. each. isfied with second,” Minnis said. Senior Richard Hong then scored Sacred Heart’s return to the fi- 488 W Charleston [07PLN-00227]: Request by Palo Alto Saturday’s match will be the first the second of his two goals to make nals is no surprise. The Gators have Housing Corporation, on behalf of the Peninsula Endowment, Inc., between the Gators and the Gators. it 6-4. Eric Wright scored earlier been the No. 1-ranked team in the for Architectural Review of plans for a 100% affordable housing Sacred Heart Prep advanced with a while senior Nick Beltramo once CCS most of this season after taking development consisting of 35-units in one building. This review is 15-5 romp over No. 5 Burlingame again was solid in the cage with 10 third in the North-South Challenge on Wednesday at Monta Vista High saves for coach Johnny Bega’s re- and fifth in the Finis Memorial Cup part of a request for a new PC zone. The project will include envi- after Castilleja had qualified with surgent team. against some of the top teams in the ronmental review under both CEQA and NEPA. an 11-5 victory over No. 3 St. Igna- “The defense was unbelievable state. tius. It was Castilleja’s third-straight tonight,” said Bega, whose Bears Against Burlingame, it was no The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with appearance in the semifinals. have allowed just 13 goals in three contest. The Gators held a 10-3 disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, Castilleja senior Kat Booher CCS games. “Defense is what we do halftime lead and stretched their scored six goals to pace the offense best.” lead to 14-3 before SHP coach Bri- services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn while sophomore goalie Evan Cr- Simon Hood, Graham McClel- an Kreutzkamp made sure everyone more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabili- anston had 15 saves. SHP senior land and Wright all had three steals got some playing time. ties Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator Yvonne Dunlevie tallied seven goals to help spark the defensive effort. Rudolph, who will join the Stan- at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. to pace the offense while sophomore The Bears will go after their ford men’s water polo team in the backup goalie Katherine Donahoe first-ever back-to-back CCS titles fall, should feel right at home this and senior Stephanie Clements on Saturday at Stanford. If defense weekend. He and Alex Whittam Amy French combined for 15 saves, as well. has anything to do with it, Menlo- tallied four goals each while David Manager of Current Planning “I’ve watched them a bunch Atherton has a shot at making Culpan added two goals. Dearborn of times this season, and they’ve school history. had 12 saves. ■ Page 40 • November 21, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports CCS football (continued from page 38)

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Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo and King’s Academy all are still playing Keith Peters on Saturday, but in the Small School Division. The first round on Satur- day provides a strange scenario. Why Menlo School? Come Find Out. Despite beating King’s Academy Isaak Huerta (right) and his M-A teammates give coach Phillip Brown in overtime to win the Ocean Divi- the ritual cold bath after beating Woodside for the PAL title. Middle School Open Houses: 12/4/08 6:30 pm sion’s lone automatic playoff berth, Upper School Open Houses: 12/7/08 1:00 pm the Gators had only 23 power points on five carries, but did catch six the sake of these kids,” Brown said. for the CCS seeding meeting while passes for 93 yards. “It’s the greatest feeling to watch King’s had 23 1/2 points. Thus, them succeed. Menlo School is an King’s received the No. 3 seed while CCS Large School independent coeduca- the Gators got the No. 4. Menlo was A remarkable drive in the final CCS Medium School given the No. 5. four minutes of the game carried Palo Alto accomplished quite a tional school serving 750 So, just one week after Sacred Menlo-Atherton football team to a lot as Will Holder kicked a 20-yard Heart Prep defeated Menlo, 28-20, dramatic 28-25 victory over visiting field goal with 