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Upfront
Local news, information and analysis
Grocer to bring Berkeley flavor to Alma Plaza
Miki’s Farm Fresh Market plans to
open at plaza in July 2012
by Gennady Sheyner
ans of the popular Berkeley
Bowl supermarket will have
plenty to smile about when Palo
Alto’s newest grocery store opens its
doors next year.
Michael Werness, a former manager at Berkeley Bowl and Monterey
Market (both in Berkeley), unveiled
on Wednesday his plan to open a
F
store at Alma Plaza in south Palo
Alto. Werness, who goes by “Miki,”
said the new store will be much like
Berkeley Bowl in that it will focus on
organic and sustainable products and
carry produce, fish, meat and all other
supermarket staples.
The main difference will be the
size. At 19,000 square feet, Miki’s
Farm Fresh Market, as the new store
will be called, will be about half the
size of Berkeley Bowl.
Werness said that while the store
will feature a wide selection of premium organic items, it will focus
on keeping the prices down for customers.
“Variety will be outstanding,”
Werness said. “And it’ll be sustainable. People will know where everything comes from.”
He said he plans to listen to the
community and try to accommodate
customers’ needs by bringing in the
types of products they suggest.
Werness, 64, has been involved
in the food industry for nearly half
a century. He began as a bag boy in
a San Jose market when he was 15
years old. He worked in a wide range
of grocery stores after that, including
in South San Francisco, Palo Alto
and Menlo Park, before ending up in
Berkley Bowl, a renowned market that
opened in 1977 in a former bowling
alley and relocated into a larger location in 1999.
Werness had spent about 11 years
at Berkeley Bowl, where he helped
stock its main store upon its relocation. He then spent another nine years
as manager of the Monterey Market,
another Berkeley grocer that focuses
on sustainable products.
Werness’ decision to bring a store to
Alma Plaza provides a huge lift for the
controversial development, which was
the subject of dozens of heated public meetings and intense community
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CITY HALL
Firefighters
blast labor
measure
Union opposes city’s
effort to strike bindingarbitration provision from
City Charter
by Gennady Sheyner
answer yet.”
While downtown Palo Alto retail
has struggled with high turnover and
falling rents in recent years, the market for office space is white hot, landlords and brokers said.
“The vacancy in office space is almost nil right now,” said Fred Thoits,
president of Thoits Bros., Inc. and a
major downtown landlord.
“There’s been a lot of money flowing into venture capital. Startups
are scrambling, and they want to be
downtown because they’re attracting
a workforce that wants to be downtown.
Thoits said office rents have spiked
or the second straight year,
Palo Alto voters will find
themselves in the midst of a
heated labor battle between their
elected officials and the city’s firefighters.
In a dramatic 5-4 vote, the City
Council decided on Monday night
to give residents a chance to repeal
a local law that empowers an arbitration panel to settle labor disputes between the city and its public-safety unions. The narrow vote
came after a long debate and a surprising swing vote by Vice Mayor
Yiaway Yeh. Council members
Karen Holman, Greg Scharff, Pat
Burt and Greg Schmid also voted
to place the repeal on the ballot.
The drive to repeal the 1978
provision is already facing intense
opposition from the firefighters
union, which issued a statement
Wednesday calling it “another attack on the basic rights of workers.”
“Palo Alto is no Wisconsin,”
union President Tony Spitaleri said
in a statement, referring to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s effort to
take away the collective-bargaining rights of state employees.
“Unlike the City Council, Palo
Alto voters value fairness,” he said,
adding that he expects the repeal to
be rejected.
Last year, the union sponsored
a ballot measure that would have
frozen the staffing levels in the
Fire Department and required Palo
Alto to hold an election any time it
wanted to reduce staff or close fire
stations. Voters overwhelmingly
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Veronica Weber
A steel giant rises
Artist Richard Serra’s huge, maze-like sculpture — 13 feet tall, weighing 235 tons — is installed on the north side of the Cantor Arts Center on the
Stanford University campus Thursday, with Tom Seligman (lower left corner), art center director, watching. Named “Sequence,” the 2006 sculpture
resembles a pair of interlocking figure eights that viewers can experience from inside and out, as well as aerially from a terrace.
BUSINESS
Downtown without Borders: retailers,
brokers ponder the future
Palo Alto office market is hot while retail has struggled, landlords say
by Chris Kenrick
ith the demise of Borders
bookstore, an anchor of
downtown Palo Alto, retailers lamented the loss of a gathering
spot and real estate brokers speculated
on who might fill the void.
Surviving local booksellers refused
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to admit much satisfaction in the failure of their outsized competition.
“We’re all very sad when we see the
demise of booksellers anywhere,” Keplers General Manager and Children’s
Buyer Antonia Squire said.
“It really is indicative of the state of
consumerism right now. It’s not that
people aren’t reading, but it’s where
they’re choosing to put their dollars
— outside the community.
“When a bookstore goes away, is
there anything that replaces it? That’s
the question, and we’re not sure of the
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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PALO ALTO
WEEKLY
I hate to lose the book category, but
time marches on.
— Chop Keenan, landlord for the Palo Alto
Borders bookstore, on the retailer’s closure. See
story on page 3.
Around Town
WHO’S CALLING? ... Palo
Alto officials had mixed feelings
Tuesday night when they debated establishing an anonymous
“fraud, waste and abuse” hotline
for whistle blowers at City Hall.
Though the council’s Policy and
Services Committee ultimately
recommended instituting the
new hotline on a trial basis, City
Manager James Keene and
Councilman Larry Klein voiced
concerns about the prospect
of employees issuing baseless
complaints behind the mask of
anonymity. Klein brought up as
an example Palo Alto Online’s
Town Square forum, where
readers are encouraged but not
required to state their names.
“We’ve all read Palo Alto Online
where people who are anonymous say things that they’ll never
say if their names were attached
to them. That’s the downside,”
Klein said. Councilman Pat Burt
then proposed his own idea to
root out the nameless, grudgebearing accusers. “We can have
a hotline against anonymous
complainers,” Burt quipped.
GOING DIGITAL ... As the
Palo Alto City Council prepares
to switch from paper packets
to iPads to get their weekly reports, one question has yet to
be settled: Should the city pay
for the new iPads or should each
council member be responsible
for his or her own device? At least
three council members argued
this week for the latter option.
Councilwoman Gail Price argued for the former option earlier
this week, when the Policy and
Services Committee debated the
topic. Council members, she said,
receive “modest stipends” and it
would be appropriate for the city
to pay for something that would
make the council function better
and be greener. But Klein, an attorney, disagreed and said having
council members buy their own
iPads (or laptops) would help protect their privacy. City-purchased
devices, he said, would be more
liable to be used in court in the
case of litigation than those
bought by council members for
private use. Klein “If you used
your Gmail account to communicate with whoever, it’s less likely
to be discoverable than if you use
your city account to communicate.” The other two committee
members, Pat Burt and Karen
Holman, sided with Klein and
voted to “encourage” council
members to buy their own tablets.
The full council will consider the
switch, as well as who will pay for
the new iPads, on Aug. 1.
ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
... Gunn High School senior
Brian Zhang took a gold medal
— scoring eighth-highest overall — in last week’s International
Physics Olympiad in Bangkok,
Thailand. Nearly 400 young physicists representing 84 countries
competed in the gathering. The
U.S. team, of which Brian was a
member, brought home two gold
and three silver medals. The other
U.S. gold medalist was Ante Qu
of West Windsor-Plainsboro High
School South in Princeton Junction, N.J. Four countries — Taiwan, China, Singapore and Korea
— won five gold medals. The U.S.
team’s aggregate score was the
fifth highest.
IT’S A WHAT?! ... Palo Alto
resident Kathleen Lee became a
Jeopardy! champion on the July
14 show and managed to make
usually serious host Alex Trebek
laugh as well. Lee, a pharmaceutical scientist, won $30,601
over a two-day period before
being ousted by Mark Runvold,
a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho. Lee’s “blooper” that
brought a smile to Trebek came
during the first round under the
category “Reptiles” for $800.
The clue posed was: “Although
called a ‘toad,’ this North American animal is actually a lizard that
feeds mainly on ants.” Lee rang in.
“What is a horny toad?” she said.
The answer wasn’t quite right, but
Trebek was flexible. “We’ll accept
that. It’s a horned toad. I have
no idea of — well, we won’t go
there,” he said, laughing.
POOMF! ... The smell of burning
leaves led Palo Alto firefighters
to a blaze on Randers Court
Wednesday, where a palm tree
had caught fire after contacting
power lines. Firefighters briefly
closed Randers and extinguished
the blaze in about 45 minutes,
though 51 residents temporarily
lost power. No homes were damaged, but the palm tree will never
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s school districts across California confront dire budget scenarios, the Palo Alto school district
has nearly $29 million in designated
and undesignated surplus funds, a
small portion of which will be used
to avoid serious cuts in 2011-12.
Students will return to campuses
next month with full complements of
staff and programs, as well as funds
allocated to give teachers time for professional development.
“We feel like we’re in a good position, as strong as we could be given
what’s going on in California,” Superintendent Kevin Skelly said.
“Our challenge in the next year as in
past years is looking at the uncertainty
and building a revenue balance to be
prepared for whatever possibilities are
happening.”
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The Board of Education approved
the district’s $162.4 million operating budget for 2011-12 on June 28.
In addition to the revenues projected
in the budget, the district also has
nearly $16 million in restricted, reserved and designated fund categories and $13 million in unrestricted
and undesignated categories going in
to this school year.
By contrast, the neighboring Ravenswood City School District, serving East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo
Park, will close campuses, boost class
sizes and shorten the 2011-12 school
year to make ends meet.
Funded mostly through local property tax, Palo Alto schools are largely
buffered from the exigencies of 90
percent of California districts, including Ravenswood, that rely directly on
Sacramento for per-pupil revenue.
However, Palo Alto’s operating
budget did take $7 million in socalled “fair share” state cuts, which
were offset with, among other things,
$1.3 million from the surplus.
Palo Alto found other savings in
reducing the number of new teachers
that will be hired, a slightly smaller allocation to routine maintenance and a
projected increase in property taxes.
Given the uncertain state outlook,
the Palo Alto school board for the
past year has requested frequent
budget updates from staff, for close
monitoring of the situation.
Leftover funds from prior years are
routinely used to plug gaps.
Under current projections, the dis(continued on page 10)
Borders
(continued from page 3)
Veronica Weber
up to 25 percent since the first of the
year and that there’s “real competition
for anything that comes up.”
But with vacant storefronts up and
down University Avenue, where will
all the office workers shop?
Palo Alto is unique among suburban downtowns in having a large employee base, creating opportunities for
retail, said Palo Alto developer and
landlord Jim Baer.
“Very few downtowns have office
tenants with spendable income the
way Palo Alto does,” Baer said.
“Facebook and Google started here,
so you’ve got a lot of energetic guys
that want to visit, have lunch, stay
late for coffee. If they need flowers,
they’re going to get them here.
“That kind of stimulative characteristic is very rare in other suburban
retail downtowns, so we’re better off
than most, and our sales per square
foot reflect that,” Baer said.
Dining and entertainment traditionally have done well here, but other retail categories have struggled recently.
Responding to pleas from landlords,
the City Council in 2009 amended
the downtown zoning ordinance to
reduce the size of the ground-floor
retail zone.
The move to electronic distribution not just of books and magazines
but of film and sound is a “for-real
change in retailing” that is national
— and has extra impact here because
local residents tend to be early adopters, Baer said.
That change accounts for the demise of such national brands as Blockbuster, Virgin Records and Borders,
he said.
“Those are really all under pressure
from an appropriate and predictable
technological shift,” he said.
The recession also made things difficult for “lifestyle retailers” such as Z
Gallerie, which vacated its large University Avenue space in early 2009.
The good news is that Apple is
Future use of the Borders bookstore site, at 456 University Ave., Palo Alto,
is up in the air. The bookstore is set to close by the end of September.
readying plans to move into the Z Gallerie space, and at least one local broker sees a pickup in downtown retail.
Menlo Park Realtor Sam Arsan said
he recently leased the former site of
A.G. Ferrari at the corner of Hamilton
Avenue and Emerson Street, as well
as the former Fashion Passion site at
425 University.
Arsan said he’s also had three offers on the former Rococo kitchen
showroom next door, at 435 University, which has been vacant for several years.
“Nobody has a crystal ball,” Arsan
said. “The retail market has kind of
dragged a little bit behind the office
market, but it’s coming back.”
Borders landlord Chop Keenan said
he’s considering various options for
the looming vacancy, including building a glass atrium over the courtyard
space.
“We’ll see what the market tells us
to do,” Keenan said. “Retail is a tough
business these days.
