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Math program’s flaws hidden from board, public MV WHISMAN DISTRICT OFFICIALS HID COMPLAINTS, PROBLEMS PLAGUING TEACH TO ONE

By Kevin Forestieri that adjust daily lessons based on each student’s needs. The or Mountain View Whis- pilot launched at the start of the man School District’s elect- school year for the roughly 500 Fed board members, the sixth-grade students attending cascade of problems that flowed Crittenden and Graham middle from the ill-fated new Teach schools, and it didn’t take long for to One math program wasn’t troubling signs to appear. even on the radar. Every passing Using a Public Records Act week that teachers grappled with request, the Voice obtained emails technological crises and numer- between district staff and employ- ous parents demanded fixes was ees of New Classrooms, the com- another week the district office pany behind Teach to One; the stayed mum about the problems. emails revealed one major snag MICHELLE LE Emmett Carson is CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The Mountain View-based charity But for anyone in the know, in the system after another — controls $8.2 billion in assets that are directed to philanthropic efforts both at home and abroad. the writing a teacher get- was on the ting assigned 49 wall as early ‘I cannot add more students in her as November class, identi- Silicon Valley’s rainmaker charity turns 10 that Teach parent concerns about cal lessons from to One was TTO than we already one day to the FOUNDATION’S GROWTH SPURS IT TO LOOK BEYOND BAY AREA going to fall next, week-long apart. Dis- have or we are going tech hangups, By Mark Noack all have in common? rainmaker like none other. trict officials math problems Money — specifically money Considered the largest orga- feared “some- to run the risk of for sixth-graders hat do a rural arts that flows to each of these nization of its kind, SVCF has thing ugly” full-scale parent and that inexplicably center in Kyrgyzstan, initiatives from the Silicon become a lifeline for hun- was bound extended into Wa climate-change Valley Community Founda- dreds of nonprofits, NGOs to happen — teacher revolt.’ trigonometry, think tank in metropolitan tion (SVCF), the Mountain and independent do-gooders, whether it be and students with Chicago and a science banquet View-based organization that ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT a total revolt disabilities being held each year at Moffett Field has become a philanthropic See SVCF, page 10 by parents CATHY BAUR illegally denied and teachers extra time to fin- or bad press — that would kill the ish exams. program. The emails show that a deluge Publicly, however, Superinten- of parent concerns would fre- Wanted: more applicants for rent-control board dent Ayinde Rudolph announced quently pour into the district that “mixed test results” were to office after teachers and district QUALIFICATIONS: MUST BE A MOUNTAIN VIEW LANDLORD blame when the district abruptly staff sent out messages attempt- pulled the plug on Teach to One in ing to demystify Teach to One. By Mark Noack Council members were sched- apartments in the city but its January. After an email blast on Sept. 16 uled to pick their top candidates implementation has been delayed Last year, district officials about how Teach to One works, t didn’t quite rise to the level for Mountain View’s new Rental by a lawsuit filed by a landlord decided to run a “pilot project” one parent raised concerns that of naming a new justice to the Housing Committee, the pow- group. using Teach to One, a digital the curriculum was impossible IU.S. Supreme Court — but at erful new panel in charge of After putting candi- math curriculum that prom- to follow, and made it impossible times the Mountain View City implementing Measure V, the dates through two rounds of ises individualized learning plans Council’s Feb. 21 meeting sure rent control regulations. Rent for students through algorithms See MATH PROGRAM, page 8 did resemble that kind of ordeal. control will affect thousands of See RENT CONTROL, page 7

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Federal funding halted for Caltrain electrification DELAY PUTS PROJECT TO ELECTRIFY LINE AT RISK OF BEING SCRAPPED, RAIL OFFICIAL SAYS

By Mark Noack Of the dozens of grants awarded through the FTA capital invest- he $1.96 billion Caltrain ment program, Murphy said it is electrification project unprecedented for a project that Tcame to screeching halt met all the requirements to be on Friday, Feb. 17, after it was deferred like this. announced that Federal Transit But even before the FTA Administration officials were announcement, the rail electri- holding back grant funding fication upgrades seemed to be needed with only days before barreling toward political dan- construction was to begin. ger. Earlier this month, it was The $647 million grant request revealed that California’s Con- from Caltrain could still win gressional Republican delega- federal approval down the line, tion sought to block the Caltrain MICHELLE LE but Federal Transit Administra- electrification funding as a way Homes in Waverly Park owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District have been rented out for tion (FTA) officials are report- to also stymie the state’s $64-bil- years. A proposal to use the properties to house the homeless has provoked a vociferous negative edly telling local officials that lion high-speed rail project. That reaction from neighborhood residents. the request must be added to coalition of 14 representatives President Donald Trump’s 2018 sent a Jan. 24 letter to new Sec- budget. retary of Transportation Elaine Tensions flare over homeless housing idea At the very least, it amounts to Chao, urging her not to sign off a delay; at worst, it could mean on the grant. WAVERLY PARK RESIDENTS SAY THEY’RE LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS the project is scrapped, said Sea- In a statement issued Friday mus Murphy, spokesman for the afternoon, Rep. Anna Eshoo THAN ANSWERS AFTER WATER DISTRICT’S MEETING Caltrain electrification project. denounced the delay as a politi- “Under normal circumstances cal maneuver, pledging to try to By Kevin Forestieri citing both an obligation to determined that buying and this should have been easy, but get funding approval before next help the county’s most vulner- maintaining the properties now we don’t know if federal month. esidents gave the Santa able residents and a need to would be an environmentally funding will be there,” he said. “If “I never imagined that the Clara Valley Water Dis- keep waterways clean and clear sound and cheaper alternative we don’t have access to the fed- electrification of a train would be Rtrict a fiery and frus- of encampments. The most to a major construction project eral funds, then we won’t have a subjected to such brutal, partisan trated response last Wednesday controversial of the proposals to install a concrete-lined chan- Caltrain electrification project.” politics,” she said in her state- night to a proposal that would calls for the water agency to use nel and high retaining walls. FTA representatives could ment. “The only requirement allow homeless residents to 19 district-owned residential Under the new proposal, the not be reached for immediate this didn’t meet was a political occupy homes in the Waverly properties along Stevens Creek water district would refer any comment. one.” Park neighborhood, making to house the homeless. home that becomes vacant to If the political climate were Caltrain officials say they have for a raucous meeting with The district bought the prop- the Santa Clara County Office different, Caltrain officials say been scrambling since first learn- shouting, testy exchanges, and erties between 1974 and 1989 of Supportive Housing, which their funding request would have ing Friday morning that the eventually, a police presence. — and has since rented them would determine whether the been a shoo-in for approval. FTA federal portion of the $1.96 bil- Starting last year, the water out through a property man- dwelling would be appropriate officials gave the electrification lion project was being held back. district launched multiple agement agency — at a time for housing the homeless. project medium-high ratings in Losing out on that money throws efforts to address homeless- when creek erosion was a a July review, which normally ness in Santa Clara County, serious problem. The district See HOMELESS HOUSING, page 9 would have guaranteed approval. See CALTRAIN, page 7 Fear spreads as feds plan to expand deportations LOCAL RESIDENTS PREPARE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN By Mark Noack undocumented immigrants. local migrant community. On “We’re in a state of emergen- checkpoints and random round- The new guidelines would Tuesday night, Maria Mar- cy,” Marroquin said. “We have ups by Immigration and Cus- ledges by Mountain View include undocumented people roquin, director of the Moun- a lot of fear in our community. toms Enforcement (ICE) agents and other Bay Area cities who have fraudulently sought tain View Day Worker Center, I believe the city needs to take in areas of in Mountain View, Pto stand by their immi- public benefits or have been warned city officials that fami- care of this situation.” as well as Richmond, Oakland, grant communities could soon charged with a criminal offense, lies and residents are now living Even before the new rules Contra Costa County and San be tested under a sweeping new even if they were not convicted. under a constant state of fear. were publicized, tensions were Carlos. plan for deportations issued The plan also includes a catch- Many are reportedly preparing at a high point. Those fears But those reports of sweep- by President Donald Trump’s all clause to allow deportations contingency plans, including went into overdrive last week as ing roundups were false, said administration. for non-citizens who are deemed writing up legal statements rumors began spreading across Ilyce Shugall, an attorney with A Department of Homeland a risk to public safety or national detailing who should take custo- the Bay Area of federal agents the Community Legal Services Security memo issued on Mon- security. dy of their children or property conducting immigration raids. in East Palo Alto. While much day, Feb. 21, revealed plans to As the news spread this week, in the event they are removed The reports, spread mainly expand the scope for removing the ramifications rattled the from the country. on social media, warned of See DEPORTATION RULES, page 9

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All-girls hackathon encourages careers in tech

By Shauli Bar-On because of the hackathon stereo- girl to come in and learn technol- types that involve long hours and ogy and not be afraid or not be nika Bagga, a junior at “coding away through the night,” underestimated for her skills,” Cupertino High School, she said. Bagga said. Aattended several hack- “That’s why we wanted to cre- Ninety-seven girls attended the athon coding competitions dur- ate a 12-hour hackathon which event with the goal of creating ing her high school career. But would be a smaller-sized event, a mobile application or website every time, Bagga noticed that but it would still kind of give girls to advance women’s rights or she was one of only a few girls in the exposure to what hackathons advance social and civil rights. attendance. are like and to help them make Nina Vir served as one of the “One of the reasons why many some positive impact,” Bagga judges for the social and civil girls are scared to go to hack- said. impact category. Vir founded her athons is because they don’t feel The event was headed by Bagga own company, Daily Dress Me, accepted or comfortable in that and planned with four students when she was in high school. kind of environment, or they feel from nearby high schools — “I was really interested in like they’ll be underestimated Ruoyun Zheng (Monta Vis- attending this event and giving because they don’t have the same ta), Anusha Kuchibhotla and back because most of the attend- skills,” Bagga said. Anushka Narverkar (both of ees were me about five years ago,” COURTESY OF LIFE CAPTURES PHOTOGRAPHY/RIKESH MEHTA She found a solution in Cupertino) and Celeste Tran Vir said. “When I walked into From left, judges Alice Meyer, a senior Global eCommerce program XXHacks 2017, an all girl’s hack- (Los Altos) — in partnership that room full of girls that were manager at Symantec, UC Berkeley sophomore Nikki Bayar and Ayesha athon, on Feb. 18 at the Symantec with the Stanford organization 15, 16 years old, all coding away, Khan, president of Foothill WiSTEM, evaluate application pitches at the World Headquarters in Moun- Girls Teaching Girls to Code. it was really quite amazing.” XXHacks hackathon in Mountain View on Feb. 18. tain View. “I really wanted to create an all- Vir said an app that helped Some girls may be deterred girls hackathon which would be people find local protests and an impressive bunch altogether.” in the future and 85 percent felt from competing in hackathons a safe and inviting space for any app that educated people about Contest winners earned prizes that XXHacks positively affected their constitutional rights really sponsored by Kate Spade, and their opinion about computer stood out. Microsoft sponsored the runner- science. One of the winning applica- up prizes. “We know this is a male domi- tions allowed users to review and Bagga invited a panel of wom- nant industry, but I think this rate local bars and clubs based on en in tech as speakers and judges event is clear evidence that girls how the employees and custom- and said organizing the event are still interested and they are Follow us on Twitter ers treat minorities. took three months of hard work. encouraged to pursue a career in “I was very, very impressed by A post-hackathon survey indi- technology,” Vir said. V twitter.com/mvvoice the quality of the presentations,” cated that 96 percent of attendees Email Shauli Bar-On at Vir said. “This is definitely a very want to attend a similar event [email protected] Even this could be a high Risk Activity

