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Counties strike deal on Caltrain tax measure Supervisors agree to keep governance reforms off of ballot, include them in separate resolution by Gennady Sheyner

eeking to ward off a predicted financial meltdown of Caltrain, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors agreed on Tuesday to support placing on the November ballot a sales tax measure to fund the

transit agency’s operations. The board’s vote offered the tax measure a last-minute reprieve after weeks of dispute and acrimony among the counties and agencies that make up the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Authority, which

operates the rail line. Transit officials and elected representatives have clashed over the issue of governance reforms, which some had argued needed to be included as part of the tax proposal. Supervisors from San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have long complained about the fact that San Mateo County has the lion’s share of control over Caltrain operations, since the San Mateo

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insurmountable obstacle on July 31, when the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) fell a vote shy of approving the placement of the San Francisco-approved measure on the ballot. Any ballot measure would require approval from all three boards of supervisors and four (continued on page 14)

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Tobacco retailers sue over new ban Plaintiffs seek more than $5.2 million for ‘irreparable harm’ by Lloyd Lee

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most stressful times of the pandemic. It’s likely the timing isn’t coincidental, she said on Monday. “No one ever says ‘the pressure got to me,’ but burnout is certainly a factor. They have spent countless hours working without a break, and on top of that they are being harassed and threatened by the very people they are trying to protect,” she said. These threats reach to the very top. On Wednesday, the nation’s leading infectious disease officer, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN

our Palo Alto tobacco-shop owners, including Neil Khoury of the longstanding Mac’s Smoke Shop, are suing the city, claiming its new ban on vape and flavored tobacco products violates the retailers’ rights to conduct lawful business. The lawsuit, filed July 28, seeks more than $5.2 million for four business owners — David Zoumut of Hookah Nights Lounge on University Avenue, Mohammad Hammad of Raw Smoke Shop on California Avenue, Khoury of Mac’s Smoke Shop and Jaswinder Singh, who owns Smokes & More on El Camino Real and Smokes & Vapes, a block away — as a result of the citywide ban. “We were forced to seek legal counsel,” Khoury said. “It’s not something we want.” The lawsuit is the culmination of a monthslong battle between the city and sellers of flavored tobacco — mainly Khoury, who, along with his wife and shop coowner, Lori Khoury, has urged the council on many occasions to reconsider the city’s ban on vaping devices and flavored tobacco. The ban was prompted by concerns over high school students’ increasing use of vaping products, including flavored nicotine cartridges. Though the restriction aimed to curb youth smoking, a slew of health advocates and parents requested the City Council not make any exceptions for adult-only stores or any flavored tobacco.

Fresh from the farm Ruben Ponce packs up some cucumbers for customer Patricia Brent at the Ponce Produce booth at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market located at Bloomhouse in East Palo Alto on Aug. 5. As a safety precaution, customers and vendors must stay a minimum of 6 feet apart, and shoppers are not allowed to touch the produce.

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Health officers face unprecedented threats, intimidation Amid COVID-19, some current officers have resigned by Sue Dremann

hile working long hours to lead the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, health officers nationwide, including Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, have been subjected to unprecedented threats and intimidation

over their directives to keep businesses and schools closed and their orders that the public should wear masks. Health officers in Shasta, Orange, San Benito, San Bernardino, Yolo, Nevada, Butte and Orange counties have left their posts since

the pandemic began. Two state health officers have also departed, according to Kat DeBurgh, executive director of the Health Officers Association of California. Some said they planned retirement; others left for other reasons, but all have departed during the

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You don’t put civil rights to a vote. —Adrian Fine, Palo Alto mayor, on letting voters decide whether to open Foothills Park to nonresidents. See story on page 7.

Around Town MORE ROOM TO ROAM ... The wait is over for nature lovers looking to hike on a new section of the Bay Trail. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has opened its latest trail extension at the Ravenswood Preserve, accessible from East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Starting on Friday, Aug. 7, bicyclists and pedestrians can access the 0.6mile extension, which includes an elevated boardwalk over the marshland. “The wetlands around the San Francisco Bay are very sensitive, and they are home to major wildlife species. Midpen took a lot of care in building this trail, particularly in the area where there are wetlands,” Midpen public affairs specialist Leigh Ann Gessner said. Crews also improved a 1.5-mile pathway on property owned by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Most of the work happened from September 2019 through January, which is the nesting period for the Ridgway’s rail, one of the nearthreatened bird species that calls the open space home. Crews also built a bridge that connects to the boardwalk and features interpretive signs to help visitors better understand the local ecosystem. The signage areas on the boardwalk’s scenic overlook are prime spots to birdwatch, Gessner added. The project was briefly put on hold earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the district was already far enough along the project to be able to wrap it up by this month. The district scheduled an online celebration for the new trail at 11 a.m. on Aug. 7, during which the public could take a virtual tour and learn about the planning and construction work for the project. For more information, visit openspace.org/preserves/ ravenswood. ELECTION RUNDOWN ... Palo Alto voters will have at least nine City Council candidates to choose from when they cast — or mail in — their ballots this fall. But, somewhat unexpectedly, they will not get to weigh in on a slew of local measures that were making their way to the ballot earlier this year, according to City Clerk Beth Minor. The pandemic seemed to put many local issues on hold,

including a business tax that the City Council had been exploring for more than a year. The proposal was abandoned in March as the emerging pandemic and economic shutdown began to threaten the business community. The pandemic also hampered a proposal by a group of students to lower the voting age for local elections to 16. The group, Vote16 Palo Alto, was preparing to gather signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot but had to drop its plan in the spring after the shelterin-place orders took effect. Also not appearing on the November ballot will be two proposed initiatives from Kevin Creaven, a supporter of former Democratic U.S. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Creaven recently moved to Palo Alto with the goal of creating the nation’s first wealth tax here. In addition, he was pursuing a second initiative that would have banned the sale of gasoline-fueled cars that cost more than $50,000. Neither petition appears to have collected the needed 2,392 signatures to advance to the ballot. TEENS LAUNCH ONLINE COMMUNITY ... Two rising Gunn High School seniors are behind QuaranTEEN, a pandemic-born online community that aims to keep teenagers connected during shelter-in-place. The growing, and now international, website (qteen.net) includes teen-authored blog posts on everything from muffin recipes to mental health and the Black Lives Matter movement, plus resources for working parents, a fundraiser for local businesses hit hard by the shutdown and a virtual pen pal exchange. Gunn students Katie Kudriavtsev and Sarah Emberling “wanted to do something to combat the stress, negativity and hopelessness that people around the world were feeling as a result of this pandemic, and that’s how QuaranTEEN was born: a social and creative outlet for teenagers around the world and an opportunity to make friends, express themselves, and get involved with a great cause, as well as a place for parents to find resources for childcare,” the website reads. Interested teens can apply to write blog posts or get involved in other ways. Q

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City to expand access to Foothills Park through one-year pilot program by Gennady Sheyner

alo Alto’s prolonged and highly polarizing debate over whether nonresidents should be allowed to visit Foothills Park moved toward compromise on Monday night, when the City Council agreed to expand access to the city’s exclusive natural preserve. The council voted 5-2, with Mayor Adrian Fine and Alison Cormack dissenting, to approve a pilot program that the Parks and Recreation Commission crafted last year, which will allow the city to sell up to 50 permits per day to nonresidents wishing to visit the 1,400-acre preserve off Page Mill Road. In doing so, however, the council also indicated that it wants to send the highly contentious issue to the voters in 2022 and directed staff to make the program “revenue neutral.” With its vote, the council took a small step toward amending a divisive policy that has been in place for half a century and that prior councils have tried and failed to change time and again. Much like in the past, the council found itself in the midst of an argument between those who claimed that the existing “residents only” restriction is exclusionary, elitist and embarrassing and those who maintained that allowing more visitors would diminish Foothills Park’s pristine setting, imperil wildlife and require costly maintenance. On Monday, the vast majority of the public speakers attending the council meeting via Zoom belonged to the former camp. Bruce Reyes-Chow, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, said that the way in which the city engages in “racist, exclusive behavior is symbolic in the park.” Numerous speakers pointed to Palo Alto’s history of redlining, which kept many Black families from buying homes in Palo Alto. Given this history, the residentsonly policy only prolongs the legacy of discrimination, they argued. Others framed expanding access as simply an act of being good neighbors. Rohin Ghosh, a Palo Alto High student, said he often volunteers at Foothills Park. For his Eagle Scout project, he helped build a set of stairs by Boronda Lake, Ghosh told the council. “The fact that some of the people who volunteered to help on my project, in the hot sun, digging into the hillside so that Palo Alto residents can use that trail, cannot themselves access that park is beyond me,” Ghosh said. Nonresidents do already have some options for entering Foothills Park by walking in from

Arastradero Preserve or by visiting on a weekday, when the requirement is not enforced because a ranger is not stationed at the entrance. Even so, the city has been turning away more than 3,100 vehicles per year from the park, according to Daren Anderson, assistant director for open space, parks, golf and animal services in the Community Services Department. Those favoring the current policy argued that the restriction has nothing to do with racial discrimination and everything to do with preserving sensitive natural habitat. Foothills Park is not really a park, said Mark Nadim, who lives nearby. It’s a “very delicate ecological system that is environmentally sensitive.” The more people trample on grasses and vegetation, Nadim said, the longer it takes for grasses and vegetation to recover. “To frame this issue as racism, segregation or social injustice is an insult to every resident of Palo Alto,” Nadim said. “This is one of the most progressive cities in the country, so let’s not pay attention to words that are meant to intimidate you into opening the park to

nonresidents.” Carlin Otto, a resident of the Charleston-Meadows neighborhood, told the council that 33 of her neighbors had signed petitions saying they don’t want to open Foothills Park to the general public. If the council wishes to change the policy, she added, it should do so through a vote of residents. “Remember, we the residents of Palo Alto are the owners of Foothills Park — not you. Your job is to manage this resource according to our wishes,” Otto told the council. Fine and Cormack dissented from the vote because they favored moving ahead with the pilot program without insisting it be revenue neutral or subject to a future vote by residents. Both argued that expanding access is the “right thing to do.” “It isn’t going to make it any less special if we share it,” Cormack said of Foothills Park. “I firmly believe, having sat through all of the meetings and going through the details of the pilot program, that there is room.”