“If I can find a two-story retail user
for 23,000 square feet, that’s a good
thing,” he said.
It also would be possible to subdivide the space, with one tenant taking front-to-back in the portion facing University Avenue, and another
tenant taking the interior groundfloor space, with access facing the
rear parking lot.
“What we don’t want to happen is
for the thing to sit there empty.
“I hate to lose the book category,
but time marches on.”
Books Inc. CEO Michael Tucker
said business at his nine Bay Area
stores is up 5 percent over last year
as the shops make extra efforts to focus on customer service and become
community gathering spots.
Tucker, who has a shop at Town &
Country Village, cited a recent nonbook event that drew 120 people to his
Opera Plaza venue in San Francisco
— a discussion of composer Richard
Wagner following a San Francisco
Opera performance of a segment of
the Ring Cycle.
“A group wanted a place to meet
after the opera, so we set up chairs
and ended up selling $2,000 in other
stuff,” Tucker said.
“A successful bookstore can be that
kind of thing in the community.”
Tucker called the Borders liquidation a loss to the industry.
“The unfortunate thing, from my
personal perspective, is that 11,000
booksellers nationally are going to be
out of work,” he said.
“We’ve hired a number of people
from Borders, and they are great
booksellers.” N
Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can
be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.
com.
NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
FOR ONE FOUR-YEAR TERM ENDING JULY 31, 2015
(Lippert)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking
applications for the Planning and Transportation Commission
from persons interested in serving in a four year term ending
July 31, 2015. The incumbent will not reapply.
Eligibility Requirements: Composed of seven members who
are not Council Members, officers, or employees of the City,
and who are residents of the City of Palo Alto. Regular
meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on the second and last Wednesday
of each month.
Duties: The Planning and Transportation Commission’s
primary duties include: a) Preparing and making
recommendations to the City Council on the City’s
Comprehensive Plan regarding development, public
facilities, and transportation in Palo Alto; b) Considering and
making recommendations to the City Council on zoning map
and zoning ordinance changes; c) Reviewing and making
recommendations to the City Council on subdivisions and
appeals on variances and use permits; and d) Considering
other policies and programs affecting development and land
use in Palo Alto for final City Council action.
Application forms and appointment information are available
in the City Clerk’s Office, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
(650) 329-2571 or may be obtained on the website at http://
www.cityofpaloalto.org.
Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk’s Office
is 5:00 p.m., August 12, 2011.
MEMBERS MUST BE PALO ALTO RESIDENTS.
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Neighborhoods
A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann
AROUND
THE BLOCK
SPIKE IN BIKE THEFTS ... Crime
comes in cycles, and bike thieves
have been active in Palo Alto
neighborhoods for the past three
weeks, Palo Alto Police Detective
Sal Madrigal said on Tuesday. Ten
thefts occurred between June 27
and July 18, with six incidents July
11 and 12, according to police
logs. The thefts have taken place
throughout the city. Police advise
residents to lock up bicycles and
lock garages and gates.
LOST AND FOUND ART ... Palo
Alto Parks and Recreation officials
uncovered an obscured work of art
while renovating Greer Park. The
sculpture, “From Sea to Shining
Sea,” a flat, 21-foot square concrete
sculpture using pavement markers and retread tires in abstract
designs, was created by artist Joan
Zalenski for a sculpture fair in the
East Bay in 1982. The piece was
loaned to the City of Palo Alto for
the park. The city later purchased
the work, but it was concealed
over time by a eucalyptus grove,
according to Midtown Residents
Association Vice-Chair Annette
Ashton. Art commissioners voted
in February to approve funding for a
plaque for the artwork.
TREE-CARE SURVEYS ... Throughout Palo Alto neighborhoods,
Canopy is offering free classes on
young tree-care surveying and
care. Trainings and tours of recently
planted trees have occurred in Old
Palo Alto, Midtown, Palo Verde and
Downtown neighborhoods. A treepruning workshop will take place
Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A
tree walk of the Community Center neighborhood will take place
Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. starting at the
Children’s Library, 1276 Harriet St.
More information is available from
Michael Hawkins, Michael@canopy.
org or 650-964-6110, ext. 1. N
Send announcements of
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Veronica Weber
CIVIC DUTIES, ANYONE? ... A
seat on Palo Alto’s Library Advisory Commission is available for a
term ending on Jan. 31, 2014. The
commission meets once a month
and is responsible for advising the
City Council on a range of matters
relating to Palo Alto libraries. Commissioners must be city residents.
The application deadline is Aug. 4
at 5:30 p.m. Residents interested
in serving on the commission can
contact Ronna Jojola Gonsalves
at 650-329-2267 or ronna.gonsalves@cityofpaloalto.org.
Maya Homan, left, gets
advice from Sawako
Tajima on puffing up
an inflatable paper
cube during an origami
lesson at the College
Terrace Library.
COLLEGE TERRACE
‘Origami Club’ unfolds at library
Sawako Tajima teaches free workshops on the paper-folding art through Aug. 17
by Sue Dremann
aya Homan sat at a folding
table outside the College Terrace Library turning a colorful
square of paper into a boat. With a few
more deft creases, the boat became a
sailboat and then morphed into a pinwheel. And then Homan, 10, did something origami instructor and College
Terrace resident Sawako Tajima found
remarkable: She turned the pinwheel
into a dog that she designed herself.
Each week since June 29, Tajima
and her son, Hide, a Palo Alto High
School senior, come to the library
children’s room for the “origami
club.” The free summertime workshop, which takes place Wednesdays
from 3:30 to 5 p.m., runs through
Aug. 17 and features a different theme
each week: flowers, animals, “useful”
origami (such as boxes), airplanes, sea
creatures, accessories, fun stuff and
traditional forms.
Tajima, a soft-spoken native of Nagoya, Japan, teaches Japanese at Palo
Alto Adult School during the school
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year. She’s also a volunteer at Palo
Alto High School. The origami club
is a loose-knit group with no membership, she said. All the children need to
do is show up while at the library and
the fun begins.
The club is an outgrowth of a March
origami crane project, she said. After
the March 11 Japan earthquake and
tsunami, she organized people to fold
1,000 origami cranes at the library
as a benefit for disaster victims. Tajima put out fliers with instructions
to make the cranes and, on the flip
side, information about where to send
donations to help the stricken.
“In Japan, people believe that 1,000
cranes can cure a sick person. They believe their good wishes will be granted
when they fold the cranes with sincere
prayers,” she said.
Tajima is no stranger to teaching
origami. She has had an annual table
at the College Terrace Residents Association picnic, keeping bored kids
occupied with paper magic. Besides
being beautiful, origami teaches
children geometry concepts. It’s
also good for developing fine motor
skills, she said.
Mary Fetter, 9, said she enjoys making “fortune tellers” — four joined,
peaked pyramids that one manipulates
with fingers in a rotating pattern.
Homan said she discovered the origami club after her mother sent her to
the event with her nanny.
“I think it’s pretty good. I like origami,” she said, while puffing air into
a paper ball that she then tossed in
the air.
“The interesting thing is that some
kids don’t need the instructions,” Tajima said, noting how well Homan
had grasped the art form. “They create their own things.”
Most weeks, the club takes place inside the library, although on Wednesday Tajima took the opportunity to
enjoy the sunny day and combine the
club with a magic-act event taking
place on the lawn.
On the library’s glass door, stenciled
letters summarize its philosophy: “One
world, many stories.”
Inside, the many stories of origami unfolded in the children’s room.
Origami penguins, monkeys, pandas, squirrels, flowers, boats, bookmarks and doll’s clothing populated
a windowsill, enticements for the
next session.
The 1,000 cranes that sparked Tajima’s idea for the origami club hang
in long garlands from the bookshelves,
symbols of the neighborhood’s connection with those far away.
“When I organized it, people’s reaction was overwhelming,” Tajima
said of the crane project. “That’s one
of the other reasons why I wanted to
contribute something to this society
(through the origami club). I still really appreciate what they did.”
Sue Chang, a library associate, said
origami books are a popular checkout item.
Now and then, children stopped
their activities to play with the windowsill animals or marvel at the
multitude of colorful cranes. They
squeezed their wings to make them
flap as though they could fly. N
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be emailed at sdremann@paweekly.
com.
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Palo Alto officials are delaying their plan to institute a ban on vehicle
dwelling after hearing complaints about the proposed ordinance from a
group of homeless residents and advocates.
Planning director Curtis Williams told the Weekly that city officials decided to postpone their discussion of the ordinance until Sept. 12. The City
Council was originally scheduled to consider the issue Monday (July 25).
About a dozen residents — some of them homeless — attended the
council meeting this week and urged the council not to pass a law that
would make living in cars illegal. The Rev. Greg Schaefer, pastor at the
University Lutheran Church, asked the council to delay its discussion and
consider other alternatives for residents with no place to live.
Williams said the delay would give city officials a chance to consider
some of the issues that were brought up at the meeting. He said the goal
of the new ordinance is to identify those vehicle dwellers who cause disturbances in their neighborhoods.
“If someone is minding his business and not causing any problems,
that’s not what we want to aim our ordinance at,” Williams said.
Most cities in the region already ban vehicle dwelling. Palo Alto officials were urged to institute a ban by residents from the College Terrace
neighborhood who complained that vehicle dwellers create unsanitary
conditions in their neighborhood.
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Palo Alto Andronico’s to close
Andronico’s market, a high-end grocery store that’s been a fixture
at Stanford Shopping Center since 1997, will close its doors Sunday
(July 24).
The “rough decision” to close the Palo Alto location came as the familyowned business works through a recapitalization with an unnamed equity
partner, a spokeswoman said.
Employees said they were told of the closure July 15.
Around opening time Monday morning it appeared to be business as
usual, with freshly stocked shelves of cheese, baked goods and still-warm
bread.
“We’re hoping to stabilize and strengthen the company long-term”
through the reorganization, Diane Krebs, the company’s operations administrator, said July 18.
Signs on the store windows touted big discounts through the July 24
closing and referred shoppers to the Andronico’s in Los Altos’ Rancho
Shopping Center for the future.
Andronico’s was founded in Berkeley in 1929 by Greek immigrant
Frank Andronico and is currently operated by Bill Andronico.
The company has four stores in Berkeley, one in San Francisco, one in
San Anselmo and the one in Los Altos.
In 2006, a Danville store was sold and a Walnut Creek location was
closed.
“It’s unfortunate they are closing because they’re a great grocery store
and a wonderful addition to the shopping center,” said Julie Kelly, Stanford
Shopping Center’s director of marketing and business development.
“We have a number of options currently under consideration, but no
decision has been made for a replacement at this time.” N
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Silicon Valley tech industry on rise, study shows
Silicon Valley’s tech industry is emerging from recession and heading for
a 15 percent growth in jobs over the next two years, according to an economic development study of Silicon Valley released Tuesday (July 19).
The study, conducted over a period of eight months and based on 250
employer surveys and more than 50 executive interviews, was released a
day after Cisco announced the company is eliminating 6,500 of its jobs.
Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing
Study of the California Economy and an author of the study, said it is
unclear what implications that decision will have on growth prospects. He
said the move indicates that Silicon Valley is in a constant state of flux.
“Cisco has had a very strong rise in employment over the last 10 years,
so this has to be put in context,” Levy said. “There are always going to be
companies that for some reason or another shrink.”
The study suggests the industry is shifting from hardware-oriented sectors to the Internet, applications and social networking.
Since December 2009, tech companies have added 13,000 jobs with
expansions planned for Google, Facebook and Skype, Levy said. The
sponsoring workforce boards for the study included NOVA, based in
Sunnyvale, and Work2Future in San Jose and San Mateo and Santa Cruz
counties.
The report, titled “Silicon Valley in Transition: Economic and Workforce Implications in the Age of iPads, Android Apps and the Social Web,”
can be accessed at www.novaworks.org. N
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A round-up of
Palo Alto government action this week
City Council (July 18)
Arbitration: The council voted to place the repeal of the City Charter’s binding-arbitration provision on
the November ballot. Yes: Burt, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Yeh No: Espinosa, Klein, Price, Shepherd
Housing: The council discussed the latest Association of Bay Area Governments housing projections. Action: None
Garbage: The committee recommended adding a $4.62 fee to residential trash bills effective Oct. 1.
