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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis GUILTY: Palo Alto man convicted of 2009 murder Jury finds Bulos ‘Paul’ Zumot, 37, guilty of first-degree murder of Jennifer Schipsi, 29 by Gennady Sheyner
ulos “Paul” Zumot, 37, the Palo The four-man and eight-woman “Now I can go on living my life she said: “Sad but wonderful. Justice The prosecution, led by Deputy Alto hookah lounge owner who jury took less than 14 hours to return with my two children, doing what has been done.” District Attorney Charles Gillingham, Bwas charged with the Oct. 15, the verdict following a trial that be- Jennifer wanted, which was for us to Members of Zumot’s family de- painted a picture of a man who had a 2009, death of his girlfriend, real- gan Jan. 3 and included three days be happy,” he said. clined to speak to reporters, but de- history of domestic abuse and killed estate agent Jennifer Schipsi, was of testimony from Zumot in his own When he heard the verdict, he said, fense attorney Mark Geragos pledged his girlfriend following an argument found guilty of first-degree murder defense. it released the tensions and the emo- outside the courtroom that he and his on his birthday. Thursday afternoon in a San Jose Minutes after the verdict was tions the family’s had since day one. client would not accept the guilty ver- “This is no longer a whodunit — courtroom. read, the victim’s father, Jim Schipsi, Jennifer Schipsi’s grandmother, dict. it never was,” Gillingham said early Zumot was also convicted of arson, thanked the Palo Alto police detec- Peggy Schipsi, said the outcome was “It’s a difficult time. The client is in his closing argument on Tuesday, stemming from the Oct. 15 fire at the tives who investigated the case and never in doubt in her mind. Nonethe- bewildered and so am I, but the jury before going on to summarize the evi- Addison Avenue cottage the couple the prosecuting attorneys. less, she said she prayed a little longer was diligent. We’ll be filing a mo- dence from cell phones, witnesses and shared. Schipsi’s body was found in- “At last, the person responsible will than usual Wednesday night. tion for a new trial, and if that doesn’t surveillance videos that the jury saw. side the cottage. pay for his crime,” he said. It felt wonderful to hear the verdict, work, we’ll appeal,” Geragos said. (continued on page 5)
BUSINESS Go-ahead for new Apple store Structure ‘reinforces retail core’ in downtown, anchors Florence Street by Carol Blitzer lans for Apple’s new glass- fronted and topped retail store Pin downtown Palo Alto edged closer to final approval this week, as Curtis Williams, Palo Alto’s planning director, was scheduled to give the plan one last review. The city’s Architectural Review Board gave its stamp of approval to
Veronica Weber the modern design at 340 University Ave., the former Z Gallerie, on Jan. 20, with only a minor tweak. The two-story, 16,600-square- foot building, which would replace the current structure that is deemed One year after a plane crashed into her house in East Palo Alto, Lisa Jones is still unable to repair the home and restore her daycare busi- seismically unsafe, could be open ness while she awaits financial assistance. for business in early 2012. The new design features ground-floor retail and passengers Brian Finn, 42, “I haven’t forgotten it. I haven’t plus storage and office areas, with a COMMUNITY and Andrew Ingram, 31. forgotten,” she said. second floor at the rear of the build- Five homes were damaged, in- Last week, as residents greeted ing and a basement. cluding Hudleton’s, along with each other in the street, they talked The store will be located a few several vehicles. about the crash’s upcoming anni- blocks away from Apple’s current East Palo Alto plane crash: A year later, a few charred stains versary, Hudleton said. Checking retail space at 451 University Ave. from the fire mark where the plane in with each other by e-mail, they An earlier project was approved one year later had skidded and burned. Hudle- trade news about who has success- in 2009 that would have retained the ton’s carport has long since been fully received compensation for existing building but added a new Residents of Beech Street neighborhood repaired and the damaged vehicles the damage and who still has not. facade and roof and improved the still wait for healing have been towed away, replaced or Talking about the crash has interior spaces. But structural anal- repaired. But the emotional impact mostly receded from daily con- ysis disclosed “evidence of hollow by Sue Dremann has lingered in the neighborhood versation, but the healing is still clay tile” walls and substandard con- inkie Hudleton looked sky- “I’m telling you, every time I of quiet, neat homes. incomplete. A knot forms in the crete support columns, according to ward, toward the sound of a hear those planes fly over, I say, “Money is good — we all need pit of the stomach and heartbeats a staff report. The report noted that P small plane flying over her ‘Oh God, please don’t let it come money,” Hudleton said Tuesday af- quicken, every time a plane gets a the city’s building division recom- Beech Street home in East Palo down on me,’” she said. ternoon. “But even if they gave me little too close or an engine sounds mended demolition and reconstruc- Alto. Her eyes tracked the aircraft Feb. 17 will be the first anni- a million dollars, I still wouldn’t a bit too rough, residents said. tion to meet current codes. cautiously from the front porch of versary of when a twin-engine forget that plane coming through In the middle of the block, Lisa The new building will feature her well-tended home. Cessna 310R did plummet from here that morning.” Jones’ home at 1225 Beech re- clear glass panels, framed by stone- Hudleton’s breathing grew tense the sky above Hudleton’s home, Her voice dropped to barely mains a constant reminder of that paneled vertical columns, under a as the plane came closer, its en- killing three Tesla employees on a whisper, her eyes looked far glass entry canopy, with 10-foot- gines growling. board: pilot Douglas Bourn, 56, away. (continued on page 6) (continued on page 7) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊU Page 3
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Page 4ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront A preview of Palo Alto government Public Agenda meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a closed session on the COMMUNITY recruitment process for the city attorney; hear a presentation from the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation; and vote on a plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue as part of a grant-funded streetscape project. The closed session is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. Tall Tree Award honorees announced 14. Regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers at City Hall Local citizens, organizations selected for community contributions (250 Hamilton Ave.). by Karla Kane POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to dis- owntown retailer University ber of Commerce and the Palo Alto The business also provides prizes cuss council procedures and protocols and the challenges of working Art, nonprofit organization Weekly. for local contests, such as the Palo with a smaller city staff. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. D Youth Community Service, This year’s honoree in the busi- Alto Weekly’s annual photo contest 15, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). local developer Jim Baer, and fa- ness category, University Art, has and other art shows and competi- HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... ther/daughter duo William Alhouse been selling art supplies and gifts tions. Owner Cornelia Pendleton is The board plans to discuss 300 and Jane Alhouse Gee are this in Palo Alto since 1948. The Ham- the daughter and niece of the store’s Homer Ave., a proposal to rehabilitate the Roth Building. The meeting year’s Tall Tree Award winners, the ilton Avenue store has supported co-founders. is scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Council Cham- Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce the Palo Alto Art Center and its as- “Cornelia has been a passionate bers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). announced Thursday at a reception sorted programs, including Project and tireless fundraiser for our pro- CITY-SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... at the Garden Court Hotel. Look! and Cultural Kaleidoscope, grams and for our renovation proj- The committee will discuss The awards, which recognize both of which introduce local chil- ect,” Palo Alto Art Center Director school demographic and enrollment forecasts, teen mental health community service and civic con- dren to the world of art, noted 2009 Karen Kienzle wrote. and the Stanford University Medical Center expansion project. The tribution in four categories, are co- Tall Tree Award winner Carolyn meeting is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. in Conference Room A of school sponsored by the Palo Alto Cham- Tucher in her nomination letter. (continued on page 10) district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.). ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss a ma, a person proposal by Stanford University Medical Center to build a new Stan- Guilty ford Hospital & Clinics building at 300 Pasteur Drive. The new build- (continued from page 3) against whom Schipsi and ing would feature 1.1 million square feet of floor space; 600 beds; Zumot had new operating, diagnostic and treatment suites; and a parking facility Gillingham said Zumot, former both filed a with 970 spaces. The meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). owner of Da Hookah Spot in down- restraining
town Palo Alto, was the only person order shortly Gennady Sheyner RAIL CORRIDOR STUDY TASK FORCE ... The task force plans to who had the motive, the opportunity before the discuss the community’s vision for the Caltrain corridor. The meeting and the desire to kill Schipsi, 29. He fire, and for is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Lucie Stern Com- pointed to their two-year history of not following munity Room (1305 Middlefield Road). domestic disputes — disputes that led up on a state- both Zumot and Schipsi to file police ment made Jennifer Schipsi PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss ac- complaints against one another. He by Zumot’s ceptance of a donation from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation and also emphasized the long strings of landlord, Relatives of murder victim Jen- hear a presentation from the city manager’s office on the “Way Find- insulting text messages Schipsi sent John Eck- nifer Schipsi — (from left) father ing Project.” The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, Zumot early in the morning of Oct. 15 land, who Jim Schipsi, aunt Dee Towner in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). — messages in which she threatened testified that and grandmother Peggy Schipsi to go to the police if he didn’t pay her he saw a dirty — react to the conviction of Bulos the money she claimed he owed her. white sedan Zumot Thursday (Feb. 10) outside Gillingham argued that Zumot parked close the Hall of Justice in San Jose. strangled Schipsi that day and later to the house dowsed the house with gasoline and on the day of exchange dozens if not hundreds of turned on the burner on the stove in the fire. texts. During his closing argument to hopes of causing an explosion that “They Bulos Zumot the jury, Gillingham recalled Zumot’s would hide his crime. There were no didn’t show lack of texts to Schipsi on the evening signs of a forced entry into the home you any evi- of the fire. nor of a burglary, Gillingham said, dence linking Bulos to the crime,” “His silence is damning. His si- and no one disputed the coroner’s Geragos told the jury. lence is deafening,” Gillingham told finding that Schipsi was murdered During Zumot’s time on the witness the jury during closing arguments. before the fire occurred. stand, he testified that he and Schipsi “His silence yells louder than any- Gillingham told the jury that Zumot had completely reconciled on Oct. 15 thing he could’ve said at the witness was with Schipsi all day and had “ab- and “everything was fine.” He said he stand: ‘I murdered Jennifer.’” solutely no alibi” for Oct. 15. No one became extremely concerned about Roy Endemann, Schipsi’s best who could vouch that they saw Zumot Schipsi when he learned the house friend, cried outside of the courtroom until that evening, he said. was on fire. But Gillingham pointed after the verdict. During his closing argument, Gera- to phone records showing that when “I’m glad he’s guilty, but it’s sad for gos had dismissed the prosecution’s Zumot arrived at the scene of the fire, me to close this chapter in my life,” he evidence as “a lot of nonsense” that he made dozens of phone calls over said. “It definitely makes things bet- the prosecution put in front of the jury a two-hour stretch, but only two to ter for me, but it’s very hard to hear Susan K. Sorensen MD, FACP “in the guise of evidence.” Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Schipsi. from the jury, the judge, that your best and Medical Acupuncture He told the jury that the pros- He also didn’t send her any text friend had been killed.” N ecution’s theory about Zumot taking messages that evening — behavior Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can Schipsi’s phone and traveling with that Gillingham argued was unusual be e-mailed at gsheyner@paweekly. both phones on the day of the fire for a man who on a typical day would com Feel Better. Be Well. didn’t stand up to evidence. Geragos also pointed to a lab report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which ex- amined Zumot’s clothing and did not All the benefits of Concierge Care without the Concierge Fee: find any evidence of accelerant on his % # sweatshirt, pants or socks. This find- % " ing contrasted with that of Rosie, an CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week % ! accelerant-sniffing dog used by arson investigators after the fire. Geragos recalled testimony from a City Council (Feb. 7) 853 Middlefield Road, Suite 2 Firefly Willows Healing Art Center Palo Alto police officer who testified Commission: The council appointed Leonardo Hochberg, Mary Beth Train and Ei- Palo Alto, CA 94301 111 Main Street that Zumot did not have any scratch leen Landauer to the Library Advisory Commission. 650-323-5554 Los Altos, CA 94022 marks or bruises on Oct. 15, 2009. Fire study: The council discussed the Fire Department Services, Resources & Uti- Internal Medicine, Hematology & 650-947-9300 lization Study, which recommends regionalizing fire-training services, merging two Medical Acupuncture Acupuncture – Fridays 1 to 5 PM The fact that there “wasn’t a single fire stations and eliminating the Fire Department’s minimum-staffing requirement. mark” on Zumot suggests that he did Action: None not get into a fight with Schipsi that day, Geragos argued. City Council (Feb. 8) He also criticized Palo Alto police City attorney: The council held a closed session to discuss the hiring of a new city !!! for not investigating Hisham Ghan- attorney. Action: None
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WATCH IT ONLINE and the hazardous power lines, over Plane crash www.PaloAltoOnline.com San Francisco Bay. (continued from page 3) “When you see it go over, you say, News Digest A multimedia presentation will be posted ‘Lord, thank you.’ Your nerves get on Palo Alto Online next week, in con- Palo Alto council lauds proposed fire changes day’s tragedy, neighbors said. junction with the anniversary of the jittery. You’re ready to run and you Palo Alto City Council members Monday night praised a report by Jones’ home, where Eppie’s Day plane crash. don’t know where you’re running outside consultants that recommends sweeping changes to the city’s fire Care Center was located, is still to,” she said, adding that she and her department. boarded up. Black plastic covering tion wagon in front of her damaged daughters are in therapy. She misses While noting that some of the recommendations — such as merging a hole in the roof flaps in the wind home. From morning until after- the photographs she used to keep of two fire stations — are controversial and will require further analysis and and the city’s weathered condemna- noon, she stays in front of the house the day care’s children, of kids on play discussion, council members appeared anxious to adopt smaller reforms tion notice is peeling near the door. “to keep an eye on it,” she said. swings and on field trips and bicycles as quickly as possible. “One of our members still feels “I don’t want to lose all sense of — and down at the baylands, where City Manager James Keene said he would return to the council in “rough- very wounded,” said Heather my community. It’s still my block. they waved at the planes, she said. ly a month with an action plan and a potential implementation schedule of Starnes, who witnessed the crash I just wanted to have a sense of Residents thought they’d have the recommendations, some of which can be done immediately.” and explosions from her front yard. belonging,” Jones said Tuesday. A had a celebration by now, a party to The 190-page report blasted the fire department for a “leadership mal- “There’s no closure for any of us. 15-seat van parked in the driveway rejoice their healing and a memo- aise” and outmoded practices, while acknowledging that it provides a You can’t, when one of us is still used to take the children on day rial for the three men, Irene Silva, high quality of service to Palo Alto residents. suffering.” trips, she recalled. “It’s my closet Jones’ immediate neighbor to the In particular, there is an absence of relevant data for decision-making While other residents have been now,” she said. south, said. and excessive reliance on overtime, said Thomas Wieczorek, director of able to move forward with their Jones gave a tour of the back- But that won’t happen until Jones ICMA Center for Public Safety Excellence of Washington, D.C. Wiec- lives, Jones has not. Church and yard where the plane struck her is back in her home, Silva and zorek presented his recommendations along with Stephen Brezler of Tri- community leaders have donated home. Most of the rubble has been Starnes said. Data Division of System Planning Corp., which co-authored the report. money to an account that helps Jones removed, but charred debris is still “This is my memorial,” Silva said, “Training for captains is poor, expectations for officer performance is with day-to-day expenses, neighbors visible. Colorful children’s play- gesturing toward Jones’ burned low ... and planning is mostly non-existent,” Wieczorek said. said, but her home, which sustained ground equipment still stands; a yel- home, located just 20 feet away. “You’ve become just kind of an OK department — not dynamic,” he structural damage, has not been re- low evidence flag still pokes up out “It’s February already, the month said. paired due to bureaucratic snafus, of the ground beneath the domed of the big accident. That our neigh- Although most of the department’s activity now comprises emergency Jones said. jungle gym. bor is still not back in her home and medical services (EMS), 75 percent of its effort is still directed at fire Help has come in small but “Look at those little chairs. the kids are gone, that’s the part that suppression, the consultants said. meaningful ways from neighbors They’re all rusty now,” she said, ob- really hurts,” she said. