Rent Committee Pursues Landlord-Friendly Policy CITY’S ATTORNEYS WARN THAT DECISION on FAIR PROFITS COULD LEAD to LEGAL CHALLENGE

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JULY 28, 2017 VOLUME 25, NO. 27 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 21 Rent committee pursues landlord-friendly policy CITY’S ATTORNEYS WARN THAT DECISION ON FAIR PROFITS COULD LEAD TO LEGAL CHALLENGE

By Mark Noack rent-controlled apartments. It’s a controversial topic, and the com- ountain View’s pro- mittee spent most of its last ses- posed rent control sion listening to hours of heated Mpolicies would be the public comments. most generous for landlords in Means took aim at the staff’s the state, according to tenant recommendation to tie this profit advocates. But on Monday, the margin to the all-encompassing city’s Rental Housing Commit- Consumer Price Index (CPI) for tee decided to tilt the balance the region, which lumps together even more in favor of property a wide range of market prices. He owners. argued that it didn’t make sense In what became a theme of the to connect housing profits to an July 24 meeting, the city’s Rental index that tracks a long list of Housing Committee repeatedly unrelated costs like energy, food

MICHELLE LE pushed for landlord-friendly and transportation. Noor Tadros, a counselor-in-training, helps children at measure ingredients for carrot muffins at Bullis changes as members designed “To use the (regular) CPI is not Booster Camp in Los Altos on July 25. a petition process for the city’s a great way to look at the market new rent control program. Those for landlords,” he said. “We can changes led them to heavily tin- do better and choose a differ- Free camp helps fight summer brain drain ker with proposed policies and ent index that better reflects the jettison many recommendations market conditions.” PARENT VOLUNTEERS HOST FIFTH YEAR OF BULLIS BOOSTER CAMP made by their own hired experts. What emerged was a techni- Right at the outset of the cal discussion that felt like a By Kevin Forestieri Bullis Charter School. Los Altos History Museum, Monday night meeting, Com- university seminar, with Means The Bullis Boosters Camp, and take part in science and mittee Member Tom Means dominating. Drawing from his ozens of Mountain which wraps up its fifth sum- engineering experiments. On announced he wanted to veer background in economics, he View kids left lazy mer camp on Friday, gives kids Tuesday morning, kids in bright from the staff proposal. The eve- proposed using a completely dif- Dsummer days behind, from low-income families a orange shirts packed the tables ning’s major issue was designing ferent price index specific to the instead taking part in a fast- chance to experience summer outside the Los Altos charter a so-called fair-rate-of-return rental housing market in the Bay paced free summer camp camp, go on field trips to places standard, a formula for deter- Area, which he assured members hosted by parent volunteers at like Google’s campus and the See SUMMER CAMP, page 12 mining how much profit landlords are entitled to make from See RENT CONTROL, page 6 Lots of blame over downtown restaurant’s closure OWNERS, LANDLORD POINT FINGERS OVER MOROCCO’S, WHICH SHUTTERED ABRUPTLY IN APRIL By Mark Noack Now one year later, that dire restaurant and their juice bar GPR Ventures, the firm that Glen Yonekura, a GPR partner. prediction seems to have come Phoenix in April, making them owns the Morocco’s building, “We were willing to discount round this time last year, true. Development is moving the latest in a growing list of fiercely deny that they sought their rent to try and keep them at the owners of Morocco’s forward with the city’s blessing, small businesses that have been to shutter the restaurant. They the spot. That’s the real story.” Arestaurant took a rare and Morocco’s has shuttered, priced out of Mountain View. allege that they lost a small for- Both sides are now claiming to step — they launched a public leaving only an eviction notice “When a landlord wants to get tune after Essadki reneged on be the victim, saying they could campaign against their landlord. taped to its front door. Essadki you out, they can just give you debts and then skipped town take legal action for damages. Coming to the City Council, res- doesn’t mince words about what hell,” he said. “For months now, after his hopes were dashed for a The story of what happened taurant co-owner Jawad Essadki happened. He alleges his landlord I’ve been asking them for details “big payout” to buy him out of his to Morocco’s dates back to warned that his Castro Street pulled a dirty trick by effectively of bills, and what they say is: ‘Pay lease. 2015, when GPR Ventures first eatery would be doomed if his doubling his monthly rent as up or else.” “Why would we want this acquired the property in what landlord’s plans for redeveloping a way to force him to close. He His landlords say Essadki’s restaurant to go out of business? the site won city approvals. and his brother shuttered their account isn’t true. Partners at That doesn’t help anybody,” said See MOROCCO’S, page 9

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El Camino plans to open new clinic in San Jose $3.6M FACILITY EXPANDS HOSPITAL’S PRESENCE BEYOND HEALTHCARE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

By Kevin Forestieri The plans for the new clinic are separate from the hospi- n an ongoing effort to extend tal’s $23.4 million purchase its reach well beyond Moun- of 16 acres of vacant land in Itain View and neighboring South San Jose last year, which cities, El Camino Hospital is also flew under the radar and aiming to spend $3.6 million was discussed in closed-session on a new primary care clinic in meetings by the hospital’s board west San Jose. The lease for the of directors. property was approved earlier The clinic is one of several this year behind closed doors as a recent South Bay investments strategic move to “secure a site in by the hospital that are intend- the proximity” of the hospital’s ed to increase El Camino’s Los Gatos campus. profitability in what hospital The new clinic, located at officials repeatedly refer to as 828 S. Winchester Blvd., will a challenging and competitive be modeled after Silicon Pri- health care market. The hospi- MICHELLE LE mary Care Clinic next door to tal’s 2017-18 budget includes an At Castro Elementary School, a construction worker guides a beam into place on July 25. Neighbors El Camino Hospital’s Moun- infusion center at the Los Gatos have complained that noisy early-morning work at the school campus violates city regulations. tain View campus. The floor hospital campus, a new “Da plan includes 18 exam rooms Vinci Xi” surgical robot and a and a procedure room within physician concierge service to Neighbors irate over school district’s the 9,350-square-foot “retail help with patient scheduling building shell” currently on the and billing. The goal is to add early-hours construction noise property. The site is big enough hundreds of new surgeries at to support between six and eight Los Gatos for next year and tack By Kevin Forestieri the Mountain View Whisman He recalled one morning in physicians, according to a staff on an additional $3 million in School District and the city of June when work began some- report. revenue. chool construction is Mountain View have received time between 4 and 5 a.m. as Although the real estate search The Winchester clinic is the in full swing this sum- complaints that construction construction crews prepared for the clinic began last year, part of the hospital’s long-term Smer, and there’s no better crews are starting work in the to pour concrete for the new information on the hospital’s strategy for growth as an organi- example than Castro Elemen- wee hours of the morning, campus. negotiations and eventual lease zation, and serves as an oppor- tary. Construction crews are waking people up with a mix It’s usual for construction in agreement for the Winchester tunity to “engage” the broader moving quickly to gut and of banging, beeping, lurching the city to begin at the crack property didn’t show up at a pub- Santa Clara County population renovate existing classrooms equipment. of dawn. Mountain View’s lic meeting until March, when through a network of physi- in time for the start of school The early-morning construc- city code restricts construc- the hospital’s finance committee cians, said El Camino Hospital in August, while work on an tion started right as school tion activity to between 7 a.m. reviewed a list of upcoming capi- spokeswoman Jennifer Thrift. entirely new campus — includ- ended and it has been a problem and 6 p.m. during weekdays, tal projects that included a vague She said independent physicians, ing a library and multi-purpose ever since, said nearby resident which encompasses work on reference to the clinic. like small independent hospi- room — is underway right next Robert Rohrbacher. He said the the construction site as well as tals, face plenty of challenges in door. noise typically starts by 6 a.m., the staging area and delivery of El Camino Hospital today’s health care environment, But for nearby residents, the but at times the sound of saws, materials. Work on Saturday and both benefit from a hospital- aggressive work schedule may hammers and heavy equipment Santana Row run clinic. be moving a little too fast. Both floods the air as early as 5 a.m. See CASTRO ELEMENTARY, page 8 “If a primary care clinic patient needs additional health care ser- Future primary care clinic vices, these physicians will have 828 S. Winchester Blvd. access to specialists and hospital Launching rent control has hefty price tag services within a network of care that streamlines access through

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By Mark Noack Measure V rent control program series of complex and consequen- S. Bascom Ave. Thrift said. a s Winchester Blvd. went under the magnifying glass tial decisions as it establishes the The clinic is expected to oper- E x p ent control is touted as a in recent days as the City Council policy groundwork for citywide y ate with six full-time physicians way to clamp down on reviewed the city’s final budget rent control. Given the stakes, . and have 16,000 patient visits in Rhousing expenses, but in for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Coun- routine committee meetings fea- Los Gatos campus its first full year of operation. at least one regard it’s fast becom- cil members made it clear that ture a panel of three attorneys Hospital staff did not answer ing a money pit for Mountain this money is a loan they would and city housing staff, none of the Voice’s questions regarding View. Getting the controversial insist on seeing repaid once the whom are working for free. the San Jose property lease’s cost program off the ground has program begins collecting fees. Designed to run independently or duration. already been budgeted to cost Mountain View’s new rental of city government, the rent- The hospital has been criti- more than $860,000, and city program is at its most labor- control program must eventually cized in recent years for pouring officials must grudgingly paying intensive stage. The city’s new pay for its own staffing, office El Camino Hospital plans to money into communities outside that sum in advance. five-member Rental Housing open a new primary care clinic in The costs attached to the Committee is dealing with a See EXPENSES, page 6 San Jose. See CLINIC, page 9