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Council supports permits for nonresidents, looks to send issue to the voters in 2022

Nonresidents will be allowed to visit Palo Alto’s Foothills Park on Page Mill Road through a one-year pilot program that will go into effect by the end of the year. Fine chafed at the idea of sending the issue to a vote and predicted that the measure would not pass. “You don’t put civil rights to a vote,” Fine said. “It’s something significant here, where we are literally discriminating against nonresidents because they’re not wealthy enough to live in Palo Alto, and we’re not allowing them

access to open space.” Others were less sanguine about welcoming more visitors to a park that everyone acknowledged was “special.” Councilwoman Lydia Kou cited fire danger, budget challenges and uncertainty over environmental (continued on page 13)

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss Plan Bay Area 2050 and the next round of Regional Housing Needs Allocation; consider extending the “Summer Streets” program until the end of the year; adjust parking requirements to facilitate electric charging equipment; and consider approving a proposal to demolish a one-story home at 2353 Webster St. and construct a two-story home. The virtual meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 362 027 238. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will hold a special meeting to hear updates on fall reopening plans, tentative MOUs on fall working conditions with the teachers union and special education services during school closures, among other items. The virtual meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The meeting will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 28 and midpenmedia.org. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by going to pausd.zoom.us/j/97888498129 or dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 949 9734 6242. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the process for the National Community Survey for 2020. The virtual meetings will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-9006833 and using Meeting ID: 946 1974 4621. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss 4175 Page Mill Road, a request to replace a vault restroom in an existing building; and consider a zoning text amendment for 788 San Antonio Road to allow 102 condominium units. The virtual meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 955 0337 0484. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a public hearing dedicated to bearing witness to Black and Brown experiences in Palo Alto. The virtual meetings will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701.

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Could Summer Streets continue through fall, winter? To help businesses and satisfy patrons, City Council considers tweaking, prolonging popular program by Gennady Sheyner business community’s economic prospects, which it said “remain dim.” The report notes that Stanford Research Park employees have traditionally made up a “significant portion of the customers for local retailers, restaurants and service providers.” These days, only about 10% of the park’s 29,000 employees are on-site, according to Jamie Jarvis, who manages the park’s transportation-demand-management program. “With global travel still limited and Stanford classes not in session, the customer base is further diminished,” the report states. Revenues are plunging. According to a city survey, local retailers and restaurants are currently bringing in 25% to 60% of their pre-pandemic revenues, with the median at 32%. The Summer Streets program, which made its debut in June on California Avenue before being launched on University Avenue in July, has provided a rare glint of good news. City leaders reported

this week that they are seeing more foot traffic in the two areas. Most restaurants, particularly on California Avenue, strongly support keeping the street closed. Residents are also raving about the new dining scene. In response to the city’s survey, 95% reported that their households felt “comfortable and safe” dining at the two commercial strips, while 5% said they did not. Furthermore, 94% said they will continue to dine on University or California avenues and 77% said they would like to see the program extended beyond this summer. The staff recommendation would do exactly that. It also would tweak some of the boundaries of downtown’s outdoor dining district. The plan calls for reopening the block of University between High and Emerson streets, on the west end of the commercial strip, to cars. While side streets currently remain open, the plan would close the vibrant portion of Ramona Street,

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uoyed by rave reviews of the city’s new outdoor dining scene, Palo Alto leaders are considering keeping California and University avenues closed to traffic until the end of the year and adding a carfree zone on Ramona Street. The City Council on Monday is expected to vote on a proposal to extend what is known as the Summer Streets program and to make numerous adjustments, including the addition of a new downtown block to the list of closed streets and continuation of the city’s new parklet program until September 2021. If the council approves the staff’s recommendations, Summer Streets will effectively become the new normal in Palo Alto at a time when downtown offices and business parks remain deserted and local restaurants and retailers are starving for customers. A new report from the Planning and Development Services Department underscored the

Diners eat outside along California Avenue during the launch of the city’s Summer Streets program in Palo Alto on June 25. between Hamilton Avenue and the restaurant Nola, to vehicles. On Tuesday, the city hosted a virtual meeting to check in with residents on the program. Several residents lauded the evolving program for both livening up streets and assisting local businesses during the economic crisis. Just as significantly, not a single merchant or resident spoke out against the closures. Downtown resident Sandra Slater encouraged the council to add public art to make the streets even more attractive to diners. “I like to think of it as opening, not closing,” Slater said of the recent changes on University Avenue. Nicole Zoeller Boelens, who

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School board race expands with two newcomers, one incumbent DiBrienza to seek second term; two parents also to run for open seats by Elena Kadvany

he Palo Alto Unified school board race is heating up, with two additional newcomers in the running and an incumbent announcing her reelection bid. Jennifer DiBrienza, who is nearing the end of her first term on the Board of Education, confirmed she plans to seek a second term. Board President Todd Collins, also in his first term, has pulled papers for the race but said he’s not yet decided whether he will run. The deadline for filing is Aug. 7. The two newcomers are parents Karna Nisewaner, a lawyer, and Jesse Ladomirak, who owns Teevan, a housing restoration company in San Francisco. Katie Causey, a Palo Alto Unified graduate, also announced in July that she’s running for a seat on the five-member board. Three seats will be up for grabs in November when the terms of board members Collins, DiBrienza and Melissa Baten Caswell expire. Baten Caswell is seeking a seat on the Santa Clara County

Board of Education. Below is information about DiBrienza’s and Nisewaner’s campaigns. Ladomirak declined an interview at this time.

Jennifer DiBrienza DiBrienza, a former teacher and parent of three children, said in an interview she’s proud of the progress the district has made in improving le a d e r sh ip, transpa rency and operations since her elecJennifer tion in 2016. DiBrienza She sat on the dais through enormous turnover and controversy, including the resignation of former Superintendent Max McGee, the departure of other top-level administrators and uproar over the district’s handling of campus sexual violence and budget issues. In 2018, she voted to hire current Superintendent Don Austin as McGee’s replacement.

DiBrienza served as board president in 2019, when the district grappled with the potential impact of Stanford University’s ambitious expansion plan. DiBrienza said she had always planned to run for a second term. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, she felt like Palo Alto Unified — with “radically improved” operations and leadership in place — was on the cusp of making progress on issues she’s prioritized, particularly related to student mental health and closing the achievement gap. The coronavirus has only “magnified” those systemic issues, she said. “Before COVID-19, it was really all about continuing the work I finally felt we were set up to accomplish,” DiBrienza said. “After COVID, it’s all COVID all the time, as it should be, but those things aren’t really separate: our mental health and wellness, our connectivity, our equity are all rolled into that. We really have to continue to get better at each of these things that we’re trying to

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do to make sure we’re reaching all kids.” DiBrienza said the district is at an “inflection point” with its work to improve outcomes for minority and low-income students. She pointed to the creation of an assistant superintendent for equity position, the investment in fulltime elementary school reading specialists, the board’s commitment to having a standing agenda item on equity, anti-bias professional development happening this summer and groups of teachers reading Robin DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” together as examples of ongoing work in that area. Deepening the district’s understanding of and commitment to addressing inequity is even more critical as the district prepares to begin a new school year fully online, she said. She’s “optimistic” that elementary schools will be able to physically reopen sooner, at some point in the fall, citing the growing evidence that children are at lower risk for contracting and spreading COVID-19. But she supports committing to a set time period for distance learning so that teachers, students and families can focus. Worried about how the shutdown has impacted students’ mental health, she wants the district to prioritize students’ return to campus in person for safe

social interaction and engagement in small groups. DiBrienza began her career as an elementary school teacher and eventually worked as an administrator in the New York City public school system. After moving to the Bay Area, she worked as an education consultant to school districts across the country. She has three children: a rising sophomore at Palo Alto High School, a rising eighth-grader not in the district and a rising fourthgrader at Ohlone Elementary School.

Karna Nisewaner During the coronavirus shutdown, Karna Nisewaner felt compelled to move beyond just words about the state of her children’s education and into action. In the spring, she watched her children, both Addison Elementary Karna School stuNisewaner dents, struggle with distance learning and heard from other working parents about their challenges juggling full-time jobs with their children’s online education. “It’s all well and good for people to complain, to say that they (continued on page 36)

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Connecting kids through the power of music by Izabella Ge Palo Alto high school stu- sity of California, Berkeley freshdent has developed a new man, is teaching piano. way for parents to keep “It’s a great opportunity to give fidgety and stir-crazy kids occu- back to the community and make pied during quarantine: free, on- kids feel happy about checking out line music lessons. music,” Liu said. Inspired by a songwriting class Madelynn Hardke, a voice she hosted with her local elemen- teacher from Oakland, added that tary school (as well as experience “even if you aren’t able to be there with her restless and frustrated in person, just being able to sing 10-year-old sister), Julia Segal, 17, with somebody makes kids so excame up with the creative, musical cited about learning music.” solution to fill the time. Parents are likewise pleased that Dubbed Quarantunes, the pro- the program exists. gram uses musically talented “This whole experience has been teens who are willing to teach in fulfilling and lifesaving because I exchange for optional donations now have time to do the things I to medical efforts that are fighting need to for work and my kids are the spread of the coronavirus. occupied,” said Margarita Golod, a Segal initially envisioned Qua- Bay Area resident whose two chilrantunes catering to the Palo Alto dren take lessons. “It’s been good area, with her friends and class- for my kids to see this example of mates as the teachers, but she said young adults who are positively she quickly realized “there are kids influencing other children and everywhere in the country that are families.” looking for ways to be occupied.” Allison Briscoe-Smith, an Through word of mouth and Oakland-based psychiatrist whose social media, Bay Area teens told daughter takes songwriting and friends in other parts of the coun- singing lessons with Quarantunes, try about Quarantunes, and the or- praised the program as a “mini ganization grew rapidly, exceeding revolution of providing high-qualSegal’s expectations. ity training and instruction to kids “I thought there was an extent who might not get it.” to which it could grow organiGoing from zero to hundreds of cally,” she said, but teens from students overnight wasn’t easy, Seacross countries around the globe, gal said. Getting Quarantunes up including India, Russia and Spain, and running required hard work. wanted to join in. Scheduling and texting teachers Founded in early April, Quaran- for headshots was done manually tunes has more than 130 teachers by Segal and Lisa Kopelnik, the who collectively offer more than organization’s chief communica5,000 lessons to 500 students. And tions officer. what’s more, the organization has “We were the marketing team, raised more than $25,000 in do- the communications team, everynations, all of which benefit the thing all in one,” Kopelnik said. CDC Foundation, an independent “Julia and I would wake up at 7 nonprofit created by Congress to (a.m.) and go to bed at 11 (p.m.). mobilize resources that support the The first couple weeks were craCenters for Disease Control and zy; we were emailing hundreds Prevention’s work. of schools, music programs and Teenagers who volunteer said making sure all the lessons were they’ve been happy to share their running smoothly.” love of music. Chief Operating Officer Naama Tyler Liu, an incoming Univer- Bejerano, who will be attending

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Palo Alto teen starts music organization for COVID-19 relief

Quarantunes instructor Owen Fong leads a virtual ukelele lesson. Stanford University this fall, said it took time to establish smooth communication among board members and teachers, especially as Quarantunes grew beyond the Bay Area. “Communicating with people when they live all over, teach different things and have different availabilities was initially a challenge,” Bejerano recalled. “That wasn’t something we thought of at the beginning.” And many of the problems that arose were not the sort of things that the high school students had encountered before. “One teacher quit without any notice,” Segal said, “so we had to reassign 20 students, but there were not enough teachers. “There had been a lot of points where we had to stop and think how to prevent this situation from occurring (again),” she said. “Each of the obstacles served an

important purpose as learning experiences that were necessary to running an organization.” Over the past four months, the team put systems in place to keep things running smoothly. Quarantunes adopted a policy that requires teachers to provide two weeks’ notice before quitting, while an online schedule app, called Picktime, eliminated the need for manual scheduling. Now the focus has shifted to ensuring accessibility for all students, as well as scaling the organization to become a national or, perhaps, international platform. “A lot of times music lessons tend to be accessible only if you have the money,” Bejerano added. “By breaking down those barriers, making pay optional and opening it up to all students, Quarantunes is able to spread music in a time like this.”