11 seconds to play, students in grades six in the annual Valparaiso Bowl, the Woodside on Saturday, clinching a giving the Vikings a 17-14 football same teams will meet again in a second straight PAL Bay Division victory over host Los Gatos on Fri- through twelve. We offer CCS opener Saturday on the Ga- title while wrapping up a second day to end the SCVAL De Anza Di- a rigorous, engaging, tors’ field at 1 p.m. The winner will consecutive undefeated league sea- vision regular season. advance to face, more than likely, son. The triumph also earned the The victory gave Paly (4-2, 7-3) a academic curriculum top-seeded Scotts Valley in the Bears a No. 1 seed for CCS. tie for second place in the division semifinals next weekend. Menlo-Atherton (8-2) will host with the Wildcats (4-2, 7-3). It also complemented by out- Menlo and Sacred Heart Prep No. 8 Monta Vista (8-2) on Saturday gave the Vikings the tiebreaker over standing creative arts certainly didn’t have to worry about at 1 p.m. The Matadors tied for first Los Gatos, thus propelling them any scouting reports for their opener in the SCVAL El Camino Division. into the postseason with an auto- and athletics programs. after facing each other last Friday. The thrilling victory, capped by a matic berth. The Gators continued the best sea- one-yard plunge by junior quarter- The Vikings, however, came son in school history by jumping out back Turner Baty with 22.2 seconds up short in points in another area, 7BMQBSBJTP"WFOVF "UIFSUPO $"tFYU to a 21-0 lead by the end of the first to play, capped a 5-0 division season which cost them at the CCS seed- half, and managed to survive a late for the Bears. ing meeting on Sunday. Los Gatos www.menloschool.org comeback attempt by Menlo. “These kids are great,” said an received the No. 4 seed in the CCS With the Knights down 28-14 late excited M-A coach Phillip Brown, Medium School Division while Paly in the fourth quarter, quarterback who hugged nearly everyone on the got the No. 6 seed. While the Wild- Danny Diekroeger completed a pass team following the game. “Having cats get to play a first-round game to Chris Ryan for a 26-yard touch- this team accomplish what it did, at home, the Vikings will have to down. That pulled Menlo within it’s one of the greatest feelings I’ve travel to face No. 3 Leigh (7-3) on one score. However, Charles LeM- ever had.” Saturday at 7 p.m. oullac’s onside kick was recovered Those feelings might not have That sets up a possible semifinal by SHP’s Chris Gaertner, allowing been so euphoric had the Bears not berth opposite No. 2 Monterey while the Gators to kneel out the final pulled things together after Wood- Los Gatos could meet No. 1 Pioneer minute of the game. side had taken the lead at 25-21 on a (9-1) in the semifinals. Senior quarterback Ryan Sakows- 25-yard run by Jason Simpson with While Los Gatos seemingly got ki led Sacred Heart to all three of just 4:03 to play. a break, at least for its CCS opener, their first-half touchdowns. He got Baty, however, calmly guided the Palo Alto did get some personal sat- the game started with a bang on the Bears’ comeback, throwing a 13- isfaction by beating Los Gatos on its first play from scrimmage, complet- yard pass to Rod Nash for a first own turf. The loss ruined the Wild- ing a pass to Austin Koenig for a down at the Bears’ 47. Baty then cats’ shot at a three-way co-cham- 61-yard touchdown. Sakowski went hooked up with Sam Knapp on per- pionship with Milpitas and Wilcox to the air for Sacred Heart’s second haps the biggest play of the game, a (both 5-1), while the win provides touchdown with a 49-yard pass to 46-yard completition to the Wood- Paly with plenty of momentum at Matt Bocci. side 7. this point in the season. In an offense known primarily for The Wildcats helped out on the “We played like we were sup- its rushing attack, Sakowski’s pass- next play, incurring a penalty to posed to be playing this entire sea- OPEN HOUSE ing game made the difference as he put the ball on the 4. M-A senior son,” Holder said. “I think that if we finished the game 8-for-14 for 142 Vaughn Smith darted to the one- keep it up, we could make a deep Thursday, December 11 yards with two touchdowns and no yard line and