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6 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q February 24, 2017 LocalNews AVENIDAS RENT CONTROL someone who has rental units Association and the Silicon Val- that are subject to (Measure ley Association of Realtors to Continued from page 1 V),” Matichak explained. “It’s encourage more candidates to OPEN HOUSE questionnaires and in-person not lost on me that Measure V apply. interviews, council members passed, but it’s also not lost on “We put this call out, and the “Deal yourself a winning hand at Avenidas!” based their selections primar- me how important this commit- landlords had every opportunity Saturday ily on a basic litmus test — tee is.” to apply, and they didn’t,” said th AVENIDAS is the candidate pro-renter or Exactly who joins the initial Councilwoman Pat Showalter. “I MARCH 4 pro-landlord? rental housing committee is feel like the rules have been out 450 Bryant St The analogy came full circle crucial since that first group will there; we haven’t obscured what 10AM - 1PM Downtown Palo Alto at the start of the meeting set the standard for how rigor- the qualifications are.” as Councilman Chris Clark ously the city will enforce its Showalter made a motion to FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC explained he wanted a balance rent-control program. Among appoint the six members who of two picks on the renter side, its responsibilities, the board received the most votes at a two on the landlord side with a will hire staff, define a fair future date. Class demos fifth person playing the “Justice profit margin for landlords and For now, the city is blocked Kennedy” role in the middle. determine how independently from formally appointing com- Meet instructors The council’s selection for the the committee will function mittee members as long as a rental committee seemed to fit from the City Council. As part court-ordered restraining order Early Registration that mold as members voted of the language of Measure V, remains in effect from a lawsuit Free treats in turn for six candidates (five the council is prohibited from by the California Apartment regular committee members appointing to the committee Association. Raffle Prizes plus one alternate). more than two landlords, prop- That lawsuit is scheduled for Those picks included two erty manager or realtors, but its first major hearing on March renters: Emily Ramos and Evan the measure doesn’t specify any 14, when a judge will take up the Ortiz, an organizer with the minimum number of represen- apartment association’s request www.avenidas.org (650) 289-5400 Mountain View Tenants Coali- tatives from those stakeholders. to continue blocking rent con- tion; a couple of homeowners Concerns about a lack of trol. If that request is denied, in the political middle: James landlord representation on the then Mountain View must begin Leonard and Julian Pardo de committee were stoked by a implementing Measure V and Zela; and two on the landlord letter-writing campaign from appoint the rental committee to side: Matthew Grunewald, the apartment owners ahead of the oversee it. THE CHALLENGE IS owner of a San Francisco rental Feb. 21 meeting. Curtis Conroy, In that scenario, Housing property and former Council- who owns nine apartments in Director Wayne Chen said he man Tom Means, who owns a Mountain View, explained that would like to have the rental home and publicly opposed rent he and many of his colleagues committee ready to meet by control. were barred from serving on the mid-April. Abe-Koga assured But despite naming those rental committee since they live her colleagues that should pro- picks, the council left plenty of outside the city. vide enough time for the city to questions up in the air. Which of “Not one of the nine remain- reopen applications and inter- the six candidates would be the ing applicants is a landlord of view new candidates. alternate? When would they for- a Mountain View property,” Clark tried to split the dif- mally appoint the rental housing he said. “That this could have ference. He proposed that the committee? And the big one — happened demonstrates that council stick with its current list Could the council go back to the drafters (of Measure V) did of six candidates and appoint square one to seek exactly the not have reasonable fairness in them if the court reached a deci- kind of candidate they wanted? mind.” sion right away. But if more time Three council members sig- None of the 19 candidates who is provided, he recommended naled they were dissatisfied applied for a committee seat the council could request more with the candidate pool and own a Mountain View apart- applications, specifically for wanted to open a new round ment property, although many local landlords. Calling all innovators, of applications to specifically owned local homes and rental “If we have the luxury of seek a local landlord. As the property in other areas. The rest additional time and we request dreamers and doers. meeting stretched into the late of the council pointed out that it specifically for a Mountain View hours, council members Marga- wasn’t the city’s fault if landlords landlord, then I’m OK with Community grants of $25,000, ret Abe-Koga, Lisa Matichak and had declined to participate. that,” he said. $50,000 and $100,000 available John McAlister warned that the City Housing Department staff The council approved Showal- @www.InspireMV.org. candidates before them did not pointed out that during the ter’s motion, with the friendly sufficiently represent the apart- one-month application period amendment by Clark, in a ment owners in Mountain View. they took out advertisements, unanimous vote. V “I’m concerned about the posted fliers and reached out to Email Mark Noack at lack of diversity. We don’t have the local California Apartment [email protected]

CALTRAIN deadline,” Murphy said. He upgrade to a transit system Continued from page 5 declined to elaborate on any used by more than 47,000 daily options being considered. riders on average. The existing into jeopardy the project’s two Caltrain has already spent 51-mile Caltrain line stretch- main contracts with Stadler $150 million on design and ing from San Jose to San Fran- Rail AG and Balfour Beatty. preliminary construction to cisco is running at full capac- In those contracts, Caltrain prepare for electrification to ity with diesel-powered officials had committed them- begin this year. As of now, the engines that have been out- www.InspireMV.org selves to a March 1 deadline to project is described as “shovel paced by newer technologies. give the go-ahead for construc- ready” and capable of provid- A new electrified system could tion. It is still unclear what it ing thousands of jobs across reportedly run about 20 per- Sponsors would mean if Caltrain misses the country. cent more trains and eventu- that deadline, Murphy said. Originally pitched more than ally reduce up to 97 percent of Managing Partner Media Partner “We’re evaluating our 15 years ago, the project to emissions. V options and determining electrify the Peninsula rail Email Mark Noack at how long we can extend that corridor would be a dramatic [email protected]