Yes: Unanimous
Board of Education (July 20)
Facilities: The board approved contracts for construction of a new gymnasium at Gunn High School and
the installation of six portable classrooms at Jordan Middle School. Yes: Unanimous
Utilities Advisory Commission (July 20)
Gas supply: The commission recommended continuing the current policy of keeping gas rates flat for a
year and changing rates only once a year and specified that supply rates should change by no more than
20 percent in any one year. Yes: Berry, Eglash, Foster, Keller, Melton, Waldfogel Absent: Cook
Calaveras: The commission recommended using all funds in the Calaveras Reserve for electricity projects and rejected a staff proposal to split the reserve and to use some of the funds to reimburse ratepayers. The commission also recommended establishing guidelines to determine which projects should be
funded by the reserve. Yes: Berry, Eglash, Foster, Keller, Melton, Waldfogel Absent: Cook
Officers: The commission elected Jonathan Foster as its chair and William Berry as its vice chair. Yes:
Berry, Eglash, Foster, Keller, Melton, Waldfogel Absent: Cook
Human Relations Commission (July 20)
Updates: The commission heard updates on Project Safety Net and on Youth Recognition and discussed its upcoming retreat with the City Council. Action: None
Council Rail Committee (July 21)
Caltrain: The committee discussed Caltrain’s planned electrification, considered the city’s position
on the project and recommended questions for Caltrain to consider. Yes: Unanimous
Architectural Review Board (July 21)
2875 El Camino Real: The board reviewed a proposal by Ken Hayes of Hayes Group Architects
for a new 3,250-square-foot, one-story retail and office building. The board voted to continue the
project to a later date. Yes: Unanimous
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A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week
BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hold a special meeting to consider
awarding a contract for construction of two new classroom buildings at Gunn High
School. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, July 22, in Conference Room A of
school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.).
CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the San Francisco Public Utilities
Commission’s effort to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy system; consider an increase
to the city’s refuse rate; discuss the community benefits the city should pursue as
part of the Stanford University Medical Center expansion project; and consider dissolving the Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on
Monday, July 25, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The committee plans to discuss the
Regional Water Quality Control Plant landscaping project; consider priorities for the
implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan; and consider updating
the rules and regulations for the Community Gardening program. The meeting will
begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, in the Council Conference Room at City
Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to evaluate the
performance of City Clerk Donna Grider and City Attorney Molly Stump. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to continue its discussion of
the economic impacts of Caltrain electrification and high-speed rail. The meeting
will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, in the Council Conference Room at City
Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION ... The commission will continue its discussion
of Palo Alto’s infrastructure backlog and consider ways to pay for the items on the
list. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at Lucie Stern Community Room (1305 Middlefield Road).
LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss
upgrades to the city’s website and the Library Technology Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, in the program room of the
Downtown Library (270 Forest Ave.).
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debate before the City Council approved it in January 2009. Once fully
developed, the plaza will also include
37 homes and 15 below-market-rate
apartments,
a small park
and a comm u n i t y
room.
M i k i’s
Farm Fresh
Market will
serve as the
new plaza’s
centerpiece.
In approving Miki Werness
the project
in 2009, the council specified that
developer John McNellis must find a
grocer before he can proceed with the
residential portion of the development,
which is located in the 3400 block of
Alma Street. Construction on the 4.2acre plaza began last month.
McNellis, who joined Werness and
Mayor Sid Espinosa in announcing
the new store Wednesday, said he
was thrilled to reach an agreement
with Werness. He called Werness a
“creative genius” and described Miki’s Farm Fresh Market as exactly the
type of business the community has
been clamoring for.
Werness said the store will provide
about 50 jobs, roughly half of which
will be full time. It is scheduled to
open in July 2012 and will occupy
one of two retail buildings at Alma
Plaza. N
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Council Finance Committee (July 19)
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Woman in DUI fatality pleads ‘not guilty’
A woman accused of killing her friend in a drunken driving crash
in East Palo Alto in June pleaded not guilty to all charges against her
Wednesday afternoon (July 20) in court, the San Mateo County District
Attorney said. (Posted July 20 at 10:50 p.m.)
Third East Palo Alto homicide in past week
Another young person has died after being shot multiple times in East
Palo Alto Tuesday (July 19), police said. The shooting marks the city’s
third homicide in a week. (Posted July 20 at 10:52 p.m.)
County considers adopting heritage oak ‘Granny’
People plan estates for their parents, their spouses, their children and
pets. Now some Menlo Park residents are being asked to plan an estate
for Granny, a centuries-old oak tree, and San Mateo County may come
to the rescue. (Posted July 20 at 3:57 p.m.)
Fire torches U-Haul trucks in Mountain View
Eight U-Haul trucks were damaged in a two-alarm fire in Mountain
View Tuesday night (July 19) at a lot where illegal gas siphoning had occurred recently, police and fire officials said. (Posted July 20 at 12:27 p.m.)
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Caltrans crews Wednesday (July 20) broke ground on a project to build
auxiliary lanes along a three-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 in Menlo
Park and East Palo Alto. (Posted July 20 at 9:04 a.m.)
Missing Los Altos windsurfer rescued
The rescue swimmer who plucked a stranded windsurfer from the San
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Hit-and-run driver strikes cyclist
A male bicyclist was struck in a hit-and-run accident on Cowper Street
on Tuesday morning (July 19), Palo Alto police and fire officials said.
(Posted July 19 at 2:39 p.m.)
Man, 23, killed in East Palo Alto shooting
Reports of gunfire led police to an East Palo Alto man who was shot
and killed Monday night (July 18), police said. (Posted July 19 at 8:32 a.m.)
Court order halts Atherton layoffs
San Mateo County Superior Court granted a temporary restraining
order Friday (July 15), blocking the layoff of Atherton town workers until
a court hearing is held. (Posted July 18 at 8:43 a.m.)
Palo Alto Art Center will soon have a new look
A new children’s wing, gallery shop, classrooms and better exhibition space at the Palo Alto Art Center got one shovelful of dirt closer to
completion when Palo Alto Mayor Sid Espinosa “broke ground” on the
$7.9 million project Saturday (July 16). (Posted July 16 at 8:25 p.m.)
Squatters in home arrested in La Honda area
Three men found unlawfully occupying a home in unincorporated
La Honda Friday morning (July 15) have been arrested, and a fourth
remains at large, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said. (Posted
July 15 at 4:10 p.m.)
Minor quake strikes in San Mateo County
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake with a
preliminary magnitude of 2.1 struck Thursday night (July 14) in San
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trict’s Co-Chief Business Officer
Cathy Mak said that the “undesignated fund balance” will be exhausted by
the end of 2014-15.
The 2011-12 operating budget
includes $11.6 million in revenue
from the $589-per-parcel tax passed
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defeated Measure R.
Monday’s narrow vote came
about a year after a similar proposal to repeal binding arbitration faltered at the council by a
4-5 vote, with Yeh voting against
it. The other dissenters in last August’s vote — Mayor Sid Espinosa,
Gail Price, Larry Klein and Nancy
Shepherd — once again rejected
the idea of placing the repeal on
the ballot.
Yeh said Monday that while he
doesn’t support the repeal, he believes an up and down vote on the
provision would allow the community to send a clear message to the
council.
“Voters do need to have an opportunity to actually weigh in on
this issue,” Yeh said.
In putting the repeal on the ballot, the council rejected an alternate
measure that would have reformed
rather than repealed the provision.
Under the modification proposal,
Mary McNellis
Aged 89, Mary Margaret McNellis died
recently in Palo Alto after a long illness.
Mary was raised in Queens Village, New
York, one of six children. She attended
Andrew Jackson High School where she
was student body vice president, captain
of the swim team and a cheerleader.
After training at Oklahoma A&M
College during WW II, Mary became a
petty officer in the WAVES, stationed at
Patuxent River, Maryland. She met her
husband, Jack McNellis, a Navy pilot,
there in 1943.
The couple moved several times during
Jack's career, ending up in Lancaster,
California, near Edwards Air Force Base
where Jack played an active role in the
aerospace industry until his death in 1966.
Working for North American Aviation,
Jack was a flight engineer on numerous
experimental jets, rockets and space craft,
including a project for the dry landing of
the Space Capsule.
Mary entered the real estate industry
when the family still lived in Ohio. The allmale real estate association in Columbus
did not allow women members at the
time. She didn’t let that stop her career.
After moving to California, she ultimately
became a real estate broker in an era when
few women were brokers. Her company
was called McNellis Real Estate and quickly
With a growing enrollment — officially counted at 12,024 as of last
fall — Palo Alto operates two high
schools, three middle schools and 12
elementary schools as well as a small
school at Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital. N
Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can
be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.
com.
the arbitrators’ scope would have
been limited to compensation,
and the panel would have been
required to consider such factors
as the city’s financial projections
and the costs of meeting the new
contract.
The measure also would have set
up new requirements for the panel’s one neutral arbitrator (the other
two panelists are chosen by the two
sides). This arbitrator would have
to be a California attorney who is
a member of the National Academy
of Arbitrators.
But Scharff and Holman argued
Monday night that binding arbitration takes away the council’s ability to manage the city’s finances.
Scharff said the law puts the city
in an “untenable position” of not
being able to balance its budget.
He noted that the fiscal year 2012
budget the council passed last
month includes a $4.3 million hole
that city officials plan to fill with
concessions from public-safety
unions.
Holman agreed and said that
while binding arbitration had only
been used six times since the voters adopted it, its existence has
significantly influenced the city’s
stances in its negotiations with police and firefighters.
“We really have been constrained by binding arbitration’s
presence because in order to avoid
binding arbitration we have settled
for something less than where we
needed to be,” Holman said.
The council coupled the repeal
measure with a new ordinance requiring all disputes between the
city and its labor unions (both public safety and non-public safety) to
go to mandatory but non-binding
mediation.
The clash over binding arbitration is occurring at a time when
the city and the firefighters union
remain at a standoff over a new
contract. The two sides have been
negotiating since May 2010 and
remain at an impasse. The dispute
is scheduled to go to arbitration in
the fall. N
Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner
can be emailed at gsheyner@
paweekly.com.
Evelyn Juanita Frykman
became one of the
top companies in
Antelope Valley.
Mary was an
astute marketer.
Throughout her
decades in real
estate she hired
only female sales personnel. At the time,
newspaper articles reported extensively
on the “all girl” team. The Ledger Gazette
ran a feature article about the “Damsels
on parade, costumed in white blouses
and black skirts.” The black and white
color scheme was reflected in all materials
associated with her company, including its
signage.
A long-time member of the Antelope
Valley Board of Realtors, Mary was also
chair of the Antelope Valley Community
Chest. She was also an avid bridge player,
becoming a life master.
Mary is survived by four of her five
children. John McNellis of Palo Alto;
Patrick McNellis of Rome, Italy; Kathleen
McNellis of New Jersey and Maryanne
McNellis of Port Townsend, Wa.. A fifth
child, Richard, died in early childhood.
Mary is also survived by eight
grandchildren, Caterina, Courtney, Erin,
Erik, Jack, Jamie, Jenny and Michael.
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last year.
It also includes nearly $10 million
in lease revenue — mostly from rent
paid by the City of Palo Alto for use
of the Cubberley Community Center — as well as $3.4 million in donations from Partners in Education,
an independent, parent-led foundation that raises funds for Palo Alto
public schools.
O B I T UA RY
May 29, 1926 - July 1, 2011
Evelyn Juanita Frykman 85, passed away peacefully with her
family by her side at Channing house in Palo Alto on July 1, 2011.
A daughter of Swedish immigrants Evelyn was born in
Merced Ca and grew up in Los Altos, graduating from Palo
Alto High School in 1944. She received her nursing credentials
from St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco in 1948.
Evelyn married Walt Frykman in 1948, they had 39
wonderful years together traveling the world whether by
car or hiking in the Sierras with the boy scouts! She was a
wife, mother, grandmother, nurse, friend and committed
churchwoman of First Lutheran Church of Palo Alto for
over 70 years. She worked at the Palo Alto Medical clinic as a
registered nurse and went on to become Director of Nursing
at Hillhaven Convalescent hospital in Menlo Park.
After her retirement she became an avid volunteer to
many organizations including The Food Closet in Palo Alto.
Evelyn enjoyed the outdoors, visiting with friends, watching
sports, attending SF Giants games, reading, playing Skip-Bo,
mahjong and dominos and in the recent years ROADTRIPS
with her daughters and granddaughters.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband Walt in 1987
and her son David in 2009. She is survived by her daughters
Nancy Nuckolls(Marc) Sally Mendiola(Leo) of Menlo Park,
granddaughters Jessica, Ellika, Melissa, and Taylor and her
sister Ina Mae Chelbay.
A memorial service for friends and family will be held July
30th at 2pm at First Lutheran Church Palo Alto In lieu of
flowers the family requests donations be made to the Food
Closet of Palo Alto, Mt. Cross Ministries, First Lutheran
Church of Palo Alto or the charity of your choice. Thanks to
all the wonderful medical professionals that helped take care
of our Mom!
