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Page 4 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Council race heats up in Palo Alto Planning commissioners, citizen volunteers announce Carl, a member of the group Sky by Mayor Pat Burt and Councilman tional city in the future.” He rejects candidacies, vow to address city’s ‘housing crisis’ Posse, which focuses on airplane Greg Schmid, who are terming out. characterizations of himself as ei- noise; and retired civics teacher The list of newly confirmed can- ther pro- or anti-development, but by Gennady Sheyner John Fredrich, who also ran in 2014. didates includes two native Palo stressed the importance of building If all of them run, there would Altans who currently chair local more housing through community ith just days to go until shortage as a key area of concern. be 11 candidates vying for four commissions: Fine and Stone. Fine, collaboration. the filing deadline, the In addition to the four — Adrian seats on the nine-seat council. chair of the Planning and Transpor- “We have a bit of a monoculture W race for the City Coun- Fine, Greer Stone, Don McDou- Councilwoman Liz Kniss is the tation Commission, confirmed this here where we have these amazing cil in Palo Alto is suddenly heat- gall and Michelle Kraus — several only incumbent who is seeking a week that he will seek a seat on the single-family neighborhoods and ing up, with four residents con- other residents have pulled papers, re-election. In addition, there will council. In an interview, Fine said it’s great, and they need to be pro- firming this week that they will suggesting that they are considering be three open seats: one vacated by he is running because he wants to tected and preserved,” Fine said. vie for a seat in November and a run. This includes planning com- Marc Berman, who is running for work toward making Palo Alto an each pointing to the city’s housing missioner Greg Tanaka; Stewart the state Assembly, and two vacated “inclusive, walkable, multi-genera- (continued on page 10)
TRANSPORTATION Public weighs in on new paratransit contract Riders want expanded, streamlined service by Sue Dremann
aratransit users are urg- pand paratransit service to routes ing transportation officials served by the Palo Alto Shuttle, Pto keep services available Stanford Marguerite and Moun- along fixed bus routes that could tain View Community Shuttle. be potentially dropped when the Meanwhile, paratransit riders at Valley Transportation Authority the Campbell meeting signaled they (VTA) restructures its bus and would remain vigilant when it comes Veronica Weber Veronica light rail system. to any proposed cuts to services or At a public comments meeting in raised fares. The riders wanted to Campbell on Aug. 9, some made it know whom to contact and how clear that VTA should plan for the to reach board members who will wave of aging residents and ensure make those decisions, they said. New floodwalls and channel widening are among the flood-control measures that will take place adequate funding in proportion to The status of VTA bus lines and along the San Francisquito Creek (which flows through East Palo Alto, Palo Alto and Menlo increasing populations of seniors light rail are of particular concern Park) as part of a flood-protection plan that got underway Aug. 5. and disabled persons. Many can- to persons who rely on paratransit not use conventional public trans- services. Paratransit is linked to portation. They don’t want fewer “fixed” bus or light rail lines. If a ENVIRONMENT connections, but more, they said. line is eliminated, it is likely the Tuesday’s meeting by VTA of- paratransit service could be elim- ficials was to gather input from inated for patrons who accessed Massive flood-control project paratransit users regarding services services near those fixed lines, they want from an operator. It did said Aaron Vogel, VTA regional not cover service areas or other transportation services manager. in the Palo Alto Baylands kicks off policy issues, which will be part of That loss could potentially af- the NextNetwork restructuring plan fect Palo Alto paratransit users. Momentous groundbreaking signals beginning of the end currently being developed. But rid- At a community meeting for the of flooding for local residents ers made it clear that protecting their NextNetwork in May, VTA offi- existing access and expanding the cials unveiled preliminary con- by Sue Dremann network is foremost on their minds. cepts that could eliminate some VTA, which has decided to or all of Palo Alto’s fixed-route, ighty years after the en- one looked down at the nearby water flow that includes an ex- cancel its paratransit services intra-city bus lines (the 88, 89 and actment of the federal rooftops of East Palo Alto resi- treme tide with more than two contract with Outreach & Escort, 35). Eliminating those lines could E Flood Control Act, a de- dents. In a 100-year flood, all feet of sea-level rise, a so-called Inc., asked for public feedback at also mean a potential loss of para- cades-in-the-making flood-pro- of those roofs could be under 100-year event, SFJPA Executive special meetings on Aug. 8 and 9 transit services along those routes. tection effort on San Francis- water, and residents might have Director Len Materman said. as the agency develops a request But the VTA Board of Directors quito Creek is finally underway. little or no chance to escape, The project includes new for proposals for a new paratransit could elect to change its policy, Vo- On Aug. 5, officials from the said members of the SFJPA, flood walls near private prop- operator. No meetings were sched- gel said, and that isn’t unprecedent- San Francisquito Creek Joint Pow- which is managing the project. erty constraining the channel, uled for Palo Alto or north county ed. Under Federal Transit Admin- ers Authority (SFJPA) and numer- But Friday’s groundbreaking widening the creek by building a cities, which also use the services. istration rules paratransit services ous public officials gathered for a signaled the beginning of the new levee through the Palo Alto Arthur Keller, a former Palo must be offered within three quar- groundbreaking ceremony on top end of flood woes for residents. Municipal Golf Course, rebuild- Alto planning and transportation ters of a mile of a fixed route. VTA of a levee in East Palo Alto to cel- The $41.35 million project’s first ing the existing levee adjacent to commissioner and candidate run- offers paratransit service one mile ebrate getting the first phase of a phase, the Bay to U.S. Highway East Palo Alto homes and exca- ning for Palo Alto City Council, past that three-quarter-mile require- massive project started. 101 segment, will protect 5,700 vating decades of sediment that sent an Aug. 3 email to city plan- ment as a premium service, he said. The vantage point provided a homes and businesses in East has built up in the channel. Most ning and transportation officials, Riders at the Campbell meet- sobering backdrop to the morn- Palo Alto and parts of Menlo asking them to petition VTA dur- ing said they want to travel further ing’s event: from atop the levee, Park and Palo Alto from a high- (continued on page 9) ing the public comment period, which ended on Wednesday, to ex- (continued on page 8) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 5 Upfront
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The electrification of the system Inside Advertising Sales Irene Schwartz (223-6580) relationship with Oaxaca, Mexico between San Francisco and San Legal Advertising Alicia Santillan (223-6578) in 1964, the two civic siblings Jose is set for 2020, and will allow the ADVERTISING SERVICES have collaborated on student agency to run more frequent service, Advertising Services Lead Blanca Yoc (223-6596) exchanges, art installations and according to Caltrain. Sales & Production Coordinator Diane Martin (223-6584) cultural programs. But perhaps BACK TO SCHOOL ... Students DESIGN the most consistent byproduct returning back to school on the Design & Production Manager of this relationship has been Palo Peninsula will now have an easier, Kristin Brown (223-6562) Alto’s donation of fire engines and Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Paul Llewellyn more convenient way to get to and ambulances to its sister in Mexico, Designers Diane Haas, Rosanna Leung, from school thanks to four new bus Nick Schweich, Doug Young a tradition that continued this month routes that launched Monday, the EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES when Mayor Pat Burt ceremonially San Mateo County Transit District Online Operations Coordinator handed off a set of ambulance Sabrina Riddle (223-6508) announced. The newly launched keys to a delegation of six students SamTrans Routes 18, 56, 61 and BUSINESS from Oaxaca. Judging by recent Payroll & Benefits Zach Allen (223-6544) 81 will all serve schools throughout experience, the ambulances get NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Business Associates Cherie Chen (223-6543), the county and are scheduled to Elena Dineva (223-6542), Cathy Stringari (223-6541) plenty of use. Bob Wenzlau, who coincide with school start and of the City of Palo Alto ADMINISTRATION this month became the president of finish times, SamTrans officials said. Receptionist Doris Taylor Neighbors Abroad, said the Bus Route 18 will shuttle students Courier Ruben Espinoza Historic Resources Board organization recently learned traveling between Half Moon Bay EMBARCADERO MEDIA that the last ambulance that was and Granada, serving students President William S. Johnson (223-6505) sent to Oaxaca was used to 8:30 A.M., Thursday, August 25, 2016, Palo Alto Council Vice President Michael I. Naar (223-6540) at Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate deliver 150 babies. In addition to Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Vice President & CFO Peter Beller (223-6545) School and Half Moon Bay High Vice President Sales & Marketing providing the ambulance, Burt School. Bus Route 56 will travel Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) presented the exchange students Director, Information Technology & Webmaster throughout the city of San Mateo Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/ Frank A. Bravo (223-6551) with a proclamation, lauding the and is designed to cater to students Marketing & Creative Director longstanding relationship between at Aragon High School and the planningprojects" JVU[HJ[ 1LɈ /LJRH[OVYU MVY HKKP[PVUHS Shannon Corey (223-6560) the two cities, extending warm Major Accounts Sales Manager College of San Mateo, according information during business hours at 650-329-2144. Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571) wishes to the visiting students and to SamTrans officials. 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month; if we wanted to buy the but none of those people would LAND USE same home and share it with chil- be able to live in Palo Alto were dren and not roommates, it would they starting out today.” cost $2.7 million and our month- Downing is hardly alone in urg- ly payment would be $12,177 a ing the council to act with more In parting shot, planning commissioner month in mortgage, taxes and in- urgency on promoting affordable surance,” Downing wrote. “That’s housing. In March, more than $146,127 per year — an entire pro- 1,000 residents, including numer- slams council over housing policies fessional’s income before taxes. ous former mayors and planning Kate Downing blames city leaders for ignoring public pleas for more housing This is unaffordable even for an commissioners, signed a petition attorney and a software engineer.” spearheaded by Palo Alto For- by Gennady Sheyner Downing also noted that over ward that urged the council to do the last five years, she’d seen doz- more to address this topic. or the past two years, Kate ens of people come to both Com- only available to Joe Millionaires.” ens of her friends leave Palo Alto “The cost of living in Palo Alto Downing has been one of mission meetings and Council In her resignation letter, Down- and, in some cases, the Bay Area. has skyrocketed. As a result, we are F Palo Alto’s most passionate meetings asking Council to make ing pointed to the city’s difficul- She also said that she has seen seeing longtime neighbors move advocates for building more af- housing its top priority,” Downing ties in filling job openings in the friends from other states get job because they can no longer afford fordable housing. wrote. “The City Council received Police Department and renewing offers in Palo Alto and then turn the rent,” the petition stated. “It is As one of the founding mem- over 1,000 sig- contracts with the local teachers them down whey they started to not unusual for Palo Alto workers bers of the citizens group Palo natures from because of the “astronomical” cost look at the price of housing. to commute in from areas as far as Alto Forward and a member of the Palo Alto resi- of housing, not just in Palo Alto “I struggle to think what Palo Stockton, Gilroy and Tracy, putting city’s Planning and Transportation dents asking but “many miles in each direction. Alto will become and what it severe strain on our roads and our Commission, she also has been a for the same. “It is clear, that if profession- will represent when young fami- climate. We are on the path to be- vehement critic of the city’s recent In the annual als like me cannot raise a family lies have no hope of ever putting ing a city composed only of long- tilt toward slow-growth policies Our Palo Alto here, then all of our teachers, first down roots here, and meanwhile time landowners and wealthy new- and its failure to address a housing survey, it is the responders and service workers the community is engulfed with comers. This situation is the result shortage that many in the commu- top issue cited are in dire straits,” she wrote. middle-aged jet-setting executives of city policies that have discour- nity and some on the City Council by residents. Downing herself is facing simi- and investors who are hardly the aged new housing while encourag- believe has reached a crisis level. “This council Kate Downing lar challenges, despite the fact that sort to be personally volunteer- ing more office space.” For Downing, the problem hits has ignored the she is a corporate attorney and her ing for neighborhood block par- Recent surveys also suggest that literally close to home. Two weeks majority of residents and has char- husband is a software engineer at ties, earthquake preparedness residents are growing increas- ago, she announced that her family tered a course for the next 15 years Palantir. For several years, they have responsibilities or Neighborhood ingly anxious about getting priced is leaving Palo Alto — driven out of this city’s development, which been renting a home in the Ventura Watch,” Downing wrote. “If out of Palo Alto. In the city’s an- by the high housing prices. And substantially continues the same neighborhood. Now, they are pre- things keep going as they are, yes, nual survey, the number of people on Tuesday, Aug. 9, she penned a job-housing imbalance this com- paring to move to Santa Cruz. Palo Alto’s streets will look just who gave Palo Alto good grades public letter of resignation, which munity has been suffering from In her resignation letter, Down- as they did decades ago, but its in- for “variety of housing options” she posted on Medium, that fur- for some time now: more offices, a ing wrote, “After many years of habitants, spirit and sense of com- dropped from 27 percent in 2014 ther explains her decision to leave nominal amount of housing, which trying to make it work in Palo munity will be unrecognizable. A to 20 percent in 2015, while the and takes the council to task for the Council is already laying the Alto, my husband and I cannot once thriving city will turn into a percentage of people who ranked its failure to act on this problem, groundwork to tax out of existence, see a way to stay in Palo Alto and hollowed out museum. We should the city as a good or excellent place despite strong community support lip service to preserving retail that raise a family here.” take care to remember that Palo to retire dropped from 60 percent for building more housing. simply has no reason to keep serv- “We rent our current home Alto is famous the world over for “Time and again, I’ve seen doz- ing the average Joe when the city is with another couple for $6,200 a its residents’ accomplishments, (continued on page 8)
DEVELOPMENT Neighbor challenges downtown Palo Alto development Council to rule on three-story building on Lytton Avenue by Gennady Sheyner incent Leung wasn’t look- whether to overturn the city’s ap- could jeopardize the safety of the ing for a political battle, proval of the new development. many children who use Kipling to Vbut when the Kipling Street The debate is in some ways get to Johnson Park, including his resident learned about a three- similar to the one that surround- own two young daughters. story building that recently won ed 429 University Ave., a project “Diverting traffic from a two- approval for his downtown block, at the corner of University and story parking garage to small res- he found several reasons to feel Kipling that has been at the center idential streets will increase the concerned. of the city’s tense tug-of-war be- risk for pedestrians in the area,” Rendering by Hayes Group Architects Designed by Ken Hayes and tween developers looking to add Leung wrote in the appeal letter. After winning approval, a development proposed for 411 Lytton Ave. proposed by Ehikian and Com- office space to downtown Palo Leung brought up his concerns is facing an appeal from area residents. pany, the development would re- Alto and residents anxious about at the March 17 meeting of the place an existing two-story build- the impacts of the new projects. Architectural Review Board, installed, the terrace would be startups with younger employees, ing and occupy two parcels, at In that case, neighbors also had which ultimately voted to approve located 10 feet away from the who sometimes work around the 411 and 437 Lytton Ave. It would appealed the project after it won the project. A traffic analysis con- nearest home and 25 feet from clock. include one single-family home the approval from the Architec- cluded that the garage driveway Leung’s. “A second f loor ter race enables at 411 Lytton and a three-story, tural Review Board, alleging that would serve about 22 vehicles “There is no setback require- outdoor breaks and cell conversa- 19,838-square-foot building at the four-story building is inappro- during the morning peak hour and ment for this area and the devel- tions late at night as enforcement 437 Lytton, featuring 13,522 priate for Kipling Street and in- 21 during the afternoon peak, an oper is maximizing the square would be difficult,” Leung wrote square feet of office space and compatible with the smaller struc- average of about three cars per footage by putting this terrace in the letter. two residential units. A new un- tures around it. The City Council minute. The project is also ex- next to someone’s window,” The broadest criticism of the derground garage with 65 parking ultimately sent the proposal back pected to generate 75 new vehicle Leung told the Weekly. project, however, is that it’s sim- spaces would also be built at the to the drawing board, where it re- trips daily, a number that the city’s The city tried to address these ply not compatible with the area. site, with an entrance off Kipling mains today. planning staff called “minimal” concerns by creating a condi- While the designers of the proj- Street. The proposal at 411 Lytton isn’t and too insignificant to warrant a tion that the terrace only be used ect at 429 University Ave. could This entrance is just one of as dense, tall or centrally located full traffic study. between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on point to other tall structures many aspects of the project that as the one on University, though According to planning staff, the weekends and specifying that along downtown’s main commer- are troubling Leung, who in May many of the arguments are simi- 40-foot building complies with all amplified sound is prohibited at cial street, that is not the case on filed an appeal challenging the lar. In his appeal letter, Leung city codes, including ones govern- the terrace. But for Leung, such Lytton and Kipling. Here, Leung city’s approval of the project. On maintains that Kipling does not ing height, density and setbacks. a terrace is unprecedented in a noted in his appeal letter, there Monday night, in one of its first have the capacity for the extra But one design feature contin- neighborhood that is dominated are “no buildings as large to be actions after a six-week sum- traffic and that the developer’s de- ues to irk Leung: a terrace that by single-story homes. In his let- found for hundreds of feet in any mer break, the City Council will cision to place the garage entrance the developer plans to add to the ter, Leung noted that office-space consider the appeal and decide on Kipling rather than Lytton second floor of the project. Once tenants in Palo Alto are often tech (continued on page 11) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 7 Upfront
technology could help iron out the riders have been turned away, and Paratransit glitches. They want seamless in- the service should be expanded, (continued from page 5) tegration with laptops, tablets and those at the meeting said. smartphones to receive alerts, get The riders also liked many distances and have more evening updates on estimated times of ar- things about existing paratransit service, enabling them to go out to rival and book rides. services, including door-to-door CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week dinner or to concerts. Others want- The system also needs better services; having a variety of vehi- ed seamless transitions between communication between drivers cles from small vans to large ones; City Council cities and towns in Santa Clara and dispatchers, who sometimes the current paratransit coverage; The City Council did not meet this week. and San Mateo counties. And they don’t know a destination, they said. and especially the drivers, who are want extended service on days If someone is going to the shop- friendly and courteous, they said. Planning and Transportation Commission when buses don’t serve locations, ping mall, a driver should know Vogel said that many of the drivers (Aug. 10) such as on holidays. They want the location of the Macy’s where would transfer to the new operator. Findings: The board recommended approving the revised Approval Findings for VTA to expand scheduling to 14 the client wants to go, not drop Outreach held the contract with architectural review of new projects. Yes: Fine, Rosenblum, Tanaka, Waldfogel days in advance rather than three. the person somewhere across the VTA for 23 years. An auditor’s No: Alcheck Abstained: Gardias The new service provider should mall. Having the ability for riders report found pervasive failures Embarcadero: The commission recommended various improvements for the Embarcadero Road corridor between El Camino Real and Emerson Street, also confirm no-shows and reduce to send an electronic map to the in data gathering and “murky” including two one-way separate bikeways along Embarcadero and a protected the pick-up window from 30 min- dispatcher or the driver would save invoicing by Outreach. The VTA Dutch-style intersection at the El Camino Real intersection. Yes: Unanimous utes to 15 minutes, they said. everyone time and inconvenience, board voted in June to exercise a Inconsistent service was also they said. Others said there should one-year notice of contract can- Board of Education (Aug. 11) a recurring theme at Tuesday’s be a dedicated telephone number a cellation provision while simulta- Retreat: The board discussed budget management, goals and operational meeting. Jimmy Duarte, who uses client can call for emergencies or neously starting a competitive bid items. Action: None Contract: The board waived its two-meeting rule and approved a contract with a motorized wheelchair, said he’s critical callbacks to the location if process for paratransit services to Choicelunch to provide lunch at Terman Middle School. Yes: Unanimous had first-hand experience with the person was dropped off at the ensure uninterrupted service. paratransit not picking him up. wrong place or has a medical issue. Paratransit services are one of “Outreach failed to come and Paratransit also has a subscrip- VTA’s largest contracts, amount- LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk left me sitting for two hours. I tion service, so that people who ing to about $20 million budgeted about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com called VTA and they came and go to the same location regularly for fiscal year 2016, according to bailed me out,” he said. don’t have to call each time to an auditor’s staff report. But riders said that modern book an appointment. But some Vogel said that VTA limited the public-outreach meetings to two because of the narrow window to find a new service provider. The High Performance Care request for proposals is expected to go out in September. VTA sent For High Performance Cars out more than 10,000 notices in four languages to riders in its top 50 destination locations, includ- ing automated calls to visually impaired individuals, he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.