Baty plunged over run in the playoffs.” interceptions. Sakowski also ran for from there one play later. Baty fin- Senior running back Sam Tomp- 7 p.m. his third touchdown on a one-yard ished the game with nine comple- kins-Jenkins led the charge for the quarterback sneak. tions for 198 yards. Vikings as he rushed for 142 yards Diekroeger had busy day as Men- A kickoff and one wild play by on 28 carries while also chipping lo went to air after trailing early. He Woodside and it was over. The in two touchdown runs of two and completed 20 passes of 44 attempts Menlo-Atherton players celebrated four yards. He was supported by his for 322 yards and one touchdown, wildly on the field and Brown got senior quarterback Will Brandin, but was picked off twice. Jerry Rice the ritual dunking of ice water. who threw for 203 yards on 15-of- Jr. was limited to 25 yards rushing “I will gladly sacrifice a suit for 22 passing. ■ Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2008 • Page 41 Sports

CCS VOLLEYBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Another title shot for Menlo Knights seek third straight Division IV crown, but Paly and SHP are knocked out by Keith Peters here will be at least two more matches for the Menlo School off T girls’ volleyball team, but the Life is good season has ended for Palo Alto and 20% Sacred Heart Prep following Cen- clothing and accessories tral Coast Section semifinals losses 6ALID.OWTHROUGH.OVEMBER.OTVALIDWITHOTHEROFFERSORDISCOUNTS on Wednesday night. Fourth-seeded Palo Alto (33-7) faced a huge task in top-seeded and nationally ranked Mitty (36-1), and Rachel Skokowski Turner Baty the Vikings gamely battled until Castilleja School Menlo-Atherton High dropping a 25-14, 25-23, 25-14 de- The sophomore raced from The junior quarterback com- 7AVERLEY3T 0ALO!LTOs cision at Valley Christian in San toyandsport.com behind over the last 800 me- pleted nine of 14 passes for Jose. ters and won a footrace to 198 yards and one TD, drove Fifth-seeded Sacred Heart Prep the finish line to win the CCS his team 80 yards in under (21-11) also played well in spurts, Division V individual title and four minutes and scored the but didn’t have enough to match up with top-seeded Harbor (30-3) and help the Gators win the team winning touchdown to give the dropped a 25-17, 25-19, 25-17 deci- title and qualify for the state Bears a 28-25 win and sole sion in the Division IV semifinals at cross-country finals. possession of the PAL title. Harker School in Campbell. Menlo also played at Harker but Honorable mention came away with a much better result Marissa Alvarez Nick Beltramo in the other semifinal. The Knights Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Menlo-Atherton water polo advanced to the CCS Division IV Allie Coleman* Matt Bocci championship match for the fourth Palo Alto volleyball Sacred Heart Prep football consecutive season, defeating Notre Alexandra Groetsema Will Holder Dame-Salinas 25-20, 25-22, 25-20. Palo Alto golf Palo Alto football Second-seeded Menlo (32-6) Mira Khanna Sam Knapp was playing in the CCS semifinals Palo Alto tennis Menlo-Atherton football for the 12th consecutive year, the Melanie Wade Ryan Sakowski* second-longest current streak in Palo Alto volleyball Sacred Heart Prep water polo any division of CCS behind Mitty. Ally Whitson* Sam Tompkins-Jenkins Castilleja, with seven straight semifinal appearances, is the only other Palo Alto volleyball Palo Alto football HHEE CCOMPLETEDO M P L E T E D HHISI S CHEMISTRYC H E M I S T R Y AANDN D school with a streak of more than * previous winner SSECONDARYE C O N D A R Y EDUCATIONE D U C A T I O N DEGREESD E G R E E S ATA T five years. To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com Menlo will go for a third consecu- UUNIVERSITYN I V E R S I T Y OFO F CALGARY,C A L G A R Y, CCANADAA N A D A tive CCS title on Saturday at Inde- returned the favor on Oct. 11, de- into NorCals just by reaching the HHee wwasas aawardedwarded a ttwo-yearwo-year sscholarshipcholarship ffromrom tthehe AAlbertalberta PProfessionalrofessional EEngineerngineer pendence High in San Jose, squar- feating the Pirates on their way to CCS finals. ing off with Harbor at 12:30 p.m. in winning the