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MATH PROGRAM students, claiming that it would Teach to One also proved prob- not impede students’ ability to Teach to One to board members Continued from page 1 screw up scheduling for teacher lematic for the district’s special learn. at a Jan. 17 meeting as a funda- instruction. needs students. On Sept. 30, However, the emails between mentally flawed math curricu- to know if a student is on track to New Classrooms employees Assistant Superintendent Cathy the district and New Classrooms lum designed to skim over con- transition into well-established later suggested that parents with Baur alerted Teach to One staff staff show that major problems cepts and help students answer math courses like Algebra I. struggling students simply let that only five of the students with continued, including end-of-day test questions, rather than give “What are they studying now their children tough it out and special needs accommodations exams that failed to work for them a deep understanding. and by what time is a student ... fail challenging lessons until at Crittenden were able to finish multiple days straight — prob- That could be why his child blew supposed to get to Algebra I?” the algorithms “adjust to a set of their end-of-term exams, known lems that clearly were New Class- through all of the concepts so one parent asked. “Will they get skills that are more appropriate.” as “PLD’s,” the day before. Once rooms’ responsibility, according quickly, which he said left her there if Teach to One is intro- Teachers struggle the time limit expires, the digital to one teacher’s email sent in with lessons better suited for col- duced next year in seventh and testing platform locks students mid-October. lege students than sixth-graders. eighth grade after that, overrid- Parents weren’t the only ones out and marks all unfinished Baur, who frequently dealt When asked by the Voice why ing the traditional progression with frequent grievances. Teach- questions as incorrect. But by law with multiple parent and teacher the board, and by extension of math courses? These are not ers reported the quiz function many children with learning dif- problems at any given time, the community, wasn’t better rhetorical questions.” broken for three days straight, ficulties must be given additional expressed frustration through- informed about these problems, Other parents pressed harder, students being tested on content time to complete exams. out the four months the district Rudolph said in an email that demanding a clear guideline for they wouldn’t learn about until In emails, Baur told New Class- was using Teach to One, as well “there are always opportunities how to evaluate progress in a the next day, and identical les- rooms that parent concerns were as skepticism that the program for improvement when it comes program that constantly jumps sons being assigned to students already reaching a fever pitch, could continue, given the con- to communication with various from one topic to another. One multiple days in a row. and that the issues affecting stant barrage of complaints and groups, and it is an ongoing focus said it was unreasonable for the And then there are the class- special needs students — those problems. Requests by parents to for the district.” district to ask parents to leaf room logistics — one Crittenden with Individualized Education have their children pulled from At the board’s weekend retreat through 20 to 30 pages of the math teacher told New Class- Programs (IEPs) and accom- Teach to One began rolling in by in January, Teach to One fre- state math standards to try to rooms in September that the modations under section 504 of October, around the same time quently came up. Bill Attea, an match each one with the skills Teach to One program assigned the federal Rehabilitation Act the honeymoon period for Teach education consultant who led listed on the Teach to One web- her 49 students that day, split — needed to be addressed imme- to One was clearly over. the retreat, said there was clearly site. They said that being a parent between live instruction from diately. She wrote that the district “I think morale is pretty low a breakdown in communication. of a sixth-grade student is like her and virtual instruction and had contacted its attorneys, and it here across the board and if “It appears to me that the board “flying blind,” making it hard to “reinforcement” for students in was clear that they had to provide we can’t get things rolling in a wasn’t fully on board and fully support the district’s move away the back of the room. accommodations for students positive direction for more than knowledgeable about what Teach from traditional math classes. “There were not enough chairs with IEPs. a day or two I am not sure what to One was,” he said at the Jan. Far and away the most common in the room,” she said. “I was not “I cannot add more parent is going to happen,” Baur said in 28 meeting. There’s some ques- complaint was the rate at which able to teach the task properly concerns about TTO than we an email. tion as to whether ending the students would be catapulted into because so much time was spent already have or we are going to By Nov. 30, Baur told New program was due to community higher-level math without the finding places for students and run the risk of full-scale parent Classrooms staff point-blank pressure or results on their own, needed foundational skills. Stu- making the proper accommoda- and teacher revolt,” Baur said. “I that Teach to One likely could he said. dents performing well on Teach tions for my student in a wheel- knew there were issues of accom- not continue. One big question hanging to One lessons wouldn’t just chair. At the end of the session, modations, but I did not realize “I am continuing to face grow- over the board and the district breeze through grade-level math, I learned that there were seven how serious the problem was.” ing frustration and anger from office staff during the retreat they would shoot past sixth-, students next door.” Clymer responded on Oct. an ever-growing group of parents was whether the district moved seventh- and even eighth-grade Earlier that day, New Class- 11, nearly two weeks later, and from Graham, and I do not think too quickly in implementing an lessons and begin work on high rooms staff attempted to recon- said that New Classrooms staff- we can sustain TTO in its current entirely new math curriculum school-level math by October. In figure classroom assignments ers were hesitant to implement form for the remainder of the for all sixth grade students when one email exchange, a Graham to help that teacher reduce her accommodations for students school year,” she wrote. “At this the technology and staffing were teacher told parents that their class size, following complaints who need more time on tests. He point I foresee something ugly far from ready and the funding daughter was “overwhelmed,” by that she was being overbooked said the company’s programmers happening including bad press, not in place when school started the Teach to One lessons. for math instruction. She had were still trying to find ways to article (sic), parents at board on Aug. 15. And where was the “We are not sure what you been assigned too many students, allow students to take the same meetings etc.” lengthy vetting process that mean with ‘(she) was over- and New Classrooms employee exam over a span of multiple Out of the loop normally comes with a new cur- whelmed.’ She was confronted Vera Tran said she was making days. Even when they did come to riculum adoption? with a skill which appears to be the seemingly illogical move of a solution, Clymer said, he voiced Although the program’s out- Attea said that sometimes slow at the high school level and out increasing the teacher’s class- concerns that such a solution look was bleak by November — is better, and a major shift to a of sequence with other prob- room capacity in order to solve would be “highly unusual,” and and the district’s attempt to have curriculum like Teach to One is ability topics in her skill library,” the problem. would allow students with special Google pay for the half-million- generally done over the course the parent said. “She attempted “I think the best way to adjust needs to go home and research dollar program had fallen flat, of a three-year process, with the to fail her exit ticket (end-of-day this is to up your room capacity answers, thereby invalidating as detailed in last week’s story in entire first year devoted to evalu- exam) so she would have an to 28,” Tran said to the teacher their tests. When asked about the Voice — the district’s board ation of the program. opportunity to continue working in an email. “I know that this the possibility that Teach to One of trustees was barely informed At the retreat, board member on the skill. Unfortunately, her may seem incomprehensible, but could have text-to-speech for about what was going on with Greg Coladonato recalled how it random selection of ‘D’ on the this is just one of the unforeseen students with disabilities, Clymer Teach to One. Around the same took close to a year and a half to last three questions wound up results of ‘locking’ teacher loca- said, “We do not have a techni- time that district officials were adopt the last math curriculum, being correct.” tions. We just have to fix and cal solution for this issue,” and saying that morale was at an with a plethora of meetings held Subsequent emails from New adjust along the way!” suggested nontechnical solutions all-time low and parent opposi- with teachers to compare one Classrooms staff indicate the par- Representatives from New to the problem, such as having a tion was bubbling over, Super- curriculum with another. It’s a ents’ daughter had gone through Classrooms, who declined to teacher read everything aloud. intendent Rudolph’s update for weighty decision, he said, and every sixth-grade, seventh-grade, respond to the Voice’s request for When asked by the Voice about the week of Nov. 18 told board he figured Teach to One would and eighth-grade skill, and comment last month, responded multiple technical problems, members that “our teachers have be part of a “long, public ‘every- almost every high school Alge- to questions for this story and New Classrooms responded that expressed some really strong body knows what’s happening’ bra I skill, available in the Teach cautioned against assuming that the root cause was often the positives and some opportunities update.” to One curriculum. This was on all the technical glitches were a inability of the school district for growth” for Teach to One, “It didn’t occur to me to ask the Nov. 8, less than three months reflection of Teach to One over- to obtain all the technology and that “the same is true with question,” he said. V into the school year. all, suggesting that they could — hundreds of Chromebooks our parents.” Email Kevin Forestieri at Jason Clymer, the deputy be isolated problems with the — in time to implement the The problems finally came to [email protected] director of school partnerships district’s implementation. program before the start of the the attention of the board after a for New Classrooms, admitted Special needs students school year. The New Class- group of active Graham parents, in emails that there wasn’t much rooms employee, who asked that led by Alan Wessel and Robin This is the second story in a series that could be done to satisfy Although parents of high- his name not be used for this Coleman, spent months com- based on the Voice’s Public Records requests to turn down the diffi- performing students — mostly story, claimed that most of the piling a list of all the problems Act request about Teach to One in culty level or change the way the at Graham — were the most IT-related problems were solved and grievances parents had with the Mountain View Whisman School algorithms assigned lessons to vocal with their frustration, within a few days, and they did Teach to One. Wessel described District.

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HOMELESS HOUSING in line for the homes at a below- market rate. He said he told the Continued from page 5 water district’s board vice chair, Many neighboring residents, Dick Santos, that his confidence some living in the district-owned in the county’s homeless vetting houses themselves, used the Feb. program was “ignorant.” He 15 meeting as an opportunity to claimed Santos responded by voice an avalanche of opposition saying, “You can kiss my ass.” to the plan. Chief among the con- “That the meeting devolved to cerns was that the single-family swearing and physical posturing, homes in a low-density neigh- represents the contentious nature borhood are uniquely unquali- of the meeting and should be a fied, since the neighborhood is learning point to the organizers,” far from public transportation, Sokolove told board members in grocery stores and homeless an email following the meeting. services. “It should also be a potential More than 100 people packed point of censure for Mr. Santos the meeting, held in the multi- regarding his behavior unbe- purpose room at Huff Elemen- coming of an elected official tary, demanding information and representative of the Water about a proposal for which they District board.” had few details. There was no MICHELLE LE It’s unclear when the water clarity, they argued, on whether The Santa Clara Valley Water District bought homes adjacent to Stevens Creek in Mountain View in lieu district’s board of directors will the occupants would be homeless of construction to control creek bank erosion, and has been renting them out. revisit the proposal. In Novem- families or a handful of unrelated ber, a majority of the board was homeless men, and there was ready to vote in favor of the plan, no explanation of what kind of on at the meeting. of the vocal opponents. Three that the district could work with but agreed to table a decision vetting process would be used Water district representatives police officers showed up in the city to provide the homes until there was more community to determine who was a right fit argued that homeless housing in response to multiple calls that the to low-income families, which outreach. for the neighborhood. Details Waverly Park was part of a larger meeting had gotten out of hand, would be a more effective use of Water district board member were scant on what kind of ser- mission to get homeless encamp- and they pulled Nelson aside to the residential properties along Gary Kremen, who represents vices would be available for those ments out of the county’s water- resolve the incident. the creek. the North County cities of Palo dealing with mental health and ways, but several residents said Police were told that two men Councilman John McAli- Alto, Mountain View and Los substance abuse problems. there appeared to be a mismatch had left the meeting to go outside ster assured residents late in Altos, said he heard loud and Jonathan Pharazyn, a Waverly between the water district’s goals and fight, but the confrontation the Wednesday meeting that clear that a majority of the com- Park resident and former teacher, and what was actually being sug- had ended before they arrived. the city’s position has has not munity isn’t excited about the said the families currently living gested. The county’s selection Throughout the meeting, water changed, and that city staff and idea. He said he personally wants in the district-owned homes are of homeless residents suitable district officials assured that council members would oppose to avoid supporting any proposal charged at below-market rates, for the properties doesn’t pluck crowd that the homeless housing the water district’s idea as it cur- that would fill the homes with and wondered how beneficial it homeless people directly out of idea would only go live if the city rently exists. several homeless residents from would be to take an affordable the creeks, and instead comes of Mountain View was on board. Near the end of the meeting, all over, when local homeless rental property off the market from a more broad selection Mayor Ken Rosenberg sent a Mountain View resident Jeremy families ought to take priority. — essentially taking away one process by Santa Clara County. letter to the water district in Sokolove said he opposed the “I’m dead set against putting solution to the housing shortage Throughout the meeting, sev- September last year commend- idea of the water district offering single men from the creek into in favor of helping the homeless. eral angry residents shouted over ing the district for seeking solu- the Waverly Park homes to a gen- the homes,” Kremen said. “One Other residents laid into the the moderator and speakers at the tions to the affordable housing eral pool of the county’s homeless idea that seemed to work for me water district staff for failing to event. At one point, Cuesta Park crisis, but also questioning how individuals when there are plenty is to work with the local school properly explain was being pro- resident and former Mountain well-suited the properties are of homeless and lower-income district, and the kids who might posed, leaving many in the dark View Whisman school board for traditional homeless housing residents in Mountain View — have been kicked out during the about the very plan they were member Steve Nelson marched given the distance from services teachers, firefighters and police year, and focus on housing them supposed to be giving feedback across the room to confront one and transportation. He suggested officers — who should be first instead.” V

