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“At Stanford, the whole team was great at making sure the right things happened for me to have the amazingly good recovery I’ve had so far.” — Brett
Bicyclist Finds New “Roads” to Conquer After Traumatic Brain Injury Brett’s cross-country bicycling trip from Santa Barbara to South Carolina ended abruptly, 1,000 miles short of its final destination. While crossing through Oklahoma, Brett fell, ending his dreams of completing a coast-to-coast charity ride, and nearly ending his life. He was transported by helicopter to the nearest trauma center in Joplin, Missouri, where he spent nine days in a coma. Brett had suffered a subdural hematoma from landing on his head. Blood was pooling on the outside of his brain, causing his brain to swell. To create space and to remove the blood, the trauma team in Joplin removed a part of Brett’s skull. Once he was stabilized, his family requested he be transported to Stanford Hospital, where he could continue to be treated closer to home. “Any patient who suffers a traumatic brain injury who comes into the Stanford system will have some interaction with myself or my colleague in trauma,” said Odette Harris, MD, MPH, neurosurgeon at Stanford Health Care. Brett spent eight days in the ICU, where a team of trauma and brain injury specialists managed his inter-cranial pressure, blood pressure, temperature and seizures to minimize the cascade of secondary injuries that can occur after a traumatic brain injury. “Once we get patients through that period of survival, then we start looking at the period of recovery and rehabilitation,” said Dr. Harris. She wanted him to regain the weight and strength he’d lost after the accident before surgery to repair his skull. He spent six weeks in a rehabilitation unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical.
There, he put on weight, began walking and talking and regained his short-term memory. With his body strong enough for surgery, Brett returned to Stanford. In the first of four surgeries, Dr. Harris used a bone implant to replace the section of his skull that was removed after the accident. Subsequent surgeries were done to manage his surgical wound healing, and to create a skin flap to cover his skull.
Project Recovery An avid cyclist before his accident, Brett made exercise an integral part of his ongoing recovery. He clocked his steps, the miles he rode on his stationary bicycle, his sleep, and shared his daily progress with Dr. Harris, who encouraged his holistic approach to recovery. “I wanted her to know I was committed to doing the physical things necessary to keep my body in shape to recover,” he said. The accident’s impact to the right side of his brain affected his ability to control the left side of his body. He was also experiencing minor seizures. Scheherazade Le, MD, a Stanford Health Care neurologist specializing in epilepsy and seizure disorders, supported him through the neurologic recovery from the traumatic brain injury. “Brett was determined to make exercise a part of his daily routine, and I think that helped
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strengthen his recovery and brain function,” said Dr. Le. He also stays active socially, meeting friends and colleagues for coffee or lunch nearly every day, and sharing his recovery experience with other TBI patients and Stanford neurology and neurosurgery residents. “His story is so inspiring and gives so much hope to me as a doctor and to other patients who need intense neurologic recovery.” “The Stanford environment allows someone like Brett to truly recover in a way that’s tailored to what he needs,” said Dr. Harris. “We’re integrating not only brain injury specialists, but we’re integrating trauma specialists, specialists in orthopedics, specialists in ENT, and plastic surgery. Because of the integrated care we have, Brett has just excelled.” Six years later, Brett remains active. “I really feel like I’ve pulled through it the best I possibly could,” said Brett, who walks between 40 and 70 miles every week. “At Stanford, the whole team was great at making sure the right things happened for me to have the amazingly good recovery I’ve had so far.”
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Email: Stanford, school district skirted county ground rules Uncertainty surrounds proposed school districtStanford agreement on payments for new students by Elena Kadvany n March 29, two weeks before the Palo Alto school district and Stanford University would announce they had agreed on a “conditional” funding deal for new district students as part of the university’s expansion plan, Superintendent Don Austin emailed the Board of
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Education to tell members that a two-day negotiating session with Stanford had been “very productive” and “put us back on track as partners.” In the email, released to the Weekly in response to a Public Records Act request, he reminded the five board members of several
“important constraints.” Those included that the district and Stanford were not allowed, under rules to which Santa Clara County and Stanford had agreed, to reach such an agreement until April 15, a date set in January on the assumption that the county and Stanford would have completed negotiations on a development agreement that would regulate Stanford for the next 25 years. (Those negotiations hadn’t even started due to other delays
and have now been indefinitely suspended by the county due to Stanford’s and the school district’s actions.) The same ground rules caused Austin to advise the board members not to discuss the agreement with anyone, including public officials. “We DO NOT have any agreements at this point. They aren’t even allowed,” Austin wrote to the board in March. Austin’s and others’ emails, plus
interviews with elected officials and the school district’s attorney, show that Stanford and the school district worked together to circumvent county ground rules in crafting a mitigation agreement. In addition, the events leading up to the April 15 announcement of the deal raise questions about the legality of the two institutions’ discussions and the transparency of meetings held to hammer out (continued on page 10)
TRANSPORTATION
City eyes overhaul of parking districts
New report offers recommendations to make programs simpler, more consistent by Gennady Sheyner ver since Palo Alto rolled out its first residential parking program in College Terrace a decade ago, limiting all-day street parking exclusively to residents, programs that restrict parking by non-residents have become a hot commodity — and an object of exasperation — in one neighborhood after another. Despite the heavy demand, the programs have frustrated city workers, local employees and neighborhood residents, who generally agree that the permit systems are unnecessarily complex to set up and operate. Residents of neighborhoods with the parking programs, which apply to 28 percent of the city’s households, find them necessary but still, along some streets, ineffective. Meanwhile, employers, who must rush to get their permits with an urgency normally reserved for “Hamilton” tickets, fume about the limited supply. Now, a movement is afoot to change all that. A new analysis of the city’s residential preferential parking (RPP) programs, which the City Council plans to discuss on May 13, makes 35 recommendations for revamping the city’s policies. Among the broadest of these is a proposed shift from the existing
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Artist Sylvi Herrick’s three 7-foot-tall crow sculptures are currently installed in the front yard and on the roof of a home on University Avenue in Palo Alto.
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You’re not imagining things: Large crow sculptures roost in Palo Alto Artist Sylvi Herrick’s ‘Crows Project’ uses birds to foster discussion on migration, borders and connection
alo Altans are used to seeing crows flock to local neighborhoods, but three of the newest corvids in town may ruffle a few feathers. For one thing, they’re 7 feet tall. You-Me-We is a sculpture series by Palo Alto-raised artist
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by Karla Kane Sylvi Herrick, who created the three large, fiberglass-and-steel crows and brought them on a journey from St. Augustine, Florida, to University Avenue, where they’re currently nesting in the yard and on the roof of her mother’s home (Herrick’s home
base when she’s back in town). “I’m very interested in work that speaks specifically to a place,” she told the Weekly. “I had remembered that people were saying, ‘Oh, there’s a crow problem in Palo Alto.’ So, I thought, ‘I wonder why the
crows are here?’” The project led her to develop a strong appreciation for the clever, opportunistic and adaptive birds. “When I started delving into more and more research on crows, I learned these are some of the most intelligent birds in the world. They work together (continued on page 10)
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City Council (May 6)
Housing: The council held a joint session with the city councils of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park to discuss state legislation on housing, Action: None CDBG: The council approved an action plan for the Community Development Block Grant allocation process. Yes: Cormack, DuBois, Filseth, Kniss, Kou Absent: Fine, Tanaka
Council Policy and Services Committee (May 7) Veronica Weber
Palo Alto teacher Jacyln Petty lost her brother to suicide in 2016. She is organizing the May 19 Peninsula Hike for Hope at Huddart Park in Woodside, which will raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Huddart Park carries a special meaning to Petty, as she and her brother used to hike there often.
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Transportation: The committee recommended approving staff’s work plan for transportation. Yes: Kniss, Kou Absent: Tanaka
Planning and Transportation Commission (May 8) CIP: The commission approved the 2020-2024 Capital Improvement Plan for consistency with Comprehensive Plan. Yes: Alcheck, Lauing, Roohparvar, Summa, Templeton, Waldfogel Absent: Riggs
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Spurred by loss, Palo Alto teacher organizes suicide awareness walk
Peninsula’s first-ever Hike for Hope to take place Sunday, May 19, in Woodside by Elena Kadvany he first time Jaclyn Petty felt some sense of relief after her brother died by suicide she was in an unfamiliar city, surrounded by strangers. Six months after his death, she decided to go to San Diego for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s annual Out of the Darkness event. Every year, people who have lost loved ones to suicide, who have survived attempts themselves and those who want to support the cause walk together for 16 miles overnight to raise money for suicide awareness. She wore a shirt with her brother’s name on the back and orange “honor” beads around her neck, the color designated for those who have lost siblings to suicide. “I was literally wearing the most vulnerable part of myself on my back in the middle of a city that I really had never been to around hundreds and hundreds of people,” said Petty, a fourth-grade teacher at Juana Briones Elementary School in Palo Alto. It was the most public she had ever been about her loss: Until then, when she would talk to people about her brother, who had suffered from severe depression and anxiety for much of his life, she had been met with uncomfortable reactions. Even in the crowd at the event, she felt alone — until a young woman approached her in line. She asked Petty who she was walking for and said she was there for her mother. Petty looked at the crowds of people around her in a new light: They had all gone through exactly what she had. “It was a weight off my shoulders,” she said. “It was immediate comfort in unspoken words to know that someone that I am next
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to that I have never met before ... you immediately connect on this deeper emotional level because they know your grief.” Petty’s experience in San Diego inspired her to reach out to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and organize her own suicide awareness walk for the region where she grew up and now works. The Hike for Hope will take place next Sunday, May 19, at Huddart Park in Woodside — the first-ever such event for the Peninsula. The hike will raise funds for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention educational programs, research, advocacy and support services for suicide survivors. Petty also felt compelled to do something because of the history of the Palo Alto school district, which has doubled down on supporting student mental health after two teen suicide clusters. She sees anxiety and stress in children as young as her fourth-grade students and hears often from teachers who are struggling as parents to support their older children. “I hear their pain and what they’re going through in trying to support their child because of the pressure and the work and the lack of sleep and the comparisons and the stress that (their children are) feeling is leading them to unhealthy mental choices,” Petty said. She hopes the hike will not only raise money to combat suicide but help people feel less alone, as she did in San Diego. “When you’ve lost someone to suicide ... it’s a very unique type of grief,” Petty said. “People don’t talk about it. People are afraid to ask you about it. It was very lonely.” Anyone is welcome to participate in the hike. There will be the same
“honor” beads to provide visual cues of participants’ loss, including white for those who lost a child, red for a spouse or partner, gold for a parent, orange for a sibling, green for those who struggle with mental illness themselves, teal for their friends and family and blue for those who support the cause. “It’s for the people that are left behind and it’s for people that are still here. It’s for them to feel connected and to come together,” Petty said of the hike. Petty and Ryan Ayers, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Northern California Area director, will speak at the start of the event. People can set fundraising goals and ask others to donate in advance of the event. Petty has so far raised more than $7,000 toward a $10,000 goal. The hike is 2 miles long and meant for all ability levels, but there is also a shorter 1.5-mile route available. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. and will last until 3 p.m. at 1100 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside. Parking is $6 (cash only). Registration and other information about the event is posted at bit.ly/305HJWf. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.
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‘Residents only’ policy for Foothills Park sparks fresh debate Veronica Weber
Palo Alto’s parks commissioners to explore ways to increase access to popular nature preserve by Gennady Sheyner
ith its winding trails, scenic vistas and family-friendly camping sites, the sprawling Foothills Park is frequently described as a nature-lover’s paradise. But the 1,400-acre preserve also includes one feature that is far less popular than the others: a sign at the entrance proclaiming that a visitor must be “a Palo Alto resident” or “an accompanied guest” to enter. The controversial policy has been in place since the park opened in 1965, despite arguments and memos from various council members, mayors and parks commissioners that it is elitist, discriminatory and immoral. Now, a fresh effort to change the policy and open Foothills Park to nonresidents is once again underway. Several members of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission recently brought up the idea of opening up access to Foothills Park, commission Chair Don McDougall said Monday during a
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joint meeting between the commission and the City Council. Three commissioners — Jeff Greenfield, Jeff LaMere and Ryan McCauley — sit on an ad hoc committee that is exploring this idea. And while a policy change would still be months if not years away, the city’s Community Services Department is now considering the possible impacts of loosening the restriction. Daren Anderson, who manages the Open Space, Parks and Golf Division in the Community Services Department, told the Weekly that the committee and staff have been “informally” researching the issue of increasing access to Foothills Park. At some point soon, he said, he expects the topic to be discussed by the full commission. For former Councilman Cory Wolbach, the change can’t come soon enough. Last month, Wolbach tweeted that the Foothills Park policy exemplifies “institutional racism.” The policy, he wrote, is “unacceptable and
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needs to change.” He is by no means the only former elected official who feels that way. Former Mayor Leland Levy attended the Monday meeting and urged the city to explore the issue. “As a Palo Alto resident, I have interfaced with all our local adjacent communities, and the one thing that they universally deprecate is the fact that Foothills Park is exclusive to Palo Alto residents, and they don’t quite understand why,” Levy said. The policy goes back to 1959, when Palo Alto bought Foothills Park from the family of Russel Lee for $1.29 million. At the time, the city asked other jurisdictions to chip in and they declined. After Palo Alto residents authorized the purchase, the City Council passed an ordinance limiting access to local residents. Today, those who favor maintaining the policy generally frame the issue in terms of environmental protection and note that nonresidents already have ways to get
Hikers walk toward Wild Horse Valley in Foothills Park, the upstream area of Buckeye Creek. into the park, notwithstanding the sign at the entrance. Anyone who takes a trail from Arastradero Preserve can enter Foothills Park, Councilwoman Liz Kniss noted Monday. The city was required to make this trail open to the broader public as part of an agreement with Santa Clara County, which contributed the funding the city needed to purchase 13 acres of open space next to Arastradero Preserve. In addition, even though nonresidents are banned from driving into Foothills Park on the weekend, many arrive during the week, Kniss said. “I think the perception that this is closed is erroneous, and many, many people from Los Altos Hills ride in on a regular basis on their horses,” Kniss said. But even though non-residents currently have ways to get into the park, Levy, Wolbach and others
believe the city can do a lot more to make the park less exclusive. Levy said Monday that the city should conduct a study to see how many visitors Foothills Park can accommodate without having its environmental integrity compromised. “We need to have data which says how much Foothills Park can be used and to what degree we can have outside residents access Foothills Park, the way we Palo Altans can access all the parks in the Santa Clara and San Mateo foothills and in the Baylands as well,” Levy said. Wolbach, who served on the council between 2014 and 2018, told the Weekly that he had tried as a council member to get his colleagues to change the policy but did not get much support. Others have experienced similar setbacks. Former Councilman (continued on page 13)
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First-of-its-kind program for people living in RVs debuts in East Palo Alto Initiative is geared toward families, seniors, disabled persons and veterans
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by Cierra Bailey “quietly left alone.” Parker said he first learned of the program about a month and a half ago when he stopped by Project WeHope’s headquarters on a day they were handing out food. “They took care of my registration and they helped me get my driver’s license straight,” he said. “And, to be here and not to be harassed is a blessing in itself, and I’m liking every bit of it,” he added. Parker said being able to park in the designated lot is a relief — “like when you’re drowning and all of a sudden somebody grabs you.” He believes his RV will be better protected from careless drivers inside the lot, noting that one of his rearview mirrors had previously been knocked off in a hitand-run incident while he was parked on the street. Between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. RV residents can park in the safe lot, which is monitored by security guards throughout the night. The time limit is set in accordance with zoning laws that prohibit the space from being used as a permanent parking facility. During the planning stages, city officials aimed to identify a location that could be used for 24-hour RV parking but were unsuccessful, according to Project WeHope Associate Director Alicia Garcia. However, throughout
the day the RV owners can drive their vehicles to their workplaces or park on the street, as the city ordinance only bans overnight street parking. The program was designed as a solution to the city’s ban on oversized vehicles parking overnight on the streets, Garcia said. “For about the last 15 to 18 months, we have been working with the city to develop a safe parking program specifically for RVs,” she said, adding that the program’s priority is to serve East Palo Altans facing economic hardship including families with children, seniors, people with disabilities and veterans. Prior to the program’s launch, Project WeHope staff interviewed potential candidates to ensure that the program reached the targeted demographics. Selected participants were asked to sign a waiver that outlines the rules of the program. The requirements include observing a 10 p.m. “quiet hour” by which time everyone is expected to be inside their RVs for the remainder of the night, unless they need to use the restroom facilities, and agreeing to work with a case manager to find transitional housing. “We believe that love is not love unless discipline is in it, so there are guidelines and requirements to participate in the program because we want to change the
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When it comes to housing bill, neighboring cities see things differently In a rare summit, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park city councils voice hopes, anxieties over Senate Bill 50
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fter more than a year of planning, a new cityapproved $300,000 RV Safe Parking program launched last week in East Palo Alto, offering designated space for up to 20 local RV dwellers to park overnight. The one-year pilot program, which also offers access to portable showers, restrooms and laundry services, is run and partially funded by Project WeHope, a nonprofit that provides shelter and other services to East Palo Alto’s homeless. About two-thirds of the funding is coming from the city’s general fund and from the voterapproved business-license tax on residential rentals, Measure O. The City Council unanimously approved the initiative last July in response to the shelter crisis in East Palo Alto, which under state Government Code 8698 allows cities to declare a local crisis if a significant threat to health and safety is present. Randolph Parker was one of the first program participants to arrive at the lot located at 1798 Bay Road on May 1. “I’m happy as a little boy in a candy store,” he said, standing in front of his mid-sized camper van filled with all of his worldly possessions, including a twin-size bed and a microwave. He said he’s glad to finally have an area where he can park at night and be
Randolph Parker, a new resident of the RV Safe Lot Parking Program in East Palo Alto, stands by his camper on May 1. Parker said he used to live in his vehicle on Bay Road. trajectory of where they are to a more positive state where they are self-sufficient,” said Project WeHope co-founder and president Pastor Paul Bains. East Palo Alto has blazed the trail with this initiative; its RV Safe Parking program is the first of its kind in the region to use a designated lot. Another overnight parking program located in Saratoga, which started last year, uses church parking lots on a rotating basis. “This is something that is replicable in other cities and we’re helping other cities work on their safe parking for cars such as Oakland, San Jose and Oroville,”
Bains said. Mountain View may soon be following East Palo Alto’s lead as the city declared a shelter crisis back in March. Currently, a safe parking initiative in that city is in the hands of two churches that can only provide space for eight small vehicles. But on Tuesday, the Mountain View City Council approved a proposal to lease a 2.091acre lot, owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, located at the southwest corner of East Evelyn Avenue and Pioneer Way for a safe-parking program. Q Editorial Assistant Cierra Bailey can be emailed at cbailey@paweekly.com.