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Edwin “George” Joki
September 15, 1928-July 20, 2011
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Palo Alto
July 14-19
Violence related
Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Sexual assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft related
Commercial burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Residential burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vehicle related
Abandoned bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Driving w/ suspended license . . . . . . . . 10
Embezzled vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .1
Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .2
Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Alcohol or drug related
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Miscellaneous
Animal call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Casualty fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . .2
Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Soliciting w/o permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .2
Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Menlo Park
July 13-19
Violence related
Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Shoot at occupied dwelling . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft related
Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Vehicle related
Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Driving with suspended license . . . . . . .3
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Suspicious vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . .5
Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Alcohol or drug related
Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Miscellaneous
Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Information case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Juvenile problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Other/misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Probation violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .4
Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Palo Alto
Arastradero Road, 7/14, 8 p.m.; domestic
violence.
California Avenue, 7/14, 8:30 p.m.; sexual
assault.
Montrose Avenue, 7/15, 11:25 p.m.; suicide.
Bryant Street, 7/16, 10:57 p.m.; child
abuse.
Menlo Park
700 block Laurel St., 7/13, 4:56 p.m.; assault.
400 block Ivy Drive, 7/16, 4:03 a.m.; shoot
at occupied dwelling.
PA I D
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
Of the City of Palo Alto
Transportation Division
Public Meeting Notice
Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan and Highway 101
Pedestrian/Bicycle Crossing Feasibility Study
Public Open House
DATE: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
TIME: 6:30-8:30 PM
PLACE: Council Chambers, City Hall
250 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto 94301
This public meeting will be an opportunity for all interested parties to provide input on the project, programs and areas most
important to improving walking and biking conditions in Palo
Alto. At the meeting, Staff will review the Draft Report of the
Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan and provide an update on the Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bicycle Crossing
Feasibility Study in the vicinity of Adobe Creek.
For additional information related to the project, please visit the
City’s project website at: www.cityofpaloalto.org/bike or www.
cityofpaloalto.org/101.
For further information contact: transportation@cityofpaloalto.
org or call (650) 329-2520.
NOTICE OF A CANCELLATION
OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
of the Palo Alto
Planning & Transportation Commission
Please be advised the Planning and Transportation
Commission (P&TC) special meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday,
July 27, 2011 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers has
been cancelled.
THE ITEM BELOW HAS NOW BEEN SCHEDULED FOR
THE AUGUST 24, 2011 SPECIAL MEETING.
1.
VIOLENT CRIMES
Born in Red Lodge, Montana, our loving father
“George” succumbed to heart disease July 2nd at
the age of 82. He is survived by loving wife of 60
years Esther, daughters Kathy and Patti, son in
laws Rezki Boumoula and Robert Webster, sons
Steven and David, and granddaughters Kenza,
Kaylee and Elena. A celebration of his life will be
held on August 7th at our family home from 2-6
PM. Everyone who shared in his wonderful life
is welcome to attend. Please email David Joki at
djoki@earthlink.net with any questions.
195 Page Mill Road and 2865 Park Boulevard [10PLN-00344]: Request by Hohbach Realty Company
for approval of a Tentative Map for Condominium
Purposes to create: (1) 84 residential units on the
two upper floors (106,320 sq.ft.) including 17 below
market rate housing units; and (2) common areas
associated with these residential units. The ground
floor (50,467 sq.ft. for Research and Development use)
and subterranean garage, plus the land, would remain
owned by the developer, and subject to easements
for utilities, support and access for the benefit of the
residential condominium portion of the building. Zone:
GM. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative
Declaration was adopted by the Director of Planning
and Community Environment on July 12, 2011, in
accordance with the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA).
***
Curtis Williams, Director of Planning
and Community Environment
O B I T UA RY
Fredric E. Weil
June 28, 1932-July 10, 2011
Fredric E. Weil passed away quietly on Sunday,
July 10, 2011. He was a long term resident of Portola
Valley, Calif.
Fred grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and proceeded
to attend Amherst College where he graduated in
1954. Fred completed his post-graduate work at MIT
and moved to Palo Alto, Calif. He worked for many
decades and retired from SRI in Menlo Park, Calif.
Fred was preceded in death by his beloved wife
Jane in March 2001. Fred loved to travel and visited
all parts of the globe. He also enjoyed spending time
with all of his family.
Fred is survived by his brother, Thomas;
daughters, Susan and Anne; sons, John and Paul;
and granddaughter, Emily. A celebration of his life
will take place at a later date. The family requests
donations to the American Diabetes Association or
the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST).
A celebration of his life will take place at a later
date.
PA I D
O B I T UA RY
Clayton Carr Carlson
1987-2011
Clayton Carr Carlson died tragically on
July 7, 2011. In his short 23 years, he was
a quiet light of illumination, thoughtful
and wise beyond his age. His sensitive soul
was open wide to the world and his gentle
empathy for others was exceptional. Before
his 5 year struggle with mental illness, he
was an athlete, a national merit scholar,
and the recipient of numerous awards
in English and Latin. In high school, he
was an exchange student in South Africa
and returned profoundly affected by the
continuing disenfranchisement of people
without a political voice. Clay was a fierce
competitor in varsity lacrosse and a cool
dude on a skateboard. He treasured music
- from classical to jazz to oldies to hip
hop. Resisting the predictable, he loved
the Giants and Bob Marley, the Economist
and Rolling Stone, Starbucks and Buddha.
Although he was unable to pursue his degree
in philosophy at UC Berkeley, he never lost
his interest in
grappling with
the unfathomable
issues of life,
God, and the fact
of his own mental
illness.
Clay’s
spirit alighted on
many during his
life and his presence will continue to be
felt by those he touched. He is adored and
survived by his parents Lisa Carr and Doug
Carlson and his sister, Casey Carlson. A
Christian-Buddhist memorial service
for Clay will be held on Friday July 29 at
1pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo
Park with a reception following. Clay’s
family welcomes donations in his memory
to assist other young people struggling
with mental illness at Momentum for
Mental Health (408) 254-6828 www.
momentumformentalhealth.org.
PA I D
O B I T UA RY
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Editorial
Breathing room
for car dwellers
Palo Alto wisely delays consideration of ordinance
banning sleeping in cars to allow time
for more outreach, discussion
S
urprised by the intensity of the negative reaction from some segments of the faith community and others grappling with the problems of the homeless, City Manager Jim Keene spared the City
Council and the community a long and emotional meeting next Monday
night by putting off the issue of car dwelling until September.
City officials had quietly drafted an ordinance responding to longstanding complaints from residents of College Terrace and others who
are fed up with people who have taken up residence in their vehicles. Since
most cities have similar laws banning sleeping in cars and Palo Alto would
emphasize helping not punishing car dwellers, staff assumed there would
be little controversy.
Planning Director Curtis Williams noted that police would not conduct neighborhood sweeps looking for homeless car dwellers, but would
respond only to complaints and would distribute information on homeless
services to those contacted by officers.
But some church leaders and homeless advocates were not satisfied, and
after nearly a dozen opponents of the ordinance appeared at last Monday’s
council meeting urging the city to rethink the plan, officials decided to
put off consideration until September.
The city’s challenge is to equip its police force with the power to remove
problem car dwellers from residential neighborhoods, but also to be sensitive to the fact that these people are struggling in a difficult economy and
may have few options.
We strongly believe that an ordinance is needed. It is not appropriate,
fair or safe to openly permit people to live in their vehicles in a manner
that affects other residents of the community. While the streets are public
and residents have no unique rights to the parking spaces in front of their
homes, it really serves no one’s interest to allow people to live in their cars
in our neighborhoods.
Some have even urged that the city, either on its own or through joint
efforts with neighboring communities, designate a safe venue for people
to live in a vehicle as long as they obey the law.
The extent of this problem is unknown, and that alone is a good reason
to delay consideration of the issue until the fall. The city should have a
better inventory and assessment of the problem so that the debate over
what to do can be based on real data.
Those residing in vehicles range from those who are homeless and have
no other place to stay to those who are using campers as a way to avoid
the region’s high housing costs and/or long commutes. It’s not yet clear to
us whether one policy can address both circumstances.
Regardless, the city must deal with concerns like those raised in College Terrace, where residents say long-term parkers and vehicle dwellers,
including some using lawns and gardens as bathrooms, have plagued them
for years. It was a College Terrace petition drive last year that brought the
car-dwelling problems into focus, appropriately so.
A person living in a car with no running water or sanitary facilities
presents a frightening experience to children and impacts the quality of
life in the neighborhood, and the city has a duty to address the problem.
For those writing a new city ordinance, the difficulty will come in addressing persons who are otherwise well-behaved but have fallen on hard
times. It does not improve matters for the city to take away a person’s
ability to live independently and throw them onto the street.
Philip Dah, program director at the nonprofit Opportunity Center, believes the city can find a way to make that happen.
“A lot of clients who own vehicles and live in them are long-term Palo
Alto residents or have lived here long-term and for one reason or another
are homeless. Their vehicles are the only place they have to stay,” Dah
told the Weekly. “If a park can be available, with police patrols and some
supervision, they could call that place home,” he said.
Another homeless advocate, Rev. Greg Schaefer, minister of the Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry at Stanford in College Terrace, a strong
opponent of the proposed ordinance, suggests that the city has only about
four problem individuals, whose issues could be addressed by existing
law.
As city officials pause to allow for wider discussion of the car-dwelling
ordinance, they will need to:
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Palo Alto is a compassionate city with a long history of services to the
poor. But residents have every right to neighborhoods free of car dwellers.
An ordinance similar to what other cities have is needed, but in designing
it let’s make sure its goals are achieved in a way that respects and supports
those it affects.
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Spectrum
Editorials, letters and opinions
PA’s first library
Editor,
The article in an earlier issue
about Palo Alto’s first public library neglects to mention the citizen force behind the movement
to obtain funding and construct
a library. The mayor, John F Parkinson, was mentioned, but not
his wife, who was president of the
Women’s Club, and a major promoter of the library founding.
Julia Gilbert, one-time president
and long time chair of the Club’s
Reading Room and Library Committee, worked for years to set a
firm basis for interest in originating a public library.
The club held fundraisers for a
public library and when the library
finally came into being in 1904, the
club donated the Reading Room’s
book collection. The first library
board refused to permit a woman
to be a member. Women were not
voters and could not serve on the
City Council, but pressure was
brought in favor of Julia Gilbert,
who had chaired the club library
committee for years, and finally
she was admitted to the board.
The history committee of the
Women’s Club has transcribed the
handwritten minutes of these early
years, preserving for the record
some of the accomplishments of
women that tend to be forgotten
at a time when discrimination was
rampant.
As we transcribed the minutes,
we found that the women were all
known by their husbands’ names
into the 1980s, so, for example,
Mrs. John Parkinson was the club
president.
Jeanne Farr McDonnell
Portola Avenue
Palo Alto
Bring BART to Peninsula
Editor,
Dangerous, at-grade Caltrain
(“Killtrain”) killed again, most
recently at the “safety-upgraded”
Palo Alto Churchill Avenue crossing and in Sunnyvale on Tuesday.
That makes 151 Caltrain deaths in
15 years.
Caltrain’s regular killings of our
neighbors, kids, friends and others among us who need help are
inevitable and predictable — until
this outdated, deadly, congesting,
and noisy Caltrain is replaced by
the Bay Area’s regional rail transit
system, BART. BART is modern,
effective, quieter, electrified, safer,
road-separated with no cross-traffic congestion-causing gates, bells
and pollution.
The BART gap from Millbrae
down the Peninsula to its coming
Santa Clara terminus in 2018 simply “plugs in” to its existing trackage to San Francisco stations and
many East Bay communities with
new jobs — except for Caltrain’s
redundant administration, operat-
ing and maintenance costs. Daily
freight trains require only one
track.
BART is a better enabler of
(AB32, SB375) Smart Growth/Sustainable Communities Strategies by
reducing cross-traffic greenhousegas pollution from congestion.
BART allows an adjacent, parallel, interconnecting 51-mile pedestrian/cyclist trail set between San
Jose and San Francisco.
If politicians start planning now,
BART can serve the entire Bay
Area by 2022 — its 50-year anniversary.
Tragically, more Caltrain track
deaths will occur to 2022, with all
the sadness each loss causes families, friends, and others — while
(Democratic) politicians dither.
Congresswomen Speier and Eshoo
give more attention to the eight
who died in the San Bruno pipeline
tragedy. Assemblymen Hill and Ye
are more concerned about 18 murderers who committed suicide on
Death Row, than the innocents who
died — and will die — on Caltrain
tracks.