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of total incidents increased 19 and friends. Starnes has taken one serving a jumble of tiny seats once Silva was opening her driveway percent, from 6,207 to 7,366, while EMS calls grew by 48 percent, from of Jones’ daughters into her home. inhabited by preschoolers. gate when she saw the plane fly over 2,742 to 4,070, they said. Monty Mouton, an East Palo Alto When the plane hit, Jones’ two her house and explode in flames into Firefighters’ Union President Tony Spitaleri told the council he thinks landscaper, has dutifully kept up daughters were asleep in their bed- Jones’ home. many of the 48 recommendations in the report are attainable and that Jones’ vacant property, fertilizing, rooms; Jones was in the shower. “Every time there’s a rumble of a they “move in the right direction,” adding the union also “might have watering and mowing the lawn, “The flames were in our faces,” plane you just look up to make sure some disagreements.” raking leaves and pruning the rose she recalled. it isn’t coming down,” she said. Assistant City Manager Pamela Antil said city staff members will meet bushes. Back on the street, planes droned “I say, ‘Lord, don’t let me be a again with firefighters before sorting the consultants’ recommendations Jones’ claim against Bourn’s es- overhead, taking off from Palo Alto witness of anything that drastic into three buckets: those already being implemented; those requiring tate is wending its way through the Airport’s runway. The aircrafts’ T- anymore.’” union negotiations; and those calling for further discussion or possibly a courts, as are claims of several other shaped forms appeared above the Starnes remains hopeful that the residents, according to Santa Clara baylands — like white cemetery celebration residents long for will “blue ribbon” commission. N — Chris Kenrick County Superior Court papers. crosses pinned against the blue sky, happen. But Jones remains homeless and in the eyes of some. “There’s a great reggae band, and Palo Alto resident with webcam warns of intruder jobless, having lost her livelihood Soaring toward Beech Street, we wanted to invite the fire depart- A tech-savvy homeowner on Tennyson Avenue in Palo Alto used a of 17 years. Nearly every day since, from Jones’ vantage point, they ment and the police. Maybe we webcam to record footage of a suspicious man taking pictures of his she has driven from her friend’s seemed headed directly toward should do it — as a fundraiser for house and apparently trying to open his front door last Friday morning home in Foster City where she is the power lines that had snagged Lisa,” she said. N (Feb. 4). staying to the Beech Street house. Bourn’s plane. But at the last mo- Staff Writer Sue Dremann can The morning incident surprised the resident, who said in an e-mail On weekdays, she takes her daugh- ment, the planes banked right, turn- be e-mailed at sdremann@paweek- he was not at home at the time but accessed the webcam remotely. He ter to school and then parks her sta- ing away from the neighborhood ly.com. reported the situation at 10 a.m. to Palo Alto police and e-mailed a warn- ing to neighborhood leaders. “I saw him, after standing there for a few minutes, nervously looking What’s happened since the accident in the house and around the front yard, reach for our front door handle to see if he could open it,” the resident stated in the e-mail to neighbors. Questions, lawsuits remain after Cessna 310 crash last Feb. 17 The resident, who said the man seemed to be “casing the joint,” at- year after the Feb. 17, 2010, Sherina Yuk Chan, and his young s 0INKIE AND %RVIN (UDLETON tached several still images from the video footage to the e-mail, which plane crash in East Palo Alto child, Erin Silei Finn, filed suit in whose carport was destroyed, re- spread like wildfire throughout the city via neighborhood e-mail lists. A that took three lives, much San Mateo County Superior Court ceived insurance compensation A few people reported receiving the e-mail third- or fourth-hand. has been repaired, but much still against Bourn’s estate and his com- and rebuilt the structure. A car that Police are reviewing the video footage but the initial police report had remains unresolved, including the pany on Jan. 10, 2011. Mother and was damaged has been repaired, no mention of the resident’s suspicion that the man was trying to enter cause of the crash. Here is an up- child now reside in Hong Kong, ac- she said. the house, Palo Alto police Agent Rich Bullerjahn said. date on the people and places im- cording to court documents. s 2AFAEL #ORTES WHOSE HOME WAS The unknown man was described as Hispanic and in his 30s, 5 feet 8 pacted by the accident: s 4HE 0ALO !LTO !IRPORT !SSOCIA- damaged by the fire and explosion, inches tall, approximately 160 pounds, with dark hair and a goatee. He s 4HE TWIN ENGINE #ESSNA 2 tion, in conjunction with the Air- said insurance has covered much was wearing a tan puffy jacket. N disabled both of the City of Palo craft Owners and Pilots Associa- of the cost for repairing the home, — Sarah Trauben Alto’s electrical power conduits, tion, held a seminar at Cubberley but there have been out-of-pocket blacking out all of Palo Alto and Auditorium on Sept. 20, 2010, to costs. His brother’s vehicle, which Faith groups unite for ‘youth well-being’ meeting hampering communications for discuss safety operating proce- was destroyed in their driveway, Palo Alto school board President Melissa Baten Caswell and Superin- hours. City leaders have since in- dures and the risks associated with still has not been compensated for, tendent Kevin Skelly will discuss youth health and well-being Sunday vested $300,000 in a mobile-com- low-visibility departures. The as- he said. (Feb. 13) from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in a public meeting at St. Mark’s Episcopal mand unit, which has its own dis- sociation regularly tells members s ,ISA *ONES WHOSE HOME AND Church. patch capabilities for emergencies. to reduce power and maintain an day care center was structurally “Stand Up For Our Youth” is the theme of the gathering, organized by To avoid possible future blackouts, altitude of 1,500 feet if possible damaged, remains homeless and the St. Mark’s Advocates for Youth Committee as well as at least eight the city is negotiating with Pacific above all areas in the vicinity of the jobless. She and residents of her other local congregations and Peninsula Interfaith Action, a regional Gas & Electric Co. and is explor- airport, according to Ralph Britton, home filed claims against Doug- faith coalition. ing an existing western feed line the airport association’s president. las Bourn’s estate on Sept. 2, The meeting will be the second such event organized by the St. Mark’s through Stanford Linear Accelera- s 4HE AIRPORT ASSOCIATION ESTAB- 2010. group, which convened in October 2009 following a series of student tor. lished a fund to assist people af- s $EMETRA 3COBY WHOSE GARAGE suicides. s 0AUL AND "ARBARA )NGRAM CRASH fected by the crash. It purchased was damaged by the aircraft’s mo- The St. Mark’s group has pushed the school district to ensure that every victim Andrew Ingram’s parents, and delivered a truck to replace tor, has repaired the damage. She student — especially the shyest — has a sense of connection at school. filed suit in San Mateo County Su- the uninsured one belonging to the filed a claim against Bourn’s estate The committee has said it hopes to use the meeting to review progress perior Court against pilot Douglas Ramirez family on Beech Street on Sept. 2, 2010. the school district has made toward implementing steps to improve “con- Bourn’s estate and his company, that was destroyed, and the group s 4HE .ATIONAL 4RANSPORTATION nectedness” among students. The district’s Student Services Coordinator Air Unique, Inc., on Aug. 17, 2010, covered insurance for the initial pe- Safety Board (NTSB) is still in- Amy Drolette will also attend. for unspecified damages. Their at- riod, Britton said. Dave Hengehold vestigating the cause of the plane Child care and Spanish interpretation will be provided at the meeting. torney, Ara Jabachourian, said the of Hengehold Truck Rental in Palo crash. 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Composting facility is service at comparable levels to posed facility is not about local ver- This exciting new redesign would include a pedestrian-friendly regional roads, bridges and highways, cars sus regional, it is about “NIMBY” two-lane street with bike lanes, more parking, additional land- will become our only option. (Not In My Back Yard) versus fiscal scaping, and a park-plaza at the east end near Caltrain. The street Editor, The recent cover article, “Fading Amy Zucker Morgenstern responsibility and environmental would be completely repaved and feature bulb-outs to ease pedes- San Francisco and Palo Alto leadership. An artificial park built trian crossings, colored crosswalks and parking areas that would Borders,” suggests that maintain- ing a composting facility in Palo on the heavily impacted dump land add variety to the expanses of asphalt. would be expensive to build and ex- The idea is to create an environment that is much more open to Alto would not be a regional solu- Green Energy Initiative tion. Nothing could be further from Editor, pensive to maintain, and would not pedestrians and bicycles and present opportunities for strolling provide much environmental ben- and leisurely dining outside. More plantings would be added to the truth. The Feb. 4 article on fading bor- Palo Alto currently operates a re- ders was a splendid example of efit to native species. compliment the crop of new street trees that are taking root now In a time of highly restricted after the unfortunate tree-cutting experience in 2009. gional wastewater-treatment plant well-written local journalism but at the end of Embarcadero Road it mischaracterized the Palo Alto budgets, global warming, vanish- The concept of converting four lanes to two is already working ing forests and mass extinctions, well for Menlo Park’s Santa Cruz Avenue and Mountain View’s that also serves Mountain View, Green Energy Initiative as local Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stan- rather than regional. As proposed, we need to emphasize true envi- Castro Street, which both cater to pedestrians and outdoor dining. ronmental habitats, like our local Merchants on these thoroughfares are happy with the changes. ford and East Palo Alto. This facil- this “high-tech composting” facil- ity is one of only two in the state ity would process yard waste in- wetlands. Menlo Park has added a row of street trees on Santa Cruz and Let’s enjoy Shoreline as a re- many merchants on Castro Street use plants to separate their din- that sill incinerates sewage sludge cluding not only Palo Alto’s “green (our dirty little secret). bin” collections but drop-offs by gional park and use a portion of ing areas from the street. the heavily impacted dump land to The number of park- Burning our sewage sludge uses regional landscapers. more than $1 million worth of en- It would also process all of the build a regional organics facility. ing spaces on Cali- The proponents of the Palo Alto fornia Avenue would ‘This is not an arterial. If ergy per year, releasing 6,000 tons regional sewage sludge, extract- of previously sequestered carbon ing clean green energy while con- Green Energy Initiative “get it,” as jump to 135 from 111, anything, this is really a do the majority of Palo Alto citi- and the current 45 de- dioxide into the atmosphere annu- verting the sludge into a safe soil shopping center…The goal ally. Through anaerobic digestion, amendment for land reclamation. zens: Rather than paying escalating gree angled parking amounts to have our waste hauled would be changed to is to make the retail area a we could retire the incinerator and Ideally, it would also take in food instead of burning fossil fuels we waste from neighboring cities if far away, we need to come together 60 degree angled spac- destination point.’ with neighboring communities and es. More loading zones could turn our sludge into biogas sufficient land were made avail- to power the wastewater-treatment able. take responsibility for our environ- would be included to mental impacts, in a way that keeps make sure merchants Planning Commission plant. The current practice of dispos- Vice Chair Lee Lippert It is impractical to truck our sew- ing of food waste in landfills is a our expenditures under control. can get timely delivery Bryan Long of their products. age sludge to another community, tremendous source of methane, a so the ideal site for the digester is powerful greenhouse gas. Dana Avenue During hearings Palo Alto before the Planning on 8 percent of the current land- The controversy over the pro- Commission’s unani- fill immediately adjacent to the wastewater-treatment plant. The mous vote to support the project, Vice Chair Lee Lippert had it YOUR TURN right when he said of California Avenue, “This is not an arterial. city could accept other organic If anything, this is really a shopping center. The goal is to make wastes, especially food waste, the retail area a destination point.” which has a high energy content, The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on When testifying at an earlier commission hearing, some mer- from neighboring communities to issues of local interest. chants disagreed, fearing another “project” would keep customers make the facility even more cost ef- away from the popular street. fective while producing more green What do you think? Do you agree with the jury that found Paul Jessica Roth, of European Cobblery, said, “People are finicky energy. Zumot guilty of first-degree murder? Opponents of an anaerobic di- about their time and convenience. Six months of construction is Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. going to kill my business, just kill my business.” gester use the term “regional solu- Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. And David Bennett, a partner in Mollie Stone’s, the anchor tion” to mean anywhere but Palo We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel market near the Caltrain station, is even more concerned, giving Alto, but don’t be fooled. Look for and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- the commission a written statement and petition signed by several an opportunity to sign the Palo Alto cepted. residents and businesses objecting to the lane closures. He said Green Energy and Compost Initia- You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town tive. It makes sense both for the en- Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read the loss of lanes would “put the market in a difficult position blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any with reduced access” and could lead the company to develop the vironment and for our budget. time, day or night. property for a different use. Peter Drekmeier Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- But we like the city’s promise to deal with these issues. Plan- Fulton Street mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish ning director Curtis Williams said he understands the merchants’ Palo Alto it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. concerns and has pledged to reduce construction impact during For more information contact Editor Jocelyn Dong or Online Editor Tyler Hanley the project by phasing the work and making sure entrances re- Caltrain’s importance at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. main clear. Editor, And a massive study shows that worries about reduced traffic Caltrain serves San Jose (the capacity are unfounded. In fact, the study shows that the lane 10th-largest U.S. city), San Fran- reduction will not reduce capacity on the street by significant cisco (the 12th-largest) and Silicon amounts. Vehicles may experience delays of two to three seconds, Valley (where a third of U.S. ven- but that is far below the 10-second delays considered meaningful ture capital flows). And yet this vi- by traffic engineers. tal transit service lacks dedicated In an unexpected move Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transpor- funding. tation Commission agreed to put off approval of the project after Only some kinds of transporta- an appeal by a number of California Avenue merchants, but city tion are called “public” but the fact officials say the move is unlikely to halt the plan. The merchants, is that no transportation system in including Mollie Stone’s Bennett, told the MTC that they did not this country thrives without public receive adequate notice of the project and wanted a delay. The funding. The federal government $1.2 million grant from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation subsidizes car travel with almost Authority must win MTC approval before the city can claim the $80 billion a year, well over half money. the Department of Transportation’s Despite this setback, when this project is completed California budget; the interstate highways Avenue merchants and shoppers will get to enjoy a much more in- were the biggest public works proj- teresting and inviting environment. The makeover uses the latest ect in U.S. history. The highways techniques in urban design to create safe and comfortable spaces can’t survive on tolls alone and on the avenue. We urge the City Council to give this project a transit can’t survive on passenger thumbs up when it comes before them Monday night. fares. If we don’t fund transit and rail Page 12ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our com- munity website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town!
On Deadline Dr. Walter Bortz — health care visionary or a Dr. Quixote? by Jay Thorwaldson rages across America. opposed to “health care.” at Stanford University School of Medicine n a spring day Dr. Bortz has been far more than a cerebral The book is called simply, “Next Medi- did groundbreaking work in the 1970s and in early 1982, I thinker about how to encourage healthier cine: The Science and Civics of Health.” 1980s on how to promote healthier lifestyles, O bumped into Dr. lifestyles for American families, promoting The cover shows a calm prairie-like field of using “refrigerator magnets” to convey easy- Walter M. Bortz, II, a physical activity, healthful diets and chal- grassland under a blue, cloud-studded sky. to-understand messages. Yet their careful longtime Palo Alto lenging mental activity as a way to slow ag- But it is too calm, too pretty. The title and research failed to penetrate the profession, area geriatrician, out- ing and prolong a good quality of life. cover fail to convey the conflict he outlines the insurance industry, big pharmaceutical side the former Palo He became nationally known in the early within its pages. It leaves the Bortzes won- firms or our political system. Alto Medical Founda- 1990s for a provocative book, “We Live dering and puzzled about why the book’s Only when (or if) American medical pro- tion/Clinic building at Too Short and Die Too Long” — detailing sales haven’t taken off, well, like a prairie fessionals can develop a new funding mecha- 300 Homer Ave. the heroic (and hugely expensive) efforts to fire. Dr. Bortz spoke Wednesday night (Feb. nism, such as pre-paid health care to replace We paused in the prolong the lives of people who have spent 8) at Kepler’s bookstore in Menlo Park and fee-for-service, will real “preventive care” warming sun and chatted. Then he made a decades clogging their arteries and stressing is scheduled to speak Feb. 22 at the Com- be achievable, Dr. Bortz believes. comment: “You know, Jay, most physicians their bodies by doing nothing, or too little. monwealth Club. In January, he spoke on “The recent meltdown in our financial sys- don’t have any idea what’s about to happen Somehow the TV generation has morphed what he feels is the “corruption” of the pro- tem is a painful reminder of the heavy price to them economically.” into the computer-keyboard generation. fession by the economic interests — a brief we pay when we fail to keep a close eye on He had been studying more than the health His second book created an even bigger recording is on the Commonwealth Club’s the events occurring on the commons,” he of older people, of which we have many in stir: “Dare to be 100.” That, Bortz main- website. wraps up in the book. “Vigilance requires the Palo Alto area (which once rivaled Dade tains, is the natural lifespan of humans. His Feb. 22 talk is entitled: “Wealth Before that the medical system be exposed to strict County, Fla., as the fastest-aging popula- Instead, our diets and sedentary patterns Health: Is American Health Care Threaten- review. We need capitalism to reconfigure tion in America). He had been reading up have resulted in overweight children, a huge ing the Stability of the Nation?” its product for our health benefit rather than on medical economics, the emergence of percentage of whom will develop diabetes, In the book, he goes deeply into what he for our pain. large for-profit systems and the growth of and adults who will become ill and require considers the malaise of medicine, which “Feeling worse and paying more is not a the health-insurance industry. expensive treatment. is dominated by special economic interests healthy prescription. ...” I was doing public-affairs work for the Now at 80, Dr. Bortz and his wife are both and the old fee-for-service pattern of medi- Only when “people realize that one of brand-new foundation and looking for a known for putting their feet where their opin- cal care, too often misnamed “health care.” their most important institutions has veered way to let people know that the nonprofit ions are. He is getting in shape for the Boston The economics reach down in many cases from its mission and become a hazard, not foundation now was more than just a group Marathon and she is planning a competitive to individual physicians and medical school only to its own integrity of purpose but to practice. run, although against fewer competitors her researchers/professors who have invest- the overall Commonhealth, then a moral im- From those prophetic words emerged a age these days. They have provided much of ments or interests in genetic research, the perative arises, and absolute individual and series of biennial national conferences on the energy behind the “50-Plus Fitness As- hot-ticket item today after a century and a collective responsibility to fix what has gone health care economics and policy, which sociation,” a locally based organization with half of “germ medicine.” wrong,” he concludes. drew hundreds of physicians, administrators, chapters scattered across the nation. I served The core message of the richly detailed “Of all the thousands of prescriptions that insurance people and even some government on the board for a time in the 1990s — I was book is that the payment mechanism is tied I have written, of the thousands of patients I leaders and legislators — and a bevy of jour- their bad-example mascot, I quipped. directly to medical practice, and actually have tended, this is the most important pre- nalists. Throughout the 1980s the conferenc- Now Dr. Bortz has a new book out, his gets in the way of doing it right. This is not scription, for the most important patient, all es tracked economic trends in medicine into seventh, in which he digs deeper into the fab- a new message, and seems deceptively sim- of us.” N the world of “managed care” and “for-profit ric of medical care and emerges with deeply ple, even simplistic. Much lip service has Jay Thorwaldson is the former editor of medicine.” Critics of the trends assailed the disturbing conclusions. He describes today’s been done on health promotion and disease the Weekly. He can be e-mailed at jthor- profit-motive thinking. It is a debate that still medical care as “disease-based medicine” as prevention. Dr. Jack Farquhar and his team [email protected]. Streetwise What do you think about potential cutbacks with regard to Caltrain service in Palo Alto? Asked on California Avenue in Palo Alto. Interviews and photographs by Zohra Ashpari.