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by Gennady Sheyner ith roughly 200 housing bills now moving through the state Legislature, elected leaders from Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto met in a rare summit Monday night to swap ideas and share concerns about the shifting political landscape and its implications for local zoning. Though the unprecedented joint session didn’t revolve around any particular bill, most of the council members and many of the residents who attended the meeting focused their comments on Senate Bill 50, the most ambitious of the proposals. Members of the three city councils did not reach any consensus about the bill, which was variously described as an attack on local control and a much-needed
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— if somewhat flawed — attempt to address a problem that has reached crisis levels. The only thing they agreed on is that each community would benefit from greater collaboration and, if possible, coordination in addressing the regional housing shortage. The discussion underscored the highly contentious and polarizing nature of the bill, which seeks to create denser housing near transportation hubs by allowing threeand four-story buildings near rail stations, ferry terminals and high-service bus lines. Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill was revised on April 24 and, unlike its prior iteration, now distinguishes between counties with populations that have more than 600,000 residents
and those that have less. (Santa Clara County falls into the “large county” category.) The revised SB 50, which is a mashup of Wiener’s initial bill and state Sen. Mike McGuire’s proposed legislation (formerly known as SB 4), received a boost when the Senate Finance and Government Committee voted on April 24 to advance it. But even with the revisions, the bill found a mixed reception among many Midpeninsula council members. Palo Alto council members (with the exception of Vice Mayor Adrian Fine) continue to oppose it, framing it as a “onesize-fits-all” approach to zoning and an affront to local control. “Local control is really fundamental to our democracy,” said (continued on page 14)
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in these complex social systems; they build tools; they have language; they’re amazing!” To Herrick, crows also can serve as a symbol of human migration, connection and innovation and inspired her to create a conversation-starting piece of art that relates to themes she’s long been interested in exploring. “The issues of borders and boundaries, of human migrations. My mom is a refugee; my husband is an immigrant; and my grandmother was born in Mexico,” she said, adding that the idea of a border is a human-created, changeable construct. “We can see how much they (borders) affect people’s lives for generations, depending on what side you’re on.” She had the idea to use the whimsical crows, which weigh around 350-400 pounds each, as a way to spark discussion with everyday passersby on her crosscountry journey. The crows rode on a flat-bed truck and made stops in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in Austin, Marfa and El Paso, Texas, with pop-up installations on the way. “It’s a huge desire of mine to get art out into the world — not just inside a gallery space but as part of everyday life,” she said. “I wanted to just show up and see people, (to) talk about crows and
this idea of human migration.” Palo Alto, she said, with its status as a hub for creativity and innovation, should be a natural place in which to brainstorm ideas for helping solve humanitarian and environmental issues. “People are wondering why there’s so many crows in Palo Alto. I’m also wondering if maybe they’re in Palo Alto for the same reason that so many intelligent people from all over the world flock to Palo Alto,” she mused. “Maybe there is something there.” The name You-Me-We comes from her desire for her artwork to bring people together. “The three crows all work together. We’re all individuals but we’re all connected,” she said. “That’s sort of the Palo Alto thing, too. I think we can do more in Palo Alto with the technology and all the incredible things we have to bring each other together more.” She isn’t sure how long the birds will stay on University Avenue, nor where they might be headed next. “I love the openness of the possibilities of where they could go,” she said, adding that she’s considering making some smaller duplicates and hopes people interested in collaborating will contact her. And what does Herrick’s mother think of her yard becoming a place for public-ish art? “She was supportive, but she wasn’t sure how it was going to
go. But she’s had nothing but positive comments. Every day she’s calling me with stories and some of them are really wild,” Herrick said. “One person stopped and said that they’re trying to turn East Palo Alto into Ravenswood and there are three entrances from Palo Alto, so they should put one (crow) at each entry.” All along their journey, the birds “make people smile,” she said. “That sounds kind of cheesy but it means a lot. Crows are universal connectors, and they’re also famous for being harbingers of things to come.” At her website, sylviherrick. com/crow-projects, Herrick keeps visitors updated on the project and invites the public to submit “crow stories” of their own. As she states on her site, “There has never been a moment in time like this one, where we are knowledgeable and capable of the ingenuity to solve problems. If we take a moment to listen, maybe the crows have something to tell us.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com.
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If things proceed as planned, this will be the year in which Palo Alto reforms its byzantine parking programs, embraces bike- and scooter-share programs and helps traffic-weary Crescent Park neighborhood residents find some relief from the daily congestion on their streets. The city also will complete a new garage near California Avenue and approve a new guidance system in downtown garages that can alert drivers to open parking spots. And pending City Council approval, the city’s newly established Office of Transportation will get an injection of resources. The city is now in the process of recruiting its next chief transportation officer, who will have the complicated job of advancing the council’s long list of transportation projects, including the adoption of requirements that new developments limit added traffic, the reorganization of the city’s “residential preferential parking” programs and the expansion of the city’s shuttle system. These initiatives are all included in the city’s transportation work plan, which the council’s Policy and Services Committee discussed and endorsed on Tuesday night. The various items aim to address the council’s 2019 priority of “transportation and traffic” — the only topic that has remained on the city’s priority list for the past six years. Q —Gennady Sheyner
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The Palo Alto Weekly was named the best large weekly newspaper in the state in the California Journalism Awards competition on Saturday, May 4, in Long Beach. The honor, presented by the California News Publishers Association, was one of a raft of awards for the community media outlet. For the first time in the contest’s history, the Weekly’s digital work, published primarily on PaloAltoOnline.com, competed against that of metropolitan dailies and other news outlets whose websites receive more than 200,000 unique visitors a month — sites that include the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and others. The Palo Alto Weekly was one of few weekly papers in the contest to compete on that level, receiving six awards for works that placed in the top five of their categories. In the contest’s print categories, the Weekly, which employs a newsroom staff of 11 journalists under Editor-in-Chief Jocelyn Dong, went toe-to-toe with other weekly newspapers with print circulations of more than 25,000. Journalists from states outside of California selected the winners of the annual competition from among daily, weekly and school newspapers out of thousands of entries. The contest covered work done in 2018. Founded in 1979 by Bill Johnson and a group of investors, the Palo Alto Weekly produces a Friday print edition; a daily e-edition, Express; and the news and community website PaloAltoOnline.com, which hosts Town Square, the online discussion forum, among other features. Q —Palo Alto Weekly staff
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the agreement’s details. Austin ended the March 29 email with a suggestion: that they “advertis(e)” the April 16 special meeting “widely, but not posting until close to the 24-hour notice for reasons I will explain later.” (The board is required to post public agendas for special meetings at least 24 hours in advance.) In an interview, Austin said he suggested delaying public noticing of the meeting because the district was “still working through issues with Stanford.” “There was still a chance that meeting wasn’t going to occur,” he said. “I thought we were making good progress, but it was not to a place where we had total confidence at that point.” Board President Jennifer DiBrienza told the Weekly that
Austin wanted to publicize the meeting “widely because he wanted the community to be part of the conversation, to know where we were, to celebrate the progress that we’d made.” She said that Austin suggested delaying posting of the meeting because there could be no finalized agreement until April 15 and because the district’s negotiating team — made up of Austin, Deputy Superintendent Karen Hendricks, Chief Business Official Jim Novak and an attorney — “was informed that Stanford had a set of ground rules and we were trying to be respectful of that.” In his March 29 email, Austin also referenced the district’s and Stanford’s attorneys conversation about an upcoming April 10 closed-session school board meeting. This meeting, along (continued on page 14)
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Ron Andersen led an unsuccessful effort in 1998 to change the resident-only requirement. And in 2005, then-council members LaDoris Cordell, Judy Kleinberg and Dena Mossar penned a memo recommending that the Parks and Recreation Commission study the idea. Their idea fell one vote shy of advancing. Wolbach said he was motivated to resurrect the issue after reading about Palo Alto’s segregationist land-use policies in the 1950s and 1960s. (The policies included restrictive covenants that barred home sales to non-white residents and “blockbusting,” an effort by
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system of limited pre-paid permits, which the report describes as “rigid,” to a more dynamic system in which rates and supplies fluctuate based on demand. The report from city transportation consultant Wayne Tanda also recommends that the city standardize the cost of employee parking permits in these programs and — to discourage onstreet parking — make sure that the permits cost more than parking at garages or parking lots. Tanda also recommends that the city make the various neighborhoods’ programs uniform, barring “extenuating circumstances.” Inconsistencies currently include, but are not limited to, the number of resident permits, the cost of such permits and the number of single-day permits, Tanda wrote. In the Crescent Park program, for example, each household can get two permits. In Southgate it’s three, and in Evergreen Park it’s four. The College Terrace program limits long-term parking (beyond the two-hour limit) to permit holders and only sells permits to residents. The downtown program and the one around California Avenue sell a limited number of permits to employees, with the quantity fluctuating every year based on staff recommendations and the council’s changing preferences. The Crescent Park program, established in 2016, is different in that it bans overnight parking. It is the simplest of the city’s programs and most dissimilar from all the others. The various districts also use their own individual software permit-management systems, which Tanda recommends bringing under new “comprehensive parking permit and citation management system.” “The differences give the impression that city residents do not receive equitable treatment,” Tanda wrote of the recommendation for greater uniformity. The differences, however, reflect each neighborhood’s unique problems and ambitions.
real-estate agents and speculators in the 1950s to push black residents into living in East Palo Alto.) By making it difficult for non-white residents to buy homes in Palo Alto and by limiting Foothills Park only to local residents, the city was effectively creating a park for white people. “I’m not making the case that this policy was racially motivated, but what we know is that at the same time that Foothills Park was created, which excluded people not from Palo Alto, the city was also excluding people who weren’t white. So even if the intent wasn’t racist, the effect was,” Wolbach said. “It’s the racially disparate impact that’s the issue.” Another issue with the current Foothills Park policy is its
inconsistency with the city’s actual enforcement practice. Commissioner McCauley noted that the municipal code makes it a misdemeanor for a non-resident to enter Foothills Park — a policy that he called “draconian.” What this means is that if one leaves the designated Arastradero-to-Foothills trail, he or she is committing a crime. “I can’t imagine any city of Palo Alto ranger or police officer enforcing that law or any judge by any means sentencing someone for violating that law,” McCauley said. “But it’s I think an example for why we can probably improve upon our current policy.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
Downtown residents and their counterparts in Evergreen Park and Mayfield — the two neighborhoods that border the California Avenue business district — have parking restrictions designed to keep out commuters. Southgate residents’ program targets Palo Alto High students and their cars. A portion of Old Palo Alto near the California Avenue Caltrain station has petitioned for a program to thwart Caltrain commuters, who prefer to park for free on Old Palo Alto streets rather than pay to park in the Caltrain lot. The City Council will review that proposal on Monday. In concrete terms, to help reform the permit system, Tanda and City Manager Ed Shikada are recommending adding new positions to the newly created Office of Transportation, one of which would be a much-needed second “parking manager.” Those who have occupied the city’s current parking manager (or “transportation planning manager”) position have not lasted on the job for long. The city has had three different people in the post since spring of 2016. The last person to fill it, Philip Kamhi, resigned in April 2018 and has not been replaced. A new report from Shikada highlighted the challenge of filling this position. “Due to the complex nature of the program and the high demands for constituent relations, this staff position is very vulnerable to burnout and frustration,” the report states. If adopted by the council, the report’s recommendations have the potential to upend the city’s existing residential permit programs. As such, some of the residents who had spent years putting the existing programs together are greeting the recommendations with skepticism. Neilson Buchanan, a downtown resident who served on the stakeholder group that helped design the downtown program, said he has been talking with neighborhood leaders in his district and in Evergreen Park. While the residents agree with most of Tanda’s recommendations — including creating a more consistent payment program for employee permits and
increasing the costs of non-resident permits — they vigorously rejected his recommendation that the city make the districts more consistent with one another. “College Terrace rightfully has a standard for no non-resident parking. Evergreen Park seeks significant reduction (of employee permits) upon completion of a large commercial garage for commercial area around California Avenue,” states Buchanan’s summary of the residents’ comments, which were submitted to the city. “Downtown North has consistently been receptive to lower-income merchant-class workers to have permanent, limited access to its residential streets. “(The) staff report suggests that this level of differential is not desired due to administrative burden upon staff. Much of this burden is due to poor system design and high staff turnover.” The council will consider Tanda’s broad recommendations, as well as residents’ feedback, on Monday night. It will also consider the city’s next steps for addressing the latest requests for neighborhood parking districts. Chris Robell, who is leading the Old Palo Alto effort to establish a permit program, hopes the former effort doesn’t delay the latter. He and his neighborhood submitted their initial petition for a program in May 2018 and it is still, in the best-case scenario, months from implementation. The city’s municipal code calls for the council to adopt or expand residential parking zones by September. But Transportation Planning Manager Sylvia Star-Lack warned the city’s planning commission in March that it could take longer because data must be collected and the department’s staff is shorthanded. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a study session on the 2040 Caltrain Business Plan, discuss the Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program study report and prioritize the implementation of new RPP programs; and consider the alternatives for grade separation that should be studied further. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 13, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will vote on a memorandum of understanding with the Palo Alto Management Association (PAMA) and a tentative contract with the Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA); and discuss the wellness and safety section of a draft district-wide plan, initial proposals for 2019-20 negotiations with PAEA and the California School Employees Association (CSEA), and a dual enrollment memorandum with the Foothill-De Anza Community College District; and hear an informational report on a tentative contract agreement with CSEA, among other items. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to review the proposed fiscal year 2020 operating and capital budgets for the Utilities Department. It will also consider the budgets for the Department of Planning and Community Environment, the Development Services Department, the Office of Transportation, the Administrative Services Department, the Human Resources Department and Information Technology, as well as for the City Council and the offices of the city attorney, city auditor, city clerk and city manager. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to review recent council and school board meetings, hear a presentation about Safe Routes to School, discuss the next steps for Cubberley Master Plan and hear updates about grade separation and the Stanford University General Use Permit process. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to review a request to demolish an existing 1,292-square-foot residential building at 567 Homer St., and construct a three-story residential building. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
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Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois, who last month successfully encouraged his colleagues to endorse a letter that explicitly opposes “one-size-fits-all” legislation, a veiled reference to SB 50. Palo Alto City Councilwoman Lydia Kou, a staunch opponent of the bill, also took aim on Monday at SB 330, a proposal by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, which would streamline the approval process for housing developments and fine cities that fail to approve residential projects that meet objective zoning standards. Kou called the bill “intense” and “obnoxious.” “It really imposes its will on the city without looking at ... whether its infrastructure can take it or not,” Kou said. While Palo Alto council members spent much of the meeting criticizing Sacramento’s proposed solutions, their counterparts in East Palo Alto emphasized the scope of the housing problem and their measured support for SB 50. East Palo Alto Councilman Larry Moody challenged cities that oppose the proposed legislation to offer their own plans to
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with five prior closed-session discussions held since January, was billed as “anticipated litigation regarding Stanford University General Use Permit Environmental Impact Report,” even though they appear to have all related to the district’s negotiations with Stanford, according to the Weekly’s sources. There was never any anticipated litigation against Stanford, nor any grounds for suing Stanford. Austin, however, told the board that the district’s attorney, John Dietrich of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud and Romo, and Stanford’s lawyer were “in complete agreement about the posting language” for an April 10 closedsession meeting, suggesting that Stanford’s legal counsel had been consulted on how to provide notice to the public of the meeting. Austin this week declined to state whether Stanford’s lawyer rendered advice on how the April 10 closed-session meeting should be noticed. Jean McCown, Stanford’s associate vice president for government and community relations, told the Weekly that the university’s attorney denied providing any legal advice to Dietrich regarding agenda posting. Dietrich said he “would not characterize my interaction with Stanford’s counsel as seeking advise or consultation. I informed Stanford’s counsel how we intended to agendize the meeting
address the crisis, which is evidenced by people living in RVs and sleeping under bridges and highways. The scope of the problem, he argued, creates an imperative for city leaders to take strong action. “If they’re not going to be supporting SB 50, tell us what you’re doing. What’s the plan in Menlo Park? What’s the plan in Burlingame? What’s the plan in San Carlos?” Moody asked. “East Palo Alto can’t be the dormitory of the tech industry and for the job growth taking place. We can’t and we shouldn’t have to be the only city that has an active strategy around affordable housing.” Opponents of SB 50 in Palo Alto and elsewhere have consistently called for tighter restrictions on commercial development, which they view as the root cause of the housing crisis. East Palo Alto council members had a vastly different take. “You have the jobs; we don’t have the jobs in our community,” Moody said. “We’re trying to build our economic strand for the first time in a long time.” East Palo Alto Mayor Lisa Gauthier acknowledged Palo Alto’s concerns about “local control” but reserved her sympathy for residents who have to drive from Modesto or Tracy to get to
work in the Midpeninsula or to young people who get priced out from the cities where they grew up. “There has to be a regional approach to this, and we’re trying to figure this out,” Gauthier said. East Palo Alto Vice Mayor Regina Wallace-Jones also pushed back against the common perception that tech workers are the cause of the housing problem. Wallace-Jones, a former Facebook employee who now works at eBay, said even young people in the tech industry are looking to leave the area. “For average tech workers, they’re also saying, ‘I can’t wait until I vest in four years, go some place and buy a house and build my family,” Wallace-Jones said. While Palo Alto is leaning against SB 50 and East Palo Alto is rallying to its banner, Menlo Park remains by and large agnostic. Vice Mayor Cecilia Taylor said the council will be discussing SB 50 independently and that the council does not have a unified voice on the legislation. Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller last month came out against the bill in an opinion piece in the Palo Alto Daily Post, calling the legislation “a misguided precedent-setting centralization of power in the state that weakens the foundation
of local representative government and devalues the voices of its electorate.” His colleagues, however, have largely refrained from publicly taking any positions on the bill. That continued Monday night. Mueller did not attend the Monday meeting (he listened by phone but did not speak); Councilwoman Catherine Carlton was absent; Councilwoman Betsy Nash attended but didn’t make remarks; and Councilman Drew Combs limited his comments to questions about the bill and its likely passage. Taylor, who didn’t offer a position on the bill, said she believes one of the reasons SB 50 exists is because cities have not done a good job in entering into development agreements with employers that address some of the problems caused by commercial projects. Each city, she said, should adopt an “all-inclusive policy” that requires local hiring and contributions toward improving transportation and education. She noted that the constituents in her district, Belle Haven, have trouble getting out of the city and getting home because of all the traffic. Schools, she added, are underperforming. “I believe SB 50 exists because we didn’t take care of our own city,” Taylor said.