A key part of Quarantune’s accessibility is its instrument donation program, which delivers musical instruments to students’ homes if they meet financial requirements and live within an hour of Menlo Park. Several Bay Area music stores have partnered with Quarantunes to donate instruments for free, while teachers and students also donate their old instruments. Quarantunes also trains teachers to work with children with different abilities, with instruction by an expert in special education. Currently, Quarantunes is scrambling to find enough teachers for its influx of students, but the leaders hope the organization continues to grow to serve thousands, and possibly hundreds of thousands, of young people interested in music. Quarantunes currently offers a range of lessons including piano, strings, wind and brass, songwriting composition and even art forms such as drawing and painting. But the group’s biggest lesson goes beyond any specific instruction. Quarantunes proves “that young people are able to address big problems,” Briscoe-Smith, the parent and psychiatrist, said. “Every kid involved is an activist working to solve this big problem about COVID-19.” For more information, people can visit quarantunes.site. Q Izabella Ge writes for the Bay City News Foundation.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 3)

Foothills: The council approved a pilot program to allow nonresidents into Foothills Park and added conditions that call for making the program revenue neutral and bringing the issue to the voters in 2022. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Kniss, Kou, Tanaka No: Cormack, Fine Caltrain: The council approved a letter supporting the placement of a salestax measure to fund Caltrain operations on the 2020 ballot and requesting that Caltrain work with various jurisdictions to implement governance reforms. Yes: Unanimous

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Water: The commission heard a presentation from Richard Luthy on the “One Water” resource approach. Action: None Fiber: The commission discussed the ongoing effort to expand the city’s fiber network. Action: None

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establishments. Businesses on side streets have complained that the street closures are giving restaurants on University an unfair advantage. Nancy Coupel, owner of Coupa Café, which has two downtown locations, wrote to the council that closing University to cars “will not bring benefit to the lateral streets downtown and may in fact become a deterrent for consumers due to the closure of the principal street, which joins (U.S. Highway) 101 to Stanford University.” The new report from the planning department suggests that other businesses on side streets share that view.

“They suggest opening the street (University Avenue) to traffic, while allowing restaurants to create parklets, is a fairer solution,” the report states. “Not all restaurants on side streets feel this way. In fact, some are working together to propose a closure of an additional street to pilot the impact a closure of an additional block may have.” The partial closure of the Ramona block is just one example of the city’s — and the restaurant community’s — improvisational approach to Summer Streets. Since the program took effect, 27 restaurants (11 on California Avenue and 16 on University Avenue) have applied for permits to set up tables on the street. Two University Avenue restaurants, Rooh and Local Union 271, also installed

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he has received death threats and his three daughters have been harassed. Fauci has had to hire security for himself and his family. He said he is not going to step down. In California, Orange County Chief Health Officer Dr. Nichole Quick resigned on June 8 after receiving threats over her order for residents to wear face masks, according to news reports. A local anti-vaccination attorney also publicly exposed Quick’s boyfriend’s name and disclosed her home address, saying protesters in masks were planning to show up and do calisthenics on her front doorstep until they passed out, according to CalMatters. In San Diego, a caller during a virtual county board of supervisors meeting ridiculed Dr. Wilma Wooten’s appearance and gave out her home address, according to KPBS. San Benito County Health Officer Dr. Marty Fenstersheib abruptly resigned April 28 after the Board of Supervisors criticized his orders to contain the coronavirus. Formerly Santa Clara County’s public health officer, Fenstersheib now heads this county’s COVID-19 testing task force under Cody. Cody is among the most prominent and visible faces in the fight against COVID-19. She led Bay Area health officers in what became the country’s first stay-at-home order. Praised early on for her foresight and leadership, as the pandemic has worn on, she has faced at times scathing criticism for a notably cautious approach to reopening the economy. A May 23, full-page ad published in the San Jose Mercury News publicly attacked her integrity. Paulette Altmaier, former Cisco vice president and a philanthropist, “On Behalf of the Suffering Residents of Santa Clara County” accused Cody of “cratering our economy” and demanded she “permanently donate your salary and future pension toward the relief of those you are

impoverishing” as a moral obligation “to share the pain you are inflicting on others.” Cody also has faced multiple threats. The Santa Clara County Sheriff is investigating, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Cody did not return a request for comment regarding the threats. The county, in a July 1 statement, condemned the behaviors. “The county of Santa Clara is grateful to our public health officer for having the courage to make science-based decisions, which, with the overwhelming support of the community, have saved thousands of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Unfortunately, these decisions have placed a spotlight that has made our public health officer the target of serious threats from a few individuals. Even though those individuals represent a tiny fraction, we take those threats extremely seriously and are taking all the necessary steps. “We condemn any effort to harm or intimidate our public health officer, an individual who deserves our respect and appreciation for having the bravery to make the tough calls needed to protect the health and wellbeing of all our residents, including the most vulnerable members of our community,” the announcement stated. During a phone interview in late July, Supervisor Joe Simitian said that, while there are going to be hard questions asked of public health officials in a crisis, “to threaten the safety and well-being of anyone working to keep us safe is appalling.” It is a line that should never be crossed, he said. “I’m concerned there are too many people who think it’s OK to cross that line. In almost any crisis, circumstances bring out the best and the worst in people,” he said. “This is one of those times when even a small minority and not even a significant minority, can do real damage.” DeBurgh said the threats and intimidation might have a chilling effect on public health, both during and after the pandemic. She is worried communities could lose

Santa Clara County Health Office Dr. Sara Cody explains a new couty health order during a press conference in San Jose on July 2. accomplished individuals such as Cody in the wake of the pressure. Those doctors and related medical professionals could choose to go into the much more lucrative private practice rather than put up with the demands of their public health roles, she said. “Who is going to want to step into this role if by doing so they are going to be threatened?” she said. Taken altogether, the burnout, threats and intimidation experienced by public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic could have devastating and longlasting impacts on public health agencies for years to come, she said. The pandemic has exposed longtime and ongoing weaknesses in the public health system, she said. While public health officers have come under scrutiny for not ramping up testing more quickly during the pandemic, DeBurgh said systemic underfunding of public health agencies is to blame. “Many public health labs have closed in recent years. Since 2003, 10 local public health laboratories have closed in California. There are now 29 local public health labs in our state, the same number there were in 1950, when the population of California was just over

10 million,” she said in an email. This erosion affects the health of the community, she said, noting the current consequences: COVID-19 tests take longer and community outreach and awareness campaigns become more limited and take longer to roll out. During non-pandemic times, public health officers focus on other issues pertaining to community health, from sexually transmitted diseases to environmental health to childhood vaccinations. “When public health works, it’s invisible,” she said. People never hear about the many diseases their public health departments prevent. There’s no cholera in the water, for example, because of public health policies, testing and enforcement, she said. Cody has remained steadfast in her determination to not let COVID-19 get out of control, as it has in some other parts of the state and the country. A Stanford University and Yale School of Medicine alum, she has more than 25 years of experience in Santa Clara County public health and infectious diseases. She earned a two-year fellowship in epidemiology and public health to work as an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention. She was hired by Santa Clara County’s public health department in 1998 as the communicable disease controller/deputy health officer overseeing surveillance and investigation of 83 reportable diseases, according to a 2015 Yale School of Medicine profile announcing her appointment as county health officer. She has conducted investigations on outbreaks, participated in planning for public health emergencies, infectious diseases, and bioterrorism, and responded to SARS, H1N1 and other public health emergencies. Cody has not taken the weight of her decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic for granted. When she and health officers from other counties held a press conference in March to announce shutting down schools, Cody appeared to fight back tears. The decision was one she previously expressed great reluctance to make. She said she understood the effect the shutdown would exact. “I know it will have a big impact on our community and our families,” she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

parklets. Rose and Crown, an Emerson Street institution known for English soccer, pub fare and a generous draft menu, is using a portion of a public parking lot to facilitate dining, with the city’s permission. The parklet boom also is expected to continue in the coming weeks. Police Lt. Kara Apple, who has been coordinating the program for the City Manager’s Office, said six parklets have already been constructed and are in use. The city has received 22 applications for parklets, she said. Among the recommendations that the council will consider is extending the parklet program to Labor Day of 2021, thus giving participating restaurants more of a chance to get their money’s worth on the roughly $10,000

investment that a parklet requires. To date, there have been no signs that either the parklets or the use of public lots by private establishments are harming the availability of parking downtown. Transportation staff is reporting that the downtown garages have ample free parking for patrons. And in the city’s survey, an overwhelming majority of responders described their parking experience as “great,” a proportion that would have been unthinkable during pre-COVID-19 times. Philip Kamhi, the city’s chief transportation official, said the Summer Streets program took over 54 parking spaces on California Avenue and 126 in downtown. At the same time, the city is no longer enforcing time restrictions in garages, parking lots

and Residential Preferential Parking districts. Kamhi said the city has opened up 879 garage and lot spaces in the California Avenue area and 3,085 in downtown. “There should be ample parking,” Kamhi said during the Tuesday update. “We still have not seen any of the garages or lots return to anywhere near full capacity.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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impacts as reasons for proceeding cautiously on opening access. She advocated for preserving the status quo until 2022 and then letting local voters decide. Councilman Greg Tanaka focused on the city’s budget challenges — the council had to find $40 million in cuts for the current fiscal year — and hinged his support for the pilot on assurances that the program would be “revenue neutral.” A 2019 memo from the Parks and Recreation Commission detailing the pilot program stated that city staff estimated it would cost $89,000 per year. According to Anderson, the city would need to hire a ranger to ensure proper maintenance under the pilot program. Meanwhile, the park’s vacant supervising ranger position is currently frozen due to budget cuts. Both Kou and Tanaka ultimately agreed to support the

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Stanford University continues to tighten its budget to address lost revenue due to the pandemic shutdown, including permanently laying off 208 employees, putting 30 additional employees on furlough and eliminating more than 400 vacant positions. President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced the cuts in a message to the campus community last week. Though the university’s board of trustees approved a budget plan for 2020-21 that includes a 3% increase in endowment payout to support student financial aid, a 10% decrease in payout from other endowment funds to “mitigate market volatility” and the tapping of $150 million of unrestricted endowment funds to help balance the budget, the workforce cuts were still necessary, he wrote. Employees who have been laid off, either temporarily or permanently, will stay on the payroll for 60 days, he said. Employees who are temporarily laid off may continue to receive medical benefits and people who have permanently lost their jobs will be eligible for career transition services, severance pay and continued medical benefits. “If the pandemic continues to worsen in our region and we are not allowed to bring back students as planned, there could be further significant impacts on our operations and revenue streams. As a result, at this time we cannot exclude the possibility of further layoffs, temporary or permanent, at some future date, although we earnestly hope they will not be necessary,” he wrote. Q —Elena Kadvany