Downing (continued from page 7)
to 52 percent between 2014 and 2015 (in 2006, it was 68 percent). Local concerns about housing were also highlighted in a poll that the city commissioned last spring, when it was considering whether to proceed with a business tax to ad- dress traffic congestion. The poll showed 76 percent of the respon- dents listing “cost of housing” as an “extremely serious” or “very seri- ous” problem, a higher percentage Specialized in the expert repair & maintenance of than on any other issue (the drought and traffic congestion scored sec- your Audi, BMW, LandRover, Mercedes-Benz, Any ond and third, with 65 percent and MINI, Jaguar, Porsche and Volkswagen. 53 percent, respectively). 10% offService Downing’s letter comes at a par- Valid for BMW, Porsche, Audi, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini, ticularly sensitive time for local EUROPEAN SPECIALISTS and Mercedes Benz models. Cannot be combined politics. The city is about to hold ^P[OV[OLYVɈLYVYZWLJPHS7SLHZLWYLZLU[VɈLY\WVU]PZP[ its first City Council election since WHERE HI-TECH MEETS HIGH TOUCH Expires 07-30-16 the slow-growth “residentialist” At ECar Garage, we are committed to honesty, intergrity and camp won the council majority in 2014, and four of the council’s nine high-quality workmanship. seats will be up for grabs. Several Our product is our service: what comes out of our hearts, WARRANTY ON ALL REPAIRS FOR UP TO candidates jumping into the race, heads and hands. You can trust all three. including current planning com- 24 MONTHS OR 24,000 MILES mission Chair Adrian Fine, Hu- man Relations Commission Chair Greer Stone and technology exec- utive Michelle Kraus (all of whom MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT (650) 903-7361 are renters) have vowed to make creation of more housing options a top priority if elected. Q READ MORE ONLINE 439439 LAMBERTLAMBERT AVE.,AVE., PALOPALO ALTOALTO PaloAltoOnline.com www.ecargarage.com | 650-493-7877 | [email protected] Read Kate Downing’s full resignation www.ecargarage.com | 650-493-7877 | [email protected] letter online at http://bit.ly/2bm2C6O
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Flood (continued from page 5) San Francisquito Creek Flood protection project SF Bay to 101 Project Limits Downstream in yellow News Digest of the work will take place from Cypress St June through January 2017 to pro- 101 to El Camino Project Limits Upstream in orange Santa Clara County heroin poisonings on the rise tect endangered species living in The number of people who end up in hospital emergency rooms New Floodwalls the area. The work is scheduled to Ave Pulgas Sage St from heroin overdoses has continued to rise as use of the potent be completed in 2018. Widened Channel narcotic deepens in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, according to data The project is the first of two. Relocated Levee recently released by the California Office of Statewide Health Plan- The second project, the Upstream Friendship Bridge Azalia Dr San Francisquito Creek ning and Development.
Larkspur Dr of Highway 101 segment, would Dr Wisteria O’Connor St Palo Alto 100-year old FEMA Floodzone Poisonings or overdoses have jumped by more than 100 percent follow, with potential bridge re- Golf Course Bayland Nature Camellia Dr in Santa Clara County and other parts of the state, fueled in large placements, channel widening Preserve part by prescription painkiller abuse. As addiction to the painkiller and construction of an upstream increases, users often switch to cheaper and more easily obtainable Lotus Wy floodwater detention basin, un- Gaillardia Way Palo Alto heroin, medical professionals said. derground bypass or flood walls. VerbenaDr The problem has escalated to the point that Foothill-DeAnza Com- A draft Environmental Impact munity College District police began carrying Naloxone on Aug. 1, Report for this phase is scheduled Jasmine Wy Palo Alto Airport an over-the-counter drug used as an overdose antidote, the depart- for release and public comment of Santa Clara Daphne Wy County ment announced last week. Sa o Creek in 2017. n Francisquit Foothill-DeAnza is the first law-enforcement agency in Santa Gary Kremen, director of the Clara County to carry the drug, which is commonly known as Nar- Embarcadero Way Santa Clara Valley Water District can. The drug is used as a nasal spray, which makes it easy to ad- Hilbar Ln Board, summed up the long years Laura Ln Geng Rd minister, and it has long been used by paramedics to treat heroin and Embarcadero Rd of waiting and the hard work with Faber Pl other prescription opioid overdoses. one word: “Finally.” Santa Clara County has seen a 126 percent increase in the number San Francisquito Creek’s po- Ivy Ln of heroin poisonings between 2011 and 2015. There were 19 cases tential to cause damaging and The flood-protection project around the San Francisquito Creek in 2011 and 43 in 2015. The spike began in 2012 with a 115 percent life-taking floods has been recog- jump, according to the California Office of Statewide Health Plan- nized since 1941, when Congress includes new floodwalls and a widened channel downstream of U.S. Highway 101. ning and Development, which tracked hospital emergency depart- authorized the U.S. Army Corps ment data for heroin overdoses between 2005 and 2016. The first of Engineers to study the creek, quarter of 2016 indicates the year is on track to match the trend, with said Paul Beck, legislative counsel in East Palo Alto, causing damage sents a paradigm shift of ecosys- 11 cases documented from January through March. for U.S. Congresswoman Anna that threatened to inundate the ad- tem and flood-control restoration. These numbers don’t include overdoses from other sources of opi- Eshoo. But in the intervening de- jacent neighborhood and flooding “The (bay) has lost 90 percent oids, such as prescription pain medications, nor do they parse out the cades, little had been done to fix some Palo Alto streets when wa- of its wetlands here, and the goal number of deaths. Since July 2015, the Santa Clara County Medi- the situation, which only became ter came up through storm drains. is to bring back 100,000 acres of cal Examiner has reported 11 deaths from drug overdose related to more dangerous after decades of Then-East Palo Alto Mayor Ru- marshland,” Morkill said. fentanyl, including two in April 2016 with fatal levels of fentanyl altering the channel and the addi- ben Abrica scrambled to secure “Through discussion we came combined with other opioids and illicit drugs, according to a May 11 tion of thousands more residents. state emergency funds to repair up with a win-win situation” that advisory to hospitals and physicians by Dr. Sara Cody, county public Flood control became an im- the levee and portions of Wood- protects the endangered species health director, and Toni Tullys, director of behavioral health services. perative for local governments land Avenue beside the creek. habitat and people, she added. — Sue Dremann following the devastating 1998 Now the project is the first in For Palo Alto resident Tom flood that damaged parts of the country to address 100-year Rindfleisch, whose Crescent Park Woman arrested after spree of bank robberies Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. In flood protection with sea-level yard was flooded in 1998, the An East Palo Alto woman who police say took part in at least nine 1998, officials of East Palo Alto, rise, and it is a model for other project is “a dream come true.” bank robberies over the summer, including one in Palo Alto earlier Palo Alto, Menlo Park, the Santa projects, Burt said. He and resident Stephen this month, was arrested on Aug. 3 after investigators traced a finger Clara Valley Water District and Abrica, who sits on the JPA Monasmith created a model and print from a bank pamphlet back to her. San Mateo County Flood Control board, said he has a feeling of analyzed the creek’s problems, The Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff announced Monday District formed the Joint Powers deep satisfaction that some of the working two years on a plan that that Mary Mapa, 27, was arrested at her East Palo Alto home on Aug. Authority (JPA) to work collabor- wrongs done to the creek over the helped create some of the fixes 3, one day after she allegedly robbed the Star One Credit Union on atively on a solution to the flood- decades, with its re-engineering that will be used today. El Camino Real in south Palo Alto. ing — one that would not improve and dirt-pile levees made by “There were lots of times I felt According to the Sheriff’s Office, the Palo Alto robbery was just the situation for one community farmers who wanted to used the discouraged. But the JPA leader- the latest incident for Mapa in a spree that began on June 3, when she while worsening it for another. creek water, will be corrected. ship and its new members created reportedly robbed the HSBC Bank in Cupertino. She has been iden- Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt, “Most of my life in East Palo a sea change,” he said. tified in bank robberies in Livermore, Morgan Hill, Walnut Creek, a member of the JPA board of Alto I have lived near the creek. I Louella Parker of East Palo Napa, Manteca, Sunnyvale and San Mateo. directors,said that the project fi- came to appreciate the creek. We Alto had to leave her home in The breakthrough apparently came after the Sunnyvale robbery, nally came to fruition after the are a coastal city and we get a dif- 1998, after someone knocked on when a crime investigator obtained a finger print from a bank pam- JPA began to recalibrate its ap- ferent perspective,” he said. her door and told her to evacuate. phlet that Mapa allegedly handled during that incident. She was proach eight years ago. From The project “is a sign of friend- But the water was already rising, arrested and booked in the Santa Clara County Main Jail. 1998 to 2006, the approach was ship to the creek.” In a way, the with the intersections of Wiste- — Gennady Sheyner primarily pursuing principal flood-control project is return- ria Drive at O’Connor and Sage funding sources. ing some of the control back to streets flooding. Parker was not But a project with the U.S. Army the creek, he said. It’s a way of sure she could get out, her hus- Sand Hill founder behind hotel conversion Corps of Engineers stalled, and saying, “this is your land; this is band, Dennis Parker, said. Peter and Susanna Pau, the quiet power running development com- when funding fell through, JPA something you used to use to get The couple self-evacuated in pany Sand Hill Property, are the new long-term leaseholders behind members and state and local offi- to the bay,” Abrica said. 2012 after Dennis Parker, who was turning Hotel California into low-income housing, an official from cials worked to secure local finan- One of the major stumbling watching the water level rise on Palo Alto Housing Corporation has confirmed. cial resources to take on the first blocks involved is how to protect the the online creek monitor, saw that The longtime hotel on Ash Street in the California Avenue Business phase of the flood-control project, endangered Ridgway’s rail and the the water was so high the monitor District will be converted into 20 single-room-occupancy units. Per- the Bay to Highway 101 segment. salt marsh harvest mouse and other was no longer functioning. When sons with incomes between $10,000 and $40,000 a year will be eligible Nervous residents and public threatened and endangered species. they arrived at East Palo Alto City to rent the units, which will cost $400 to $800 a month, depending on officials again received a remind- Anne Morkill of the U.S. Fish Hall at the Red Cross shelter, peo- income level, said Candice Gonzalez, CEO of the Palo Alto Housing er of the creek’s destructive pow- and Wildlife Service San Francis- ple were coming in with their pant Corporation, the local nonprofit that will be managing the units. ers in December 2012. Rushing co Bay National Wildlife Refuge legs soaked to their knees, he said. Sand Hill Property did not return a request for comment. Gonzalez upstream water pounded the levee Complex, said the project repre- “It was a wake-up call,” he said that Susanna Pau has long wanted to find real estate that would said. But all of the years of hard be appropriate for Palo Alto’s low-income residents, but Pau prefers work organizing and petitioning to remain low key. Corrections have paid off. “It’s all being privately funded, and there is no need to rezone the The Aug. 5 story “Controversial plan sent back to the drawing board, “I never would’ve imagined site. That simplified process — it’s almost a windfall,” Gonzalez said. again” and the CityView roundup incorrectly stated that the Architec- The city needs thousands of units to meet low-income housing tural Review Board vote on the 429 University Avenue project was 3-0. that two counties and three cities and water districts could act to- demand, she added. Board member Kyu Kim cast a dissenting vote because the project had Applications for the studios at Hotel California are being accepted a new design and a new architect, and an additional hearing with more gether and get something done,” now, and residents could start moving in as soon as Aug. 20. Interested significant changes in massing and revisions to address the concerns he said.Q of the city council would be more appropriate. To request a correction, Staff Writer Sue Dremann parties can call the Housing Corporation’s main office at 650-321-9709. contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, [email protected] — Sue Dremann or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302. can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 9 Upfront
point him (this was just days after A consummate moderate with City Council the slow-growth “residentalist” no clear ideological leanings, (continued from page 5) candidates won council majority Tanaka is known for his detail- Online This Week and two months before the newly driven approach toward analyz- These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online “But I’d like to see the community elected members were set to be ing development proposals and throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto come together to do specific area sworn in). At the same meeting, traffic projects. Though he joined Online.com/news. plans for places like downtown the outgoing council voted to ap- the rest of the commission in op- and California Avenue, which point Fine, whose educational posing the city’s office cap ear- might support more housing.” background is in urban planning lier this year, he has also been Brock Turner judge criticized, again Fine also said and who cur- at times critical of new develop- The campaign to recall Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Per- he supports ex- rently works at ments and had voted against the sky for his controversial June 2 sentencing of former Stanford perimenting Nextdoor. Lytton Gateway development, a University student-athlete Brock Turner for the sexual assault of with things like Keller has re- controversial “planned commu- an unconscious woman is pointing to another “lenient” decision, “micro-units” mained deeply nity” project at 101 Lytton Ave. this time in a 2014 child-pornography case, as further evidence and housing involved in that was ultimately approved by of Persky’s alleged bias in sex-crime cases. (Posted Aug. 9, 4:15 p.m.) in Residential civic affairs the commission and the council. Parking Permit since leaving But it’s not just the planning Transplant recipients off to summer camp zones where per- the commission commissioners who are joining Fifty pediatric transplant recipients will go to summer camp mit restrictions and currently the fray. Greer Stone, who cur- with the assistance of the Stanford Blood Center in partnership would force new Adrian Fine co-chairs the Greer Stone rently chairs the Human Relations with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, according to blood center residents to bike, citizens group Commission, also announced this officials. (Posted Aug. 9, 4:04 p.m.) walk and take that is working week that he will run for council. transit. to update the Since joining the commission, New health team helps with mental illness Fine is one of city’s land-use Stone has participated in Project A new team has begun work to help San Mateo County residents several past and bible, the Com- Safety Net, the community col- living with a serious mental illness improve their quality of life, sitting planning prehensive Plan. laboration that focused on youth county health officials announced Friday. (Posted May Aug. 9, 7:43 a.m.) commission- Planning well-being. As a commissioner, he ers expected to Commissioner has also focused on issues that af- Knightscope upgrades tot-injuring robot run for a seat Greg Tanaka, fect the homeless population, the Mountain View’s homegrown security-bot company, Knight- in November. who preceded senior population and residents Arthur Keller, Fine as com- with mental health issues. scope, is trying to restore its image after a dust-up last month Don McDougall Michelle Kraus in which one of its security robots patrolling Stanford Shopping who served for mission chair, “I think I’ll see the city from a two terms on is also expect- completely different point of view,” Center knocked down a 17-month-old boy. (Posted Aug. 9, 7:41 a.m.) the commission and who was well ed to join the contest. Tanaka, Stone told the Weekly. “I talked to known for challenging developers the commission’s longest serving people who feel invisible.” Concrete falls from historic Palo Alto building and questioning prevailing plan- member and former president of In announcing his candidacy, A concrete cornice from an ornate historic Palo Alto building ning assumptions, announced last the College Terrace Residents Stone said he recognizes the need fell to the pavement on busy University Avenue over the weekend, month that he will seek a council Association, has not formally an- to address the city’s “housing cri- breaking into two pieces but apparently not striking anyone. (Posted seat. Keller lost his commission nounced his candidacy but he has sis” but said it’s important to do Aug. 8, 12:24 p.m.) seat in November 2014, after the pulled papers and told the Weekly so in a way that will minimize council voted 5-4 not to reap- that he is “very likely” to run. traffic congestion and impacts to
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Page 10 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront local schools and neighborhoods. he is not espousing any particular The new candidates are join- voted 3-1 in March to approve the He told the Weekly that he sup- proposals to add housing (doing so ing a field that already includes Lytton Avenue project. ports raising the percentage of without community buy-in, he said, Kniss, Barron Park resident Lydia (continued from page 7) During its March 17 discussion, below-market-rate housing units would be “premature”) he supports Kou and Keller, all of whom had the board majority agreed that that new developments must pro- evaluating solutions like accessory- previously announced their can- direction.” after several rounds of revisions, vide, from the existing level of 15 dwelling units, “cluster houses” and didacy. Of the 11 candidates, Kou Furthermore, he wrote, the pro- the architect has made enough percent to 25 percent (same as in higher density near train stations. is the only one who was actively posed project doesn’t share any link- improvements to make the proj- San Francisco). He also told the McDougall also advocates strong involved in the 2013 campaign age in general characteristics with ect “passable or approvable,” in Weekly that he would support collaboration between residential to overturn a council-approved neighboring buildings and is “vastly the words of board Chair Robert doing away with rules that allow and commercial interests, which housing development on Maybell different in scale and massing.” Gooyer. He particularly praised developers to pay in-lieu fees in- he said are currently opposed to Avenue, which included a 60-unit His appeal letter includes sig- the design for making the three- stead of providing housing on site. each other. Recent efforts at Stan- complex for low-income seniors natures from 14 other downtown story structure look like a two-sto- “Clearly, Palo Alto and the entire ford Research Park and with the and 12 single-family homes. She residents. Many others, Leung ry building to pedestrians walking Bay Area region is in a housing cri- downtown Transportation Manage- ran in 2014 with the endorsement said, have told him that they share down the street. Board member sis, and we have an affordable-hous- ment Association to promote new of the slow-growth citizens group, his view about the new project. Kyu Kim concurred and lauded ing crisis,” Stone told the Weekly. transportation alternatives suggest Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning In some cases, he said, residents the project for trying to transition “I don’t think we can just advocate that local companies can have an but was narrowly edged out for weren’t aware of the new project into the next to it residential zone. responsibility and then completely important role to play in solving the fifth seat by Cory Wolbach. until he informed them about it. Furth saw things differently. put our heads in the sand. But at the problems like parking shortages A longtime community volunteer The council, for its part, has yet “This is a very eclectic neigh- same time, Palo Alto doesn’t have and traffic congestion, which are who coordinated emergency-pre- to weigh in. On June 20, however, borhood,” Furth said at the March to look like downtown Redwood important to local residents. paredness events and cultural festi- Leung scored a limited victory 17 meeting. “It’s not that we ex- City, with all the development in “I think there is room and op- vals, Kou also serves on the Citizens when council members agreed to pect everything to be the same. the last 15 to 20 years, or Mountain portunity for aggressive nego- Advisory Committee that is working hold a full hearing on the project It’s not that we don’t know our View or Sunnyvale.” tiations and coming together with to update the Comprehensive Plan. in August. Now, council mem- backyard neighbors well, but I Don McDougall, a member of good ideas,” McDougall said. Residents have until Aug. 17 to bers will weigh the concerns ex- think this doesn’t meet the com- the Library Advisory Commis- Downtown resident Michelle file their candidacy papers. Q pressed by Leung and his neigh- patibility standards.” Q sion, calls housing the first, sec- Kraus also comes from a technolo- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner bors against the recommendations Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner ond and third priority. A former gy background, though her focus to can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ of planning staff and the Archi- can be emailed at gsheyner@ CEO of software companies with date has been on the national level. paweekly.com. tectural Review Board, which paweekly.com. a passion for data crunching, Mc- As managing director at Technol- Dougall on Wednesday confirmed ogy and Politics Group, Kraus said to the Weekly he also will be run- she looks at “trends for transporta- ning for a council seat in Novem- tion and infrastructure in this coun- ber. McDougall, who grew up in try and around the world.” Cur- Calgary and who lived in Amster- rently, she serves as head of global dam, Boston and Portland before government affairs for Hyperloop SATURDAY moving to Palo Alto 13 years ago, Transportation Technologies. presents became deeply immersed in local In an interview, Krauss said she planning in recent years, first as would like to see more creativity AUGUST a member of the library commis- in addressing Palo Alto’s trans- sion and then as part of the Citi- portation and housing challenges. TOUR zens Advisory Committee that is Living in Palo Alto, she said, has updating the Comprehensive Plan. become cost prohibitive for most Through his work on the citi- people. The city needs “affordable zens committee, he said, he had alternatives,” she said. de come to realize that the problems “We need housing for the young that the city is facing around hous- professionals; we need housing ing, transportation and land use for young families; we need hous- 20 are “tremendously complex” and ing for the tech workers who are MENLO that his experience in evaluating here in their 50s and 60s, because data can be an asset in addressing nobody retires now,” Kraus said. these challenges. Though he said “It’s got to be more affordable.”