Rohini Arulanantham Kimberly Connolly Dan Moos Latrich Ross Wyatt Smith Nurse at Stanford University No occupation Consultant Security Officer Scientist Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto Ash Street, Palo Alto Clara Drive, Palo Alto California Avenue, Palo Alto La Selva Drive, Palo Alto “I pray that the cutbacks don’t happen “I’m disappointed. I use Caltrain to go “It doesn’t really impact me in any “I think it’s bad because I have a lot of “I don’t use Caltrain much but I have because people use it to go to the to games and also to visit my mother way but I’m a big proponent of public employees who use the train coming friends who do. They commute around airport and it’s very convenient. Also in San Bruno.” transport. I think it’s responsible to from San Jose or Los Banos. Now they the Bay and back. In theory, I don’t like public transport helps with the environ- subsidize passenger trains.” have to catch the bus, which will take the idea of the cutbacks.” ment. I am all for going green.” nearly two and a half hours. Some of them work on weekends, too.”
*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊU Page 13 HELLER IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP Employment-based, Family/Marriage & Investor Visas Transitions Jeannette Riechers Remmel A Full-Service Immigration Law Firm Serving the SF Bay Area & Silicon Valley for 25+ years Rebecca Karlson Oct. 14, 1923 – Jan. 29, 2011 PERM Labor Certifi cation N EB1/NIW Self-Petitions Rebecca Davidson Karlson, 63, a Green Cards, H1B and Work Permits Engineers, IT/Computer fi elds, Scientists/Researchers resident of Palo Alto, died Dec. 23, Jeannette was born in Palo Alto and attended the HR/Corporate, Business & Individual Clients 2010, while visiting family in Min- neighborhood schools of Addison Elementary, Jordan Middle neapolis, Minn. School (in the first class) and Palo Alto Senior High School. Free Attorney Consult! She was born in Santa Monica, 650.424.1900 N greencard1.com N [email protected] Calif., and attended Mills College Jeannette attended San Jose State for one year and then St. and UCLA, majoring in French. 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Births Memorials may be made in Jeannette’s name to: Pathways Palo Alto mourns the passing of one of its great native sons. Tom Sirin and Leonardo Hochburg Hospice, 585 N Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, the Palo Alto Small, a prominent local lawyer and musician, died at age 54 on of Palo Alto, a son, Dec. 5 Stacy and Forrest North of Humane Society, P.O. Box 60715, Palo Alto, CA 94306, and January 26. Tom was a special friend to many in the community Palo Alto, a daughter, Dec. 8 the Mark & Bruce Remmel Memorial Scholarship Fund at Palo and he will be greatly missed. He was a graduate of Palo High school Arati and Henrik Gerdes of Palo Alto, a son, Dec. 8 Alto High School, 25 Churchill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301. class of 1975 where he excelled in academics and music. Tom Amy and Jason Kinder of was a proud member of the Viking Marching Band, a member Menlo Park, a son, Jan. 23 PAID OBITUARY of California Youth Symphony, and other symphonic and jazz bands. He went on to the University of California, Berkeley where he played trombone in the Cal Bear Marching Band all four years there. He earned a B.A. degree in Political Science and Economics Janice Arlene Kuck Becker in 1979. He also received a law degree from the University of Santa Clara in 1982, and passed the California Bar Exam in 1983. Resident of Sunnyvale - 03/27/40-10/31/10 Very independent and with a keen legal mind he practiced law on California Avenue in Palo Alto for the Jan, age 70, died at home on October 31, Always very rest of his adult life. He resided nearby and walked or rode 2010 from metastatic cancer after battling artistic, Jan created his bike to work every day. Tom was a practitioner of the and surviving breast cancer (16 yrs) and lung many wonderful Golden Rule “Do Unto Others as They Do Unto You”. cancer (6 yrs). Jan was born March 27, 1940 to paintings in acrylics Tom’s real passion was music. He tutored young musicians Lawrence and Minnie Kuck in Grand Island, as part of her weekly and did many gigs on the side. He played many instruments Nebraska, where she met her future husband, art class for cancer including trombone, piano and bass. One of his favorite Richard Walter Becker, while both were in survivors. Jan never experiences was touring with the Stanford Symphony when it grade school. met a stranger as went to New Zealand and Australia in 2003. He played at many Jan’s first job, at age 16, was at Wolbach’s her passion was local restaurants, at many non-profit/political events, and tailgate Department Store, where she worked in meeting new people parties and he marched in many parades. He played with the Los many different departments. Jan attended the and getting to know Trancos Woods Marching Band, at the Harvest Festival, as well as University of Nebraska for two years. Jan and them and their at many Dixieland Festivals. In 2004, he put together the Big Egg Richard married September 3, 1960. Jan worked stories. She joined and Butter Band that featured many of the area’s best musicians. in the University of Illinois library and spent a writing groups to Tom was a true Renaissance man. He devoured books and year teaching while Richard attended graduate write stories from loved radio. An avid sports fan, he was seen at many Stanford school. her own life, and looked forward to helping Football and Basketball games and supported the local team The couple moved to California in 1962, others to tell their stories. She loved spending except when it played his alma mater California. He also living in Mountain View, Menlo Park, Palo time with family and friends. Her life was full of enjoyed rugby and Earthquake soccer matches. He will be Alto (25 yrs), and finally, Sunnyvale. While passion, creativity, curiosity, caring, friendship, missed by his soccer and rugby buddies and his fraternity her children were in school, Jan worked and and stories. She will be greatly missed by the of fellow musicians. Tom also did a great deal of pro bono volunteered at their schools. She also took many people whose lives she touched. legal work for economically disadvantaged individuals. classes at night, earning her BA degree from the Survivors include her daughter Stacey Becker College of Notre Dame in Belmont. Jan worked of San Jose, CA, her son Greg Becker (Sarah), He is survived by his parents Melvin and Victoria of as a buyer at two biomedical companies and grand-daughters Samantha and Alexandra, Murphy’s CA, and sisters Mardi Quain of El Dorado Hills, then became a freelance bookkeeper. her brother Larry Kuck (Peg) of Pacific Grove, CA; Susan Breurer of San Mateo, CA, Barbara Esslinger Jan had a great passion for books and people, CA, her brother-in-law Joe Becker (Michele) of Raleigh, NC, and Janice Brethauer of Arnold CA. and combined these passions with her business of Evanston, IL, along with five nieces and “Tommy boy we will miss you on Marching Day skills when she became an owner of the San nephews: Rachel Kuck Napoli, Matt Kuck, Peter for you still had many great tunes left to play.” Jose Bookshop. She continued to do freelance Kuck, Dana Becker Smith and Larry Becker. Jan His family and friends believe he has gone to a place bookkeeping after she sold the bookstore was preceded in death by her husband Richard where the Cal Bears go to the Rose Bowl every year. 14 years later. She always loved learning and and parents Minnie and Lawrence Kuck. A family only memorial service will be held on February working, never wanting to retire, even towards Cremated and interned at Alta Mesa 13, and a service for friends and family will be held later this the end she was excited by the prospect of Cemetery, Palo Alto. month. Please contact Gary Fazzino at [email protected] for working with new clients. PAID OBITUARY details. PAID OBITUARY
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End of the line for Caltrain? How Silicon Valley could fare if the West’s second oldest passenger rail line were to curtail service
BY SUE DREMANN he Caltrain advertisement reads like a 1930s luxury- the Caltrain board has warned. rail travel poster, luring urban sports fans toward a But business and grassroots groups are galvanizing to Caltrain ridership demographics T comfortable ride free from traffic jams, long lines, find short- and long-term solutions to Caltrain’s woes. hunts for parking spaces and exorbitant parking Curtailed Caltrain service would affect everything from fees: jobs and housing to traffic congestion and pollution, they Menlo Park 3.7% “Caltrain is an Ace for Tennis Fans at the SAP Open. said. Other 20.4% Attendees at the SAP Open can take advantage of Cal- Silicon Valley Leadership Group — a business and San Mateo 3.5% train’s convenient service and unmatched proximity to government nonprofit organization that works to address Sunnyvale 4.7% the action on the tennis court,” it reads, referring to the growth, economic health and quality-of-life issues — and station’s location across from San Jose’s HP Pavilion. Friends of Caltrain, a grassroots organization that formed Hillsdale 5% But 25.76 miles up the Peninsula, on Feb. 3, the Pen- last spring, are working on dozens of ideas they hope will insula Corridor Joint Powers Board told a packed audi- produce funding to close the deficit. The groups want to San Francisco 23.6% torium that such special event, nighttime and weekend see Caltrain positioned as the engine of a comprehensive Millbrae 6.8% Caltrain service could go the way of the steam locomotive 21st-century regional transportation plan, they said. by July 2. “Caltrain is central to planning for the Bay Area,” said Redwood City 5.5% Draconian cuts are planned for the 147-year-old pas- former Palo Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, who is spear- senger-rail line, which is facing a $30 million deficit on a heading Friends of Caltrain. With Caltrain and a “reason- San Jose 7.3% $100 million operating budget due to multi-million-dollar able” road system, the area can avoid unnecessary urban Palo Alto 10.6% subsidy cuts from San Mateo’s, Santa Clara’s and San sprawl, she added. Mountain View 8.9% Source: Caltrain Francisco’s transit agencies, which supplied 43 percent of Businesses and cities have much riding on Caltrain: Caltrain’s revenues in the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years. Stanford University’s proposed medical-center expansion The number of weekday trains could drop from 86 to hinges on using public transit to ensure thousands of new 48; daytime service, except for peak commuter times, employees and their cars don’t add more traffic to Palo would end, and no service would run south of San Jose Alto’s streets. Diridon station — not to Gilroy, San Martin or Morgan Cities are relying in part on a robust Caltrain to meet
Hill. Up to seven additional Peninsula stations could state-mandated environmental goals. The Global Warm- Veronica Weber close, including Burlingame, Belmont, San Antonio in ing Solutions Act of 2006 addresses carbon-dioxide Mountain View, Lawrence in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, (continued on next page)
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Caltrain (continued from previous page) emissions levels, and Senate Bill 375, enacted in 2009, requires regions to develop “sustainable communities” by planning for transportation, land use and housing to reduce traffic and lower greenhouse gases. And the Grand Boulevard Initia- tive, a regional collaboration to revi- talize the El Camino Real corridor through San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, is largely conceived around Caltrain. It champions placing hous- ing and businesses near mass transit, thereby decreasing traffic and mak- ing communities more walkable and accessible. Kishimoto said transportation co- nundrums such as Caltrain are at the heart of why she entered politics in the early 1990s. “In Palo Alto at that time, the transportation philosophy was, ‘Just get those cars across town as soon as possible.’ I saw that if things didn’t change, the Peninsula would be grid- locked. “There is no room to expand (U.S. Highway) 101 unless we double-deck it. Caltrain is essential to the Penin- Veronica Weber sula’s quality of life. Our commute alternative and economic vitality and the three counties must come together to work on solutions,” she said.