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SVCF contrast with his speech pat- funds. For many of these phil- dramatic improvements, the payout required,” he said. tern, which is slow, deliberate anthropic funds, it is still being Open Impact report explained. “They take their fee, the donor Continued from page 1 and sometimes lapses into a determined how that money Carson said that Silicon gets their tax deduction and from the Bay Area and across southern drawl. will be spent and what issues it Valley is more than just the everyone’s pleased — but they the globe. In his role, Carson is regular- will address. South Bay and Midpeninsula, haven’t actually done anything The foundation and its staff ly in contact with the divided Few would argue that the but rather it encompasses the with that money.” of about 150 are celebrating the economic extremes of Silicon fundraising prowess of SVCF entire global supply chain of SVCF officials take issue organization’s 10-year anni- Valley — the “haves and have- is closely intertwined to its the tech industry. About one- with that criticism, pointing versary, a period that has been nots.” Just outside his office location in the Bay Area, third of the residents in the out that over the last decade marked by huge expansion of window, Carson can see doz- where more than 60 billion- area are immigrants, so many they’ve doled out $2.3 bil- the nonprofit’s coffers as well ens of homeless families living aires reside. For a land where of the donors want to help lion to the Bay Area’s nine as its mission. The organiza- out of their vehicles on Latham unicorn companies seem to their homelands, and SVCF is counties. Housing is one of tion has grown from control- Street. It’s a fraction of the esti- materialize rapidly, a multi- willing to accommodate that, the foundation’s four pillar ling $1.4 billion in assets in mated 200,000 households liv- billion-dollar nonprofit com- he said. programs in addition to immi- 2007 to controlling more than ing in poverty in Santa Clara ing together in just a decade “We don’t artificially con- grant services, education and $8.2 billion today. With that County, which is now reported seems appropriate. strain you with what commu- economic security. For hous- bulging purse, the charity to have the largest income gap “I don’t think this could have nity has to be,” Carson said. ing, Carson and other foun- has also expanded its role — in the country. Carson said he been done anywhere else; Sili- “We embrace that. Philanthro- dation officials point to “stra- zooming out to address more routinely presses his team for con Valley is where the money py should be a smorgasbord.” tegic investments” in hous- than local needs by taking on updates on what they’re doing is,” said Tom Friel, a former But what about the acute ing advocacy, a $50 million a growing list of national and to help the car-dwellers. SVCF board member who left problems affecting the South loan pool for transit-oriented global issues. But the foundation frequent- in 2015. “There’s not many Bay, like the lack of affordable development, and the founda- “We’re at a point that’s ly deals with the whims of the other places where you can housing? Carson is emphatic tion’s participation in a lawsuit beyond anyone’s wildest other extreme — the Valley’s raise that level of assets.” that his organization — how- against Menlo Park for that dreams of where we would ultra-wealthy. The nonprofit’s But Friel and others say that ever well-endowed it may city’s refusal to accommodate be and what we could accom- growth over the last decade there’s more behind SVCF’s be — can’t be assigned with low-income housing. plish,” said Emmett Carson, has been buoyed by the largess large endowment than just solving the housing crisis Carson and SVCF officials who has served as the CEO of of wealthy donors giving mas- its location. Carson credits head-on. He points out that the pointed to its two main suc- SVCF since its founding. sive sums. In 2014, when Mark the success to the nonprof- housing shortage is a problem cesses, both of which are policy The 57-year-old Carson talk- Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan it’s commitment to letting compounded by decades of issues. Carson singles out his ed last week at the foundation’s wanted to jump-start an edu- donors identify where to direct short-sighted policymaking, organization’s efforts starting headquarters on the third cation nonprofit, they directed their charitable giving. These particularly Gov. Jerry Brown’s in 2009 to curb abusive payday floor of a Latham Street office about $1.6 billion in Facebook “donor-advised funds,” are the 2011 decision to dissolve rede- lending through ordinances in building in Mountain View. stock to the SVCF. WhatsApp programs typically sought by velopment agencies, a tool Peninsula cities as well as state Carson is a magnetic figure, founder Jan Koum and GoPro wealthy donors, but they can that was frequently used for legislation. Carson also points always smiling and gesturing founder Nick Woodman each start as low as $5,000. These housing development. For that out the foundation’s role in the to hammer home his point. gave more than $500 million funds often serve as a launch- reason, the solution needs to exposure of civil rights viola- His animated demeanor is in to launch their own charitable pad for SVCF and the benefac- also be policy-driven, he said. tions in school math place- tors to brainstorm the best way “We don’t have the resources ment programs, which resulted to tailor their philanthropy. It’s to handle the affordable-hous- in mostly minority students a “journey” to find out what ing crisis in our community,” being forced to repeat algebra effective charity means, and Carson said. “We have a mis- in eighth and ninth grades. what impact each giver want match where we have 100,000 Carson says he expects SVCF to achieve, Carson said. About people coming in each year, to further delve into policy 1,050 of these funds have been and we have only 10,000 homes issues in the near future as a set up as of 2014, and roughly being built. Philanthropy can’t way to address the emerging 160 of them have more than $1 fix that.” problems affecting the Bay million, according to a 2014 But this is where SVCF Area. But he is careful not to SVCF report. and some other philanthropic politicize the organization, Thinking globally leaders strongly disagree. Bill saying that it must avoid con- Somerville, founder of the troversy in order to pull people But that leads to one common Philanthropic Ventures Foun- in, even on dicey issues like criticism of the foundation. dation in Oakland, said that reforming California’s prop- Over its short life, the founda- SVCF could be doing much erty tax system under Proposi- tion, through it donor-advised more with its substantial cash tion 13. funds, has tilted toward giving reserves to house the homeless An optimist at heart, Carson A change NO MORE NEEDLES, its grants to organizations out- and prevent tenant displace- said he is constantly inspired happier NO MORE DRILLS side of the Bay Area, whether ment. He is intimately familiar by the willingness of donors for the in other parts of California or with the area, having previous- who are willing to sacrifice on the other side of the globe. ly served as executive director their wealth — and some- Dentistry is changing, and Dr. McEvoy CHECK OUT A report published in Octo- for the Peninsula Commu- times their reputations — by OUR WEBSITE ber by the consulting firm nity Foundation, one of the attempting to improve the is leading the way. TO SEE THIS Open Impact found that in two nonprofits that joined world. 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there has been an increase of Report: More people leaving Valley than coming in 228,000 Santa Clara and San Mateo County residents who HEALTHY JOB GROWTH RESULTING IN HOUSING SHORTAGES, WORSENING TRAFFIC commute to work, along with 57,000 additional commuters who By Gennady Sheyner a boom. According to the report, lowest-earning racial and ethnic the report was released on the come into Silicon Valley from San the region added 6,864 new groups increased by 40 percent same day as the national “Day Francisco and Alameda counties. s the economic engine of construction jobs and 6,829 new in the past decade (in 2015, it Without Immigrants” strike). As a result, commute times have Silicon Valley continues health care jobs. The Valley’s amounted to about $47,000). Forty-six percent of the region’s risen by 17 percent. Ato churn out out jobs, average annual earning reached Even for those who don’t occu- employed residents are foreign- According to the report, the mint millionaires and attract its highest level to date last year py the lowest economic strata, born, according to the Index. worsening commute since 2015 new employees, the region is ($125,580) and per capita income the dream of homeownership is This includes 62.8 percent of has added 35 hours of driving increasingly buckling under the was also at an all-time high growing increasingly out of reach. the employers in “computer and time per commuter annually (or strain of the recent success, with ($86,976). All these figures, the The Index notes that Silicon Val- mathematical” fields and 60.5 40 minutes weekly). The grow- longer traffic commutes, a soar- Index notes, “dwarf those of the ley’s housing costs are “crippling percent of those in “architectural ing congestion comes despite the ing cost of living and a steep hous- state and the nation.” huge swaths of our population.” and engineering.” slight drop in commuters who ing shortage frustrating business At the same time, inequality “The median sale price of “Historically, immigrants have drive alone to work (which went leaders and residents alike. in the region is as bad as it’s ever homes in Silicon Valley reached contributed considerably to inno- from 75 percent in 2010 to 73 per- That’s the overarching message been, with some ethnic groups $880,000 in 2016, a price fewer vation and job creation in the cent in 2015) and an small uptick of the 2017 Silicon Valley Index, a actually losing ground. While than 40 percent of first-time region, state and nation,” the in the number of people who comprehensive look at the region white, Asian and black residents homebuyers can afford,” the Index states. “Maintaining and relied on public transportation that the nonprofit Joint Venture saw slight improvements in per Index states. “Furthermore, only increasing these flows, combined (which increased from 5 percent Silicon Valley released last week. capita incomes, Hispanic or Lati- a small share of recent housing with efforts to integrate immi- to 6 percent between 2010 and The report shows that the area’s no residents and those identifying permits were affordable for low- grants into our communities, will 2015). economy, despite a slight slow- as “multiple and other” saw their income residents.” likely improve the region’s global Joint Venture CEO and Presi- down from 2015, continues to earnings dip. According to the Index, the competitiveness.” dent Russell Hancock said in an chug along and serve as a magnet The Index also noted that one percentage of new residences des- The numbers are particularly introduction to the Index that the for people from all over the world. out of every 12 residents now lives ignated as “affordable” has dipped high when it comes to women who pace of growth in 2016 slowed It also indicates, however, that the below the federal poverty thresh- over the past year. In 2015, there are between the ages of 25 and 44 down “ever so slightly,” with the region’s economic inequality con- old and one in 11 children lives were 1,758 such homes approved, years and who are employed in region losing a percentage point tinues to grow and that its infra- in poverty. And even as incomes making up 16 percent of the total computer, mathematical, archi- in the rate of job growth. Hancock structure is grossly inadequate. continue to rise, median wages in number of new residential units. tectural and engineering occupa- noted that the market has made In that sense, the report is a service occupations have actually In 2016, the percentage dropped tions. About 76 percent of these “necessary corrections to some tale of two regions. On one hand, declined by 8 percent since 2010, to 7 percent, with only 1,404 women are foreign-born, accord- overvaluations” and the region Silicon Valley continues to experi- when adjusted for inflation. residences across the region des- ing to the Index. Furthermore, saw fewer IPOs this past year ence job growth and a declining Put in more concrete terms, ignated as “affordable.” the percentage of residents who (nine in 2016, compared to 16 in unemployment rate (which hit a 29 percent of the households The report also indicates a speak a foreign language at home 2015 and 23 in 2014). Yet he he low of 3.1 percent last May and in Silicon Valley “do not earn growing gap between residents rose from 48 percent in 2005 to 51 also pointed out that there is “no stood at 3.3 percent in November). enough money to meet their with graduate or professional percent in 2015. talk of a bubble bursting.” If any- Since emerging from the Great basic needs without public or degrees and those without them. Even with the high number of thing, he wrote, “the talk is about Recession in 2010, the Valley has private, informal assistance, and While the median income for immigrants, the overall popula- the toll our growth is taking on added 297,000 new jobs, including this share jumps up to 59 percent those on the highest strata of tion of Silicon Valley remains the region as we move into robot- 45,621 in 2016. The number of for those with Hispanic or Latino educational attainment went up relatively stable. In fact, one of the ics and artificial intelligence.” tech jobs, which make up the larg- householders.” by $3,578 between 2014 and 2015, more striking findings in the new Hancock also acknowledged est share, increased by 5.2 percent Indeed, the report documents it actually went down over the report is the growing number of that the region’s growth “has its last year. widening disparities between same period for those with lower people who left the Valley last year. perils.” While the sectors of biotech, ethnicities, genders and resi- levels of education. As a result, The “out-migration” in the Val- “It strains our infrastructure, internet and computer design dents with different educational those at the highest tier earned ley was greater in 2016 than in any decreases our quality of living and enjoyed the most growth, they attainments. The gap between about $86,000 more (or 4.8 times other year since 2006, the report puts housing out of reach for too weren’t the only ones experiencing the region’s highest- and as much) as those at the bottom. notes, with about 20,000 people many,” Hancock wrote. “Growth This disparity is somewhat higher departing for other parts of the can also be troubling when it isn’t in Silicon Valley than in San Fran- state and country last year. This widely shared. Unfortunately, our Inspirations cisco (where the ratio is 4.5) and is a sharp break from just three report shows that income dispari- significantly higher than across years ago, when the region was ties are more pronounced than the nation (3.2). showing more people coming in ever, changing the character of a guide to the spiritual community The gender-income gap also from other parts of the country our region and raising profound remains a persistent source of than leaving. And birth rates in questions about community and shame for the politically liberal Silicon Valley have declined by 13 cohesiveness.” To include your region. Men in Silicon Valley with percent since 2008 (in California While the report highlights the Church in bachelor’s degrees earn 50 per- at large the drop was even more steep challenges facing the Silicon cent more than women with the significant at 14 percent), drop- Valley (which is defined as San Inspirations same degrees. This means that a ping to their lowest levels since the Mateo County, Santa Clara Coun- Please call woman with a bachelor’s earns mid-1980s. ty, Scotts Valley, Fremont, Newark 67 cents for every $1 earned by And while population con- and Union City), Hancock point- Blanca Yoc a similarly educated man. While tinues to grow, the rate slowed ed to the “growing recognition at 650-223-6596 the gap narrows slightly for those markedly last year. From 2010 to that these challenges ultimately with graduate or professional 2015, Silicon Valley had experi- erode our innovation ecosystem or email degrees (in which case, a woman enced population growth of about and threaten the very foundation [email protected] earns 71 cents for every dollar 34,000 per year. Between July of our prosperity.” He alluded earned by a man), the Valley’s 2015 and July 2016, it slowed to in his introduction to Measure ratio for all women working full- a gain of 19,000, according to the A and Measure B, which county MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH time (74 cents per dollar) is worse Index. With more people leaving voters approved last fall to support than either in San Francisco (77 the Valley than coming in, the new housing and transportation Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m. cents) or California (79 cents). growth was almost entirely due improvements, respectively. Saturday Services: Worship 10:45 a.m. The report also underscores to natural growth (births minus “Our region’s storied innova- Wednesday Study Groups: 10-11 a.m. the outsized role that immigrants deaths), according to the Index. tion has served us so extremely play in the region’s economy, a The report also highlights one well in the commercial realm,” Pastor Kenny Fraser, B.A.M. DIV particularly topical finding at a key problem that continues to Hancock wrote. “Now, with the 1425 Springer Rd., Mtn. View - Office Hrs. M-F 9am-1pm time when the White House is unite people of all backgrounds: stakes so high, we need to apply www.mtviewda.adventistfaith.org Phone: 650-967-2189 pursuing more restrictive immi- worsening traffic. According that same spirit of innovation to gration policies (by a coincidence, to the new report, since 2005 our social and civic challenges.” V