SUPPORT Public Agenda LOCAL KIDS A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week • All proceeds go to Rotary need-based scholarships and nonprofits including the CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hear an appeal of an approved Boys and Girls Club, Second Harvest Food three-story mixed-use building and a residential building at 411-437 Bank, Life Moves and many others Lytton Ave.; review the draft Transportation Element prepared by the • Opportunity to learn more about Rotary Comprehensive Plan Update Community Advisory Committee; consider adopting the Public Art Master Plan; and designate a voting delegate and alternate for the League of California Cities annual 2016 conference. Race jersey The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, in the Council available Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. online
COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the City Auditor’s work plan for fiscal year 2017; hear • Fully supported ride withth an update on the city’s Fiber to the Premises and Wireless Network water, rest stops and SASAGG projects; and consider options for changing the city’s minimum wage. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, in the Community • Free lunch provided byy Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. AAGr GreatGGr t Lutticken’s Deli • 7am or 10am start at CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to BikeBikke RRidRide!iddee! Menlo-Atherton Highh SSchoolchool review recent City Council and school board meetings and hear updates on Project Safety Net and the Safe Routes to School program. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, in the Community Register: TourDeMenlo.com Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss Ride Day Registration 7-10am @ Menlo-Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton 1451-1459 Hamilton Ave. and 1462 Edgewood Drive, a proposal to More Info, call Tom: 650-575-2279 or email: [email protected] demolish two existing one-story houses and two two-story houses and to construct three one-story homes and one two-story home. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
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THE AGENDA August 3-9 Palo Alto Violence related WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION August 3-9 Assault ...... 1 Battery ...... 2 CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: Violence related Theft related Assault with a deadly weapon ...... 1 Burglary ...... 4 http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp Robbery ...... 1 Fraud ...... 5 Theft related Grand theft...... 4 Bank account fraud ...... 1 Petty theft...... 7 AGENDA–REGULAR MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS Checks forgery...... 1 Residential burglaries...... 1 August 15, 2016, 6:00 PM Commercial burglaries...... 2 Vehicle related Credit card forgery...... 1 Auto recovery...... 1 Grand theft...... 1 Auto theft ...... 2 Consent Calendar Identity theft ...... 1 Driving with suspended license ...... 2 2. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing Overtime and Portal to Portal Pay for Deployments Away Petty theft...... 6 Hit and run ...... 4 Residential burglaries...... 2 Vehicle accident/ no injury ...... 2 From the City of Palo Alto Shoplifting...... 1 Vehicle tow...... 7 3. Finance Committee Recommends Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.30 [Contracts Vehicle related Alcohol or drug related and Purchasing Procedures] of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Establish Contracting and Pur- Abandoned bicycle...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 1 JOHZPUN7YVJLK\YLZHUK[V+LÄUL[OL*VU[YHJ[PUN(\[OVYP[`VM*P[`6ѝJLYZHUK,TWSV`LLZ Auto theft ...... 1 Possession of drugs...... 4 4. Approval of Amendment Number 1 to Contract Number S14148347 With North American Youth Bicycle theft ...... 5 Possession of paraphernalia ...... 1 Driving with suspended license ...... 6 Sale of drugs ...... 1 Activities LLC DBA Kidz Love Soccer Extending the Term to December 31, 2016 and Increasing Driving without license ...... 7 Under influence of drugs ...... 1 the Contract Amount by $40,000 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $295,000 Hit and run ...... 3 Miscellaneous 5. Approval of a Three-year Pilot Contract With Genuine Parts Company in an Amount Not-to-Ex- Theft from auto...... 7 Disturbance ...... 1 ceed $2,588,096 for an On-Site Fleet Parts and Inventory Program and Approval of a Budget Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 4 Fire assist ...... 1 Vehicle accident/property damage .... 14 Found property...... 4 Amendment in the Vehicle Replacement and Maintenance Fund Vehicle stored...... 1 Info case...... 2 6. Adoption of a Resolution Determining Underground Utility District Number 47 Property Owners Vehicle tow...... 5 Medical aid...... 1 Mental evaluation ...... 6 who Elect to pay Underground Conversion Costs Over a Period of Years Alcohol or drug related Outside assistance...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 5 7. Adoption of a Resolution Implementing Water Use Restrictions in Stage 1 of the City’s 2015 Water Trespassing ...... 1 Drunken driving ...... 1 Shortage Contingency Plan and Repealing Resolution Number 9509 Vandalism...... 1 Possession of paraphernalia ...... 1 8. Approval of a Limited-Term Site License Agreement for GreenWaste of Palo Alto to Relocate Op- Warrant arrest...... 3 Under influence of drugs ...... 3 Warrant/other agency...... 5 erations From Geng Road to a Portion of the Former Los Altos Treatment Plant Property on San Miscellaneous Antonio Road; Finding of Categorical Exemption for Existing Facilities Pursuant to CEQA Guideline Concealed weapon ...... 2 VIOLENT CRIMES Disturbing/annoying phone call ...... 1 15301 Palo Alto 9. Approval of Amendment Number 2 to Contract S12142714 With Golder Associates, Inc. for Air Reg- Elder abuse...... 1 Found property...... 4 3000 Alexis Drive, 8/7, 10:12 a.m.; assault with a ulatory Support to Extend the Contract Term One Year to September 20, 2017 With no Additional Misc. penal code violation ...... 3 deadly weapon. , 8/9, 3:08 p.m.; armed robbery. Costs Missing person...... 1 180 El Camino Real 10. Approval of Amendment Number 2 to the Agreement With the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Prowler...... 1 Menlo Park Board for Rail Shuttle Bus Administration to Extend the Term for one Year and add $135,100 to Pro- Psychiatric hold ...... 7 1000 block Sonoma Avenue, 8/3, 9:54 p.m.; Suspicious circumstances ...... 5 battery. vide Community Shuttle Service on the Existing Embarcadero Shuttle Route From July 2016 until Vandalism...... 1 300 block El Camino Real, 8/5, 6:42 p.m.; battery. June 2017 Warrant/other agency...... 6 500 block El Camino Real, 8/7, 11:05 p.m.; assault. 11. Acceptance of the Downtown Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program Phase 2 Status Update and Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Eligibility Area for the Program as Directed by the City Council 12. 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something new ofCourtesy TheatreWorks Silicon Valley 2016 New Works Festival boasts an eclectic lineup by Karla Kane
heatreWorks’ New Works “Not in anyone’s wildest dreams think it’s worth examining that it T Festival is always a summer did they imagine they would be doesn’t take brains to change the The Kilbanes, a theatrical rock band led by married songwriting treat for theater lovers, giv- sparking a world war. The kind of world if you’re changing it through duo Dan Moses and Kate Kilbane, are authors of the rock opera ing audiences a peek at new plays domino effect it had, it’s almost violence. If you look at today, the “Eddie the Marvelous, Who Will Save the World.” in progress. This year’s lineup absurd. It’s with that absurdity expansion and insurgency of ISIS offers six works (including a that I’m taking the play,” he said. and al Qaeda is preying on the nities, both in the past and in the the Marvelous,’ who is always musical adaptation of Ray Brad- And though the subject matter is same types of individuals: young modern world. victorious, no matter the odds,” bury’s “Something Wicked This deadly serious, “in many ways it’s men who are impoverished, with “Though progress has been Kilbane explained. The character Way Comes,” the graphic-novel- a comedy, about a bunch of very no hope of upward mobility.” made, there is definitely work was inspired by a conversation she based “The Four Immigrants: An inept incompetent men who stum- “Archduke” will be directed by to be done to give female voices had with a friend over how excru- American Musical Manga” and ble upon this cataclysm.” Giovanna Sardelli (who’s also the empowering opportunities to ciating young adulthood can be, the Pablo Neruda-inspired “I En- The plot to murder the archduke festival director), a big fan of Jo- share their point of view with and soon the idea to combine a ter the Valley”) that range from was carried out by several young, seph’s work. their colleagues and influence straight-play storyline about Eddie historical drama to rock opera. poverty-stricken men who were “If Rajiv writes something on the advancement of science and with rock-opera sequences (with Festival veteran Rajiv Joseph diagnosed with tuberculosis — a a napkin I want to knowledge,” Sav- music inspired by artists such as (who will also give the keynote death sentence at that time. do it,” she joked. age said. David Bowie and Queen) struck. speech) returns this year with “They’re swept up by this man “While it’s He described the “Dan has always loved rock “Archduke.” The play centers who’s using them as his soldiers, placed a century music of “Gravity” from the ’70s ... and my enthusi- around the plot to assassinate the installing in them this idea that, if ago, it also has a as ranging in style asm for ‘Ziggy Stardust’ knows heir to the Austro-Hungarian Em- you’re going to die soon why not contemporary feel from “acoustic- no bounds, so this seemed like a pire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, make your life mean something?” to it,” she said of guitar singer-song- great opportunity to let those art- whose death in Bosnia at the Joseph said. the play. “It has writer freestyle ists inspire us,” she said. hands of Serbian nationalists in He sees the conflict as the cru- mischief ... dark to Gaga-esque Though she’s known on the 1914 set off the First World War. cial tipping point that transitioned humor in the tone dance pop to con- local indie-music scene as a While the assassination eventually the 19th century into the 20th and and a beauty to temporary a cap- songwriter, guitarist and bassist, led to that massive global conflict, noted that, in 2016, we may be the writing that Rohit Chandra pella and musical Kilbane has a background in mu- Joseph said none of the radicalized reaching that point again in the really speaks to theater” and said sical theater, training as a direc- conspirators had any idea the ram- new millennium. the fear and lack that while he and tor and dramaturg and earning a ifications their actions would have “If it’s true, we’re in the midst of purpose in the his fellow Stan- master’s degree in performance on the wider world. of that again now,” he said. “I do characters.” Pulitzer Prize nominee ford alums have studies from New York Univer- The play gives Rajiv Joseph’s new play worked together sity. In 2008, she created the one- a voice to people “Archduke” explores the before, this show character rock opera “The Medea largely forgotten 1914 assassination of represents their Cycle,” based on ancient Greek by history. Archduke Franz Ferdinand. first joint musical- mythology, and in 2009 she and “You don’t want Joseph will also give the writing effort. Moses began work on the four- to glamorize these keynote speech at this “World-build- character musical “Weightless.” individuals but year’s New Works Festival. ing, bending rules, “Now we’ve written ‘Eddie,’ you do want to and exploding the which has a whole stage play in- humanize them,” Sardelli said. “I personalities of famous historical side a rock opera,” she said, “so I think it’s very brave to actually figures has been an absolute joy,” found my way back to the theater say, ‘I want to create characters he said. “It’s a gift to work with quite accidentally, bringing my that you have complicated rela- people you trust and whose taste masters-in-jazz-performance- tionships to.’” you respect.” had-barely-set-foot-in-a-theater More fanciful but also rooted in Another close-knit team of husband with me, and we couldn’t history is “Gravity: a New(tonian) writers created the musical “Ed- be happier.” Q Musical,” a romantic sci-fi com- die the Marvelous, Who Will Save Arts & Entertainment Editor edy featuring young Isaac New- the World.” Married couple Kate Karla Kane can be emailed at ton on the brink of making his Kilbane and Dan Moses, who also [email protected]. groundbreaking scientific dis- write and perform around the coveries and Sophie, a modern Bay Area as the rock-band The physicist who travels back to the Kilbanes, came up with the story What: TheatreWorks’ Enlightenment age and upsets the of Eddie, a young man with a host New Works Festival timeline of history and science of mental-health issues who lives Where: Lucie Stern Theater, in the process. The show, by Ken an isolated existence. While his 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto Frank Chen Frank Savage, Joel Chapman, Weston outer world is restricted, he has a Gaylord, Matt Herrero and Jessia rich inner life. When: Aug. 12-21; check Hoffman, got its start in a Stan- “Eddie draws from small, mun- online for complete schedule ford University musical-writing dane moments in his life and Cost: $19-$65 (individual “Gravity,” a musical about a modern physicist who travels back in competition and offers a feminist recreates them as epic battles in tickets and festival passes time to meet young Isaac Newton, was created by a group of Stanford perspective, exploring the chal- an intergalactic rock opera, star- available) alumni: (back row left to right) Jessia Hoffman, Ken Savage, Weston lenges female scientists face in ring a Ziggy-Stardust-inspired Info: Go to theatreworks.org/ Gaylord, (front row left to right) Joel Chapman and Matt Herrero. gaining recognition and opportu- version of himself, called ‘Eddie shows/nwf
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The DeLeon Difference® Hoffman Zachary 650.543.8500 www.deleonrealty.com New Day Project participants Kathy Barth (left) and Keletioln Lolo (center), and New Day Project Manager Julia Lang (right) use a combination of pastels, watercolor paint, pencils and pens to create artwork at the Pacific Art League. 650.543.8500 | www.deleonrealty.com | DeLeon Realty CalBRE #01903224 New Day Project fosters community through art Pacific Art League, Downtown Streets Team collaborate to offer free classes by Anna Medina was flooded with natural light. A she would any other adult-educa- ust inside the Pacific Art small group of women (one with tion class. She includes the same League’s (PAL) gallery and a pet dog by her side) sat drawing, fundamentals of art and each week J studio space in downtown coloring and talking around rect- she focuses on different themes. Palo Alto, artwork brightens the angular tables that were clustered The students exhibit their work walls. Some pieces tell a story, together. Occasionally, the teach- and some will take further classes. others vividly convey feelings er gently guided her students, “Doing art classes at PAL has through splashes of color and making observations and draw- inspired me to look forward to lines. ing attention to the world and the showing up. I’m now doing art at The work is the result of The people seated in the room. They home. I bought oil paint, acrylic, New Day Project, an eight-week, were working on portraits. and crayons. Instead of going out tuition-free art class for previous- Cathy Zander, a veteran teach- and getting in trouble or being ly homeless and recently housed er with a master’s degree in arts depressed, I’m doing something individuals in the region. The education, has taught the past therapeutic ... It’s bringing out project is a collaboration between two courses and plans to con- something in me that was hid- PAL and Downtown Streets tinue staying involved with The den for years,” participant Triza Team, a local nonprofit organiza- New Day Project. Even with all Aurora stated in a press release tion with a mission to end home- of her years of experience, she announcing the grants. lessness by restoring dignity to counts this group as the most McDonnell said that when for- and helping to rebuild the lives of interesting. merly homeless people transition homeless men and women. “I would say this is one of the into housing, they sometimes lose After two rounds of classes this more exceptional classes I have their sense of community. This year, The New Day Project will taught. It’s not only rewarding for class is meant to help foster and continue thanks to a recent $8,500 them — it’s rewarding for me,” rebuild those crucial social con- grant from the Palo Alto Commu- Zander said, adding that for these nections as well. nity Fund and a matching grant of students, it’s especially important “The secret lies in a communal $2,500 from Oliver and Company. to feel like they’ve accomplished experience through making art,” The grants were awarded dur- something. she said. Q ing a month that marked the first Zander, whom McDonnell de- Editorial Assistant Anna anniversary of Shannon McDon- scribed as calm, encouraging and Medina can be emailed at nell’s hiring as PAL’s executive nurturing, approaches the class as [email protected]. director. The New Day Project is one of her community-engage- ment initiatives. McDonnell, who before assum- ing her position as executive di- rector lived in India for five years, said that growing an arts-for-so- cial-justice program has been one of the goals since the start of her work with PAL. As part of this initiative, she envisioned moving away from an old model of out- reach, which she defined as going to spaces in other communities,
and instead inviting people to Hoffman Zachary participate directly in the spaces Palo Alto itself has to offer. “My feeling is, we have this beautiful home. It makes it pos- sible to engage with people,” Mc- Kathy Barth works on a self portrait, using a picture on her phone Donnell said. as reference, at a free class organized by the New Day Project at Give blood for life! On a recent Thursday after- the Pacific Art League. Barth added the portrait to a collection she noon, an expansive art studio hopes to feature on GoFundMe.org to raise enough money to pay bloodcenter.stanford.edu with floor-to-ceiling windows for a service dog.