Omar Chatty
Vineyard Drive
San Jose
Bye-bye, Borders
Editor,
The closing of the bookstore
Borders is a huge loss to the community and will be sorely felt by
all book enthusiasts. The cluttered, yet orderly interior made
getting lost within the literature a
simple, cozy feat that contributed
to the quintessential nature of this
bookstore. The delight of sitting
within the sun-bathed courtyard,
while either holding a book and
enjoying the simple pleasure of
turning pages, or working on a
laptop while being able to relax
in the quaint atmosphere, will no
longer be at our doorstep. The
legacy of such a place can only
be replaced by one of equal grandeur, be it either the old theater
that once held roots there or another bookstore.
There are no comparable local
bookstores that offer the same experiences and the joy of holding
real books should never be lost.
We should ensure that this landmark is preserved.
Celine Pichette
Seale Avenue
Palo Alto
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On Deadline:
Will a ‘high school of the future’ mean not another Cubberley?
by Jay Thorwaldson
hen it came time in the early 1960s
to build a third
high school
in Palo Alto — Gunn
High — a group of
“PTA moms” went into
action with a demand
that it “not be another
Cubberley.”
One of the moms,
the late Lois Hogle,
cited her work with
Ruth Spangenberg and
others, when the flat-roofed Cubberley (just
opened in 1957) was suggested as a model for
Gunn.
No way, they said, citing the then new-Foothill College with its rustic, open feeling.
That’s why Gunn today resembles Foothill, not Cubberley. Ironically, Foothill may
relocate its “Palo Alto Campus” of 4,000 or
so students now at Cubberley to Sunnyvale,
given the City Council’s decision not to sell
its 8 acres. The school board says it may need
all of the site’s 35 acres, including the city’s
portion, for a third high school or high- and
middle-school combination.
Both city and school officials say that this
fall they’ll discuss what to do about better
maintenance of the deteriorating campus and
its long-term future as a new school.
It will almost certainly “not be another Cubberley” in its design — or function.
Today there’s a new basis for considering
what a high school of the future might be, in
which the function may be more important
than its appearance.
The electronic revolution has literally
changed the world in which we live. Email,
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and an unthinkably diverse range of high-tech gadgetry and
gizmos have changed how people of all ages
communicate, and even think.
There are vast changes in how we learn, such
as the remarkable work of Salman Khan of
Mountain View and his Khan Academy, featured last week as the Weekly’s cover story.
YouTube videos are Khan’s classroom. What
started as a way to help a young relative learn
math has gone viral and worldwide.
His secret is deceptively simple: Make learning interesting, fun, relevant and personal.
That notion dates back more than a century
to educational reformer John Dewey. But when
Dewey’s message resulted by mid-century in
dumbed-down content some protested that he
never advocated watering down solids in favor
of recess kickball games.
Despite much lip-service about making
education interesting — and some great successes in some classes and schools — one of
the single greatest educational revolutions in
my time was the emergence of Sesame Street
(just in time for my sons).
The missing element, of course, was the
guidance, coaching, inspiration, discipline,
pacing and testing/monitoring that a good
teacher can provide — along with the indefinable value of knowing, talking with and caring
about individual students.
But in Palo Alto this fall the dialogue will
focus on 35 acres. For the near term simply being better landlords will be a major step in the
right direction. Yet for the longer term, assuming continued growth in the school-age population, city and school officials will have to
confront the core issues of what a high school
should be.
Will an Internet-generation high school look
like one designed 60 or more years ago?
Is sitting in a classroom the best way to obtain knowledge and understanding (as opposed
to accessing information)? The latter question
is particularly relevant for a generation of students who have difficulty sitting through even
moderate-length presentations as opposed to
PowerPoint bullets or website pages.
And is a textbook-based curriculum the best
way to inspire students to relish the seeking of
knowledge and insights?
This is not new stuff, and inspiration is key:
“A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn,
is hammering on a cold iron,” Horace Mann
observed in the early 1800s. I once shared that
quote with one of my son’s high school teachers (not from Palo Alto).
Yet established patterns within institutions
are tricky. There are many toes that don’t like
getting stepped on. “The only kind of change
people like is the kind that jingles in their pockets,” an anonymous observation contends.
In education, jobs are at stake, investments
in buildings have been made, the textbook industry is huge, defensive and slow to change
— despite research dating back more than 40
years that shows there may be better alternatives than slogging through an expensive,
heavy textbook toward midterms and finals.
Administrators sometimes fear the wrath of
parents, as in efforts to modify the math curriculum in Palo Alto schools in recent years.
There are local factors that may make a city/
school dialogue or collaboration especially
challenging. In the late 1990s, school officials proposed joining with the city to create a
state-of-the-art combination library and media
center at Gunn. But after some initial stafflevel interest the city rebuffed the proposal in
a manner that left some members of the school
board incensed.
There have been remarkable successes, particularly in the city’s implementation of a “utility users’ tax” that flowed millions of dollars to
schools in payments that prevented the district
from having to sell off some school sites.
As for today’s communications revolution, I
wrote articles for the San Jose Mercury in the
1980s about an upstart new “university” based
on the Internet: the University of Phoenix. I
interviewed a woman who taught a masters
program in marketing to students from around
the nation and world, using text-only communication. I spoke with some students, including
a mother who lived in the hills above Scott’s
Valley, who told me she could never dream of
getting out to a class at a regular college.
Then there’s Terry Beaubois, a longtime
Palo Alto-based architect who now heads
the Creative Research Lab at Montana State
University. When faced with the need to meet
with clients in Palo Alto, he developed a realtime “avatar” class based on the Second Life
program so he could teach his class from Palo
Alto, literally.
“You mean you have giant lizards and Viking warriors sitting in your class?” I asked.
No, each avatar must resemble the student.
His resembles himself, complete with shock of
white hair. He calls the innovations “Metaverse
Technology.” In a YouTube interview recorded
at Stanford University in 2008, he was asked
if there were barriers Metaverse Technology
could not overcome.
“Closed-mindedness,” he instantly replied. N
Weekly Editor (retired) Jay Thorwaldson
can be emailed at jthorwaldson@paweekly.
com. His blogs are at www.PaloAltoOnline.
com under Town Square.
Streetwise
If Palo Alto had a theme song, what would it be?
Asked on University Avenue, Palo Alto. Interviews by Jeff Carr. Photographs by Heather Lee.
Bistra Anguelova
Graduate Student
San Francisco
“How about ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by
the Beatles, because it’s sort of a classic song, and it’s sunny.”
Hanna Metaferia
Student
West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
“‘Hey Soul Sister’ by Train, but not the
lyrics. Just the music, because it’s
relaxed, calm and breezy. It feels like
good weather.”
Kevin Lemons
Fundraiser
Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
“Something from an old movie, like
the theme from ‘Casablanca,’ because
the Stanford Theatre is so iconic, and
I feel like it’s sort of representative of
the town itself.”
Emilia Thickpenny
Financial Planner
View Street, Mountain View
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Justin Lim, left, and Celia Morell prepare to sail their
14-foot dinghy into dock during an intermediate lesson
at Stanford Sailing Summer Camp.
oday’s Bay Area campers are learning more than just how
to make friendship bracelets.
In Redwood City, aspiring sailors ages 8 to 15 can learn
to maneuver sailboats or enhance their seamanship skills. North
of Los Altos Hills, curious city-dwellers can milk a cow, shear a
sheep and sleep under the stars. Even right here in Palo Alto, wannabe rockers can jam in a band and perform in a rock concert, all
in one week.
Campers learn sailing, farm life
and how to rock ‘n’ roll
Photographs by Veronica Weber
Story by Jeff Carr and Casey Moore
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ir pushes through the sails, sheets
and shrouds of the docked dinghies
like they’re 20-foot-high wind
chimes. It’s unusually gusty on the bay,
which means it’s extra noisy. And cold.
“Lay down,” suggests an instructor partially in jest, and many Stanford Sailing
Summer Campers heed her advice. They
huddle on the dock in board shorts, longsleeved shirts and life jackets with first
names duct-taped on backs. They may be
cold, but they’re beaming. When one of
the boats approaches, they each clamber
up for a spot on the next educational voyage.
Michael Liebsch, from Woodside, had
never sailed before attending the camp for
six straight weeks last summer. “On the
very first day, you go out into the bay,” he
says. “It’s just fun.”
Cover Story
Above, beginners in the Stanford Sailing Summer Camp practice how to turn in
their 14-foot dinghies in the port of Redwood City on July 12, next to a cargo
ship. Right, Stanford Sailing Summer Campers Andrew Lemieux, left, Oliver
Dolin, Henry Wright, Tilak Misner and junior instructor Jonathan Zdasiuk exit
their dinghy while taking turns going out on the water on their first sailing day.
“The whole point is to learn the basics
of sailing and have fun,” says Molly Vandemoer, who runs the camp with her husband John, Stanford’s head sailing coach.
Curriculum includes learning the parts and
nomenclature of the International 420 dinghies and preparing them for launch each
morning. The campers then spend until 4
p.m., minus lunch, on the water, four or
five to a boat, along with an instructor.
“I have a knack for it,” says Parker
Russell, from Redwood City. He and his
brother Nick discuss buying a sailboat of
their own someday. They step, smiling, off
a dinghy and onto the dock, where young
sailors gather to tell tales of heroism on
the angry waters. Some talk of avoiding
capsizing, while others brag about having
gone down.
One boy isn’t keen on returning to sea,
and others rally around him, urging him
on. They chant his name, which they
needn’t consult the duct tape for. On only
their second day together, the camaraderie
is clear. After a short time, the boy rises,
and the wind whips his hair backward, toward the green suburban hills.
Above, God’s Cabbage band members — Nick Sundermeyer, left, Rory
Douglass, Eric Dyer, Brett Warren and Weston Krystynak — rehearse in
the choir robe room at First United Methodist Church during Summer Rock
Camp on July 11. Left, Jade Hsin, age 8, plays the drums while rehearsing a
song with her band, Red Star, during Summer Rock Camp.
G
uitarist Reid Devereaux dips his
head, letting his long, dark, curly
hair swing and his knees bounce.
His fingers nimbly pluck the strings as
his band, Da Bomb, plays a cover of the
Beatles’ “Oh Darling.” Two dozen spectators tap their feet in time with the music.
When the song ends, they burst into applause. Reid, 9, looks up and smiles.
Hands shoot up across the room. Today
is the second-to-last day at Summer Rock
Camp, held at First United Methodist
Church in Palo Alto, and kids are eager
to exchange feedback in preparation for
tomorrow’s performance. Many of them
are students (or friends of students) of director Michael Finley, a guitar and bass
instructor, while others simply share the
enthusiasm for rock ‘n’ roll. Finley zigzags
within the crowd, alternately critiquing the
musicians and listening to student reactions.
Four seven-hour days of music-theory
classes, lessons and band rehearsals have
not decreased the enthusiasm of Jonny
Rohrbach, 13, a guitarist for three months
who learned to play bass at camp this week.
His bright eyes widen as he describes his
experience in his band Don’t Tell Mama,
She’ll Jack My Swag, composed of (and
named by) himself and four Jordan Middle
School classmates.
The camp is “just a fun, safe place
where you can give constructive criticism
and stuff,” he says.
After the final band performs, everyone quickly disperses into practice rooms,
where they rehearse with their assigned
band members and counselors until 4 p.m.
“We work the kids really hard,” Finley
says. “I don’t think they’ve ever worked
this hard.”
The next night, it all pays off. The performance room is packed with proud parents and plenty of digital cameras. Red
Star, the first band in the lineup, takes to
the stage, and drummer Jade Hsin, 8, looks
out at the crowd. Before the band’s rendition of Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” begins,
Jade catches someone’s eye, quickly looks
down at her drumsticks, and grins.
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Above, Anne Friedman, left, and Olivia Colace gently collect eggs from
laying hens on July 12 — all part of the “Cows and Cookies” day-camp
program at Hidden Villa. Left, Liah Nodell, left, feeds a baby goat next to
Blaire Davis, farm and wilderness camper.
Summer camp
(continued from page 15)
S
even children form a wide semi-circle and advance methodically across
the furrowed field, clapping. It may
look like your run-of-the-mill summercamp game, but it has a purpose. The
children’s subjects, 14 of them, start and
scramble, darting and colliding with each
other before retreating to the corner. On
their first try, the city children have suc-
cessfully herded sheep.
Tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Los Altos Hills, Hidden Villa
teaches environmental stewardship and
social justice through simultaneous exposure to land, animals, kids and counselors
from all walks of life. According to Marc
Sidel, associate director of development,
40 percent of the residential campers —
the ones who stay overnight — come on
scholarship from diverse and underprivileged Bay Area communities.
“People become comfortable with one
another in this setting,” he says.
The sheep group is now shearing wool.