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RENT CONTROL Continued from page 1 12% would be a vast improvement over the CPI. In recent years, this rental-housing index has 10% increased at nearly twice the rate of the regular CPI for the area, although Means pointed out that this rental index has also been 8% comparatively lower than the CPI in past years. Alternatively, he proposed a sec- 6% ond idea to basically add about 30 percent on top of the regular CPI to “reduce risk for fluctuations.” Committee member Vanessa 4% Honey liked this idea, pointing out this extra amount would offset the expense landlords bear

from higher utility costs and other of Annual Increase Percent 2% expenses such as the “$18-per- hour minimum wage” taking effect soon. (In fact, starting in January, the city’s minimum wage 0% will rise to $15 per hour.) ‘83 ‘85 ‘87 ‘89 ‘91 ‘93 ‘95 ‘97 ‘99 ‘01 ‘03 ‘05 ‘07 ‘09 ‘11 ‘13 ‘15 “The CPI is going to be too restrictive; We have to leave some Year money for landlords to pay their -2% mortgages,” Honey said. “Oth- erwise they’ll lose their property Bay Area rental market index Bay Area CPI and it won’t be attractive for new buyers.” As the committee spit-balled A TALE OF TWO CPIS ideas, the city-hired experts Mountain View’s new rent-control law strictly ties apartment rent increases to the regional Consumer Price Index. But a different index will now be from the law firm Goldfarb & used by city officials to gauge how much landlords should be earning, potentially allowing further rent increases. This measure, dubbed the Rent of Lipman began raising some red Primary Residence index, is derived from Bay Area homeowners estimating how much they could charge to rent out their residences. This index has flags. They warned that some fluctuated much more than the standard CPI for the area, including some pronounced spikes during real-estate booms. committee members’ idea for a fair-rate-of-return standard might not seem so fair in a court like counting them twice, he making less than past years. members were starkly divided on of law. Basically, the committee cautioned. City staff proposed setting the the issue. The committee initially was treading into risky territory, But Means disagreed with that base amount that landlords are ‘The CPI is going to voted on setting the fair rate of said attorney Eric Phillips. warning, and he assured his col- entitled to earn on their proper- return at 130 percent of the CPI, “The CPI meets the legal leagues that all his ideas were “on ties at basically the same CPI be too restrictive; but this motion was defeated in a standard for a fair rate of return solid legal ground.” level used to determine annual We have to leave 2-3 vote with Grunewald, Ortiz — there is not a precedent for To be clear, the new complex rent increases. and Emily Ramos opposed. having an increase greater than guidelines being discussed on Indeed, Committee Member some money for Grunewald later signaled he that,” he said.” From a legal per- Monday only affect property Evan Ortiz repeatedly reminded was amenable to using the alter- spective, this could invite chal- owners who go through the his colleagues that many aspects landlords to pay native rental-market CPI pro- lenges from (outside) groups.” city’s petition process. Under of Mountain View’s fair-return posed by Means. That proposal The warnings didn’t stop there. normal circumstances, landlords standard as proposed by staff their mortgages.’ was approved in a 3-2 vote with Phillips also pointed out the in Mountain View can raise would already be more generous VANESSA HONEY, RENTAL HOUSING Ramos and Ortiz opposed. Fol- committee could be perceived rents on eligible apartments at to landlords than those in pretty COMMITTEE MEMBER lowing the meeting, tenant advo- as “double-counting” certain most by the same percentage as much every other city with cates blasted the RHC’s actions as expenses for landlords. A wide the annual CPI increase. For the rent-control laws. The proposed a giveaway to landlords. range of expenses, including upcoming year, that will be about staff policies allowed landlords spirit of Measure V,” he said, “The majority of RHC mem- utilities, can already be used by 3.4 percent. to budget a 6 percent manage- referring to the successful rent bers seem to be focused on maxi- landlords through the petition Landlords can seek permis- ment fee and use their 2015 control measure on the Novem- mizing landlords’ profits, which process to justify higher rent sion to raise rents higher if they revenues as the base to compare ber ballot. “If this compounds is a far cry from the ‘fair rate of increases, he said. If the Rental can prove the city’s rent limit is future profits. He scolded his year over year based off some- return’ that the law demands,” Housing Committee pointed to eating into their revenues too colleagues for wanting to go thing that is already increasing, Juliet Brodie wrote in an email to those same expenses as the rea- much. To do this, they would further with concessions for then this would blow a hole in the the Voice. “We wish the RHC son for raising the CPI threshold have to provide an itemized list of landlords. (rent control) measure.” would spend as much time on the even higher, then it would be their expenses to show they were “This is incongruent with the As it came to a vote, committee other values in the CSFRA.” V

EXPENSES tenants. This position is expected when this is all filled out.” voter-approved program that balance, deciding to bring up the Continued from page 5 to be filled by a retired judge or All of these costs will even- many of them opposed during costs as an informational staff arbitrator, who could charge as tually be placed on the city’s last November’s election. Council report for the Rental Housing equipment and material costs. much as $1,250 per case. 15,000 rent-controlled apart- members John McAlister and Committee. For the new fiscal year, city The $860,000 being paid by ments through an annual fee Margaret Abe-Koga pushed for The rental committee officials are budgeting for three the city is expected to fund the that will likely be determined a binding guarantee from the reviewed a detailed summary of new full-time office positions, program through the end of 2017, later this year. In January, rental- Rental Housing Committee that its ongoing costs at their July 24 including an associate planner, a but it is possible that other costs housing staff are expected to these costs would be repaid. meeting. Staff members from clerical assistant and an analyst. will also need to be covered, said administer the first new fee on Councilwoman Pat Showal- the city’s Housing Department The rental committee will need City Manager Dan Rich. these apartments. ter urged restraint, saying she gave assurances that they would to eventually hire perhaps its “We’ll probably need to pro- As they looked at the costs, didn’t want to create an “adver- monitor costs to stay within most important staffer — a hear- vide more until they become some City Council members sarial relationship” with the their budget. V ing officer who will adjudicate self-sufficient,” he warned. “It’s were clearly unhappy that the committee. Email Mark Noack at disputes between landlords and going to be a significant number city was forced to subsidize a In the end, the council struck a [email protected]

6 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q July 28, 2017 July 28, 2017 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 7 LocalNews Early start boosts school district’s hiring spree MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN STILL LOSING ONE-FIFTH OF ITS TEACHING STAFF EACH YEAR By Kevin Forestieri three were created by adding extended into far-flung regions together we are all going to be “We’ve had some awesome new classrooms at school sites.” including Santa Rosa, and more unhappy at the beginning people that have come to join ast year, some classrooms A series of reports from Stan- district staff relied on retired of the year,” Robinson said. LASD this year,” she said. “We went without permanent ford’s Learning Policy Institute teachers coming back to the The attrition rate remains could not be more thrilled.” Lteachers for more than found that there’s a well- classroom. disproportionately high com- The Mountain View-Los a month after school started. documented teacher shortage pared to neighboring districts, Altos High School District This year, Mountain View in California and across the despite significant pay raises wrapped up its hiring spree Whisman School District offi- nation, and the number of new for teachers in recent years. for 25 new teachers in late cials say they launched an enrollees in teacher training The shortage The Mountain View Educators February and early March, and aggressive, early search for programs dropped by more Association was able to negoti- the applicant pool was “very some 45 new teachers before than a third between 2009 and creates fierce ate a sizable 8 percent increase strong,” according to Associate class begins on Aug. 14. And 2014. Two-thirds of the annual in pay across the entire salary Superintendent Eric Goddard. as of this week, it looks like the demand by school districts for competition to hire schedule for the 2016-17 school The high school districts typi- strategy is going to pay off. new teachers is due to staff year, which was preceded by a cally sees the least turnover The district launched its ini- leaving for reasons unrelated teachers during the 4 percent in the prior year and of the three local Mountain tial job search through teacher to retirement, according to the a 5 percent salary increase the View school districts, and job fairs and expos starting in studies, and two-thirds of the summer months. year before that. its teaching staff is the most the winter in order to better teachers who outright left the Los Altos School well-compensated in the state, prepare for what has turned profession said salaries were Teacher retention hasn’t District according to statewide data on into a routine annual loss of either “extremely” or “very” changed much. The district teacher salaries. about 20 percent of the dis- important to their decision to had to find roughly the same Despite concerns about a Robinson said Mountain trict’s teaching staff — most of ditch the profession. number compared to previ- dwindling pool of teaching tal- View Whisman is open to them due to resignations and The shortage creates fierce ous years, according to for- ent and fierce competition from recruiting teachers from all retirements. Assistant Super- competition to hire teachers mer Assistant Superintendent other school districts, the Los over the country, but she intendent Carmen Ghysels told during the summer months Karen Robinson, who oversaw Altos School District has had said district officials take the Voice Tuesday that there and a looming concern that human resources and teacher little trouble filling the roughly extra steps to warn prospective are only four vacancies left, positions will remain unfilled hiring in past years. The 38 positions for the year, said teachers ahead of time about meaning that this year’s hiring on the first day of school. big difference this year was Erin Green, director of student the cost of living. spree should be wrapped up in Last year, Mountain View that heavy teacher recruitment and staff services. She said Los “We do have people moving time for the start of the 2017-17 Whisman School District was took place in spring rather Altos, like Mountain View here, but we do tell them to do school year. still on the hunt for three than at the end of the school Whisman and other nearby their research,” she said. “(The “In any school district, more teachers to fill remaining year and over the summer. school districts, have signing cost of living) is not a big sell- attracting and retaining talent vacancies in late September, “The school principals also bonuses — a stipend for the ing point, but we do need is a No. 1 priority,” she said. and had a long-term substitute went above and beyond because first two years of service — for people to find out.” V “We only have four vacancies teacher for a kindergarten class we’ve learned, in the last few hard-to-fill jobs like special Email Kevin Forestieri at left to hire, and of those four, at Theuerkauf. Recruitment years, if we don’t do this education and math teachers. [email protected]