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Eureka!’s Fresno fig burger is served with fig marmalade, melted goat cheese and strips of crisp bacon. Sweet potato fries are pictured on the side. firecracker aioli was tame. I was much happier with the chili wings ($11.50) with your ALL THAT choice of sweet orange chili or house-made Carolina reaper chili sauce — reaper being the cur- rent hottest chili in the world. I opted for the hot stuff. It Slow- was fiery but not fire- roasted pork extinguisher hot; it had ribs and lollipop flavor too, not just heat. It corn dogs (above) Hearty burgers, local brews and whiskeys shine at was plenty spicy but the are featured on Eureka! in Mountain View kitchen mercifully tempered Eureka!’s all-American the piquancy. It was lip-smacking menu. by Dale F. Bentson Q photos by Zachary Hoffman but not throat-burning. The five fat lollipop corn dogs ureka! is an all-American rustic tables and chairs, uphol- ($8) were more showy than delec- were worth the extra $4. and the all-American vibe at Eu- restaurant. There’s Ameri- stered booths and a banquette. A table. The Polish sausage, embed- Despite the great burgers, and reka. The burgers are first-rate, E can craft beer, American plank wood divider separates the ded in too much sweet-corn bat- there were nine to choose from, as are most other dishes, while small-batch whiskeys and a menu bar and dining room. ter, had almost no flavor, but corn my favorite dish was the fried a few items need some mainte- showcasing everything from burg- The wall behind the bar dis- dogs don’t have much flavor. The chicken sliders ($12). They were nance. The assemblage of Ameri- ers and wings to lollipop corn plays an impressive array of tap slightly spicy porter mustard was served with mashed potatoes, can bourbons and craft beer is dogs. The company is headquar- handles and backlit glass shelves the saving grace. The dogs were reaper chili sauce and coleslaw, exceptional.Q tered in Hawthorne, Calif., home of whiskeys. The 50 small-batch more exciting on the plate than in all on a soft white bun — crunchy Freelance writer Dale Bentson of legendary all-American band whiskey count is impressive, but the mouth. and smooth, spicy and fresh. can be emailed at dfbentson@ the Beach Boys. the 40 craft beers on tap are the The truffle cheese fries ($9.50) I wasn’t excited about the “All gmail.com. With revenues north of $40 mil- backbone of Eureka!’s beverage was a pile of fries tossed in earthy Day” breakfast burrito ($12.50). lion, the Eureka Restaurant Group business. The all-California wine truffle salt and topped with grated The tortilla was stuffed with operates 20 restaurants in four list offers reds and whites from the parmesan and scallions, with a steak, potatoes, peppers (red, yel- Eureka! western states. Its winning con- Central Coast and Napa/Sonoma. side of white truffle cheese dip- low and jalapeño), a slightly spicy 191 Castro St., Mountain View; cept focuses on locally sourced On Thursdays between 8 and 10 ping sauce. A little truffle goes a ranchero sauce, Monterey Jack 650-426-0582; eurekarestau- food and libations. According to p.m., there is live music featuring long way, and this was just right. cheese and sour cream, with a rantgroup.com Alexia Penna, the group’s corpo- a local performaner (genres vary). All of the burgers were deli- fried egg on the top and arugula Hours: Sunday-Wednesday, rate PR and marketing manager, Eureka’s restaurants aren’t cookie- cious, especially the Fresno fig on the side. Despite the cornuco- 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thursday- the company opens restaurants in cutter. Each has its own ambiance burger ($12.50). Fig marmalade pia of ingredients, there wasn’t Saturday, 11 a.m. to midnight. “discovery markets” near universi- augmented with alliances with lo- was spread inside a seeded bun, much flavor. The ingredients Reservations Children ties and technology centers where cal events and artists. with goat cheese melted over the seemed to cancel each other out. creative and aspiring people live The all-American menu had beef patty, and strips of crisp ba- The butterscotch rum pudding Credit cards Takeout con added with a slice of juicy and work. some solid hits but a few misses. ($7) with caramel sauce, whipped Parking: Delivery The company seeks architectur- For starters, there’s the osso buco tomato, red onion, arugula and cream and sea salt was grainy but Street ally interesting buildings as well. riblets ($10), a platter of pork cubes spicy porter mustard. It was a not from the salt. The flavors just Outdoor Full bar dining A new outpost opened in April at braised in sherry with a “fire- great combination. didn’t come together and there downtown Mountain View’s 191 cracker” aioli. It was a generous Almost as good was the jalape- was something off-tasting about Happy hour: Noise level: Castro St., a century-old build- portion of meat but I didn’t care ño egg burger ($12.50) with ched- it. The Americana apple crisp ($7) 2-6 p.m. High daily ing that most recently housed 191 much for the sherry braise, which dar cheese, bacon, chipotle sauce with warm caramelized apples, Bathroom Restaurant and Bar. Eureka gutted fell flat. It needed something else and pickled jalapeños topped with pecan-oat crisp and vanilla ice Corkage: $10 Cleanliness: and opened up the interior, further — cumin, spicy paprika, garlic or a fried egg. All burgers came with cream, though, was pleasing. Good exposed red brick walls and added honey — to bring it to life. The crisp fries. 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“ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR.” –Michael Phillips, CHICAGO TRIBUNE “A PERFECT MOVIE OPENINGS ABOUT THE COST OF CHASING DREAMS.” Go with –Peter Hall, FANDANGO
99% the ‘Flo’ WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MIKE BIRBIGLIA Streep delightfully DontThinkTwiceMovie.com CALL offbeat, off key as THEATER FOR NOW PLAYING SHOWTIMES singing heiress 000 (Century 20) “A few wrong notes may be for- given, but singing without feeling cannot.” Dubiously attributed to Beethoven, this epigram is offered in defense of the notoriously bad ofCourtesy Paramount Pictures soprano Florence Foster Jenkins in the new cinematic account of her musical ventures. An irre- pressible New York heiress whose money enabled her amateur sing- Opening ing career, Jenkins butchered op- era selections and art songs while september 2016 achieving a level of camp popu- Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant star in “Florence Foster Jenkins,” the larity, all winningly recreated by true story of New York heiress Florence Foster Jenkins who dreamed star Meryl Streep and director of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Stephen Frears in the comedy- drama “Florence Foster Jenkins.” doesn’t she?” She does, but — at more populist tack with “Flor- TRUE FOOD KITCHEN The original screenplay by least as depicted here — Bayfield ence Foster Jenkins” and a more Nicholas Martin cleanly lays out is no simple cad. He legitimately historically accurate one. Jenkins the circumstances of Jenkins’ in- cares about Jenkins’ feelings and makes for a legitimately fascinat- sular life, as it was in 1944. Her takes attentive responsibility for ing central character in her need Palo Alto longtime partner and common- them, including payoffs to “music for the spotlight, her pure love of law husband St. Clair Bayfield (a lovers” and “reviewers.” music and the self-doubts she uses charming and funny Hugh Grant) That responsibility comes to a all her will to banish. Not surpris- lovingly attends to her, lining head when Jenkins becomes fix- ingly, Streep expertly shades ev- up vocal coaches, accompanists ated on performing at Carnegie ery eccentricity, embodying Jen- and private recitals at The Verdi Hall, a dream Bayfield cannot kins in her musical waywardness now hiring Club (which she owns). After a deny her but one fraught with (it takes a hard-working singer to gentle bedtime ritual of removing snares he may not be able to con- sing this badly, note for note) and Florence’s wig and lulling her to tain. Bayfield must lean on Ed- her deterioration due to syphilis, all positions sleep with a Shakespearean son- wards and McMoon for their sup- the most shameful wrinkle in her net, Bayfield repairs to a second port in maintaining the elaborate personal life. apartment and a second woman, charade. McMoon, in particular, The critic is the villain in “Flor- his girlfriend Kathleen Weather- finds himself doing inordinate ence Foster Jenkins,” which sides ley (Rebecca Ferguson). heavy lifting at the piano but also with Jenkins and Bayfield in repel- LEARN MORE ABOUT In reference to Jenkins, Bayfield in his role as a new friend to the ling the “mockers and ... scoffers” says, “Our marriage is a thing of dotty coloratura. As the newest and propping up the dreamers. OUR JOB FAIR the spirit.” It’s also a mutually member of the family, McMoon Yes, Jenkins serves as an example beneficial arrangement, crisply also serves as an entry for the of runaway privilege, but her fun- established in the film’s early viewer to this strange world. ny-sad story cannot help but win WORKFORTRUEFOODKITCHEN.COM 650-272-5157 scenes of Bayfield hiring pianist Earlier this year, the French her sympathy. She may not have // Cosmé McMoon (Simon Helberg film “Marguerite” took a looser had an angelic voice, but in the of “The Big Bang Theory”) and approach to the same material, end, Jenkins earns her wings. inviting back vocal coach Carlo while offering a more intellec- Rated PG-13 for brief sug- Edwards (David Haig). With tually and tonally subtle take. gestive material. One hour, 50 a knowing nod, Edwards says Frears (“The Queen,” “Philom- minutes. to Bayfield, “She spoils us all, ena”) takes a somewhat brighter, — Peter Canavese Special op WWII spy thriller ‘Anthropoid’ details
assassination plot of LD Entertainment Courtesy 000 (Century 16) he appropriate but less-than- commercial title of the new T WWII spy thriller “Anthro- poid” refers to the film’s true-story basis: Operation Anthropoid. This Anna Geislerova and Cillian Murphy star in the WWII spy thriller (continued on next page) “Anthropoid.”
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE that followed, the Nazi blowback, tion that, “war is not romantic.” ‘Anthropoid’ and the prismatic meaning of the Ellis shoots the film in deep- GOOD TO BE GREAT (continued from previous page) mission as seen in the greater con- set shadows and filtered hues that text of the war. cool from earthy to pallid as the assassination plot by British Spe- It’s all done in a suitably matter- heroes’ challenges become more cial Operations and the Czecho- of-fact style that honors the story’s dire. Ellis rarely pushes for effect, slovak resistance took its name historicity. Because of the nature but when he does (a simple setup- “ THE FILM IS HILARIOUS AND from the Greek word for “having of that story, the film also includes payoff with one character’s violin the form of a human.” As such the two taut action sequences: the op- playing, for example), the moment SURPRISINGLY TOUCHING.” title is about as literal and as figu- eration itself and a heavy-artillery feels right. So while “Anthropoid” PETER TRAVERS rative as possible: the name of the urban-siege climax. In a likely tends to the sober and dour, it also mission the film depicts, and a re- fictionalized subplot, two women breaks into the brutal, the intense, minder of human dignity in oppo- of the resistance aid in the effort, and the emotionally devastating, sition to an enemy determined to which also serves as a sexual/ro- all the right “moves” for a war “FUNNY AND MOVING.” blot it out via genocide and physi- mantic accelerant as concerns the story of moral heft compromised JASON SOLOMONS cal and emotional tortures. two men leading the charge. Ma- by Pyrrhic victory. The no-nonsense screenplay rie (Charlotte Le Bon) and Lenka Rated R for violence and some by director-producer-cinema- (Anna Geislerov·) pair up with Jan disturbing images. Two hours. tographer Sean Ellis (“Cash- and Jozef, despite Lenka’s asser- — Peter Canavese back”) and longtime Stanley Ku- brick assistant Anthony Frewin (“Color Me Kubrick”) begins in MOVIE TIMES 1941, with two soldiers from the All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. Czechoslovakian army-in-exile For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. parachuting back into German- Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. -occupied Czechoslovakia. These are Czech Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dor- Animal House (1978) (R) Century 20: Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. nan of “Fifty Shades of Grey”) Anthropoid (R) +++ Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 1:10, 4, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Bad Moms (R) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. DQG6ORYDN-R]HI*DEĀtN &LOOLDQ Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 & 10:15 p.m. Murphy of “Inception”), and they Cafe Society (PG-13) Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2:25, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:20 p.m. face a daunting task: assassinate Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:45 & 7:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 10 p.m. SS General Reinhard Heydrich Don’t Think Twice (R) +++ — the Reich’s third in command Guild Theatre: 2:30, 4:45 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:30 p.m. after Hitler and Himmler, the man Finding Dory (PG) +++ Century 16: 10:55 a.m., 1:35 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:20 credited as the principal archi- a.m. Century 20: 12:15 & 3:15 p.m. tect of the Final Solution — in a Florence Foster Jenkins (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:30, 7:10 & 10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 4:15 p.m. Prague crawling with Nazis. Palo Alto Square: 1:15 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 4 & 9:45 p.m. Jozef and Jan’s contact, “Uncle” Florence Foster Jenkins Curtain Call (PG-13) -DQ=HOHQND+DMVNß 7RE\-RQHV Century 20: Sun. 4:15 p.m. Palo Alto Square: Sun. 4 p.m. poses a key question: “Is Czecho- The Gay Divorcee (1934) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 5:35 & 9:20 p.m. slovakia still ready and willing to Ghostbusters (PG-13) Century 16: 7:15 p.m. resist Nazi Germany?” Happily, Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 2, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:35 p.m. “Anthropoid” determines not to Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) +++ offer any straightforward answer Aquarius Theatre: 2:25, 4:45, 7 & 10 p.m. to that question in the process of Ice Age: Collision Course (PG) + Century 16: 11:30 a.m., 2 & 4:30 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. detailing the true-to-life mission Century 20: 11 a.m., Fri. & Sat. 1:40 & 4:10 p.m. particulars, and teasing out some Indignation (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4, 7:30 & 9:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 5:05, 8 & 10:45 p.m. fictionalized personal drama, Jason Bourne (PG-13) + mostly in a romantic vein. The Century 16: 9 & 10:25 a.m., noon, 1:25, 3:05, 4:25, 6:10, 7:25, 9:10 & 10:30 p.m. mission itself comes at the film’s Century 20: 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:25, 2:55, 4:20, 6, 7:20, 9 & 10:20 p.m. halfway mark, allowing for exam- Lights Out (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 6:50 & 9:25 p.m. Sun. 10:10 p.m. NOW PLAYING IN THEATRES EVERYWHERE ination not only of the operation’s Love in the Afternoon (1957) (Not Rated) CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATRES AND SHOWTIMES / NO PASSES ACCEPTED outcome, but the survival efforts Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. Love Me Tonight (1932) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 5:50 & 9:50 p.m. Nerve (PG-13) + Century 16: 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 3, 5:35, 8:05 & 10:40 p.m. Nine Lives (PG) Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 12:50, 4:05, 7 & 9:40 p.m. Pete’s Dragon (PG) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. In 3-D at 10:50 a.m., 1:30 & 4:15 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:15 a.m. Century 20: 10:25 a.m., 1:10, 4, 6:55 & 9:35 p.m. In 3-D at 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:20, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m. In DBOX 3-D at 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:20, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m. Sausage Party (R) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:05, 8, 9:30, 10:35 7 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:25 a.m., 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. The Secret Life of Pets (PG) Century 16: 9:35 a.m., 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m. Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Sun. 11 a.m. Star Trek Beyond (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:10 & 11:55 a.m., 1:05, 2:50, 4:10, 5:45, 7:10, 8:45 & 10:10 p.m. Fri. 9 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:45 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:50 a.m. Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:20, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Suicide Squad (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:05, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m., 1, 1:45, 2:35, 4:05, 4:45, 5:30, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 10:05 & 10:45 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:01 a.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:30 a.m. In 3-D at 9:15 a.m., 12:15, 3:15, 6:15 & 9:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 12:55, 2:10, 3:55, 5:10, 6:25, 7:05, 8:15 & 10:10 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 9:30 p.m. In 3-D at 11:45 a.m., 2:45, 5:45 & 8:50 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 1:35 & 10:40 p.m. In X-D at 10:40 a.m., 4:35 & 7:40 p.m. In DBOX at 12:55, 3:55, 7:05 & 10:10 p.m. Top Hat (1935) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 7:30 p.m.
+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (327-3241) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews and trailers at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies
Page 18 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com ClassFall Guide ust like that, summer has come students looking for internships, For the dancer L’Ecole de Danse, School of Ballet 650-494-8221 and gone. Soon the leaves will graduates looking for employment 740 Sierra Vista Ave., [email protected] change color, the days will get and those re-entering the market. Dance Connection Mountain View zohardancecompany.org J 650-365-4596 With roots going back to 1979, shorter and you’ll have to carry a Cubberley Community Center, L-5, ReBoot Accelerator for Women 4000 Middlefield Road, www.lecolededanse.net Zohar School of Dance holds a sweater when you step outside. But GSVlabs, 425 Broadway St., those are not excuses for becom- Palo Alto L’Ecole de Danse offers a full range of adult dance classes in jazz, Redwood City 650-322-7032 (office), 650-852-0418 ing lazy. Head outdoors while the ballet curriculum starting at age 7. contemporary, modern, ballet, 650-421-2000 (studio) It also offers classes for adults either musical theater and tap. Though weather still cooperates. Take an [email protected] [email protected] wishing to resume ballet or looking mainly an adult studio, Zohar also art course, learn a new language rebootaccel.com danceconnectionpaloalto.com to explore it. Annual performances welcomes younger students. or instrument, sign up for fitness ReBoot Accelerator for Women Dance Connection offers a offer onstage experience. classes or brush up on your busi- keeps local women current, con- preschool combination class for ness acumen. There’s something nected and confident about re-en- preschool-age children (begin- Silicon Valley Ballet Palo Alto Studio The great outdoors for everybody and it’s all conve- tering the workforce through work- ning at age 3), graded classes for Cubberley Community Center, G-6, Advantage Aviation niently located, so while the sun shops taught by instructors from youth and adults, and other pro- 4000 Middlefield Road, 1903 Embarcadero Road, starts setting sooner, you can still LinkedIn, Google and Apple One- grams to meet dancers’ needs. Palo Alto Palo Alto keep living better. week immersion and eight-week Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, 408-288-2820 ext. 223 650.656.2550 [email protected] The Class Guide is published (meeting once weekly) courses are Pilates and other instruction are [email protected] siliconvalleyballet.org/ advantage-aviation.com quarterly by the Palo Alto Weekly, held throughout the year. available for students at various palo-alto-studio With many instructors, Advan- the Almanac and the Mountain Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center levels of ability. The Palo Alto Studio of Silicon View Voice. tage Aviation has a selection of 1848 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA DanceVisions Valley Ballet (previously known flying classes that train new pilots, 94303 Cubberley Community Center, L-3, as Ballet San Jose) provides bal- 650-321-2193 as well as help more experienced Business, work and 4000 Middlefield Road, let instruction to children ages 2 ones acquire needed licenses. technology rencenter.org/locations/ Palo Alto 1/2 to 10, with particular atten- mid-peninsula/ 650-324-8751 tion paid to dancer health and Brad Lozares Golf Shop CareerGenerations With several Bay Area loca- [email protected] child development. There are also 1875 Embarcadero Road, 2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite #200, tions, Renaissance Entrepeneur- dancevisions.org creative movement classes and a Palo Alto Palo Alto ship Center offers regular classes, DanceVisions, a nonprofit com- Dance With Me class (for ages 1 650-856-0881 650-320-1639 workshops and networking events munity dance project, serves danc- 1/2 to 2 1/2 and caregivers) held bradlozaresgolfshop.com [email protected] for developing business skills and ers of all ages and abilities. Types of at the studio. Group and private lessons — careergenerations.com growth. The center also provides dance taught range from modern to teaching golf skills, rules and CareerGenerations offers group free coaching and advising to busi- hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, Middle East- Zohar School of Dance & Company etiquette — are available for ju- workshops and programs to meet ness owners and low-cost office ern belly dancing, ballet, East Indi- Cubberley Community Center, L-4, niors and adults at any level of the career needs of a variety of space for small busineses. an dance and contact improvisation. 4000 Middlefield Road, experience. individuals, including college Palo Alto
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Kim Grant Tennis Academy This fitness center offers body workout. Riders of all fitness 3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto classes centered around the “Bar levels and as young as age 12 can 650-752-8061 Method” technique, a one-hour, participate in a variety of classes. [email protected] non-impact total body workout. Education for Global Thinking kimgranttennis.com It offers packges of five, 10 or 30 Studio Kicks The Kim Grant Tennis Academy classes along with a single class 796A San Antonio Road, Palo Alto Preparing Students for the 21st Century 650-855-9868 organizes an array of tennis classes option or a monthly membership. through the International Baccalaureate Program and programs for adults and children, [email protected] studiokickspaloalto.com as well as those with special needs. SoulCycle Preschool to High School German/English IB Program The fall session starts on Aug. 15. 600 Stanford Shopping Center, Studio Kicks is a family fitness Palo Alto center offering cardio kickboxing • Preschool, Elementary School, Middle 650-784-7510 classes and training in martial arts School, and High School Health and fitness [email protected] for children and adults. • Small classes, nurturing environment soul-cycle.com/studios/palo/28 Bar Method Palo Alto Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto • PS-K: Play & Inquiry-based, German 855 El Camino Real, Suite #151, SoulCycle combines inspiration- al coaching, high-energy music, Cubberley Community Center, M-4, immersion program German-American Palo Alto 4000 Middlefield Road, 650-329-8875 indoor cycling, choreography and • High School: English language IB International School Palo Alto education, culminating with the [email protected] more to create an enjoyable, full- 650-327-9350 reowned IB diploma An IB World School [email protected] in Silican Valley ttopa.com • International Middle School Program suitable for English-only students 475 Pope Street German-American School At Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Menlo Park, CA 94025 • German, French, and Spanish language of Alto, established in 1973, students 650.324.8617 learn the classical Yang Style Tai- www.gai.org • Diverse extracurricular program Palo Alto jiquan Slow Form style of tai chi. Beginning classes start monthly. Open House: Classes for No Prior German all Ages Uforia Studios Wednesday, September 28, 6 - 8 pm Knowledge Ages 3 — Adults Test Prep 819 Ramona St., Palo Alto Saturday, October 1st, 2- 4 pm Required for AATG, 650-329-8794 Please RSVP on www.gais.org/rsvp uforiastudios.com AP, DSD, Uforia Studios offers exer- Full Immersion SAT cise classes incorporating dance Saturday (Fuego and Hip Hop Club), spin OUR STUDENTS School (Revolutions and Ucycle) and con- ds on ditioning (Grit). Han ARE HAPPY. rman U.S. Youth Volleyball League Cultural Ge Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Events Summer Palo Alto Camp www.gaspa-ca.org 310-212-7008 (650) 520-3646 | [email protected] [email protected] www.usyvl.org
German on Saturdays! P.O. Box 50942, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Run by the league and volun- teers, the youth volleyball program allows boys and girls of all skill ® levels from ages 7 to 15 to play and HeadsUp! learn the sport in a fun, supportive and co-ed environment. The sea- Child Development Centers son begins on Sept. 13 and lasts until Nov. 5. YogaWorks Palo Alto 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto • Year-round, full-day program for ages 0-6 650-468-2929 • Individualized Montessori curriculum yogaworks.com/en/locations/ california-north/palo-alto • International curriculum (Chinese, Spanish) With locations across the nation, YogaWorks studio holds classes on • Cultivation of thinking skills & personal values yoga fundamentals; Vinyasa flow, • Bilingual Chinese-English classroom option Hatha and Iyengar styles; restor- ative yoga; and circuit training. Palo Alto San Jose Pleasanton Language courses 650-424-1221 408-432-1644 925-463-2885 Berlitz Learning Center 159 Homer Ave., Palo Alto COME FIND OUT WHY. www.headsup.org 650-617-0720 berlitz.us/paloalto Berlitz provides adult and youth OPEN HOUSES language instruction in Spanish, •Saturday, November 5th •Saturday, December 3rd German, French, English and other languages. Private lessons, tutor- for and ing, testing services and cultural *Registration Open Houses Campus Visitor Days agility training for businesses are begin on September 1st at www.prioryca.org! also available. German-American School of Palo Alto Priory is a Catholic Benedictine, independent, coeducational GAIS Campus, 475 Pope St., 6th-12th grade school located in Portola Valley. Menlo Park Our mission is to assist all students in creating meaningful 650-520-3646 [email protected] and balanced lives, developing as lifelong learners and stewards, gaspa-ca.org and productively serving a world in need of their gifts. Started in 1960, the German- American School of Palo Alto (GASPA), a Saturday school, 302 Portola Road teaches immersive German lan- Portola Valley, CA 94028 COLLEGE PREP, guage classes, which also cover LESS STRESS culture and traditions. Sessions Woodside Priory School 650.851.8223 are available for all skill levels mid-pen.org | 650.321.1991 and students ages 3 to 18. No prior WWW.PRIORYCA.ORG [email protected] knowledge of German is required.