Menlo Invitational. In the Division II semifinals, Palo AAssociationssociation ttoo ppursueursue a ccareerareer iinn SSciencecience TTeaching.eaching. a rematch of the 2006 CCS final. Menlo was able to beat Harbor 3-0 Alto played the way coach Dave “I’m excited about qualifying for in the 2006 CCS title match, captur- Winn wanted in Game 2, but fell AAtt ﬁ vve-yearse-years ooff aage,ge, hhee sstartedtarted ttoo rreadead ssciencecience rrelatedelated mmagazines.agazines. GGabeabe ssays,ays, NorCals again,” said Menlo coach ing its first CCS title in four years short in the other two games while ““NoNo wwonderonder I cchoosehoose a ccareerareer iinn ssciencecience eeducation.”ducation.” Chris Crader, “and we’re looking when Bagshaw recorded a block on falling to the powerful Monarchs. forward to playing a very good Har- match point. “Losing doesn’t define our sea- HHee bbelieveselieves learninglearning isis a life-longlife-long pprocess.rocess. IItt [[learning]learning] eenhancesnhances oourur bor team once more.” Bagshaw came up big again on son,” Winn said. “We hung with the uunderstandingnderstanding ooff oourur environment,environment, socialsocial iinteractions,nteractions, aandnd ppersonalersonal ggrowth.rowth. Harbor defeated Menlo in the Wednesday, recording 35 assists state champ pretty well and they are championship match of their own and 17 assists while helping the likely to be the national champ.” OOnene ofof hishis favoritefavorite quotesquotes is:is: “Do“Do oror dodo not,not, therethere isis nono try”try” - YodaYoda (Star(Star WarsWars tournament on Sept. 20, and Menlo Knights earn an automatic berth Paly’s Ally Whitson closed out a V - EEmpirempire SStriketrike BBack)ack) highly successful senior season with 18 kills while junior Marissa Flo- HHee hhopesopes hhisis sstudentstudents wwillill ﬁ ndnd valuevalue iinn wwhateverhatever ttheyhey aarere sstudying;tudying; ffromrom aartsrts rant contributed eight kills. Fresh- ttoo ssciencecience aandnd aathleticsthletics ttoo hhumanities.umanities. HHee aalsolso wwantsants tthemhem ttoo bbee tthankfulhankful aandnd man Melanie Wade put away a kill bbetteretter themselvesthemselves fforor tthehe ggreaterreater ggood.ood. in Game 2 to bring the Vikings to within 23-21, and Wade combined GABE TANG with Allie Coleman on a block to make it 23-22. It was 24-23 before ONE OF THE MANY REASONS TO SEND YOUR CHILD TO: the Monarchs finally put away the Woodside Priory School clincher. In Game 3, Mitty built a 6-1 lead AAdmissionsdmissions OOfficeffice that turned into a 16-5 advantage. 330202 PortolaPortola RRoad,oad, PPortolaortola Valley,Valley, CACA 9402894028 Despite the loss, Winn nonethe- 6650/851-822350/851-8223 ■ wwww.PrioryCa.orgww.PrioryCa.org less was pleased with what his team accomplished this season — includ- OPEN HOUSE for Prospective Students and Families ing a third straight SCVAL De Anza Division title. WWednesday,ednesday, Dec.Dec. 3rd,3rd, 20082008 atat 7 p.m.p.m. At the Division IV semifinals, SSaturday,aturday, DDec.ec. 66th,th, 22008008 aatt 1100 aa.m..m. Sacred Heart Prep played well at times but not consistently enough FForor informationinformation andand toto R.S.V.P.R.S.V.P. contactcontact AdmissionsAdmissions atat 650.650. 851.851. 82238223 to derail Harbor. The Gators got 21 assists from senior setter Marissa Alvarez. ■ Page 42 • November 21, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports It's Flex Dollars Big Game Countdown Time! (continued from page 38) Use them or lose them by year's end! 36-10 loss to visiting Washington State, Wilcox-Fogel officially be- Cash in your Flex Dollars today came a major college football play- for a one-year eyewear gift card! er, stepping on the field for the first time after sitting and watching the previous two years. He recovered a fumble. “How about Nate Wilcox-Fogel,” Harbaugh said, “He was on the radio show this week and I was impressed with how he articulated his thoughts 461 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 and emotions. He wants to go to 4EL s&AX Washington and enter the political www.paloaltoeyeworks.com arena. I don’t know what party af- filiation he is, but he’s got my vote. (OURS- & s3AT If Wilcox-Fogel was a