house Castro Elementary. patience,” Hausman said. “If work and eventual portable the summer break to the point CASTRO ELEMENTARY School officials gave every residents have questions or classrooms, and large storage where everyone was asked to Continued from page 5 indication that the district’s concerns, we’d like to hear containers have taken over the vacate the school campuses 30 has to receive city approval and robust schedule would abide by from them.” school’s parking lot. minutes after dismissal on the has an even later start time of 8 the city’s construction hours in City staff, on the other Construction is also under- last day of school, June 6, to a.m. The city takes these con- order to avoid upsetting nearby hand, told the Voice on Tues- way at Crittenden Middle make way for construction. struction hours seriously, and residents. Principals’ messages day that they contacted the School to build a new track and “We have only 46 days this has building inspectors warn to families attending Mistral project engineer at Castro field, and to extend the Perma- summer for construction work, construction crews that work and Monta Loma elementary regarding the complaints nente Creek Trail through the resulting in a very fast and outside of the city’s designated schools earlier this year stated and reminded him that the campus to Farley Street. The aggressive schedule to com- hours, said city spokeswoman that the school district would building department enforces project began in June and is plete the projects before school Shonda Ranson. abide by the city’s regulations Mountain View’s construction expected to be completed by starts,” according to a message “(Inspectors) could even go on construction hours. noise code. Any weekend or the end of the year. on the district website. V as far as suspend their permits But is it mandatory? Rohr- extended hours must also be District staff have fought to Email Kevin Forestieri at if they do not comply,” she told bacher said that residents requested and approved by the use every valuable moment of [email protected] the Voice in an email Monday. who contacted city staff were building department prior to Castro is one of several cam- told that the Mountain View scheduling the work, city staff puses undergoing big changes has “no jurisdiction” over said. this year, as part of the school construction hours on school Access to Mountain View district’s Measure G bond campuses. District spokes- schools has been heav- program. The $198 million woman Shelly Hausman, like- ily restricted this summer. bond, passed in 2012, is fueling wise, told the Voice that the Outside of the Castro cam- both new classroom construc- district is exempt from the pus, Bubb Huff and Landels tion and major renovations city’s designated constriction elementary schools are both aimed at improving facilities times, but it’s a practice that fenced off for construction at every single district school. Mountain View Whisman tries of new multi-purpose rooms, This summer marks one of the hard to follow. The contrac- and portable classrooms have most intense moments of the tor working at Castro has been added for temporary construction cycle, with work since been reminded to follow classroom space during con- going on at every school except the city’s ordinance regarding struction that extend into Theuerkauf. construction work hours, and the school year. Monta Loma At Castro in particular, the she encouraged anyone who Elementary is one step ahead, existing classrooms are being has trouble with construction with modernized classrooms modernized for use by the noise to let district staff know expected to be completed by MICHELLE LE district’s Dual Immersion pro- about it. next month. The play area Construction plans include 18 new classrooms for Castro Elementary gram — Mistral Elementary “Construction is noisy and at Stevenson Elementary was school, which will share a library and multi-purpose room with Mistral — and an entirely new campus disruptive at times, and we are closed off to the public in late Elementary. Construction is expected to continue on the new campus is being built adjacent to it to grateful for the community’s May to make room for site through the summer of 2018.

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and he refused to borrow it. Sens- MOROCCO’S ing a closure was near, nearly all Continued from page 1 of the employees at Morocco’s was reportedly a $6 million quit around this time. deal. The full-service restaurant, Around the start of April, GPR which also hosted performances Ventures sent a formal three-day by belly-dancers and magicians, eviction notice. About a week had been open for four years at later, everyone met at the firm’s that site. San Jose office to consider ways to Contacting Essadki, 35, wasn’t resolve the problem. GPR officials easy — since shutting down his say they offered to reduce rent to Mountain View eateries, he is $6,000 a month to keep Moroc- now living in Morocco with his co’s at the location. Meanwhile family. the Essadki brothers offered to In Essadki’s version of the sto- take a buyout in the lease. ry, his Mountain View restaurant Yonekura said the brothers had to close after years of uncer- initially asked for $1.4 million, tainty. Early on, he said, everyone which he described as outra- seems to have gotten along pretty geous. He pegged its value at well. Essadki described his rent closer to $100,000, but he pointed as staying stable even as he won- out the Essadkis would still have dered what his new landlord was to pay back their debt. Everyone planning to do. It was clear GPR left the meeting agreeing to con- Ventures wanted to rebuild the sider some proposals. site, and representatives later Within a matter of days, presented the city with plans for Morocco’s and the Phoenix juice a four-story mixed-use project. bar both abruptly shut down. VOICE FILE PHOTO Essadki and his brother were a Morocco’s restaurant in downtown Mountain View in June 2016. Essadki said he was stressed out little annoyed as GPR managers and lacked any staff to work in suggested they retool their res- the restaurants. Plus, he says he taurant image and downsize to rallied about a dozen residents repeated messages he sent to GPR cost came from the significantly worried about his health if he per- a smaller space. But Essadki said to a June 2016 to publicly Ventures dating back to 2015 higher tax bill after the property sisted in trying to make it work. he couldn’t get details on how oppose their landlord’s devel- asking if his rent and other costs sold, he said. But losing Morocco’s is hardly his restaurant fit into the larger opment. It didn’t matter: the would be increasing. The firm “This isn’t some invented num- a win for the landlord. GPR scheme of the developer’s plans. project was still approved in never answered him, he said. ber — this is what was owed Managing Principal Phil Rolla That lack of communication a 5-2 vote with many council “What’s my fault in this? For and what we had to pay on their describes the unoccupied restau- went on for 18 months, he said. members urging the two par- a year and a half they never told behalf,” Kelley said. “The best rant space as an ongoing loss for Essadki’s brother Sham was ties to resolve their differences. us we weren’t paying the right way to describe it is their res- his firm. Trying to get a new ten- posting video blogs on YouTube After that, Essadki says he amount,” he said. “Now they taurant was overcome by events ant in there is unlikely since the and broadcasting them to the didn’t hear a peep from GPR turn around and blame us for inside the lease itself.” area is slated to be redeveloped wider public through social Ventures for months. breaking the lease.” The property developers say soon, he said. media. One day before his That silence ended earlier this Morocco’s had a lease that they worked out a payment plan The outcome is unfortunate, he landlord’s project came up for year when attorneys for his land- stretched through about 2025, with Morocco’s owners, but the said, but he doesn’t see how his city review, he posted a video lord began requesting proof of capping the rent at about 30 per- deal went nowhere. By mid- company is responsible. indicating that the situation was insurance. In February, the devel- cent under the market rate. But March, the Essadki brothers “I don’t see how we could have headed for a showdown. opers sent a legal letter warning most of the additional sum being were supposed to pay half the done this differently,” Rolla said. “When is a good time to get Essadki they had discovered he demanded by his landlord came money, but they ended up throw- “We didn’t want to see Morocco’s more aggressive?” he asks in the was more than $43,000 behind from unrestricted fees dubbed ing in the towel. Essadki says he fail. There was no benefit in that video. “At noon today if I don’t in his lease payments, which they “Common Area Maintenance,” couldn’t get together the money for us.” V get something in writing, we’ll demanded he pay at the start of including insurances, property go to the next step. There’s times March. Essadki had been paying taxes and management. when you have to step up for your about $4,000 per month, but the GPR Ventures partners say rights.” landlords informed him his new these fees shouldn’t have come Lean on us. Deal falls flat rent had actually risen to $8,400 as a shock to the Morocco’s own- per month. ers. It was a lot of money, but it That’s when everyone agrees It was a total surprise, Essadki was what Essadki had promised the relationship between land- said. He strongly denies he to pay according to his lease lord and tenant turned adver- bears responsibility for falling agreement, said Pat Kelley, GPR sarial. The Essadki brothers behind in payments. He points to Ventures’ attorney. Much of the

CLINIC rather than the district’s budget, beyond the district’s boundaries Continued from page 5 but critics argue both budgets are is an essential part of staying inextricably tied. A 2012 analysis competitive with hospitals that the El Camino Healthcare Dis- of the hospital’s finances found have no such limitations, and We’re here to help older adults and their families with trict, which encompasses Moun- that El Camino received over that serving more patients in resources and programs for positive aging: tain View, Los Altos, Los Altos $105 million from the district the South Bay will eventually Hills and parts of Sunnyvale, over five years, which helped translate into a higher quality of • Transportation Assistance • Aging-in-Place Support Santa Clara and Cupertino. The the hospital “generate sufficient service for district residents. hospital benefits from the tax- net assets and cash balances” El Camino had previously run • Information & Counseling • Handyman Services payer-funded health care district, to buy the Los Gatos hospital two outpatient dialysis centers in • Health & Wellness Programs • Volunteering Opportunities which financed the hospital’s campus. The hospital also has San Jose. But both were shuttered original Mountain View campus access to tax-exempt debt financ- in 2013 and 2014 after staff found • Personal Growth Activities • Adult Day Care and continues to provide money ing through the district and the the service was losing from $4.7 for capital improvements and county as a nonprofit corpora- million to $6.9 million each year For more information, visit us debt service. tion, according to the analysis. — in part due to low Medicare Hospital staff say the invest- When the hospital bought the reimbursement rates that do not at www.avenidas.org or call (650) 289-5400. ment is justified because all of the 16 acres of land in South San Jose, cover the cost of providing the money poured into new facilities the health care district’s board service. V outside of the district boundaries of directors justified the pur- Email Kevin Forestieri at are paid for out of hospital coffers chase by arguing that expansion [email protected] TOOLS FOR POSITIVE AGING