Residents were similarly split over SB 50, with some calling it a critical solution and others framing it as a state takeover of local powers. Menlo Park resident Judy Adams was among the former. “We have to build up; we’re running out of land,” Adams said. “If the cities had done their jobs and built low-income affordable housing, it wouldn’t be necessary for the state to step in and ask us to in conscience provide more low-income housing.” But Palo Alto resident Greer Stone called SB 50 an attack on single-family neighborhoods. He characterized it as “trickle-down framework” for housing that will spur the construction of marketrate housing. In a city like Palo Alto, this basically means “luxury housing” that would be unaffordable to nurses, teachers and public employees. (SB 50 does, however, requires housing developments with 20 or more units to designate a percentage of these units to below-market-rate housing. The percentage varies based on the income-eligibility level.) “SB 50 is not a panacea for our housing crisis. Rather, it’s a Trojan horse for development interests,” Stone said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
and there was no disagreement expressed.” In Austin’s email, he told the board members that he would call them soon, suggesting that he called them individually to discuss the status of negotiations with Stanford. Vice President Todd Collins and Trustee Ken Dauber, whose spouses both work at Stanford, had not recused themselves from prior discussions on the general use permit, despite concerns voiced by Stanford staff and at least one of their colleagues, Melissa Baten Caswell. (Baten Caswell voted against appointing Dauber last August to an ad hoc committee to advise the superintendent on issues related to Stanford’s proposed expansion, citing “the appearance” of a conflict of interest.) Dauber initially recused himself from previous GUP discussions until last summer, when Collins sought advice from the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which said it was appropriate for them to participate. Both said that they recused themselves more recently because discussions shifted into direct negotiations with Stanford rather than the county over its environmental impact report on the general use permit. Dauber said Thursday that he did not attend the closed session meeting on April 10 nor the special meeting on April 16. Collins said he attended the April 10 closed session and then recused himself from the April 16 meeting for the same reasons.
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the first 20 years, followed by a 2% decline from years 21 to 40, down to a minimum of $5,800. While the tentative agreement does not require Stanford to construct a new school, which the school board initially asked for, it does call for the university to provide $15 million for construction of an “innovative space” that will be shared by the university and the district. Stanford also agreed to contribute $500,000 to the city’s Safe Routes to School Program, which focuses on transportation improvements such as bike lanes and pedestrian paths along school-commute routes. Leaders from both the district and university praised the agreement, with Austin calling it a “model of what is possible” and Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne saying it makes Stanford’s engagement in the Palo Alto school system “more systematic and organized.” But the announcement triggered a fallout: The next day, the county abruptly suspended its development agreement negotiations with Stanford. Supervisor Joe Simitian called the district and university’s deal “regrettable,” not only because it depends on the county’s approval of the development agreement but also because it violates the ground rules that the county and Stanford had established for their development agreement negotiations. The rules specify that negotiations pertaining to the development agreement would only take place between the county’s negotiating committee (which includes Simitian and Supervisor
Cindy Chavez) and negotiating team and Stanford’s negotiating committee and negotiating team. Emails between Collins and Austin show they were reviewing the ground rules on Stanford’s negotiation limitations in early March, shortly before the district and university agreed to return to the table for confidential negotiations. “Either party can talk to anybody about anything, so long as they ‘do not disclose ... the positions taken ... BY THE OPPOSITE PARTY’ or ‘engage in discussions resulting in a deal’ with an outside party,” Collins wrote to Austin on March 8. “So Stanford can talk about their own positions all they want; they can also talk to PAUSD or anybody else about areas of mutual interest. Those activities are specifically called out and would probably be helpful. “Saying ‘we can’t talk about it’ is just wrong,” he wrote. The future of the tentative agreement between the school district and Stanford remains unclear. According to DiBrienza, the board has not yet decided whether it will be on the agenda for Tuesday’s regular board meeting, which has not yet been publicly released. With only three eligible voting board members, all three must vote to approve it or it will not pass. One option, suggested by trustee Shounak Dharap, was to take no action on the agreement and just wait until the county’s process proceeds. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.
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On April 15, the district and Stanford announced the conditional agreement after months of increasingly strong public and private lobbying by school officials, board trustees, parents and community members calling on the university to “do its fair share” in mitigating the impact of new district students its expansion would generate. Stanford proposes to add 2.275 million square feet of academic space, 3,150 housing units, 40,000 square feet of child care facilities and other support space by 2035. The proposed agreement, on which the board has not yet taken any formal action, is conditioned on the eventual approval of a development agreement between Stanford and the county, a requirement that Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian says violates the rules to which Stanford agreed. Under the agreement, the university would pay the school district $5,800 for each new student enrolled in the district who lives in tax-exempt housing on the Stanford campus or elsewhere if the housing satisfies the conditions of the general use permit. The number of students will be counted based on the baseline of students who are enrolled in district schools and who live in tax-exempt housing on the Stanford campus as of the 2019-2020 school year, according to a report from Austin. The 40-year funding agreement also includes a 2% annual increase in the per-pupil rate to account for inflation during
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L’Heureux, of Stanford. A memorial Mass will be held at St. Albert the Great Church in Palo Alto on May 25 at 10 a.m., followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in the name of John Clarke L’Heureux to the charity of one’s choice. —Stanford University
Roy Herrick Maffly Dr. Roy Herrick Maffly died on April 15 after a brief illness. A fourth-generation Californian, he was born Nov. 26, 1927, in Berkeley to Alfred and Frances Maffly. He and his siblings, Jean and Don, grew up enjoying the outdoors in the Bay Area and at Lake Tahoe, where he helped run the family’s summer resort at Meadow Park. After attending Berkeley High School, he finished his undergraduate degree at University of California, Berkeley, and then graduated from University of California, San Francisco Medical School in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army (1946) and the U.S. Naval Reserve Medical Corps (1955-1957). After undertaking an internship and residency at UCSF and Herrick Memorial Hospital (now Alta Bates Summit Medical Center) in Berkeley, he worked in the labs of Alexander Leaf at Massachusetts General Hospital and Isidor “Izzy” Edelman at UCSF, conducting
pioneering research on the passage of sodium and potassium through cell walls. In 1961, he was recruited by Stanford University to join its new medical campus as a professor in the emerging field of nephrology. He taught and conducted research there until his retirement in 1992. He advocated for flexible work schedules that could accommodate women’s multiple roles as mothers and physicians; he helped establish the Minority Admissions Committee that significantly increased the number of underrepresented minority medical students; and he was a pioneer in the introduction of computer-assisted instruction into the curriculum. He was particularly proud of his multiple teaching awards, especially the university-wide Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, which had never before been awarded to a medical school faculty member. He wed his wife, Marilyn, in 1952, and they were married for nearly 68 years. Together they raised three children: Robert Maffly, who predeceased him in 1983, Nancy Maffly and Laurie MafflyKipp (Peter). He is also survived by three grandsons and two nephews. The family wishes to thank the Vitas Hospice and Home Care staff for their loving and tender care and their support of the family in these last months. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, the Natural Resources Defense Council or Planned Parenthood. —Stanford University
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Raffy Chatav passed away on May 5th, 2019 at home at the age of 70. Raffy is survived by his wife Dvora, his children Maya, Yael, and Eitan, and his grandchildren Asher, Gilad, Avi, and Karen. Raffy was an adored husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He had a passion for politics, gardening, biking, history, food, travel, and tearing up the dance floor. Raffy was born and raised on Kibbutz Ein Dor. As a young man, he served in the Israeli army, sustaining wounds in the War of Attrition. After recovering, Raffy studied engineering at Technion University and met the love of his life, Dvora. When the war broke out in 1973, Raffy volunteered in Ehud Barak’s unit. After the war ended, Raffy and Dvora married; together, they set off for the United States. Dvora and Raffy settled in the Silicon Valley to begin a family. Together with friends, Raffy founded Daisy Systems; it became a success. Raffy loved his work and being a father. Raffy remained intellectually engaged throughout his life, attending law school in his 60’s. His intellectual enthusiasm was balanced by his love of the outdoors. Raffy loved gardening and biking with the ROMEO’s (Riding Old Men Eating Out). He loved walking in the Baylands, Sunday drives, and piloting small aircraft. Above all, Raffy’s defining characteristic was his optimism and belief in the good of people. He found ways to connect with everyone, genially engaging friends in political debate as a conservative living in the progressive Bay Area. Struggling with cancer for many years, Raffy maintained a positive outlook, never complaining and never giving up. He was a pillar of strength for his community and his family. He will be deeply missed.
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February 2, 1932 – April 15, 2019 Robert K. Otnes, an aerospace engineer and resident of Palo Alto since 1977, died on April 15 of congestive heart failure. He had been living most recently at Palo Alto Commons. Bob was known for his technical achievements in digital signal processing, a subject he taught and wrote about extensively. He also was known for his general love of things mathematical, especially early slide rules and calculators. In 1991, he co-founded an organization dedicated to preserving their history, the Oughtred Society, which quickly grew to an international membership. Bob was the first editor of the Society’s journal, and his unusual collection became the subject of numerous newspaper articles. In 2005, Bob and the late Tom Wyman, also of Palo Alto, organized an exhibit on the history of calculators for Stanford’s Green Library. Two of Bob’s early calculators are now part of the Mathematics Collection at the Smithsonian. Bob was a son of the Midwest. He was born in St. Louis and raised in Missouri, North Dakota, and Nebraska, frequently moving for his father’s sales career with Folger’s Coffee. He loved to talk about the winter he endured in Fargo and the summer he spent laying ties for the Union Pacific Railroad. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from the University of Nebraska. In 1958, a job in the aerospace industry brought him to Southern California, where he worked for Douglas Aircraft, the Aerospace Corporation, and Measurement Analysis Corporation. He also ran his own company, University Software Systems, while earning his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at UCLA. By the early 1970s, he landed in the Bay Area, finally settling in Palo Alto in 1977. He continued to publish on digital signal processing as he worked for companies such as ESL, Maxim,
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Advent Systems, and finally, Lockheed, where he consulted until he was 75. He also conducted courses for defense engineers in many European countries. In 1988, Bob married Susan Scharf, the employee publications editor at Applied Technology. Six months later she was diagnosed with cancer. Over the next five years, as they remodeled their home and continued to work, Susan researched and endured many treatments. Bob cared for her with loving attention to every medical detail. In May 1993, Susan lost her battle. After Susan’s death, Bob devoted more time to the Oughtred Society and its journal, as well as expanding his calculator collection. He traveled for his hobby as well as for work. He became involved with the Friends of the Palo Alto Library and served on the board for several years. A man of many interests, Bob loved to read in his book-lined home when he wasn’t at the computer. He also enjoyed telling stories, visiting museums, tracking down antiques, walking the neighborhood, and sitting under the redwood trees in his backyard. Bob was preceded in death by his wife Susan and his two brothers, Don (who died in childhood) and Fred, an artist/illustrator. Bob is survived by a cousin, Nancy Slaten of Junction City, Kansas, and her family, as well as his wife’s three sisters, Janet, Cathy, and Barbara Scharf. He is also mourned by his many friends. His survivors are grateful for the loving care he received during his three years at Palo Alto Commons. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 1, in Los Altos. For details about the service please contact Louise at lproteo@aol.com. Donations can be made to Friends of the Palo Alto Library, www.fopal.org. Or any organization supporting STEM education. PAID
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Margie Rauch, 78, died on April 28 of a stroke. She passed away peacefully at Stanford Hospital, surrounded by loving family. She left her children, Marta, Erik, and Loren, and their families, including five grandchildren; her brother, Andy Beyer and his family; and her cousins Kathryn Posin, Elena Pehlke, Glenn Schweitzer, and their families. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert E. Rauch, and son Evan Rauch, in whose honor she helped endow the U. C. Berkeley “Evan Rauch Chair of Neuroscience.” Margie attended Stanford University, and received a degree in Education with a focus on early childhood development. While at Stanford, she met Herb, the love of her life, and they married in 1961. They made their home in Los Altos where they raised their children. Margie enjoyed reading to her children, singing with them, showing them the natural world, bringing them on trips and adventures, and cheering at their sporting events - including many soccer games. While raising her family, Margie enjoyed a fulfilling career in teaching at Peninsula School in Menlo Park, where she touched the lives of many students. She also appreciated the opportunity to travel the world with Herb for his many technical conferences and presentations. Margie enjoyed visiting with all of her dear friends and relatives and attending theater, museums, opera, and concerts with friends and her children and grandchildren. She adored nature, birdwatching, walking with friends, hiking, travel, gardening, helping others in need, reading and sharing books, learning about scientific discoveries, and raising backyard hens and sharing their eggs. She loved watching her grandchildren grow, and enthusiastically cheered them on at their sporting events, plays, and concerts. We remember with love Margie’s joyful spirit, fun presence, wit, intellect, adventurousness, creativity, lifelong learning, love of nature, kindness, compassion, acceptance, and caring. She will be greatly missed by family, friends, and former students. Please visit Margie’s online tribute page. Information on the memorial will be posted here when it is available: https://www. tributes.com/margierauch. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions to a local non-profit of your choice. PAID
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Editorial A secrecy strategy
Email reveals coordinated plan to circumvent ground rules to reach Stanford agreement
hen we recommended that voters support the election of Ken Dauber, Todd Collins, Jennifer DiBrienza and Shounak Dharap in the last two school board elections, their strong views on the importance of transparency was a major factor. Over and over in the past, the school district has found itself in avoidable controversies because past boards and superintendents have opted to hide their actions from the public in improper or illadvised closed sessions, behind-the-scenes communications or calculated obfuscation. These four current school board members ran against this behavior in their campaigns and promised to change the district’s culture of opaque decision-making. So it is deeply disappointing to learn this week that the board, Superintendent Don Austin and Stanford University worked in concert to circumvent the intentions of the Brown Act, limit public awareness and undermine county ground rules agreed to by Stanford when they reached a “conditional” mitigation agreement to compensate the district for the impacts of additional students from new tax-exempt housing development on Stanford lands. In a carefully orchestrated plan revealed in a March 29 email from Austin to the school board and other emails obtained by the Weekly, the school district and Stanford developed and implemented a strategy to hide the fact they had negotiated a deal two weeks prior to April 15, the date that Stanford was technically no longer bound by ground rules established with the county about entering into side agreements relating to the university’s general use permit (GUP) application. (The April 15 date was dubious enough, since it assumed the completion of a county development agreement with Stanford by then, and in fact negotiations had not even begun.) Austin’s email, provided to the Weekly in response to a Public Records Act request, also shows that Austin intended to brief each board member individually about the tentative deal with Stanford and advised them that they could not discuss it with anyone nor consider it an “agreement” because “we are prohibited from striking an agreement until April 15th.” He also alerted the board that there would be a closed session on April 10, for which the district and Stanford attorneys had reached “complete agreement about the posting language” for the agenda notice. That language, the same as had been used for five previous closed-session meetings, improperly hid from the public that the item was about the Stanford negotiations. Instead, it said the legal justification for the closed session was “anticipated litigation ... regarding Stanford University General Use Permit Environmental Impact Report.” In fact, there was never any anticipated litigation against Stanford, nor even a remote rationale for it. That deceptive posting was necessary because there is no proper exception in the Brown Act for holding a closed session on the negotiations the district and Stanford were having. The Weekly warned the board of this improper agenda notice on the morning of the April 16 meeting after learning the real purpose of the meeting and questioned the legality of both discussing and developing a consensus on the agreement outside of a public meeting. Perhaps most revealing of all, Austin’s email told the board “I suggest advertising the meeting widely, but not posting (the agenda) until close to the 24-hour notice (the afternoon of April 15) for reasons I will explain later.” The reason was that he was attempting to make it appear that no agreement had been negotiated until April 15 to protect Stanford from accusations that it violated county rules. Austin told the Weekly the reason was that there was no finished agreement as of March 29 and there was a chance the April 16 meeting wasn’t going to occur. That does not explain why he wanted to give the public the minimum possible legal notice or why the board stood for this. He declined to comment on Stanford’s involvement in deciding on the agenda-posting language for the closed session on April 10, saying, “That gets into so many nuances of the law that for me to comment would be inappropriate.” It was good that the district and Stanford worked to develop an agreement on mitigating increased student enrollment from new Stanford tax-exempt housing, but in the process both engaged in conduct that disrespected and misled the public and attempted to manipulate the county’s process for review of Stanford’s development goals for the next 25 years. It’s now time for the three school board members who haven’t been recused on the issue (DiBrienza, Baten Caswell and Dharap) to partially remediate their actions by asking Stanford to renegotiate the proposed agreement, with full public input and without it being contingent on the county’s approval of a development agreement. Q
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What to put in 2019 time capsule?
Editor, I would put a jar of current (relatively clean) air and a polling of residents about their view of climate change in 2019. Jeralyn Moran Los Robles Avenue, Palo Alto
Yes to business taxes
Editor, Palo Alto is overrun with traffic generated by the employees of companies that have chosen to be in this town and enjoying the synergy of Silicon Valley that has produced a gross domestic product that is the second highest in the world. They are enjoying the benefits of Palo Alto and should share in the cost of providing city services. Palo Alto should adopt a payroll and gross-receipts tax to address congestion, housing, traffic improvements, intersection upgrades, new parking garages, dedicated and protected bicycle lanes, free commuter buses within Palo Alto and more. San Francisco has long charged a gross-receipts tax and a payroll tax on holders of business licenses. Palo Alto should adopt the identical tax system. Major corporations, big law firms, medical clinics and tech companies should pay in Palo Alto the same payroll and gross-receipts taxes they pay in San Francisco. Forget another multiyear study, which CEO Judy Kleinberg wants for the Chamber of Commerce. Naturally, the goose that is going to be plucked wants control over which feathers will be lost. But there is no need to squawk or to waste time on more “process” when there is a proven and fair method that works in San Francisco and is readily adoptable. Richard Alexander Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto
businesses that would profit from the changed zoning. Discussing SB 50, my daughter suggested an analogy to Virginia Lee Burton’s book, “The Little House.” It begins, “Once upon a time there was a Little House. ... But as the nearby city grew, the Little House found her peaceful (place) increasingly overcrowded with buildings and people and vehicles.” The simplicity of this children’s book does not address all the complex issues that SB 50 intends to resolve, but Burton’s wisdom can add serious thought to the SB 50 discussions. Her illustrations powerfully capture what may be our future if zoning decisions are transferred from local to state control. Barbara Kelly Washington Avenue, Palo Alto
Expelled Stanford student
Editor, In expelling Yushi Chao, I believe Stanford owes the world a full and frank explanation for why she was offered admission and why she was not given credit for the credits she earned. Was she offered admission on the recommendation of the sailing coach based on false credentials paid for by her wealthy parents? If not, what other defect infected the admission process in her case? And, if she did the work and earned her grades in the (apparently selective) freshman and other courses in which she was enrolled, why was she not given appropriate credit? James Madison Holly Avenue, Menlo Park
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SB 50 and Burton’s ‘Little House’
Editor, State Senate Bill 50 would replace local zoning control with state control, allowing multistory apartment buildings, potentially without parking provisions, to pepper Palo Alto’s residential neighborhoods, creating urban density and traffic problems. Legitimate arguments exist to build affordable housing for teachers and others who cannot afford housing in cities like Palo Alto, but SB 50 is an aggressive power grab, one of many similar bills circulating in Sacramento and supported by lobbyists, lawyers, developers and other www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • May 10, 2019 • Page 17
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Getting an education,
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y day, Matthew Bodo worked 12-plus hour days as a valet for Tesla in Palo Alto and studied psychology and communications at Foothill College, long fascinated by neurology, human behavior and media. By night, he slept in a shuttle at the high-end electric car company. Without a stable home of his own, he became adept at finding places to sleep. If a friend’s couch or floor wasn’t available, there was the small, carpeted meditation room on campus. There was his car, a 2000 red two-door Mustang with windows that weren’t fully sealed and a malfunctioning heater. Sometimes he could park overnight undetected at Foothill. Other times he would be asked to leave, heading into the night to find somewhere out of sight to park, on a quiet street or behind a supermarket. Bodo, 21, who grew up in Los Altos, felt isolated and ashamed about his living situation. But he was far from alone. A 2018 survey found that 11 percent of Foothill students who responded to the survey are homeless and 41 percent are housing insecure. (About 800 of the community college’s 15,000 students took the survey.) Statewide, nearly one in five community college students are either homeless or do not have a stable place to live, according to a recent survey conducted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice. More than half of the 40,000 students from 57 community colleges who took the survey said they worry about running out of food before they have the money to buy more. The report found the highest rates of homelessness and housing and food insecurity among students in Northern California.