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Hikers walk toward Wild Horse Valley in Foothills Park, the upstream area of Buckeye Creek. pilot program as part of a compromise proposed by Councilwoman Liz Kniss, which called for the pilot program in the short term and the people’s vote in the longer term. The directive for a vote, however, is non-binding, and the council in 2022 will determine whether such a vote will be held. Even with these uncertainties, the Monday vote represents a longawaited breakthrough in a debate that has repeatedly resurfaced in

the community since the park, which was purchased from private land owners by Palo Alto residents, opened in 1965. The council’s action authorizes staff to draft an ordinance for the pilot program, which would kick off in the fall or winter of this year. The council will still have to approve the ordinance before the program officially launches. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

COVID testing sites now offer appointments Beginning this week, Santa Clara County will provide appointment-based testing sites on a consistently scheduled, rotating basis, according to county Supervisor Joe Simitian. Testing sites will take place in cities throughout the county, including Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Saratoga and Sunnyvale. “Convenience is key,” Simitian said. “If we want more people to be tested, providing locally available and convenient sites is essential.” The new sites will require an appointment, which will be open for scheduling three days before the testing date. Appointments can be scheduled online at scl.fulgentgenetics.com. Simitian said the county moved to an appointment-based system to ensure that people can be tested promptly without having to wait in long lines, or “even worse, discovering they would have to come back another time.” “Residents will now be able to know when testing will be available in their community and can more easily plan in advance,” he said. The new county testing sites will be operating in August and September on the following dates and locations: Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, second and fourth Fridays, Aug. 14, Aug. 28, Sept. 11 and Sept. 25; Cupertino Senior Center, first and third Wednesdays, Aug. 19, Sept. 2 and Sept. 16; Los Altos Youth Center, second Thursdays, Aug. 13 and Sept. 10; Los Altos Hills Town Hall, first Fridays, Aug. 7 and Sept. 4; Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, first and third Tuesdays, Aug. 18, Sept. 1 and Sept. 15; Saratoga Friendship Hall, fourth Thursdays, Aug. 27 and Sept. 24; Sunnyvale’s Murphy Park, second and fourth Mondays, Aug. 10, Aug. 24, Sept. 14 and Sept. 28. Testing will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be free. Doctor’s notes and health insurance are not required. Q —Bay City News Service

Car accident turns into homicide investigation A double homicide investigation is underway in East Palo Alto, where two men were found shot to death in a car on Sunday night, a police spokesman said Monday. Officers responded to an accident involving multiple cars in the 100 block of Gardenia Way at 8:11 p.m., police Cmdr. Jeff Liu said in a press release. The neighborhood is about a half-mile away from the intersection of Pulgas Avenue and East Bayshore Road. When police units arrived at the scene, they found two men with gunshot wounds in a car. The vehicle, identified as a Cadillac Escalade, had multiple bullet holes fired into it, according to police dispatch reports. Paramedics were called to provide medical care to the men and to perform a rescue from the vehicle. The men, both 23 years old, died of the injuries at the scene. They were identified as Antonio Martinez Moradel of Oakland and Roberto Velasquez Martinez of Chico. Anyone with information about the double homicide is asked to contact East Palo Alto police Detective Andrea Dion 650-8537247. Anonymous tips can be left by voicemail or text message to 650-409-6792 or by email to epatipnow.org. Q —Palo Alto Weekly Staff

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transit agencies before it can be placed on the ballot. But early this week, with just days left until the Aug. 7 deadline for placing the one-eighth of a cent sales tax on the November ballot, a compromise emerged. Cindy Chavez, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and a proponent of government reform, announced at Tuesday’s meeting a “compendium resolution” signed by herself, San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, San Mateo County Supervisor David Pine and Steve Heminger, a member at the SFMTA board of directors (all four are members of the Caltrain board of directors). Both Chavez and Walton had advocated over the past month for tying the ballot measure to government reforms, while Pine and Heminger had expressed support for a “clean” tax measure.

The resolution, which the Caltrain board approved Thursday afternoon, commits the agency to pursue various governance reforms. These include the hiring of an independent auditor and an independent counsel for Caltrain. An executive director could also be hired in the future. Caltrain would also be required to recommend a new governance structure or procedures to the three counties by no later than Dec. 31, 2021. “Taken together, these resolutions will address Caltrain’s critical funding need while also focusing our efforts on addressing the long-standing issues regarding the governance relationships and management of Caltrain,” the letter co-signed by Chavez, Walton, Pine and Heminger states. Chavez said that the commitments in the resolution allow her to support the original measure, which did not include the governance changes. While the measure still faces numerous

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors agreed on Tuesday to support placing a Caltrain tax measure on the November ballot to fund the transit agency’s operations. hurdles, the Board of Supervisors’ 5-0 vote creates a path forward for a proposal that Caltrain leaders say is desperately needed to ward off the shutdown of the commuter rail service. With ridership plunging by 95% since

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the “clean” tax measure. The SFMTA board did so on Wednesday, while the Caltrain board followed suit by unanimously backing it on Thursday afternoon. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was scheduled to vote on the measure on Thursday, while the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was preparing to approve it on Friday, the final day for placing a measure on the ballot. The San Mateo Board of Supervisors and the San Mateo County Transit District had previously approved placing the clean measure on the ballot. Chavez said that by including governance in the compendium resolution, the point was to “get at least on the record a plan for how we could address governance issues in a timely manner. “These questions have been swirling around for a while,” Chavez said. “I appreciate that folks weren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves, keep talking and get to ‘yes.’” In Palo Alto, the issue of Caltrain governance became a sticking point last month, when Mayor Adrian Fine submitted a letter on behalf of the city advocating for placing the tax on the ballot. Vice Mayor Tom DuBois responded by sending his own letter to the various transit agencies and boards of supervisors in the three counties stating that Fine represented only his own views and not those of the council, which had yet to discuss the issue. On Monday night, the council overcame the epistolary spat and unanimously supported a letter to Santa Clara County advocating for placing the measure on the ballot. The letter also requested that Caltrain and Santa Clara County address the “longstanding and complex issue” of governance. Without a measure, the letter noted, Caltrain is likely to run out of funds before the end of the year and face a $71 million deficit in the next fiscal year. “Caltrain is a vital link in the region’s transit network, which provides critical alternatives to single-occupancy vehicle travel,” Palo Alto’s letter states. “Thousands of essential workers and transit-dependent riders continue to use the service.” Councilwoman Liz Kniss, a former Caltrain board member, also included in the council’s motion a request that the transit agency “support efforts in the future to work with other jurisdictions on the governance issue.” Kniss likened the current funding mechanism for Caltrain to a “handshake” deal between the three counties. “When the money is there, everything works out well. When it isn’t, you get back into a situation as we (have) today,” said Kniss, who in the past had advocated for governance reforms. “I don’t think we should hang it all up tonight by demanding it.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Anne Christman August 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020 Long time Palo Alto resident Anne Christman, artist, mother and gardener, passed away peacefully at her home after a brief illness on May 9, 2020. She was 87 years of age. She was born and raised in Missoula, Montana until she moved with her mother to Palo Alto at the age of 10. She attended Palo Alto Senior High School and graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1954 with a B.A. in Art. She went on to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan from 1954-55, where she met Jan Langdon who would become a colleague and lifetime friend. Their shared love for weaving lead them to the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts for a summer and then to New York where she worked in the fabrics industry, taught high school and college classes in art, and received an M.A. in Art from the Teachers College of Columbia in 1960. She also discovered the Greenwich Workshop and began her career in ceramics. Moving back to the West coast, she co-founded The Weavers studio in Berkeley, California and from 1960 to 1967 she entered her work in exhibitions and had a number of her pieces purchased by museums. It was also an exciting time for the ceramics studio at Cal, where she met many of the artists gathered around Peter Voulkos. During this time she also met Gene Christman, a scientific illustrator with the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Cal, whom she would marry in 1965. Their son Brian was born the following year. Anne continued to have her woven rugs and tapestries exhibited in gallery shows and had her work reproduced in several publications, but by the early ‘70s she turned her focus to her family. Moving back to Palo Alto in 1976, she began working at the newly opened branch of The Nature Company at the Stanford Shopping Center, where she would eventually become store manager. During this time she also earned an M.S. degree in Art Management from San Jose State University. She continued working in retail until she retired in the late 1990’s. Ever curious and excited to explore new artistic mediums, she continued to do ceramics while also experimenting in paper making, paper clay, solar etching, calligraphy, polaroid photo manipulation, collage, jewelry and handmade books. While art was her chosen form of expression, her true heart lay in the love of nature and being in the natural world. Trips to visit family in the northwest where always a highlight of her year, especially being able to take solitary hikes in the woods before returning to the cabin to enjoy a huckleberry dessert. Always eager to explore, she traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad, preferring trips focused on walking tours, art history, or pottery. These included a tour of French impressionist museums in France, a walking/sketching tour of the Barren in Ireland, a pottery tour of Devon/ Cornwall area of England, and other trips to Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and Africa. When at home, her favorite place was in her garden, and she could always be found watering, mulching, or weeding the beautiful blending of flowers, herbs, and vegetables she cultivated. Anne was a loving mother, loyal and dear friend, and a major figure in her family. Her patience, creativity, zest for life, and joyful sense of humor brightened the days of all who knew her. She was predeceased by her brother Bill, and ex-husband Gene. She is survived by her son Brian, daughter-in-law Katie, and two grandchildren. The family will be having a private online service. Donations to an environmental organization of the donor’s choice are encouraged. PAID

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July 30-Aug. 5 Violence related Waverley Street, 7/19, 2 p.m.; sex crime/lewd & lascivious. Webster Street, 7/29, 4 p.m.; child abuse/emotional University Avenue, 8/1, 8:16 p.m.; domestic violence. Manuela Avenue, 8/1, 9:20 p.m.; elder abuse/physical. Alma Street, 8/4, 8:25 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Theft from auto attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Jose Manuel Ramirez January 7, 1929 – July 27, 2020 On Monday, July 27th, 2020, Jose Manuel Ramirez, loving husband and father of five, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home in Mountain View. He was 91. Jose was born on January 7th, 1929, in Texas, to Juan and Maria Del Refugio. He moved to Mountain View, CA, in 1944 and became a carpenter, and he was known for his skill and work ethic. He was drafted during the Korean War and served two years in the United States Army, from 1952-1954. He then returned to the US and began building his home, completed in 1955, where he raised his family and lived for the rest of his life. He married Gloria on January 10th, 1959, and that year also completed work helping construct St. Athanasius Church on Rengstorff Ave. Jose had a passion for fishing, camping, and cooking, and was known for his amazing home-cooked meals. He lived a life of service, volunteering for his church on the building and maintenance committee, hospitality committee, and as an usher. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2356, and the Knights of Columbus, and was often seen by his grandchildren serving food or helping coach basketball free throws at St. Joseph Mountain View Catholic School. A proud, lifelong member of the Carpenters Union Local 217, he regularly volunteered at the annual Summer Picnic. His sharp wit and mischievous grin will live on in our memories. Jose is survived by his wife Gloria, his children Maria, Raul, Gloria, Anita, and Christina, his sister Dolores, his grandchildren Johnny, Lucas, Jesse, Mellisa, Marcus, and Amanda, as well as many great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins. PAID

Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . . . 2 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Casualty fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 3 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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July 29-Aug. 4 Violence related 700 block El Camino Real, 7/29, 6:13 p.m.; battery. 1400 block El Camino Real, 8/4, 2:35 p.m.; sexual battery. Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Court order violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Medical call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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A list of local residents who died recently: Anne Christman, 87, artist, educator and longtime Palo Alto resident, died on May 9. Courtenay Warner Lewis Dawson-Roberts, 89, a former Palo Alto resident of more than four decades, died on June 29. Aina Hewitt, 82, a longtime Palo Alto resident, died on July 8. Maureen Patricia Kenney, 71, a lifelong Palo Alto resident, died on Aug 1. To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at PaloAltoOnline.com/ obituaries.Q

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Guest Opinion

City’s flavored tobacco ban a win for our children

fter months of discussion, Palo Alto City Council this week gave final approval to a measure prohibiting retail sales of flavored tobacco products. This was the right thing to do, and I am grateful that the city took this important step. Palo Alto’s ordinance mirrors one adopted earlier by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. It does not limit what products adults can buy, possess and use; it restricts only the locations where certain products can be purchased. This means Palo Alto businesses will no longer be able to sell flavored pipe and chewing tobacco or any form of e-cigarettes. The intent is that by making flavored tobacco products less readily accessible to young people, it will save some of our children from the casual experimentation that can so easily lead to addiction. That is a worthwhile outcome for our community. California has worked hard to reduce teen smoking, with significant success. Anyone who travels internationally has noticed how much more common smoking is in most countries than here at home. But new technology has given the big tobacco companies an opportunity to develop a new market for their products by hooking a new generation of kids on nicotine. Vaping is the new smoking. In just a few years, it has sneaked up on

Letters Caltrain tax letter Editor, For the second time, Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine apparently has acted unilaterally, and this time has sent a tax-supporting letter on behalf of Palo Alto to public officials and agencies without discussion and agreement by the full city council. I feel that this pattern of behavior is unacceptable. We have discussions by a city council for reasons; one of which is to avoid a personal opinion being misinterpreted or misrepresented as that of the majority of the council. I suggest we think very carefully when voting for council members in November. We need those who are willing to work together, regardless of their title. Stuart Hansen Walter Hays Drive, Palo Alto

by Erwin Morton us, reaching epidemic levels among young Governments at every level are paying atpeople. tention. Our Congresswoman, Anna Eshoo, The tobacco industry’s key to developing is chairwoman of the health subcommittee of lifelong customers is to get them hooked the House Committee on Energy and Comwhen they are young. That is why so many merce. In a letter to Palo Alto City Council of the new tobacco products are designed on May 18, she wrote, “(In January), I wrote for, and marketed to, teens and younger to the director of the Center for Tobacco to children. The manufacturers say their prod- express my concern that leaving any flavored ucts are designed to help adult smokers quit. products on the market, even if they are sold What 30-year-old wakes up one day and at vape shops or other ‘adult only’ retail locasays to himself, “Gee, I’ve never tried vap- tions, still put our children at risk.” ing. Maybe that would be fun!” And what Our State Senator, Jerry Hill, is the author adult smoker is enticed by flavors such as of a bill in the current legislative session that cotton candy, bubble gum and “unicorn will, if it becomes law, prohibit the retail sale poop?” And why is so much of the market- of most flavored tobacco products statewide. ing focused on platforms used primarily by (Our Assemblyman, Marc Berman, is a printeens, where parents never even see it? It’s cipal co-author.) The bill has been passed really quite simple: People who don’t begin by the Senate and is now in the Assembly. smoking or vaping before age 18 generally It was passed this week by the Assembly don’t begin at all. health committee and faces several more Flavorings are the lure that draws kids in, daunting hurdles in the next few weeks. and nicotine addiction is the trap that keeps (The health committee hearing is archived them there long term. Some of the same at assembly.ca.gov/media/assembly-healthcompounds that enrich our food and drink, committee-20200804/video, beginning at and are perfectly safe when ingested, can 1:50:30.) be toxic and dangerous when heated and Palo Alto’s and Santa Clara County’s new inhaled, causing long-term health problems ordinances and (if it becomes law) SB 793 and permanent lung damage. But the “Most will reduce the number of children becomHarmful Substance” award belongs to nico- ing addicted to nicotine in the future. But tine. For clear, reliable information, please we must not forget those who have already visit flavorshookkids.org, or the California become addicted. They will need ongoing Department of Public Health (cdph.ca.gov), treatment, counseling, and support from or the Santa Clara County Department of trained professionals. I hope we can find the Public Health (sccphd.org), or, perhaps best resources to provide that. of all, the Stanford Medicine Tobacco PreSince both vaping and COVID-19 can atvention Toolkit (med.stanford.edu/tobac- tack and weaken the lungs, we can expect copreventiontoolkit.html). vapers, even young ones, to have increased

Racism at Gunn High Editor, As a Latina raised by immigrant grandparents and a 15-year-old single mother, I grew up in schools where beautiful, brown skins radiated the hallways. However, I lived in a low-income neighborhood with underfunded schools so my family offered me its only opportunity for a good education by sneaking me into Gunn High School, the same neighborhood where my grandmother cleaned houses. Suddenly, I experienced variants of microaggressions. I had encounters where peers would react with laughter if I said, “I want to go to college.” I remember having a tutor who sighed nonstop while helping me until she finally gave up and said, “Everyone else gets this. Why can’t you get this?” Her question perfectly encapsulated the sentiment I carried throughout my high school experience. Overtime, my sentiments of fear, hatred and self-doubt consumed my identity. I begged my

mom not to go to school. Sometimes I’d cut class and cry in the bathroom. I felt uncomfortable going to school, yet I couldn’t articulate why. I just knew I didn’t belong, especially after counselors only offered de-stressing tips such as “How to time manage.” My cousin, brother and I ended up being kicked out of school by local undercover police for faking our address. In the letter that the school gave us, it stated an undercover police officer had been following us for some time and noted we never visited the address on our file. My overall experience was bittersweet — it took several years from my life in that I spent four years hating myself and an additional few years recovering from panic attacks and extreme social anxiety. The experience, however, motivated me to major in political science to ensure students of color have equitable access to education. Aurora Lopez Annapolis Street, East Palo Alto

susceptibility and worsened outcomes. In the age of COVID-19, we should watch the research and redouble our efforts to protect ourselves and our families. These aren’t the first local efforts to restrict vaping. A year ago, the Palo Alto PTA Council, with about 6,000 members, most of whom are parents of students in our 17 public schools, set up a committee to study vaping and flavored tobacco and to develop a resolution to guide the California State PTA’s advocacy on the topic. I served as cochair of this committee. At the PTA’s statewide association meeting in June, our resolution was adopted with a 99% “yes” vote of all the attendees. Ninety-nine percent. That is not a typo. Parents of every description, from every corner of California, have reacted strongly to the heartbreaking struggles of our teens who try something on a whim or a dare and become hooked for life. In addition to thanking our city council, I want to thank our elected representatives at the county, state and federal levels, and our public health experts in government and in academia for their efforts to protect our kids from nicotine addiction. I believe I am speaking not just for myself but for thousands of parents locally and many more statewide. As a longtime friend of mine in Palo Alto reminds me periodically, “If we can’t keep our children safe, it doesn’t much matter what else we do.” Q Erwin Morton is vice president for advocacy of Palo Alto PTA Council. He can be emailed at advocacy@ paloaltopta.org.

Black Lives Matter mural Editor, In response to the Black Lives Matter mural on Hamilton Avenue — with the letter “E” being controversial because it has the image of a cop killer — I think the mural

is doing its job because it is forcing us to debate the merits of (Joanne) Chesimard and helps to bring about the undue process that can come when someone is tried in the media without the full facts. Kevin Regalado Warren Way, Palo Alto

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LivingWell A monthly special section of news

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Dick Hansen, left, and Dave Eckert exercise in their Menlo Park living room on July 28 during a virtual cardiac fitness class offered by HeartFit for Life. The program, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, pivoted from in-person classes at its gym at Cubberley Community Center to Zoom classes in members’ homes in early March. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

After 50 years in a gym, cardiac program pivots to Zoom

HeartFit brings exercising — and nurses — into members’ homes by Chris Kenrick

ith its roster of older, medically fragile clients, the cardiac-wellness program HeartFit for Life shuttered its Cubberley Community Center gym early in the COVID-19 crisis in early March — a full week before Santa Clara County officials ordered the broad stay-at-home order. But knowing that regular, medically supervised exercise is, literally, a lifeline for many cardiac patients, HeartFit managers scrambled to resurrect some of their offerings via Zoom. Within a week of the Cubberley closure, the program was up and running online. HeartFit members soon were dancing, stretching and sweating within their own bedrooms, family rooms and living rooms, led by instructors on Zoom and observed by nurses monitoring participants in each session. HeartFit members, who typically are referred to the program by their physicians, live with a wide range of heart conditions, including high blood pressure, arrhythmias, heart failure, diabetes, stroke risk, history of heart attack or heart surgery, angioplasty or stent placement. Founded in 1970 as a local YMCA program, HeartFit was among the first medically supervised cardiactherapy programs in the country aimed at helping those with heart conditions reverse their symptoms. The program’s quick pivot to

remote — but still medically supervised — exercise has yielded lessons large and small, said HeartFit Director Robin Wedell, a registered nurse and member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. The new normal has pros and cons, but in any case, the post-pandemic future will not look the same as the pre-pandemic past, she said. For one thing, Wedell has embraced a telemedicine program that now allows her to enroll new heart patients to the program remotely from anywhere in the world. Even when she’s able to reopen the gym safely, Wedell plans to extend the remote option to people who prefer it. “I had always wanted to offer a hybrid approach because there are some people who can’t do the brick and mortar,” she said. “Now our hand was forced (by COVID-19). Ultimately it will be great because I’ll have a full menu to offer, and if people want to do it remotely, they can.” Longtime HeartFit members say they love the convenience of exercising from home but sorely miss the in-person camaraderie of the Cubberley gym experience. “I love getting up and walking to the living room and doing Zoom — and not having to get in my car and drive through downtown-Palo Alto-morning-rush-hour traffic to get to Cubberley,” Menlo Park