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Mind and spirit Deborah’s Palm is a nonprofit port from a caring community. community organization that aims Teaching kitchens are located at Ananda Palo Alto to provide a warm and supportive the Oshman Family JCC, the Ar- Ananda Temple, 2171 El Camino Real, environment for all women. Its of- rillaga Family Recreation Center Palo Alto ferings range from workshops on in Menlo Park and the Stanford 650-323-3363 ext. 0 compassion and mental health to University campus. [email protected] classes on chess, dance, memoir anandapaloalto.org writing and art. Midpeninsula Community Media Center Ananda Palo Alto classes and 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto events cover various topics includ- Homemade 650-494-8686 ing yoga, meditation and spirituality. 2170 Avy Ave., Menlo Park (mailing [email protected] address) midpenmedia.org Integrated Healing Arts 650-399-0505, 888-292-4624 The center offers workshops for a 4153-4161 El Camino Way, [email protected] range of media arts, including video Palo Alto homemade-cooking.com production, photo enhancement, 650-493-7030 Homemade’s programs pro- studio work and more. The center [email protected] vide instruction in healthy cook- integratedhealing.org suggests starting with one of its free ing, wellness coaching and sup- hourlong orientation sessions. Integrated Healing Arts in- structors teach ongoing classes on meditation, self-development, self-realization, tai chi, qigong and spiritual health. Each student’s Music, arts and crafts path is different. Art with Emily 402 El Verano Ave., Palo Alto 650-856-9571 So is our teaching approach. [email protected] artwithemily.com Emily Young teaches mixed- media and multicultural art classes Fusion is a revolutionary place where positive, constructive relationships unlock in small groups for children and academic potential. We’re a private school providing an individualized education adults at her studio in Palo Alto, as for kids from grades 6-12. But we’re so much more than that. We’re a well as individual lessons. community of learning dedicated to creating a supportive campus environment Art Works Studio where every kid can flourish – emotionally, socially and academically. 595 Lincoln Ave., Palo Alto 650-796-1614 [email protected] Fusion Palo Alto artworkspaloalto.net 650.857.0634 Art Works Studio holds regular FusionPaloAlto.com fine-art classes for youth, who are given the chance to explore and learn basic art techniques and art history. Programs include Emerson School 16-week lessons and one-day workshops for preschool- to high- CULTIVATING ASTONISHING POTENTIAL! school-age students. Common Ground Garden 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto [email protected] commongroundgarden.org A teaching space and a dem- onstration garden for sustainable farming, Common Ground Garden .Individualized, self-paced, Montessori curriculum organizes adult education classes . focusing on plant types, pest pre- .Emphasis on personal goal setting and time management vention, garden design and other Foreign languages, art, and music, included for all students topics. Youth education programs .Cultivation of thinking skills and personal values are also offered. .Year-round, full-day, program for grades 1-8 Give yourself the Deborah’s Palm CALL FOR A PRIVATE TOUR (650) 424-1267 555 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto 650-473-0664 www.EmersonPaloAlto.com gift of learning [email protected] deborahspalm.com
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Opus1 Music Studio program combines reading, writ- grams offered include media and ence, arts and music. It also has young children offering drop-in 1350 Grant Road, #5, ing, art and play to develop a love technology, music, gastronomy a preschool program. and drop-off supervised play and Mountain View of learning. Amigos also offers and athletics. a variety of classes. 4131 El Camino Real, #200, Spanish immersion after-school Oshman Family JCC Leslie Family Palo Alto Keys School Preschool programs for kindergarteners The Class Guide is published 650-625-9955 (Mountain View), 650- with some Spanish experience. 2890 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 384-6848 (Palo Alto) (650) 328-1711 650-223-8788 quarterly in the Palo Alto musicopus1.com Emerson School [email protected] [email protected] Weekly, Mountain View Voice Opus1 Music Studio holds group 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto www.keysschool.org paloaltojcc.org/preschool and the Almanac. Descriptions music lessons for young children, 650-424-1267 Keys School challenges stu- The Oshman Family JCC’s pre- of classes offered in Palo Alto, including classes for first-time mu- [email protected] dents to develop a keen intellect school program provides one- to Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain sic learners (ages 3 to 6) and ses- headsup.org/emerson-school and a generous spirit, to advocate five-days-per-week options for View, Atherton, East Palo Alto, sions on piano performance and Emerson School provides a full- for themselves and others and to children 18 months to 5 years old Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Por- music theory. Private lessons are day, year-round program for grades honor curiosity and reflection in an (ages 2 to 4 at Congregation Beth tola Valley and Woodside are also offered. one to eight, teaching a personal- increasingly hurried world. Keys is Am), with an emphasis placed on provided. Listings are free and ized, Montessori curriculum. Les- a private school for kindergarten experiential learning, family in- subject to editing. Due to space Parent education sons draw from classical subjects through eighth grade. volvement and play. constraints, classes held in the and other areas, including art, mu- above cities are given priority. Children’s Health Council sic, foreign language, physical edu- Lydian Academy Sand Hill School 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto cation, communication, life skills 815 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto To inquire about submitting a 650-321-0550 650.688.3625 and more. 650-688-3605 listing for the next Class Guide, [email protected] lydianacademy.com [email protected] email Editorial Assistant Anna chconline.org HeadsUp! Child Development Center Lydian Academy is a private sandhillschool.org Medina at amedina@paweekly. Children’s Health Council 2800 W. Bayshore Road, middle and high school offering Located at the Children’s com or call 650-223-6515. To holds a variety of parent educa- Palo Alto individualized instruction to pre- Health Council, Sand Hill School place a paid advertisement in tion classes on issues like dys- 650-424-1221 pare students for college. Lessons teaches children from kinder- [email protected] the Class Guide, call the dis- lexia, anxiety and depression, and include a mix of one-on-one teach- garten through seventh grade play advertising department at headsup.org/headsup (expanding to eighth) with lan- that explore topics like social- ing and group sessions. Lydian also 650-326-8210. emotional learning, teen stress HeadsUp! Child Development provides tutoring and after-school guage-based learning differences, and growing up male. Center serves infants, toddlers school programs. and assists with the attention and and preschoolers (to age 6) with social difficulties that go along Parents Place a full-day program, year-round. Meira Academy with them. Advertiser directory 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto A half-day kindergarten program 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Sand Hill School - Palo Alto 650-688-3040 and a bilingual Chinese-English 650-485-3589 Sora International Preschool of Palo parentsplaceonline.org/peninsula preschool classroom are also avail- [email protected] Alto HeadsUp! - Palo Alto meiraacademy.org 701 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto A resource center for parents, able. The Montessori curriculum Emerson School - Palo Alto Parents Place on the Peninsula of- focuses on building thinking skills Meira Academy is a traditional, 650-493-7672 fers workshops on subjects ranging all-girls Jewish high school devot- [email protected] German American School of and personal values. sorapreschool.com from sibling rivalry to building a ed to academic excellence in gen- Palo Alto - Palo Alto child’s self-esteem and confidence. International School of the Peninsula eral and Jewish studies, preparing Sora International Preschool Cohn Campus (grades one to eight), 151 its students for college as well as is an English-Japanese bilingual German American International Parent and child activity groups School - Menlo Park are also organized. Laura Lane, Palo Alto seminaries in Israel. preschool for children 3 to 6 years 650-251-8500 old. The school combines an Cowper Campus (nursery to kinder- Mustard Seed Learning Center German International School of early-childhood play experience, Silicon Valley - Mtn. View School days garten), 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto 2585 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto instruction in Japanese and Eng- 650-852-0264 650-494-7389 Amigos de Palo Alto lish, and exposure to both cultures Kehillah Jewish High School - [email protected] [email protected] Palo Alto 1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto istp.org mustardseedlearningcenter.org through traditional events. 650-493-4300 International School of the Pen- The Mustard Seed Learning Wund3rKid Mid Peninsula High School - [email protected] insula is an independent bilingual Menlo Park amigosdepaloalto.com Center is an after-school tutoring 559 College Ave. Palo Alto immersion day school with two and care program that teaches 650-561-3228 Palo Alto Adult School - Palo Alto Amigos de Palo Alto is a nursery-to-fifth-grade programs local youth to speak Mandarin [email protected] Spanish-immersion preschool for in French and Mandarin Chinese, Chinese, in addition to empha- Wund3rKid.com Woodside Priory - Portola Valley children 2 1/2 years and older. 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Schools wrestle with class-size targets by Elena Kadvany | photos by Veronica Weber
Eric Bloom leads a social justice pathway class last January at Palo Alto High School. The district continues to face class sizes that don’t meet district targets.
n eighth-grade algebra class over time — teachers’ union con- from physical overcrowding and student-teacher ratios in the teach- students that request a particular at JLS Middle School with tracts, tax measure promises and enrollment planning to connec- ers’ union contract as its targets, class, and values, like creating A33 students. A French class state law funding requirements. tions between students and teach- which is appropriate within the the middle schools’ team system at Jordan Middle School with 33 Larger-than-ideal classes in the ers and students’ social-emotional context of teacher workload, but where groups of students move students. A multivariable cal- Palo Alto Unified School District, well-being. Thus, it also does not not as informative for a parent through core classes together. culus honors class of 35 at Palo particularly at the middle and high have a single solution, he said. concerned about a child getting Palo Alto’s current target class- Alto High School. An Advanced schools, was raised as a concern “I think that the class-size con- lost in a large class or gauging the size averages have existed in the Placement U.S. history class of 32 by two parents who penned an versation needs to start by focus- impact of class size on the ability teacher’s contract since the 2012- at Gunn High. opinion piece in this newspaper ing on what the outcomes are that of students and teachers to connect 13 school year. The last time These were among Palo Alto that showed the district was not we’re trying to consider,” he said. with one another, Kolar said. The the district and union officially Unified’s largest classes at the meeting its own target averages. “If we want to focus in the district uses the contract ratios, opened class size as a topic dur- secondary schools in the 2015-16 Class size also became a focal secondary level on SEL (social along with variables like enroll- ing negotiations was the 2011-12 school year. They also are among point in the school board’s budget emotional learning) — and not ment, average number of classes school year, according to Associ- many English, math, social stud- discussions last spring and, driven just the teacher relationships, but per student and classes taught per ate Superintendent for Human Re- ies and foreign language courses by one board member, a particular things like bullying — then one teacher, to calculate the number sources Scott Bowers, at the middle and high schools that point of contention when weighed of the questions that we need to of full-time teachers to allocate Previously, according to the exceed the class sizes that the dis- against the cost of significant ask is how many kids are jammed to each school every year, district 2011-12 union contract, elemen- trict considers ideal for a learning teacher raises. This comparison into a room ... and is it conducive staff said. tary-school classes were supposed environment. is sure to return to the dais this for development of functional School administrators are to have an average of 20 students; This gap between policy and month, when the board will have relationships and meaningful guided by the contract averages, core middle school English, math, reality has drawn strong concern to make difficult budget decisions connections?” but also must consider “compet- from parents in the community, to address a sudden $3.7 million The district looks to average ing demands,” like the number of (continued on next page) some of whom feel that the dis- budget deficit due to lower-than- trict’s efforts to address it so far anticipated property-tax revenue. have fallen short. They point to tar- To Chris Kolar, the district’s di- gets for average class sizes that the rector of research and assessment, district has approved and should the issue of class sizes is not a sin- District devotes additional funding be adhering to. The targets come gle, monolithic problem to solve from a variety of sources adopted but rather multiple challenges: for smaller classes by Elena Kadvany n recent months, the district Former JLS Middle School world language, history/social sci- has devoted additional fund- Principle Sharon Ofek said JLS, ence, English and math. A former Teacher contract ratios ing to lower secondary class for its part, was able to create an assistant principal who was re- Current target student-teacher ratios included in teacher contracts. I sizes for the new school year. In entire new academic “team,” as sponsible for the complex crafting May, the school board unani- well as add electives and physical- of Paly’s master schedule for many 22:1 Kindergarten and first grade mously approved $1.8 million education classes. years, she said class averages to- to hire an additional 12 teach- Gunn also used additional fund- day are much better than around 23:1 Second and third grade ers — six for the middle schools ing to expand its Small Learning 2008, when money was tighter and 24:1 Fourth and fifth grade and and six for the high schools Community (SLC) program. SLC classes were as large as 32 to 36 — over the next two years. This students share the same English, students. 24:1 Sixth-grade core classes, seventh- was on top of seven new middle world history and science teachers “From my perspective, class- school teachers and three high together in a cohort. The program size averages continue to decrease and eighth-grade math and English school teachers already included has historically been limited to year after year and next year, they in the 2016-17 budget. about 25 students; Gunn was able will be the lowest we’ve seen in 24:1 Ninth grade (freshman year) At both high schools, this fund- to add a second section this year school history, which is good news math and English ing has been used to “split” unusu- to double its size, Principle Denise considering our growing enroll- ally large classes into two smaller Herrmann said. ment,” she told the Weekly. Q 26:1 Tenth grade (sophomore year) English classes — for example, a class of Paly Principal Kim Diorio said Staff Writer Elena Kadvany 38 is split into two smaller sections, she also used the funding to lower can be emailed at ekadvany@ 28.5:1 All other classes, sixth through 12th grade the high school principals said. class-size averages in science, paweekly.com.
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(continued from previous page) prevent significant teacher layoffs. A new state funding formula This followed the first-ever par- signed into law in 2013 that gives history/social studies and science cel tax passed in 2001 to reduce school districts dollars if they can classes, 24 students; freshman- class sizes. In 2001, the ratio for maintain the average class size year English and math classes, ninth-grade math and English for kindergarten through third 20 students (in alignment with classes went to 20 to 1, and 10th- grade at 24 students at all of their California Education Code at the grade English went to 24 to 1, ac- schools also impacted Palo Alto time); sophomore year English cording to Bowers. Unified’s ratios. It had the biggest classes, 24 students; and all other Voters approved increased par- impact on the elementary schools, middle and high school classes, cel taxes again in 2010 and 2015 but also resulted in new ratios for 28.5 students. The staffing ratios to continue the original aim of the ninth-grade English and math and for grades 4-5, for the core at grade tax — to keep class sizes down. 10th-grade English, Bowers said. 6, for English and math at grades The secondary level’s broader Currently, freshman-year English 7 and 8 and for English at grade 28.5 average has long existed, and math classes should have 24 10 were “contingent,” the contract since 1980, Bowers told the students and sophomore-year Eng- stated, upon continuation of a par- Weekly. Before that, it was 27.5, lish classes, 26 students. Gabriela Garger, a teacher-coach for Gunn High School’s new student cel tax Palo Alto voters passed in and also came from the teachers’ A board policy on class size, mentoring program, Titan Connect Initiative, tapes motivational index 2005 to preserve small classes and contract, he said. adopted from a California State cards to a whiteboard during a two-day training workshop. Board Association (CSBA) tem- plate, states that at the second- get class sizes down,” she wrote in more context. He provided tables ary level, district priorities for an email to the Weekly. “We want with that information in his memo, class size reduction should focus what is best for students, and we and plans to also release it in the on English, math science, social know smaller classes and there- fall with an annual enrollment studies, world language and other fore more individual attention, is report. courses that are necessary to meet what is better for students.” There is also no metric docu- SALT AND MYTIKA graduation requirements. menting classes that have low SHOW Remediation measures are also he use of averages in mea- teacher to student ratios but are TRUNK spelled out in the teachers’ con- suring class size can be mis- nonetheless large classes, such as tract in case classes grow beyond Tleading, both parents and courses that are co-taught (and the approved levels. Principals school officials agree. an increasing number are at the and staff are to explore and “mu- Averages don’t accurately cap- high schools), and smaller class- tually discuss” methods for reme- ture what’s going on at a more es that have been combined into diation, from providing additional granular level. The two middle- one. (Gunn High School Prin- aide time or classroom support school parents who penned the cipal Denise Herrmann told the to transferring students to hiring guest opinion in May pointed out Weekly that this happened last additional teachers. The principal that very small classes — some year and will again next year at makes the final decision, and then with as few as eight students and the high school; she works with presents that plan to the district. which might be non-instructional teachers to combine appropriate, Teri Baldwin, president of the or special sections — are averaged related classes if they have low Palo Alto Educators Association, in with larger classes, producing enrollment.) said that the teacher’s union tried an average that cloaks the true District data from the 2015-16 to negotiate lower class sizes and/ scope of the issue. year shows that while the average TRUNK or total caseload caps for the mid- District officials do acknowl- seventh-grade English class sizes SATURDAY dle and high school several years edge that a problem exists, and for JLS, Jordan and Terman mid- AUG 20TH ago, but they weren’t agreed to by Superintendent Max McGee has dle schools are, respectively: 25.8, SHOW the district and school board. suggested that there should be ad- 26.1 and 27.3, there are classes as 11AM-3PM “We realize capping class size ditional metrics beyond averages, small as 20 and as large as 30 at is more difficult and complicated which he wrote in a May memo the schools. 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Who are the 100 new hires? ne-hundred new teachers, staff and administrators will be joining the Palo Alto school district this fall, continuing a rising trend in new hires over the last few years. O Though this year’s 100 new hires are not a historical high for the district — Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Scott Bowers said there were likely larger cohorts in the 1980s or 1990s — it is 21 more than were hired last year, and 13 more than the 2014-15 school year, according to Bowers. The bulk of the new teachers, 39, are going to the district’s two high schools. The middle schools will have 26 new teachers and the elementary schools, 27. Two staff are also joining the district office as Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs). There are also new administrators, psychologists and counselors throughout the district.