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Many ooff th thes esee students, stud uden dents ts, like ts like ke Many these Bodo do, are are pursuing purs pu rsui uing ng eeducation duca du cati tion Bodo, to break a cycle of difficult life circumstances — homelessness, poverty, abuse, addiction, family conflict — but face barrier after barrier due to the high cost of living, especially in the Bay Area. These students have learned resiliency through hardship and are not accustomed to asking for help or talking about an experience — being without a home — that is often relegated to the shadows. But many have found their voices through advocacy and are pushing their community colleges and elected officials to address an emerging crisis: the untenability of being a full-time student in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets. “You can have education and it’s (still) hard to overcome these circumstances,” said Jimii Lewis, a 26-year-old Foothill student who has experienced homelessness. “Trying to get an education and overcome these circumstances is near impossible.”
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hen Bodo was a teenager, he attended Mountain View High School. After he went to rehab in Texas, he returned to Los Altos to live with his father. They fought often, and bitterly, sometimes ending in Bodo getting kicked out of the house for short stints. He was 19 years old the last time he says he was asked to leave, for good. Bodo piled his belongings into his car, where he slept until a friend let him sleep on his bedroom floor. He was working long days at Tesla three days a week and in class from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. two days a week. What little free
time he had was spent st udying d o studying or doing homework. He had a hard time navigating the academic structure of school, having started during the middle of the school year. He didn’t know where to turn for help. “I was super embarrassed,” he said. “When you hear homeless, you think (of a) hobo. I’m sure that brings slightly different things to people’s minds but that’s never a positive connotation. I was reluctant to talk about it because I didn’t want to be judged for it.” Then, someone he met at the campus food pantry, which Foothill opened in 2013, encouraged him to get involved in student government. A friend connected him to Foothill’s Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), a state-funded program that supports financially needy and educationally disadvantaged students, in which advisers walked him through financial aid and provided academic tutoring. Knowing — or not knowing — whether you can afford a permanent home or your next meal can make or break a student’s success at school, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and Hope Center’s #RealCollege survey found. Students who had experienced housing and food insecurities had grades at C or below at higher rates than those who did not. Basic needs insecurity is also linked with poor physical health, depression and higher perceived stress, the report states. “California’s community colleges are the primary driver of upward social and economic mobility for millions of residents,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley said in a press release for the survey. “This new report should serve as a call to action for fixing the state’s outdated financial aid system and
Foothill College student Matthew Bodo speaks at a press conference in Sacramento about Assembly Bill 302, authored by Assemblyman Marc Berman (in blue tie), D-Palo Alto, on April 2. The bill would allow homeless students to park at community-college parking lots overnight.
Courtesy Assembly Democratic Caucus
The staff and student parking garage at San Jose City College on May 2. Some Bay Area community-college students report sleeping overnight in their cars on campus. Photo by Adam Pardee.
by Elena Kadvany
Cover Story expanding need-based assistance for community college students. No student should face hunger or homelessness. California must do better.” While California community college tuition is less expensive than state colleges or private institutions, the report estimated that a community college student living independently must pay more than $20,000 annually to cover housing, transportation, textbooks and personal expenses. The report advocates for the passage of Senate Bill 291, which would create a California Community College Student Financial Aid program that would provide aid based on the total cost of attendance, including housing, transportation and textbooks.
‘I was reluctant to talk about it because I didn’t want to be judged for it.
—Matthew Bodo
Now an elected senator on the Associated Students of Foothill College Boards of Government, Bodo is using his platform to raise the visibility of student homelessness and housing insecurity. Knowing there were other struggling students at Foothill who, like him, were reluctant to seek help, Bodo and other student leaders started trying to find them to connect them to resources. They posted flyers throughout campus and got the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program to send a mass text to students the office works with. They started hearing from students in response and connected them with the help Bodo once needed but didn’t know how to access — Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, campus psychological services, local food banks and the campus food pantry, a mobile shower and laundry service in Mountain View, and information about the process
to apply for food stamps and lowincome housing. There are community college students who “aren’t going to their support services and financial aid because either they’re too embarrassed or they think, ‘I shouldn’t bother because I should figure this out myself. I should be able to solve this,’” Bodo said. “The more stigmatized it is and the more negative people see it, the less students are going to reach out for help, and that’s bad. The help is there and it really, really, really is helpful.” Connecting housing-insecure and homeless students with support remains Foothill student government’s lowest hanging fruit. They’re also working toward two longer-term goals: to find a way to take advantage of potential available housing in the area around Foothill, such as empty rooms in houses owned by older, retired people with no children, and to advocate for the development of more affordable housing more broadly, including the creation of more accessory dwelling units. Other student groups have also taken up the cause, including the Real Estate Research Club, which created a website where Foothill students can post and search for available rooms for rent. Bodo and other students traveled to Sacramento last month to support the passage of state Assembly Bill 302, which would require community colleges with parking facilities to allow overnight parking by homeless students. The bill passed by a 10-0 vote out of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and is next scheduled to go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. It’s admittedly a “Band-Aid solution,” said Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, who authored the bill, but an effective one while the state works toward the more complicated goal of building more housing. Berman proposed the legislation after repeated student testimonials in hearings on the Master Plan for Higher Education over the last two years
Adam Pardee
Jimii Lewis, right, poses with his English professor and inspiration to join the Umoja community, Kimberly Escamilla, on May 4. Lewis was urged by Matthew Bodo to run for student government.
that housing and food insecurity are “the two biggest issues that students were struggling with in California public colleges in the 21st century,” he told the Weekly. “I want to overemphasize: This is not meant to be a long-term solution, but the crisis exists today and we can’t pretend like it doesn’t. As long as students are sleeping in their cars and being forced into the shadows in dark alleyways or industrial parks where they hope that the police won’t bother them ... that is forcing them into areas that are even more dangerous for them,” Berman said. “Let’s be honest with ourselves about the fact that we have a housing crisis, we have a homelessness crisis and it’s impacting everybody, including our students,” he said. Bodo said the bill would provide relief to students who are living out of their cars. “People generally aren’t very friendly in this area to somebody that is sleeping in their car,” he said. “I think it would also help us visualize the problem.” Sean Bogle, Foothill’s dean of student affairs and activities, said he’d like the community college to work toward opening its parking lots to needy students overnight. There’s already one local example of that: West Valley College in Saratoga, which partnered with the city of Saratoga and the Saratoga Ministerial Association to offer a SafePark Overnight Parking program for students and community members. The extent to which community colleges are scrambling to respond to student housing instability reflects how acute the problem is. Some schools have allowed students to sleep on cots in campus gyms overnight, Bogle said, while he’s working to get financial aid to offer $100 Airbnb gift cards for students who need one night of emergency housing. Since 2016, all California community colleges have been required by law to allow homeless students who are enrolled in coursework, have paid tuition fees, and are in good standing to use campus shower facilities. Another bill, signed into law in 2016, requires California community colleges to designate a staff member as a liaison to support homeless students, which Foothill has yet to formally do. Bodo is spearheading a June 14 summit on student homelessness at Foothill that will bring together students, faculty, staff, community members, civic and nonprofit leaders from throughout California to work on short- and long-term solutions to address the community college student housing crisis. The day-long event will include testimonials from students across the state and problem-solving sessions that the organizers hope will spur concrete action after the event. Thanks to a chance encounter with a diner at the Los Altos restaurant Bodo works at, Bodo now has a roof over his head. Since November, he’s rented a room in a Los Altos Hills house for $1,000
BY THE NUMBERS How many are homeless?
11%
Foothill College students who were homeless in the last year
41%
Foothill students who experienced housing insecurity in the last year
26%
of the housing insecure who doubled up or shared a room in the last year
20%
of the housing insecure who moved in with other people due to financial problems
50 to 55
Students who use Foothill’s free food pantry each week
18%
De Anza College students who were homeless in the last year
56%
De Anza students who experienced housing insecurity in the last year
19%
California community college students who were homeless in the last year
60%
California community college students who experienced housing insecurity in the last year
Sources: Foothill-De Anza Community College District 2018 Student Basic Needs Survey; 2019 California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice report
a month. He has 12 housemates and his room is sparse, but nobody bothers him. His landlord, who didn’t impose a standard requirement of earning at least three times the monthly rent, is kind, he said. The house is a 10-minute drive from Foothill, where he still spends most of his time. Bodo plans to transfer to a fouryear college or university this fall. In April, he received acceptance letters from UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego and posted them to his Facebook page. “What a crazy turnaround,” he wrote. “I really never thought I’d go to college, let alone university!” In the meantime, he’s seizing every opportunity he can to talk about what it’s like to be a homeless student, a reminder to those who have more power than he does — school administrators, elected officials, civic leaders — of the need to take action. “I would love to see administration help push toward that goal because it feels impossible for students to do it on our own,” he said.
Jimii Lewis: ‘Everybody deserves housing’
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ome days Jimii Lewis feels like he’s barely hanging on. He attends Foothill, works two jobs, worries about a custody battle over his 3-year-old son and is running for a seat on student government. He lives in his family home in East Palo Alto, but how long he’ll be able stay is uncertain. His grandmother, who owned the house, died without a will, and his aunt wants to sell. He’s trying
to convince her not to: He barely makes enough to pay her $300 in monthly rent and wants to fix up the five-bedroom house to rent out rooms to other struggling community college students. “If it doesn’t work I’m going to find a way to make a way,” he said in an interview at Foothill last week. “That’s all I’ve known.” Lewis grew up in East Palo Alto but moved to Georgia when he was 10 years old. At 16 years old, he entered the foster care system. By 18 years old, he was on his own, sleeping in slides at parks to stay warm during Georgia winters. He felt self-conscious and unfocused at school. He just hoped nobody noticed that he had slept outside the night before or wasn’t able to brush his teeth that morning. Lewis returned to the Bay Area to play football at Foothill at the urging of his uncle, the school’s running back coach. He didn’t have anywhere to stay when he arrived, so he lived out of his car. Before moving into the family home in East Palo Alto, he slept in a van parked outside, which was “bittersweet,” he said, because it was spacious, but cold. Sleeping in a car takes its toll on the mind, body and spirit, Lewis said. It’s not only physically uncomfortable, “it’s belittling,” he said. “It’s hard to wake up after you sleep in your car knowing you had to sleep in your car.” Lewis worked as a mover to make ends meet, but the situation was untenable: Work interfered with his ability to get to practice and games on time, and football interfered with his ability to make (continued on page 20)
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more money. As a young black man, he thought football was his way to advance in the world. Conflict with his football coach, who he felt didn’t understand the gravity of his living situation, eventually got him kicked off the team, and all that was left was going to school.
‘Everybody deserves housing, especially if you’re a student trying to better yourself and get your education.’
—Jimii Lewis
Lewis felt stuck — like in a “dark mud,” at odds with the mindset of the world he was brought up in, in which earning a living is prioritized over education. “Education is obviously a way of bettering yourself, but if you’re not bringing money in, in the situations that I come from, it’s not helping you. I can learn all I want, but if it’s not going to bring me any money it’s not going to matter,” Lewis said. “That’s not my standpoint, but that’s the stigma I come from.” Lewis considered dropping out of school “so many times.” It was just too hard. He credits Foothill’s Umoja program, a tight-knit community group for African-American students, with keeping him there. An Umoja-organized tour of historically black colleges inspired him to switch to a more challenging STEM major. He hopes to eventually get a master’s degree in biomechanical engineering and a doctorate in quantum physics — degrees he said he would need to understand how to make prosthetics for his young son, whose feet were amputated. “If it wasn’t for someone who actually, genuinely cared about their students,” Lewis said of his Umoja instructor, “I wouldn’t have been here.” Not all Foothill teachers and staff he has encountered have been as understanding, he said. Increasing awareness among those who interact most frequently with homeless and housing insecure students is also critical, Lewis said. “It’s not just about the institution,” he said. “It’s definitely about the teachers.” Foothill should also do more to support programs for minority and low-income students, such as Umoja, Lewis said. While not directly related to housing, the safety net of students who come from similar backgrounds, and understanding teachers, is what kept him moored to school when anxieties about housing and money threatened to pull him away. (Minority students, as well as students who have served in the military, former foster youth, and formerly incarcerated students are all at
greater risk of basic needs insecurity, according to the #RealCollege survey.) “It’s hard to focus on (school) when you’ve got distractions from wants. Just imagine the distractions that happen when they’re needs,” Lewis said. “It’s not like people want to have housing. They need to have housing.” Lewis recently met Bodo, who along with Foothill staff encouraged him to run for student government. His campaign is focused on giving voice to the voiceless at Foothill: minority, older, homeless and housing insecure students like himself. He thinks simply caring more for these groups, through funding programs and acknowledging their unique needs inside and outside of the classroom, would go a long way. “It needs to be recognized how inhumane it is that we don’t consider the fact that everybody deserves housing, especially if you’re a student trying to better yourself and get your education,” he said.
Rey Blanco: ‘There should not be a price on education’
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or the first time in his life, at 36 years old, Rey Blanco has found purpose in education. He enrolled at San Jose City College in January, where he’s taking more than a full course load, is running for student body president and produces a podcast for the college radio station called “Turn Your Life Around with Rey Blanco.” He interviews formerly incarcerated men, like himself, who have turned their lives around to become mentors and role models. He wants to become a psychiatrist, inspired by his own experiences with mental health as a young boy in the foster care system.
‘I’ve been experiencing homelessness my whole life. ... Before education I was lost. This has truly helped me find my way.’
—Rey Blanco
But his grasp on this new life is tenuous. For much of his life, Blanco has been without a permanent, stable home, and it’s a history that’s hard to shake. He only recently found a room to rent after months of couch surfing, sleeping in Bart stations and living out of his car. “I’ve been experiencing homelessness my whole life and I’m really trying to get out of that,” Blanco said. A black rubber bracelet with “I WILL SUCCEED!” in white text circles his tattooed wrist. It reminds him that he’s found his way at school. “Before education I was lost,” he said. “This has truly helped me find my way.”
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When you ask Blanco where he’s from, he says California. His mother was incarcerated on a drug offense when he was growing up in Bakersfield. His father wasn’t in the picture and his grandmother’s house was full, so he bounced from foster home to foster home throughout Northern and Southern California: Morgan Hill, Watsonville, Gilroy, Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos, Fresno, Long Beach. He experienced abuse, he said, and was put on psychiatric medications that he’s now not sure were good for him. When Blanco turned 18 years old, he “got into trouble” that landed him in jail. When he got out, he worked in construction and cut people’s hair for free. He thought he wanted to go to cosmetology school; a more academic path wasn’t in the realm of possibility for him, in his mind. He eventually got on the waiting list
for San Jose City College’s cosmetology program but had a last-minute change of heart and decided to pursue psychiatry. “For a long time I told myself that I couldn’t read; I couldn’t do books,” Blanco said. “When I went to school I started reading books and started picking up on what the teacher was talking about and putting two and two together with education. That’s where I felt happy. I found my passion in education.” Until about a month ago, Blanco was homeless. Before he owned a car, he’d stay with friends. For awhile he slept at a Bart station
Adam Pardee
At San Jose City College, Rey Blanco points to a campaign poster of a student who is running against him for student government. Blanco, who has experienced homelessness throughout his lifetime, says he’s found his passion in education.
in San Francisco. He’d go in late at night, plug his cell phone in to charge and sleep on top of his phone. He didn’t always have money for food or public transportation, relying on the McDonald’s dollar menu and the kindness of Caltrain, VTA and Bart employees. He just kept going, he said. “I’ve been trying to make it, make it, make it. Every time I get ahead or I get some type of money, things fall apart. I never have anything or anybody to fall back on, which I don’t think I should, but man,” he said, “it’s a struggle.” On a whim this spring, Blanco posted an online plea: a Craigslist
ad with a picture of himself, an explanation of his situation and a hope for an affordable room to rent. Amongst the inevitably strange replies was one real one: a computer programmer with an extra room in San Jose. They met and agreed on a monthly rent, $700, that for now Blanco can afford. He can finally lock his own door, feel safe and focus on school — a feeling he hasn’t had for most of his life. Blanco didn’t seek out housing resources or help from San Jose City College but wants to make it easier for other students who are homeless or housing insecure to find the help they need to survive
in the Bay Area. In his campaign for student president, he wants to advocate for these students at a regional as well as local level. “There should not be a price on education,” Blanco said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com. About the cover: Communitycollege student Rey Blanco grabs items from his car for his gym class on May 2. At one point, Blanco lived in his car. Photo by Adam Pardee.
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Hippies, Hells Angels and the Grateful Dead Palo Alto’s Pace Gallery showcases Irving Penn’s sublime portraits from the heyday of the Haight-Ashbury n 1967 there was word coming out of San Francisco of something stirring — new ways of living that were exotic even for California,” wrote famed fashion photographer Irving Penn in his book “Worlds in a Small Room.” “People spoke of a new kind of people called hippies, and of an area where they had begun to congregate called Haight-Ashbury.” Today, some of Penn’s most remarkable work from that era is on display in Palo Alto’s Pace Gallery. When Penn arrived on assignment for Look Magazine during the peak of San Francisco’s
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counterculture moment, he was already a well-known photographer — most notably for his formative role in the creation of Vogue Magazine’s signature fashion photography aesthetic. Yet this was not Penn’s first visit to the Bay Area; he had first photographed San Francisco over a decade prior just as the Beat literary scene was getting its start and the city buzzed with a young and rebellious energy. As he wandered the city, Penn captured street scenes and landscapes, such as century-old buildings and the long-gone Lone Star Baptist Church. It may be difficult for current residents to imagine just
how different the area was at that time but, fortunately, some of Penn’s photos from that earlier period are also on display at the Pace Gallery show. Penn took a different approach on his second trip. This time, rather than walking the streets in search of subjects, he brought members of groups like the hippies and Hells Angels back to the studio he had rented in Sausalito, where he photographed them with his medium format Rolleiflex camera in natural light against a “simple background,” reminiscent of his approach for fashion photography. Penn’s work in the Bay Area
Courtesy of The Irving Penn Foundation
Irving Penn photographed members of Hells Angels in 1967.