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resident Dave Eckert said. The convenience has led Eckert, 63, to boost his HeartFit participation from three to five times per week. He and his husband, 79-year-old Dick Hansen, exercise together. “I push some coffee tables out of the way and our living room is big enough that we just do it together,” Eckert said. Hansen, a program member since he had a heart attack 15 years ago, credits his continued existence to HeartFit. “I feel I’m alive today because of this. I’m in much better health than I’ve ever been in my life,” Hansen said. Palo Alto resident Elizabeth Wolf enjoys walking to her bedroom and logging onto Zoom five mornings a week. “It’s better for me,” Wolf, 88, said. “I don’t have to take my car, which I think is very important. I think I’m working harder. Katie (the exercise leader) makes it fun. And my blood pressure is much better now, probably because I’m not just racing around all the time.” Even so, the convenience of Zoom cannot compensate for the missed benefits of in-person class in the gym, many members said. “It’s definitely much better to be in class because one of the benefits is that you chat with other people (continued on page 26)

The digital drop-off Some seniors shy away from Zoom, virtual classes by Chris Kenrick

efore their south Palo Alto gym shut down due to COVID-19, about 185 heart patients were regularly attending medically supervised exercise classes in the cardiac wellness program HeartFit for Life. With the program now pivoting from in-person classes to virtual ones on Zoom, only about 90 members are still attending, HeartFit Executive Director Robin Wedell said. About 40 to 50 former gymgoers have left the program altogether, even though Wedell said she’s offered technical help to people having difficulty with Zoom. Another 40 or 50 HeartFit members — while not attending the Zoom classes — continue to pay dues and likely will return once the gym re-opens, she added. A similar digital drop-off has occurred in other local programs serving seniors. At Avenidas, Tracy McCloud, director of the agency’s downtown Palo Alto location, said online classes are operating between 60% to 100% of their prepandemic, in-person enrollments. “The main reason people have given me for not participating is that they don’t ‘do Zoom,’” McCloud said in an email. “They have the technology; they understand how to do it, but they just prefer not to.” In some cases, instructors themselves are reluctant to host their classes on Zoom because they lack the necessary

equipment, are uncomfortable teaching online or — in the case of fitness classes — worry that people will get hurt, McCloud said. On the other hand, some Avenidas classes and clubs have “well over 100% of their previous enrollment simply because people have the time to participate,” she said. Pinki Fung, who manages the Avenidas Chinese Community Center at Cubberley, said about 15% of previous participants have chosen not to engage digitally but that her program has grown by 20% because of newcomers from places like Sacramento, Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada. Reasons for nonparticipation include not wanting to deal with the technology, Fung said. Others said they are living in multi-generational households and worry they would slow down internet speeds for other family members, such as grandchildren attending college online. At HeartFit for Life, one longtime participant who has not converted to Zoom said she was “not up to snuff on the technology — how to get the computer working so you can be a part of that.” But even if she mastered the technology, Zoom participation would be impossible because her husband uses their computer room during the hours of her Zoom class, she said. “Some people just prefer to do their own exercise right now,” HeartFit director Wedell said. Q

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Aug 13 San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back on Track – author presentation with Rick Kaplowitz and Geri Spieler via Zoom 11am-noon. Pre-registration required. Email register@avenidas.org. Free.

Avenidas Village Coffee Chat via Zoom 10am. RSVP required. Email dgreenblat@avenidas. org. Free.

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Aug 17 Webinar: Check-up Time for Your Will and Trust: The world is changing. Should your estate plan change, too? via Zoom With speaker Deborah Radin, 11am-12pm Pre-registration required. Email register@avenidas. org. Free.

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997 All Other Legals APN: 154-24-024 T.S. No.: 2020-1450 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/1/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Will sell at a public auction sale to the highest bidder, payable at the time of sale inlawful money of the United States, by a cashier's check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor:WRP PROPERTIES, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Deed of Trust recorded 11/9/2018, as Instrument No. 24062183 in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 8/21/2020 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 191 N. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other reasonable estimated charges: $2,332,118.73 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1555 MERCY STREET MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041 A.P.N.: 154-24-024. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)9869342, or visit this Internet Web site www. superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 2020-1450. Information

about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 7/17/2020. S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (7/31/20, 8/7/20, 8/14/20 TS# 2020-1450 SDI-19089) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MATHILDA G. SCHEUER, a.k.a MATHILDA GROEDEL SCHEUER, a.k.a TILLIE SCHEUER Case No.: 20PR188446 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MATHILDA G. SCHEUER, a.k.a MATHILDA GROEDEL SCHEUER, a.k.a TILLIE SCHEUER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: LEE SCHEUER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: LEE SCHEUER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on September 14, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Tisa M. Pedersen, Esq., Thoits Law, A professional Corporation 400 Main St., Ste. 250, Los Altos, CA 94022 (650) 327-4200 (PAW July 31; Aug. 7, 14, 2020) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANNE KNIGHT Case No.: 20PR188011 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANNE KNIGHT. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BENJAMIN KNIGHT in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA.

The Petition for Probate requests that: BENJAMIN KNIGHT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on September 2, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Dan G. Berris 333 W Santa Clara Street #700, San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 280-0535 (PAW July 31; Aug. 7, 14, 2020) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 20CV368845 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: KATE MARIA LOUIE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KATE MARIA LOUIE to KATIE MARIE LOUIE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: October 06, 2020, 8:45 a.m., Dept.: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: August 3, 2020 /s/________________ JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020)

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while you’re biking,” said Palo Alto resident Carl Thomsen, a retired CFO and 20-year HeartFit member. “It’s a social benefit as well as an exercise benefit.” The Zoom sessions do allow time for pre- and post-workout chatting, and every Wednesday there’s a festive-themed “spirit day” that includes costumes and Latin, country, Bollywood or patriotic music. But the Zoom social life will never compare to the real thing, members said. “When I first came (to HeartFit) after my heart attack 15 years ago, I thought it was going to be all these old people,” Hansen said. “But on the very first day, one of the guys — he’s now been in the program 33 years — came right up to me and said, ‘Don’t worry about being depressed. We’ll take care of you — we take care of each other here.’” While overall senior participation in group exercise programs has declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults expressed a need to stay active at home, according to a recent study by French researchers published in JMIR Aging. Geriatrician Marie Bernard, deputy director of the National Institute on Aging, said people should get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or

75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week. Exercise routines that can be easily adapted at home should include endurance, such as marching or dancing in place; strength training, such as lifting free weights or cans; balance, such as standing on one foot (with a chair, if needed); and stretching, she said. “The most important thing is simply be active. Do what works for you and keep striving to do more,” Bernard said. Q Contributing writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com. About the cover: Dave Eckert, front, and Dick Hansen stretch during a virtual cardiac fitness class in their living room in Menlo Park on July 28. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED HeartFit currently offers 10 fitness classes per week with a variety of exercises, including aerobic, weight resistive, balance and stretching. The exercises are adaptable to all levels of function and ability. Most classes are 45 minutes long, but some are 35 minutes. To enroll in HeartFit for Life, call 650-494-1300. HeartFit nurses will contact your physician for a referral and request the appropriate medical records. More information about HeartFit for Life is available at heartfitforlife.org.

Senior Focus NEW CENTENARIAN ... Longtime Stanford resident Nancy Morse Samelson recently marked her 100th birthday in a Zoom celebration with family and friends. Samelson, widow of Stanford University mathematics professor Hans Samelson, earned a doctorate in psychology and conducted research on safety and management practices in the construction industry. She was a longtime member of the Palo Alto Friends Meeting and practiced the Chinese art of Qi Gong into her 90s. She now lives in a Sunnyvale assistedliving community. According to the American Society on Aging, there are more centenarians living today than ever before. The United States has the most, with an estimated 80,000, followed by Japan, with an estimated 47,700. The United Nations estimated that worldwide there were 343,000 centenarians living in 2012. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ... SeniorPlanet@Avenidas offers technology resources for seniors, including online meet & greets, technology tutoring and virtual museum tours. August topics offered through the nonprofit program include how to host a Zoom meeting, plus an assortment of other technology topics and online exercise sessions. For more information, go to seniorplanet. org/locations/palo-alto. ESTATE PLAN CHECKUP ... Los Altos trust and estate lawyer Deborah G. Kramer Radin will lead a discussion titled “Check-up time for your will

and trust: The world is changing. Should your estate plans change too?.” The free Zoom session will be held Monday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to noon. Pre-registration is required. To register, email register@avenidas.org. YOUNG AT HEART ... Mission Hospice & Home Care will sponsor a free, virtual airing of the 2007 documentary “Young at Heart,” the story of “a chorus, with an average age of 81, that performs rock, punk and R&B classics around the world.” The showing will be Thursday, Aug. 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. To register, go to missionhospice.org and click on “Upcoming Events.” A Zoom link will be sent with your email confirmation. For more information, call Susan at 650-532-2396. END OF LIFE OPTIONS ... New data from the California Department of Public Health indicates growing use of California’s four-year-old End of Life Options Act. The law sets conditions for terminally ill adults living in California to obtain and self-administer aid-in-dying drugs. In 2019, 618 terminally ill adult patients received prescriptions written by 246 different physicians, and 405 actually took the drugs. During the previous year, 452 patients received prescriptions written by 180 physicians, and 337 of the patients took the lethal dose. Q

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Screen time with Shakespeare San Francisco Shakespeare Festival takes ‘King Lear’ online and into the modern day

an Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s yearly late-summer offerings of free shows in local parks are a beloved tradition — a chance to picnic in the golden late-afternoon sunshine and early evening twilight, surrounded by the beauty of nature, while enjoying engaging takes on classic dramas. This summer, of course, is different. But Artistic Director Rebecca Ennals and the entire San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (SF Shakes) crew are still bringing free Shakespeare to the people, with their production of “King Lear” streaming live each weekend via YouTube. Peninsula fans who normally catch shows on the lush grounds of Redwood City’s Sequoia High School will find a banner on the campus fence letting them know that Free Shakespeare in the Park is now Free Shakespeare at Home. “We miss being outside; we miss being in the park,” Ennals said in a recent phone interview. (As is the current reality for many working parents, especially mothers, she kept an eye on her two young children at the same time.) “I usually get quite a suntan and my hair starts getting lighter. This is the first year in many years where I’m pale and my hair is very dark,” she said, laughing. When live theater started shutting down in March, SF Shakes

by Karla Kane realized its summer plans may be in jeopardy, even with the openair spaces of parks proving safer than indoor venues. “People said, ‘You’re outside, surely you can do this,’” Ennals recalled. “From an audience perspective, I’m quite sure we could have been safe,” she said, using masks and spreading out seating areas, “but the challenge is getting the cast and crew together in a way that’s safe. The actors’ union has not approved that.” The company quickly began experimenting with technological possibilities for “King Lear” with the goal of avoiding a production that “looked like a corporate meeting. The novelty of watching people on Zoom has really worn off by now,” she said. Instead, the production utilizes tech that allows for capture of separate actors’ videos into one picture, which is then broadcast live to YouTube. “We’re all in it together,” she said. “People tend to forget the actors aren’t in the same room. The actors aren’t really seeing each other but it looks like they are.” Though everyone’s mourning the loss of the annual outdoor tours, Ennals said there are “some really nice silver linings involved” with the virtual format. Dramaturgs are able to offer helpful tidbits throughout the performances, such as defining antiquated