New school hires: Where are they? Gunn High School teachers Daisy Renazco, left center, and Courtney Carlomagno, right center, brainstorm ways they can develop better PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL GUNN HIGH SCHOOL communication skills with incoming freshmen a long ride with fellow English Social Science English Social Science teacher-coaches, from left, Kimberly Sabbag, Joanna Hubenthal, Michael Bautista, Terence Kitada and Shaina Holdener. Gunn, Paly expand Math Psychologist Math Psychologist student mental-health efforts Science Miscellaneous/staff* Counselors Both high schools focus on new wellness centers Science Misc./staff* by Elena Kadvany
s the new school year be- day but also in less formal ways, gins in Palo Alto, students like attending a football game as Aat both Palo Alto and Gunn a group. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL high schools will see changes on “It’s going to be fun, and it’s (including Greendell School) 6th Grade Science Counselors their campuses related to mental going to be another home for (stu- 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade health and wellness, from new, dents),” she said. physical homes for these efforts Titan Connect will capitalize to a revamp of Gunn’s freshman on “what we’re learning about Assistant Principal Social Science English transition program. student wellness and what stu- 4th/5th Grade 5th Grade Assistant Principal dents need to really build their (Ohlone) Gunn’s Titan 101 resiliency and the important becomes four-year role that the adult mentors will Miscellaneous/staff* Math play,” echoed Principal Denise initiative Herrmann. Gunn’s 5-year-old freshman Gunn will spend the 2016-17 Kindergarten Psychologist Music transition program, Titan 101, school year working with students Principal has a new name and purpose this and staff, as well as representa- (Jordan) year: the Titan Connect Initia- tives from the Institute of Design Miscellaneous/staff* tive. Instead of participating in at Stanford University, to further an orientation program started to develop Titan Connect over the *The miscellaneous/staff category includes My Nguyen specialists, PE, elective teachers and others. help ninth-graders adjust to high next few years, Herrmann said. Two remaining hires are district-level employees. school life, incoming freshmen The new program will align will be part of a pilot, redesigned Gunn’s counseling model more program that strives to keep all closely with Palo Alto High students connected and supported School’s longtime teacher-adviso- who would meet with them fre- goal of streamlining communi- counselors have also moved from throughout high school. ry program, which augments the quently in a non-academic set- cation and easing access for stu- the library into the same building, Gunn staff have been working school’s regular counseling staff ting during all four years of high dents. At Gunn, the center will be but on the second floor. this summer on the new program, with a group of teacher-advisors. school. temporarily located where the at- Diorio described the new well- which will start this fall with just Paly students meet regularly The committee’s final report tendance office has been located ness outreach workers as a friend- the freshman class and expand with their teacher-advisors for said this would address many (and attendance is moving to the ly “first point of contact” for stu- in subsequent years to include academic planning and anything goals that persist today at Gunn: main office). A new two-story dents in the wellness centers. sophomores, juniors and seniors. else with which they might need finding more opportunities to building with a wellness center Herrmann said that Gunn’s Small cohorts of students will support. Freshmen meet more make connections between adults permanently on the second floor wellness outreach worker, Myrna meet with a specific teacher, or frequently with their advisors and students, as well as between is planned. Zendejas, who worked at Gunn Titan Connect “coach,” as well as than students in other grades — students in non-academic settings; Gunn’s temporary space will last year as a social-work intern, with two upperclassmen-mentors, weekly rather than monthly. and making more time for coun- house Adolescent Counseling will be the school’s new wellness or Titan Connect “ambassadors.” Similarly, 24 Titan Connect selors to have more frequent one- Services (ACS), the school’s outreach worker. Her responsibil- Students will stay in their cohorts coaches will support Gunn stu- on-one meetings with students. mental health coordinator (hired ities will be to triage students who throughout all four years. dents along with eight traditional This model also “gives every last year to help coordinate and come in for any kind of services Titan 101 focused on ice-break- guidance counselors and one col- student the opportunity to form a oversee direct services) and a new or support, work with student ing activities and familiarizing lege-and-career counselor. The connection with a staff member, wellness outreach worker, hired leadership on wellness initiatives, students with campus resources, school also will add a new “out- particularly those students who this summer. The same position oversee parent education and out- but Titan Connect will tackle reach” counselor this fall, who fall in the category of the ‘silent has been created and filled at reach, and find creative ways to topics like grit (an educational in addition to students’ regular middle,’” the Guidance Advisory Paly. The school is converting support student wellness, such as buzzword that signifies resolve counselors, will specifically help Committee report states. its health office into a wellness bringing in a nutrition counselor and perseverance), gratitude and support at-risk and struggling center, where the school’s mental for a workshop, Herrmann said. resiliency, said Courtney Carlo- students. Gunn, Paly open health coordinator, new wellness She can provide direct services to magno, a Gunn Teacher on Spe- Expanding Titan 101 was rec- wellness centers outreach worker and other staff students but only on a short-term cial Assignment (TOSA) focused ommended three years ago by will triage students who come in basis, staff said. on wellness. Teacher-coaches the school’s Guidance Advisory This fall, both Gunn and Paly for any need — social-emotional, During last school year, staff will be encouraged to meet with Committee. The committee sug- are consolidating most of their academic, physical or otherwise, and students from both high their cohorts not only during des- gested that groups of students be wellness staff and efforts into Principal Kim Diorio said in ignated times during the school assigned to one staff member, new “wellness centers” with the an interview. 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members have wondered if it’s time principal of JLS Middle School. tinue to frustrate both the district Class size ‘We want what is for the board to consider updating “I think that if parents want to and community members. (continued from page 24) its policy on class sizes to align it see data, and the board wants to “I always like to step back and best for students, with reality, McGee told the board see data represented a certain way, ask, what is the problem that we’re they are all at either 32 -or 33; and and we know at the retreat that it is staff work then that needs to be made clear trying to solve? A lot of different at Terman, 30 or 31. Yet at Jordan, to make sure the district is meet- and then they need to ask us profes- people may identify the problem there is even a math class with as smaller classes ing its own size limits. The board’s sionals to provide it that way,” Her- in a different way. As a result, few as eight students. job, he said, is to monitor that work. rmann said. “What is the informa- working on a solution to one prob- All subject areas at the middle and therefore He committed to publicly releasing tion and the data that’s needed for lem doesn’t look like you’re work- schools, save math at Jordan, have more individual highest and lowest class sizes, aver- the public to trust and for the board ing on the solution to somebody averages above the stated 24-to-1 ages, by class and by subject “and to make informed decisions?” else’s important problem.” Q ratio, according to the district data. attention, is to keeping them, at least with the To Kolar, until the class-size de- Staff Writer Elena Kadvany Terman has the lowest averages, what is better for funds we have available, within our bate is couched in specific prob- can be emailed at ekadvany@ but is so short on physical class- contractual” ratios. lems and outcomes, it will con- paweekly.com. room space that hiring additional students.’ Board Vice President Terry teachers won’t help bring the aver- —Teri Baldwin, president Godfrey said at the June retreat age down significantly, McGee has of the Palo Alto Educators that the issue could potentially Mental health fall through the cracks. Every said. Still, the school is looking into Association return as a policy question if the (continued from page 25) guidance counselor will be con- adding a second teacher into large board decides that the district’s nected with three particular Titan classes to team teach and lower the historical metric — measuring by Connect coaches, and every assis- ratio, according to McGee. The district’s priority, he said, average, grade level and certain schools visited Bay Area school tant principal will be connected At Gunn and Palo Alto high should be at the middle schools. subject areas — is no longer right districts with wellness centers with two guidance counselors. A schools, English classes fall The district “ran into some prob- for the district. and outreach workers and spoke wellness team already meets on within their stated averages, but lems this year” related to class For Herrmann and other prin- highly at school board meetings a weekly basis to collaborate and there are several at or above 30 size, he said, particularly at Jordan, cipals, the class-size debate has of their apparent impact on stu- confer about students, but this students. Average science class where some large seventh-grade lacked a full understanding of the dent wellness and school culture. new structure will, ideally, create size at Gunn hovers between 27.9 classes (30 and more students) many moving parts that impact a Guidance counselors and well- a stronger support team for stu- and 30 students, but one class (Bi- were being taught by first- and school’s master schedule, some of ness staff at both Paly and Gunn dents and families at every level, ology Honors) had as many as 31 second-year teachers, McGee said. which are within the school’s con- also will start a new daily logging Herrmann said.Q and another (Biology A) as few Since the issue was raised this trol and others, aren’t: the number system this fall to track and mon- Staff Writer Elena Kadvany as 23. At Paly, AP Calculus AB spring, the district has intermit- of students that request a particu- itor what students come in for, can be emailed at ekadvany@ had a high of 34 students this past tently discussed how to best mea- lar class, the number of sections what services they receive and paweekly.com. school year, while a pre-calculus sure class size and did allocate the school can accommodate the outcome (did they get referred class had a low of 14 students. funding to hire more middle- and based on space and staffing, stu- to an external mental-health pro- About the cover: At the June 7 board meeting, Mc- high-school teachers, though some dents moving in or out of a school, vider, for example), Diorio said. Teacher-coaches from Gunn High Gee said that the district would “re- board and community members projected enrollment and different It will help the schools quantify School’s new student mentoring program, Titan Connect Initiative, ally like to” have middle and high continue to express concern that funding sources. anecdotal data, something that’s form a circle and summarize what school classes at 30 or fewer. Core more needs to be done given ex- “That’s the best way to describe “lacking” right now, she said. their key role as a coach should be, classes like math, English and sci- pected enrollment growth, par- making a master schedule: It’s Gunn also has put in place a during a two-day training workshop ence classes should be “a lot closer ticularly at the high schools. about managing competing de- new staff structure to help en- at the campus on Aug. 9. Photo by to 28 and 30 than 34, 35,” he said. And while some community mands,” said Sharon Ofek, former sure struggling students don’t Veronica Weber
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Her cham- management will be discussed. of your home, weeding pion is something called a hori The talk, titled “Less Work, L your yard is the same sort of hori knife, a Japanese tool with a More Food: Success in the chore if you let the weeds creep sharp stainless steel blade (about Cool Season Garden,” will be up and up like the piles on your six inches long) that is useful to cut from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Rinconada countertops. weeds, roots and vegetables. Some Library, 1213 Newell Road, What is the best way to get rid of call this the “Swiss Army Knife” Palo Alto. weeds without getting rid of plants of gardening. you want? How do you get motivat- Simpson also likes hoes, includ- JENNI KAYNE AT STANFORD ed to get out and do this unpleasant ing one called a scuffle hoe, which ... Southern California chore? she said is useful for scraping annu- fashion and home designer Garden Coach Jack McKinnon, al weeds coming up in patches. 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For over a McKinnon says it’s good to know nuals is important, because all you decade, Kayneís professional a weed when you see one. The Uni- have to do is prevent them from Broadleaf weeds like this take advantage of every nook and cranny and personal pursuits have versity of California Cooperative flowering or producing seed, she in a garden and are easier to remove when they first sprout. informed her aesthetic point Extension has a great online weed said. The Cooperative Extension of view -- a warm, inviting identifier, noting that there are ba- and master gardener websites have method to “borrow” about a four- wet, but some come back. minimalism that’s translated sically only three types of weeds: photographic weed identifiers. foot strip from the width of the back “I was visiting my daughter and from her apparel collection broadleaves, grasses and sedges. Pulling weeds out by the lawn in order to create a planting we were doing some weeding and to the modern traditions of From there, “good sharp tools roots isn’t necessary, Simpson strip. I used this method to plant I noticed that when she pulled a family: entertaining, travel and and and ergonomic discipline” said. At the same time, cutting some tomato plants this year. After weed she put the trowel along side food. With boutiques in West are the best tools for weeding, or breaking a perennial weed I put the tomato plants in, I covered of the weed and essentially dug the Hollywood, Brentwood and McKinnon said. “I like a big off at soil level is not going to weeds and all as close to the stems root out at the same time she pulled Montecito, she focuses on sharp hoe with a long handle,” he help for long either, she warned. as possible. the top part. 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® Real Estate Matters Palo Alto homes staying on market longer by Xin Jiang The DeLeon Difference® here have and the seller. While a good listing 650.543.8500 been two agent should know the target market T noticeable very well, in reality it’s not always the www.deleonrealty.com trends in the Palo case, especially with the subtle changes 650.543.8500 | www.deleonrealty.com | DeLeon Realty CalBRE #01903224 Alto property in the Palo Alto property market. This market this year year so far, cities on the Midpeninsula so far. First, have shown different trends ñ while Palo properties have Alto has started to decline, North Los stayed on the Altos and good neighborhoods in the A variety of home financing market longer. South Bay have remained the subject of Second, price buyers’ bidding wars. solutions to meet your needs reductions have When the market changes, sellers tend been more common, especially at the to sense it later than buyers, because 0IXȈWKIXWXEVXIHXSHE] very high end. most sellers get to only sell once, while :MGOM7ZIRHWKEEVH Inventory is up. There have been 344 buyers go through multiple attempts. In Mortgage Loan Officer, SVP NMLS ID: 633619 new listings in the first half of 2016, up other words, lower market participation 650-400-6668 Mobile by 19 percent, compared to the same for sellers leads to less insight about the [email protected] period last year. The median price of market. In this case, even if a listing mortgage.bankofamerica.com/vickisvendsgaard sold homes is $2.4 million so far this agent provides accurate and updated year, a marginal two percent decline market information, with sellers having from $2.45 million for the same period different and higher expectations, initial last year. However, it is the first decline listing prices still might get set higher in price since the recovery of the last than the current pricing curve. financial crisis in 2009. When the market is declining like to- Bank of America, N.A. and the other business/organization mentioned in this advertisement are not affiliated; each company is independently responsible for the products and services it offers. Bank of America may compensate Average days on market in the first day, correct pricing becomes even more select real estate companies and builders for marketing its home loan products and services. Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. ©2014 Bank of America Corporation. Credit and collateral are subject to half of 2016 has been 21.6, a whole week critical to sellers’ interests. If a proper- approval. Terms and conditions apply. This is not a commitment to lend. Programs, rates, terms and conditions are longer than 14.7 days in the first half of ty is priced too high, the selling side not subject to change without notice. ARK69DJ5 HL-113-AD 09-2014 2015, and even slightly longer than 19.2 only eliminates a large pool of potential days back in 2012. Average days on buyers at the beginning but also takes market for active or unsold listings at the the risks of having to lower the price. end of June was 43.5 days. After get- On the other hand, if listed too low, the ting used to homes sold within a week seller may get trapped within a price in the past few years, the new reality of range that is much lower than what’s ac- NEW CUSTOM HOME no solid offers after the first weekend ceptable, as writing huge premiums over of open houses did bring uneasiness to listing prices is no longer the norm. Open House Sunday 1:30-4:30pm both sellers and listing agents. After 2-4 For the rest of summer, when many weeks, some chose to withdraw from locals headed out for summer vacations, the market, and some reduced price international buyers, especially those aggressively. from China, with their kids in the local Excluding those homes later relisted summer camps, come to shop for homes at a lower price, there have been 58 new for either investment or future reloca- listings in the first half of 2016 later with tion. It’s worth watching how much in- reduced prices, more than double the 25 ventory, especially those at the high end, for the same period last year. Price re- that international demands can help us ductions happened at all price ranges. digest. For the rest of the year, while Among the 58, there were 12 with initial there are still mixed signs that could listing prices above $5 million, 24 with lead us to different projections, the prob- initial listing prices above $3 million, ability of an instant rebound, however, and the last 24 below $3 million. Many seems very low. Q of these properties are still not sold. Xin Jiang is a Realtor with Alain Listing prices are normally set based Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto. She can on discussions between the listing agent be reached at [email protected].
1310 Bryant St., tent permit to Wireless cell site modification. 1730 Holly Avenue, Menlo Park BUILDING erect and remove two 40-by-90- Replace eight existing panel an- PERMITS foot tents, $5,000. tennas, replace four remote radio Ideally located in one of West Menlo Park most sought-after neighborhoods, this This listing is drawn from the City of 626 Loma Verde Ave., service units, addition of new equipment, Palo Alto online database of recent upgrade to 200 amps in the remote radio units, relocation of elegant Approx. 4,200 Sq. Ft. three story home, features five bedrooms and an office permits that have been issued. same location. three remote radio units from the or six bedrooms & five full bathrooms. The gourmet kitchen comes complete with 3309 Kenneth Drive, revision to equipment room to the existing custom cabinetry, granite and marble slab counters and G.E. Monogram Stainless 2559 Park Blvd., remove and move air-conditioning location to tower structure and the installa- replace existing kitchen (100 north side of the building to allow tion of two new surge protectors, Steel appliances. Additional features include 10,049 Sq. ft. Lot, a luxurious master sf), add under-cabinet lighting, 6-foot setback from the property $30,000. suite complete with Marble slab counters, dual vanities and a soaking tub, security upgrade recessed lighting to line. Revision marked on the ap- 783 Garland Drive, bathroom system, audio & structured wiring system, central vacuum, extensive crown mold- LEDs, new cabinets, counters, proved plans. remodel: change the tub for tile, appliances and tile floor, 261 Hamilton Ave., use and stand-up shower and add fan, ing, wire brushed white oak floors, and a two car garage with a 220v outlet for a car $12,128. occupancy and office tenant 60 sf, $6,000. charger. Excellent Menlo Park School! 420 Fernando St., demolish improvement for Palantir, suites 299 California Ave., re-roof, single-family residence, 864 sf. 200, 300 and 400, for total of install fluid-applied cool roof over Offered at $6,585,000 Detached garage burned down 15,000 sf., $450,000. existing single-layer buildup roof, completely. 3888 Grove Ave., partial copper class A, $30,000. 3% COMMISSION TO PROCURING AGENT 4225 Ynigo Way, remodel exist- repipe. 1496 Dana Ave., demolish de- ing master bathroom. Scope 311 Everett Ave., unit F, resi- tached garage, 400 sf. of work includes removal or an dential multifamily 200 sf kitchen 4124 Wilkie Way, replace water KELLY GORDON DEVELOPMENT interior wall (71 sf). Replace sub- and bath remodel. Replace heater. Brian J. Kelly Jr. panel in the garage, $15,000. receptacles throughout and 2412 South Court, install new 2370 Watson Court, Suite #110, replace subpanel in apartment, air-conditioning unit in side 408-873-8774 Office convert an existing open office $24,000. yard. 408-690-5313 Cell B.K. Development Corp. & Kelly Gordon Development area into an unoccupied area, 104 Melville Ave., install prop- 2015 Edgewood Drive, residen- reserve the right to change elevations, specifications, $7,500. erty line clean out. tial roof-mounted photovoltaic [email protected] materials, and prices at their discretion. 260 Sheridan Ave., Verizon system, 10.26kw . www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 29 &DPLOOH/DQH0RXQWDLQ9LHZ 2IIHUHGDW
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Occupying a fabulous location near downtown Mountain View,
this corner 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom townhome of 1,336 sq. ft.
(per county) provides easy, accessible living within a sought-after
community. Bordered by mature redwoods for privacy, this peaceful
home enjoys a fireplace, an attached two-car garage, an office
nook, and vaulted ceilings in both en-suite bedrooms. Stroll
to popular Castro Street, fine shops and restaurants, and both
Bubb Elementary (API 920) and Graham Middle (buyer to
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Page 30 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com 1211 Lisa Court, Los Altos Offered at $2,488,000
Well-Appointed and Well-Manicured
Located on a peaceful cul-de-sac, this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home
of 2,168 sq. ft. (per county) occupies a well-manicured property of
approx. 0.25 acres (per county). Extensively remodeled in 2012, the
interior enjoys integrated speakers, updated hardwood floors, and
Andersen doors and windows, plus an attached two-car garage.
Highlights include a fabulous island kitchen and a private
backyard retreat with a heated pool. Stroll to bus services and
Marymeade Park, and easily bike to top-performing Los Altos
schools. 23(1+286( Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary For video tour & more photos, please visit: Lunch, & Lattes ZZZ/LVDFRP
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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 31 A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services
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Woodside Menlo Park Los Altos 1590 Cañada Lane 807 Santa Cruz Avenue 496 First Street, Ste. 200 Woodside, CA 94062 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Los Altos, CA 94022 650.206.6200 650.543.7740 650.947.4700
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Beautifully Appointed on Quiet Cul-De-Sac
Elegant features like layered crown molding and stone floors accent this
4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 2,658 sq. ft. (per county) rebuilt in
2011 and standing on a creek-side property of 10,010 sq. ft. (per
county). Grand, open rooms are spaciously sized for gatherings, and
highlights include the sophisticated island kitchen and the lavish
master suite. Stroll to Grant Park, Woodland Branch Library,
and shops and cafes, and easily bike to exceptional Cupertino
Union schools (buyer to verify eligibility).