hat might the Peninsula look SamTrans employees Christopher Dacumos and Charla Welch tape up attendee’s responses to the question, “Why is Caltrain important to the re- like if Caltrain service were gion?” during the Save Our Caltrain! summit in San Carlos. Wdrastically cut? The predic- tions are grim. Nearly 40,000 people ride Caltrain every day, 74 percent of whom are employees commuting to work, ac- cording to the rail service. Losing Caltrain altogether would cripple the regional transportation system and economy, limiting mo- bility and employment options, said Elizabeth Deakin, U.C. Berkeley pro- fessor of city and regional planning. She estimated that there would be 20,000 more vehicles on the road, and U.S. Highway 101 between the South
Bay and San Francisco would need Veronica Weber 2.5 more lanes to keep the commute flowing at current levels, she said. “If Caltrain closed, people would have two pretty undesirable options: sit in their car on a congested high- Above, former Palo Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, who hosted the San way or cram into an overcrowded Veronica Weber bus,” Deakin said. Carlos Save Our Caltrain! summit, says Caltrain service is essential for Putting commuters back into cars transit-oriented development and walkable communities. Right, Moun- would increase regional carbon- tain View City Councilman Tom Means criticizes Caltrain as having a dioxide emissions by 89,850 metric bad business model. tons or 198,085,342 pounds annually, SamTrans is likely to slash service Chairwoman Margaret Abe-Koba according to the Joint Powers Board. by half in three years if its deficit is said. cause problems for Stanford Univer- in its own programs for achieving Caltrain reduces regional traffic con- not contained, Mike Scanlon, San sity. citywide traffic reduction, McCown gestion by removing the equivalent of Mateo County Transit District CEO hrinking Caltrain services could Stanford’s General Use Permit said. 300 million annual passenger miles. and Caltrain executive director, said have a drastic effect on Silicon requires the university to keep the If Caltrain’s commute-hour trains Bus service is unlikely to make at the Joint Powers Board’s Feb. 3 SValley businesses. amount of traffic the same during continue to run, “there may not be up for diminished Caltrain service. meeting. Dan McCoy, associate director peak hours, regardless of new devel- a significant effect on continuing to San Mateo County’s SamTrans faces Meanwhile, VTA projects its of transportation at Genentech, told opment and new employees. achieve Stanford’s transportation a projected 24 percent operating-ex- funds to decline by 24 percent, cit- Leadership Group members on Jan. “Caltrain ridership has been a key goals,” she said. “However, we don’t penses deficit over a 25-year period ing less funding from sales taxes and 21 that Caltrain is a key element of component of the university’s success know what the effect may be on Stan- ending in 2035, according to the Met- Measure A, Santa Clara County’s Silicon Valley corporate planning. in the last decade in controlling peak- ford employees if Caltrain closes cer- ropolitan Transportation Commis- 1996 Transportation Improvement “We’re trying to get as many peo- hour commute trips,” spokeswoman tain stations.” sion’s report, “Transportation 2035.” Program, which is funded from a ple to work without cars as possible. Jean McCown said. Under the hospital’s proposed ex- The numbers could go even high- 1/2-cent general sales-tax increase. Caltrain is an essential piece of our The Stanford University Medical pansion plan, up to 9,000 GO Passes er. Keeping services at current levels recruitment and retention. Three hun- Center is banking on Caltrain to help for hospital workers to use Caltrain “Declining sales-tax revenues would depend in part on annual state dred to 400 employees use Caltrain it reach a goal of having 35.1 percent would be purchased. The GO Passes have become a major structural transit-assistance funds to return in every day,” he said. of its employees use alternate forms allow employees to ride the train at problem for VTA,” the agency noted fiscal year 2012, according to the The full traffic impact of losing of transportation, as a condition for no cost during commutes. Stanford in its short-range operations fore- MTC report. But transportation of- Caltrain won’t be realized in the cur- gaining the City of Palo Alto’s ap- would also add four additional Mar- cast through 2019. Revenue will ficials and local state legislators have rent economic downturn, but that will proval of the hospitals’ proposed guerite shuttles to link with train drop from $140 million in 2009 to said state funds might not return for change, he said. expansion. commuters. roughly $115 million in 2011-12 and four to five years due to California’s “We’re one economic recovery If the hospital can’t reach the goal About 19 percent of Stanford Uni- is expected to remain flat or in slight budget deficit. away from a big, big problem,” he by 2025, it would pay the City of versity employees use Caltrain, Mc- decline to a little more than $100 mil- “It’s hard to say. We’re more skepti- said. Palo Alto $4 million. The one-time Cown said. “Stanford presently funds lion through 2019. cal than optimistic. We hope,” VTA Caltrain reductions could also amount would allow the city to invest more than 50 percent of the GO Pass Page 16ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Cover Story
‘Saving’ Caltrain stations proposed for closure Caltrain San Francisco 22nd St Business and grassroots groups brainstorm ideas for Bayshore ZONE keeping the passenger rail 1 line afloat
umerous ideas for funding Cal- South San Francisco train in the near and long terms San Bruno N were proposed at recent events sponsored separately by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Friends Millbrae of Caltrain. Broadway San Francisco Bay s 5SE MILLION FROM THE $UMBAR ton Rail Project for temporary, imme- Burlingame DIATE RELIEF FOR #ALTRAIN 4HE $UMBAR ton project has a capital shortfall of San Mateo several hundred million dollars and Hayward Park further need of operating funds. It ZONE is not expected to move forward for Hillsdale 2 years. s 3ANTA #LARA AND 3AN &RANCISCO Belmont counties owe San Mateo County’s 3AM4RANS A COMBINED MILLION San Carlos FOR ITS PURCHASE OF THE #ALTRAIN right-of-way from Caltrans. That money could be reimbursed and ear- Redwood City marked for Caltrain. s &ORM A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION agency that would merge the transit Atherton systems of the three counties and re- allocate the money. Menlo Park s !DD A TOLL ON THE $UMBARTON "RIDGE specifically to fund Caltrain. Palo Alto s !DD hCONGESTION PRICINGv CHARG Stanford ing higher tolls during peak commute California Ave. hours. ZONE s !DD A HIGH OCCUPANCY TOLL LANE ON 3 53 (IGHWAY WITH DEDICATED REV enue for Caltrain. San Antonio s !SK 3ILICON 6ALLEY BUSINESSES TO chip in to cover short-term costs. Mountain View s !DD A VALUE ADDED FEE TO NEW TRAN sit-oriented developments. s !DD EFFICIENCIES TO ATTRACT NEW RID ers, such as WiFi and, as capital per- Sunnyvale mits, electrification. Lawrence s #HARGE A TRANSIT FEE ON ALL SPORTS Caltrain Station TICKETS TO ERS 3HARKS AND 'IANTS games. Proposed station s !SK VOTERS TO APPROVE A NEW TRANSIT for closure tax (requires 2/3 approval). N Proposed station Santa Clara — Sue Dremann for closure (event ZONE or weekend service) College Park 4 Watch the broadcast /N &EB FROM AM TO San Jose Diridon PM THE &RIENDS OF #ALTRAIN *AN summit will be broadcast by Mid- Tamien peninsula Community Media Center on cable channel 27, with additional All stations south of San Jose playbacks at future dates. More in- (currently Zone 5) proposed for closure. formation is available at www.mid- penmedia.org.
program at an annual cost of almost their private shuttle services for em- Silicon Valley Leadership Group. MILLION 4O OUR KNOWLEDGE THIS ployees as Caltrain services are cut h) DONT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL ABOUT is the largest financial commitment and stations are closed. what the geography of our growth TO #ALTRAIN FROM THE PRIVATE SECTORv %MPLOYEES WHO DONT WORK TO WILL LOOK LIKE "UT WE CAN GROW From the Stanford Research Park, shifts would also need to arrange for smartly or we can sprawl. We want RIDERS USED THE -ARGUERITE new transportation, should Caltrain to encourage compact development SHUTTLE IN TO GO TO AND FROM #AL only run trains during peak commute in strategic places. That builds a very TRAIN ACCORDING TO "RODIE (AMILTON hours, he said. different transport system than a very Stanford’s director of parking and DISPERSED CAR ORIENTED SYSTEM v SHE transportation services. he Peninsula’s land-use patterns said. *IM "IGELOW "AY !REA 4RANSPOR depend on having a financially h/UR BEST HOPE FOR GROWING SUS TATION AND (OUSING !SSOCIATES A T self-sustaining, well-functioning tainably is completely hampered "ELMONT BASED CONSULTING FIRM PRE transit system, said Jessica Zenk, di- (by Caltrain’s service cuts). Nothing dicted that companies would increase rector of transportation policy for the (continued on page 19)
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Notice is hereby Given that proposals will be received by the Palo Alto Unified School District for bid package: agreement would automatically Caltrain’s revenues reduce their subsidies to match Contract Name: Interactive White Board & Classroom Audio SamTrans’ rate — from $14.1 system Contract No.: WBS-4 & WBS-5 7% 10% 9% million in 2011 to $4.6 million 2% 1% 6% for 2012 for VTA and from $6.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The work includes, but is not 7% million to about $2 million for limited to: The supply and installation of Interactive White Boards the MTA, according to a Metro- and Classroom Audio Systems at five elementary schools. Work 48% 46% 44% politan Transportation Commis- includes the removal and disposal of older existing Interactive sion (MTC) report. 43% 43% 34% White Board, the removal and replacement of standard white Last week, however, the VTA boards, Installation/Modification of tack able wall surface. Patch and paint wall surfaces as may be necessary. Bidding docu- board discussed paying more to Caltrain if it could form an agree- ments contain the full description of the work. 2009 2010 2011 revised budget ment with the other two agencies There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit: to fund more of their shares, WBS-4 & WBS-5– 9:00 a.m. on February 17, 2011 starting at the Farebox revenues JPB member agencies Other sources Margaret Abe-Koba, VTA board District Facilities Office located at 25 Churchill Building D. Operating grants Parking, shuttles, rental, other chairwoman, said. Palo Alto, California VTA does have the funds to pay Use of one-time funds its entire contribution, she said. Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Fa- Another option is for the VTA cilities Office building D, by: 2011 - $6.2 million in rail-operator contract and fuel savings to pay the $7.1 million it owes 10:00 a.m. for WBS-4 on February 25th , 2011. 2010 - $3.7 million in fuel savings and $2 million American Recovery SamTrans for the right-of-way, 10:15 a.m. for WBS-5 on February 25th , 2011. and Reinvestment Act grant with the proviso that the funds 2009 - $6 million in operating savings would all go to Caltrain, she PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful Bidder must com- 2008 - $4.6 million; $3.8 million in rail-operator contract and fuel savings said. ply with all prevailing wage laws applicable to the Project, and and $800,000 in excess fare revenue VTA is also looking at possibly related requirements contained in the Contract Documents. Source: Caltrain paying its entire share — up to Palo Alto Unified School District will maintain a Labor Compli- $16 million — in exchange for ance Program (LCP) for the duration of this project. In bidding buying back service for Santa this project, the contractor warrants he/she is aware and will fol- On the verge of collapse? Clara County that Caltrain plans low the Public Works Chapter of the California Labor Code com- Lack of dedicated funding source a to cut, she said. The board will prised of labor code sections 1720 – 1861. A copy of the Dis- have further discussions on tricts LCP is available for review at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building major factor in rail line’s woes March 3. D, Palo Alto, CA 94306. espite Caltrain’s dire pre- at 5.9 percent, were less than half That same day, the Peninsula dicament, the passenger of the other three. Corridor Joint Powers Board is 1. A pre-job conference shall be conducted with the rail service is actually one But unlike many other rail scheduled to meet to consider contractor or subcontractors to discuss federal D service cuts and could vote to of the best performing of the Bay lines, Caltrain does not have a and state labor law requirements applicable to the declare a fiscal emergency. contract. Area’s transit options. Accord- dedicated subsidy. In 1991, three ing to a May 2010 Metropoli- Peninsula counties — San Ma- The broader question of fund- 2. Project contractors and subcontracts shall maintain ing, however, is both a historical and furnish to the District, at a designated time, a tan Transportation Commission teo, Santa Clara and San Fran- (MTC) report, 47.4 percent of cisco — took over Caltrain after and economic issue, according to certified copy of each payroll with a statement of Jessica Zenk, director of trans- compliance signed under penalty of perjury. Caltrain’s 2009 fiscal-year rev- state transportation agency Cal- 3. The District shall review and, if appropriate, audit enue came from ticket sales. trans decided it would no longer portation policy for the Silicon payroll records to verify compliance with the Public By comparison, San Mateo support a regional rail service. Valley Leadership Group. Works Chapter of the Labor Code. County’s SamTrans bus service Caltrain has received 43 percent “It’s not our history (to con- 4. The District shall withhold contract payments if payroll took in only 17.5 percent of its of its total revenues in subsidies sider subsidizing rail). Our trans- records are delinquent or inadequate. revenues from fares and Santa from the three counties’ transit portation has been built around 5. The District shall withhold contract payments as Clara’s Valley Transportation agencies — SamTrans, VTA and the car. It absolutely dictated our described in the LCP, including applicable penalties Authority (VTA) netted 14.2 San Francisco’s Municipal Trans- land uses and has made transit so when the District and Labor Commissioner establish percent. Bay Area Rapid Transit portation Agency (MTA) — in much harder to retrofit compared that underpayment of other violations has occurred. (BART) was the only transporta- the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years. to the type of grid of New York. It’s absolutely a different animal,” Bidders may examine Bidding Documents at Facilities Office, tion agency to outperform Cal- In 2011, it’s budgeted to receive train, with 62.3 percent. just 34 percent from those sourc- Zenk said. Building “D”. Bidders may view the Plans and Specifications at “We think of transit opera- the Districts Facilities office. Caltrain also performed com- es. Declines in state revenues, parably to major U.S. commuter sales taxes and other funds that tions as subsidized because fares don’t cover them, but our roads All questions can be addressed to: lines, according to the National support bus and light-rail ser- Transportation Database. Its op- vices have prompted SamTrans are 100 percent subsidized with minor exceptions for things like Palo Alto Unified School District erating expenses ($12.62 per ve- to lessen its contribution to Cal- 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D hicle-revenue mile) were below train, from $14.7 million in fis- bridges that have tolls. We never Palo Alto, CA 94306-1099 those of major rail services in cal year 2011 to $4.8 million for set up the system well to sustain Attn: Ron Smith Virginia, Florida and Los Ange- fiscal year 2012, which begins itself,” she said. N — Sue Dremann Phone: (650) 329-3927 les, and its administrative costs, July 1. 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within a half-mile of the train or a Caltrain transit hub net $2,000 per unit for (continued from page 17) city transportation projects, Bigelow really replaces that if Caltrain goes said. That money can be used flex- away,” she said. ibly for sprucing up neighborhood hensive and integrated mass-transit Cities throughout the Bay Area, landscaping, adding lighting or fix- Is this any way to run system. Palo Alto included, face pressure ing potholes. “Whether Caltrain survives is from Association of Bay Area Gov- The City of San Mateo received not an important question. Perhaps ernment to plan for new housing to $750,000 for a 218-unit project near a railroad? they shouldn’t, since the subsidized Caltrain. The same project applied annual cost per daily rider exceeds meet projected population growth. Some in Silicon Valley believe it’s time for Caltrain Palo Alto would need to build 2,860 for a similar grant through the Metro- $3,000. That’s calculated on the ba- housing units by 2014. politan Transportation Commission. to get a new business model or pull up stakes sis of a 40 percent farebox return.” Transit-oriented development, or From both grants, the city netted a Engel does think there should be om Means, Mountain View TOD, is considered essential by the total $1.2 million, he said. an effective, cost-effective commut- City Councilman and San Jose region’s city governments to achiev- “That is repeated up and down the er rail service on the Peninsula. State University economics ing those goals. county,” Bigelow said. “Redwood T “It certainly doesn’t need to be professor, has harsh words for Cal- Without Caltrain, “you are talking City did a similar project. You don’t heavy-rail, like the current rolling train proponents who are trying to about taking the ‘T’ out of the TOD. have to use general-fund money.” stock, since that’s a vestige of the stave off the decline of the commut- That deeply frustrates and angers Carrasco made a longer-term ar- freight-operator technology of yes- er-rail service. mayors. For 20 years, we were en- gument for keeping and expanding teryear,” he said. When the Silicon Valley Leader- couraged to build around Caltrain. Caltrain. Part of the problem lies in Cal- ship Group recently asked the coun- It betrays the trust (the mayors) had Higher density housing leads to train’s perception of itself, he said. cil for $2,000 to help fund its Jan. in Caltrain’s future. It puts in danger residents walking more to grocery “They think they are in the rail- 21 “Save Caltrain” summit, council the investment developers put into stores, movies and doctors’ appoint- Veronica Weber road business, when they should un- members turned the group down. TOD. And it undermines the politi- ments, he said. derstand that they are in the urban “They put on these dog-and-pony cal capital that city council members “That will be the issue for many commuter mass-transit business. shows — ‘Let’s get together and do and mayors put on the table in cham- Baby Boomers. On the flip side, There’s a huge difference in busi- something!’” he said. pioning walkable communities,” younger people want to live in closer ness models,” he said. “My concern is they are going to Kishimoto said. proximity to where they can walk to Caltrain focuses more on solving throw bad money to fix something From a commercial point of view, entertainment. Those lifestyle needs backgrounds (running Caltrain),” problems around fixed assets rather that can’t be fixed. What they don’t diminishing Caltrain lowers the value won’t change because Caltrain goes he said. than on how to provide and coordi- know how to deal with is how to run of real estate, which lowers property away,” he said. N Martin Engel, a Menlo Park high- nate service for its passengers, he a profitable business. Caltrain is a taxes cities get from new develop- Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be speed-rail blogger, said Caltrain’s fi- said. company that has lots of passengers ments, according to Tony Carrasco, e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly. nancial problems keep resurfacing. Engel said as an example, BART but can’t figure out how to be profit- Palo Alto architect and Friends of com. “Before anything is done to help could take over Caltrain. A close able. If these agencies think we can Caltrain member. Caltrain, they have to get their house integration and coordination would depend on public coffers to fix our In San Mateo County, cities have in order,” he said. successfully link the two operators WATCH IT ONLINE debts, they’ll never fix the problem,” received millions of dollars in in- www.PaloAltoOnline.com “Caltrain as an organization into one, he said. “That would mean he said. centives for transit-oriented devel- should be terminated. They should a complete transit rail ‘spine’ ringing SEE MORE ONLINE But there are private trains that are opments through the City/County go bankrupt, go into receivership the Bay: single fare for any length See video interviews of regular Caltrain run successfully, he said. “You buy Association of Governments of San patrons who’d be impacted by the and be replaced with an entirely trip; single financing model.” N stock and get dividends. I’d like to Mateo County. 