Courtesy of The Irving Penn Foundation
by Ethan Beberness
Irving Penn’s photography, including “Hippie Family (Kelley),” is on display at Pace Gallery in Palo Alto. was an extension of the “striking style in still life and portraiture” photography he had become known for during his career at Vogue, according to the Irving Penn Foundation. After World War II, the magazine sent Penn on assignment around the world, where he developed an affinity for portraiture that took advantage of natural lighting, rather than the elaborate artificial lighting setups favored by some photographers of the time. Penn’s studio environment existed in a space between the controlled and the natural. While the appearance of each photograph was still at the mercy of the level of natural light available, the subjects remained posed in front of a simple backdrop selected by Penn. Penn had worked in dozens of studios around the globe but his Bay Area portraits taken in a studio in Sausalito are particularly striking. The studio not only had spectacular natural lighting but was also sturdy and accessible enough for the Hells Angels to bring their massive motorcycles to the shoot. The photographs from those sessions continue to engage viewers a half-century later. From the gallery wall, Hells Angels stare resolutely back at the viewer, challenging the gaze of both the photographer and the gallery-goer. Hippie families and a group of now-legendary local musicians (namely the
Grateful Dead and Big Brother & the Holding Company) adorn another wall nearby. Pace notes that Penn was “a master craftsman and innovator in photographic printing.” The images on display in this exhibit are printed with gelatin silver, Cibachrome and platinum-palladium (a highly time-consuming, labor-intensive process) which collectively speaks to a degree of photographic craft often forgotten in the digital era. Beyond the Bay Area imagery, the gallery presents a variety of Penn’s other work, including portraits of NYC artists and writers, as well as global journeys ranging from New Guinea to the Sahara. The show “highlight(s) Penn’s work in the Bay Area while contextualizing these pieces in his larger oeuvre,” according to the gallery. Q This story was originally published in the Weekly’s sister publication thesixfifty.com. What: The photography of Irving Penn. Where: Pace Gallery, 229 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. When: Through May 26; Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Free. Info: pacegallery.com/ exhibitions/13032/irving-penn.
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Ray D’Ambrosio, Jackie O’Keefe and Alice Highman, from left, argue over a trumpet in “Eschaton,” by Douglas Rees.
Pear’s ‘Slices’ delights in Mountain View Theater’s annual collection of original one-acts is a success By John Orr ear Theatre has outdone itself, overall, with “Pear Slices 2019,” its annual adventure into new one-act plays. The eight plays are uneven, but what are we to expect from bits that only last from 12 to 16 minutes? They get in, deliver a few clever lines or jokes, maybe dispense a bit of meaning and get out. What’s really impressive is the cast, the seven people who play three or four roles each. They quick-change characterizations with admirable skills, and inhabit each role with as much depth as is possible in these short tales. Ray D’Ambrosio, in three roles,
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THEATER REVIEW and Becca Gilbert, in four, are particularly impressive, bringing palpable humanity to each performance. And the Pear is definitely moving up in terms of what it can do technically. Scenic designer Elizabeth Kruse Craig, lighting designer Meghan Souther and sound and projections designer David L. Hobbs give each play its own environment. “Eschaton,” by Douglas Rees, raises some questions about the meaning of Gabriel’s famous horn. Which, as this play begins,
is in a pawnshop. The very impressive Alice Highman is the very suspicious pawnshop owner Sofi, who immediately doesn’t trust Nick (D’Ambrosio), who’s willing to pay a lot for a beat-up old trumpet, but won’t say why. Jackie O’Keefe is almost as tricky as Gabriel, and Sofi doesn’t trust her, either. “I may not be omnipotent,” Gabriel says, “But I can be damned annoying.” “Tick Tock Bio Clock,” by Leah Halper, is a moderately cute and slightly annoying sliceof-life tale about a young woman (Gilbert) who hates going to the clinic to try again to get pregnant. “It’s humiliating,” she says, not to
mention invasive. Daniel ZaferJoyce is her husband, who is as supportive as he can be, but also needs to go to work. “Collision,” by Barry Slater, is a kind of 16-minute noir. A Hyundai and a BMW collide. The Hyundai driver, Marty (D’Ambrosio), is mystified by Leslie Newport Wright as Grace, who is rocking an Eastern European accent and has $100,000 in cash to help smooth things over. Marty has a problem with gambling. Grace somehow knows all about it and wants him to manipulate some line of code at his job. Bill C. Jones shows up near the end. No effective jokes or significant meaning, just a little crime story. “Open the Door for the Stranger,” by Elyce Melmon, is another tale with biblical references on its mind. Highman is a young woman seeking the advice of her mother, played by a barefoot O’Keefe, preparing for a Seder. Both are delightful in this pretty little story. When Zafer-Joyce shows up as the young woman’s new beau, she tells him she wants him to meet her mother. “Mothers of the Bride,” by Meghan Maugeri, gets a lot done in its 12 minutes. Gilbert is Hanna, who is trying on wedding dresses with the advice of her bitter mother, Kristy (o’Keefe), and endlessly positive step-mom, Beth (Newport). The mystery becomes, why is mom so dead-set against Hanna getting married? Beth figures it out. “The Supreme Question,” by V. B. Leghorn, puts Jones behind a podium as the A.I. judge and jury of all things, as Gilbert tries to make a moral decision about an old case involving her family’s property. “God knows everything,” Jones intones, “and so do I.” It’s a little question-raiser about, among other things, the power artificial intelligence might
someday wield, and the crazy balancing act required in moral judgments. “I am always black and white,” says Jones’ robot. “The justice system is not.” “Mister The Bear,” by Bridgette Dutta Portman, is a powerful 12 minutes with D’Ambrosio as Brian, who is being bugged by his little sister Cara, played brilliantly by Gilbert. He wants to get on with his life, but she keeps pressing him to fix “Mister The Bear,” whose ear flap is torn. At first, he just seems like any selfimportant big brother, and she seems like any pig-tailed, goofy little girl. But there is a huge family tragedy to uncover, and this one-act is very moving. “Deuce Cooper: Pier Pressure,” by clever Paul Braverman, is a very funny collection of jokes and wordplay loosely making fun of 1940s spy mysteries and other stuff requiring trench coats and impossibly complicated signs and counter-signs among spies. “The bristle of the thistle makes me whistle” may be one such phrase, although I might have gotten it wrong, not being a spy. “That sounds vaguely dirty,” says one character, more than once. Jones, Zafer-Joyce, Gilbert and Newport are all a lot of fun in this one-act. Hats off to directors Robyn Ginsburg Braverman and Troy Johnson, who manage to make it all work. Freelance Writer John Orr can be emailed at johnorr@ regardingarts.com. What: “Pear Slices 2019.” Where: Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. When: Through May 19 (check online for times). Cost: $35. Info: thepear.org.
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Expanding Services and Programs at Ravenswood Dear Friends,
Ravenswood is also building on the success of our CenteringPregnancyÂŽ program, a group-based model of prenatal care where women who are due in the same month come together for their scheduled medical visits, which launched in 2017. In May 2019, we are implementing the next phase,
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Ravenswood Family Health Center is expanding services and programs thanks to the support of community members like you. Your generosity has made it possible for Ravenswood to continue providing a wide range of primary, dental, and behavioral health services to the most underserved and at-risk individuals in Silicon Valley. Most recently, we opened our expanded Ravenswood Family Dentistry in April 2019. The additional 3,017 sq. ft. space will enable us to serve 3,500 additional dental patients, and increase oral health visits from 16,500 to 25,000, every year.
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Our Mission To improve the health of the community by providing culturally sensitive, integrated primary and preventative health care to all, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status, and collaborating with community partners to address the social determinants of health.
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In response to the shortcomings in the traditional model of care delivery, Ravenswood Family Health Center (RFHC) piloted an innovative group-based prenatal care program called CenteringPregnancyÂŽ, developed by the Centering Healthcare Institute, in 2017. Women who participated in CenteringPregnancy reported extremely high levels of satisfaction with its curriculum and structure. In order to help SDWLHQWV FRQWLQXH UHDSLQJ WKH EHQHĆ&#x201C;WV RI WKH &HQWHULQJ approach, RFHC is launching the next phase of the Centering series, CenteringParentingÂŽ, in the spring of 2019. Similar to CenteringPregnancy, CenteringParenting is a group-care model. CenteringParenting provides pediatric FDUH DQG SDUHQWLQJ HGXFDWLRQ GXULQJ D FKLOGĹ?V Ć&#x201C;UVW WZR \HDUV of life. Parents whose children are born in the same month are grouped into cohorts that come together for well-infant
visits at RFHC. Unlike traditional appointments, parents and their babies participate in 90-minute sessions in which they meet with pediatric staff and other parents. During each session, medical providers conduct well-child exams, and engage parents in lively discussions regarding parenting and healthy childhood development, and address their questions and concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a conversation around your child than it is around coming in for advice,â&#x20AC;? says Sandra Nova, RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pediatric Project Specialist. Moreover, parents with newborns have the opportunity to bond with their providers and other parents going through the same experience, receiving the social and emotional support they need to be resilient in the face of adversity. RFHC is excited to offer CenteringParenting. Through WKLV SURJUDP SDUHQWV ZLOO JDLQ FRQĆ&#x201C;GHQFH LQ WKHLU SDUHQWLQJ skills and be empowered to take charge of their own health and the health of their children!
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concerns she had not considered before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a very good experience,â&#x20AC;? she shares. Shortly before the end of her cohort sessions Kenya gave birth to her son, Oliver. In late 2018, Kenya was excited to learn she was pregnant again. She recalled the strong support from CenteringPregnancy, and decided to participate again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compared to the one-on-one clinic setting, I feel like CenteringPregnancy is better!â&#x20AC;? she exclaims. Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion for the CenteringPregnancy program caught the attention of RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facilitators. When a steering committee was established to plan the continuation of the program, CenteringParentingÂŽ, they invited her to join their discussions. Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insights into what motivates or prevents patients from engaging in group-based programs are highly valuable to the committee. As a patient and a mother, Kenya has a unique point of view that is helping to shape the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just try to help as much as I can,â&#x20AC;? Kenya explains. She is determined to make RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CenteringParenting as successful as it predecessor. In addition to being an integral member of the steering committee, .HQ\D LV SURXG WR VKDUH WKDW VKH LQWHQGV WR EH RQH RI WKH Ć&#x201C;UVW CenteringParenting participants after her baby is born in May!
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Ravenswood Celebrates the Grand Opening of its Expanded Dental Clinic In March 2019, Ravenswood Family Health Center (RFHC) proudly celebrated the grand opening of its dental clinic expansion with its funders, community partners, and HOHFWHG RIĆ&#x201C;FLDOV $WWHQGHHV JDWKHUHG WR ZLWQHVV WKH unveiling of RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly constructed dental wing, a beautifully designed 3,017 sq. ft. space that added nine new dental chairs to RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing dental clinicâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ravenswood Family Dentistry (RFD). This expansion will increase RFDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service capacity by an additional 3,500 patients a year. /XLVD %XDGD 5)+&Ĺ?V &KLHI ([HFXWLYH 2IĆ&#x201C;FHU &(2 DQG Melieni Falemaka Talakai, RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board Chair, presided RYHU WKH UHFHSWLRQ 7KH\ LQWURGXFHG LQĹ´XHQWLDO OHDGHUV WR present their remarks, including local faith leader Pastor Paul Bains, co-founder and president of the Project WeHOPE Shelter in East Palo Alto; Congresswoman Jackie 6SHLHU 'U <RJLWD %XWDQL 7KDNXU &KLHI 'HQWDO 2IĆ&#x201C;FHU RI RFD; Rick Williams, CEO of The Sobrato Family Foundation; Pamela Kurtzman, CEO of Sequoia Healthcare District; and Leslie Bulbuk, Senior Field Representative for State Assembly Member Marc Berman. The speakers shared their passion for equal access to dental care, an ideal that resonated with RFHC staff and guests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dental care is part of healthcare. It is connected to healthcare, [and] it can be a lifesaving service,â&#x20AC;? stated Congresswoman Speier. Without proper dental care in RFDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service area, many would not be able to thrive and
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After suddenly losing his wife, Falanisi was left to raise and provide for their seven young children on his own. To support his children, he worked three jobs and often skipped meals so that his children would have food to eat. He knew that missing meals was detrimental for his health since he had diabetes. Falanisiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;knowing that he needed to keep up with his health in order to continue working and providing for his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;started searching for a doctor who could help him manage his diabetes.
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At Ravenswood Family Health Center (RFHC), we always put patient satisfaction as our top priority. Our patients make us who we are. To improve patient experiences, we have implemented CICareâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an evidence-based model for patient interaction that incorporates best practices in communication and patient care. Developed by the University of California, Los Angeles, CICare requires staff to display six key behaviors toward patients:
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1. Connect to patients with compassion by addressing them by their preferred name and title. 2. Introduce self with integrity so patients know who staff members are, and what their role at RFHC is. 3. Communicate clearly so that patients understand the care being provided. 4. Ask patients for their permission or concerns before implementing actions that will affect their health. 5. Respond to patient needs and questions quickly and effectively. 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exit with Excellenceâ&#x20AC;? by ensuring all of the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs are met. Christina Meacham, RFHCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patient Experience Manager, is leading the adoption of CICare at RFHC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My role is: respond to resolve,â&#x20AC;? she says. Every day Ms. Meacham meets with patients to discuss their experiences, and address areas of clinic operations that could be improved to better meet patient needs.
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Since implementing CICare, Ms. Meacham has led RFHC to make a number of changes including issuing new badges that clearly identify staff and their roles, creating a faster and more convenient check-in process, and making patient feedback surveys more accessible and easier to complete. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This PRGHO ZLOO KHOS XV Ć&#x201C;QG RXW ZKDW SDWLHQWV QHHG DQG KRZ ZH FDQ VHUYH WKHP EHVW Ĺ? VKH VKDUHV %\ improving patient experience, RFHC has proven itself to be a health center that always has their patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best interest at heart.
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Silicon Valley Eats exhibit comes to the Los Altos History Museum by Chrissi Angeles hile most think of Silicon Valley as the epicenter of all things tech, the area was nicknamed “The Heart’s Delight” by John Muir in 1912, as he believed it was one of the most agriculturally bountiful regions in the world. From Mariani Premium Dried Fruit, founded in Cupertino, to Impossible Foods founded in Redwood City, Silicon Valley is the birthplace of food companies, canneries and orchards. The Los Altos History Museum last weekend debuted a new exhibit called “Silicon Valley Eats,” to educate visitors about the food and farming culture in the area. The museum curator, Amy Ellison, moved to Silicon Valley last fall and started working for the Los Altos History Museum in January. She said her favorite part of creating the exhibit was learning about the region by connecting with people who worked in canneries, picked fruit, owned or managed restaurants or had ancestors who developed important agricultural systems. Stories, artifacts and photographs from these people bring Silicon Valley’s history and future of food to life in the exhibit. “As someone new to this area, I found it a very inspiring exhibition to work on,” she said. “Today, Silicon Valley is famous for innovative technology, but when we look back at all the agricultural technologies developed here in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it’s clear that spirit of innovation has been thriving here for a long time.” Ellison said that she was surprised to learn about the sheer number of orchards and canneries in Santa Clara Valley. One of her
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of Food,” examines local food movements and issues of sustainability. Local food tech companies Impossible Foods, which makes the meatless Impossible Burger, and Brava are included, along with groups such as Slow Food South Bay, which focuses on locallygrown, seasonal foods. An original prototype Brava energy-efficient oven, created by Gunn High School alumni Dan Yue and Thomas Chen, is a part of the exhibit’s “Smart Kitchens” vignette. The oven allows home cooks to prepare foods at different temperatures simultaneously. At the opening reception on May 5, Brava chef Lindsay West used the oven to make albondigas, Mexican meatballs made from Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat. The museum is hosting several workshops in conjunction with the exhibit, including a cocktail
Modern and vintage menus from local restaurants are featured at the Silicon Valley Eats exhibit at the Los Altos History Museum. mixology event, cooking demonstrations and food-focused panel discussions. One of the workshops encourages visitors to explore hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities at an apricot-themed STEM Fair on June 30. Inspired by local food pioneers and entrepreneurs, the event includes orchard-themed activities and an appearance by Lisa Prince Newman, author of the cookbook, “For the Love of Apricots.” “We hope people will enjoy the exhibit and be able to relate to the stories we tell, whether they used to pick fruit in the orchards, or whether today they enjoy plantbased meat and cricket flour,” Ellison said. “We also hope that this exhibition makes people think more about the food they buy and eat. We often take food for granted
and it becomes routine, but looking back at the food we ate and looking forward to the future of food can help us reflect on the impact our eating habits have on our communities and our planet.” Q Freelance writer Chrissi Angeles can be emailed at chrissiangeles@gmail.com. What: “Silicon Valley Eats: A Taste for Innovation”. When: Through Sept. 8, 2019, Thursdays-Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Where: Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Cost: Free. Info: losaltoshistory.org/exhibits/ silicon-valley-eats/.
Stanford Continuing Studies, the Stanford Program in History and Philosophy of Science, and the Department of History present
500 YEARS OF LEONARDO, 1519–2019 The Signs of Time: Leonardo’s History of the Earth and the Faith of Man Based on insightful observations and daring hypotheses, Leonardo da Vinci was among the first to hold that Earth has a long history marked by continuous transformations. In his view, these changes could create environmental conditions that would make life of humans and animals impossible. Where did Leonardo get his ideas about nature and time, and how did they evolve? This talk, led by Museo Galileo director Paolo Galluzzi, will explore Leonardo's understanding of the geocosm in his notebooks, including the Codex Leicester.