Olivia Schenune, from San Mateo, shows
off a soft handful she extracted. “I like how
calm they are,” she says. Kohei Tsuchitani,
from Sunnyvale, thinks they’re soft and
cute.
When their time is up, the children hug
their new ungulate friends and express
their gratitude — “thank you, sheep!” —
as they move on to greet day-old piglets.
Similar flocks of campers pass by on
the trails, singing and chanting as they go.
Early the next morning, in a low-lit shed,
one group surrounds a cow named Cleo.
The yawning kids, some still in fleece pajama bottoms from their night under the
stars, practice milking techniques on their
counselors’ thumbs.
Pinch the top and guide the bottom.
They giggle as Cleo’s milk, which will
be used to feed the pigs, fires into the
pail. When the job is done, the campers
are awake and ready for more. A plea is
made. “OK, you can be late for breakfast,”
a counselor concedes. N
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Max Pasin, left, and his brother Ben work with other day
campers, learning how to herd sheep in Hidden Villa’s
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About the cover: Dixie Lonergan, left, Hailey Boe
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Redwood City, as part of their Stanford Sailing Summer
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Mother and daughter depict scenes of travel
in photography and batik
Heather Lee
Arabhi and Mathangi Sundararajan with Arabhi’s photos and Mathangi’s batiks displayed at the
Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View.
by Rebecca Wallace
ven after 40 years of working as
a batik artist, Mathangi Sundararajan still lights up when the
dye makes the right deep blue or startling red on her cloth. “The color really
excites me,” she says.
Indigo is a particular favorite because
the dye historically came from India,
where she’s from. In her current show,
Sundararajan goes even more global in
her palette. The lavender of a Peruvian
mountain skyline, the misty hues of
London and the Golden Gate Bridge’s
orange can all be seen in her batiks now
hanging at the Community School of
Music and Arts in Mountain View.
This palette is also rooted in pixels.
The batiks are recreations of travel photos taken by Sundararajan’s daughter,
Arabhi, and are displayed together with
them. Most of the photos are from digital cameras, combining modern technology with an age-old art.
The dissimilar media make for interesting contrasts. “Peace” is a photo
that Arabhi Sundararajan took in Bangkok of a serene, reclining golden Buddha, its cheeks and eyelids gleaming.
Mathangi’s version is done in bright
lemon-yellow dye, with its face cocked
at a slightly different angle, more mischief in the eyes. Although she’s never
seen the actual Buddha that her daughter visited, she’s brought it to life just
the same.
Arabhi regards the art thoughtfully.
“I like her picture better than mine.”
In another photo, “I Am,” a llama
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The works titled “I Am” depict a llama at Macchu Picchu
in Peru.
This photo and batik of a reclining Buddha in Bangkok are titled “Peace.”
sits on a stony surface, the famed ruins of Macchu Picchu barely visible in
the background. Mathangi has chosen
similar yellows for the llama this time,
but the effect is more serene.
“I thought it looked like it was meditating,” Mathangi says of the animal.
“She said it looked proud.”
While Arabhi’s photos are straightforward images, Mathangi’s works
have wide borders and a dreamlike feel
that sometimes has the air of a Pamela
Colman Smith tarot card. They are rich
with the dynamic cracks (thin lines of
dye) so characteristic of batik. It’s a
dramatically different way of looking
at the same scene.
Although Mathangi Sundararajan
lives in Puerto Rico, she brings her artistic vision to the Peninsula every summer, visiting her daughter in Mountain
View and teaching batik to adult students at CSMA.
In 1968, when she started seriously
learning batik, it was thought of mostly as a craft, she said. Inspired by her
teacher Uma Batnakar, she came to see
it as an art in its own right.
The family has lived in several countries, and Arabhi grew up in India. Now
Mathangi has made it a mission to bring
the Indian tradition of batik to Puerto
Rico, where she also teaches and does
demonstrations.
Creating a work of batik is a lengthy
process, she says. She starts with white
cotton cloth, which she boils to remove
any starch. After the cloth dries in a
cool place, she irons it and draws on
her design.
Then she heats and applies beeswax
and paraffin wax with a watercolor
brush on the parts of the picture that
she wants to remain white. Batik is a
wax-resist dyeing process, which means
that when the cloth is dipped in dye, the
cloth is not dyed in the places where
the wax is.
Then comes the process of dipping
the cloth into various colors of dye.
The lightest colors come first, one at a
time, and the cloth must be allowed to
dry in between dippings, Sundararajan
says. She also repeatedly re-waxes the
cloth.
“It’s a lengthy process,” she says. “So
it’s disappearing as an art in India.”
Arabhi teaches math at San Jose State
University and has pursued photography as a hobby for many years, along
with singing Indian classical music.
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What: Images of travel done in batik and
photography by Mathanghi Sundararajan
and Arabhi Sundararajan
Where: Tateuchi Hall vestibule, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San
Antonio Circle, Mountain View
When: The exhibit runs through Aug. 11,
open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: Free
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1. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Water System Improvement Program (Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System)
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2. Palo Alto Art Center Foundation Contribution to the City in the
Amount of $1.25 Million for the Art Center Renovation
3. Selection of Candidates to be Interviewed for the Architectural Review Board for Two Terms Ending on September 30, 2014
CONSENT CALENDAR
4. Approval of Extension of the Santa Clara County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement (AVASA) for Third 10-Year Term and the City of
Palo Alto’s Continued Participation
5. Approval of Contract for Design Services for the California Avenue
Transit Hub Corridor Enhancement Project
6. Resolution to include the Downtown Library into the Coral Zone
Parking Area
7. Approval of a Record of Land Use Action Approving a Conditional
Use Permit for Community Facility Use of the Historic Roth Building and a Parking Exception at 300 Homer Avenue
8. Request by Norman Beamer and Diane Tasca for Designation of
the Property at 1005 University Avenue to the City of Palo Alto’s
Historic Inventory. The Historic Resources Board Made a Recommendation to the City Council to Designate the Property as
a Category 2 Structure in the City’s Historic Inventory at a Public
Hearing on June 1, 2011 – Quasi-Judicial Proceeding
9. Approval of a Budget Amendment Ordinance in the amount of
$3,545,904 for Improvements to the Palo Alto Art Center; Approval of a Contract in the Amount of $5,123,800 with Big D Pacific, Inc., for Improvements to the Palo Alto Art Center; Approval
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Associates for Construction Administration Services and Approval
of Contract Amendment 1 for Construction Management Services
in the Amount of $344,705 with Nova Partners
10. Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance in the Amount of
$158,337 for Costs Related to the Design of the Main Library and
the Temporary Main Library; Approval of Contract Amendment No.
Four in the Amount of $158,337 with Group 4 Architecture, Inc.
11. Approval of a Contract with West Coast Arborists, Inc. for a Period
of One Year for Parks and Facilities Tree Maintenance Services
with Funding in the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $172,000
12. Recommendation from the Policy and Services Committee to
Approve the Implementation Plan for the Proposed Employee
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License Agreement and Exhibits for the Use of City-Controlled
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Wireless Communications Facilities and Related Equipment
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Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 to Extend the
Term of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) for One Additional
Year: Amending Section 1401 of the Merit System Rules and
Regulations Regarding the 2011-2012 MOU
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Arts & Entertainment
Sweet and soaring
TheatreWorks’ ‘Fly By Night’ is fresh and funny,
with a thoughtful core
by Jeanie K. Smith
“F
ly By Night” is the latest graduate of TheatreWorks’ New Works
Festival; it was workshopped last
year and is now getting a full world
premiere in Palo Alto. Written by
playwrights Kim Rosenstock and
Michael Mitnick, and musician
Will Connolly, it’s a fresh and funny musical with a thoughtful core.
It’s sure to wind up on Broadway in
the near future.
Hapless sandwich maker Harold
(Ian Leonard) has no direction to
his life until he buys a coat from
Daphne (Rachel Spencer Hewitt),
a wannabe Broadway star biding
time until she gets discovered. They
immediately fall in love, but as the
relationship gets serious, Daphne
is indeed discovered by producer/
playwright Joey Storms (Keith Pinto), who wants her to star in his first
sure-to-be-a-hit show.
Harold tries to be supportive
even as they drift apart, but then
a chance encounter with Miriam
(Kristin Stokes), a diner waitress
with a prophecy, changes his life in
unexpected ways. It also happens
that Miriam is Daphne’s sister, a
discovery that quashes any budding
relationship between Harold and
Miriam.
Mix into the soup Harold’s grieving father (James Judy), fixated on
the opera that brought his beloved
late wife and him together; a weary
sandwich shop owner (Michael McCormick) wanting to change his life;
and an omnipresent and omniscient
narrator (Wade McCollum) who becomes numerous characters while
providing clarification and context.
All the various subplots and complications build to a fateful event:
the blackout of Nov. 9, 1965, that affected most of New England, plunging city after city into darkness for
a whole night. The paths for all the
characters intersect, plotlines come
to fruition, and then a random incident changes everything again.
The show is quite charming and
engaging, in part because of the
extremely talented cast. Leonard
perfectly embodies the nebbishy
Harold who blossoms and learns to
grab hold of life, and it’s wonderful that he gets to be his rocker self
on guitar. Stokes, a TheatreWorks
favorite, shows off her acting skills
in a beautifully nuanced role. Hewitt
is sweet, funny, perky and appropriately self-absorbed. She can appear
all surface, but also knows how to
tug the heartstrings.
Judy brings the house down with
a knockout solo number; Pinto does
well with a minor role; and McCormick shows great comic timing.
But the true standout of the show
is McCollum as the narrator. He’s
astonishing and truly brilliant, stepping into role after role, seamlessly,
on the turn of a dime. His talent for
mimicry and expression is captivating, and adds an indelible aspect to
the fabric of the show.
Director Bill Fennelly keeps the
staging lively, making use of the
many spaces and levels created by
THEATER REVIEW
Dane Laffrey’s inventive set. The
lighting design by Paul Toben is
mostly effective and evocative, although I wondered why the stars
were amber and apparently unstable.
Minor quibbles with production
values won’t keep this show from
being a huge hit. However, the ending, abrupt and random, might delay
its rise to stardom. No spoilers here,
but the deus ex machina aspects
of the end seriously mar the narrative and send shockwaves through
the audience. Attempts to explain
this plot point via chaos theory and
random universe events don’t really
justify the sudden shift to a whole
different genre.
The writers can do better, having
shown their talent in the first threequarters of the show, and someone
should be sending them back to the
drawing board for an ending that
is worthy of the beautiful context
they’ve created.
You’ll have to see it and decide for
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Will Connolly, presented by
TheatreWorks
Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305
Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
When: Through Aug. 13, with shows
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The work includes, but is not limited to: All equipment necessary to replace the existing district network infrastructure and fiber modules. No
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(Century 16, Century 20) Marvel
Comics guru Stan Lee once half-jokingly described the first adventure
of shield-wielding Captain America
as “so full of lightning-swift action
scenes that you’ll almost suspect we
somehow forgot the story itself!”
Now “Captain America” is a bigbudget blockbuster that resembles
the remark, delivering pulpy fun in
the cliffhanger vein.
A few liberties aside, this latest incarnation of Captain America hasn’t
strayed far from the hero created by
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1940.
In 1943, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)
is the archetypal 98-pound weakling, but he wants nothing more
than to join the Army. Health issues
including asthma repeatedly get him
branded 4F, but as a bully tells him
during a beatdown, he doesn’t know
when to give up. Steve’s All-American sticktoitiveness pays off when
he’s chosen for a super-soldier program. Treated with super-serum and
“vita-rays,” scrawny Steve Rogers
becomes brawny Captain America.
After a thrilling impromptu field
test of his powers, Rogers finds himself frustratingly removed from the
action again as a promotional tool
of the war-bond effort, complete
with theme tune, a star-spangled
costume (cleverly patterned on the
tights worn in the original comics),
and a starring role in movie serials
(Cap had one in our reality, too, in
1944).
But Rogers will not be denied,
and soon he’s taking the initiative
Chris Evans as Captain America.
to rescue American POWs and lay
waste to the facilities of the Nazis’
nefarious “deep science” HYDRA
Division, lately under the rogue
direction of power-mad officer
Johann Schmidt, aka Red Skull
(Hugo Weaving, amusingly channeling Werner Herzog in a bad, bad
mood).
Marvel has done a fine job of
“casting” the directors for its comicbook movies, pairing Jon Favreau
with Iron Man, Kenneth Branagh
with Thor, and now Joe Johnston.
A protege of Lucas and Spielberg,
Johnston previously helmed the underappreciated, serial-style, period
superhero adventure “The Rocketeer,” which “Captain America”
happily recalls. Since his credits
include the first two Indiana Jones
movies, it’s no surprise that “Captain America” has a distinct “Raiders of the Lost Ark” vibe, down to
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specific action beats and the supernatural MacGuffin wielded by a
Nazi villain obsessed with “occult
power and Teutonic myth.”