OPEN HOUSE Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary For video tour & more photos, please visit: Lunch, & Lattes www.1721Askam.com
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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:30–4:30 PM
PROFESSORVILLE CRESCENT PARK 1320 Webster Street, Palo Alto | 1320webster.com 1145 Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto | 1145lincoln.com Offered at $5,995,000 Offered at $2,415,000 Beds 3 | Baths 3.5 | Home ±3,281 sf | Lot ±8,438 sf Beds 3 | Baths 2 | Home ±1,340 sf | Lot ±6,300 sf
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY
DOWNTOWN BUILD OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY CENTER 847 Webster Street, Palo Alto 1404 Harker Avenue, Palo Alto | 1404harker.com Offered at $3,500,000 Offered at $2,350,000 Lot ±7,500 square feet Beds 3 | Baths 2 | Home ±1,200 sf | Lot ±5,280 sf
ATHERTON ESTATE FAMILY COMPOUND OPPORTUNITY 393 Atherton Avenue, Atherton | 393atherton.com 75 Reservoir Road, Atherton | 75reservoir.com Price Reduced to $8,500,000 Price Reduced to $7,500,000 Beds 5 | Baths 9 | Home ±7,649 sf | Lot ±1 acre Beds 4 | Baths 3 | Home ±2,740 sf | Lot ±3.47 acres
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How to Prepare & Market Your Home to Achieve the Maximum Sales Price Thursday, August 18, 2016 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Please join DeLeon Realty at our August Seminar. Gain insight from Michael Repka, the Managing Broker and General Counsel of DeLeon Realty, into how you can best prepare and market your home to achieve the maximum sales price. Also, hear the latest market updates from Ken DeLeon, the most successful real estate broker in Silicon Valley.
Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Ballroom 3000 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto
To RSVP, please contact 650.543.8500 or by email at [email protected]
Seminar is for prospective clients only, no outside real estate professionals permitted.
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Page 36 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com 436 HIGH STREET #403, PALO ALTO
GORGEOUS PENTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO
H I G H L I G H T S • Incredible open floor plan with abundant natural light • Can be converted back to 2 bedrooms • Gleaming hardwood floors throughout • Remodeled bathroom • Washer & dryer inside • Two exclusive use terraces • Spacious living area with wood burning fireplace • Wonderfully updated kitchen • Dual pane windows • Radiant heat • Located on the top floor • Gated complex with secured parking • Walking distance to restaurants, shops, Stanford University, Cal-train, and parks • 790 sq. ft. of living space, approx. OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:30-4:30 PM O F F E R E D AT $1,275,000
Listing Agent: Tim Foy Co-Listing Agent: Joann Weber CalBRE# 00849721 CalBRE# 01896750 Cell: 650.387.5078 Cell: 650.815.5410 [email protected] [email protected] Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • www.MidtownPaloAlto.com
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A LARGE PALO ALTO LOT GREAT BARRON PARK LOCATION- REBUILD, REMODEL, OR MOVE IN
H I G H L I G H T S • 3 bedrooms • 1 bathroom • Lot dimensions 66.3’ x 105’ • 1,200 sq. ft. of living space (approx.) • 6,900 sq. ft. lot (approx.)
W O N D E R F U L LO C A T I O N • Prestigious Palo Alto Schools • Located in a quiet Barron Park Location • Walk to shopping and coffee shops • Easy access to freeways • Easy commute to tech companies, Stanford Research Park & Stanford University
O F F E R E D AT $1,900,000
CALL LISTING AGENT TO SCHEDULE A SHOWING
Listing Agent: Jane Volpe
CalBRE# 01330133 Cell: 650.380.4507 [email protected] Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • www.MidtownPaloAlto.com
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Portola Valley $4,995,000 Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,788,000 Palo Alto Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,250,000 2 Sierra Ln Large home on a cul-de-sac with western mountains and 1430 Greenwood Avenue Remodeled Community Center home on a 9,720 184 Tennyson Ave Custom built in 2003, 3level English tudor, nearly 3400 Windy Hill views, 2SierraLane.com 3 BR/3 BA + 1 half BA sqft lot. 4 BR/4 BA sf house. Bedroom(s) on each level 6 BR/4 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961 Debbie Nichols CalBRE #00955497 650.325.6161 Julie Lau CalBRE #01052924 650.325.6161
Palo Alto Sat 1:30 - 4:30 $3,980,000 Portola Valley Sat/Sun 1 - 5 $3,395,000 Portola Valley Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,795,000 2346 Santa Ana St Brand new North PA home offers the best of Silocon 131 Brookside Dr Single level estate lot on approx. 1 acre with resort yard 120 Coquito Way Spacious and updated home with breathtaking views Valley living! 4 BR/4 BA + 1 half BA and pool. Spectacular setting! 3 BR/3 BA and an abundance of natural light. 4 BR/4 BA + 1 half BA Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161 Sam Anagnostou CalBRE #00798217 650.851.2666 Karen Fryling/Rebecca Johnson CalBRE #01326725 650.324.4456
Menlo Park Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,595,000 Los Altos Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,395,000 Portola Valley Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,350,000 746 Partridge Ave Brand new home in Allied Arts. Custom fireplaces, high 110 Los Altos Avenue Lovely single story home on tree lined street just a 100 Coquito Way Amazing views greet you as you enter this sophisticated end appliances, & hardwood floors. 4 BR/3 BA block to downtown Los Altos. 4 BR/3 BA and private Ladera contemporary. 3 BR/3 BA Elaine White CalBRE #01182467 650.324.4456 Zita Macy CalBRE #01300198 650.325.6161 Karen Fryling/Rebecca Johnson CalBRE #01326725 650.324.4456
Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $2,300,000 Redwood City Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,798,000 Downtown Palo Alto Sun 1 - 4 $1,695,000 18 Patterson Avenue Cute 1938 bungalow, fixer, 2br/2ba. Lovely yard, 12 Northview Way Level 8,000+ lot! Come explore Emerald Hills, offering a 685 High St 5B Stylish Penthouse Condo w/ views of Western Mountains. detached garage. 2 BR/2 BA plethora of community benefits! 3 BR/2 BA + 1 half BA 20 ft ceilings, open living area. 2 BR/2 BA + 1 half BA Geraldine Asmus CalBRE #01328160 650.325.6161 Doug Gonzalez CalBRE #00895924 650.324.4456 Paul Skrabo CalBRE #00665727 650.324.4456
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Page 38 • August 12, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com 1421 Marigold Court, Mountain View Offered at $2,850,000
Elegant, Well-Designed Residence
Tucked within sought-after Satake Estates by SummerHill Homes,
this gracious 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence of 2,298 sq. ft.
(per county) offers flexible spaces, high-quality workmanship, and
luxurious finishes on a cul-de-sac property of 6,254 sq. ft. (per
county). The residence was built in 2010 and includes travertine
and oak floors, high ceilings, and a sun-lit interior flowing out to
a columned rear porch, perfect for outdoor living. Stroll to fine
parks, quickly drive to downtown Mountain View, and bike to
excellent Los Altos schools (buyer to verify eligibility). ® OPEN HOUSE Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary For video tour & more photos, please visit: Lunch, & Lattes www.1421Marigold.com
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How can we How do we accurately price our prepare our home home to sell for the for the highest highest price? possible price?
www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 12, 2016 • Page 41 1102 Covington Road, Los Altos Offered at $1,988,000
Suburban Setting, Urban Amenities
Nestled within a desirable neighborhood, this 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom
home of 1,880 sq. ft. (per county) offers a property of approx. 0.26
acres (per county) with fine proximity to urban amenities. Graceful
redwoods surround the well-maintained residence, which includes
hardwood floors, two fireplaces, and an attached two-car garage.
The spacious, newly landscaped backyard holds an immense
workshop, and Rancho Shopping Center and both Cuesta
and Cooper Parks are easily accessible. Stroll to El Camino
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Individual. This business is owned by: A SANTA CLARA. are: None Mountain View, CA 94043 The name and residence address of the Corporation. The petition for probate requests that The names and business address of The location in California of the Chief registrant(s) is(are): The name and residence address of the PETER ROBERT SAMPSON be appointed the Buyer(s) is/are: William Bohne and Executive Office of the seller is: same Legal MARIA EUGENIA VILLAVICENCIO registrant(s) is(are): as personal representative to administer Houng Huynh as above 3516 Farm Hill Boulevard, CESANO INC. the estate of the decedent. 2363 Birch Street, Suite B, Palo Alto, CA As listed by the seller, all other business Apt. 18 2310 Webster St. The petition requests the decedent’s 94301 names and addresses used by the seller Redwood City, CA 94061 Palo Alto, CA 94301 will and codicils, if any, be admitted to The assets to be sold are described in within three years before the date such Notices Registrant began transacting business Registrant began transacting business probate. The will and any codicils are general as: All stock in trade, furniture, list was sent or delivered to the buyer under the fictitious business name(s) under the fictitious business name(s) available for examination in the file kept fixtures, equipment and other property are: none listed above on 6/17/2016. listed above on 1954. by the court. And are located at: 2363 Birch Street, The names and business address of 995 Fictitious Name This statement was filed with the This statement was filed with the The petition requests authority to Suite B, Palo Alto, CA 94301 the Buyer(s) is/are: Clear Sky Associates Statement County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara administer the estate under the The business name used by the Seller(s) II, LLC County on July 18, 2016. County on August 4, 2016. Independent Administration of at those locations is: Homma’s Brown 2235 Old Middlefield Way, suite G, (PAW Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) Estates Act. (This authority will allow Rice Sushi HOAU America Mountain View, CA 94043 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the personal representative to take The anticipated date of the bulk sale is : LEVELS FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE The assets to be sold are described in File No.: 619368 many actions without obtaining court August 30, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME general as The following person (persons) is (are) approval. Before taking certain very At the office of Old Republic Title File No.: 619839 File No. 620125 doing business as: important actions, however, the per- Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite All stock in trade, furniture, fixtures, The following person (persons) is (are) The following person(s)/ registran(s) HOAU America, located at 530 Lytton sonal representative will be required to 400, Concord, CA 94520. equipment and other property doing business as: has/have abandoned the use of the ficti- Ave., 2nd. Fl., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa give notice to interested persons unless The bulk sale IS subject to California And are located at: 2235 Old Middlefield Levels Furniture and Accessories, locat- tious business name(s). The information Clara County. they have waived notice or consented Uniform Commercial Code Section Way, suite G, Mountain View, CA 94043 ed at 435 University Avenue, Palo Alto, given below is as it appeared on the fic- This business is owned by: A to the proposed action.) The indepen- 6106.2. If so subject, the name and The business name used by the Seller(s) CA 94301, Santa Clara County. titious business statement that was filed Corporation. dent administration authority will be address of the person with whom claims at those locations is: “Quik Smog” This business is owned by: A at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. The name and residence address of the granted unless an interested person files may be filed is as follows: Old Republic The anticipated date of the bulk sale is Corporation. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): registrant(s) is(are): an objection to the petition and shows Title Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, August 30, 2016 The name and residence address of the C & G Partners VISIBLE ENERGY INC. good cause why the court should not Suite 400, Concord, CA 94520 or E-Fax to At the office of Old Republic Title registrant(s) is(are): 4345 El Camino Real 530 Lytton Ave. 2nd. Fl. grant the authority. 925-265-9040 or Fax 925-363-2276. Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite LEVELS, INC. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto, CA 94301 A HEARING on the petition will be held The last day for filing claims shall be 400, Concord, CA 94520. 2423 Magnolia Street FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: Registrant began transacting business on August 19, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: August 29, 2016 which is the business The bulk sale IS subject to California Oakland, CA 94607 08/29/2013 UNDER FILE NO. 582291 under the fictitious business name(s) 10 of the Superior Court of California, day before the sale date specified Uniform Commercial Code Section Registrant began transacting business REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): listed above on 7/1/2016. County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. herein. 6106.2. under the fictitious business name(s) LAURIE GRETZ-TINKER This statement was filed with the First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. Dated: 7/29/2016 If so subject, the name and address of listed above on 07/15/2016. 261 Galli Drive County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara If you object to the granting of the peti- Buyer(s): This statement was filed with the Los Altos, CA 94022 the person with whom claims may be County on July 13, 2016. tion, you should appear at the hearing /S/ William Bohne County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara LINDA MAHER filed is as follows: (PAW July 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 2016) and state your objections or file written /S/ Houng Huynh County on July 26, 2016. 5 Carriage Court Old Republic Title Company @ 1000 (PAW Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) objections with the court before the 8/12/16 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, Concord, START LIVING IN HARMONY Los Altos, CA 94022 hearing. Your appearance may be in CNS-2911047# QIGONG 4 BALANCE JULIE MACEY CA 94520. KINETIC PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS person or by your attorney. PALO ALTO WEEKLY The last day for filing claims shall be FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 184 Merritt Road If you are a creditor or a contingent File No.: 619342 Los Altos, CA 94022 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE August 29, 2016 File No.: 620063 creditor of the decedent, you must file which is the business day before the The following person (persons) is (are) The following person (persons) is (are) JAMES GRETZ (U.C.C. §6104, 6105) your claim with the court and mail a sale date specified herein. doing business as: 1)Start Living in doing business as: 1145 Parkington ESCROW #: 0126009262 copy to the personal representative Dated: 07/29/16 Harmony, 2)Qigong 4 Balance, located Kinetic Performance Systems, located at Sunnyvale, CA 94087 appointed by the court within the later NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to creditors Clear Sky Associates II, LLC at 2251 High St, Palo Alto, CA 94301, 3260 Rustic Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051, BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY A of either (1) four months from the date of the within named seller that a bulk /S/ By: Bryan Kurnoff, Managing Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County. General Partnership. of first issuance of letters to a general sale is about to be made of the assets This business is owned by: An This business is owned by: An This statement was filed with the personal representative, as defined in described below. Member Individual. Individual. County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara section 58 (b) of the California Probate The names and business address of the 8/12/16 The name and residence address of the The name and residence address of the County on August 4, 2016. Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of Seller(s) is/are: Vishal Jain CNS-2911966# registrant(s) is(are): ARDA OZDEMIR registrant(s) is(are): (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) mailing or personal delivery to you 2235 Old Middlefield Way, suite G, PALO ALTO WEEKLY 1163 Morningside Dr KEVIN BERNSTEIN DREAMCATCHER STUDIOS of a notice under section 9052 of the Napa, CA 94558 3260 Rustic Dr. DREAMCATCHER STUDIO RENTALS California Probate Code. Other California Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 45. Registrant began transacting business Santa Clara, CA 95051 KATWALKKATT statutes and legal authority may affect under the fictitious business name(s) Registrant began transacting business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT your rights as a creditor. You may want listed above on 03/29/2011. under the fictitious business name(s) File No.: 619556 to consult with an attorney knowledge- This statement was filed with the listed above on 8/1/2016. The following person (persons) is (are) able in California law. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara This statement was filed with the doing business as: You may examine the file kept by the County on July 12, 2016. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 1.) Dreamcatcher Sudios, 2.) court. If you are a person interested in (PAW July 29; Aug. 5, 12, 19, 2016) County on August 2, 2016. Dreamcatcher Studio Rentals, 3.) the estate, you may file with the court FRUITFUL STUDY (PAW Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) Katwalkkatt, located at 4136 Payne Ave., a Request for Special Notice (form FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 970 TERRA BELLA ASSOCIATES San Jose, CA 95117, Santa Clara County. DE-154) of the filing of an inventory File No.: 619657 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT This business is owned by: An and appraisal of estate assets or of The following person (persons) is File No.: 620052 Individual. any petition or account as provided in (are) doing business as: Fruitful Study, The following person (persons) is (are) The name and residence address of the Probate Code section 1250. A Request located at 960 N San Antonio, Los Altos, doing business as: registrant(s) is(are): for Special Notice form is available from CA 94022, Santa Clara County. 970 Terra Bella Associates, located at KATRINA EDEN the court clerk. This business is owned by: An 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Palo 4136 Payne Ave. Attorney for Petitioner: Individual. Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. San Jose, CA 95117 /s/ John Wm. Bryant, Esq. The name and residence address of the This business is owned by: A Limited Registrant began transacting business 118B Main Street registrant(s) is(are): RITA HITCHING Liability Company. under the fictitious business name(s) Tiburon, CA 94920 960 N San Antonio The name and residence address of the listed above on N/A. (415) 435-4444 Los Altos, CA 94022 registrant(s) is(are): This statement was filed with the (PAW July 29; Aug. 5, 12, 2016) Registrant has not yet begun to transact County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara HAURY PROPERTIES, LLC NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE business under the fictitious business 2600 El Camino Real, #100 County on July 18, 2016. name(s) listed above. (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) (U.C.C. §6104, 6105) Palo Alto, CA 94306 ESCROW #: 0126009254-PC This statement was filed with the Registrant began transacting business County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to creditors under the fictitious business name(s) 997 All Other Legals of the within named seller that a bulk County on July 20, 2016. listed above on 7/28/2016. (PAW July 29; Aug. 5, 12, 19, 2016) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER sale is about to be made of the assets This statement was filed with the ESTATE OF: ELEANOR WATERMAN described below. PRIVATE PRACTICE OF MARIA GENEY County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara SAMPSON The names and business address of the VILLAVICENCIO-LMFT County on August 2, 2016. Case No.: 116PR179294 Seller(s) is/are: Masakazu Homma FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT (PAW Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con- 2363 Birch Street, Suite B, Palo Alto, CA File No.: 619564 COUNTRY INN MOTEL tingent creditors, and persons who may 94301 The following person (persons) is (are) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT otherwise be interested in the will or The location in California of the Chief doing business as: File No.: 620126 estate, or both, of ELEANOR WATERMAN Executive Office of the seller is: same Private Practice of Maria Geney The following person (persons) is (are) SAMPSON, also known as ELEANOR as above Villavicencio-LMFT, located at 555 doing business as: SAMPSON. As listed by the seller, all other business Middlefield Road, Suite 107, Palo Alto, Country Inn Motel, located at 4345 El A Petition for Probate has been filed names and addresses used by the seller CA 940301, Santa Clara County. 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UPWARD MOBILITY . . . After national championships in each of his two years as head of the Stanford lightweight rowing program, Derek Byrnes was named Stanford’s head women’s rowing coach. A two-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Coach of the Year and two-time Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Women’s Lightweight Coach of the Year, Byrnes came to Stanford in the fall of 2014, following an equally impressive tenure as the Director of Competitive Rowing and head coach of the women’s varsity crew for the Oakland Strokes. Over the course of his coaching career, he led his teams to 12 USRowing Youth National Championships. Byrnes guided the varsity eight to a top-two finish seven times and the lightweight eight to a top- Courtesy of FIVB of Courtesy two finish 11 times at the Youth National Championships. Byrnes is one of only three coaches to coach his boats to a Youth National Championship in both Stanford grad Kerri Walsh Jennings is seeking her fourth Olympic medal, this time with April Ross, a 2012 silver medalist. varsity eight events in the same season, achieving the feat on three separate occasions . . . Stanford senior Maverick McNealy is one Beach party continues for Walsh Jennings of three Cardinal golfers who will participate in the U.S. Amateur, April Ross may be a new partner but the results remain the same which opens Monday at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield, by Rick Eymer Ross made the transition seem rer and Verge-Depre in as many matches in a row in Rio,” Walsh- Mich. Juniors Bradley Knox and tanford grad and Olympic flawless as they built their part- matches. Jennings said. “If we have to go to Franklin Huyang are also entered . gold medalist Kerri Walsh nership and worked through “It was a hard-fought match, so three to do that I don’t care, I just . . Former Palo Alto High standout S Jennings had to find a health issues. we deserved a victory lap,” Walsh- want to win.” EJ Floreal announced he will join teammate who could help main- The American duo, not quite Jennings said. “Those girls are so The third and deciding set the University of Kentucky track tain her hopes to repeat as cham- the odds-on favorites, finished 3-0 good and at this competition for had eight more ties and five lead and field team. Floreal was the big pion at the 2016 Rio Olympics. in pool play and will keep their a reason. We expect to dominate changes with a medical time out reason the Vikings won the first Misty May Treanor retired four third seed entering the 16-team them but are prepared to battle for Forrer with the Americans Central Coast Section boys track years ago after pairing with Walsh elimination bracket that will start and today we battled.” leading 10-9. After the break, the and field championship in school to win three gold gold medals and Friday and conclude on Saturday. Ross and Walsh Jennings con- Swiss tied the set at 10-10 and history as a junior in 2012 when he form the greatest team in beach Walsh Jennings and Ross se- trolled the first set throughout by Ross then scored two-straight won the 100 and 200 and anchored volleyball history. cured the Pool C title by defeating jumping out to 4-0 and 8-1 leads. points on an attack and service the 4x100 relay team to victory at Enter April Ross, an Olympic Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge- The second set featured 13 ties winner to give the Americans the the CCS finals. medalist in her own right. She Depre of Switzerland, 21-13, 22- and three lead changes with two lead for good at 12-10. The Swiss knows what it takes to reach the 24, 15-12, on Wednesday night hitting errors by the Americans trailed 13-12 when Ross had an- gold medal match. She was on before 8,577 fans. on the final two serves by the other successful attack and the ON THE AIR the opposite side of the net when The win, which took 65 min- Swiss giving Forrer and Verge- Americans won the match on a Friday Walsh Jennings and May Treanor utes, was the Americans fourth Depre the match tie. Olympics: Men’s water polo: USA won at the 2012 London Olympics. international victory over For- “Our goal is to win seven (continued on next page) vs. Montenegro, 7:40 a.m., USA Olympics: Tennis, 8 a.m. BRAVO Olympics: Beach volleyball, Hand- SWIMMING ball, Skeet, 9 a.m., MSNBC Olympics: Women’s soccer, 9 a.m., NBCSN Plenty of Olympic Olympics: Fencing, Team foil, wom- en’s volleyball, 9:15 a.m., USA Olympics: Track and field, women’s medals to go around 10K, beach volleyball, swimming, row- ing, 10 a.m., KNTV Four Stanford swimmers have earned nine total medals Olympics: Women’s basketball: USA vs. Canada, 11:30 a.m., NBCSN by Rick Eymer Stanford women’s swimming Olympics: Women’s volleyball: USA atie Ledecky has four coach Greg Meehan, also an as- vs. Italy, 2:20 p.m., KNTV medals, three of them sistant for the Olympic team, will Olympics: Women’s soccer, 3 p.m., gold, thus far in the Rio have three Olympic medalists CNBC K Olympics. Maya DiRado has on hand when the Cardinal open Olympics: Men’s basketball: USA vs. Serbia, 3 p.m., NBCSN three medals, one of each, and their season. Olympics: Women’s soccer, 6 p.m., Simone Manuel and Lia Neal Ledecky is a world record hold- NBCSN each own a silver medal as Stan- er, while DiRado and Ledecky Olympics: Track and field, women’s ford swimmers, and the United share an American record in the 10K, beach volleyball, swimming, div- States men’s and women’s swim- relay. ing, 8 p.m., KNTV
ming teams continue to enjoy a Ledecky set an Olympic re- Michelle Bishop fruitful 2016 Rio Olympics. cord in the preliminaries of the READ MORE ONLINE DiRado is the only one not 800 free on Thursday with an www.PASportsOnline.com returning to campus in the fall. 8:12.86. She’ll need to shave a She’ll be enjoying the rest of her few more seconds off to lower her For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, visit life, with her husband. The couple Cardinal grad Maya DiRado has collected a gold, silver and bronze www.PASportsOnline.com is moving to Atlanta. (continued on next page) medal thus far.