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Tuesday, May 14 • 7:00 pm CEMEX Auditorium, GSB Knight Management Center Stanford University • Free and open to the public For more information: continuingstudies.stanford.edu/events www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • May 10, 2019 • Page 27
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Elementary, my dear Pokémon The popular franchise gets a live-action spin in “Detective Pikachu” 00 (Century 16 & 20, Icon) “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” brings the gigantic global video and card game/anime/comic-book franchise to the big screen in a big way, but it feels more like a sales pitch than a fully realized story. After establishing some mystery involving an incident at a research laboratory, “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” gets down to world-building by establishing a universe in which humans coexist with Pokémon (a.k.a. “pocket monsters”). In this universe, these little beasties (which come in more than 800 wildly differing varieties) start out feral and either get trapped for underground cage matches or domesticated as contented partners to humans. When Tim Goodman (Justice
Smith), the 21-year-old son of fallen Ryme City Police detective Harry Goodman, takes the train to Ryme City to get the bad news in person, he meets a Pokémon. Older viewers — if indeed any bother with the movie — will immediately recognize Ryme City as a variation on Toontown from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” As in that live-action/animation hybrid, non-humans roam more or less freely amongst humans, although nastiness plays out in the noir-ish shadows. Director Rob Letterman (“Gulliver’s Travels,” the animated “Monsters vs. Aliens”) gives the city a sunny introduction before plunging it mostly into nighttime, this futuristic pseudo-Tokyo bathed in the glow
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of neon signs and video screens (thank you, “Blade Runner”). In his father’s apartment, Tim meets “Detective Pikachu” (Ryan Reynolds), a Pokémon whose English-speaking voice only Tim can (magically) hear. Pikachu sports big doe eyes, cherry-red cheeks and yellow fur from his rabbit ears to his lightning-bolt-shaped tail, all topped with a deerstalker cap. A caffeine-addicted amnesiac, this pudgy lil’ cutie isn’t a whole lot of help — he can’t seem to get his powers to work — but he is Tim’s only link to his dead father. The pair’s investigation runs afoul of a drug that turns Pokémon rabid, which leads them to the supposedly altruistic Clifford Industries, run by Roger Clifford (Chris Geere) and his visionary father Howard (Bill Nighy). For a PG movie, “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” turns out to be convoluted and literally dark, so it’s a toss-up how the wee-est ones will respond to it — though they’ll certainly enjoy the dynamic between the boy and his quippy Pokémon, as well as the decidedly non-photo-real CGI animation. The messy plot lurches along like a car with a bad transmission, busting out with twists having
Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds (Pikachu) and Kathryn Newton star in “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.” to do with secret genetic experimentation and the true nature of Harry’s disappearance. All of this loosely derives from a video game called “Detective Pikachu,” but the plot contortions required to justify a talking Pokémon (and, thereby, dialogue) bring to mind a quadruple-jointed yogi. Is this the Pokémon movie that fans want? I’m guessing it’ll do for most, as the “gotta catch ‘em all” franchise is the Easter Egg basket that keeps on giving allusions and “cameos” (fans’ hearts will no doubt swell at scenes like the
one that gives a hero moment to the Bulbasaur breed). With Reynolds’ wisecracking and a number of frantic action sequences, this looks like an effective enough franchise launcher. But the early inklings of a 1980s kid-movie vibe (think “Gremlins”) don’t quite deliver on their promise of straightforward fun and games — it all feels a little too much like work. Rated PG for action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements. One hour, 44 minutes. — Peter Canavese
MOVIES NOW SHOWING Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Amazing Grace (G)
Long Day’s Journey into Night (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun.
Long Shot (R) ++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Calamity Jane (1953) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
The Pajama Game (1957) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
A DAZZLING RUDOLF NUREYEV ARRIVES IN PARIS AND MAKES A CHOICE THAT CHANGES HIS LIFE FOREVER.
Captain Marvel (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. The Chaperone (Not Rated)
Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (PG) ++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun.
++++-Peter “AN EXHILARATING GIFT!” Travers, ROLLING STONE
The Curse of La Llorona (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
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The Intruder (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Little (PG-13)
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The Hustle (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun.
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Century 16: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun.
Century 16: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun.
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Shazam! (PG-13) +++
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Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Tolkien (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. UglyDolls (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. Us (R) +++1/2
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
The White Crow (R)
Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun.
+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding
Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16 Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20 CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp ShowPlace Icon: 2575 California St. #601, Mountain View tinyurl.com/iconMountainView Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org
Find trailers, star ratings and reviews on the web at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies
Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 51.
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Summer
Class Guide This summer, there are countless opportunities along the Midpeninsula to reduce your screentime and enjoy some sunshine. We’ve compiled a new resource guide with classes and activities offered in the area. The extensive list includes a variety of classes in the arts, career prep, fitness and more. Have you been interested in learning a foreign language, how to play a new instrument or trying out a new workout class? No matter your interests, this guide has something to help you make the most of the longer, warmer days ahead.
BUSINESS & TECH CareerGenerations
2225 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto / 650-320-1639 info@careergenerations.com careergenerations.com CareerGenerations offers group workshops and programs to meet the career needs of a variety of individuals, including college students looking for internships, graduates looking for employment and those re-entering the market.
DANCE Brazivedas
53 Shorebreeze Court, East Palo Alto 650-644-7343 / brazivedas.com
Brazivedas offers classes in Brazilian dance, music and martial arts for all ages and experience levels. Classes are held at several venues, including Lucie Stern Community Center, Stanford University campus and a home studio in East Palo Alto.
Dance Connection
4000 Middlefield Road, L-5, Palo Alto / 650-322-7032 info@danceconnectionpaloalto.com danceconnectionpaloalto.com Dance Connection offers a preschool combination class for preschool-age children (beginning at age 3), graded classes for youth and adults and other programs to meet dancers’ needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, Pilates and other instruction is available for students at various levels of ability. Registration for summer programs now open online.
Zohar School of Dance & Company
4000 Middlefield Road, L-4, Palo Alto / 650-494-8221 zohardance@gmail.com zohardancecompany.org With roots going back to 1979, Zohar School of Dance holds a range of adult dance classes in jazz, contemporary, modern, ballet, musical theater and tap. Though mainly an adult studio, Zohar
also welcomes younger students. View class schedules and 2019 events online.
in a fun, supportive and co-ed environment. Registration for youth volleyball is currently open online.
SPORTS & OUTDOORS
HEALTH & FITNESS
Baylands Golf Links
1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-856-0881 / baylandsgolflinks. com Private lessons — teaching golf technique, rules and etiquette — are available at any level of experience.
Avenidas
4000 Middlefield Road I-2, Palo Alto 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto 650-289-5400 / avenidas.org Avenidas offers a plethora of classes, as well as lectures and workshops, for Midpeninsula seniors focusing on topics such as general health, physical fitness, languages, humanities, computing, music and writing. Membership costs, fees and class descriptions are listed on the website.
Kim Grant Tennis Academy
3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-752-8061 admin@kimgranttennis.com kimgranttennis.com The Kim Grant Tennis Academy organizes an array of tennis classes and programs for adults and children, including those with special needs. Registration for summer camps is open.
Equinox
440 Portage Ave., Palo Alto 650-319-1700 / equinox.com/clubs/ northern-california/paloalto Equinox’s Palo Alto location offers a variety of fitness and wellness activities including Firestarter, a day’s worth of cardio in 30 minutes; The Pursuit by Equinox, a cycling experience; and a Barre and band class.
United States Youth Volleyball League
Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto / 310-212-7008 info@usyvl.org / usyvl.org/locations/ palo-alto Run by the league and volunteers, the youth volleyball program allows boys and girls of all skill levels from ages 7 to 15 to play and learn the sport
SoulCycle
600 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto / 650-784-7510 soulpaloalto@soul-cycle.com soul-cycle.com/studios/palo/28
SoulCycle combines inspirational coaching, high-energy music, indoor cycling, choreography and more to create an enjoyable, full-body workout. Riders of all fitness levels and as young as age 12 can participate in a variety of classes.
Studio Kicks
796 San Antonio Road A, Palo Alto 650-855-9868 info@studiokickspaloalto.com studiokickspaloalto.com Studio Kicks is a family fitness center offering cardio kickboxing classes and training in martial arts for children and adults.
Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA
3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto. 650-396-9244 / taoisttaichi.org/ locations/palo-alto-mitchell-park. The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, a charitable organization with nationally accredited volunteers, holds classes designed to improve balance, strength, flexibility, relaxation and health. Beginner classes are held a few days each week. (continued on page 30)
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Uforia Studios
819 Ramona St., Palo Alto 650-329-8794 / uforiastudios.com Uforia Studios offers exercise classes incorporating dance (Pop and Hip Hop), cycle classes (Revolutions and Revolutions: Road) and strength and cardio (Grit). View available classes and reserve online.
YogaWorks Palo Alto
440 Kipling St., Palo Alto 650-468-2929 yogaworks.com/location/palo-alto With locations across the nation, YogaWorks studio holds classes on yin and yang, Vinyasa flow, Iyengar, power and restorative yoga, as well as TRX, a circuit workout and circuit training.
SPECIAL NEEDS Bay Area Friendship Circle
3921 Fabian Way, Suite A023, Palo Alto / 650-858-6990 bayareafc. org / info@BayAreaFC.org The Bay Area Friendship Circle offers programs for children, teens and young adults with special needs ages 2 to 22 year-round as well as winter and
summer camps. Trained teen volunteers provide one-on-one friendship and support. For more information about summer camp or to register for programs, visit the website.
LANGUAGE COURSES Berlitz Palo Alto Language Center
159 Homer Ave., Palo Alto 650-617-0720 / berlitz.com/ language-centers/palo-alto Berlitz provides adult and youth language instruction in Spanish, German, French, English and other languages. Private lessons, tutoring, testing services and cultural agility training for businesses are also available.
Language classes at the Palo Alto Adult School
Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-329-3752 / adultschool@pausd. org / paadultschool.org/class/ world-languages Classes are offered in Spanish, French, Italian and Mandarin Chinese. The classes cover beginning and advanced skills and sometimes literature and arts.
EDUCATION IS for LIFE
MIND & SPIRIT Integrated Healing Arts
4161 El Camino Way, Palo Alto 650-493-7030 iha@integratedhealing.org integratedhealing.org Integrated Healing Arts instructors teach ongoing classes on meditation, self-development, self-realization, tai chi, qigong and spiritual health.
ARTS Art & Soul
Webster Street Studio, 2326 Webster St., Palo Alto 650-269-0423 / artandsoulpa.com Art & Soul runs after-school art clubs throughout the week at Walter Hays and Ohlone elementary schools and Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, in addition to a club on Wednesdays at its studio. Programs allow children to explore drawing, painting and sculpture techniques, as well as develop their observational skills. Art & Soul also offers Art & Wine events for private groups. Summer registration is open.
The Midpen Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 650-494-8686 / info@midpenmedia.org midpenmedia.org
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The center offers workshops for a range of media arts, including video production, photo enhancement, studio work and more. The center suggests starting with one of its free hour-long orientation sessions.
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto 650-329-2366 / cityofpaloalto.org/gov/ depts/csd/artcenter Palo Alto Art Center classes and workshops — teaching children, teens and adults — cover such areas as ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, sculpture, Adobe PhotoShop and more.
Sur La Table Cooking School
Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real, #57, Palo Alto 650-289-0019 cooking073@surlatable.com surlatable.com/category/cat2211278/ Cooking+Classes Sur La Table offers hands-on cooking classes, guiding students in making regional cuisines, themed meals or special foods like bread, croissants and baked goods. Classes for kids, teens and adults are available.
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
Children’s Health Council
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-326-5530 / info@chconline.org chconline.org Children’s Health Council holds a variety of classes touching on child-behavior issues, dyslexia, anxiety and depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism and other topics related to encouraging all children’s success. All classes are taught by the organization’s experts.
Parents Place
200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto 650-688-3040 parentsplaceonline.org/peninsula A resource center for parents, Parents Place on the Peninsula offers workshops on subjects ranging from sibling rivalry to building a child’s self-esteem and confidence. Parent and child activity groups are also organized. View upcoming workshops online.
SCHOOL DAYS Amigos de Palo Alto
1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto 650-493-4300 info@amigosdepaloalto.com amigosdepaloalto.com Amigos de Palo Alto is a Spanishimmersion preschool for children 2 1/2 and older. Students are a mix of native and new Spanish speakers, and the program combines reading, writing, art and play to develop a love of learning. Amigos also offers Spanish-immersion after-school programs for kindergartners with some Spanish experience. Registration for summer programs is open online.
Emerson School
NOW REGISTERING CAMPERS FROM PRESCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL
For more information and to register go to: cityofpaloalto.org/jmz
PARENT EDUCATION
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-424-1267 emersonschool@headsup.org headsup.org/emerson-school Emerson School provides a full-day, year-round program for grades one to eight, teaching a personalized, Montessori curriculum. Lessons draw from classical subjects and other areas, including art, music, foreign language, physical education, communication, life skills and more. Apply online.
HeadsUp! Child Development Center
2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-424-1221 / pacdc@headsup.org headsup.org/headsup HeadsUp! Child Development Center serves infants, toddlers and preschoolers (to age 6) with a full-day program, yearround. The Montessori curriculum focuses on building thinking skills and personal values. A bilingual Chinese-English preschool classroom is also available.
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International School of the Peninsula
151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto 650-251-8500 / istp@istp.org / istp.org International School of the Peninsula is an independent bilingual immersion day school with two nursery-to-fifth-grade programs in French and Mandarin Chinese, as well as an international middle school program. Some of the programs offered include media and technology, music, gastronomy and athletics.
Kehillah Jewish High School
3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-213-9600 / kehillah.org This college-preparatory high school (grades 9-12) features modern science and computer labs, art and music studios, a drama program, a full range of academic courses with small class sizes, sports teams and more.
Oshman Family JCC Leslie Family Preschool 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-223-8788 earlychildhood@paloaltojcc.org
Summer Class Guide paloaltojcc.org/preschool The Oshman Family JCC’s preschool program provides one- to five-days-perweek options for children 18 months to 5 years old (ages 2 to 4 at Congregation Beth Am), with an emphasis placed on experiential learning, family involvement and play. Parent/caregiver participation programs are available for children 12 to 23 months old.
Meira Academy
Living Wisdom High School of Palo Alto
Milestones Preschool
Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 650-646-1066 LivingWisdomHighSchool.org Living Wisdom High School serves ninth through 12th grade, and offers a strong emphasis on personalized learning as well as project-based, experiential, in-depth study rooted in creativity, inner development, compassion, critical thinking and problem-solving. Additionally, daily yoga and meditation instruction is included, and curriculum includes a balanced approach to academics and wellbeing through outdoor adventures and field trips abroad.
Living Wisdom School of Palo Alto
456 College Ave., Palo Alto 650-462-8150 / info@livingwisdomschool.org LivingWisdomSchool.org Offering daily yoga, meditation and experiential, project-based learning, Living Wisdom School has 24 years of proven success and serves students in transitional kindergarten through Grade 8. It offers a 1:6 teacher-student ratio in kindergarten; an integrated arts program which includes music, theater, art and dance; a balanced approach to technology; and after-school care.
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-485-3589 office@meiraacademy.org meiraacademy.org Meira Academy is a traditional, allgirls Jewish high school devoted to academic excellence in general and Jewish studies, preparing its students for college, as well as seminaries in Israel. 3864 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-494-0550 preschool@abilitiesunited.org milestonespreschool.org Milestones Preschool offers a yearround, project-based program that fosters the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of children ages 2 to 5.
Mustard Seed Learning Center
2585 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-494-7389 info@mustardseedlearningcenter.org mustardseedlearningcenter.org The Mustard Seed Learning Center is an after-school tutoring and care program that teaches local youth to speak Mandarin Chinese, in addition to emphasizing social development and excellence in mathematics, science, arts and music. Registration for summer camp is open.
Sand Hill School
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-688-3605 info@sandhillschool.org sandhillschool.org Located at the Children’s Health Council, Sand Hill School teaches children from kindergarten through eighth grade with language-based learning differences, and assists with the attention and social difficulties that go along with them. Apply online.
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SUMMER WRITING CAMPS
Sora International Preschool of Palo Alto
701 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto 650-493-7672 info@sorapreschool.com sorapreschool.com Sora International Preschool is an English-Japanese bilingual preschool for children 3 to 6 years old. The school combines an early-childhood play experience, instruction in Japanese and English, and exposure to both cultures through traditional events.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Palo Alto Adult School
Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-329-3752 adultschool@pausd.org paadultschool.org Computer, language, cooking, writing, art, outdoor and finance classes — and many other offerings — are available through the Palo Alto Adult School. Summer quarter begins June 10. Class Guides are published quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and the Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered in Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley and Woodside are provided. Listings are free and subject to editing. Due to space constraints, classes held in the above cities are given priority. To inquire about submitting a listing for the next Class Guide, email Editorial Assistant Cierra Bailey at cbailey@ paweekly.com or call 650-223-6526. To place a paid advertisement in the Class Guide, call the display advertising department at 650-326-8210.
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ACADEMICS Harker Summer Programs
ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS San Jose
The Harker School’s summer programs for children K - grade 12 offer the perfect balance of learning and fun! Programs are led by dedicated faculty and staff who are experts at combining summer fun and learning. Strong academics and inspiring enrichment programs are offered in full day, partial and morning only sessions.
www.harker.org/summer
(408) 553-5737
i2 Camp at Castilleja School
Palo Alto
i2 Camp offers week-long immersion programs that engage middle school girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The fun and intimate hands-on activities of the courses strive to excite and inspire participants about STEM, creating enthusiasm that will hopefully spill over to their schoolwork and school choices in future years.
www.castilleja.org/i2camp
(650) 470-7833
iD Tech
Stanford/Bay Area
The world’s #1 summer STEM program held at Stanford, Palo Alto High School, and 150+ locations nationwide. With innovative courses in coding, game development, robotics, and design, our programs instill in-demand skills that embolden students to shape the future. iD Tech Camps (weeklong, 7-17), Alexa Café (weeklong, all-girls, 10-15), iD Tech Academies (2-week, 13-18).
idtech.com/locations/california-summer-camps/ stanford-university (844) 788-1858
STANFORD EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research Stanford EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford. Stanford EXPLORE offers high school students the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.
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Summer at Sand Hill School
Palo Alto
June 26 to July 23. If you’re looking for a great summer learning plus fun option for your child and you want them to be ready for fall, please join us at Sand Hill. The morning Literacy Program (8:30 to noon) provides structured, systematic instruction for students with learning challenges entering grades 1-8 in the fall. The afternoon Enrichment Camp (Noon to 4) focuses on performing arts, social skills and fun. Choose morning, afternoon or full day.
www.sandhillschool.org/summer
Summer@Stratford
(650) 688-3605
Palo Alto/Bay Area
Stratford infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) curriculum into an innovative and enriching summer camp experience. Younger campers learn, explore, and engage in hands-on learning projects, while Elementary-age students collaborate to tackle real-world problems by utilizing academic principles and concepts in a fun and engaging way. At the Middle School level, individual subject-based enrichment classes are offered and tailored for each grade level.
stratfordschools.com/summer
Write Now! Summer Writing Camps
(650) 493-1141
Palo Alto Pleasanton
Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing and Presentation Skills. Visit our website for more information.
www.headsup.org
Emerson: (650) 424-1267 Hacienda: (925) 485-5750
Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Casti Camp offers girls entering gr. 2-6 a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips. Leadership program available for girls entering gr. 7-9.
www.castilleja.org/summercamp
(650) 470-7833
www.mountainview.gov/register
City of Palo Alto Summer Camps
(650) 903-6331
Palo Alto
A wide array of camps, from theater and tennis to ceramics and coding. Kids in kindergarten through high school can participate in camps during week-long sessions from June 3 to Aug 9.
www.cityofpaloalto.org/summercamps (650) 463-4949
Community School of Music
Mountain View
Community School of Mountain View Music and Arts (CSMA) Mountain View 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, Summer Music Workshops, more! One and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care from 8:30am-5:30pm. Financial aid offered.