Ron Chapman records his “King Lear” scenes with the aid of a green screen. A cloth is draped above the area to block the brightness coming from a skylight. way they have to ‘masculinize’ themselves in order to be taken seriously. Especially what white women have done to become white patriarchy in this culture.” While Powell’s Lear is a white woman, her three daughters are biracial characters. “Most of the younger characters in the play are played by actors of color. It’s a very deliberate look at the colossal shifting of culture that’s happening now and the way that’s affecting leadership,” she said. “(Carter) is a Black queer woman whose mother is white. It’s a very personal thing for her. She is the right director for this project — she has that perspective.” Opening a traditionally male role to female actors also offers an opportunity for an overlooked community of artists. “Women over 50 get shut out of Shakespeare often. It’s a whole unexplored pool of talent. Why limit yourself to some very narrow definitions of what a character should look like based on historical precedence?” Ennals said. One of the most cherished parts of the annual Free Shakespeare in the Park events is the pre-performance “Green Show,” a creative, often humorous mini-show that

introduces audiences (especially kids) to the featured play in a fun, breezy way. This year, the Green Show, starring SF Shakes’ college interns, is available in 15-minute video form, viewable at any time. “We kept the spirit of it, the irreverence,” Ennals said. “We get that there are words that are unfamiliar, there are things that need to be explained. We want to get rid of all the anxiety people have about watching Shakespeare.” One has to wonder, what would the Bard make of it all? While he couldn’t have predicted the ability to livestream shows over the internet, he’d certainly have been no stranger to plagues — or genderbending casting. “I like to think Shakespeare would not be precious about what people would do with his plays,” Ennals said. “He’d have no problem at all that we have a woman playing King Lear as a woman. We know that they did a lot of cutting and editing along the way. He wouldn’t be surprised that we do the same.” More information is available at sfshakes.org. Q Arts and Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com

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San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Technical Director Neal Ormond works on “King Lear.”

phrases unfamiliar to some viewers. Audiences can also watch the lengthy show in multiple sittings. And, of course, the performances will be accessible to folks anywhere, not only those who can make it out to a live event. New flexibility from unions has also been a beneficial result. “We ended up getting one of the first Actors Equity Association contracts in the country for virtual streaming,” she said. “They had to work out jurisdiction from SAG (the Screen Actors Guild). This is for theater actors to perform live.” Normally, the cities of San Francisco, Redwood City and Cupertino each fund several weekends of performances on location. Happily, this is continuing, with each city sponsoring a slew of performances despite widespread budget cuts, allowing SF Shakes to still offer the production free to viewers at home. “The two South Bay cities really embraced the idea. We’re really grateful for that,” she said. Performances run now through Sept. 27, with shows at 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 4 p.m. on Sundays (with an additional performance at 4 p.m on Labor Day, Sept. 4). “King Lear,” the tragedy involving the downfall of a monarch attempting to divide a kingdom among three daughters, has themes that resonate strongly today, Ennals said. “It’s about society going through a really unusual time and an unusual struggle; something that’s throwing off the entire culture; that feels really relevant right now,” she said. “There are uprisings staged in the production, there are people questioning what’s going on with the leadership of the country.” The titular Lear is portrayed in this production by Jessica Powell. Director Elizabeth Carter chose to have a female Lear partly to explore the fraught dynamics of mother-daughter relationships and the intersection of gender, race and power. “It does open your ears to some of the lines in a different way, to how women in politics have to enact patriarchy,” Ennals said. “The

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Out-of-work residents find a lifeline via homemade food operations by Elena Kadvany

here’s an underground food movement booming on the Midpeninsula. It’s not happening at restaurants, but in the homes and backyards of out-of-work cooks, high school coaches, mothers and fathers — people who have turned to selling food to make ends meet during the coronavirus shutdown. On any given day, if you’re clued into the right Instagram and Facebook pages, you can find homemade quesabirria tacos, fresh tamales, lumpia, pupusas, smoked brisket, smoothies, boba tea and otai (a Polynesian drink made from fresh fruit). For most people, it’s a good enough side hustle to help them get by during a challenging time. For some, it’s generating enough income to help them cover rent while they wait for the next unemployment check or send money to family members in their home countries. “That’s what a lot of people are doing right now,” said Tina, a Mountain View resident who sells desserts out of her home. “If they have a skill, they’re trying to figure out, ‘How can I utilize it to best help me during this pandemic?’”(Because Tina and other sources in this story are selling food without the required permits, they will only be identified by their first names.) In many ways, the boom in under-the-table home food businesses — concentrated in communities like East Palo Alto where residents are hardest hit by the economic impacts of the pandemic — reflects

the inequities of the shutdown. The majority of people interviewed for this story are selling food without permits, using social media and word of mouth to boost their new ventures. For many of them, getting the necessary permits to legally sell homemade food is a less pressing concern than making rent.

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underground movement Teresita makes lumpia, chicken adobo and other dishes available for pickup at her Mountain View home.

Enterprising eats In one East Palo Alto backyard on a recent afternoon, a makeshift kitchen, complete with two flat-top grills, stacks of takeout containers and a steaming vat of consomme broth, was churning out orders of quesabirria, burritos, rice and beans. Pepe, an East Palo Alto native who was a cook at Facebook until the social media company’s Menlo Park campus shut down in mid-March, manned a sizzling flat-top next to family members he’s recruited to help his homegrown business. Pepe sells his food through Instagram every weekend, often selling out quickly. He built a covered wooden patio outside and added the second flat-top to keep up with demand. He’s long wanted to start his own business — a food truck is the goal — but didn’t have the time or impetus until the shutdown. He started cooking at Facebook eight years ago after attending the culinary arts training program at JobTrain in Menlo Park. He said working in the kitchen felt like a natural fit: “This was the first time in my life I was like, ‘I want to get up at 6 in the morning and go to work.’”

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Pepe’s recipe for slow-braised birria takes inspiration from his father, who worked as a professional chef, and mother, who would make the dish with the traditional goat but also sometimes with beef. Pepe prefers beef, which he marinates overnight with a special mix of spices and starts braising early in the morning so it’s fresh at noon when he starts selling. He puts the rich, shredded birria into several kinds of tacos — quesabirria, multi and vampiro, all variations on crispy corn tortillas with meat and melted cheese — as well as ramen with fresh noodles. “I’ve been wanting to start my own thing. As a chef, that’s the ultimate goal,” Pepe said. “You make good food, people are going to come and try it.” Pepe is making money, though not much since he’s only selling food once a week. He hopes to purchase a food truck soon so he can serve food full time — and do it legally. He’s one of many local residents pursuing this kind of under-thetable income. Tina, who has a self-described sweet tooth, started selling chocolate-covered strawberries to friends and family for fun on Valentine’s Day. Then COVID-19 hit, and her husband lost his job. He received two weeks of unemployment and then the checks stopped coming, she said. In April, she was elated to get hired as a contractor at Stanford Hospital, making $25 an hour — and then got laid off because, she said she was told, the hospital wasn’t crowded enough. “It was like, ‘Wow. What do I do?’ We couldn’t get a hold of unemployment. We couldn’t get a hold of anybody,” Tina said. She thought of the chocolatecovered strawberries, which had netted her a few thousand dollars. So she made a website and social media pages, expanded to making several flavors of jarred, no-bake cheesecakes and started offering delivery throughout the Bay Area three days a week. She now sells about 50 to 100 cheesecakes a week — enough to cover her family’s household bills. “It’s given us a nice cushion

during this pandemic where at first we were trying to figure out if we still had a house to live in,” Tina said.

Legal limbo For residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, cottage food permits are the path toward legally selling food out of their homes. The California Homemade Food Act allows people to sell specific “low-risk” foods made in home kitchens. These are largely nonperishable foods that don’t require refrigeration to keep them safe from bacterial growth that could make people sick, such as bread, dried pasta, coffee, tea and honey. Permits can be costly. In Santa Clara County, there are two categories of Cottage Food permits, one costing $219 and the other $635, with additional fees for any complaint inspections or if additional time is needed to review paperwork or food labels. There are also annual revenue caps for cottage food operations. In 2019, a new California law that allows people to sell more kinds of food from their homes, the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) Act, took effect, but with a major catch — counties have to opt in for local implementation. That same year, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a pilot program of the state law, but it was contingent on hiring more staff, according to Heather Forshey, director of San Mateo County Environmental Health Services. With Environmental Health Services staff now consumed with responding to COVID-19, the pilot fell by the wayside, she said. Forshey said the county plans to resume the pilot at a later date and is not considering easing regulations during the shutdown, which leaves the homegrown efforts of Pepe and others on the margins, even as the state has a program to accommodate them. “Public health protection is the highest priority for County Environmental Health as it implements the state’s regulations, including regulations pertaining to sales

under the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations Act,” Forshey said. “There is also no legal flexibility to ease permitting.” Rochelle Gaddi, director of the Santa Clara County Consumer Protection Division, said the county hasn’t opted into the state law and that the Department of Environmental Health “continues to evaluate the options regarding the implementation of the MEHKOs program within Santa Clara County.” The text of the state law, AB626, acknowledges that an “informal economy” of illegal homemade food exists in communities across the state. “However, due to a lack of appropriate regulations, many experienced cooks in California are unable to legally participate in the locally prepared food economy and to earn an income legally therein,” the bill reads. “As a result, and because they feel they have no other option, thousands of private chefs, home caterers, and many other food microentrepreneurs cook out of private homes or unlicensed food facilities, with little access to education for best practices or safety guidelines.” The bill notes the benefits of legalizing that world, from increasing food access (particularly in food deserts), increasing public health safeguards and providing economic opportunities to people who “are unable to enter the traditional food economy based on disability, family responsibilities, or lack of opportunity.” “Small-scale, home-cooking operations can create significant economic opportunities for Californians that need them most — often women, immigrants and people of color,” the law reads.

‘We need the money now’ Monday through Friday, Teresita posts to Instagram the homemade dishes she’s selling that day — from lumpia, bihon pancit and chicken adobo to spaghetti and meatballs and cupcakes. She offers pickup at her home in Mountain View or her son will deliver for an extra $5.