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July 28, 2017 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 11 LocalNews Mountain View artist’s work reflects range of influences, experiences By Nathalie Camens

any artists find creative inspiration when facing Madversity. Mountain View resident Pari Ram counted herself among them when she lived in her native Tehran during the Iranian Revolution and the tumultuous years that followed. Although she and her husband had lived for some time in Italy, they returned to Tehran in 1979. But she faced hefty financial burdens while caring for elderly parents and a sick sister after her husband was forced to flee the country to escape execution, she says. “My one and only activity that kept my mind busy and away from all these issues was my art and painting,” she writes in a biography. Art, which decades ago served as a form of survival, continues to be a necessary part of her life in her adopted country. A retrospective of Ram’s painting will be featured in an exhibit opening Aug. 2 at the Oshman Fam- ily Jewish Community Center MICHELLE LE (OFJCC) in Palo Alto. Artist Pari Ram, a Mountain View resident, found solace in painting after the chaos of the Iranian Revolution. A retrospective of her work opens Ram’s warm, hospitable man- Aug. 2 in Palo Alto. ner is evident as she shows this reporter around her home, painter. After three to four years leave Iran immediately. she says, referring to her move explained that she is influenced offering a slice of homemade of learning how to make classic Ram says that much of her to the U.S. by both Western culture and cake, and sharing stories about art while training with masters artistic creativity was borne out She notes that when she was artists such as abstract expres- her life. Some of her paintings such as Marco Gregorian and of chaos and hardships.”The living in Iran and facing hard- sionist Jackson Pollock, along hang on the walls. She paints in Karl Schlamminger, and at the revolution and bad situations I ship, she used darker colors, but with classic Italian and tradi- a small but bright, sunlit room Tehran University College of (faced) pushed me to paint,” she as her life improved, she became tional Iranian art. These many in her home, where she displays Arts, she decided to move on to said. attracted to brighter colors such influences come across in her her most recent paintings. She abstract art. Six years after her husband fled as blue and red. She tried other paintings, some of which will be describes her art as abstract, and “I could survive, and little by Iran, Ram left due to countless forms of art such as collage, she shown at the Oshman Family she enjoys the freedom that it little, call myself something,” she difficulties that she faced. She explains, but finds painting to Jewish Community Center from gives people: “I let people inter- explains. arrived in Darmstadt, Germany, be the best fit for her artistic August 2 to November 1. V pret my paintings.” Just as her artistic career was where she stayed by herself for expression. Email Nathalie Camens at Ram and her husband lived in kicking off in the 1980s, tensions one year and seven months. “It Ram has moved from using [email protected] Trieste, Italy, from 1961 to 1964. in Iran began to rise quickly. She was an excellent city,” she says. oil paints to acrylics, which dry While there and during travels to experienced tumultuous times in She came to the United States faster and she finds are easier INFORMATION Rome, Venice, Milan, and Flor- the aftermath of the revolution, on the Fourth of July in 1989. to work with. When painting, Q ence, she was inspired by classic exacerbated by being a member She and her husband lived in she uses brushes as well as her A reception is set for August 13 Italian art and expanded on her of the Baha’i faith, the largest Los Angeles, where they both hands and a painter’s spatula to from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit is own artistic skills, she recalls. religious minority in Iran. Her worked. Eventually they moved get interesting textures on the on display in the Schultz Cultural When she returned to Iran, a husband also sat on the board to Mountain View to be closer canvas. Arts Hall at the OFJCC, located family friend who had seen some of a successful technology com- to their son. Since then she Before the revolution, Iran at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto. of her early drawings encour- pany, and subsequently, their has focused all her energy on was very Westernized, with For more information, visit tinyurl. aged her to continue making art, assets were confiscated by the her art. “It’s not easy when you American films showing in the com/pariram28. sparking her desire to become a government. Her husband had to change 100 percent of your life,” cinemas in Tehran. Ram

SUMMER CAMP The camp relies not only on living in a broken home, or in kids have a lot of fun,” Julien Continued from page 1 parents and accredited teachers, living situations where two or said. “It’s a great program all but also 17 teens — many from three families are living in the around.” school’s portable classrooms Mountain View and Los Altos same apartment. On top of all the volunteer ARTSAR & with razor-sharp focus on one high schools — who play the role Kristen Julien, a third-grade hours, the camp relies on spon- EEVENTSV of the day’s big tasks: measuring of “counselors in training” and teacher at Castro Elementary sors in order to provide the out the ingredients needed to guide children through activi- who is one of four teachers food, the clothes, the supplies make top-notch muffins. ties. It’s a volunteer gig with an helping out this year, said the and the money to run the Online this week: our The camp has double in size application process and a tuition 61 kids attending the camp this camp, with support coming since its inaugural year, and fee, Yang said, and yet it still has year come from schools all over from the Los Altos Community review of Foothill Music almost of the children come a wait list. Mountain View. She said teach- Foundation and the Kiwanis Theatre’s new production from Mountain View, said As of last year, the counselor ers like herself are given quite a Club of Los Altos as well as Grace Yang, a longtime parent program has its own director bit of latitude to create lessons companies including Linden of “Shrek The Musical.” volunteer overseeing the camp and built-in curriculum, and it for the week, and that the pace Tree Books and LuLu’s Mexi- during her vacation this sum- can be a learning experience for makes it feel a whole lot more can Food. Part of the money Find more Arts & Events mer. Students are eligible for both the campers and the coun- like a summer camp than a goes towards renting the space coverage online at the camp if they qualify for free selors, Yang said. She said teens summer school. from the Los Altos School Dis- mv-voice.com/arts and reduced lunch during the will often hear “heart-breaking” “It’s a different level and a trict to host the camp, Yang school year. stories from the children about different kind of speed, and the said. V

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July 28, 2017 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 13 QEDITORIAL Viewpoint QYOUR LETTERS QGUEST OPINIONS

QEDITORIAL QLETTERS THE OPINION OF THE VOICE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly District should widen INACCURATE HEADLINE FAITH COMMUNITY MUST QSTAFF We represent the tenant-inter- OPPOSE ECOCIDE EDITOR venors in the lawsuit concern- If you had been gifted a beau- Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) range of options to build ing Measure V and are writing tiful art collection, would you EDITORIAL to correct a misleading and pee on a Picasso? Dump on a Associate Editor promised new school sensationalizing headline about Degas? Burn a Breugel? well, Renee Batti (223-6528) an action we recently took on that is what is being done to our Arts & Entertainment Editor behalf of our clients. In cover- beautiful Earth, the priceless Karla Kane (223-6517) hen voters were asked in 2014 to approve a $150 mil- ing a letter we sent on July 13, gift of the creator. Special Sections Editor lion bond for capital projects in the Los Altos School 2017, to the city’s Rental Hous- If you belong to a church, Linda Taaffe (223-6511) ing Committee (“RHC”), the Staff Writers District, they were told that the district was aiming mosque or synagogue you Kevin Forestieri (223-6535) W Voice headline stated “Tenant to build a tenth school, preferably on a new site that the district should contact its leaders and Mark Noack (223-6536) attorneys demand citywide rent would acquire in Mountain View, north of El Camino Real. The urge them to speak out against Intern Nathalie Camens refund.” This is inaccurate. Our the blasphemy of climate denial. Photographer Michelle Le (223-6530) bond revenue was also intended to improve existing schools in letter only requested that the It is all based on the sin of greed, Photo Intern Ana Sofia Amieva-Wang the district, which was experiencing an enrollment hike that RHC acknowledge that the law- a sin that is leading to global Contributors Dale Bentson, ful effective date of Measure V devastation and ecocide. Peter Canavese, Alyssa Merksamer, threatened to overcrowd some of its nine schools. Convinced is December 23, 2016. We did Ruth Schecter The time is now to mobilize that the need was pressing, voters said yes, and the search for a not request (or demand) that the the forces of faith to fight against DESIGN & PRODUCTION new school site was on. city take any action with respect the cabal of greed threatening to Marketing and Creative Director As an article by Kevin Forestieri in the July 21 issue of the to any “rent refund,” citywide or take over our country and feed Shannon Corey (223-6560) otherwise. Design and Production Manager Voice noted, next Monday will mark the 1,000th day since the the world’s beauty into the bank Kristin Brown (223-6562) To be clear, tenants were enti- accounts of the billionaires. Let district’s voters approved Measure N authorizing the bond. Designers Linda Atilano, Rosanna Kuruppu, tled to pay only their “base rent” us stand up for all the world’s Paul Llewellyn, Talia Nakhjiri, Doug Young What progress has been made toward meeting the goals set out under Measure V as soon as it creatures, not just the 1 percent was effective. It is our view that ADVERTISING by Measure N since its passage? Very little, if any, that the com- of the world’s wealthiest. a tenant who seeks a credit of Vice President Sales and Marketing munity can see. The district has not purchased new land, nor Ed Taub Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) or refund for rent paid over that Devoto Street Advertising Representative has it indicated that it is looking closely at the option of build- amount in the days and months V.K. Moudgalya (223-6586) following December 23, 2016, ing a new school on existing district property, as a number of SHOPPING CART Real Estate Account Executive parents advocate in the interests of doing something to meet would have a valid case, either Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) as a petition before the RHC or WRANGLERS SHOULD students’ needs for efficient, uncrowded classroom space. Published every Friday at in state court. Because the RHC CALL THE STORE 450 Cambridge Avenue Equally troubling, 1,000 days after the measure’s approval the has not yet established a petition Palo Alto, CA 94306 process, no individual tenant has I live at the corner of Sleep- (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 district has not even announced a spending plan for the bond er and Franklin avenues near Email news and photos to: been able to file such a petition. [email protected] revenue, as noted by John Swan, a member of the district’s Citi- Nor to our knowledge has any the Stevens Creek Trail access Email letters to: [email protected] zens Oversight Committee for the Measure N bond. tenant yet sought that refund or bridge. Very often on the week- News/Editorial Department According to members of Creative Facilities Solutions, a citi- credit in state court. end people will find grocery (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 Our letter stated that the city carts along the trail and bring Display Advertising Sales zens’ group focused on the efforts to build a tenth school, the them to the foot of my driveway (650) 964-6300 has the lawful duty to inform district’s board of trustees is focusing exclusively on buying new its residents about Measure V’s and abandon them, no doubt Classified Advertising Sales thinking they have done a won- (650) 964-6490 • (650) 326-8286 land for the school, and not considering other options. Given a effective date: December 23, derful thing. Unfortunately, it fax (650) 326-0155 feverish real estate market in which, according to the district’s 2016. How individual landlords Email Classified [email protected] and tenants react to that infor- then becomes my job to call the Email Circulation own estimates, land in the preferred area in Mountain View various stores to arrange for [email protected] mation is up to them. would cost $10 million to $15 million an acre, the citizens’ group Juliet M. Brodie, attorney, carts to be picked up. The Voice is published weekly by Embar- If you bring a cart over the cadero Media Co. and distributed free to and others are urging district board members to expand their on behalf of counsel residences and businesses in Mountain View. for defendant-intervenors bridge please, at the very least, If you are not currently receiving the paper, thinking and consider options including building a new school call the appropriate store(s) to you may request free delivery by calling 964- Editor’s note: The Voice cor- 6300. Subscriptions for $60 per year, $100 per on one of the district’s larger existing campuses. The quest for report it so they can be picked up. 2 years are welcome. rected the headline in its online new land doesn’t have to end, but it also doesn’t have to preclude story, and apologizes for the Lynda Meyer ©2017 by Embarcadero Media Sleeper Avenue Company. All rights reserved. examining alternatives. error. Member, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce That suggestion is more than reasonable, given the district’s lack of success in securing a new site after more than two and a QWHAT’S YOUR VIEW? half years. As the clock ticks on, the purchasing power of bond All views must include a home address revenue is only weakening; as a result other district needs, such and contact phone number. Published as improvements at other schools, could lose out entirely for lack letters will also appear on the web site, www.MountainViewOnline.com, and of funding. occasionally on the Town Square forum. Building a new school is an indisputably complicated enter- Town Square forum Post your views on Town Square at prise. Costs, neighborhood traffic, school-size considerations MountainViewOnline.com and other factors justify a careful and studied approach to such Email your views to [email protected]. Indicate if a project. But the growing frustration over the district’s slow letter is to be published. Mail to: Editor progress in realizing the goals outlined in Measure N is justified. Mountain View Voice, If a positive development in the effort to buy a new school site is P.O. Box 405 Mountain View, CA 94042-0405 close at hand, district officials should publicly acknowledge that. Call the Viewpoint desk at 223-6528 If it’s not, they should immediately explore other options. V