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There are fewer girls in charge for three games, during and I thought it would set me apart from everyone which the Gators have gone 0-3. else.” Heading into Friday’s regular- That it did. Not only did the 103-pound Lee earn a season finale at home against starting role for the Titans this season, but she made Menlo School, SHP is 1-8 in the some history, as well, by winning her weight division Foothill Division and 10-9 overall. at the Central Coast Section Girls’ Wrestling Champi- Sacred Heart Prep went 0-10 onships last weekend at Oak Grove High in San Jose. in league last season and 10-18 Lee now will represent Gunn at the inaugural CIF overall, reaching the semifinals of State Championships in Lemoore on Feb. 25-26. the Central Coast Section Division “My mentality is like CCS,” Lee said, regarding the IV playoffs. Quattlebaum was in state meet. “I have to go in thinking I’m going to win his second stint as head coach of the whole thing.” the Gators, returning for the 2009- At CCS, Lee was unseeded in her 16-girl bracket 10 season after coaching the but, after opening with a first-round bye, proceeded men’s basketball team at Canada to pin her way through the tournament and become College from 2004-08. His first the first female wrestling champ in school history. stint at SHP started in 1997-98. Although Gunn’s only entry, Lee’s pins and victory He coached the Gators to the CIF added up to enough points to give the Titans a 21st- Division IV state title in 1999. In place finish out of 51 teams that competed. 2001-02, Quattlebaum made local Lee won her match in the Round of 8 with a pin in history by coaching the Sacred just 41 seconds. She then pinned the No. 1 seed from Heart Prep boys’ and girls’ bas- Santa Teresa in 3:55 to advance to the finals, where ketball teams at the same time. she pinned the No. 3 seed from Branham in 3:59. He performed that duty again in “I always have to have the mentality that whatever 2002-03 and coached the boys I go in, I’m going to win,” Lee said. “In wrestling, in ‘04 before leaving for Canada you have to have a certain confidence, and that really College. Keith Peters helped that I was going to be champion.” Before the finals, Lee was one of two athletes who DIVING HONORS . . . Stanford were presented with the CCS Sportsmanship Award divers Meg Hostage and Brent for “Pursuing Victory With Honor.” Eichenseer have swept the Pac- Freshman Jamin Ball from Menlo School made his Stanford tennis debut in singles on Tuesday 10 Conference’s monthly diving and won his match during a victory over visiting Utah as the Cardinal stayed unbeaten. (continued on page 24) awards, as each was named the conference’s top male and female diver for the month of January. STANFORD TENNIS WATER POLO This past month, the Stanford se- nior won six of eight dual events and also took home top finishes Menlo grad Ball Playing just for fun in the one and three-meter events at the Bruin Invite. Eichenseer, a winner in singles will help injured meanwhile, won his first award, posting six wins in nine tries in January. The senior swept Arizo- debut for Stanford player’s recovery na with wins in the one and three by Keith Peters by Keith Peters meter at Arizona and at Arizona rowing in Palo Alto, Jamin Ball couldn’t help side from the women’s college season, water State and also won the three- but be close to the Stanford University tennis polo is taking a break until the summer season. meter at the Bruin Invite. G programs. Less than 10 minutes away from A However, that won’t stop hundreds of players campus, Ball was more than a casual observer, espe- from playing on Sunday at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic ON THE AIR cially when it came to the postseason. Center for a very good cause. “I always came out to the NCAA matches, when Over the Thanksgiving break, Friday Stanford held the first and second rounds,” Ball said. Stanford Water Polo Club Prep basketball: Menlo-Atherton boys at Woodside, 7:45 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM). “I always wanted to go here . . . I visualized myself member and St. Francis Saturday playing on these courts.” High student Caroline Those dreams have become reality for Ball, a fresh- Hansen was involved in Women’s basketball: Washington at Stanford, 2 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) man on the Stanford men’s tennis team. The former a terrible auto accident, a Men’s basketball: Stanford at Wash- Menlo School All-American made his collegiate de- rollover on Highway 280 ington, 5:30 p.m.; Comcast Sports Net but in singles on Tuesday to help the nationally No. that initially left her in a Bay Area; XTRA (860 AM); KZSU (90.1 8-ranked Cardinal (5-0) sweep visiting Utah, 7-0, in coma. FM) a nonconference match. Hansen is out of that Thursday Currently No. 8 on the team’s ladder, Ball moved up coma and taking steps on the Men’s basketball: UCLA at Stanford, to No. 6 singles for the Utah match when No. 1 and 3 road to a hopeful recovery. 7:30 p.m.; Fox Sports Net; XTRA (860 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) singles players, Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher, had “She is doing great, but has SO far to go,” said Susan
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Cadence Lee Will McConnell Gunn High Sacred Heart Prep The freshman became the The senior forward scored first female wrestler in 26 points and grabbed school history to win a CCS 13 rebounds in a win over title as she pinned three King’s Academy and added opponents, including the 27 points and 14 boards to No. 1 and 3 seeds, to win beat second-place Pinewood the girls’ 103-pound title as the Gators opened a and earn a trip to the state two-game lead in the WBAL meet. basketball race. Honorable mention Takara Burse Davante Adams* Eastside Prep basketball Palo Alto basketball Shamelia Clay Joseph Bolous* Palo Alto basketball Sacred Heart Prep soccer Sydney Davis Lydell Cardwell Palo Alto basketball Mid-Peninsula basketball Drew Edelman E.J. Floreal* Menlo basketball Palo Alto basketball Ahjalee Harvey* Richard Harris Eastside Prep basketball Menlo basketball Kendall Jager Edgardo Molina Sacred Heart Prep soccer Menlo-Atherton soccer * previous winner To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com Water polo NO WORRIES. (continued from previous page)
She recognized us when we walked in and can have a small conversa- tion. Now is the time to relax and enjoy life. “I went a week ago and she has improved so much, just since then,” As a resident-owned community, The Forum offers unique equity continued Ortwein. “She has had ownership and continuing care that allows you to plan for a secure a lot of support with many of her future. You can retire in style with luxury living in a vibrant, friendly teammates having been able to visit her. It is very inspiring. Today, she environment at The Forum Retirement Community. No worries. was able to read all the get-well notes our team wrote for her. Caro- line is one strong person.” Call today to schedule a personal tour of our beautiful community located The local water polo community Caroline Hansen will do its part to help Hansen in Lancers win two Central Coast Sec- in the foothills where Los Altos meets Cupertino. 650-944-0190. her recovery by hosting Sunday’s tion Division I water polo titles in ad- fundraising tournament from noon dition to playing on the school’s bas- to 4 p.m. The event is called the C3 ketball team. She is a veteran member Tournament, for Caroline’s name of the Stanford Water Polo Club has and her cap number. competed in two USA 20-Under Na- Each scrimmage will be 40 min- tional Championships in addition to utes long and is free and open to the numerous Junior Olympics. public. Teams are coming from as Hansen was seriously injured in a far as Davis. Four Masters teams multiple-car pileup in late Novem- will be playing, along with some ber. alumni teams, coaches and players Hansen scored a goal in the Lanc- from the Stanford Water Polo Club ers’ 6-5 loss to Menlo-Atherton in and Hansen’s teammates from St. the CCS Division I championship Francis. game on Nov. 20. She was a first- 23500 Cristo Rey Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 U 650-944-0100 Former Menlo School and cur- team all-WCAL selection this past rent Stanford women’s assistant season. www.theforum-seniorliving.com coach Kyle Utsumi is planning on For further information, contact playing, in addition to coaxing some Susan Ortwein at sortwein@stan- club coaches to do likewise. ford.edu (725-9016) or Kyle Utsumi RCFE# 435200344 COA# 174 A Smoke Free Community At St. Francis, Hansen helped the at [email protected]. N
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with the Niners while helping with PRO FOOTBALL film breakdown, scouting reports and practice preparation. He had From Palo Alto, to Stanford previously served as a strength-and- conditioning intern for the Cardinal, Kehillah Jewish High School in 2008. to a coach with the 49ers Earl got word of Peter’s new job 7th Annual Fundraising Gala Paly grad Peter Hansen is settling in with his NFL dream team three weeks ago when Peter called Earl at Paly and said: “I’m a 49er.” Featuring Will Durst by Keith Peters but this one has me very excited!” “Harbaugh had called him and hen Peter Hansen sat down Hansen, 31, is the 49ers’ defensive then handed the phone to Fangio, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 6pm with his father, Earl, last assistant/quality control coach. who explained what he would do,” W Sunday to watch Green Bay “He is doing basically the same Earl Hansen related. “He (Peter) and Pittsburgh battle in the Super thing that he was doing at Stanford,” knows the defense better than any- Bowl, it perhaps was said Earl Hansen, Palo one but Fangio. They (the 49ers) are Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall a bit more meaningful Alto High’s head foot- going to run the same defense they at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life than just a father-son ball coach and athletic ran at Stanford.” We hope you will join us in supporting get together. director. “He’s helping Peter Hansen was assured of Peter Hansen has Fangio. That’s pretty keeping his job at Stanford by new outstanding contemporary Jewish education. more of a vested in- neat.” Cardinal head coach David Shaw, For tickets, sponsorship information, or to terest in the National Peter Hansen spent had Hansen wanted to stay. donate an auction item, please contact Football League now the past two years as a Hansen was an assistant coach Juliette Goldman at 650.213.9600 or that he’s a member defensive assistant on under his father at Palo Alto High [email protected] of the San Francisco the Stanford football for four seasons (2004-07), work- 49ers’ coaching staff. coaching staff, working ing primarily with the Vikings’ tight “I’m fired up to be closely with defensive ends and defensive ends. He also there,” Hansen said. “I coordinator Vic Fangio, served as the team’s defensive co- KEHILLAH Peter Hansen A CONTEMPORARY grew up with one favor- who accepted that same ordinator during the 2006 and 2007 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ite team and that’s the Niners. I’ve position with the Niners after Jim campaigns. www.kehillah.org known this profession is unpredict- Harbaugh was hired as head coach. A two-sport athlete at the Univer- Kehillah is a beneficiary of the Levine-Lent Family Foundation, Len & Vivian Lehmann, area Jewish Community Federations, and the Jim Joseph Foundation. able so I’ve been open to any path, Hansen will perform similar duties sity of Arizona, the 6-foot-8 Hansen majored in economics and played both football and basketball. Hansen played professional foot- ball for the Cannes Iron Mask in Cannes, France, in 2003, and later played professional basketball for Club Falcon in Copenhagen, Den- mark, during the 2003-04 season. A Palo Alto native who still lives in town, Hansen attended Palo Alto High and played football for his fa- ther. N
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Page 22ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Sports SHP boys just a win away from soccer title; M-A misses opportunity Palo Alto girls can win SCVAL De Anza Division basketball title by beating Gunn on Friday night; Paly boys can clinch co-title with a win by Rick Eymer munication.” place and in danger of missing the The Vikings have a two-game lead Meanwhile, Eastside Prep and he Menlo-Atherton boys’ The Panthers (9-1-1, 13-2-4) Central Coast Section playoffs fol- over Homestead (7-3) and Cupertino Pinewood remained deadlocked for soccer team lost a golden op- scored an unassisted goal in the first lowing a 0-0 deadlock with Los Ga- (6-3) with three to play. A victory first place in the WBAL Foothill T portunity to control its own five minutes on an apparent mis- tos (1-4-5) on Wednesday. over the Titans means Paly can win Division following lopsided victo- destiny in the PAL Bay Division communication between a defender The Vikings (3-0-7, 7-2-8) missed the division outright by beating vis- ries on Tuesday. race. Sacred Heart Prep, however, and goalkeeper Jonathan Friedman, an opportunity to move into third iting Los Gatos on Tuesday night. In Atherton, Eastside Prep (8-1, did not. who was calling for the ball but ap- place, where Paly needs to finish in Gunn played itself out of title con- 17-6) romped to a 61-31 victory over That means only one of the teams peared to hesitate slightly. order to gain an automatic berth into tention by dropping a 42-49 overtime Sacred Heart Prep (1-8, 10-9) while will be playing for a league cham- No one was guarding the net the CCS playoffs. Mountain View decision to host Cupertino on Tues- Pinewood (8-1, 17-5) drubbed vis- pionship on Friday. That team is when Burlingame’s Andy Gonza- continues to lead with 26 points with day night. Gunn senior Matt Redfield iting Menlo School, 83-56, in Los Sacred Heart Prep. lez chipped the ball over everyone’s Saratoga second (20 points) and Los led the way with 20 points while fel- Altos Hills. Getting a little unexpected help, heads. All anyone could do was Altos third with 17. Paly has 16 with low seniors Jack Hannan and Antho- the Gators moved to within one watching helplessly as the ball drib- tough matches remaining at Los ny Cannon added 10 apiece. Girls’ soccer victory of clinching the West Bay bled across the line and to the back Altos (Friday) and at home against Gunn perhaps kept its slim post- Athletic League title with a 4-1 tri- of the net in the lower left corner. Mountain View (Wednesday). Girls’ basketball season hopes alive with a 2-1 vic- umph over visiting Menlo School “We did not play well for 60 min- Palo Alto has to beat Los Altos Gunn kept its hopes alive of pos- tory over visiting Monta Vista on on Wednesday. The Gators (10-0-1, utes,” Pickard said. “No offense to and get no worse than a draw with sibly tying for the SCVAL De Anza Wednesday evening. The Titans 15-0-1) now have 31 points and need Burlingame because they played Mountain View to tie LA for third Division title by defeating host Wil- improved to 3-5-3 in league (8-6-5 only to beat visiting Eastside Prep well but I sincerely feel we handed place. If Saratoga loses its last cox on Tuesday night, 41-34. The overall) with their second straight on Friday (3:30 p.m.) to wrap up the them the game.” match, there could be a three-way Titans (8-2, 16-4) remain in second victory, only the third time this sea- division crown. Edgardo Molina scored M-A’s tie for second between Los Altos, place behind Palo Alto (9-0, 16-4), son that Gunn has won back-to-back Second-place Priory (8-3) was only goal, with 20 minutes remain- Paly and the Falcons -- all with 20 which can claim the crown outright matches. upset by King’s Academy (7-1-3) on ing. The scoring play rejuvenated points. by beating host Gunn on Friday Sarah Robinson scored in the first Tuesday, 2-1, and both those teams the Bears and they went back on While their offense faltered, the (6:15 p.m.). Cat Perez had 11 points half for Gunn, which got the win- are tied for second with 24 points the attack in an attempt to tie the Vikings’ defense of junior Gerritt for Gunn while Claire Klausner ner from Holly McKenna following with three matching remaining. The game. van Zyll, senior Austin Smith plus added nine. intermission. N best they can do is finish with 33 Daniel Gil created a scoring op- sophomores Peter Laminette and points. One more win for the Gators portunity in the final five minutes, Grant Shorin kept Los Gatos scoring will give them 34 points. which ended when William Cabral’s threats to a minimum. Paly keeper SHP sophomore Joseph Bolous header was scooped up by the Burl- Austin Shiau needed only one save NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING scored two goals to pace the win ingame goalie. in the match. of the Palo Alto over Menlo, which mirrored the Cedric Brossard started the Planning & Transportation Commission teams’ first meeting, also a 4-1 win Bears’ scoring play when he won Boys’ basketball by SHP. Marcelino Perez and Rob- the ball and sent an outlet pass to First-place Palo Alto (8-1, 15-6) ert Ojeda added the other goals, Thomas Kaheli, who found the open can clinch at least a co-champion- Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission (P&TC) shall with Ojeda providing an assist. Molina. ship in the SCVAL De Anza Di- conduct a meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in “I felt like we deserved a lot more In the SCVAL De Anza Division, vision by beating host Gunn (6-4, the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo goals, but the (Menlo) goalkeeper host Palo Alto remained in fourth 14-7) on Friday night at 7:45 p.m. Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these (Tommy Costa) made good saves,” items. said SHP coach Armando Del Rio. “Overall, we played pretty well at Staff reports for agendized items are available via the City’s main website home. However, we were disap- at www.cityofpaloalto.org. and also at the Planning Division Front Desk, pointed to give up a soft goal at the Palo Alto Unified School District 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. end of the game. My goal right now Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 closed on the 9/80 Friday. is to keep the team sharp, disci- plined, focused for what is to come NEW BUSINESS. in CCS. Although, we still have not Public Hearing: guaranteed our spot.” January 28, 2011 In Portola Valley, Priory (8-3, REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 1. 