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Meeting welcome, but questions remain unanswered Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly by Laura Brown earlier statements in the media and in board b.viii. 11. What rent will be charged, and who QSTAFF EDITOR minutes. will be responsible for paying it? Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) hanks to a tip from a neighbor, I Despite the short notice of the meeting, b.ix. 12. The nearest public transportation is attended the Nov. 22 meeting of the the following questions were submitted in 1.3 miles away, and the nearest grocery store EDITORIAL Santa Clara Valley Water District writing to the water district on the Monday is 1.8 miles away. These distances are far Associate Editor T Renee Batti (223-6528) Board of Directors and asked that board preceding the Wednesday meeting. To my beyond what is deemed “reasonable walking Arts & Entertainment Editor members not vote on making the district’s recollection, none of them was addressed at distance.” What transportation will be pro- Karla Kane (223-6517) Waverly Park rental properties available to the meeting. vided if occupants do not own cars? Special Sections Editor the homeless until they 1. 1. Since the city of Moun- b.x. 13. These homes currently provide much- Linda Taaffe (223-6511) reached out to the neigh- tain View has expressed needed middle income affordable housing in Staff Writers borhood, described the pro- Guest Opinion strong reservations about Mountain View. If they are removed from Kevin Forestieri (223-6535) posal, and gathered input the proposal, does the the market, how will loss of that resource be Mark Noack (223-6536) from the residents. SCVWD intend to pursue the plan? If so: mitigated? Intern Shauli Bar-On While I’m very grateful that the directors a. 2. Who will select occupants? b.xi. 14. Has the board considered diverting Photographer Michelle Le (223-6530) tabled the motion and scheduled the Feb. b. 3. What priorities will be applied in the some or all of the rental income from the Contributors Dale Bentson, Peter Canavese, Alyssa Merksamer, 15 meeting, the results were not what I had selection process (for example, those who Mountain View properties to other facilities Ruth Schecter hoped for. There were no written materials live in creekside encampments, chronically that can provide housing and services for DESIGN & PRODUCTION and only a very general verbal statement homeless, employed, etc.)? more people more quickly? Marketing and Creative Director about the proposal. No questions were asked b.i. 4. What other criteria will be used? Again, I appreciate the water district’s effort Shannon Corey (223-6560) or answered until we were broken up into b.ii. 5. Will background and reference checks to be more transparent, and look forward to Design and Production Manager small groups to record our questions and be done? its answers. Kristin Brown (223-6562) opinions, which were then “shared” with the b.iii. 6. What would disqualify an applicant? Designers Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, larger group, and we were promised that we b.iv. 7. Will the homes be reserved only for Laura Brown is a 39-year Mountain View Rosanna Kuruppu, Paul Llewellyn, Doug Young would receive written responses via email at families, or will they also include unrelated resident and a former member of the some undetermined time. single individuals? Environmental Planning Commission. ADVERTISING Without any details about the proposal, it b.v. 8. What would the maximum allowable She is currently chair of the North Waver- Vice President Sales and Marketing was difficult to provide meaningful questions number of people in each house? ly Park Neighborhood Association. The Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) and comments. The meeting actually cre- b.vi. 9. What will be the term of residence? views expressed are her own and are not Advertising Representative V.K. Moudgalya (223-6586) ated more uncertainty and confusion, since b.vii. 10. Who will manage, maintain and an official position of the neighborhood Real Estate Account Executive some of the officials’ comments contradicted monitor the properties? association. Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585)

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LETTERS location in the past year. If it has Council will work together to across the globe; and climatas- Clara Valley Water District to Continued from page 13 to shut its doors due lack of a new find a new home for Planned trophe to describe the increas- establish homeless shelters using location, over 8,000 people with Parenthood. ing violence and frequency of homes near creeks (includ- BLEAK CONSEQUENCES IF 14,000-plus visits per year will Diana Wegbreit devastating storms, droughts, ing adjacent to Highway 85 in have a much harder time access- San Clemente Way heat waves and flooding we are Mountain View). HEALTH CENTER CLOSES ing medical care. Those looking seeing here in California and The chief lesson of the last for basic health care, such as around the world. presidential election and these I am writing with concern mammograms and vaccinations, ON INTIMIDATION, POWER The current administration’s wacky local developments is that the Planned Parenthood in will now have to travel to San AND EFFECTIVE ACTION denial does not mean these that if you leave politics at any Mountain View will be losing Jose or Redwood City, something words will go out of style. We level to others, your own inter- its space due to the next step of that could be detrimental for Trump has lost his appeal to need to reduce our CO2 emis- ests and common sense will development at San Antonio many struggling to work out bus reinstate the travel ban, and it sions and cease our resource eventually be disregarded and Center. The center has its lease logistics, time off of work, etc. will probably go to the Supreme destruction or we will soon all trampled. until May, and will be able to go Unpaid visits to the emergency Court for a ruling. If the Supreme be homeless on our only home Gary Wesley month-to-month until construc- services at El Camino Hospital Court votes four to four, the deci- planet. Continental Circle tion begins. will increase and families will be sion by the Federal Appeals Panel Edward Taub When RotaCare shut down struggling to have basic preven- will hold. Devoto Street services in Mountain View in tive care. Trump used fear and coercion What’s on May 2016, Planned Parenthood Mountain View has voted to to make the decision go his way. THE GREATER GOOD filled the vacuum for the health declare itself a human rights His tactics failed. It is a lesson to your mind? services in North County by city. Is our community failing its all of us to work hard for what we OR SELF-INTEREST? taking over much of the gen- mission to strive for respect for believe in and not be intimidated From City Hall politics eral health care for those in our human dignity and equal rights by people in power. Since the inception of America and the schools to transpor- community with and without by watching idly by as a health Barbara Kyser (and before), enterprising indi- tation and other pressing health insurance. These include care system falls apart due to lack Los Altos viduals and business organiza- issues, the Voice aims to women, men, and children, our of space? How are we addressing tions have used government neighbors who struggle finan- the cost and benefits of business at every level to advance their keep readers informed about cially, the undocumented, or just development in the area? With NEW LEXICON FOR own interests in the name of their community. But we those who find having a county- high housing costs and a lack of TODAY’S CALAMITIES the greater good. Two current also want to hear from you. supported health facility close health services, how do we look examples you have reported are: Tell us what’s on your to bus routes or within walking out for those less fortunate? Based on the tragedies occur- 1. the purchase of an expensive mind by sending your let- distance convenient. I want to know that all children ring in the world today, it seems math program by the Mountain ters to letters@MV-Voice. After attending a recent Santa in our schools and their families like we need some new words View Whisman School District Clara County Board of Super- have access to health care. I hope to give them a solid basis in our (pushed by “consultant” Aila com. Or snail-mail them to: visors meeting, I learned that this issue will get a boost and reality. I propose two: ecocaust Malik, who is on the city’ s Mountain View Voice, P.O Planned Parenthood has been that Mountain View residents, to describe the ongoing deci- Human Relations Commission); Box 405, Mountain View, unable to find a local alternate business leaders, and the City mation of species and habitats and, 2. the plan of the Santa CA 94042.

