AN ALMANAC, MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE AND PALO ALTO WEEKLY PUBLICATION HOME+GARDEN SUMMER 2011 Summer FROM ‘70s COTTAGE TO MODERN Home & Garden IN MENLO PARK PAGE 10 Design IN THIS ISSUE AN EYE FOR DETAIL IN PALO ALTO | PAGE 4 THE ULTIMATE MOUNTAIN VIEW DO-IT-YOURSELF PROJECT | PAGE 16 HONORING AN OLDER HOME IN PALO ALTO | PAGE 22 JULY 22, 2011 VOLUME 19, NO. 27 INSIDE: WEEKEND | PAGE 17 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com Local senior day care center braces for Medi-Cal cuts STATE REDUCTIONS WILL FORCE ROSE KLEINER TO TURN AWAY FRAIL ELDERLY By Nick Veronin Grace Archibong to attend. Archibong, who is recovering bout one-third of the elderly from a stroke and a knee replace- and frail people who rely on ment, said that Rose Kleiner has Aa local adult day health care been instrumental in her recovery. service may soon be forced out as a “This place not only accelerated my result of the state’s Medi-Cal spend- health progress, but I very much ing cuts, officials at the Avenidas enjoy the community,” she said. Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health If it weren’t for the center, Archi- Center said. bong said she would spend most of When California halts Medi- her days by herself at home, as her JUSTIN LAI Cal reimbursements for adult day husband spends most of his days Workers remove the siding from Hangar One high above the ground at Moffett Field, on July 19. health programs across the state, working on the family business. as the Department of Health Care “Here, I’m not alone.” Services eventually plans to do, No easy solutions for Hangar One Rose Kleiner will no longer be able State budget crisis to afford to provide free care to the However, with California in By Daniel DeBolt Hangar One, preservationists say, transferred to another govern- 32 low-income seniors who regu- the midst of a financial crisis, the and any plans by NASA to demol- ment agency because the $32.8 larly attend the center. Department of Health Care Ser- ASA headquarters and ish it or transfer it to another million project has no officially Though Rose Kleiner will remain vices plans to eliminate adult day House Republicans now agency could take many years, designated use and would mean open for families who can afford care as a Medi-Cal benefit. And Nappear to view the demo- cause degradation of its exposed major cuts to more critical NASA to pay, officials at the center and while the cut is projected to save lition of Hangar One as a real frame and lead to legal complica- projects. Medi-Cal recipients who rely on the state $169 million, it would force possibility, but it would “make a tions, including a potential lawsuit While preservationists say the the free care they receive there said many like Archibong out of centers mockery” of federal historic pres- over demolition. OIG report ignored NASA’s legal the state should look to make cuts like Rose Kleiner. ervation law and “ignores years of The Moffett Field Restoration obligations to preserve the hangar elsewhere. “It’s a very difficult decision, discussion by the local commu- Advisory Board voted to send the under two statutes, NASA head- Right now, Medi-Cal, California’s but California is facing a very seri- nity and government agencies,” letter to the Office of the Inspector quarters concurred with the OIG Medicaid program, pays more than ous budget deficit,” said Norman preservationists say in a letter to General. report, saying that demolition and half the cost associated with a day Williams, deputy director of the be sent to Washington D.C. The OIG, which reports to transfer to another agency should at Rose Kleiner — about $76. The department. Because Medi-Cal is Federal funding is the only Congress, has recommended that center makes up the difference the state’s second largest general practical way to re-skin historic Hangar One be demolished or See HANGAR ONE, page 10 through its fundraising efforts, making it possible for patients like See AVENIDAS, page 6 Son was not sentenced to any said, noting that the district attor- jail time, in part because of her ney’s office did not seek a state Hit-and-run driver avoids jail time cooperation with authorities. Son prison sentence for Son. ultimately pleaded no contest to fel- Son was ordered to pay $7,500 in By Nick Veronin probation and community service, crossing California Street at its ony hit and run. A vehicular man- damages to the victim’s family and almost one year after the deadly intersection with Franklin Street. slaughter charge was dropped. about $612 in various legal fees, he driver in a hit-and-run accident, a spokeswoman with the Son fled the scene of the acci- Katrina Ohde, the prosecutor in according to Lisa McCrary, public accident that killed a man in Santa Clara County District Attor- dent, but later turned herself in to the case, said that Son’s early accep- information officer for the District Tdowntown Mountain View ney’s office said. authorities. She was arrested and tance of responsibility and willing- Attorney’s office. Son will serve two avoided jail time when she was At about 7:40 p.m. on July 19, bailed out the same day. Enos died ness to plead guilty to a serious years probation and must complete sentenced Monday, July 18. 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