(650) 917-6800 ext. 0
Oshman Family JCC Camps
Palo Alto
Camps at the OFJCC introduce your child to new experiences while creating friendships in a fun and safe environment. We work to build confidence, stretch imaginations and teach new skills.
www.paloaltojcc.org/Camps
Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)
(650) 223-8622
Palo Alto
PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of engaging opportunities. We are excited to announce all of your returning favorites: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.), PACCC Special Interest Units (S.I.U.), F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment), J.V. Sports and Operation: Chef! Periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the variety of offerings at PACCC Summer Camps. Open to campers from all communities. Register online.
www.paccc.org
Stanford Jazz Workshop
(650) 493-2361
Stanford
World-renowned jazz camps at Stanford. Week-long jazz immersion programs for middle school musicians (July 8-12), high school (July 14-19 and and July 21-26), and adults (July 28-Aug. 2). All instruments and vocals. No jazz experience necessary!
www.stanfordjazz.org
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
(650) 736-0324
Palo Alto Menlo Park
Art, cooking, tinkering, yoga and mindfulness. We celebrate multiple perspectives and recognize the many ways for our children to interpret their world. Summer Unplugged! is appropriate for ages 6-11 years. Located at Walter Hays School.
June 3 - August 2. Kids have fun, create a character, and learn lifelong performance skills at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Theatre Camps. TheatreWorks offers summer camps (six sessions offered in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Los Altos between June 3 - August 2) for children and youth in grades K-6. Professional teaching artists lead students in activities including acting, dance, playwriting, and stagecraft skills.
www.artandsoulpa.com
www.theatreworks.org/education
ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS Art and Soul Camp
Palo Alto
(650) 269-0423
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Kim Grant Tennis Summer Camps
Palo Alto Monterey Bay
Fun and specialized Junior Camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, High Performance and Elite tennis levels. Weekly programs designed by Kim Grant to improve player technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness and all around game. Weekly camps in Palo Alto and Sleep-Away Camps in Monterey Bay. SO MUCH FUN!
Text: (650) 690-0678 Call: (650) 752-8061
Mountain View
Come have a blast with us this summer! We have something for everyone – Recreation Camps, Specialty Camps, Sports Camps, Swim Lessons, and more! Programs begin June 4 – register early!
www.arts4all.org
www.danceconnectionpaloalto.com/danceconnection-event-calendar/summer-dance-camps (650) 852-0418 or (650) 322-7032
www.KimGrantTennis.com
City of Mountain View Recreation
Palo Alto
Share the joy of dance with us! Our studio is an extended family and a “home away from home” for our community of children and teens. At Dance Connection, we value the positive energy and atmosphere that we continuously strive to provide. Summer Dance Camps include all styles of dance for ages 4 and up and features our new “This is Me!” Empowerment Camp along with Teen Jazz and Hip Hop Camps. A Summer Session for ages 3 to adults will be offered from June 3-August 2.
(650) 463-7146
Nike Tennis Camps
Bay Area
Junior overnight and day tennis camps for boys and girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult weekend clinics available June and August. Camps directed by head men’s coach, Paul Goldstein, head women’s coach, Lele Forood, and associate men’s and women’s coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Join the fun and get better at tennis this summer.
www.ussportscamps.com
(800) NIKE-CAMP (800) 645-3226
Run for Fun Camps
Bay Area
Run for Fun’s mission is to provide creative and engaging play for all youth by getting kids active in an inclusive community centered around outdoor fun! We pride ourselves on hiring an enthusiastic, highly trained staff who love what they do. Summer 2019 features four weeks of Adventure Day Camp and two weeks of Overnight Camp High Five. Adventure Day Camp is a new discovery every day filled with sports, crafts and nature, including explorations to Camp Jones Gulch, Capitola Beach, Foothills Park, Shoreline Lake and Great America. Camp High Five is six days and five nights of traditional overnight camp mixed with challenge-by-choice activities, campfires, friendships and lots of laughter.
www.runforfuncamps.com/summer-camps-andschool-holiday-camps/camp-overview (650) 823-5167
Stanford Athletics & Youth
Stanford
Stanford Youth Programs brings you Camp Cardinal! Week-long day camp programs on campus for kids (grades K – 10) from June 3 – August 9. Space is limited so register online now.
campcardinal.org
(650) 736-5436
Stanford Baseball Camps
Stanford
At Sunken Diamond on the campus of Stanford University. A variety of camps are offered to benefit a wide range of age groups and skill sets. Campers will gain instruction in several baseball skills, fundamentals, team concepts, and game play.
www.stanfordbaseballcamp.com
Stanford Water Polo Camps
(650) 725-2054
Stanford
New to water polo or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or full day options for boys and girls ages 7 and up. All camps provide fundamental skills, scrimmages and games.
www.stanfordwaterpolocamps.com
Wheel Kids Bike Camps
(650) 725-9016
Addison Elementary, Palo Alto
Adventure Riding Camp for rising 1st - 8th gr, Two Wheelers Club for rising K - 3rd gr. Week-long programs from 8:30 - 4, starting June 3rd. Join us as we embark on bicycling adventures for the more experienced rider or help those just learning to ride.
www.wheelkids.com/palo-alto
(650) 646-5435
YMCA of Silicon Valley Summer Camps
Silicon Valley
At the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Sign up today, camps are filling up! Financial assistance is available.
www.ymcasv.org/summercamp
(408) 351-6473
Home&Real Estate
OPEN HOME GUIDE 47 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com
A weekly guide to home, garden and real estate news
Home Front
TREE WALKS ... The environmental nonprofit Canopy is conducting a tree walk in Palo Alto’s University South neighborhood on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to noon. Expert arborists Dave Dockter and Ted Kipping will lead the tour and talk about trees in the neigborhood. The walk starts at the Palo Alto Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Ave. The group holds walks the second Saturday of each month. Upcoming tours include: Edible Urban Forest (June 8), Cuesta Park (July 13) and Remarkable Trees of East Palo Alto (Aug. 10). To RSVP for the free walks, email info@ canopy.org. CITYWIDE YARD SALE...Residents who want to sell items at the Palo Alto Citywide Yard Sale scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, June 1, must register by Friday, May 10, to have the location of their yard sale with a description of their merchandise published online and in the May 31 print edition of the Palo Alto Weekly. To register, go to.PaloAltoOnline.com/yardsale, email zerowaste@cityofpaloalto.org or call call 650-496-5910. HOMEBUYING CLASS ... Christina Hood, founder and CEO of SVHoods, Global Real Estate Group at Keller Williams, is teaming up with Spiro Hischmech, vice president of Mortgage banking at Premier Lending Inc., to help prospective homebuyers understand the Palo Alto real estate market during an hour-long class on Wednesday, May 29, at 505 Hamilton Ave., Suite 100, Palo Alto. The event is free. To register, go to bit.ly/2LnKY85. Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email editor@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.
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Christian Trujano
ARCHITECTURAL TOURS ... Each week through the start of June, the nonprofit Palo Alto Stanford Heritage group is conducting free, guided walking tours that explore the architectural styles of buildings and historical homes in various Palo Alto neighborhoods. Upcoming tours include downtown (Saturday, May 11), College Terrace (Saturday, May 18), Professorville (Sunday, May 19) and just beyond Professorville (Saturday, June 1). Tours start at 10 a.m. For information about where to meet, go to pastheritage.org/tours.html.
The vacant lot at 1628 Bryant St., once part of the grounds of the adjoining historic 1920s Wickett estate, has sat vacant for decades. On April 11, it was listed on the market for $9 million.
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quarter-acre property for sale in Palo Alto is turning heads for what’s not included in its $9-million price tag: a house. The vacant lot at 1628 Bryant St. went on the market on April 11 for double Palo Alto’s $3-million median home value, or about the price of what it would cost for three single-family homes in the city. The Old Palo Alto property, once part of the grounds of the adjoining historic 1920s Wickett estate, has sat virtually undisturbed behind a stucco wall serving as a home for a giant oak tree and a grove of redwoods since being split off from the main estate in 1972. The longtime owners reportedly had planned to build a home on the site decades ago, but nothing was ever constructed, and the property remained in their hands unchanged. There have been no improvements, no permits and — until last week — not even an address assigned to the undeveloped land, which was assessed at $69,012 in June 2018, according to the Santa Clara County assessor’s office. Adam Touni, broker-associate and listing agent from The reSolve Group at Compass, said the 11,375-square-foot lot is a rare find in Old Palo Alto that provides buyers the ability to build whatever home they want, especially in an area with many historic homes whose facades can’t be changed. “This is a blank space for a prospective buyer,” Touni said. “There’s value in that. Buyers
What $9 million won’t get you in Old Palo Alto: A house on a lot Vacant property listed for sale after sitting undisturbed for decades by Linda Taaffe have the ability to build a modern home or a Craftsman or whatever they want.” He said the value of property in Palo Alto is in the location of the land and what a buyer can build on it. On this site, that means a 4,000-square-foot house with another 2,000 feet of basement space, Touni said. An architect has created conceptual drawings to show what can be built there, he added. The median home values of homes in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood range between $7.73 million for a five-bedroom home to $4.1 million for a three-bedroom home, according to online real estate database Zillow. But sales prices can vary widely. Next door to the Bryant lot, the 6,625-square-foot Wickett house at 1600 Bryant St. went on the market last month with a list price of $19.8 million. (Touni said the sale of the two properties is a coincidence. They are not linked in any way.)
Another nearby property on Coleridge Street is listed for $17.5 million. Touni said he estimates that the Bryant lot could be worth between $15 million and $20 million once a home is added to the site. “The properties in this area of Palo Alto are all unique,” he said. While only a half dozen empty lots go up for sale in Palo Alto during any given year, according to anecdotal information from local realtors, the Bryant lot isn’t the first vacant property in Old Palo Alto that raised some eyebrows in recent years when it went on the market. In 2016, a vacant 5,250-square-foot lot at 2257 Bryant St. made local headlines when it sold for $2.7 million — more than $200,000 over asking price. (The lot, now with an estimated value of $3.4 million, is still vacant.) Another empty lot in the neighborhood at 2051 Waverley St. sold for $11.4 million in 2014 after a historic home on the site was demolished. That property also is still vacant.
According to Zillow, two vacant Palo Alto lots were on the market near Gunn High School earlier this week: A 1.03-acre site off Arastradero Road advertised as “the only flat vacant acre parcel in Palo Alto” was listed for $15 million. The other lot, a 9,896-square-foot parcel on Arastradero Road, was listed at $2.58 million. Xin Jiang, a Realtor at Alain Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto, said vacant lots are often preferred by buyers looking to build a new home. “It’s a cleaner cut versus lots with old homes, as not all homes can be torn down easily,” she said. “The fact that some old homes are on Palo Alto’s historic registry or potentially eligible for historical status always makes buyers who intend to re-build hesitate.” She said the uncertainties associated with whether an existing home can be easily demolished, normally bring down the price of a property. Many local and foreign buyers are waiting for the lot at 2051 Waverley to come back on the market because a 26,344-square-foot lot is a rare opportunity in the heart of Old Palo Alto, Jiang said. There are drawbacks, however, to purchasing vacant lots, she said. It’s difficult for buyers to acquire traditional financing because a piece of dirt without a dwelling normally won’t appraise, she said. In these purchases, she said buyers typically have to use all cash or more expensive non-traditional financing. Q Associate Editor Linda Taaffe can be emailed at ltaaffe@ paweekly.com.
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REAL ESTATE ADVISORS & BROKERS
CRESCENT PARK CLASSIC
526 CENTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO NUMBERS Offered at: $6,500,000 4 Bedrooms + Studio Apt. 4.5 Bathrooms House: 3,131 sf + Studio Apt.: 474 sf Total Living Area: 3,605 sf Lot: 14,237 sf OVERVIEW Street Presence Open Beam Ceilings Majestic Grounds Great Window Line Highly Updated AMENITIES Among Palo Alto’s Most Beautiful Streets Walk to Eleanor Pardee Park 1 Mile to Downtown No Flood Zone SCHOOLS Duveneck ES (API: 956) Green MS (API: 934) Palo Alto HS (API: 906)
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STEVE PIERCE 650 533 7006 pierce@zanemac.com CalBRE # 00871571
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NUMBERS Offered at: $4,500,000 4 Bedrooms 3.5 Bathrooms House: 3,204 sf Lot: 5,000 sf
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STEVE PIERCE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS & BROKERS
OVERVIEW Many Green House Features Open Floor Plan Warm Contemporary Design High Ceilings Basement will Accommodate a Variety of uses
650 533 7006 pierce@zanemac.com CalBRE
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NUMBERS Offered at: $2,998,000 3 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms House: 1,394 sf Lot: 6,772 sf OVERVIEW Private Back Yard Located on Quiet Tree-Lined Street Not in the Flood Zone
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546 JACKSON DRIVE, PALO ALTO
AMENITIES Walkable: Duveneck School, Eleanor Pardee Park, Edgewood Shopping Center PALO ALTO SCHOOLS
STEVE PIERCE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS & BROKERS
650 533 7006 pierce@zanemac.com CalBRE # 00871571
Duveneck ES (API: 956) Green MS (API: 934) Palo Alto HS (API: 905)
546JACKSON.COM
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New Home Blending Mediterranean & Contemporary Styles Open Saturday and Sunday 1:30 -4:30 pm
2938 Ross Road, Palo Alto Just completed, this home combines classic Mediterranean style outside with chic contemporary design inside – all built with extraordinary construction methods rarely found in Palo Alto. • Just completed new 3-level home in Midtown • 5 bedrooms and 5.5 baths • Approximately 3,575 square feet of living space plus 204 square-foot garage • Formal living room and formal dining room • Upstairs master suite plus two bedrooms • Lower-level bedroom suite, recreation room with bar, and fitness center
• High ceilings throughout the house • Andersen dual pane windows throughout • Double layered handmade clay tile roof with custom color • Custom staircase with linear steel railings and wood handrail • Triple-zone heating and air conditioning • All bedrooms, family room, gym and recreation room are wired for cable/data
Offered at $4,988,000
• High end Hansgrohe plumbing fixtures • Stunning custom front entry door and custom interior doors • Home automation with app-controls for security, temperature, lights and irrigation system • Walking distance to mid-town shops/cafes and supermarket • Top-rated Palo Alto schools: Palo Verde Elementary; Stanford Middle; Palo Alto High
Jenny Teng
650.245.4490 Jteng@apr.com www.apr.com
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113 Byron Street, Palo Alto WWW.113BYRONSTREET.COM
Can’t decide – palo alto or menlo park? Live right at the border of these two cities. Designed by notable architect Roger Kohler, the kitchen is the hub of this downtown Palo Alto home. With a breakfast bar, informal eating area and large family room opening to the side and rear yards, there is lots of indoor-outdoor flow for entertaining and relaxing. Built in 2007 with the master suite on the main level and 2 spacious bedrooms on the second floor, this well-designed floor plan provides a lot of gracious living space on a cozy landscaped lot with decks, patio and a fountain. Located approximately 6/10 mile from the center of downtown Palo Alto and just across the creek from Menlo Park. Palo Alto schools. List price $3,529,000 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:00-4:00PM
Nancy Goldcamp Direct: (650) 400-5800 nancy@nancygoldcamp.com www.nancygoldcamp.com CAL BRE# 00787851 Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor agents and are not employees of the Company. ©2018 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker logo, Coldwell Banker Global Luxury and the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. CalRE License #01908304.
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THE ADDRESS IS THE PENINSU THE EXPERIENCE IS A IN PINEL
LOMA MAR $8,888,000
MENLO PARK $4,088,000
LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,998,000
PALO ALTO $3,398,000
8140 Pescadero Creek Road | Land Q. Grimm/D. Chesler | 650.400.7879 License # 01405453 | 00675583 BY APPOINTMENT
773-775 Partridge Avenue | 8bd/4.5ba Grayson Martin | 650.272.8899 License # 02057945 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
26755 Robleda Court | 5bd/3.5ba Barb Conkin-Orrock | 650.209.1539 License # 00943512 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
3649 Ross Road | 4bd/3ba Adela Gildo-Mazzon | 650.714.0537 License # 01371327 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 12:00-5:00
LOS ALTOS $3,195,000
MENLO PARK $3,075,000
PALO ALTO $2,788,000
LOS ALTOS $2,388,000
361 N. San Antonio Road | 4bd/2.5ba Cindy Lunk/Ryan Gowdy | 650.305.9490 License # 02037820 | 01322889 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 12:30-4:30
2061 Gordon Avenue | 4bd/3ba Darlene Pylkkanen | 650.868.2291 License # 01115594 BY APPOINTMENT
2671 Bryant Street | 2bd/1ba C. Zhou/K. Wilson | 650.245.5698 License # 01440807 | 00902501 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
960 Terrace Drive | 3bd/2ba Kathleen Wilson | 650.207.2017 License # 00902501 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
SAN JOSE $2,200,000
MENLO PARK $2,095,000
MENLO PARK $1,998,000
REDWOOD CITY $1,648,000
1641 Sweetbriar Drive | 4bd/3ba Patrick Taylor | 650.269.2160 License # 00454986 OPEN SATURDAY 1:00-4:00
789 16th Avenue | 4bd/3ba Katy Thielke Straser | 650.888.2389 License # 01308970 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
1326 Hoover Street Unit #2 | 2bd/2ba Liz Daschbach | 650.207.0781 License # 00969220 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 2:00-4:00
1754 Kansas Street | 3bd/3.5ba Gary Bulanti | 650.483.5532 License # 01232945 BY APPOINTMENT
MORGAN HILL $1,488,000
REDWOOD CITY $1,265,000
MENLO PARK $1,199,000
SAN JOSE $1,049,000
6700 Croy Road | 4bd/2ba B. Bianchini/M. Andrighetto | 650.796.4902 License # 00878979 | 01993000 BY APPOINTMENT
630 Bair Island Road #108 | 2bd/2.5ba Supriya Gavande | 650.556.3890 License # 01856590 OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30
150 Alma Street #213 | 2bd/2ba Liz Daschbach | 650.207.0781 License # 00969220 BY APPOINTMENT
797 Adeline Avenue | 4bd/3.5ba Carolyn Botts | 650.207.0246 License # 01249573 OPEN SATURDAY 1:00-4:00
APR.COM
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Los Altos 650.941.1111
Menlo Park 650.462.1111
Menlo Park-Downtown 650.304.3100
Woodside 650.529.1111
Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources.