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Emerald Hills Cafe & Roastery customers sip their drinks outside the neighborhood cafe that’s transformed into a third-wave coffee shop. Neighborhood wave EMERALD HILLS CAFE & ROASTERY BRINGS EXACTING STANDARDS TO THIRD-WAVE COFFEE MENU Story by Elena Kadvany | Photos by Michelle Le

t took nearly two years and concentrated cold brew coffee. Located high in the winding Instagrammable cups of coffee. way” — hired her after taking 80 different types of coffee This is not the much easier, hills above Redwood City, next Emerald Hills Cafe offers a over the shop from his stepson. beans, roasted three dif- cost-effective method of put- to a taqueria and across from refreshing contrast but with Zimmerman has been working ferent ways, for Annalise ting coarsely ground coffee a vacant lot, Emerald Hills is the same high quality coffee in and around coffee since she Zimmerman, co-founder of beans into a cheesecloth and an unassuming neighborhood expected at third-wave shops. was 15 years old, including at EmeraldI Hills Cafe & Roastery, steeping it in water for 24 hours. cafe pouring cups of carefully Zimmerman, a 22-year-old Peet’s Coffee, a Stumptown to develop a cold-brewed coffee Zimmerman said she doesn’t crafted, third-wave coffee. Mountain View native and self- coffee cart at Emily Joubert in that met her standards. like the “sour,” almost metallic Third-wave coffee refers described coffee fanatic who Woodside and Highnote Coffee The combination that finally flavor that this process tends to a return-to-roots, artisan can answer pretty much any in Woodside. passed muster is made pains- produce. approach to brewing coffee question about coffee, helped Together, the two worked to takingly slowly in a yama tower, “It took us that long to finally popularized by companies like transform the cafe into what restore the cafe’s reputation in a contraption reminiscent of a have something we enjoyed,” Blue Bottle Coffee in Oak- it is today. Co-founder Rainer the neighborhood, replacing physics experiment, that allows she said. “That’s how stuck land and Stumptown Coffee in Johnk — a paint contractor almost all of the equipment water to drip through coffee we are on making sure what Portland. The term typically with no background in cof- (save an original coffee roaster) grinds one drop at a time. The we serve is really, really good conjures up images of trendy fee but a tenacious dedication and completely revamping the result: smooth, deep, highly coffee. shops serving expensive, highly to making coffee “the right coffee itself. Out with the classic

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Co-founders Annalize Zimmerman and Rainer Johnk examine the “Bali vintage” roasted coffee beans at Emerald Hill Cafe & Roastery.

july 14–august 5, 2017 Annalize Zimmerman makes a cappuccino. menlo park /atherton, ca dark roast and in with the sin- Bali, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, drinking for most of their lives. gle-origin coffees sourced from Colombia, Costa Rica and other “When we decided to go third everywhere from Bali to Kenya. regions. The cafe also recently wave, it upset a lot of people, a “The very first thing that we started serving fresh pastries lot of regulars,” Johnk said. “We THE FIFTEENTH-ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL: changed was the coffee. Coming from local bakeries, including have to do a lot of talking to from a third-wave background, Douce France in Palo Alto. people and tell them why we do I envisioned treating coffee like The third-wave philosophy, what we do. We both figured the The Glorious Violin wine, especially since it’s four however popular in the Bay Area, only way that we’re going to keep times more complex than wine,” was not immediately embraced up the energy to keep doing this Zimmerman said, referring to by some longtime Emerald Hills is doing it right. the more-than 800 volatile aro- customers who were wary of “We do it right or we don’t do it matic compounds in coffee, the trend, and what it meant for compared to wine’s count of 200. the kind of coffee they had been See CAFE & ROASTERY, page 20 Those compounds are “what our bodies pick up on to figure out how things taste,” like smells and flavors, she said. Emerald Hill roasts all of the beans in-house, and Zimmer- man spends time with each bean varietal to figure out how to best “caramelize the sugars within the beans so the best flavors can come out and play.” They search all over the world for small farms to support, like a women’s coop- erative in Bolivia. They don’t buy from large, corporate-owned farms, and don’t insist on expensive certifications like USDA organic or Rainforest Alliance — where farms are “audited annu- ally against a rigorous standard with detailed environmental, social and economic criteria,” according to the organization’s website — that some smaller pro- ducers can’t afford, Johnk said. “To me, third wave means coffee with a consciousness to it,” Zimmerman said. “We go out of Concerts by world-renowned chamber musicians our way to develop a connection, Free master classes to know our farmers, our staff, and our customers and it’s a con- Afternoon performances tinuous line of respect and care from origin to the final cup and that fuels our obsessive passion FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: for high quality and standards.” The Emerald Hills menu WWW.MUSICATMENLO.ORG changes frequently, depending on what’s available. On a recent 650.331.0202 afternoon, the menu listed cof- Annalize Zimmerman pours cream into a cup of cold-brew coffee. fees from Rwanda, Guatemala, She says she spent the better part of two years perfecting the brew.