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Clancy of Australia defeated the Beach volleyball top-ranked pairs in the groups (continued from previous page) from Brazil and The Nether- lands, respectively, to replace fault by Verge-Depre. their defeated rivals in the seed- “Tonight, the crowd was awe- ing order. some,” Walsh Jennings said. “I Ross and Walsh-Jennings kinda tune them out, but you feel opened the first day of competi- the energy. When the momentum tion with the first-ever ‘midnight kept shifting, I heard those ‘USA’ match,’ beating Australia’s Mari- chants. I also heard my dad say afe Artacho and Nicole Laird, 21- ‘Be aggressive!’” 14, 21-13, in 35 minutes. Forrer hit her head toward the It was the second international end of the third set with the U.S. meeting between the two teams hanging onto a 10-9 advantage. as Ross and Walsh Jennings eked The Swiss took a medical time- out a three-set win over the Aus- out and then returned to finish the tralians in pool play last June at match. She was clearly hurting, the FIVB World Championships and in tears, when she walked off in The Netherlands. the court. While the American earned a “You don’t want to see anyone spot in Rio by being the third- hurt,” Walsh-Jennings said. “But ranked team on the FIVB World
I had no doubt she would come Tour qualifying list for the Olym- FIVB of Courtesy back out. It is a hazard of the job pics, Artacho and Laird secured and we both feel for her.” their Copacabana berth by win- Forrer apparently struck the ning the Asian confederation sand hard trying to dig a shot. Continental Cup competition. “She fell down to take a line Ross and Walsh Jennings, who Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrates winning a point during a three-set victory over Switzerland on the final shot and I think she felt a little return to Rio after winning a day of pool play. dizzy and saw some stars,” Verge- FIVB Grand Slam on Copaca- Depre said. “She went to see the bana this past March, only trailed Walsh-Jennings said. “It is under Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Olympic Games end with a 19th- medical staff and I hope she gets twice in the match with the Aus- the lights at Copa and it is a great Sweat of the United States will place finish. The winner will fin- well soon.” tralians, at 0-1 and 1-2 in the first atmosphere.” battle Russia’s Ekaterina Birlova ish in third place in the pool and, Earlier Wednesday, the teams set. They beat Chinaís Fan Wang and Evgeniya Ukolova in pool A depending on the tie-breaker, will of Spain’s Elsa Baquerizo and “We knew it was going to be and Yuan Yue, 21-16, 21-9, in the on day six with both teams look- either advance to the elimination Liliana Fernandez and Austra- really electric out there and was second match of pool play, also a ing for their first win. stage or play in a “lucky loser” lia’s Louise Bawden and Taliqua going to be a really long day,” midnight match. The losing team will have their match to advance. Q
400 meter free titles, and the sil- on Sunday. Swimming ver medal in the 4x100m free re- She will try to become just the (continued from previous page) lay. Ledecky is also favored in the second female in Olympic history 800 meter free. to win the 200, 400 and 800 free- own world record (8:06.68) in the For DiRado, who has already style in the same Games (Debbie finals. announced this is her final meet, Meyer, 1968). DiRado also qualified for the earning her first gold medal in “The fact that Ledecky can semifinals of the 200 back with a team event had to feel special. swim a 200 (and a 100) and an the third best time (2:08.60) of the She also has a silver medal and a 800 free in such commanding prelims. bronze medal. fashion is incredible,” Olympic If the United States was look- Ledecky joined four other Stan- commentator Ariana Kukors said. ing to share the wealth, they need ford affiliates who have won at “They are so different and she look no further than least four medals in handles each one as they come. I the women’s 4x200 a single Olympics: am continually impressed in the free relay team, Jenny Thompson races that she puts together. You which did exactly (2000), Summer just never know what she’s going that on Wednesday Sanders (1992), Sha- to do next.” night in winning the ron Stouder Clark Ledecky is only the third gold medal at the (1964) and Chris woman, and sixth swimmer, to Michelle Bishop Olympic Aquatics von Saltza Olmstead win gold in both the 200 and 400 Stadium in Rio. (1960). freestyle at the same Olympic Allison Schmitt Manuel qualified Games. was the lone Ameri- for the finals of the DiRado, who took home the Katie Ledecky has set an Olympic record, American record and can to participate 100 meter free, fin- silver in the 400-meter individual world record in the first few days of swimming. in the morning re- ishing second over- medley on Saturday, was third to lay and in the final, all in the prelims touch the wall in the 200 individ- 21 Olympic gold medals, and 25 onds quicker than second place. meaning that six with a time of 53.32. ual medley at 2:08.79. overall. “It feels really good. I’m women will receive Simone Manuel She was first in the She is just the second Cardi- Ledecky, a teenage sensation pumped. I was so close to break- a gold medal. It was semifinals at 53.11. nal to medal in the event, joining since bursting onto the scene four ing it (this morning),” Ledecky a nice touch to include veteran Cardinal grad Andi Murez, Summer Sanders’ silver-medal years ago in London, set a world said. “The swim was almost iden- Missy Franklin, Cierra Runge and competing for Israel, placed 30th performance in Barcelona in record in winning the 400 free tical to this morning, but with a bit Melanie Margalis as part of the overall in the prelims of the 100 1992. Sunday. more pop on the last lap.” qualifying race. free. It’s also the third consecu- She set an Olympic record in She’s become nearly predicable Leah Smith, DiRado and Stanford grad Geoffrey Cheah, tive bronze medal for the United setting the pace during the morn- in stepping it up on the big stage, Ledecky joined Schmitt for the swimming for Hong Kong, placed States in this event, preceded by ing’s preliminaries and knew though she set a world record in finals. 32nd in the prelims in the men’s Caitlin Leverenz in 2012 and Nat- right where she might have gone the 800 free at an invitational in ìI am grateful for where I am 50 free with a 22.46. alie Coughlin in 2008. wrong in coming close to the Woodlands, Texas last summer. right now,” Schmitt said. ìMy Ledecky earned a gold medal in Michael Phelps still owns the world mark then. The crowd at the Aquatic Cen- emotions are so high. We had a the 200-meter freestyle, and Di- 200 fly, even if it was by the “I got lackadaisical with my last ter knew they were watching great group of girls in this relay.” Rado captured the bronze in the closest margin in the event in an stroke,” she said. “I’ll be fine.” something special and cheered Ledecky overcame a small 200-meter individual medley. Olympics. And she was, giving the U.S. it’s the 19-year-old on with each pass- deficit on the anchor leg to help Ledecky’s time of 1:53.73 best- He became the oldest swimmer first swimming gold and its sec- ing millisecond. the U.S. win in 7:43.03. She went ed Swedish rival Sarah Sjostrom to win gold in an individual event, ond overall. Great Britain’s Jazz Carlin 1:53.74 over the final 200 meters. (1:54.08). It marked her second recording a time of 1:53.36. Ledecky, the only woman to earned the silver in a time of It was the fourth medal for gold medal of the Rio Games as Phelps also helped the 800 ever break the 3:59 barrier in the 4:01:23. American Leah Smith Ledecky, after the 200 meter and she won the 400-meter freestyle free relay earn gold, giving him event, went 3:56:46, about five sec- won the bronze at 4:01:92. Q
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VOLLEYBALL Akinradewo comfortable even under pressure Stanford grad leads Team USA to 3-0 mark in pool play by FIVB opponent errors and a ace by Ad- oluke Akinradewo is no ams. The set concluded by a six- stranger to high-pressure, point difference. F stressful situations. When “I would say yes, this is the best the Stanford grad found herself we’ve played in the tournament,” in a similar situation against the U.S. coach Karch Kiraly said. Netherlands earlier in the week, “Probably every team in our pool she responded in her usual man- has some things in what they need ner. She rose to the occasion. to get better. The victory over Ser- The United States became the bia and the move to the quarterfi- first team to seal a spot in the nals give us more confidence, but quarterfinals of the women’s vol- as I have said before this is strong leyball tournament at Rio 2016 group and I think no team will go Olympic Games by defeating Ser- undefeated. Players are enjoying bia, 25-17, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19, in a the moment and now we have to match between the only undefeat- think about Italy. In this tourna- ed sides in Pool B on Wednesday. ment, we face a strong team every The Americans overcame a two days.” resilient Netherlands squad to The U.S. defeated Puerto Rico, claim their second victory in Pool 25-17, 25-22, 25-17, on day one of A with a five-set, 18-25, 25-18, the women’s volleyball tourna- Foluke Akinradewo walks off the court smiling following Team USA’s four-set victory over Serbia. 21-25, 25-20, 15-8, decision on ment of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Monday. on Saturday. Men’s volleyball Akinradewo scored three points Kelly Murphy and Hill scored Italy outdueled USA in a well in the tie-breaker, one spike, one 13 and 12 points as the leading fought match, 28-26, 20-25, 25- block and one ace, to lead the scorers for the Americans, while 23, 25-23, in Pool A of the men’s charge at the most crucial moment Akinradewo contributed nine volleyball tournament at the 2016 of the match. points. Rio Olympic Games on Tuesday. “The way we played in the fifth “We always try to learn from It was the second victory for It- set give us some kind of relief,” every match and to work on im- aly in as many outings while USA Akinradewo said. “Our pool proving our game,” American was pushed against the ropes in is so strong. We really gave a captain Christa Harmotto-Diet- the difficult group with their sec- great effort in defense in the tie- zen said. “Now we have to prepare ond defeat. breaker and I feel proud of my for our next match. USA’s Aaron Russell had a teammates.” Against the Dutch, Murphy led match-high 22 points to lead four USA improved to a 3-0 win- the way with 18 points. Akinrade- American players in double fig- loss mark with two other teams wo and Larson each ended with ures. Matt Anderson scored 14, in the same pool, Italy and Puerto 15 points, while Hill contributed while Taylor Sander and Maxwell Rico, already with 0-3 marks. 14. Holt had 12 each in the loss. The Americans meet Italy on Dutch Lonneke Sloetjes had a Canada provided the first up- Friday. match-high 21 points, 20 in at- set of the men’s volleyball tour- Against Serbia, Rachael Adams tacks, while Robin DeKruijf had nament at the Rio 2016 Olympic had 18 points, including four aces, 15, including five blocks, and Games when they stunned USA as the best offensive American Anne Buijs and Yvon Belien fin- in straight sets as the competition Foluke Akinradewo delivered key points in the five-set win over the player, followed by Akinradewo, ished with 11 and 10, respectively. kicked off on Sunday. Q Netherlands. who scored four blocks among The Dutch team played funda- her 16 points. Kimberly Hill and mental volleyball in the first set Jordan Larson contributed 12 and with terrific net defense and Slo- 11 points in the victory. etjes and Buijs leading the attack “I am really proud of my team,” with 6 points apiece for the 25-18 Akinradeo said. “We played with result. better rhythm than in the other The European side jumped to two matches. We are the first a 6-3 lead in the second set, but team to qualify to the next round USA climbed back to tie at 12-all and that is good for our confi- with Larson’s spike and contin- dence but now we have to focus ued on the same path taking the on Italy, our next opponent.” set 25-18. Akinradewo scored with three In the third set the Netherlands spikes and three blocks to lead led by as many as 6 points at 21- the United States to claim first set 15 with overall good defense and 25-17. effective attack. De Kruijf closed Serbia recovered to win the sec- the actions with spike against ond set with the good defense at Larson. the net led by Boskovic and Mi- In the fourth, Murphy broke the hajlovic carrying the load of the tie at 18-18 with a big spike and attack. USA team took the driver seat Hill broke a tie at 8-8 with a winning seven of the last nine spike and United States took a points. lead they did not relinquish. Akin- USA outblocked the Nether- FIVB of Courtesy radewo finished on fire scoring lands in the fifth and closed it four of the last five points for the 15-8 with a spike by Murphy. 25-18 score in the third set. “I think the key in this pool will In the fourth USA opened a be how to manage adversity,” Ki- four-point gap for 16-10 with two rasly said. “We were tested.” Stanford grad Erik Shoji (middle) celebrates a point with his volleyball teammates.
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OLYMPICS Zhang feels good about experience Palo Alto grad reached the third round of table tennis
by Rick Eymer Weber Veronica alo Alto grad Lily Zhang went 33 grueling minutes P with Korea’s Hyoowon Suh, in her third match of table Palo Alto’s Lily Zhang reached the third round of the Olympic table tennis competition at the Olym- tennis women’s singles competition, an improvement over a first- pics, before ending the journey of round loss at the 2012 London Olympics. her second Olympic experience. Zhang, who entered the game to lead the offense but it was the Olympics, finished 18th overall at ranked No. 101 in the world, defense, anchored by McQuin 7:54.44. proved competitive at the high- Baron’s 11 saves that set the tone. Felice Mueller and Stanford est level, showing herself worthy Team USA held France scoreless grad Grace Luczak helped set the by rallying from a large deficit in for the entire second and third tone for the U.S. rowers on Mon- the first game and taking the third quarter on the way to the win. day, as the duo won their heat of game. The United States returns to the women’s pair Monday at the In the end, the eighth-seeded play on Friday when they meet Olympic Rowing Course on La- and 18th-ranked Suh moves onto Montenegro in the second to last goa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de the Round of 16 with her 11-8, group play match. Janeiro. 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6 victory over The women’s eight, featuring Zhang. Women’s soccer Luczak’s former Stanford team- After losing in the first round Hope Solo let a free kick get mate Eleanor Logan, advanced in London four years ago, she re- through her legs early and then directly to the final. turned ready to reach for the stars. gave up a goal in the 90th minute, The U.S. eight is the two-time “I feel alright,” Zhang told USA allowing Colombia to tie Team defending Olympic champion and Table Tennis. “I’m obviously dis- USA, 2-2, Tuesday in Olympic comes into competition with 10 appointed in the results but I’m action. consecutive Olympic and world happy that I gave it my all and The draw was enough for the titles, a streak that started in 2006. left everything out there. I tried Americans (1-0-1, 16-0-2) to win The men’s pair, with Menlo- my best.” their group and advance into the Atherton grad Seth Weil, quali- Suh opened the match win- next round. fied for the semifinal round. ning eight of the first 10 points, Mallory Pugh and Crystal Dunn The men’s eight, with Cardinal though Zhang rallied with five scored for Team USA. Carli Lloyd grad Austin Hack, raced in the unanswered points and cut the had an assist on Dunn’s goal. repechage on Tuesday. deficit to 9-10, before Suh fin- Stanford grads Christen Press ished it. and Kelley O’Hara each played Men’s rugby Neither player was able to sus- the full 90 minutes. Press had four East Alto Palo resident Folau tain a rally, though Zhang never shots, one on goal. Niua and the U.S. Olympic team took the lead. In another game, New Zealand, split a pair of games Wednesday, Zhang controlled play in the which features Cardinal grad Ali losing to Fiji, 24-19, and coming third game, opening a 10-6 advan- Riley, dropped a 3-0 decision to back to beat Brazil, 24-12. tage before putting the finishing France. The Americans played for ninth touches on an 11-7 win. place on Thursday. Next for Team USA are the men Women’s rugby and women team events. The team Team USA ended its run with a Men’s gymnastics tournament begins on Friday. 19-5 victory over France to finish Incoming Stanford freshman fifth as rugby competition made David Jessen, competing for Women’s water polo its first Olympic appearance in Czech Republic, placed 47th in Stanford senior Maggie Stef- 92 years. the individual all-around category fens scored four times and incom- Stanford grad Victoria Folayan with a score of 79.681. ing Cardinal freshman Mackenzie contributed her usual stellar de- Jessen’s best finish was 35th Fischer added a goal and the U.S. fense to the cause in the first half with a 14.316 on the horizontal Olympic team downed China, 12- and was replaced by Jessica Jave- bars. 4, Thursday to improve to 2-0 in let, who scored five points for the pool play. Americans. Women’s fencing Olympic snapshots Stanford senior Maggie Stef- France held a 5-0 lead at the Palo Alto’s Eileen Grench, Mackenzie and Aria fens and Cardinal Kiley Neushul half. Alev Kelter gave the U.S. a competing for Panama, won her Fischer (top) share a each scored twice and Menlo Park 7-5 edge with a try and conver- opening round bout, 15-5, over Ja- moment at the Olympics resident KK Clark added a goal as sation 20 seconds into the second pan’s Chika Aoki before losing to opening ceremony; Tony the U.S. Olympic women’s water half. American Mariel Zagunis, 15-4. Azevedo finds an enlarged polo team downed Spain, 11-4, in photo of his opening Rowing Sailing its Rio opener Tuesday. ceremony walk; Fischer Stanford grad Chierika Ukogo Castilleja and Stanford grad sent out a picture of the Men’s water polo ended her Olympic medal run Marion Lepert finished 13th in Rio sky after a practice; The U.S. Olympic team turned in the quarterfinals of the sin- the RS:X women’s race. and Kassidy Cook shares to its defense to earn its first win gle sculls on Tuesday at Lagoa Lepert opened in 18th and was a selfie at the Olympic at the 2016 Olympic Games, beat- Stadium. up to 10th after the third race. Village. All photos taken ing France, 6-3, on Wednesday. Ukogu, who became the first She finished with a total time of from social media. Josh Samuels scored three goals rower to represent Nigeria in the 26:33. Q
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