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Ekari Tabu spoons black-eyed peas into a salad bowl at Curry Wrapper’s Delight in Redwood City. Unlike typical Indian restaurants, it offers dishes that originate from Fiji’s Indian community Fantastic Fijian

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t’s an overstatement to call the British recruited people She meticulously trims the fat The menu on the wall walks tortillas, which she said hold Curry Wrapper’s Delight from India to come to the off all her meats so that when you through the ordering pro- up better to the curries. The Ia restaurant. It’s barely a island as indentured servants you bite into a hunk of pork, cess: Choose your base and currito is the obvious choice if storefront, with a single coun- to plant sugarcane. Owner-chef you only taste juicy meat. then decide what goes inside. you’re eating on the go, but the ter and zero seating. You order Margaret Chinappa grew up You can try that pork ($7.50) While the currito seems like a rice and salad bowls have some cafeteria-style, mixing and in an Indian household in Fiji on Mondays, Tuesdays and burrito knock-off, it actually advantages. (You can also order matching that day’s curries and and opened Curry Wrapper’s Wednesdays. Dishes rotate here mimics a Fijian roti parcel. half salad, half rice.) Namely, toppings to go inside your rice Delight in 2014 at the urging of because there isn’t enough “If you were brought up in Fiji they allow you to taste each ele- bowl, salad or currito (aka bur- her husband. space to offer everything at in an Indian household, every ment separately and mix them rito). But don’t let appearances Compared to northern Indi- once. There’s a limit on stami- Indian child knows for their as you like to create balance. deceive you. This weekdays- an food typical in the Bay Area, na, too. Chinappa cooks every- lunch, their mom would make For example, if a mouthful of only stop in downtown Red- Indo-Fijian is much lighter. thing herself with just four staff them a roti parcel,” Chinappa spicy chutney leaves you sweat- wood City serves better Indian Curries rely on coconut milk to help. The popular chicken said. ing, you can cool off with some food than you’ll find at most instead of cream, and you won’t curry ($7.25) is available every Roti is an Indian flatbread chopped cucumber or spoon- full-service restaurants. find pools of grease floating to day, but others, like the lamb that can be rolled around vari- ful of raita, a creamy yogurt The food is actually Indo- the top, though the latter has ($8.25), fish ($8.25), and beef ous fillings. Chinappa couldn’t that Chinappa enlivens with Fijian. Fiji’s Indian community more to do with Chinappa’s ($.7.75) only appear certain find anyone willing to make dates to the late 1800s, when focus on health than it does Fiji. days of the week. labor-intensive roti, so she uses See REVIEW, page 18

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Ekari Tabu 450 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE | PALO ALTO prepares a “currito” at Curry Wrapper’s Delight. REVIEW Most of the time, the meat breaks for vegetarian only). Roasted Continued from page 17 apart easily with your plastic fork potatoes, stained yellow from but occasionally it doesn’t. Dur- turmeric, yield a buttery texture shredded cucumber, carrot, gar- ing one visit, slow-cooked lamb that especially compliments the lic and just a bit of honey. If you wafting of cinnamon was more coconut fish curry. If you’ve only order a currito, where everything tough than tender. That’s a rarity, ever experienced gloopy saag is mashed together, the raita according to Chinappa, who said paneer (Indian pureed spinach turns warm and the cucumbers she fastidiously checks her meat with cubes of white cheese,) you soften, leaving you nowhere to as it cooks. must try Chinappa’s spinach turn when your mouth needs When you order a meat or and eggplant. It’s not as pulver- relief. fish curry, you choose one of ized as saag; you can still see Several dishes, including the three vegetable curries to go the stems of the spinach. In Fiji, chicken curry and spinach egg- with it. Skip the meat, and you Chinappa would have used leaves plant saag puree (one of the veg- can have two vegetables ($6.75 from amurensis, an Asian grape, etable sides), burn pleasantly low. “I really tone down the spice,” Chinappa said. “I’m South Indi- an. We’re known to eat spicy foods. Here, I have to mindful of the customers and their needs.” That’s why she offers the spicy chutney and explosive habanero salsa as optional add-ons. Unless you have a bionic tongue, relin- quish your bravado and don’t Spring is a wonderful time to mentor or order them both at the same tutor in our local schools. There’s still time. Those who can’t handle hot time this school year to help a student chiles will find refuge in the along the way to a brighter future. coconut fish curry. On Thurs- days, white fish cooked in masala spices comes with coconut curry sauce the side, and on Fridays, JOIN US most pieces of fish bathe in it. Despite the murky yellow color, it tastes much lighter than it looks VOLUNTEER INFORMATION and only mildly of coconut. One the best attributes of Chinappa’s OPEN HOUSE cooking is the balanced panoply of spices like masala (in itself March 7 • 12:00-1:00 pm a blend of spices), star anise, ginger and garlic that make it MVLA District Office Board Room agreeably difficult to distinguish 1299 Bryant Avenue, Mountain View individual ones. Unlike many Indian curries that make you bob for meat or fish in a bowl of gravy, here RSVP to Audrey: 650-641-2821 or you’ll find less soup, more pro- [email protected] tein. Loads of chicken or lamb preen in brothy sauces that cling to the meat almost like a rub. MentorTutorConnection.org Chinappa uses a slotted spoon A salad bowl with chicken and black-eyed pea curries, raita and so that your currito won’t drip. chutney, and a packet of spicy mango chili sauce.

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A custom “currito”, a twist on a traditional Indo-Fijian roti parcel, is filled with lamb, rice, potatoes, chutney and black-eyed peas. but she found spinach to be a Mango pickles are beloved in The Jean and Bill Lane good substitute. Black-eyed peas India, but for the unfamiliar, stewed in a tomato-based sauce they taste strong and salty. Try Lecture Series 2016–2017 depart from the Fijian custom of the sauce, which is thicker and dry-frying them with potatoes. pastier than ketchup, in small “I don’t do just what I was doses mixed with other items on brought up with,” she explained. your plate. Presents Juan Felipe Herrera “A lot of Indians come in and In the future, Chinappa would say, ‘This is not typical Indian like to serve passion fruit lassis, cuisine.’ I say, ‘I’m not trying to an Indian smoothie made with Reading be in the box.’” yogurt. But for now, she’s stick- This flair for experimentation ing to bottled beverages. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017, 8:00 PM explains why you’ll see yellow “It’s all about timing,” she said. CUBBERLEY AUDITORIUM corn and shredded Monterey “I don’t want to sign up for some- jack cheese as topping choices. thing I cannot handle and over- 485 LASUEN MALL While jack cheese on lamb curry load my coworkers and myself.” STANFORD UNIVERSITY sounds bizarre, it tastes comfort- She already wakes up at 4 a.m. ing. Another optional topping to start cooking at 5 a.m. Don’t looks just like Mexican pico de expect her to stay open on the Photo by UC Riverside gallo, but this salad of chopped weekends any time soon either “Herrera’s forceful poetry speaks directly and tomato, onion, and cilantro is — she currently spends those powerfully, like the address of a leader rousing his battalions to action…he actually a standard accompani- days working as a caregiver for forces us to confront society and its paradoxes.” — The Boston Review ment. Chutneys are also tradi- the elderly. tional, available here as mild or Chinappa is not complaining, FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC spicy. though. She just wants you to try Before you leave Curry Wrap- her curry. V INFORMATION: 650.723.0011 HTTP://CREATIVEWRITING.STANFORD.EDU per’s Delight and take your meal Email Alissa Merksamer at to one of several outdoor tables, [email protected]. Sponsored by Stanford University’s Creative Writing Program grab a packet of spicy mango chile sauce. “It tastes just like mango pickles,” said Chinappa, whose friends make it.

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QMOVIEOPENINGS QNOWSHOWING 2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animated Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Meet the A Cure for Wellness (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. scare-ents A Dog’s Purpose (Not Rated) + COMEDY TURNS TO Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. A United Kingdom (PG-13) HORROR IN ‘GET OUT’ Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. 0001/2 Arrival (PG-13) ++++ Century 20: Friday (Century 16 & 20) The Belles of St. Trinian’s (Not Rated) The new horror picture “Get Stanford Theatre: 5:50 & 9:10 p.m., Sat. & Sun. Out” is advertised as being “From Bitter Harvest (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. the mind of Jordan Peele,” and a Collide (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. beautiful mind it is. Peele made Everybody Loves Somebody (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. his name as the co-creator and co-star of the sketch comedy show Fences (PG-13) ++++ Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. “Key and Peele,” which he and Fifty Shades Darker (R) Keegan-Michael Key followed up Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. with last year’s feature comedy Fist Fight (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. “Keanu.” Now Peele makes a bold The Founder (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sun. turn to horror, writing and direct- Get Out (R) +++1/2 ing what he calls a “social thriller” Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. or, to state the obvious, “a horror The Great Wall (PG-13) movie that is from an African Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. American’s perspective.” The result is an imaginative, Hacksaw Ridge (R) Century 20: Saturday Hell or High Water (R) Century 20: Friday classically styled paranoid thriller COURTESY OF JUSTIN LUBIN/UNIVERSAL PICTURES speaking directly to an African- Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams in “Get Out.” Hidden Figures (PG) ++1/2 American audience (and indi- Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. rectly to a white audience) while finds unsettling “Stepford” over- vivid cast of characters). I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13) Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun. remaining playfully accessible to tones, from the somewhat aggres- What’s most interesting about John Wick: Chapter 2 (R) +++ everyone else. After five months sive cheer of Rose’s parents to the “Get Out” is how it taps into the Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. of dating, it’s time for young psychotically blank demeanor same idea to fuel both its comedy African-American photographer of the Armitage’s two black ser- and horror: the recognition of La La Land (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Chris Washington (a pitch-per- vants, Georgina (Betty Gabriel) social truths. The movie won’t The Lego Batman Movie (PG) ++1/2 fect Daniel Kaluuya) to meet the and Walter (Marcus Henderson). quite work on people who don’t Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. parents of his white girlfriend The weirdness escalates by leaps already know that racism still Lion (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. Rose Armitage (Allison Wil- and bounds when the Armit- abounds in America (and spe- Manchester by the Sea (R) +++1/2 liams). “They are not racist,” Rose ages host a mostly white party of cific racist legacies of the past Century 20: Saturday Century 20: Saturday insists. “I would have told you.” locals, all of whom seem deter- linger in our problematic pres- The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka (Not Rated) Dean (Bradley Whitford) and mined to make Chris’ blackness ent), that black culture is envied, Century 16: Saturday Palo Alto Square: Saturday Missy Armitage (Catherine an issue (when not busting out that white privilege is a thing (or Moonlight (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Keener) enjoy the secluded sprawl the sparklers and Bingo). “thang,” to quote one of Dean’s of the affluent lakeside suburb Peele masterfully controls the squirmy moments of cultural Murder, She Said (Not Rated) Evergreen Hallow, but they take tone to give the suspense and appropriation). Stanford Theatre: 4:10 & 7:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. pains to make clear how progres- deliberately uncomfortable com- Just as comedy does, the film’s One Hour with You (1932) (Not Rated) sive and, therefore (ha ha), not edy their due without letting horror exaggerates for effect, Stanford Theatre: 6 & 9:05 p.m., Friday racist they are. The early move- either overwhelm the other. In busting out with a gonzo prem- Oscar Nominated Short Films 2017: Live Action (Not Rated) ments of “Get Out” play the ten- the process, the first-time feature ise. But the wild ride has its roots Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. sion and comedy of coded racial director demonstrates an affinity in very real systemic racism, Oscar Shorts 2017 Century 20: Sat. - Sun. language to the hilt, and were it and skill for horror that’s nearly which puts Peele in good com- Rock Dog (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. “only” a comedy of mixed-race equal to his comedy chops: like pany as a purveyor of subversive, dating, “Get Out” would already Chris, who’s a photographer of transgressive horror. Despite its Split (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. be winning in the wittiness of its images “so brutal, so melanchol- terrible implications, his film is Trouble in Paradise (1932) (Not Rated) satire. Obviously, the film goes ic,” Peele has a good eye, and he entertaining as all “Get Out.” Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Friday further: there’s something sinis- crafts as many surreal nightmare Rated R for violence, bloody Aquarius: CineArts at Palo Alto Square: ter going on in Evergreen Hallow, visions (most notably a hypnosis images, and language including 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto and the story’s satirical charge sequence) as jump scares (not sexual references. One hour, 43 (For recorded listings: 327-3241) (For information: 493-0128) carries over into its horror. for nothing, Peele also gets a raft minutes. tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa tinyurl.com/Pasquare Everywhere Chris turns he of terrific performances for his — Peter Canavese Century Cinema 16: Guild: 949 El Camino Real, 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Menlo Park (For recorded listings: Mountain View 266-9260) tinyurl.com/Guildmp tinyurl.com/Century16 “I’m out” manifesto. Pembroke’s “major “JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2” Stanford Theatre: Wall Street finance firm” assumes the 00 1/2 Century 20 Downtown: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto boss has lost his mind. 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The film is to be left alone, graced with a witty Gore Verbinski (“The Ring,” “Pirates of far from perfect, but this treat for the eyes notion of an ornate criminal underworld the Caribbean”) that isn’t quite right in with ideas to consider feels like a miracle but allowing only a minimum of fun. fantasy and exotic settings. Wick and to Rome, where we learn that the first the head — but that’s not such a bad of a movie by offering so much more than Reassembling the same creative team his dog with no name ostensibly want film’s Continental (Winston’s New York thing. In the opening moments, Verbinski we expect from the jump-scare horror to of director Chad Stahelski and writer a peaceful retirement, but that darn domain) is only one of a chain of hotels initiates a creepy vision of big business which we’ve resigned ourselves. Rated R Derek Kolstad, “Chapter 2” makes the criminal code keeps roping him in, this catering to criminals. Soon, Wick’s on the with one company’s Salesman of the Year for disturbing violent content and images, case for the “Wick” franchise as a kind time by way of a nasty Italian mobster run with a $7 million bounty on his head. dramatically collapsing upon receipt of sexual content including an assault, of bizarro James Bond. This antihero (Riccardo Scamarcio), who still holds a Rated R for strong violence throughout, a letter from CEO Roland E. Pembroke graphic nudity, and language. Two hours, may not be licensed to kill, but now he blood-oath marker demanding Wick’s some language and brief nudity. Two (Harry Groener). The letter lays out an epic 26 minutes. — P.C. lives in a similarly slick universe of action services. The grim mission takes Wick hours, 2 minutes. — P.C. 20 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q February 24, 2017 VOICE MOUNTAINVIEW QHIGHLIGHT ‘IL TRITTICO’ In this production at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, the West Bay Opera presents an evening of three one-act operas collectively known as “Il Trittico” by Giacomo Puccini. The operas — “Il tabarro,” “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” — were originally premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918. Feb. 17 and 25, 8 p.m.; Feb. 19 and 26, 2 p.m. $38-$42. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