In time-tested comic-book-villain
fashion, Red Skull is a sort of photo
negative of Captain America, the
former made more capable of evil
by super-serum and the latter made
more capable of good. The film’s
early going is most interesting and
entertaining, establishing with humor and heart that the steroidal hero
still has that compassionate “little
guy” inside of him, the one with
something to prove and the unalloyed bravery to run into harm’s
way. Still, his superheroic lack of
physical vulnerability becomes
something of an Achilles heel in the
final stretches, as the action begins
to feel a tad obligatory.
Screenwriters
Christopher
Markus and Stephen McFeely work
in a romance between Rogers and
never-daunted Strategic Scientific
Reserve officer Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), and there are prime
supporting roles for Stanley Tucci
and Tommy Lee Jones (who seems
to be having an uncharacteristically
good time, which ought to tell you
something). The most noticeable
motif Johnston plays with is the
use of a garbage-can lid as a shield:
More important than $140 million
dollars worth of toys is Johnston’s
childlike sense of play.
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence
and action. Two hours, four minutes.
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Rear Window (1954)
Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Thu. at 3:55 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 3:55 p.m.
Bad Teacher (R)
(Not Reviewed)
Century 16: 10:45 a.m.; 4:25 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 4:55 & 10:35
p.m.
Renee Fleming Live with the Century 16: Thu. at 7 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 7 p.m.
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Beginners (R) (((
Bridesmaids (R) (((1/2
Aquarius Theatre: 2:45, 5:30 & 8:15 p.m.
Rope (1948)
Century 20: 2 p.m.; Fri.-Mon., Wed. & Thu. also at 7:45 p.m.
Snow Flower and the
Aquarius Theatre: 1:45, 4:15, 7:10 & 9:45 p.m.
Secret Fan (PG-13) (Not Reviewed)
Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Thu. at 6 & 9:35 p.m.
Buck (PG) (((
Palo Alto Square: 2 p.m.; Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at 4:45 & 7:20 p.m.; Fri. & Sat.
also at 9:45 p.m.
Captain America: The First
Avenger (PG-13)
Century 16: 10 & 11 a.m.; 1, 2, 3:40, 5, 7, 8:30 & 10 p.m.; In 3D at 10:30 a.m.;
noon, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6:10, 7:40, 9:10 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m.;
12:20, 1:45, 3:15, 4:40, 6:10, 7:35, 9:05 & 10:30 p.m.; Thu. also at 7 p.m.; In 3D
at 11:35 a.m.; 1, 2:30, 3:55, 5:25, 6:50, 8:20 & 9:45 p.m.
Tekken Blood Vengeance
Century 16: Tue. at 7:30 p.m. Century 20: Tue. at 7:30 p.m.
3D (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed)
Terri (Not Rated) ((1/2
Century 16: 10:40 a.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 3:50 & 9:20 p.m.
Cars 2 (G) ((1/2
Century 16: 1:40 p.m.; Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at 7:05 p.m.; In 3D at 10:50 a.m.; In
3D Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at 4:20 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 1:25 p.m.; Fri.-Mon.
& Thu. also at 6:55 p.m.; Tue. also at 7 p.m.; In 3D at 10:30 a.m.; In 3D Fri.Mon. & Thu. also at 4:15 & 9:40 p.m.; In 3D Tue. also at 4:15 & 9:50 p.m.
Transformers: Dark of the
Moon (PG-13)
(Not Reviewed)
Century 16: 11:20 a.m. & 6:40 p.m.; In 3D at 2:50 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20:
In 3D at noon, 3:35, 7 & 10:20 p.m.
Cowboys and Aliens
(PG-13) (Not Reviewed)
Century 16: Thu. at 12:01 a.m.
The Tree of Life
(PG-13) ((((
Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10:15 p.m.
Friends with Benefits
(R) (Not Reviewed)
Century 16: 10 & 11:10 a.m.; 12:40, 1:50, 3:35, 4:35, 7, 7:50, 9:55 & 10:35 p.m.
Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; 12:05, 1:45, 2:45, 4:25, 5:25, 7:05, 8:05, 9:45 & 10:45
p.m.
Winnie the Pooh (G)
(Not Reviewed)
Century 16: 10:20 a.m.; 12:30, 2:40, 4:45 & 7 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m.;
12:45, 2:45, 4:45 & 7:15 p.m.
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(PG-13) ((((
Century 16: 11 & 11:50 a.m.; 3:30, 5:55, 7, 9:10 & 10:20 p.m.; In 3D at 10 a.m.;
1:10, 2:30, 4:30, 8:10 & 9:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:20 & 11:55 a.m.; 12:55,
1:20, 1:55, 3, 3:55, 4:25, 6, 7, 7:30, 8, 9:05, 10:05 & 10:35 p.m.; In 3D at 10:55
& 11:30 a.m.; 12:25, 2:35, 3:25, 4:55, 5:40, 6:30, 8:45 & 9:35 p.m.
Zookeeper (PG)
(Not Reviewed)
Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2:05, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m.;
1:35 & 4:10 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 6:45 & 9:25 p.m.; Thu. also at 9:35 p.m.
( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding
Horrible Bosses (R) (((
Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 2:10, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 12:40,
3:10, 5:45, 8:15 & 10:40 p.m.
Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (2669260)
Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (2669260)
The Metropolitan Opera:
Don Carlo (Not Rated)
(Not Reviewed)
Century 16: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Century 20: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Palo Alto
Square: Wed. at 6:30 p.m.
Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd.,
Mountain View
(800-326-3264)
Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (3243700)
Midnight in Paris
(PG-13) (((1/2
Century 20: 11:45 a.m. & 2:20 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 4:50, 7:10 & 9:30 p.m.
Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m.
(((
Super 8 (PG-13) ((1/2
Century 20: Thu. at 12:01 a.m.
Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road,
Redwood City
(800-326-3264)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (PG) Century 20: 9:10 p.m.
(Not Reviewed)
(Palo Alto Square) In a manner of
speaking, “horsing around” is Buck
Brannaman’s business, since he crisscrosses the country teaching four-day
horse-training clinics nine months
out of the year. But as the schedule
implies, no one takes training horses
more seriously than Brannaman, the
primary inspiration for Nicholas Evans’ “The Horse Whisperer.”
Brannaman is the subject of Cindy
Meehl’s documentary “Buck,” marketed by IFC Films as a “Sundance
Selection” since it was screened at
Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival. Redford, who directed the film
version of “The Horse Whisperer,”
appears in “Buck” to give his take
on Brannaman’s skill, demeanor and
overall mystique. He’s one of several
gobsmacked individuals to attempt to
describe a man that, as Meehl ultimately understands, has to be seen
in action to be believed.
In extensive footage shot during his clinics, Brannaman walks
around wearing his “Madonna mic”
and demonstrates how a properly
trained horse can and will follow a
human’s almost imperceptible physical prompting; as such he offers a
panacea for equine abuse.
Brannaman’s intolerance of animal
abuse turns out to be empathic. Meehl lays out for us the origins of this
unusual character in the American
Western cultural landscape, beginning with his career as a child performer under a stage dad who was
a raging alcoholic. Alongside his
brother “Smokie,” “Buckshot” Brannaman was trained from the age of 3
to perform rope tricks, and became a
professional trick roper at the age of
6, appearing in rodeos and on television.
Behind the wholesome family
image was a horrifying truth: The
brothers were subject to physical and
emotional abuse. Today, Buck puts it
plainly: “My dad beat us unmercifully. ... He was a terrifying person.”
Foster care rescued Buck, and it’s
no stretch of the imagination to see a
positive rebellion in the boy’s gravita-
tion to horses, where he found “some
safety and some companionship.”
At least as important is what Buck
offered the horses, and their owners, a philosophy that preaches to be
“gentle in what you do, firm in how
you do it.” Meehl provides plenty of
evidence that Brannaman practices
what he preaches; he spares the whip
and by no means spoils the horses. In
fact, he insists, “A lot of times, rather
than helping people with horse problems, I’m helping horses with people
problems.”
Indeed, we see Brannaman providing therapy for horse owners, one of
whom is reduced to tears at the realization that her untamable horse
is a reflection of her own emotional
inadequacies. Even in the face of an
essentially insurmountable challenge,
Brannaman shows a grace that looks
nothing like defeat as he patiently
guides the violent animal back into
its trailer.
Though one acquaintance refers to
Brannaman as a “tortured soul” and
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Project Nim (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 1:20 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 6:50 p.m.
Buck ---
Century 16: 1:10 p.m.; Fri.-Mon., Wed. & Thu. also at 7:15 p.m. Century 20:
11:15 a.m. & 2:15 p.m.; Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at 5, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m.
the man himself refers to his work as
a “life of solitude,” “Buck” gives its
hero his due as a proud papa, loving
son to his foster mother, and a husband with a sense of humor (who
confesses to culling marriage advice
from Oprah).
First-time filmmaker Meehl delivers a documentary as plainspoken as
her subject, who seems to have de
facto creative control over the film.
The film’s main failing is its refusal
to explain what happened to Buck’s
brother or, for that matter, their father (though family photos in the end
credits do include glimpses of the
adult Smokie). Overall, both Buck
and “Buck” endorse sensitive care for
the voiceless, whether they be horses
or cowed children.
Rated PG for thematic elements,
mild language and an injury. One
hour, 29 minutes.
— Peter Canavese
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POLYNESIAN
AMERICAN
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Armadillo Willy’s 941-2922
1031 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos
Range: $5.00-13.00
Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688
Hobee’s 856-6124
4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Also at Town & Country Village,
Palo Alto 327-4111
Burmese
Green Elephant Gourmet
494-7391
Burmese & Chinese Cuisine
3950 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto
(Charleston Shopping Center)
Dine-In, Take-Out, Local Delivery-Catering
CHINESE
Chef Chu’s 948-2696
1067 N. San Antonio Road
on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos
2010 Best Chinese
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Jing Jing 328-6885
443 Emerson St., Palo Alto
Authentic Szechwan, Hunan
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Ming’s 856-7700
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New Tung Kee Noodle House
520 Showers Dr., MV in San Antonio Ctr.
Voted MV Voice Best ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04
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Thaiphoon Restaurant 323-7700
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Full Bar, Outdoor Seating
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Best Thai Restaurant in Palo Alto
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Established as one of the
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RESTAURATEUR PROFILE
Friendly family fare
Sancho’s Adam Torres weds good food with welcoming
spaces in his new restaurants
by Sheila Himmel
Veronica Weber
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Adam Torres, owner of the Sancho’s Taquerias on the Peninsula, is photographed in his downtown Palo
Alto restaurant.
dam Torres didn’t intend to
build an empire of four restaurants in six years — two of
them navigating the infamous Palo
Alto permit process — plus a catering business. It just happened.
“My wife says I’m at my limit,”
says Torres, 35.
The family lives in the Emerald
Hills area of Redwood City, near
Torres’ mother and his first restaurant. The cramped 600-square-foot
original Sancho’s Taqueria seated
15 people, at most. It has been expanded to fit 40.
The newest, due to open in Palo
Alto’s Midtown area later this summer, will seat 60. There will be
sidewalk tables in front, a brandnew patio in the back and sports
on TV.
“This is such a family neighborhood. Where does a family watch
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showing a visitor the new spot.
The menu will be bigger than at
Sancho’s in downtown Palo Alto,
which opened on Lytton Avenue in
late 2009.
Meanwhile, in downtown Redwood City, Torres grabbed the opportunity to expand his repertoire
and use a new name. The recently
opened Patty Shack, at 909 Main
St., features all-natural, nitratefree hamburgers and such American standards as fried chicken and
meat loaf.
When a Sancho’s fan who happened to own commercial property
in Midtown contacted him about
her 1,600-square-foot empty space,
he wasn’t in the market. But she
persuaded him to take a look. “I’m
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS
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DAVID STARR JORDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
&
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MODERNIZATIONS & NEW CONSTRUCTION
The Palo Alto Unified School District is inviting qualification information from General Contractors to provide Construction
Services for two upcoming construction projects.
Jordan Middle School: Construction of a new classroom
building, a multi-purpose addition to an existing building &
modernization to multiple existing buildings.
Construction estimate is $13M.
always looking for a casual place to
eat with my kids,” Torres says. So
he brought Cruz, 4, and Rosie, 2,
to check out the area on a Sunday.
Nothing was open. They finally
found something to eat at Pommard,
half a mile away.
The newest Sancho’s enticed him
for another reason: cooking space.
“I’ve always been so limited,” Torres
said. “Here, I’ll be able to have an
oven!” Among the menu additions
will be Mexican lasagna and vegetarian options.