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QNOWSHOWING Atomic Blonde (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. QMOVIEREVIEWS Baby Driver (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Big Sick (R) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun. DUNKIRK000½ Cars 3 (G) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun. With his WWII drama “Dunkirk,” writer- The Clash of the Wolves (1925) (Not Rated) director Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. Knight”) applies his trademark ingenuity Despicable Me 3 (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. and clockwork precision to an otherwise Dunkirk (PG-13) 1/2 straightforward story. “Dunkirk” takes a +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. tightly focused look at a time (1940) and place (Dunkirk, France) that found Allied The Emojie Movie (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. soldiers in retreat trapped and vulnerable Fast Times at Ridgemont High (R) Century 20: Sunday on a coastline. Nolan cleverly structures Footlight Parade (1933) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday that which is essentially a disaster story to unfold from three angles, each moving Girls Trip (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. at a different pace. At “The Mole,” a long The Jazz Singer (1927) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in “The Big Sick.” jetty of stone and wood, Commander Lady Macbeth (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. charming with their comic banter. outing. Wonder Woman’s journey takes Bolton (Kenneth Branagh) presides over The Little Hours (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. the lines of British soldiers hoping for safe But the rub is in that title: “The Big her from sheltered idealism through passage home across the channel. On the Sick” refers to the unavoidable spoiler hard-won hard truths about so-called National Theatre Live: Salome (Not Rated) water, one Mr. Dawson (Mark Rylance) that Emily unexpectedly finds herself “mankind” to a heroic purpose with Aquarius Theatre: Sunday incapacitated by a health crisis. That promise of future adventures. When pilots his small vessel into the fray with a Picture Snatcher (1933) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday crisis not only winds up ultimately American spy Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) stock of life vests. In the air above, RAF bringing the lovers together for good crashes his plane in the waters around Spider-Man: Homecoming (PG-13) +++ pilot Farrier (Tom Hardy) tries to ignore his (see the screenwriting credits) but sets the “paradise island” of Themyscira, Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. busted fuel gauge while providing crucial the stage for Kumail to meet Emily’s he must answer for mankind to the Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (PG-13) air support. The respective timelines of one lovably loving parents, Beth and Terry, Amazons who live there. Princess Diana Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. week, one day, and one hour converge at played by Holly Hunter and Ray Romano. (a.k.a. Wonder Woman) has trained for the climax, where land, sea, and air meet. Nanjiani and Gordon also do a nice job the contingency of invaders but couldn’t War for the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) +++ The Brits have taken to calling this precious of laying out an arc of acceptance within fully prepare for the horror of war. Diana Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. history “the Miracle of Dunkirk,” a phrase Nanjiani’s immediate family, despite determines to accompany Trevor into Wonder Woman (PG-13) +++ Nolan invokes, and there is swelling-score his choices of a comedy career and a the outside world, where he plans to Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. non-Pakistani woman (since more-or- put the kibosh on the chemical weapons inspiration to be had in the end. But any less arranged marriage is the norm). program while she intends to put an end Aquarius: CineArts at Palo Alto Square: victory is Pyrrhic in this immersive war This boilerplate romantic-comedy is to war with a swing of the “Godkiller” 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto drama, with the soul-searing chaos of consistently amusing and possessed sword. The film has its failings — it falls (For recorded listings: 327-3241) (For information: 493-0128) battle written on the face that is the final with charming leads, and also serves as into a few bland narrative stretches, tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa tinyurl.com/Pasquare image of “Dunkirk.” a heartwarming drama. fumbles over its cardboard villains, and Century Cinema 16: Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Rated PG-13 for intense war experience Rated R for language including some ends with the usual dull clash of titans 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Menlo Park (For recorded listings: and some language. One hour, 46 sexual references. One hour, 59 minutes. — but the very existence of “Wonder Mountain View 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp tinyurl.com/Century16 minutes. — P.C. — P.C. Woman” makes a much-needed feminist Stanford Theatre: statement in the crowded superhero Century 20 Downtown: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto SPIDER-MAN: TRANSFORMERS: THE space. 825 Middleﬁeld Rd, Redwood City (For recorded listings: 324-3700) HOMECOMING000 LAST KNIGHT½ Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and tinyurl.com/Century20 Stanfordtheatre.org Director Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: action, and some suggestive content. Two “Transformers: The Last Knight,” Michael 0Skip it For show times, plot synopses, Homecoming” lands close enough to hours, 21 minutes. — P.C. Bay’s fifth movie about shape-shifting 00Some redeeming qualities trailers and more movie the summer-movie sweet spot that alien robots, tries to whip up tension by 000A good bet info, visit www.mv-voice.com any quibbles feel a bit churlish. Tom GUARDIANS OF THE having some character or other remind us 0000Outstanding and click on movies. Holland’s Peter Parker, first seen in every five minutes that “The whole world’s GALAXY VOL. 2 00½ “Captain America: Civil War,” remains at stake,” unless a few choice humans Don’t think too hard about “Guardians beholden to billionaire Tony Stark (Robert can ally with a few good Autobots and of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” although there’s Downey Jr.), with whom the 15-year-old save the day. But Bay makes it very, very probably little danger of that. It’s exactly is serving an “internship.” The rubber difficult to care. Rather than thinking or what you’d expect writer-director James Foothill Music Theatre presents THRU meets the road when the economically feeling anything, Transformers fans will Gunn to deliver as a sequel to the 2014 needy salvage crew of Adrian Toomes be too focused on the ADHD spectacle Marvel space adventure he likewise (Michael Keaton) begin stealing Chitauri — filmed with IMAX 3D cameras — spearheaded. Everything that made the August 6 technology left over from the alien while anyone else who stumbles onto this first film well received is back: the goofy ONLY! invasion in “The Avengers.” Toomes movie will gladly welcome the world’s cast of characters, arch jokes, lively keeps running afoul of Parker, a conflict end if it also means this interminable interstellar action, and a rainbow-sherbet that comes to a head on the night of the movie’s end. Mark Wahlberg returns as color scheme. The mercenary Guardians Homecoming Dance. ”Homecoming” unlikable, thick hero Cade Yeager, Texan (including Zoe Saldana’s dead-serious gets plenty right. Keaton makes a great inventor on the skids and good buddy to Gamora, Dave Bautista’s belly-laughing Vulture, and the character’s conception the Autobot called Bumblebee (among dum-dum Drax, and cute lil’ twig Baby here as the working-class villain to other robot jocks). As the plot lumbers on Groot, voiced by Vin Diesel) start out on Peter’s “working-class hero” proves about Yeager being the “last knight,” on a a job, get themselves in trouble, and wind dramatically effective. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT quest to recover an ancient staff of power, up rescued by a mystery man who claims foothill.edu/theatre Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, Wahlberg’s muscles and eyes appear to be to be the father of rogue space orphan some language and brief suggestive Everything’s in a competition to see which can bulge Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), a.k.a. Star FOR MORE INFO CALL comments. Two hours, 13 minutes. — P.C. more. Despite the theme that “Magic does Lord. Since the mystery man introduces 650.949.7360 exist” (“It was found long ago. Inside a himself as Ego (and he’s played to the Coming Up Ogres! THE BIG SICK000 crashed alien ship”), “The Last Knight” is hilt — is there any other way?— by Smithwick Theatre “The Big Sick” is a romantic comedy all mirthless jokes and thrill-less mayhem. Kurt Russell), it’s a fair bet he’s telling “Goofy, genuine charm.” 12345 El Monte Road Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley”) Rated PG-13 for violence and intense the truth. After a story that occasionally – THE NEW YORK TIMES Los Altos Hills co-wrote with his wife, Emily V. Gordon. sequences of sci-fi action, language, and succumbs to bits straight out of Looney The film is essentially the true story some innuendo. Two hours, 29 minutes. Tunes, anything resembling feeling is kind of Nanjiani and Gordon’s relationship, — P.C. of an impressive pivot. And the pivotal “A big fat hit!” – USA TODAY starring Nanjiani as himself. We see realization—that, in the end, using your Nanjiani working the room at Chicago’s WONDER WOMAN000 heart beats using your head — works comedy clubs, hanging with fellow Although the origin story of Wonder as a pithy instruction manual for this comedians, struggling to please his Woman shifts from World War II to “the diverting but disposable adventure. Pakistani-American family, and wooing war to end all wars” for the new film from Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi Emily (Zoe Kazan). All of this business Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment, the action and violence, language, and works as engaging high-spirited slice- phrase “why we fight” leaps to mind to brief suggestive content. Two hours, 16 of-life material, with Kazan and Nanjiani describe the hero’s first solo cinematic minutes. — P.C.

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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT The City of Mountain View’s National Night Out is coming up; it is a nationwide, annual community-building event that promotes police and fire community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make one’s neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Aug. 1, 5-8 p.m. Free. Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View.