THEATER works. March 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15-$95. 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View. acterra. students will prepare nutritious meals and 7-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. org/lectures/ snacks together using organic real food Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview. ‘The Ballad of Baby Doe’ Voice students San Jose Jazz Winter Fest: Roy Ayers Bay Area Hummingbirds Local wildlife ingredients. Each class will feature a different gov/librarycalendar with Stanford Light Opera Company present Erykah Badu calls him the “king of neo-soul,” photographer Joan Sparks will teach about healthy menu and theme. Attendants are Tai Chi In this class, students will learn the “The Ballad of Baby Doe” featuring Eugene as does the “Village Voice,” but long before local hummingbirds, the blossoms they asked to bring their questions about nutrition, basic principles and philosophy behind Tai Chi. Brancoveanu as Horace Tabor, with stage he became famed for combining jazz and enjoy, their predators, birds that share meal planning, food allergies and picky eaters. The class will begin with simple stretching direction by Wendy Hillhouse and musical R&B, Ayers was a five-year-old kid who got their living space and tips to encourage the Feb. 24, March 24 and May 12, 11:15 a.m.- and breathing exercises to create awareness direction by Marie-Louise Catsalis. “Baby his start when Lionel Hampton handed him hummingbirds to come to one’s yard. The 12:45 p.m. $45. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 of one’s body movements and to calm one’s Doe” is set in the mining era of the American a pair of vibe mallets at a concert. Ayers event is sponsored by the Friends of Los Altos Fabian Way, Palo Alto. mind. Through gentle and slow movements West and is a true portrait of life in Leadville, continues to tour the world and collaborate Library. Feb. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Los Altos Little Golden Books Storytime Kids of Tai Chi students will gain flexibility and a Denver, and even Washington, D.C. Feb. 23 with artists like Talib Kweli and others well Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. and families are invited to celebrate the 75th better sense of balance. Sundays, ongoing, and 24, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 25 and 25, 2:30 into his fourth decade in the music industry. Computing in Your Pocket: The anniversary of the classic Little Golden Books 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m.. Free. Rinconada p.m. $10-$20. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 He’ll be playing at the OFJCC as part of the Pre-History of the iPhone in Silicon series with a special storytime and activity Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto. Lagunita Drive, Stanford. events.stanford. San Jose Jazz Winter Fest. Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Valley Two decades before Steve Jobs party hosted by Auntie Dori. The event is for cityofpaloalto.org/news/ edu/events/ $27. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, introduced the iPhone, a handful of engineers ages 3 and up. Feb. 25, 3 p.m. Free. Books Jordan Middle School Play: ‘As Palo Alto. and designers began exploring the idea Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. booksinc. HEALTH & WELLNESS You Like It’ Jordan Middle School Drama of handheld computers in Silicon Valley. net/event/ Body Image and Eating Disorder presents “As You Like It,” a comedy by MUSIC This panel discussion will be moderated by Support Group This group is for those William Shakespeare. This is a show involving Brassview This family concert features John Markoff, a Computer History Museum MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS struggling with eating disorders and body mistaken identify, cross dressing, poetry, the Brassview quintet performing “Tetouan historian, who reported on the era for the Exhibit: ‘Inspired by Zen Spirits’ wrestling and love. March 2 and 3, 7-8:30 to Tatooine: A Musical Odyssey,” a journey New York Times; Steve Capps, who led the image dissatisfaction. The group is open to Gallery 9 in Los Altos presents, “Inspired by all ages, genders and types of eating issues. p.m.; March 4, 2:30-4 p.m. $5, student/child; exploring a bustling ancient city on the development of the Newton while at Apple Zen Spirits,” featuring recent artwork by Mami $10, adult. Jordan Middle School, 750 N. North African Coast. Viewers are invited to Computer; Donna Dubinsky, former president It is not a structured group; rather it is open Weber which is based on the roots of her for sharing, asking questions, offering and California Ave., Palo Alto. sites.google.com/a/ become entranced by the sounds of mythical and CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founder and Japanese culture. Jan. 31-Feb. 26, 11 a.m.-5 receiving support or just listening. First pausd.org/jordan-middle-school-drama/ creatures, visit a distant planet and more. Feb. former CEO of Handspring; Jerry Kaplan, p.m., Tuesday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m., Sunday. Tuesday of the month, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Theater: ‘Airport Insecurity’ “Airport 26, 2-3 p.m. Free. Community School of Music founder of Go Corp.; and Marc Porat, Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain co-founder and former chief executive of El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road., Insecurity” by Vikas Dhurka (English) is based ‘Insensatez — Sculpture and Collage’ View. arts4all.org/events/brassview-2017 General Magic. March 2, 6-9 p.m. Free, Conference Room C, Mountain View. edrcsv. on a true story. It’s the quirky, entertaining, by Cristina Velasquez and EfrenAve but regsiter at computerhistory.org/events. org/getting-help/support-groups/edrc-ed- Kafkaesque tale of an Indian techie stuck at David Broza with Ali Paris This concert This exhibition of soft sculpture by Cristina Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline and-body-image/ Frankfurt Airport without a passport, visa or will feature two musicians. Israeli superstar Velasquez will also feature collages made mobile phone. Over forty-eight hours in the David Broza fuses music from Israel, Spain Blvd., Mountain View. computerhistory.org/ events/ of fruit stamps by EfrenAve. The opening RELIGION & airport lounge, he encounters a diverse cast and England; Ali Paris blends Middle Eastern reception is on Friday, Feb. 10, 6-8 p.m. of characters while navigating a bureaucratic and Western music styles. March 2, 8-10 Launch Party with Mary Feliz Feb.-March, ongoing, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- SPIRITUALITY labyrinth. Children under 7 will not be p.m. $60, members and J-Pass holders; Mystery Writers of America member Mary 10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, Finding Happiness Dr. Shanti Rubenstone, admitted. Feb. 24-26 and March 3-4, times $65, general public Oshman Family JCC, Feliz will celebrate the launch of her latest 10:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Free. Community internal medicine doctor and Ananda minister, vary. $25-$45. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/ thriller, “Scheduled to Death.” It’s about a School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio will lead a discussion on what it is that brings Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. brozaparis professional organizer, Maggie McDonald, Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/events/ deep satisfaction, true joy and a deep feeling David Rogers, classical crossover who has a knack for cleaning up other Theater: ‘The Addams Family’ Menlo insensatez of calmness and fulfillment to life. March 1, guitar Termed, ‘a prominent guitarist,’ people’s messes. When the fiancée of her Atherton Drama presents “The Addams Public Alchemy II Opening Reception 7:30 p.m. Free, but call to reserve a seat. East by the New York Times and praised by The latest client turns up dead, it’s up to her to Family” musical. It follows Wednesday CASP and local artists host an opening West Book Store, 324 Castro St., Mountain Addams who has fallen in love and begs Washington Post for his ‘astonishingly florid’ sort through the untidy list of suspects and identify the real killer. Refreshments will be reception for the second-annual Public View. eastwest.com/events_2017_March Gomez, Morticia and the family to act improvisations, David Rogers presents an served. Feb. 28, 7-9 p.m. Free. Books Inc., Alchemy exhibition at the CASP Art Lab, Living for the Sake of the Soul “normal” when she brings her boyfriend and evening of solo guitar music with strong located in studio U-7. The exhibition offers a leanings towards jazz, world, folk and 301 Castro St., Mountain View. booksinc. Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian will offer his parents to dinner. Feb. 17, 18 and 24, 8 broad range of media from local community classical music. Feb. 24, 8-10 p.m. $8, pre- net/event/ the Four Insights for an Illumined Life as she p.m.; Feb. 19, 25, and 26, 2 p.m. $6-$14. artists. This exhibition is non-juried, and some sale; $10, at the door. Red Rock Coffee, 201 The Three C’s of Financing a Home shares mystic poetry and inspiration from her Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 works will be available for purchase. Feb. 25, Castro St., Mountain View. davidrogersguitar. This talk will explore what is needed to award-winning books, “The Moon Reminded Middlefield Road, Atherton. mabears.org 6-8 p.m. Free. Cubberley Community Center, com/ know to qualify to buy and finance a home, Me” and “Living for the Sake of the Soul.” ArtLab U7, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. whether this is one’s first home, or one’s Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. Free, but call to reserve a CONCERTS Jazz Giants: Kim Nalley Awarded cityofpaloalto.org/ “Most Influential African American in the tenth home. Attendants will understand the seat. East West Book Store, 324 Castro St., José González and The Göteborg Raggedy Ann and Andy at the Bay Area” in 2005 and “Best Jazz Group” do’s and don’t’s as they prepare to purchase. Mountain View. eastwest.com/events_2017_ String Theory Indie pop artist José Museum The Los Altos History Museum in 2013, vocalist Kim Nalley is being called Wendy Wong is a senior loan consultant February González is a little bit of everything, and so is welcomes Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy “legendary” and “a San Francisco institution.” with Bayview Residential Brokerage. March the ensemble he performs with, The Göteborg to the Smith Gallery. The exhibit tells the The Yugas: Understanding Our Nalley has performed globally, including major 1, 7:45-8:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View String Theory. His parents are Argentenian, history of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, Past and the Emerging Energy Age jazz festivals such as Monterey, Umbria Jazz Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. but he was born in Sweden. His influences Steven Manus, a student of the teachings of and Lincoln Center. Feb. 26, 6-8 p.m. Oshman mountainview.gov/librarycalendar showcasing over 60 dolls. Thursdays-Sundays, include Paul Simon, bossa nova, classical ongoing, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Paramhansa Yogananda, whose own guru Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Swami Sri Yukteswar reintroduced this great music and Nick Drake. March 2, 7:30-9:30 paloaltojcc.org/kimnalley FUNDRAISERS Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. p.m. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., losaltoshistory.org/ teaching a century ago, will discuss the Sing and Play Along Ukulele Beginners AAUW Palo Alto: Authors Lunch hidden cosmic influences that govern our lives Stanford. ‘Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita and ukulele enthusiasts are welcome to join A luncheon featuring a panel of four local and will offer the great yogi’s roadmap for the Main Stage Concert: Wordsmiths Cider: A California Indian Feast’ on the fourth Monday of every month to authors will be moderated by fantasy author spiritual advancement of humankind. Feb. 25, Canteloube’s lush settings of folk songs from “Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A sing and play with others. Attendants are Tad Williams and will include Elizabeth 7:30 p.m. Free, but call to reserve a seat. East France’s Auvergne region are paired with encouraged to bring their own uke, or use Mckenzie, Susan Sherman, Laurie King and California Indian Feast,” is a traveling exhibit a newly commissioned work by Berkeley from the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah West Book Store, 324 Castro St., Mountain one at the library. Registration is appreciated Gail Tsukiyama. Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. View. eastwest.com/events_2017_February composer Peter Josheff, based on the poetry but not required. Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m. Free. 11:30 a.m., social begins; noon, lunch begins; featuring foods important in the lives of of Carol Hamilton. The program ends with Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin 1 p.m., speaker begins. Michaels of Shoreline, Native Californians; its final showing is at the COMMUNITY GROUPS Schubert’s dramatic “Death and the Maiden.” St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. Los Altos History Museum. Jan 12-April 16, Free, first-come/first-served First United librarycalendar paloalto-ca.aauw.net/education/ Thursday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos Adult Book Discussion This book club History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los will discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s book “Flight Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo The Girls’ Middle School Annual Altos. losaltoshistory.org/exhibits/ Alto. thesfco.org/2016/07/msc3_wordsmiths/ TALKS & LECTURES Scholarship Breakfast The Bennett Behavior.” Copies of the book are available for checkout at Los Altos Library. Kingsolver Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra A Morning with Children’s Author Scholars Program provides girls from DANCE is an American novelist and social activist. Program 2 Master Sinfonia Chamber and Illustrator Todd Parr Kids of all ages underserved populations the opportunity The “Poisonwood Bible” is one of her most Orchestra presents Prokofiev Classical and their parents are invited to a fun-filled for an academically challenging, progressive Dance Series 01 Dance Series 01, which well-known novels, and “Animal, Vegetable, Symphony Bartok Violin Concerto No. 1 morning with Todd Parr, bestselling author education in a supportive environment at debuted in Sept. 2016 in San Francisco featuring Natalie Lin on the violin and Dvorak and illustrator of over 40 children’s books. The Girls’ Middle School. This event provides and Walnut Creek, features three distinct Miracle” is a nonfictional account of how her Symphony No. 7 in D minor. Feb. 25, 8 p.m. He will read from a few of his books, play funding for the school’s scholarship goals. works including a world premiere, a regional family, committed to eating locally for a year. and Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. at Los Altos United games and conduct a Q&A session with the This year’s Keynote Speaker will be Anne- premiere and a work by Michael Smuin. March Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los kids. Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5, children; $8, Marie Slaughter, the President and CEO 2-5, 8 p.m. $56-$72. Mountain View Center San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Altos. $15-$25. The Center for Performing adults; free for children 3 and under. Oshman of New America, a think tank and civic for Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain Spreading Democracy: Getting Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. enterprise dedicated to renewing America View. smuinballet.org/ the Vote Out Attendants to this event Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & paloaltojcc.org/toddparr in the Digital Age. March 3, 8:15-9:30 a.m. will learn about the work of the League of Chorale The world-famed, San Francisco- Acterra Lectures: Protecting Crowne Plaza Cabaña Hotel, Palo Alto, LESSONS & CLASSES Women Voters in Palo Alto and the greater based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s California’s Water As the Tuolumne River 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. girlsms.org/ Buying Your First Home This talk is Bay Area to increase civic engagement Stanford series, marked by three performances Trust’s Policy Director, Peter Drekmeier will breakfast directed to first-time home buyers and first- and national efforts to respond to voter on the Bing stage, features distinguished share how this river fits into the Bay Delta time buyers in Silicon Valley alike. It will help suppression. The guest speaker will be soloists in addition to the acclaimed and how people can have a healthy Bay-Delta FAMILY prepare individuals for the challenges ahead. Jeannie Lythcott of the League of Women ensemble. The program includes Handel’s “Oh ecosystem and a thriving economy. March Healthy Cooking Class: Lunch Rick Trevino is a licensed realtor and senior Voters, Palo Alto. Feb. 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless” and Saul 2, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10, general public; free, Michelle Greenebaum, owner of Together In real estate specialist with Intero Real Estate p.m. Free. Neutra House, 181 Hillview Ave., Hasse’s “Ah che dissi, infelice!,” among other Acterra members. Microsoft, Silicon Valley, The Kitchen, will lead a class during which Services based in Silicon Valley. March 1, Los Altos. ethicalsiliconvalley.org/