488 University Avenue: Request by Christopher Fowler, on behalf of 9-5-4) lost a chance to delay SHP’s University President Associates LLC and AT&T, for an amendment to an possible title celebration by falling MULTIPLE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS existing Conditional Use Permit [99-CUP-53] and staff level Architectural to King’s Academy (7-1-3). Priory PALO ALTO AND GUNN HIGH SCHOOLS and Historic Review for the addition of two wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) anten- coach Paul Moran said his team nas mounted to the front façade of the Hotel President. Zone District: came out flat in the first half and fell The Palo Alto Unified School District is inviting qualification information CD-C(GF)(P). Historic Designation: Category II. Environmental Assess- from Contractors to provide General Construction Services for three behind 1-0 in the first 10 minutes. upcoming construction projects. ment: Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Evan Filipczyk provided the assist Act per Section 15301 and 15331. on Austin Mirabella’s tying goal in PQ 11-01 Gunn High School New Classroom Buildings A&B: Con- the second half, but King’s picked struction of two new Classroom buildings. Construction estimate is Study Session: $18.8 mil. up their tempo and scored the win- ning goal midway through the sec- PQ 11-02 Gunn High School New Gymnasium: Construction of a 2. Study session to receive Commission’s input and direction to Staff and ond half. new Gymnasium and remodeling of the existing Gym. Construction consultants to proceed toward a draft plan which will include policy, fund- Menlo-Atherton coach Jacob estimate is $9.6 mil. ing, implementation strategies for the updated Bicycle and Pedestrian Pickard, meanwhile, was less then Transportation Plan. The consultant, Alta Planning + Design will present PQ 11-03 Palo Alto High School New Classroom & Media Arts: their preliminary findings of existing conditions and needs assessment. pleased by how his team respond- Construction of a new Classroom building and a new Media Arts ed to Wednesday’s challenge and building. Construction estimate is $23.3 mil. looks to get back on track with three Other Items: matches remaining. There will be a MANDATORY pre-qualification conference on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at 9:00 am, at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” Palo “At this point, our CCS seeding 3. Update Regarding Sustainable Communities Strategy and Housing Alto, California 94306. The three prequalification packages and projects Needs Assessment. doesn’t matter,” Pickard said after will be discussed. the Bears dropped a 2-1 decision Questions. Any questions regarding the above applications, please contact to host Burlingame on Wednesday. All responses to this RFQ must be received no later than 2:30 P.M. Tuesday, March 1st. Interested firms shall submit their Qualifications as the Planning Department at (650) 329-2440. The files relating to these items “Our hope was to win the league, described within the prequalification package: are available for inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 get a high seed and a first-round PM. This public meeting is televised live on Government Access Channel 26. bye. That’s not going to happen.” Palo Alto Unified School District M-A (8-2-1, 10-3-2) handled the Facilities Department 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with Panthers the last time around but a Palo Alto, CA 94306 disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services or bad-luck loss to Terra Nova cost the Attn: Alex Morrison programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City’s Bears the chance to open an edge compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please on the rest of the league. M-A plays Questions regarding these three Requests for Qualifications (“RFQs”) contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing may be directed via fax to Alex Morrison at 650-327-3588. host to the Tigers at 3 p.m. Friday. [email protected]. “I’m deeply disappointed with our These are not requests for bids or offers by the District to contract with effort,” Pickard said. “Everything any party responding to these RFQ’s. The District reserves the right to *** Burlingame did, pressuring us in reject any and all responses. All materials submitted to the District in Curtis Williams, Director of Planning and response to this RFQ shall remain property of the District and may be Community Environment the middle, getting an early goal, we considered a part of public record. practiced against. We lacked com- *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊU Page 23 Sports
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“We are still hoping for a three- in the third- and fifth-place matches, Wrestling way tie,” he said. “If Cupertino we can win the tournament.” Mahler Symphony No. 4 (continued from page 20) can defeat Los Gatos (on Thursday At the PAL championships at Bur- night), all three of us will be 5-1. lingame, Menlo-Atherton will have Canteloube Songs of the This marks both the first time If that does happen, I believe the its hands full after breezing through Soprano Gunn has had an entry in the girls team that finishes the highest at the PAL Ocean Division for the sec- Auvergne Nanette CCS Championships for wrestling league finals will be the dual-meet ond straight season. McGuinness and Gunn’s first champion in this champion. With that being said, it “League finals will be interest- event. looks like a three-team race for the ing,” said M-A coach Peter Wright. 8pm Saturday Lee is 15-4 overall this season, 15-team tournament championship “We will only have 8-9 wrestlers Cubberley Theatre with eight pins, and 5-0 in duals. She — Palo Alto, Cupertino and Los competing at the varsity level, so the February 19, 2011 4000 Middlefield Rd won her match, 8-0, during a 36-33 Gatos. team finish is not all that important Palo Alto, CA victory over Fremont last week as “Cupertino is the favorite. They to us (although I would love to im- Tickets: Gunn wrapped up the SCVAL El have the best tournament team in prove on last year’s fifth-place fin- Pre-concert talk $8/$15/$18 (student / senior / general) Camino Division dual-meet title. the league. They have six or seven ish). We have some wrestlers where at 7:30pm !! www.paphil.org at the door or online “She ranks sixth on my team for wrestlers that are big-point scorers. winning two matches this weekend team points,” said Gunn coach Chris LG has five point scorers; we have would be a big step. But, that being Horpel. “She had a strong judo our share, as well.” said, every one of the varsity wres- background coming in, so it was no Paly’s best bets to challenge for tlers is expecting/hoping to place surprise that she was this good right honors are Kalen Gans (160), Nick and won’t be happy settling for just off the bat. Her brother, Blaze Lee, Ortiz (125), Joey Christopherson a win or two. is my starter at 140 pounds.” (119) and Trent Marshall (130). “We have three or four contenders Horpel has known Cadence since “All placed multiple times this for a league title, and a couple others she went out for wrestling as a season,” Duran said. “They all have that could pull out a shocker. Andre seventh-grader at Terman Middle the potential to win the league . . . Delagnes, at 119, is a strong con- School. Sophomore Erik Anderson has been tender (dare I say, favorite) to win “She never lost in middle school,” improving every week and will do the weight class as is Koji Kameda Horpel said, “and lost (only) her first some damage at 171 pounds. Junior at 152. A pair of brothers, Anthony matches this year in tournaments.” Ryan Oshima (154) is back from and Dino Andrighetto, will likely The Gunn and Palo Alto wrestling surgery (August). He is extremely place and have an outside chance teams will be in action this weekend dangerous. People do not want to to each win a league title at 103 when the SCVAL Championships wrestle him. He has state potential. and 125, respectively. And Austin are held at Wilcox High, Friday and “We will need our young wrestlers Escobedo is returning from injury Saturday. Menlo-Atherton, mean- to come back through the wrestle looking to improve on his fourth- while, will compete at the Peninsula backs. If we can get those wrestlers place finish at 215 last year.”N Athletic League Championships at Burlingame on Saturday. Horpel isn’t quite sure how his team will fare against the upper De Anza Division wrestlers. “It’s really hard to tell.” He said. “I think we will have a fair num- ber of CCS qualifiers, but with 15 teams, a lot of them teams we did not see much of this year.” One sure bet for Gunn is senior Stefan Weidemann at 154 pounds. He’s undefeated this season. “Our second-best bet to win a league title is our 119-pounder, Eric Cramer. I think we have about seven solid wrestlers right now.” While Cadence Lee will be in ac- tion for Gunn in the league finals, where she places won’t have any bearing on CCS, since girls aren’t allowed to wrestle at the boys’ sec- tion finals. Meanwhile, Palo Alto coach Dave Duran is a bit more optimistic after
finishing 5-1 during the De Anza Butch Garcia Division dual-match regular sea- Gunn freshman Cadence Lee (bottom) won the 103-pound title at the son. Girls’ CCS Wrestling Championships last weekend. Page 24ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Sports Stanford women’s basketball closing in on all-time homecourt winning streak by Rick Eymer Stanford plays five of its next Rich both gained experience during Ginny J. Wen Financial Advisor he Stanford women’s basket- seven games at home. their rookie seasons. ball team must feel invincible Chinn has improved in each of her 2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 120 T whenever it’s within sight Men’s basketball first three years. She won 12 games Menlo Park of Maples Pavilion. After all, the Stanford meets Washington in Se- for the Cardinal last season, includ- third-ranked Cardinal (11-0, 20-2 attle on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in a ing four of her last six. 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She struck out 173, the 10th from Feb. 9, 1995 to Jan. 12, 1998. best single season mark in school Celebrating Art & Creativity Stanford’s last loss to Pac-10 com- Men’s volleyball history. Gerhart threw 18 complete petition was on Jan. 18, 2009, a 57- Mountain Pacific Sports Fed- games with 11 shutouts, including a Experience Local Artists at Work 54 loss to California in Berkeley. eration play resumes Friday when perfect game, two other no-hitters Bid on Unique Art Tours and Original Art Against the Wildcats, Nnemkadi fourth-ranked Stanford (5-2, 8-2) and a one-hitter, and finished with Enjoy Lunch with Friends Ogwumike had a double-double hosts UC San Diego at Maples Pa- a 22-6 record. with 11 points and 14 rebounds, se- vilion. The defending conference nior guard Jeanette Pohlen led the champion Cardinal is in fourth place Wrestling Guest Speaker: Sculptor Fletcher Benton Cardinal with 17 points while going in the 12-team conference. 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She’s set to join Jennifer Azzi, dinal looks to build on its success season Saturday with a home match Sonja Henning and Nicole Powell when the season opens at the Kajik- against Notre Dame at 11 a.m., looks as the only members of Stanford’s awa Classic in Tempe Friday against to build on its best season ever when “1,000-400-500” Club, making her Cal State Northridge. it was ranked eighth in the nation at one of only four players in Cardi- Senior Ashley Chinn made 21 one point and gained admittance to nal history to have accumulated at starts, including 14 of 19 down the the first round of the NCAA tourna- 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 500 stretch, to lead Stanford. Sopho- ment for the second time in school assists in her career. mores Teagan Gerhart and Jenna history. N Klahn enjoys short stay in SAP Open SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011 Stanford junior loses in the first round of singles in pro tour stop 15th Annual Juana Run by Rick Eymer can as I continue to get better with They could, however, face a con- A fun family and competitive road race with events for radley Klahn was motivated. each new experience.” flict against Stanford’s match at all ages. A complimentary pancake breakfast for all The crowd, all of his team- Klahn and Monfils are no strang- Cal on Saturday. 8K participants immediately follows the race. B mates and more than a hand- ers. They played against each other After winning Tuesday night, ful of frat buddies, was behind him in a doubles match at the U.S. Open Klahn didn’t have much time to and he was playing tennis in a pro- last September. It was Klahn’s re- enjoy the victory. He had to rush EVENTS: fessional venue. ward for winning the NCAA sin- back to campus and deliver a talk UÊn Ê>ÌÊn\ÎäÊ>]Ê£iÊ££\£äÊ> “They’re used to the dual meets gles championship. to his public speaking class. UÊ `ÃÊÀ>ViÃÊ£ÉÓÊ>`Ê£É{ÊiÊ}À>`iÃÊ* x®Ê£ä\ääÊ>Ê where you can make a lot of noise,” “I had to be ready to play,” Mon- “I had to make Ryan drive so >««ÀÝ°ÊiÛiÀÞÊ£äÊÕÌià Klahn said smiling. “They like fils said. “Here he was with his I could pull up the speech on my to have some fun. It was a great buddies and he was pumped.” computer and try to memorize LOCATION: Juana Briones Elementary School, Palo Alto crowd.” Monfils moves on to play quali- it,” he said. “It was hard to switch PARKING: Gunn High School (780 Arastradero Rd. Palo Alto) The Stanford junior won a few fier Robert Kendrick in the second mindsets from playing in a big pro- CONTACT: Juana Run, 3530 Whitsell St., Palo Alto, CA 94306 points but ultimately fell to the round. Klahn, ranked 792nd, got fessional tournament back to the RACE HOTLINE: (650) 599-3434 world’s No. 12 player, Gael Mon- another opportunity to play with classroom in a hour. I took some ON-LINE REGISTRATION: www.JuanaRun.org fils of France, 6-2, 6-2, in the first doubles partner Ryan Thacher heat for that one.” EMAIL: [email protected] round of the SAP Open at HP Pa- against Alejandro Falla and Xavier The Stanford doubles team COST: 8K race $25 before 2/14/2011; $30 before 3/4/2011; $35 race day vilion in San Jose on Wednesday Malisse on Thursday afternoon in earned 45 tour points for reach- 1-mile race $15 before 2/14/2011; $20 before 3/4/2011; $25 race day night. the quarterfinals. ing the quarterfinals and could Kids races $10 before 2/14/2011; $13 before 3/4/2011; $15 race day “At this stage it’s all about taking They won’t have to worry about double that with a win Thursday. Entry includes a t-shirt, fi nisher ribbon (kids), age group prizes, away any positives,” Klahn said. “I playing against BYU on Friday The prize money, minus expenses, raffl e and free food and drink. Scholarships are available for kids races. try to learn as much as I can from though, as that match has been will have to be returned so they can these guys and soak in as much as I postponed to later in the season. keep their amateur status. N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊU Page 25 Sports STEPHANO HOMES Classic Ktchens and Baths RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION CABINET SALES & ADDITIONS “Every match is like a national Stanford will visit No. 18 Cal on Kitchen + Baths/Design through Build V New Construction/Room Additions Stanford tennis team coming in,” Ball said. “Plus, Saturday before hosting Fresno St. (continued from page 20) you have the reputation at Stanford on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Friday’s and you have to live up to it.” home match against BYU was post- first career dual-match in singles, This season is perhaps the most poned to later in the season. 6-1, 5-7, 10-8, over Utah freshman important for the Stanford men since Ball likely will be back in a spec- Garrett LaBarre. 2006, the last time the combined tator’s role for a while, providing vo- “I’ve never played No. 6 singles NCAA championships were held at cal support while waiting his turn before,” said Ball, who played even the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. to contribute — like senior Alex higher during his freshman year at The Cardinal men and women will Clayton did Tuesday. Menlo. “This was the first time.” host the nationals again, beginning After helping win the doubles Ball breezed in the first set but May 19. point, Clayton played No. 1 singles nerves eventually set in. Ball remembers the 2006 event, for only the second time since his “Yeah,” he said about being ner- how crazy it was with all the fans All-American sophomore season vous, “just because I have a lot to and their cheering. The Georgia and cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory af- Lyptus Wood, Eco-friendly Cabinets prove on this team.” men won the NCAA crown last ter sophomore Denis Lin had given Ball got a little tight in the second season playing at home in front of the Cardinal a 2-0 lead with a 6-0, Stephen Macey License No. B-547522 www.stephanohomes.com set and fell behind, 4-1. their fans. Ball hopes the Cardinal 6-1 win at No. 2 singles. Senior 4335 El Camino Real, Palo Alto T: (650) 949-1280 F: (650) 948-5289 “I was pretty tense and nervous,” men will have a similar opportunity. Greg Hirschman officially wrapped he said, “but when you’re losing, They haven’t won an NCAA title things up with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. there’s no reason to be tight any- since 2000. 3 singles. Sophomore Walker Keh- more.” “We’re definitely a contender this rer won his first career dual match SAVE THE DATES: Ball battled back and held serve year,” he said. “We want to be a top- in singles at No. 5, 6-4, 6-1, before FOR THESE VERY SPECIAL to get it to 5-5 before losing the next four seed, and just see where it goes. Ball walked off the court a winner UPCOMING EVENTS two points. With the outcome of the All the guys are working hard and for the first time while his mother, SATURDAY, MARCH 26 team match already decided, Ball are ready.” Angie, and Menlo School assistant Money Matters: Taking headed into a 10-point super-tie- Ball would love to be playing and coach David Wermuth watched. Charge of Your Finances breaker. He made a nice half-volley contributing at that time of the sea- “It’s a lot of fun,” Ball said of the to go ahead at 9-6 before winning it son, but understands his role. college life. “I’m definitely enjoy- FRIDAY, MAY 13 two points later. “I’m just hoping to work my way ing it.” One Year Anniversary! “I played pretty solid in the tie- up the ladder here,” he said. “I’d Fun Activities at Deborah’s Palm breaker,” Ball said. “I definitely was definitely love to play in the stadium Women’s tennis SATURDAY, JULY 23 nervous. It’s a lot different playing sometime in my career.” Top-ranked and defending NCAA “Come Together” college tennis.” To do that, Ball will have to be one champion Stanford was favored to Deborah’s Palm Fund Raising Event While Ball played in a number of of the top three singles players or on make visiting SMU the latest notch big events during his high school one of the three doubles teams. He’s on the team’s record-breaking home- career — he helped Menlo win the certainly getting the competition to court winning streak on Thursday. february highlights National High School All-American improve. The Cardinal, which took a 4-0 NEW FOR THIS MONTH: Boys Invitational Team Tournament “All these guys, bottom to top, are record into the nonconference Indian Cooking Class last season in addition to Central great,” Ball said. “I’m hitting every match, won its 168th straight home- Journaling Workshops Coast Section and NorCal titles as day with some of the best players court dual match last weekend by Floral Design Class the Knights finished 27-0 — college in the country. 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Clockwise from left: Alexandra LoBianco gets fearsome as the princess Turandot; David Gustafson as Calaf and Liisa Dávila as Liù; Emmanuel Franco, Michael Mendelsohn and Michael Desnoyers play a trio of royal advisors. Epic Puccini West Bay Opera takes on ‘Turandot’ by Mort Levine | photos by Veronica Weber
n intimate opera on an epic scale” is the way West Moscovich has a significant challenge as conductor of the rich, di- Bay Opera’s charismatic general director, José Luis verse score. In composing, Puccini threw off the romantic and gritty Moscovich, characterizes the monumental Puccini verismo tradition of his earlier successes. Instead, he ventured into creation “Turandot.” His company will tackle the an exploration of writing that has elements of atonality, Chinese opera for two weekends beginning Friday, Feb. 18, pentatonic themes, echoes of Wagner and Stravinsky, and even jazz “ at APalo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. riffs of the early 1920s, when the opera was written. This is the first time West Bay has presented “Turandot” in its Puccini died after composing all but the final scene, and the 55 seasons. As with the other two operas in the season, “Turan- Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini had it completed by com- dot” is a company premiere. poser Franco Alfano from sketches left by Puccini.