stock, I’d buy it. I’d like 20 percent stock in Nate Wilcox-Fogel.” Palo Alto Children’s Theatre After spending four years as a presents walk-on, Wilcox-Fogel was awarded a football scholarship for his senior year at Stanford, although with senior linebacker Thaddeus Chase and senior placekicker Aaron PAID RESEARCH FOR PARENTS Zagory. Stanford University School of Medicine “Four years of not knowing how it was going to work out,” he said. “It was blind faith and hard work and Are you concerned about your child’s I like to believe hard work will be future weight? rewarded. The scholarship allowed me to come back this year.” Do you have a child between All the time and effort also led to the ages of 2-4? playing time, and respect from his teammates. Are you and/or your spouse A Christmas Carol the Musical A hand injury has kept Wilcox- overweight? is an enchanting youth production Fogel from playing receiver this with every bit of entertainment you and year. He’s taken to his role on special You may be able to participate in a study about the teams like Romeo took to Juliet. yours could want for the holidays! “I love special teams,” he said. “It prevention of childhood overweight. Participation Performances: couldn’t have turned out any better. includes a phone screen and visit to the lab. This Fri Dec 5 at 7:30pm, Sat Dec 6 at 2:30 & 7:30pm, I get to play football in the Pac-10, should take 90 minutes. Thu Dec 11 & Fri Dec 12 at 4:30pm, Sat Dec 13 at 2:30 & 7:30pm, with my parents at every game and Fri Dec 19 at 7:30pm, Sat Dec 20 at 2:30pm playing in front of people I grew up All participants with at least one overweight parent with.” Tickets: $10 Adult, $5 Child He had nearly resigned himself and a child ages 2-4 will receive $100. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre Box Office (650) 463-4970 to attending an Ivy League school 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94301 for the chance to play football, even Call (650) 723-6699 for more information. Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Book by Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent. Based on as Cardinal flowed in his veins and the story by Charles Dickens. Original Choreography by Susan Stroman. Originally Directed by Mike genes. When Buddy Teevens al- STANFORD Ockrent. Originally Presented by Radio City Entertainment at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. lowed him the opportunity to walk UNIVERSITY “A Christmas Carol” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized on, there was not a chance he would performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 www.MTIShows.com turn it down. Wilcox-Fogel was “a little but in- timidated” by the facilities, and by CLEARANCE SALE the size and speed of his teammates. UP TO 70% OFF ALL IN-STOCK ITEMS It didn’t take long to assimilate him- 30TH ANNUAL self. Then it just became a waiting SALE RUNS NOV. 21-26 game. 2009 TALL TREE AWARDS He’s yet to even meet local poli- ticians but he’s looking forward to incorporate his interest in politics s #!,,&/2./-).!4)/.3s with his interest in public service. THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND Both parents are politically active, and Wilcox-Fogel was raised with THE PALO ALTO WEEKLY political discourse. His father, Jer- are proud to announce the 30th annual emy Fogel, is a federal judge in San Tall Tree awards, presented in four Jose. His mother, Kathleen Wilcox, categories, recognizing exceptional teaches early education. civic contributions and service to the Perhaps as important as playing Palo Alto community. Current elected football at Stanford was meeting officials are not eligible. Cory Booker, a former Cardinal football player who is the mayor of s/5434!.$).'#)4):%.6/,5.4%%2 Newark. s/5434!.$).'02/&%33)/.!, “He was phenomenally inspiring,” s/5434!.$).'"53).%33 Wilcox-Fogel said. “He sent a strong message trying to inspire people of s/5434!.$).'./. 02/&)4 my generation. I never had friends Nomination forms are available online who would tale politics until this at www.paloaltochamber.com CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN & election. 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