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205 Eleanor Dr, Woodside A gem tucked away in beautiful Woodside Heights Listed for $6,000,000 | Living Space: 4,190 sq ft Main house: 4 bed /3 bath, Guest house: 1 bed/1 bath julianalee.com/205eleanor
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837 Gladiola Dr. Sunnyvale Charming Ranch-Style Home
Listed for $1,850,000 | Living Space: 1,713 sq ft 4 bed/2 bath julianalee.com/837gladiola
Juliana Lee MBA/LL.B
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3649 ROSS ROAD, PALO ALTO CONTEMPORARY AND SPACIOUS HOME IN DESIRABLE PALO ALTO NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES CHIC UPGRADES 4 Bedrooms â&#x20AC;¢ 3 Bathrooms â&#x20AC;¢ 2,846± Sq. Ft. Home + 400± Sq. Ft. Garage â&#x20AC;¢ 7,798± Sq. Ft. Lot
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2671 BRYANT STREET, PALO ALTO Open Sunday, May 12th & 19th, 1:30 - 4:30pm Prime Midtown Home Ready For Your Touch Sweet centrally-located starter home offering two bedrooms and one bath. Living & dining areas with wood-burning fireplace. Hardwood floors, indoor laundry and a detached two-car garage on a 6734+/-sf lot. Schools: El Carmelo, Jordan and Paly Offered at $2,788,000
Kathleen Wilson
650.207.2017 | kwilson@apr.com KathleenWilsonHomes.com License # 00902501
Claire Zhou
650.245.5698 clairezhou@apr.com License # 01440807
APR.COM Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors®. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.
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LEGEND: CONDO (C), TOWNHOME (T).
ATHERTON 46 Lilac Dr Sun 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker
$6,995,000 3 BD/2 BA 465-6210
99 Nora Wy Sat/Sun 1-5 DeLeon Realty
$2,988,000 4 BD/3 BA 900-7000
90 Macbain Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker
$5,995,000 5 BD/3.5 BA 465-6210
CAPITOLA
870 Park Av #217 Sat 1-4 Keller Williams Realty
$575,000 1 BD/1 BA 831-207-0725
FOSTER CITY
720 Promontory Point Ln #2309 (C) $1,238,000 Sun 1-4 3 BD/2.5 BA COMPASS 533-3628
FREMONT
46925 Aloe Ct Sat 1-4 Keller Williams Realty
LOS ALTOS
1070 Mercedes Av #23 Sat/Sun 1-5 DeLeon Realty
$2,795,000 4 BD/3.5 BA 740-8363
$988,000 2 BD/2 BA 900-7000
1495 Cedar Pl Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Alain Pinel Realtors
$2,689,000 4 BD/2 BA 823-8057
317 Silvia Dr Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Intero
$3,998,000 4 BD/3.5 BA 947-4700
1272 Via Huerta Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Alain Pinel Realtors
$3,000,000 4 BD/2 BA 823-3057
1470 Montclaire Pl Sat/Sun 1-4 Sereno Group Realtors
$3,899,000 5 BD/3.5 BA 388-0029
LOS ALTOS HILLS 12468 Barley Hill Rd Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Sereno Group Realtors
$3,998,000 4 BD/2.5 BA 740-5390
27760 Edgerton Rd $5,295,000 Sat 2-4 4 BD/6 | 2 BA Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 388-0730 13981 Fremont Pines Ln $8,800,000 Sat 2-4 4 BD/4.5 BA Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 917-2433
LOS GATOS
16385 Peacock Ln $3,195,000 Sat 1-4 5 BD/4 BA Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 408-489-0025
MENLO PARK 204 Chester St Sat 1:30-4:30 DeLeon Realty
$1,488,000 2 BD/1 BA 900-7000
1326 Hoover St #2 (C) Sat/Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors
$1,998,000 2 BD/2 BA 207-0781
2140 Santa Cruz Av C205 (C) Sat/Sun 2-4 Coldwell Banker 1000 Middle Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker
$850,000 2 BD/2 BA 302-2449 $2,680,000 3 BD/2.5 BA 855-9700
30 Sharon Ct Sun 1:30-4:30 COMPASS
$3,150,000 3 BD/2 BA 465-7459
2325 Tioga Dr Sat 1:30-4 Coldwell Banker
$4,195,000 3 BD/3 BA 619-3621
789 16th Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Alain Pinel Realtors
$2,095,000 4 BD/3 BA 888-2389
2190 Avy Av $3,500,000 Sat 2-4 4 BD/3.5 BA Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 427-9211
PALO ALTO
221 Laurel St Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Sereno Group Realtors
$3,850,000 4 BD/3 BA 947-2942
961 Channing Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 DeLeon Realty
$1,798,888 2 BD/2 BA 900-7000
865 Middle Av Sun 1:30-4:30 Sereno Group Realtors
$3,750,000 4 BD/4.5 BA 269-7266
2312 Louis Rd Sat/Sun 1-5 DeLeon Realty
$2,988,000 2 BD/2 BA 900-7000
3617 Oak Dr Sun 1-4 COMPASS
$4,798,000 4 BD/4.5 BA 269-8556
101 Alma St #201 (C) Sat/Sun 1-4 COMPASS
$1,499,000 2 BD/2 BA 468-4834
2127 Oakley Av Sat/Sun 1-4:30 Coldwell Banker
$3,395,000 4 BD/3 BA 804-1099
546 Jackson Dr Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Zane MacGregor
$2,998,000 3 BD/2 BA 533-7006
103 Melville Av Sat 1-4 Intero
$2,950,000 3 BD/3 BA 543-7740
3880 Alameda de las Pulgas Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 DeLeon Realty
$2,488,000 5 BD/4 BA 900-7000
2102 Old Page Mill Rd Sat 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker
$3,595,000 3 BD/3 BA 752-0767
900 Hobart St Sun 1:30-4:30 COMPASS
$4,895,000 5 BD/3.5 BA 465-7459
671 Barron Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 COMPASS
$3,550,000 4 BD/3 BA 799-8888
2070 Sterling Av Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Intero
$3,298,000 5 BD/4 BA 947-4700
526 Center Dr Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Zane MacGregor
$6,500,000 4 BD/4.5 BA 533-7006
926 Colonial Ln Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Keller Williams Realty
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SPEAKING OF THE NCAA ... No. 23 Stanford women’s lacrosse will open its ninth NCAA tournament against No. 7 Notre Dame on Friday at 5 p.m. in Evanston, Ill. Stanford is making its ninth NCAA appearance and eighth in coach Amy Bokker’s 11 years at the helm.
ON THE AIR Friday College women’s water polo: NCAA tournament: Pacific at Stanford 3:30 p.m., ncaa.com/live College softball: Stanford at Washington, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks College women’s lacrosse: NCAA tournament: Stanford vs. Notre Dame at Northwestern, 5 p.m., NUsports. com College baseball: Stanford at California, 7:05 p.m., Pac-12 Networks
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Makenzie Fischer, named the MPSF Player of the Year, is averaging 3.71 goals per game. In the past 15 years, only two MPSF players have averaged more than 3.00 goals per game.
NCAA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
Stanford looking for lucky number seven The Cardinal qualifies for its 19th consecutive NCAA championship tournament
by Rick Eymer he Pac-12 Conference is aptly nicknamed “the conference of champions,” and Stanford is home to a record 120 NCAA titles, three more than UCLA’s 117, though, to be fair, the Bruins did reach 100 first. The second-ranked Cardinal women’s water polo team, already in possession of six national titles, hopes Stanford remains a home of
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champions this weekend as it hosts the three-day NCAA tournament at Avery Aquatic Center beginning Friday. Stanford (20-2) opens against Pacific (18-8) at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The Tigers defeated Cal Lutheran 16-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals. Top-ranked USC (26-1) opens Friday’s action at noon against UC San Diego (22-13), which downed
Wagner, 12-8. Hawaii (18-5) and No. 4 California (16-8) play at 1:45 p.m. and No. 3 UCLA (23-6) meets Michigan (23-8) at 5:15 p.m. Sacred Heart Prep grad Maddy Johnston has 34 goals and 28 assists for the Wolverines thus far. Menlo-Atherton grad Faith Dunn has appeared in four matches for the Bruins. The USC-UCSD winner meets the Cal-Hawaii winner on Saturday
at 3 p.m. The Stanford-Pacific winner plays the UCLA-Michigan winner at 5:15 p.m. Sunday’s championship match is 3 p.m. All games will be streamed via on ncaa.com/ live with USA Water Polo’s Greg Mescall handling the call. Stanford has won five of the last eight titles. The Cardinal, which has been in every national final (continued on page 50)
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Menlo goes for a repeat Knights to meet WCAL champion Bellarmine in final
by Rick Eymer ll Palo Alto baseball coach Pete Fukuhara wanted was for his team to be playing well when it mattered most. His players are responding. The Vikings, who struggled through a bad stretch during the middle of the season, appear to be the team who won 10 in a row rather than the team that lost four of five. Palo Alto, which beat Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division regular season champion Los Gatos 1-0 on Wednesday in the semifinal round of the league playoffs, are in position to win the league tournament a third consecutive year. Palo Alto (19-9) travels to play Wilcox at 4 p.m. Friday in Santa Clara for the playoff championship.
by Rick Eymer his is familiar territory for Menlo School, which finds itself in the Central Coast Section championship match for the 11th consecutive year. The Knights have won it eight times during that span. Menlo School will be looking to add another Central Coast Section championship trophy to its extensive inventory Friday at Courtside Bay Club in Los Gatos. That’s when the Knights play Bellarmine in a repeat of last year’s CCS title match. The match begins at 1:30 p.m. Menlo and Bellarmine have a long, rich tradition of meeting for the title since the tournament was reduced to one division in 2007. The Knights and Bells have met for the title six times previously and Menlo is 6-0. Menlo advanced with Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over nemesis St. Ignatius in the semifinal round. Bellarmine reached the title match beating Menlo-Atherton, 6-1. The Bears finish another
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ON COURSE FOR CCS ... The Palo Alto boys golf team didn’t clinch a spot in the Central Coast Section championships out of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic league tournament. Vikings’ coach Doyle Knight needed to present his case as an at-large berth to the seeding committee. The Vikings made the most of their second chance, finishing fourth at the CCS Regional II at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch and qualifying to compete for the overall CCS title on Tuesday. Tee time is 8 a.m. in Monterey County. Paly’s team total of 394 was two strokes better than fifth-place Monta Vista and three strokes shy of Valley Christian. Anthony Ha led the Vikings effort with a 2-over 74, good for a seventh-place tie. Akira Isayama (76) and Bob Zhu (77) also finished among the top 18 to give Paly an edge. Gunn’s James Berger was the top local golfer, placing third with a 1-under par 71, easily qualifying him for the CCS tournament as an individual. His teammate Avery Chen needed to win a playoff to earn his spot. Menlo placed seventh with a score of 407 and Sacred Heart Prep was ninth at 430. Menlo’s Jeremy Yun shot a 74 to qualify and teammate Charlie Hsieh shot 75 to move on. SHP’s Finn O’Kelly also shot a 75 and will advance ... In Regional I, MenloAtherton finished out of the money but Jonathan Dicks earned himself a spot by shooting a round of 77 in the morning and winning a tie-breaker.
Dean Casey is 4-2 with an 0.96 ERA. During the long winning streak, which included back-to-back nohitters and another near no-hitter, everything worked. The Vikings allowed a total of 11 runs during their win streak and they produced enough offense and played solid defense to keep things rolling. Wilcox (21-5) is on its own 10game winning streak after beating Los Altos 7-2 on Wednesday. The (continued on page 51)
successful season with a 17-3 record. By virtue of reaching the championship, Menlo (21-2) has clinched a spot in the NorCal tournament at Broadstone Racquet Club in Folsom on May 17-18. The defending champion Knights hope to acquire their 16th CCS overall championship trophy. They have not won backto-back titles since 2014-15 (beating Bellarmine in 2015). Andrei Volgin, Menlo’s top player, remained undefeated on the season with his 6-0, 6-3 victory over SI’s Mason Fung at the top of the singles ladder. Kevin Kafayi and Rohan Shah helped Menlo sweep the three doubles matches, winning at No. 3, 6-2, 6-3. Brandon Aprill and Mick Tamas won at No. 1 doubles, 6-1, 6-1, and Soren Sutaria and Nishan Rajavasireddy completed the sweep at No. 2, 6-3, 6-2. Six of the seven matches were decided in straight sets, with SI winning at No. 2 and No. 4 (continued on page 51)
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since 2010, has been runner-up eight times and is the only team to appear in all 19 NCAA championships since its inception in 2001. Stanford swept the Mountain Pacific Sports Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major postseason awards, with Makenzie Fischer voted the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s player of the year, Ryann Neushul its newcomer of the year and John Tanner its coach of the year. Fischer and Neushul headlined the list of five Cardinal to earn All-MPSF recognition. Fischer was joined on the All-MPSF first team by her younger sister, sophomore Aria Fischer. Kat Klass was an All-MPSF second team selection, while goalkeeper Emalia Eichelberger received All-MPSF honorable mention accolades along with Neushul. Makenzie Fischer is averaging 3.71 goals per game. In the past 15 years, only two MPSF players have averaged more than 3.00 goals per game. Fischer is sixth on Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time scoring list with 199 career goals in 71 games. The juniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 78 goals this season are second in school history. Stanford tops the MPSF in goals per game (16.09), ahead of USC (13.81), and is second in goals allowed per game (6.50), trailing the Trojans (4.33). Individually, Makenzie Fischer leads the league in goals per game (3.71) and Aria Fischer is seventh (2.19). Sarah Klass is ninth (1.86), Kat Klass is 12th (1.57), Ryann Neushul is 15th (1.45), Madison Berggren is 16th (1.44) and Madison Stamen 18th (1.38). Emalia Eichelbergerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7.40 goals against average is fourth in the conference and her 9.12 saves per game are third. Thea Walsh is second in goals against average (5.08) and eighth in saves per game (6.20). Q
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Chargers started their streak with 8-1 and 8-5 league wins over Palo Alto. It was the end of a stretch in which Paly lost a season-long three straight and four of five, giving up 25 runs in that span. “Most of our teams have gone through lulls,’’ Fukuhara said after the second loss to Wilcox. “We want to be hot at the end of the season. We’ve got to keep playing the game the right way. If we do that good things will happen.’’ The Vikings started turning things around the following week and have won eight of 11 since and those three losses were all by a single run in non-league games. Wednesday’s game was just the latest example of good things happening. Dean Casey pitched six scoreless innings, giving up seven hits and striking out three, though there were several stressful moments along the way. Josh Kasevich, pitching for the first time since an 8-1 loss to Wilcox on April 10, took over in the seventh and made sure his teammates enjoyed a roller coaster ride, loading the bases with one out, before striking out the final two hitters he faced. His final seven pitches were all strikes and the Wildcats (21-7) just could not
catch up, both of them swinging strikeouts. Kasevich, who is headed to Oregon on a baseball scholarship, was a regular in the rotation, although his pitch count was restricted. He’s 5-0 with an 0.40 ERA, recording 45 strikeouts in 35 innings this season. He missed two games with an injury and his pitching was curtailed as a result. He never lost his batting touch though and has hit safely in nine of his past 10 games. He’s hitting .443 with 20 RBIs and 13 extra-base hits. Casey (4-2, 0.96 ERA) hasn’t seen much action since losing
to the Chargers on April 12. He made his second appearance since and has thrown nine scoreless inning. Earlier in the season, he had a consecutive streak of 15 scoreless innings, which included his no-hitter in a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart Prep on March 5. Pitching is one of Paly’s strengths. There are 11 different pitchers with at least one decision on the roster and six of those have thrown at least 11 innings. Senior Hyunwoo Roh (5-0, 2.41) has given the Vikings eight solid outings and has thrown 14 innings over his past three appearances, all in the last three weeks when
Paly needed him. Roh, who will be attending Johns Hopkins in the fall, has an ERA of 0.50 with 14 strikeouts in his last three outings. Ritter Armsbaugh drove in the only run of the game for the Vikings and that came by way of some situational hitting Casey started the seventh but was lifted after giving up a leadoff single. Kasevich got a quick out on a grounder that advanced the runner to second. Another single left runners on first and third. A catcher’s interference call loaded the bases, setting up the back-toback ‘Ks.’ Q
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singles. The last match of the afternoon involved freshman Alex Volgin at No. 3 singles. The heir apparent to his older brother’s spot in the lineup, Volgin worked hard to win the first 7-5 but then fell 6-3 in the second set. In the tie-breaker, even with nothing on the line, both Volgin and SI’s Jack Carroll put on a performance. Volgin finally caught a break and won, 10-8, to determine the final margin. Q
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Milan Hilde-Jones
Aidan Everett
GUNN SWIMMING The senior placed second in the 200 IM in a school record time, fourth in the 100 fly and helped the 400 free relay team set a CCS meet record. She also swam on the second-place 200 medley relay as the Titans defended their title.
GUNN BASEBALL The junior became the first pitcher to throw a second no-hitter this season, accomplishing the deed in a 4-0 win over Lynbrook last week, striking out nine batters, and helping the Titans remain in first in the SCVAL El Camino Division.
Honorable mention Alexandra Chan*
Sarah Snyder*
Jonathan Affeld
Jackson Lee
Jessica Eagle
Charlotte Swisher
Max Cluss
Cole Mediratta
Tori Mock
Charlotte Tomkinson
Jared Freeman*
Francisco Sanchez
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Answers on page 28.
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13 Lemon peel part 18 Pumped up 24 Jeweler’s measurement 26 Prefix trickily paired with “spelled” 27 Betelgeuse constellation 28 Shakespearean character in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet 29 Gave a thumbs-up to 30 Guitar maker Paul 31 He gets knighted in “Cars 2” 33 Asia-Europe border range 34 Nerve-wracking 37 Phillips-head hardware 40 Strong holds 41 Galilee, e.g. 43 “Aladdin” song “Prince ___”
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44 Decorated again 46 Negev, e.g. 48 They’re gonna ... do what they do 50 Obsolescent contraction 52 Off-base, unofficially 53 Crafted 55 Unfooled by 57 Caramel-filled Hershey’s brand 58 Like many fans 59 “Scream 4” and “Party of Five” actress Campbell 60 Olympian war god 63 Mtn ___ ©2019 Jonesin’ Crosswords (jonesincrosswords@gmail.com)
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