Eating Out Teresita loves to cook — she’s Filipino, so food is a fundamental part of any of her family gatherings or celebrations. But it wasn’t until she lost her job at a local electronics store in April that her home kitchen became her main source of income. In this regard, Teresita, much like Pepe and Tina, is one of many locals who have turned to home cooking to navigate the COVID-19 economic downturn. “It’s really a big help for us,” Teresita said in a recent phone interview after she finished making that day’s dish, pork sisig. “It gives me (money) to pay my rent, to pay my insurance, to buy some food. I

still send money to my family in the Philippines.” Eddy and Alice, a couple who live in Daly City, had always joked about a parallel fantasy life in which they quit their tech jobs, move to Hawaii and start a barbecue pop-up. In early April, part of that unexpectedly became their reality. Eddy was furloughed and Alice was laid off. They decided to turn what was a weekend passion — barbecuing and cooking for friends — into their main gig. They were inspired in part by other local food businesses that they watched rise from obscure homegrown operations into fully

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MACARTHUR PARK CLOSED UNTIL 2021 ... This Saturday, Aug. 8, will be MacArthur Park’s last day of service until 2021. The owners of MacArthur Park, which has occupied a historic, 11,000-square-foot building on the edge of downtown Palo Alto for nearly 40 years, have decided to close the restaurant temporarily. “The safety of our staff and patrons has always been an utmost concern. Combined with the challenging economics, we decided it best to pause our operations til next year,” spokesperson Michael Davis wrote in an email. MacArthur Park opened in 1981 at 27 University Ave., next to the Palo Alto Caltrain station. After offering takeout and delivery for several months, the restaurant reopened for outdoor dining in July. But without MacArthur Park’s large indoor dining room and mezzanine as a draw, coupled with the loss of special events, the economics proved difficult, Davis said. “It felt as though it was an uphill battle,” he said. — E.K.

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MUJI SHUTTERS AT STANFORD ... Japanese retailer Muji announced on July 31 that it is closing all seven of its California locations, including its store at Stanford Shopping Center, as part of a company restructuring due to the COVID-19 closures. “Muji recently began taking steps to restructure our U.S. business operations. A part of this evolution included the difficult decision to close our California retail locations indefinitely. ... Thank you for eight wonderful years in California,” the company stated in a press release. The unexpected closures come just two weeks after the company announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 10. “Muji U.S.A. will remain fully operational throughout this restructuring,” the company stated at the time as it moved forward with phased reopenings of stores across the country. — L.T.

fledged businesses with loyal followings. Eddy, who is Burmese and Chinese, is the self-declared pit master. He spends hours making pork ribs, brisket, pulled pork and hot links in two smokers in their backyard. Alice is the chief operating officer, organizing orders and managing their social media presence. She also jumps in to season the meats and make some of the side dishes, including mac salad and collard greens. The extra income is “tying (us) over,” Eddy said. “If it blew up so big that I didn’t have to go back to tech, I don’t think I would feel bad, but at the same time, I paid

JOS. A. BANK LEAVES MIDPENINSULA ... Menswear retailer Jos. A. Bank has left the Midpeninsula. Parent company Tailored Brands, which has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans reduce its workforce by 20% and close up to 500 stores nationwide as part of a series of organizational changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its significant impact on the company’s brands, which include Men’s Warehouse, Moores Clothing for Men and K&G in addition to Jos. A Bank, the company stated in a July 21 announcement. Reportedly, the company’s Palo Alto Jos. A. Bank location at 270 University Ave. and its San Mateo store at 208 E. Third Ave. are among the first 100 of its sites that Tailored Brands planned to permanently shutter. According to the Jos. A. Bank company website, both stores have closed. — L.T.

attention to the margins — it’d be awhile before we could match the income we were making in tech.” Tina, for her part, said trying to get the permits to make her business legal was the first thing she looked into. But finding the right information was challenging and it was hard to tell whether the offices in charge of home food operations were even open at the start of the shutdown, she said. She takes food and health safety seriously, sanitizing her house twice a day, wiping down anything she touches, always wearing a mask for pickups or deliveries and putting her desserts into a basket for contactless pickup.

Tina encouraged anyone else who’s thinking about selling food out of their homes to do the same, although she understands why some people haven’t gotten permits. “I know right now people are just doing what they need to do to make ends meet. I wouldn’t tell somebody, ‘Wait until you can do everything right,” she said. “We need the money now. If no one else is going to help us, we’re going to have to help ourselves.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com. Read her Peninsula Foodist blog at PaloAltoOnline.com/blogs.

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Your Realtor & You REALTORS® are More Tech Savvy Today The profile of the typical REALTOR® has not changed much since last year's National Association of REALTORS®' survey. REALTORS® continue to come from a variety of demographic groups and career backgrounds. They represent the various age, ethnic, and language that define their local communities. They are, however, more tech savvy today. They use their smartphone and computer on a daily basis, and they have adopted other online tools to communicate with their clients. According to the NAR 2020 Member Profile, the typical REALTOR® is a 55-yearold, college-educated White female, and a homeowner. Sixty-four percent of all REALTORS® are women. For 73 percent, real estate is their only occupation. Also largely unchanged from the previous year, 69 percent are married, 16 percent are divorced, and 10 percent are single or never married. Eighty percent of REALTORS® are White, while 10 percent are Hispanic/Latino, 6 percent Black, and 5 percent Asian/Pacific Islanders. Eighty-two percent are fluent only in English. REALTORS® under 50 years old are most likely to be fluent in another language, with Spanish being the most common second language. Thirteen percent of the 12,464 members who responded to the survey said they were born outside of the U.S. More than nine in 10 members use a smartphone and a computer daily, while just about all members regularly email clients.

Text messaging is the preferred means of communication for REALTORS® (94%), followed by email (91%) and telephone calls (89%). Seventy percent of members said they have a website for business use. Majority use social media apps to communicate with clients. "The survey was conducted prior to the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent nationwide stay-at-home orders. REALTORS® are very innovative. If the same survey is conducted today, it would show an even higher percentage of REALTORS® utilizing tech tools, and they have done so successfully from the start of a transaction to completion," said Mary Kay Groth, president of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Groth said people tend to use the terms REALTOR® and real estate agent interchangeably, but they are not the same. Although both are licensed to sell real estate, a REALTOR® is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and pledges to follow the Code of Ethics. "REALTORS® must abide by a Code of Ethics. As such, a REALTOR® is held to an even higher standard of conduct than other real estate licensees. Only REALTORS® can use the REALTOR® trademark by their name." ******* Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

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In May, the council voted 4-3 in favor of the ban on both products without including exemptions for either adult-only stores such as Mac’s Smoke Shop or flavored tobacco products that aren’t necessarily used with vaping devices and electronic cigarettes such as cigars, chewing tobacco, paper cigarettes, etc. The ban was reaffirmed in June and approved in a second reading on Aug. 3. As a result, the ban directly impacts retailers like Mac’s but not tobacco stores such as Hemingway Cigars and Tobacco on University Avenue, which does not sell flavored tobacco. Khoury has said before that he is willing to comply with the ban on vaping devices but pleaded with the council not to ban all flavored tobacco products. Doing so would put Mac’s out of business, he said, since flavored tobacco makes up around 70% of the store’s sales. (In addition to flavored cigars and chewing tobacco, Mac’s sells its own blend of flavored pipe tobacco.) With the ban, Khoury said he was given until the end of August to clear out his store of vaping and flavored tobacco items. “We feel that we’ve been targeted,” Khoury said. “Being called a smoke shop, I guess we don’t fit the new Palo Alto look. I guarantee you Mac’s has been there longer than anybody (on the council) who voted on it in Palo Alto.” Part of the lawsuit claims the city violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which essentially states that owners of private property are entitled to “just compensation” whenever a government body, like a city council, confiscates

that property. The lawsuit equates the city’s new ban to the taking of property without proper compensation. The lawsuit also states the city’s ordinance causes financial hardship and “irreparable harm” to the retail owners’ constitutional rights as U.S. and state citizens to conduct lawful businesses. “Mohammad Hammad, who operates Raw Smoke Shop, will have his income significantly reduced to the point where he will have to close his business, but he will still owe over $264,000 in rent pursuant to his lease agreement,” the lawsuit claims. “The city’s new ordinance will permanently shut down the plaintiffs’ businesses and cause extreme financial hardship as the plaintiffs’ must still pay rent, utilities, wages, insurance, etc.” The lawsuit requests that a judge declare the city’s ordinance void and restrain the city from enforcing the ban until the court “decides the merits of this lawsuit.” City Attorney Molly Stump said the city does not comment on pending litigation. David Finkelstein, the attorney representing the four business owners, did not return requests for comment in time before the story was published. With the new restrictions, Palo Alto is following in the footsteps of other jurisdictions that had also moved to ban vaping and flavored tobacco, including San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Mateo County. In other parts of the country, such restrictions have similarly attracted lawsuits. Last year, in Arden Hills — a small city north of St. Paul, Minnesota — tobacco shop owner Ibrahim Aquel similarly sued the city council for banning flavored tobacco without providing any exemptions for adult-only stores, according to St. Paul

A customer shops at Mac’s Smoke Shop in downtown Palo Alto on June 17. Pioneer Press. The attorney accused the council for targeting Aquel’s store. More recently, three tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in June against Los Angeles County, the county’s Board of Supervisors and individual members of the board for

their flavored tobacco ordinance that was passed in September 2019, calling it “one of the most draconian bans on tobacco products of any county in the nation.” Q Editorial Assistant Lloyd Lee can be emailed at llee@paweekly.com.

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solution and I don’t think it should be,” she said about when and how to reopen schools. For the district’s youngest students — which include her 10-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son — she wants the district to offer “something that goes beyond just Zoom meetings” in the fall. Her son, who has an individualized education plan (IEP) for reading, needs to have someone sitting with him and going over online assignments. For her daughter, the hardest part was missing the social fabric of school, she said. Since 2017, Nisewaner has served on the board of directors for Palo Alto Community Child Care, including a term as chair. She led the board through the nonprofit’s initial COVID-19 response, according to her campaign website. She suggested the district look to local child care providers for examples of how to safely serve students in person. “I’m not going to profess to be an expert in education, but it’s my job” as a lawyer, she said, “to understand the needs that various people have and figure out ... (how to be) more flexible in our definition of what we’re going to do.” Nisewaner also serves on the Addison school site council and volunteers with her daughter’s Girl Scouts troop. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@paweekly.com.

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don’t like something or that they’re not satisfied, but it’s up to us to actually try to do something,” she said. “I think it’s important to step up and say, ‘I think I could help.’” Nisewaner has decided to make a bid for the school board to bring her perspective as a parent and lawyer. Nisewaner, who grew up in Millbrae, has lived in Palo Alto since 2007. She started her legal career at the Palo Alto branch of intellectual property law firm Finnegan in 2001. She went on to work in legal roles at Intuit and IBM. She is currently vice president and deputy general counsel at Cadence Design Systems, an electronic design company in San Jose, where she leads a team focused on intellectual property, litigation, employment and transactions — “all of the things necessary to make sure that business is running right and following all the rules,” she said. She hopes to bring this expertise as well as commitment to transparency to the board. As the district grapples with unprecedented challenges around how to educate students during a public health crisis, Nisewaner advocated for proactive communication and flexibility. “I don’t think it’s a one-size-fits-all

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