own songs and arrangements. Charles Altura 4-6 p.m. July 25-Aug. 19, Tuesday-Saturday, The Science of Cooking: The Modern has spent the past couple years performing with 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Burger In this course students will create an jazz heavyweights such as Terrence Blanchard, Gallery House, 320 S. California Ave., Palo Alto. amazing burger from start to finish. They will Chick Corea and Ambrose Akinmusire, and is galleryhouse2.com bake the bread, grind the meat, create perfectly gaining recognition for his unique style. This ‘Reflections’ by Jan Grady Viewpoints melting cheese, make fries two ways, and make double-bill presents two young artists in jazz in a Gallery presents “Reflections” by Jan Grady, sous vide liquid nitrogen ice cream. This is a mix single performance. Aug. 1, 8-10 p.m. $15-$55. featuring Grady’s latest watercolor works of traditional and modernist techniques to create Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, highlighting reflections of all kinds. This a burger students have never had before, but Stanford. Search stanfordjazz.org for more info. exhibition of her fresh, clean style highlights always wanted. July 29, 1-5 p.m. $165. Location Left Bank Trio/Rive Gauche This trio her mastery of transparent watercolor painting. given, when registered., Los Altos. Search specializes in French café style music of the Artist reception, Aug. 4, 5-8 p.m. Aug. 1-26, eventbrite.com for more info. 1920s-1940s. They also perform Spanish and Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 Gypsy songs. Wine and light refreshments will a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State LESSONS & CLASSES be served. Aug. 3, 7 p.m. $10. Museum of St., Los Altos. viewpointsgallery.com Health Care Programs Orientation The American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School will hold Ravi Coltrane Ravi Coltrane, the son of GALLERIES a workshop for those interested in health care Alice and John Coltrane, is a saxophonist and Artist Opening: James Zamora Bryant careers, providing information on the Certified composer who has blazed his own path in Street Gallery is pleased to present “Transitions” Nursing Assistant and Medical Assistant paths jazz, forming deep ties with greats such as Jack by Texas-based realism artist James Zamora. and the programs offered by the school. Online DeJohnette, Geri Allen, McCoy Tyner, Joanne His attention to detail and keen observance of registration is requested. July 28, 10 a.m.-noon. Brackeen, Kenny Baron, Steve Coleman and light and color push a simple narrative of the Free. Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School, many others. A master of multiple saxophones, importance of the everyday. The artist’s reception 333 Moffett Blvd., Mountain View. mvlaae.net/ he will go deep with longtime collaborators is on Aug. 4, 6-8 p.m. Free. Bryant Street Gallery, Learn Google G Suite: 3 Sessions The Ralph Alessi on trumpet and George Colligan on 532 Bryant St., Palo Alto. bryantstreet.com/ curriculum over the three sessions will include piano. Aug. 2, 8-10 p.m. $15-$55. Dinkelspiel Gallery Reception The Pacific Art League using spreadsheets to plan for an event, creating Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Search hosts its opening reception of its exhibition a logo and flyers, scheduling mock meetings FOOTHILL MUSIC THEATRE: ‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’ stanfordjazz.org for more info. “Science, Technology, and the Future of Art.” and appointments via Calendar and making Foothill Music Theatre presents “Shrek The Musical,” a family-friendly production based mDAC (The Mobile Digital Art and Creative a Google Sites website. July 24 and 26, 4-6 on the Oscar-winning film that boasts a new score by recent Tony Award-winner Jeanine TALKS & LECTURES Summit) is PAL’s partner, exhibiting digital art in p.m.; July 28, 4-5:30 p.m. Free, registration Tesori (Fun Home) and a comic book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Along the Scotch Whisky Trail Ron the Main and Corridor Galleries. Aug. 4, 5:30- required. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin Lindsay-Abaire. July 21-Aug. 5, 8 p.m. $12-$32. Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, I-280 & Leckie, Whisky Expert Born and educated in 8 p.m. Free. Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Mountain View. Search mountainview.gov/ El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. foothill.edu/theatre/shrek/ Scotland, Ron Leckie brings along his knowledge St., Palo Alto. librarycalendar for more info. and expertise to walk us through the finer points of single malt Scotch whisky. He shares COMEDY HEALTH & WELLNESS Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events. THEATER the history and business of making whisky and stanford.edu for more info. Comedy Night at O’Malley’s All are Healing for the Highly Sensitive Camp KML: A Sketch Comedy Show explains what to look, smell and taste for in each invited to enjoy some laughs as they see some Person The needs of Highly Sensitive People For those who would rather not go back to CONCERTS dram. Aug. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35-$42. Oshman of best comedians in the Bay Area as they work (HSPs) and empaths are different. In this class, camp, this summer Killing My Lobster is bringing Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Search out new material. The even is for ages 21 and participants will learn a process specific to the Concert on the Plaza All are invited to join camp to them. Guests are invited to pack their eventbrite.com for more info. over, and there is no cover charge. It’s hosted self-aware to heal oneself to better serve others. friends and neighbors and bring a blanket or bug spray, sleeping bag and emergency inhaler Improving speaking skills Mandarin- by Wes Hofmann. Sundays, July 2-30, 8-10 Volunteers will receive an on-the-spot reading lawn chair to the Civic Center Plaza for a variety because they’re touring the Bay Area with a English Toastmasters helps improve speaking, p.m. Free. O’Malley’s Sports Pub, 2135 Old and, for some, a release of the underlying cause. of musical performances. There will also be food busload of sketch comedy that smells of must, communication, and leadership skills. Tuesdays, Middlefield Way, Mountain View. facebook.com/ Aug. 4 and 5, 7:30 p.m. $15-$20. East West trucks, a “Pop Up Park” area for children and sun block and severe bleach. July 28, 8-9:30 July 11-Sept. 19, 7 p.m. Free. Kaiser-Permanente comedynightatomalleys/ Book Store, 324 Castro St., Mountain View. -- for adults -- beer and wine. First Friday of the p.m. $18, advanced sale; $20, at the door. Psychiatry Conference Room B, 565 Castro St., eastwest.com/events_2017_August month, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Civic Dragon Theatre, 535 Alma St., Palo Alto. Search Mountain View. Search meetup.com for more FILM Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro: Transcend Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. brownpapertickets.com for more info. info. Stresses and Megativities to Reach mountainview.gov/plazaevents Screening/Q&A: “Venture: An ‘The Four Immigrants: An American Innate Potential This talk will explore the root Program V: French Luminaries Concert Entrepreneur’s Journey” “Venture: An Musical Manga’ TheatreWorks Silicon FUNDRAISERS causes of stresses and negativities in one’s daily Program V begins with the Sonata in e minor Entrepreneur’s Journey” is a documentary Valley presents the World Premiere of The Four Pathways 5th annual Links to the life, how to transcend them through the right for Two Violins by Jean-Marie Leclair, the first film co-produced by the African Technology Immigrants: An American Musical Manga. Set Heart Golf Tournament All are encouraged view and mind training, and the mind’s hidden great violinist of the French school, who came Foundation and the LIONS@FRICA to an infectious ragtime and vaudeville score by to support Pathways Home Health and Hospice power. The venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrˆ is the to be celebrated as “the French Corelli.” July initiative. The film follows the journeys of the local composer/lyricist Min Kahng, the comic by playing the Los Altos Golf and Country director of the Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist 28, 7:30 p.m. $80. $35, under age 30. Stent entrepreneurs behind Zuuva, BambaPOS, musical follows four Japanese immigrants in Club course with friends, colleagues or clients. Academy in eastern Tibet. July 31, 7-9:30 p.m. Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. Search InsureAfrika and Car Parts Nigeria. July 28, 7-9 turn-of-the-20th-century San Francisco. July Designed in 1923 by Tom Nicholl, the 18-hole, Free, RSVP required at stanford0731.eventbrite. musicatmenlo.org for more info. p.m. Free, register online. Computer History 12-Aug. 5, times vary. Discounts for educators, par 71 course underwent a complete renovation Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain com. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. seniors, and patrons 35 and under. Lucie Stern MUSIC in 2004. July 31, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. $1580, View. computerhistory.org Search eventbrite.com for more info. Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. foursome; $395, golfer; Sponsorships at all theatreworks.org/201718-season/201718- Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet Blue levels. Los Altos Golf and Country Club, 1560 FOOD & DRINK BUSINESS season/the-four-immigrants/ Note recording artist and SJW faculty member Country Club Drive, Los Altos. pathwayshealth. 500 Startups Demo Day (Batch 21) and alumnus Ambrose Akinmusire accurately Cooking 101: Fun & Fundamentals In ‘Lord of the Flies’ A Theatre Near U presents org/event/golf this class, the chef instructor will demonstrate Demo Day is an invite-only event for 500+ active William Golding’s raw and terrifying classic, describes his music as being situated in both and accredited investors to view our most recent the center and the periphery of jazz, as well as FAMILY essential knife skills, and students will get “Lord of the Flies.” The play follows a group plenty of hands-on practice as they prep fresh accelerator startups before they “graduate.” of boys marooned on an idyllic island, as they emerging into classical and hip-hop. Akinmusire Celebrations Castle: Kids VBS Camp Attendees will get a first look at the startups’ returns to SJW this summer, having established ingredients. Students will be led step by step shed their cultured upbringings and descend This health and fitness VBS camps is for ages through the fundamentals of cooking grains, pitches, meet the founders and network with into brutal savagery. July 28-Aug. 5, times vary. a reputation for a genre-blurring artistic vision 4 to 10 and will explore healthy living for other top-tier investors, corporate strategists encompassing classical forms as well as the making soup from scratch and perfectly roasting Students, seniors, $20; adults, $25. The Pear body, soul and mind. It will feature interactive chicken. Aug. 1 and 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Aug. and press. Aug. 1, noon-5 p.m. $50-$100. Theatre, 1110 La Avenida, Mountain View. spoken word. July 29, 8-10 p.m. $15-$55. cooking demos, outdoor fitness games, science Computer History Museum, 1401 N. 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Schola will provide the scores. July 31, steps for grilling everything from potatoes to observes the madness of Partition through the this interactive, two-part workshop, couples will pineapples. Students will practice roasting and organic profit: this is for founders who eyes of a madman, laying bare its agony through 7:30 pm. $15, general; ages 25 and under free learn about the research, principles, strategies are actively bootstrapping a startup. It will be with student ID. Los Altos United Methodist tomatillos, creating spicy chicken skewers and humor, tragedy and the antics of lunatics. Children and skills needed to strengthen the couple making a rum glaze they’ll want to eat by the a chance to compare notes on operational, under 7 will not be admitted. Friday-Sunday, Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. info@ relationship. Participants will engage in class development and business issues with peers. First scholacantorum.org spoonful. July 29, 4-6 p.m. $79. 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BETTY’S BUTTERFLIES doing business as: on September 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. free from your parental control accord- This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Mine in Twine located at 1678 Martin in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of ing to the petition on file herein to free Notices County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Santa Clara California, County of Santa Clara, located the minor for adoption. File No.: FBN632034 County on July 5, 2017. The following person (persons) is (are) County. at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. (MVV July 14, 21, 28; Aug 4, 2017) doing business as: Betty’s Butterflies This business is owned by: If you object to the granting of the peti- The address of the court is: 191 N. First MINDFULNESS SERVICES located at 1602 Spring St., Mountain An Individual. tion, you should appear at the hearing Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 995 Fictitious Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. The name and residence address of the and state your objections or file written File No.: FBN631560 This business is owned by: A registrant(s) is(are): objections with the court before the The following information concerns Statement The following person (persons) is (are) Corporation. NATHALIE COTTON hearing. Your appearance may be in rights and procedures that relate to this 1678 Martin Avenue person or by your attorney. proceeding for the termination of custo- BETTY’S BUTTERFLIES doing business as: Mindfulness Services The name and residence address of the located at 2363 Craig Court, Mountain registrant(s) is(are): Sunnyvale, CA 94087 If you are a creditor or a contingent dy and control of said minor as set forth FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Registrant began transacting business creditor of the decedent, you must file in Family Code Section 7860 et seq.: File No.: FBN631584 View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. ABD, MB INC This business is owned by: An 1602 Spring St., under the fictitious business name(s) your claim with the court and mail a 1. At the beginning of the proceeding The following person (persons) is (are) listed above on June 29, 2017. copy to the personal representative the court will consider whether of not doing business as: Individual. Mountain View, CA 94043 The name and residence address of the Registrant began transacting business This statement was filed with the appointed by the court within the later the interests of the minor child require Betty’s Butterflies, located at 1602 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara of either (1) four months from the date the appointment of counsel. If the court Spring St., Mountain View, CA 94043, registrant(s) is(are): under the fictitious business name(s) GABRIELA BRETON listed above on July 17, 2017. County on July 11, 2017. (MVV July 28, of first issuance of letters to a general finds that the interests of the minor Santa Clara County. Aug 4, 11, 18) personal representative, as defined in do require such protection, the court This business is owned by: An 2363 Craig Court This statement was filed with the Mountain View, CA 94043 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara section 58 (b) of the California Probate will appointment counsel to represent Individual. Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of him, whether or not he is able to afford The name and residence address of the Registrant began transacting business County on July 17, 2017. (MVV July 21, 997 All Other Legals under the fictitious business name(s) 28, Aug 4, 11 2017) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER mailing or personal delivery to you counsel. The minor will not be present registrant(s) is(are): of a notice under section 9052 of the in court unless he requests or the court BETTY BEDREGAL listed above on 06/30/2017. ESTATE OF: STANLEY W. HSU California Probate Code. Other California so orders. Case No.: 17PR180513 statutes and legal authority may affect 2. If a parent of the minor appears To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con- your rights as a creditor. You may want without counsel and is unable to afford tingent creditors, and persons who may to consult with an attorney knowledge- counsel, the court must appoint coun- WE MEASURE QUALITY BY RESULTS otherwise be interested in the will or able in California law. sel for the parent, unless the parent estate, or both, of STANLEY W. HSU. You may examine the file kept by the knowingly and intelligently waives the A Petition for Probate has been filed by: court. If you are a person interested in right to be represented by counsel. The Is Quality Important to You? IKE C.W. HSU and ANTONY C.P. 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Kidpower is a non-proﬁt leader in teaching child protection, positive interaction and communication, and personal safety strategies and skills for children, teens, and adults, including those with special needs. Its mission is to help people of all ages, abilities, and walks of life learn how to stay safe, act wisely, and believe in themselves. Kidpower’s fun, NON-fear-based “Successful Practice” method of teaching concepts and skills prepares our participants to use their own power (or teach the people in their care) to protect themselves from most (cyber) bullying, harassment, molestation, abduction and abuse, and other overt and insidious forms of violence, and empower them to develop strong and safe relationships that enrich their lives. It gives people the chance to be successful in practicing ‘People Safety’ and ‘Social-Emotional Development’ skills — skills that improve the safety and quality of interactions with other people as well as help people to be safe themselves — in a context speciﬁc to their abilities and life situations, which reduces anxiety and builds competence. To learn more about their program or how to get involved, please visit www.kidpower.org