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JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT This statement was filed with the copy to the personal representative NOTICE OF HEARING: April 25, 2017, (MVV Feb. 24; Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2017) File No.: FBN626094 RHIAN DANIEL MEDICAL IMAGING County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara appointed by the court within the later 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate of the Superior The following person (persons) is (are) SPECIALIST, CONSULTANT AND TRAINER County on February 17, 2017. of either (1) four months from the date doing business as: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT (MVV Feb. 24; Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2017) of first issuance of letters to a general Tonytortiz, located at 278 Tyrella Ave. File No.: FBN626550 personal representative, as defined in Apt. 2, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa The following person (persons) is (are) section 58 (b) of the California Probate Clara County. doing business as: 997 All Other Legals Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of This business is owned by: An Rhian Daniel Medical Imaging Specialist, NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER mailing or personal delivery to you Individual. Consultant and Trainer, located at 454 ESTATE OF: of a notice under section 9052 of the Do You Know? The name and residence address of the Franklin St., Mountain View, CA 94041, DENNIS LEE SHEPPARD California Probate Code. Other California registrant(s) is(are): Santa Clara County. Case No.: 17PR180400 statutes and legal authority may affect ANTONIO TEJEDA ORTIZ This business is owned by: A Limited To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, your rights as a creditor. You may want 278 Tyrella Ave. Apt. 2 Liability Company. contingent creditors, and persons who to consult with an attorney knowledge- Mountain View, CA 94043 The name and residence address of the may otherwise be interested in the able in California law. Registrant began transacting business registrant(s) is(are): will or estate, or both, of DENNIS LEE You may examine the file kept by the ࠮;OL4V\U[HPU=PL^=VPJLPZHKQ\KPJH[LK[V under the fictitious business name(s) RHARIAN FIELD LLC SHEPPARD. court. If you are a person interested in listed above on N/A. 454 Franklin St. A Petition for Probate has been filed W\ISPZOPU[OL*V\U[`VM:HU[H*SHYH the estate, you may file with the court This statement was filed with the Mountain View, CA 94041 by: RENEE YVONNE CALLAHAN in the a Request for Special Notice (form County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara Registrant began transacting business Superior Court of California, County of DE-154) of the filing of an inventory ࠮6\YHKQ\KPJH[PVUPUJS\KLZ[OL4PK7LUPUZ\SH County on February 2, 2017. under the fictitious business name(s) SANTA CLARA. and appraisal of estate assets or of (MVV Feb. 10, 17, 24; Mar. 3, 2017) listed above on N/A. The Petition for Probate requests that: JVTT\UP[PLZVM7HSV(S[V:[HUMVYK3VZ(S[VZ any petition or account as provided in This statement was filed with the RENEE YVONNE CALLAHAN be appoint- THE DESIGN CONCIERGE Probate Code section 1250. A Request County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara ed as personal representative to admin- HUK4V\U[HPU=PL^ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT for Special Notice form is available from County on February 16, 2017. ister the estate of the decedent. File No.: FBN626194 the court clerk. (MVV Feb. 24; Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2017) The petition requests authority to ࠮;OL4V\U[HPU=PL^=VPJLW\ISPZOLZL]LY`-YPKH` The following person (persons) is (are) Renee Yvonne Callahan administer the estate under the doing business as: SOFT-I-NET 9090 Sheppard Ranch Road Independent Administration of The Design Concierge, located at 534 WEBVERTISERS Sonora, CA 95370 +LHKSPUL!WT[OLWYL]PV\Z-YPKH` Estates Act. (This authority will allow Farley Street, Mountain View, CA 94043, SELFWEBSITES (209)743-0841 the personal representative to take Santa Clara County. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT (MVV Feb. 17, 24; Mar. 3, 2017) many actions without obtaining court This business is owned by: A General File No.: FBN626634 ;VHZZPZ[`V\^P[O`V\YSLNHSHK]LY approval. Before taking certain very ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE Partnership. The following person (persons) is (are) important actions, however, the per- OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE The name and residence address of the doing business as: [PZPUNULLKZ*HSS(SPJPH:HU[PSSHU sonal representative will be required to STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY registrant(s) is(are): 1.) Soft-I-Net, 2.) Webvertisers, 3.) give notice to interested persons unless OF SANTA CLARA  CHEVONNE RAMPAS-QUINTOS Selfwebsites, located at 2111 Latham they have waived notice or consented Case No.: 17CV306386 534 Farley Street Street #221, Mountain View, CA 94040, to the proposed action.) 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