Now in his fifth year as the head of the Palo Alto-based company, (continued on page 28)
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Clockwise from top: Liisa Dávila as the slave Liù with Adam Paul Lau as the dying, deposed king Timur; Alexandra LoBianco singing the aria “In questa reggia”; David Gustafson playing the heroic Timur; conductor José Luis Moscovich leading the chorus.
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“The Brentanos are a magnificent string quartet….This was wonderful, selfless sleeps,” the famous “Nessun dorma” ton. Lighting is by Rob Anderson and —The Times (London) Turandot music making.” (continued from page 27) tenor aria sung by Calaf. Turandot the sound design is by Tod Nixon. Beethoven, Renaissance works, and more from Princeton University’s ac- finally discovers she is transformed The orchestra will be supplemented claimed resident quartet. by the hero, and admits she has suc- with special doublings and unusual “Turandot” is rarely staged, per- cumbed to the power of love. instruments such as Chinese gongs, haps because it usually aspires to be The title role requires a barn-burner glockenspiel and bass xylophone that the grandest of grand opera requiring of a soprano with Wagnerian power. In will occupy space under the stage. ■ unlimited budgets. The West Bay in- this production, the princess is played terpretation is expected to rely more by Alexandra LoBianco, whose per- on nuance, subtlety and the opera’s in- formance of the “Turandot” aria “In What: West Bay Opera nate fated triangle of an icy repressed questa reggia” helped her win the presents the Puccini opera Princess Turandot; Liù, a tragic slave 2011 Liederkranz Foundation Vocal “Turandot” girl who cares for the dying deposed Competition in New York. king Timur; and Prince Calaf, the he- Calaf will be sung by tenor David Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, roic but insensitive son of Timur. Gustafson, with Liù sung by lyric so- 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto Almost equally important musi- prano Liisa Dávila. Bass Adam Paul cally and dramatically is a trio of co- Lau, winner of the 2010 Henry and When: Feb. 18 and 26 at 8 p.m., medians in the old commedia dell’arte Maria Holt Scholarship Award, plays and Feb. 20 and 27 at 2 p.m. STEGNER FELLOWS’ SHORTS ON STAGE tradition: Ping, Pang and Pong, minis- the dying Timur, the moral center of Cost: Tickets are $35-$60, with SAT / FEB 26 / 8 PM / DINKELSPIEL AUDITORIUM ters to Turandot’s father, the Emperor the opera. Altoum. Ping, Pang and Pong are sung by group discounts available. Puccini took the story of “Turandot” baritone Emmanuel Franco, tenor “Noted for adapting short works of fiction for the stage without changing a word Info: Go to wbopera.org or call from a tale by 1700s storyteller Carlo Michael Desnoyers and tenor Michael of the original text, Word for Word takes the word ‘adaptation’ to all-new levels.” 650-424-9999. —San Francisco Examiner Gozzi. Driven by a hatred of men, Mendelsohn. The cast also features The fiction and poetry of Stanford’s Stegner Fellows, transformed through rivet- Turandot will consent to marry only Ken Malucelli, Matthew Lovell, Er- ing staged readings. a man who can answer three riddles. nest Alvarez, Megan Cullen, Emily Many overconfident suitors literally Pelc and nine members of the Raga- SEE MORE ONLINE PLUS: Nicholas Isherwood (FEB 16), Trio Voce (MAR 4), Slide (MAR 5), lose their heads before Calaf’s arrival. zzi boys’ chorus augmenting the West www.PaloAltoOnline.com John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble (MAR 6), SF Opera Adler Fellows He successfully answers all three, but Bay chorus. Weekly photographer Veronica Weber also (MAR 13), Calder Quartet (MAR 30) AND MANY MORE! generously allows her to be free of her David Cox, a veteran director and shot video at a recent West Bay Opera pledge by guessing his name. A na- singer, is directing. The Chinese fan- rehearsal. To watch soprano Alexandra TICKETS: livelyarts.stanford.edu | 650-725-ARTS tionwide search ensues while no one tasy set is designed by Peter Cromp- LoBianco singing the aria “In questa reggia,” go to PaloAltoOnline.com. Page 28 • February 11, 2011 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment SUMMER CAMP Promoting multicultural awareness, environmental & social justice. From ‘startup’ to regional art center Camping, backpacking, farm animals, organic gardening, lifelong Director Thomas Seligman, retiring this year, has spearheaded friendships and much more. dramatic growth and change at the Cantor Arts Center Day Camps for ages 6-9 by Rebecca Wallace Residential Camps for ages 9-17 n 1991, when Thomas K. Selig- 1- & 2-week sessions begin June 20 – August 15. man became the first full-time Registration begins on January 26 I director of the Stanford Mu- seum, he joined what he called “a at www.hiddenvilla.org 100-year-old startup.” The venerable museum had been closed since suffering damage in the 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 • 650-949-8641 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Not only would the new director have to spearhead the rebuilding (and fund- raising), he would have to ensure VVOLOLVVOO that the museum’s 25,000 works of #.8t.&3$&%&4t#.8t.&3$&%&4t art were kept safe in the process. This was a different world from the "/%.*/*"/%.*/* Fine Arts Museums of San Francis- co, where Seligman had worked for two decades. CORPORACORPORATETE AUTOAUTO WORKSWORKS “It was a leap of faith, I have to Top Rating For Quality By Bay Area say,” Seligman said in a recent in- Consumer Check Book terview. “I had no idea if we would end up being able to rebuild the $PNQMFUF 4FSWJDFand3FQBJS museum. At that time they weren’t :VCB .U 7JFX even really talking about expanding. off El Camino They were just talking about trying near Hwy 85 to get it back up on its feet.” But Seligman had longtime con- .PO'SJ nections to the campus — he’d www.corporateautoworks.com earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford in 1965 — and he saw an Since 650-691-9477 s r r opportunity. “It had a terrific old 1981 building,” he said of the museum. Distributor JT Design Products “The bones of it were great. And it had a small but very loyal constitu- ency.” The museum reopened in 1999 as Thomas K. Seligman, retiring this year as director of the Cantor Arts Buy 1 entree the expanded Cantor Arts Center, Center, plans to continue doing research and teaching at the school. His and get the 2nd one and today hosts 12 to 16 exhibitions course topics have included art and identity and cultural property issues. a year, along with lectures, tours and other educational endeavors. Selig- man has been at the helm all along, still life that at least one curator had ed,” Hennessy said. “In many ways, but this year will be his last as di- been eyeing for years. That still life, his successes at the museum have rector; he’s announced his plans to “Goldfish and Autumn Leaves,” set the stage for establishing a trans- with coupon retire at the end of 2011. is now on exhibit in the museum’s formative Arts Initiative at Stanford, (Dinner Only) Seligman, a San Francisco resi- recently renovated contemporary and he has our thanks.” dent, plans to continue doing re- gallery. A university committee will soon ,UNCH "UFFET - & s /RGANIC 6EGGIES s 2ESERVATION !CCEPTED search and teaching at Stanford, Seligman’s philosophy on acquisi- oversee an international search for where he’s taught courses on art and tions is to work closely with Cantor Seligman’s replacement. 369 Lytton Avenue identity, cultural property issues and curators to create a common frame- When asked what advice he would Downtown Palo Alto museum governance. work of questions for judging works give to young people aspiring to be- He has also taught on African art, of art: What does our collection cur- come museum directors or curators, 462-5903 a major focus of his. Seligman, who rently hold in this area? Is this piece Seligman said that the role of direc- Family owned and operated describes himself as more of an an- right for us? How will our Stanford tor has become more complicated for 15 years thropologist than an art historian, colleagues be able to use the piece over time. Besides being schooled in has spent a great deal of time living, in teaching? art, museum directors must handle www.jantaindianrestaurant.com working and traveling in Africa. He It’s all a careful strategy. As an legal, management and sometimes was in the Peace Corps in Liberia example, Seligman cited the sculp- architectural issues. from 1968 to 1970, during which tor Mark di Suvero. “We have two “I think I run a business that is RECYCLE HOUSEHOLD WATER time he also worked as a curator large Mark di Suveros already. If called an art museum, and I have to FREE WATER? and assistant university professor someone offered us a maquette of run it in a business-like way,” Selig- of art. his, for example, we might say yes man said. “It’s never dull, but it is INTRODUCING New Gray Water System In addition, he’s made many re- — we’re trying to show a breadth of taxing.” search trips to the continent. His works. But maybe not another large He added: “You must be pas- FOR YOUR HOME 2007 exhibition “Art of the Tu- work of his.” sionate about and interested in and Washers+Tubs areg: Saharan Nomads in a Modern He added: “Museums used to be trained in art, and the history there- +Showers Sinks+Rain World” was the culmination of 20 measured by quantity. I don’t care of. And you’ve got to go through years of research. The traveling ex- about quantity. I care about quality complicated organizational expe- RE-USE and hibition headed to the Smithsonian and unity. ... You’re trying to build a rience. If you like all these things, RE-DISTRIBUTE Museum of African Art in Wash- collection that’s purposeful.” then you’ll probably end up being a For Irrigation Purposes Only ington, D.C., after its time at the Overall, Stanford president John good museum director. If you hate Cantor. L. Hennessy said in a press release, most of the business and legal ... Under Seligman’s leadership, the the Cantor center has grown into then you should be a curator.” Cantor has also expanded its collec- “a source of tremendous pride” on Seligman counts himself fortu- tion through many major acquisi- campus under Seligman’s leader- nate that he has gotten to play both tions. Some pieces are purchased, ship. roles, thanks to working in a sup- “The difference is in the service.” but about 90 percent are gifts, Se- “During the 19 years of his ten- portive university environment. “I Plumbing Contractor License #877352 ligman said. They’ve included an ure, the museum has been rebuilt, never gave up my research work and Alexander Calder mobile, prints its holdings have been strengthened, territorial work in Africa,” he said. 650-400-3665 by Albrecht Dürer, and a Janet Fish and its education program expand- “I didn’t have to.” N For FREE brochure, email: [email protected]
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Voice your opinion in the second annual Palo Alto Online Oscar Challenge. Go online Movies to select your picks for Best Picture, Best MOVIE TIMES OPENINGS Director, Best Actress and the other major Oscar categories. The person with the most Gnomeo & Juliet --- correct picks will WIN dinner and a movie Another Year (R) (((1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. (Century 16, Century 20) Just for two ($75 value). The winner will be Barney’s Version (R) ((( Guild Theatre: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. when you thought you had seen ev- announced Monday, Feb. 28, and the Bedlam (1946) Stanford Theatre: Thu. at 7:30 p.m. ery possible spin on Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” Hollywood deadline to enter is Sunday, Feb. 27, Biutiful (R) ((1/2 Palo Alto Square: Fri., Sun.-Tue. & Thu. at 1:15, 4:30 & 8 p.m.; Sat. at 4:30 & 8 p.m.; Wed. at 1:15 plants something fresh in the cine- at 5 p.m. One entry per person. p.m. plex: garden gnomes. This charm- ((( Think you’ve got your fi nger on Black Swan (R) Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. ing crowd-pleaser offers a more ★ Century 20: 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m. uplifting take on the Bard’s classic the pulse of the Academy? Blue Valentine (R) (((( Century 16: 12:50, 4:10, 7:05 & 10:10 p.m. tragedy and features excellent ani- Well, then on with The Body Snatcher (1945) Stanford Theatre: Thu. at 6 & 9 p.m. mation, entertaining characters and the show.... ★ The Eagle (PG-13) Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:45, 4:25, 7:30 & 10:25 ample humor. ★ (Not Reviewed) p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 & On the verge of Valentine’s Day, 10:20 p.m. there’s nothing sweeter than a little VOTE ONLINE: The Fighter (R) ((1/2 Century 16: 12:40, 3:35, 6:50 & 9:35 p.m. Cen- gnomance. tury 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:40, 5:45 & 8:30 p.m. www.paloaltoonline.com/oscars Two bitter neighbors on Verona From Prada to Nada Century 16: 11:50 a.m. Century 20: 5, 7:35 & Drive, Ms. Montague and Mr. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) 10:10 p.m.; Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 11:45 a.m. & 2:25 p.m. Capulet, argue at every opportu- The Gang’s All Here (1943) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Mon. at 5:35 & 9:35 p.m. nity. Their only commonality is that both have lush, gorgeous gar- The Girl from 10th Avenue Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 6:10 & 9:20 p.m. (1935) dens — and a smorgasbord of gar- Gnomeo & Juliet (G) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:20, 3:40, 6:10 & 8:30 p.m.; den gnomes. But Montague’s blue ((( In 3D at 11:40 a.m.; 2:20, 4:30, 7 & 9:20 p.m. Cen- gnomes and Capulet’s red gnomes tury 20: 11:40 a.m.; 1:55, 4:10, 6:25, 8:35 & 10:45 are just as divided as their bicker- p.m.; In 3D at 12:50, 3, 5:15, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; In 3D ing owners. The blues are led by Sat. also at 10:35 a.m. Lady Blueberry (voice of Maggie The Green Hornet Century 20: 4 & 9:55 p.m. (Sat. also at 10:20 a.m.); Smith) while the reds are run by (PG-13) (1/2 In 3D at 1:10 & 7:05 p.m. Lord Redbrick (voice of Michael Heaven Can Wait (1943) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Mon. at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 3:30 p.m. Caine). Blueberry’s son Gnomeo (voice The Illusionist (2011) Aquarius Theatre: 3, 5, 7 & 9 p.m. (PG) ((( of James McAvoy) is a clever Just Go With It (PG-13) Century 16: Fri.-Sun. at 11 a.m.; 12:30, 1:50, 3:30, daredevil who engages in regu- (1/2 4:50, 7, 8, 9:50 & 10:45 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. at 11 a.m.; lar lawnmower races with brutish 12:30, 1:50, 3:30, 4:50, 7, 8:30 & 9:50 p.m. Cen- red gnome Tybalt (voice of Jason tury 20: 11:35 a.m.; 1, 2:20, 3:45, 5:05, 6:35, 7:50, Statham). Gnomeo’s dislike of the 9:20 & 10:35 p.m.; Sat. also at 10:15 a.m. reds seems boundless — until he $ Justin Bieber: Never Say Century 16: Fri.-Sun. at 12:20, 2:50, 5:30, 8:20 & sets eyes on Redbrick’s enchanting Never (G) (Not Reviewed) 10:55 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. at 12:20, 2:50, 5:30 & 8:30 (( p.m.; In 3D (Fri.-Thu.) at 11:20 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:20 & daughter, Juliet (voice of Emily 9:55 p.m. Century 20: Fri 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:10 Blunt). Gnomeo and Juliet’s ser- & 10:40 p.m. (Sat. also at 10 a.m.); In 3D at 11:15 & endipitous first meeting happens 11:50 a.m.; 1:50, 2:25, 4:25, 5, 7, 7:35, 9:40 & 10:10 under the moonlight and the chem- &('(" (! #( ( p.m. istry is palpable for both. Things ( " ( % The King’s Speech Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 2:10, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:25 (R) (((1/2 Palo Alto Square: are about to get very interesting on JEFF CRAIG, SIXTY SECOND PREVIEW p.m. 1:30, 4:20 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10 p.m. Verona Drive. Marked Woman (1937) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. As Gnomeo and Juliet plan clan- The Mechanic (R) (( Century 16: 2:30, 5:05, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m. Cen- destine rendezvous in the aban- tury 20: 1:05, 3:30, 5:50, 8:15 & 10:35 p.m.; Sat. doned yard across the alley, con- also at 10:30 a.m. flict quickly escalates between The Metropolitan Opera: Palo Alto Square: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. the red and blue gnomes. Attacks Boris Gudonov (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) against the others’ gardens grow in The Metropolitan Opera: Century 20: Sat. at 10 a.m. Palo Alto Square: intensity and brutality, culminat- Nixon in China (Not Rated) Sat. at 10 a.m. ing in a knock-down, drag-out war (Not Reviewed) that threatens to rip both gardens No Strings Attached (R) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:35, 7:50 & 10:30 to shreds. Love may be the only (Not Reviewed) p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:50, 7:25 & 10:15 p.m. thing that can mend the broken RISE (PG) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: Thu. at 8 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 8 fences, but we all know how the p.m. story of Romeo and Juliet ends ... The Rite (PG-13) Century 20: 2:30, 5:10, 8 & 10:45 p.m. don’t we? (Not Reviewed) Executive producer Elton John’s The Roommate (PG-13) Century 16: Noon, 2:25, 4:55, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m. indelible stamp is all over this col- (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 12:25, 2:55, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m.; orful family film. The music leg- Sat. also at 10:05 a.m. end’s recognizable tunes are me- Sanctum (R) ( Century 16: 12:10 & 3:10 p.m. (Fri.-Wed. also at lodically splashed throughout and 6:20 & 8:55 p.m.); In 3D at 1, 4, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Cen- there are even a few quirky visual tury 20: 11:15 a.m.; 1:50 & 4:30 p.m. (Fri.-Wed. also at 7:10 & 9:50 p.m.); In 3D at 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05 references, such as an energetic & 10:40 p.m. gnome sporting John’s flashy sun- Tangled (PG) ((( Century 20: Noon. glasses. The vocal talent — made True Grit (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 2:10, 4:45, 7:25 & 10 p.m. up of mostly British actors — is Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; 1:55, 4:35, 7:20 & 10 p.m. impressive and fuels the Shake- spearean atmosphere. ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding A handful of unusual side char- acters, including a lonely plastic flamingo, a water-spouting frog Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, theater addresses, trailers and a canine-esque toadstool, boost IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th and more information about films playing, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com. CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATRE LOCATIONS AND SHOWTIMES the playful flair. Subtle touches in ! " ! " ! animation and sound highlight that " ./ ).31*-(07!(41 3*1)5.2/% 1. $ these gnomes are made of clay or Page 30ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ ceramic, adding to the otherwise director and principal screenwriter the touring circuit. Though noth- chaste domesticity reflective of dow, but decides he’d rather fade strained believability. of his most well-known films. His ing ever comes easy (even his rab- Tati’s real-life guilty longing for a away than burn out, eventually con- Some juvenile dialogue and a few daughter Sophie Tatischeff (to bit has a nasty bite), the illusionist greater connection with his daugh- ceding, “Magicians do not exist.” silly moments keep “Gnomeo” out whom “The Illusionist” is dedicat- has long since acclimated to the ters. In this sense, the magician is in of the upper echelon of animated ed) was the keeper for many years drudgery of the touring life, with This point serves as the primary prolific company, which he real- films, and the lackluster 3D is of an unproduced Tati screenplay. its constant geographical disori- thematic raison d’être of Chomet’s izes when he and the girl check certainly not worth the additional She handed off the material to entation and general bemusement. slight but très charmant film, but into a boarding house populated ticket price. But to pass on this de- Chomet — well-known for the With little more than the clothes on “The Illusionist” can also be taken by a sad (nay, suicidal) clown and lightful family film because of a likewise Oscar-nominated animat- his back and a single poster carried as an elegy for “bygoing” simple such soon-to-be-extinct perform- few minor flaws would be tragic. ed feature “The Triplets of Bel- in a tube from venue to venue, the pleasures, including hand-drawn ers as a ventriloquist and a team of leville” — who happily fashioned a lanky magician endures but with a animation itself. Tatischeff briefly acrobats. Rated G. 1 hour, 24 minutes. hand-drawn adaptation. (A bone of noticeable lack of joie de vivre. considers selling out by “turning True to form, Chomet populates contention: It is Tati’s uncredited, Tatischeff makes his way from tricks” in a department-store win- the film with(continued such comical on next carica- page) — Tyler Hanley illegitimate first daughter, Helga, the Music Hall de Paris to a Brit- who supposedly inspired “The Il- ish music hall and a Scottish pub, The Illusionist --- lusionist.”) where he captures the fancy of the (Aquarius) In a bit of cinematic Tati’s masterful mime easily establishment’s young maid. The sleight-of-hand, Jacques Tati re- inspires an animated treatment, girl invites herself on the tour, fol- turns from the dead for “The Illu- recapturing Tati’s graceful comic lowing after the illusionist like a sionist,” Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar- body language and “no subtitles lost puppy (their next stop: Edin- nominated animated feature. required” international appeal. Set burgh, depicted in glorious detail). French national treasure Tati was in 1959, the story concerns Tatisch- Emotionally ill-equipped to resist known for his clownish Monsieur eff, a kindly, borderline-washed-up the girl, the magician acquiesces, Hulot character, but he was also the magician living hand to mouth on and the odd couple settles into a
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and smoking. One hour, 20 min- a Broadway play based on a French (continued from previous page) ish Invasion rockers as mincing, involving the magician’s attempt to limp-wristed buffoons.) wash a car — make “The Illusion- utes. farce. The 2011 version casts San- tures, each with a distinct appear- This is not, of course, the film ist” a pleasantly relaxing oppor- dler as successful plastic surgeon ance and lively set of idiosyncra- Tati would have made, but a lovely tunity to laugh at life for a while — Peter Canavese Danny, a cad with a heart of gold. cies. (The one moment that breaks tribute all the same. The unhurried rather than live it. For a quarter-century, Danny has the wistful spell is an unfortunate, pace and boutique use of one-off set Just Go with It -1/2 swindled women into his bed by politically incorrect spoof of Brit- pieces — most notably a sequence Rated PG for thematic elements (Century 16, Century 20) There flaunting a ring left over from an are “movies with Adam Sandler in aborted wedding. A problem arises them,” and there are “Adam San- when Danny makes a love connec- dler movies.” The former offer tion with Palmer (Brooklyn Deck- some hope of thoughtfulness and er), the hottest sixth-grade math subtlety and style, while the latter teacher in recorded history. Caught strictly shoot for populism. Adam with the ring, Danny doesn’t tell Sandler movies are for everyone! the simple lie of omission avail- Unless you’re ugly, uncool, old, fat, able to him, but rather fumbles his gay, non-white or, heaven help you, way into having to produce a wife all of the above. he’s supposedly in the process of Adam Sandler movies are also, of divorcing and, whoops, kids. Here, course, critic-proof, though it’s hard he relies on the good will of his as- not to read the title of the latest as sistant, Katherine, a divorcée with some kind of a warning to my pro- two kids from central casting — fession. “Just Go with It” implies err, her first marriage. that people just need to lighten up, Matters get yet more complicat- ditch political correctness and buy ed when another landslide of lies what Sandler’s hawking: a patent- forces Danny to take Palmer, Kath- medicine formula of crass, classless erine, the kids and Danny’s cousin humor and artificially sweetened, Eddie (Nick Swardson) to Hawaii. family-first romantic comedy. This is great news, not only for the From an artistic standpoint, these Maui Chamber of Commerce, but elements mix as well as oil and wa- because it gets “Sports Illustrated” ter, but financially speaking, noth- swimsuit model Decker under a wa- ing succeeds like success, so what terfall in a scene that, well, hubba do I know? hubba. These Adam Sandler mov- Sandler’s sixth collaboration with ies aren’t above any appeal to the repeat offen— err, director Dennis red-blooded American male: They Dugan, derives from an unlikely stoop to conquer. source: the 1969 comedy “Cactus For the ladies, there’s the grow- Flower” with Walter Matthau, In- ing realization between Danny and grid Bergman and Goldie Hawn. Katherine that they mean every- Scripted by legendary Billy Wilder thing to each other, as well as a sub- cohort I.A.L. Diamond (“Some plot about a years-long competition Like It Hot,” “The Apartment”), between Katherine and “frenemy” “Cactus Flower” itself derived from Devlin (Nicole Kidman). Yes, Kid- man is so desperate to appear in a box-office hit that she will engage in the strange spectacle of nuz- PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL zling with Dave Matthews and the T HONORING: stranger one of a hula competition CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE 32nd with Jennifer Aniston, emceed by BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 A ! sportscaster Dan Patrick. CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT A # ! Like all Adam Sandler movies, ACCESS CHANNEL 26 “Just Go with It” profitably taps into N L a juvenile energy, but the trade-off THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. N is racial stereotyping, loud product THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING placement, and a cruel determina- L tion to laugh at people rather than LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED U with them. It all amounts not so AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: much to romance or comedy as to A the most strained of 20th-century http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp T L ! # farce. (TENTATIVE) SPECIAL COUNCIL AGENDA- R COUNCIL CHAMBERS Rated PG-13 for frequent crude February 14, 2011 - 6 PM and sexual content, partial nudity, E brief drug references and language. 1. CLOSED SESSION: City Attorney Recruitment One hour, 56 minutes. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY E " $% 2. Community Partners Non Profit Presentation - Recreation Foundation — Peter Canavese 3. Resolution to Valerie Stinger 4. Resolution to Vibhu Mittal 5. Resolution to Shauna Mora A 6. Selection of Candidates to be Interviewed for the Human Relations Commission W Palo Alto Online Oscar Challenge CONSENT CALENDAR A 7. Ordinance to Remove Provisions Related to Reading of Ordinances and Voice your opinion in the 2nd an- Resolution Titles R nual Palo Alto Online Oscar Chal- 8. Amendment No. 4 to the Alma Street Affordable Multifamily Rental lenge! Select your picks for Best Housing Project D Picture, Best Actor, Best Screen- 9. Contract with BMS Design Group for the Preparation of a Palo Alto Rail play and several other major Os- Corridor Study S car categories. The person with the ACTION ITEMS most correct picks will win dinner and a movie for two ($75 value). 10. Negative Declaration and Establishment of a Capital Improvements design by harrington Program (CIP) to Fund the California Avenue Project Improvements in The winner will be announced the Net Amount of $550,000 Out of the Infrastructure Reserve Fund Monday, Feb. 28, and the dead- STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS line to enter is Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. One entry per person. Go to www. A Special Policy and Services Committee Meeting will be held at 7 PM on February 15. PaloAltoOnline.com/Oscars to sub- mit your ballot. The Finance Committee Meeting scheduled on February 15 has been cancelled. Page 32ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ££]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ PIZZA
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ness,” she said. A newcomer to the Happiness Within line is an orange tea cake ($3.25 for four miniature cakes, $5 for nine cakes). The recipe, Badran said, was inspired by her adoles- cence and later years in London. www.matchedcaregivers.com Flavored with orange rind and freshly squeezed juice, the cakes contain whipped egg whites and are so airy and light that Badran’s customers sometimes serve them as a continental breakfast. “I can’t trace my cakes to any specific part of my time in Eng- land, but as you know, they like their tea and cakes,” Badran ex- plained. She first decided to make her hobby of cooking a professional endeavor when her she received positive feedback from guests as well as from her husband, an en- gineer, and her son, then 8 years old. Armed with samples, she ap- proached the Menlo Park Farmers Market, only blocks away from her previous home, to try her luck sell- ing the desserts. Badran jumped a long wait- ing list of people looking to open a stall, farmers-market manager
Veronica Weber Lori Hennings said. “I wasn’t really looking for a new addition, but there was just something about her entrepreneur- ial spirit,” Hennings said. Heba Badran layers filo dough and butter in the commercial kitchen Heba said that many customers she rents in Redwood City. approach her to hoping to start a craft or prepared-food stall. “Farmers markets seem more A fresh take on baklava accessible as a place to start (in contrast to grocery stores), but in Stanford resident brings her delicate version of reality, they’re not that accessible. traditional sweets to local markets Many people don’t realize you can’t just walk out of your kitchen by Sarah Trauben with your product and take it to the eba Badran offers local baklava when I was 10. Egyptian market,” Badran said. gourmets and market-goers baklava is sweeter, and she mixes Badran credits the Menlo Park a taste of the cosmopolitan nuts, but I’ve taken a more purist Farmers Market organizers and H stall-workers with giving her ad- with her dainty baklava and orange approach,” Badran said. tea cakes. She offers four varieties of deli- vice on how to start and run her On a recent morning at the Men- cately sliced baklava at her farm- business, from how to set up shop lo Park Farmers Market, where ers-market stall and at several lo- in a commercial kitchen to how to Badran started selling her desserts cal gourmet groceries ($5 for six weigh down her awning on windy in 2008, Grace, a 10-year-old Palo pieces, $7 for 12). Customers and days. Alto resident, sampled Badran’s colleagues say that its taste and As her sales grew — they have light, airy orange tea cake. A play- texture have earned the tagline: almost tripled since the beginning ful smile spread about her face as “Better than baklava.” of 5KCuisine — Badran expanded she complimented Badran: “When Three different nuts each pro- her sights beyond the farmers mar- I grow up, I want to be a chef.” vide a subtle riff on the lemon- ket, contracting with an established “I got into this because I like to infused pastry, made up of dozens baker to use her recipe exclusively. bake,” Badran replied warmly. of delicate sheets of phyllo dough She sells her pastry at seven lo- Starting the Stanford-based sweetened with homemade sugar cal gourmet groceries, including business 5KCuisine L.L.C. was syrup and a rich, nutty base. Crossroads World Market, Bian- not a forgone conclusion for Bad- Walnuts provide a kick in one of chini’s, Sigona’s and Draeger’s. ran. Born in Egypt, she attended her offerings, while the pistachio Bianchini’s pastry chef Amber London secondary schools. For 10 variety lets a sweeter nut be the Cid said Badran’s baklava clearly years, she wielded her MBA as a star. A less traditional take, her al- stands out to customers when she marketing executive with Proctor mond baklava allows lemon, sugar provides samples in the San Carlos th & Gamble in Egypt. and pastry layers to shine through location. 20 Annual Photo Contest In a recent interview, Badran the lightly flavored nut base. She “She puts a lot of heart into her said that while she was inspired also serves up a nut-free variety. product. Hers has a more tradition- CALL FOR ENTRIES by a long family line of “fantas- Baklava can often be overly al, homemade feel, and you can tell New: Digital Entries Only tic cooks without a single cooking sweet or have too dry a mouthfeel, the pieces are hand-cut,” Cid said. Getting her signature desserts ENTRY DEADLINE: April 8, 2011 class to their names,” she gives her but Badran’s recipes avoid both pit- into stores wasn’t a simple task, ENTRY FORM & RULES AVAILABLE preservative-free desserts her own falls. “My specialty is a very light special touch. take on baklava, so that you can Badran said. at www.PaloAltoOnline.com “My mother taught me to make take in its taste, not just its sweet- (continued on next page)
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nual Photo C An on Judges th te ★ ★ WE’VE GONE ! ★ ★ s 0 t VERONICA WEBER 2 Veronica Weber, a Los Angeles native, first began working at the Palo Alto Weekly in 2006 as a photography intern. Following the internship, she was a photographer for The Almanac in Menlo Park. She is currently the Weekly staff photographer responsible Call for Entries for covering daily assignments and producing video and multimedia projects for PaloAltoOnline.com. She 20th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest has a BA in Journalism from San Francisco State University and currently resides in San Francisco. ANGELA BUENNING FILO Categories and Prizes Angela Buenning Filo, a Palo Alto resident, photographs changing landscapes, most recently U PORTRAITS UÊÊ 9Ê, Ê - focusing on Silicon Valley and Bangalore, India, 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images during their respective tech booms. Her photographs are in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art Modern Art and were included in the book 3rd Place – $100 Cash, One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art 3rd Place – $100 Cash, One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art "Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl." Her ADULT Center ADULT Center installation titled "1,737 Trees," focusing on one of the last orchards in Silicon Valley, is on permanent display in the lobby of the San Jose City Hall. 1st Place - $100 Cash 1st Place - $100 Cash Photographs from her Silicon Valley and Bangalore 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art series are on view in the new terminal of the San Jose 3rd Place - $25 Gift Certificate to University Art 3rd Place - $25 Gift Certificate to University Art airport. YOUTH YOUTH DAVID HIBBARD David Hibbard, a Menlo Park resident, has U VIEWS BEYOND THE BAY AREA photographed natural landscapes and wild places 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images most of his life. He is the author of "Natural Gestures," ENTRY DEADLINE: April 8, 2011 a book of images from the beaches and coastal 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art forests of northern California. A major retrospective of 3rd Place – $100 Cash, One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art Entry Form and Rules available at: his work was shown last year at Xerox PARC in Palo ADULT Alto. Website: www.davidhibbardphotography.com. Center www.PaloAltoOnline.com/photo_contest 1st Place - $100 Cash BRIGITTE CARNOCHAN Brigitte Carnochan's photographs have been 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art For more information call 650.223.6508 or e-mail exhibited at galleries and museums nationally and 3rd Place - $25 Gift Certificate to University Art internationally and has recently been featured on the
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