During the months of July through September 2017, Sereno Group Real Estate and its Palo Alto agents will be contributing 1% of their gross commissions to Kidpower.

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Situated at the end of a cul-de-sac is this elegant two story home. Enter into a formal living room with custom hardwood floors and a grand stairwell that leads to the second floor. The open concept kitchen, dining and family room is filled with natural light and anchored with a gas fireplace surrounded by custom cabinetry. The kitchen is centered with a large island covered in black granite and the dining and family rooms both have sliding doors that lead to the private back yard. Upstairs includes a spacious master bedroom with an en suite bath and large walk-in closet. The second floor also includes three other bedrooms, a second full bath, and a laundry area. Built in 2002, the original owner has meticulously maintained this impressive home. Freshly painted and new carpet inside. Located near top schools with easy access to freeways and BART. OPEN HOUSE JULY 29TH & 30TH 1-4PM OFFERED AT $1,048,000 www.37628CentralCoveCourt.com

TINAZ SHEERER (408) 857-0502 www.tinazsheerer.com | [email protected] | CalBRE # 01236877

This information was supplied by third party sources. Sales Associate believes this information is correct but has not veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyer should verify accuracy and investigate to Buyer’s own satisfaction.

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MODERN LIVING IN CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD 2508 Forest Avenue, San Jose Thoroughly rebuilt in 2014, this incredible 4 bedroom, 3 bath home of approx. 2,100 sq. ft. (per county) resides on a property of 5,500 sq. ft. (per county) and provides smart home automation with motorized shades, surround sound, and security features. Sunny, open-concept gathering areas include a chef’s kitchen, a dining area, and a spacious living room, which provides backyard access for seamless indoor-outdoor living, while the master suite encourages relaxation with a private balcony and an opulent bath. Set in a choice location, this home is mere strolling distance to popular dining and shopping attractions at Valley Fair and Santana Row.

Offered at $1,498,000

For video tour & more photos, please visit: www.2508Forest.com

650.690.2858 | [email protected] | www.deleonrealty.com | CalBRE #01921791

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• 25 years successfully serving Mountain View and surrounding communities • Mountain View resident 100% A Dream Home that balances the demands of work and provides the serenity of nature and family! Stunning home with mountain • Consistently top agent in area Satisfaction Rating Customer Surveys views and tech upgrades, minutes from downtown Los Gatos.

Q 6 Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms, with Q 3 Bedrooms All on the Same Level 7,561 Square Feet of Living Space for Coziness CALL ME FOR ALL OF YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS Q 2.21 Acre Lot with an Amazing Q Basement Houses an In-law View! Suite at 2,488 Square Feet with a Q Built in 2007- 10 Years Young! Bedroom, Bathroom, Living and Bonus Rooms! Nancy Q Dual Living Rooms and Family Adele Stuhr Rooms Q Seconds to the Main Road, 5 minutes to Highway 17 and just 12 Mountain View Q Massive Open Floor-plan from the minutes to Downtown Los Gatos Neighborhood Specialist Family Rooms, Kitchen and Dining Rooms Surrounded by Views of 650.575.8300 the Redwood Forest [email protected] www.nancystuhr.com facebook.com/nancyadelestuhr CalBRE# 00963170

This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not Cell: (408) 313-4352 veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify enrollment. Buyer to verify school availability. www.alanwangrealty.com | CalBRE #01380385

10873 W Estates Drive, Cupertino Coming Soon! Stunning Remodeled Executive Home Close to Top Cupertino Schools!

Nestled on a tree-lined street, this gorgeous (2,137 +/- sf) one VWRU\ KRPH KDV DQ RSHQ ñRRU SODQZLWKFXVWRPðQLVKHVZKLFK includes 4 spacious bedrooms, a generous master suite and 2.5 designer baths on this beautifully landscaped 6,970 +/- sf lot. Enjoy cooking in the bright custom kitchen with Corian countertops, newer appliances, abundant oak cabinetry and casual dining area. Separate expanded great room features %UD]LOLDQ FKHUU\ ñRRULQJ DQG views of the beautiful new paved patio and yard. Ideal for entertaining! There is an extra URRPRURτFHIRUH[WHQGHGIDPLO\DQGEHDXWLIXOQHZSDYHGSDWLR \DUGZLWKPDWXUHDQGQHZODQGVFDSLQJDQGVWRUDJHVKHG5HFHQWXSJUDGHVLQFOXGH SDLQWLQVLGHDQGRXWDQGQHZFDUSHW7KHKRPHLVORFDWHGFORVHWRWRS&XSHUWLQRVFKRROVORFDOSDUNVQHZ$SSOHFDPSXV DOOHDV\FRPPXWHV3HUIHFWIRUD growing family or couple downsizing! Top rated schools:(DWRQ(OHPHQWDU\/DZVRQ0LGGOH &XSHUWLQR+LJK Offered at $1,799,000 Your Neighborhood Specialist Lynn North

DIRECT 650.209.1562 Serving the neighborhoods [email protected] of Mountain View and Los Altos. LYNN www.LynnNorth.com ORTH BRE# 01490039 LynnNorth.com Providing a 30-year Tradition N of Experience and Superior 10873WEstates.com Customer Service.

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THE TROYER GROUP

794 San Lucas Avenue MOUNTAIN VIEW

REMODELED JUST 1 MILE TO DOWNTOWN & GOOGLE

EXTENDED HOURS: FRIDAY, 9:30AM – 5:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 1:00 – 5:00PM

3 BEDS 2 BATHS BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED CHEF’S KITCHEN WITH QUARTZ SKYLIGHTS EXPANSIVE FAMILY ROOM REAR YARD WITH DINING PATIO & LAWN SEPARATE COTTAGE-STYLE BONUS ROOM MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOLS

794SANLUCAS.COM $1,498,000

DAVID TROYER CalBRE# 01234450

650.440.5076 | [email protected] | DAVIDTROYER.COM A Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate

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LOS GATOS $3,000,000 STANFORD Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,850,000 PORTOLA VALLEY Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,600,000 5 BR 4.5 BA Luxury woodland home with 2 self-contained levels. 813 Allardice Way 4 BR 3 BA Available Stanford Qualified Faculty 10 Sandstone St 3 BR 2 BA Wide, tranquil views. Rustic setting. Grand formal & informal spaces. Only. Contemporary home in community environment. Alice Chakhmazova CalBRE #01419568 650.941.7040 Carole Feldstein CalBRE #00911615 650.941.7040 Nancy Goldcamp CalBRE #00787851 650.325.6161

WOODSIDE Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,600,000 LOS ALTOS Sat/Sun 1 - 5 $2,500,000 HASKINS ESTATES ETC. Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,998,000 2452 Alameda De Las Pulgas 3 BR 2 BA Beautifully updated 3 810 Amber Lane 4 BR 2.5 BA Wonderful home located on a 2136 Pullman 4 BR 2.5 BA Luxury home in the Hills w/Bay views, bed, 2 bath Woodside Rancher on immaculate 17,100 sq. ft. lot. peaceful cul-de-sac close to Downtown Los Altos! vltd ceilings, chef’s kitchen, WOW! Near 101 and 280. The Loveless Team CalBRE #00444835 650.325.6161 Jim Galli CalBRE #00944554 / 01925901 650.941.7040 Terrie Masuda CalBRE #00951976 650.941.7040

SALINAS $1,488,000 MOUNTAIN VIEW Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,249,000 SANTA CLARA $925,000 Live your dream! 58 acres of open space for the equestrian 228 Central Ave 3 BR 2 BA Stunning end unit townhouse! 3 BR 2 BA Opportunity Bring your contractor. Large Lot & enthusiast or to ride your quad. Remodeled kitchen! Dual pane windows! Soaring ceilings! unfinished remodel. Sought-after location. Jo Ann Fishpaw CalBRE #00886060 650.941.7040 Ric Parker CalBRE #00992559 650.941.7040 Bea Waller / Marlys PowellCalBRE #00954876 / 01179325 650.941.7040 THIS IS HOME

This is where silly moments, crazy laughter and unforgettable memories can be found.

This is where awesomeness happens.

WOODSIDE $499,000 Approx. 1/3rd Acre in the exclusive Emerald Hills area of Coldwell Banker. Woodside! Tina Kyriakis CalBRE #01384482 650.941.7040 Where home begins.

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