Between a hobby shop and a Subway, Sancho’s will be open daily,
including Sunday, until 9 p.m.
Torres notes the abundance of
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
Of the City of Palo Alto
Transportation Division
Terman Middle School: Construction of a new classroom
building, a Library addition & modernization to multiple existing buildings. Construction estimate is $9M.
There will be a MANDATORY prequalification conference on
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM at 25 Churchill Avenue,
Building “D”, Palo Alto, CA. The two projects and the Prequalification package will be discussed.
All responses to this RFQ must be received no later than 10:00
AM Friday, August 12, 2011. Interested firms shall submit Qualifications as described in the Prequalification Package to:
apartments in Midtown, and people
pushing strollers. The restaurant will
speak to Torres’ constant quest for
“something between Applebee’s and
white tablecloth.”
Torres knows white tablecloth,
having gotten his first job out of the
California Culinary Academy at
San Francisco’s well-heeled Boulevard. Then he worked at Chantilly,
the Midpeninsula’s grande dame of
Continental cuisine. His big break
came at the Village Pub, in Woodside, where he worked every station
and learned every dish, from charcuterie to duck confit.
Torres developed his signature fish
taco at the Village Pub, and the secret sauce. It’s a chipotle remoulade,
Public Meeting Notice
Downtown/University Avenue Parking Study
Public Open House
DATE: Thursday, July 28, 2011
TIME: 6:30-8:00 PM
PLACE: Council Chambers, City Hall
250 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto 94301
This public meeting will be an opportunity for the Downtown Business community to provide input on parking
strategies and the current parking permit program. The
meeting will provide background information and request
feedback parking program elements including:
Palo Alto Unified School District
Facilities Department
25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D”
Palo Alto, CA 94306 Attn: Heidi Rank
Direct questions regarding this Request for Qualification (RFQ)
to Heidi Rank at 650-833-4205.
These are not requests for bids or offers by the District to contract
with any party responding to this RFQ. The District reserves the
right to reject any and all responses. All materials submitted to
the District in response to this RFQ shall remain property of the
District and may be considered a part of public record.
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or simply grilled. Sprinkle fresh lime
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Torres and his partner, his cousin
Armando, grew up in the restaurant business. Torres started washing dishes at his father’s traditional
Michoacan restaurant, La Pachanga,
on the Middlefield strip of Redwood
City known as Little Michoacan.
There he also learned about Playa
Azul seafood and cotija cheese.
Sancho’s taco truck has become a
fixture at graduations, charity events
and local companies like Tesla Motors, on Deer Creek Road.
Sancho’s is a regular at Edgewood
Eats, the food-truck friendship circle
at Palo Alto’s Edgewood Plaza parking lot every Monday night. A Facebook page lists the trucks that will
be there each week. “People bring
blankets and hang out,” Torres says.
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www.sanchostaqueria.com.
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closing and a new Philz Coffee
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and go to the July 22 edition.
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Coffee: 9–10 am or Snacks and Refreshments: 3–4 pm
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your restaurant in Costco. Presentation will include specific program information and local restaurant
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
BEST SPORTS
COVERAGE
She’s back
to prove
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Sharapova is hoping
to improve upon
her runnerup finish
IN THE POOL . . . Incoming Stanford
freshman Kristian Ipsen narrowly
missed out on a medal when he and
diving partner Troy Dumais finished
fourth in the men’s 3-meter synchronized event at the FINA World Championships on Tuesday in Shanghai,
China. Ipsen and Dumais scored
429.06 points, missing out of the
medals by less than nine points. Qin
Kai and Luo Yutong gave China its
sixth gold of the Championships with
463.98 points. Russiaís Ilya Zakharov
and Evgeny Kuznetsov took second
at 438.75, and the Mexico team of
Yahel Castillo and Julian Sanchez
won bronze with 437.61 points. On
Thursday, Ipsen finished 31st with a
score of 370.60 and did not advance
past the preliminaries of the 3-meter
springboard competition.
by Rick Eymer
aria Sharapova erased all
doubts concerning her return to tennis following a
shoulder injury by reaching the finals of Wimbledon this year. She
hopes to carry that success through
the summer U.S. Open Series competition, beginning with her appearance in the Bank of the West Classic
M
ON THE PITCH . . . San Diego Surf
defender Laura Liedle, whose team
won the ECNL 17U national title over
the PDA Slammers, told TopDrawerSoccer.com that she has changed
her commitment from North Carolina
to Stanford. Liedle is the soccer web
site’s No. 3-ranked player in the 2012
Top 100. This is a major move for
Liedle, who has long been one of the
nation’s best prospects and a big part
of the U.S. Soccer program. Liedle
told TopDrawerSoccer.com that her
change of heart “one of the hardest
decisions I’ve had to make.”
COACHING CORNER . . . Palo Alto
Knights Youth Football is seeking
experienced head and assistant
football coaches for the 2011 season.
Contact: Mike Piha 269-6100 or
mike@in2change.com. . . . Sacred
Heart Prep is seeking an assistant
cross-country coach. All interested
candidates please contact AD Frank
Rodriguez at frodriguez@shschools.
org or 473.4031.
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World No. 5-ranked Maria Sharapova will be out to improve upon her second-place finish in last year’s Bank of
the West Classic when the world’s long-running women’s-only tennis tourney gets under way Monday at Stanford.
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WOMEN’S WATER POLO
BOYS’ ROUNDUP
More honors
for a busy
Stanford junior
It’s a busy two
weeks for Stanford
Water Polo Club
by Keith Peters
by Keith Peters
tanford’s Annika Dries is thousands of
miles away in Shanghai, China, helping
U.S. Women’s National Team battle for
honors at the 2011 FINA World Championships. One way or another, through a tweet,
Facebook posting or e-mail, she’ll get the
word on her latest honor.
On Tuesday, the Cardinal junior was named
National Player of the Year and head coach
John Tanner was named National Coach of the
Year by the Association of Collegiate Water
Polo Coaches.
Dries also was named to the ACWPC AllAmerica First Team, putting the finishing
touches on an award-winning season. She was
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ON THE COURT . . . Men and women
at least 18 years of age who want the
chance to earn free tickets to one of
the premier professional women’s tennis tournaments on the West Coast,
can become a volunteer at the Bank
of the West Classic, July 23-31 at the
Taube Family Tennis Stadium at Stanford University. Volunteer positions are
currently available in several areas including transportation, ushers, guest
services, hospitality, and tournament
administration. For more information
please go to www.bankofthewestclassic.com and click on “Volunteers”
to apply online. Volunteers will receive
complimentary tickets to the tournament, a parking pass, and an official
tournament shirt. They will be asked
to work a minimum of four shifts during the event in order to qualify for
these tournament benefits.
next week at Taube Tennis Family
Center on the campus of Stanford
University.
Ranked fifth in the world,
Sharapova will play her first match
at Stanford on Wednesday night at
7 p.m. against an opponent to be
determined. The draw will be held
Friday at the Stanford Shopping
Center, a nice touch for Sharapova,
who lists Peet’s Coffee among her
favorite places.
The Classic opens Monday with
matches starting at 11 a.m. The
qualifying tournament begins Saturday at 10 a.m. and continues
through Sunday, with matches free
and open to the public.
A former world No. 1, Sharapova
is currently at her highest ranking
since returning from surgery in early 2009 after a nine-month layoff.
She fell out of the top 100 during her
recovery period.
“Even after Wimbledon I feel
like I can make improvements,”
Stanford junior Annika Dries has swept all the
major water polo awards.
embers of the Stanford Water Polo
Club’ 18U Red team might be tired of
airports after an upcoming busy two
weeks. During that time, many of the players
will be making two trips to Orange County.
The first excursion is this weekend, where
the High School Championships will be held
at Capo Valley, El Toro, Newport Harbor and
Santa Margarita highs.
Palo Alto will join Menlo School, MenloAtherton, Sacred Heart Prep and St. Francis as
the only teams from the Central Coast Section.
Each team will play two matches per day over
the three-day tournament.
The Stanford 18U Red team has players on
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Boys’ roundup
of coach Clarke Weatherspoon.
Stanford players named to the alltournament team included Benoit
Viollier (first team), Nelson PerlaWard (second team), Jack Pickard
(honorable mention) and Trevor
Raisch (honorable mention).
Also in Southern California two
weeks ago was the Stanford 12U
team, which finished 10th. The
team is coached by Tim Kates and
finished second at the Pacific Zone
JO Qualifying.
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After the tournament wraps up on
Sunday, the players will head home
and regroup — only to head back to
SoCal the following weekend for the
SwimOutlet.com Junior Olympics
from July 30-Aug. 2.
The Stanford Water Polo Club
made a final tuneup for these upcoming busy weekends with some
solid efforts at the recent US Club
Championships. The club’s top four
age-group teams finished no worse
than 10th, with three finishing
among the top four.
The Stanford 18U squad had the
best finish, finishing second after
dropping a 15-9 decision to Regency
at the Soda Center in Moraga last
Sunday.
Stanford opened with a 12-3 win
over Huntington Beach and romped
to 17-3 triumph over 680 Drivers
on Friday. Saturday saw Stanford
get by Santa Barbara Water Polo
Foundation, 11-10, setting up a 1211 semifinal victory over San Diego
Shores.
The Stanford 18s, coached by
Sacred Heart Prep’s Brian Kreutzkamp, earned its second top-three
finish in a major tournament this
summer. The team finished third
at the Cal Cup Championships in
Southern California last month.
The 18s are a combination of
holdovers — Thomas Agramonte,
Philip Bamberg, Mark Garner, Robert Dunlevie, Colin Mulcahy and
Peter Simon, among others — from
last year’s team that finished eighth
at JOs plus graduates from the 16U
team that took second. The Stanford
18U also won its Pacific Zone JO
Qualifying Tournament.
Earning all-tournament honors
last weekend were Stanford’s Dunlevie and Mulcahy (both first team)
plus second-teamers Max Schell
and Agramonte.
The Stanford 16U team, coached
Mark Garner will be busy with
two teams over two weekends.
by Terry O’Donnell from St. Francis, finished fourth at the US Club
Championships, its second top-four
placing this summer after taking
fourth at the Cal Cup Championships.
Stanford opened with an 8-7 win
over Huntington Beach on Friday
and followed that with a 6-5 win
over the Los Angeles Water Polo
Club. On Saturday, Stanford got by
Santa Barbara, 6-4, to win its pool
and defeated 680 Drivers, 8-5, to
reach the semifinals. On Sunday,
Stanford dropped a 7-6 overtime
decision to Rose Bowl and then fell
to Saddleback El Toro (SET) in the
third-place match, 8-4.
All-tournament recognition for
Stanford included goalie Will Runkel (first team), Morgan Olson-Fabbro (second team), Harrison Enright
(honorable mention) and Corey McGee (honorable mention).
The Stanford 14U team also finished fourth at the US Club Championships, which was held a week
earlier in Southern California. The
squad fell to Foothill, 6-5, in the
third-place match. Stanford earlier
took second at the San Diego County Cup, fourth at the Cal Cup and
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The Palo Alto Babe Ruth 14year-old all-stars had their season
end in a 16-13 loss to Sonoma in
Round 3 of the NorCal State Tournament at Clark Field in Woodland
on Wednesday. The game originally was suspended on Monday with
Sonoma leading 16-11, and resumed
Wednesday. Palo Alto put up a pair
of runs in the bottom of the seventh
to make it close.
While Palo Alto had enough offense during the double-elimination
tournament, it couldn’t overcome
12 errors in three games. Palo Alto
also couldn’t take advantage of 16
walks issued by Sonoma, as the PA
pitching staff had difficulty shutting
down the opposition.
Brad Degnan had four hits and
two RBI for Palo Alto in the final
game while Noah Phillips added
three hits with Jordan Long and Roy
Shadmon contributing two hits each.
Long added four RBI and Shadmon
had two, but Sonoma countered with
14 hits -- including seven for extra
bases.
On Tuesday, the Palo Alto Babe
Ruth 15-year-old all-stars saw
missed opportunities, errors and
questionable umpiring calls all
added up to a 5-4 extra-inning loss
to Sonoma and elimination from
the NorCal State Tournament in
Elk Grove.
The game got off to a good start
for Palo Alto as Alec Furrier singled
in Michael Strong and James Foug
and later scored on a bases-loaded
walk to give Palo Alto a 3-0 lead
in the first. Furrier also singled in
Foug in the second inning to give
starting pitcher Erik Amundson a
4-0 lead, but Palo Alto could not
find a way to score after that.
Sonoma broke through with an
unearned run in the fourth inning
and later scored three runs in the top
of the sixth with a help of a threebase error, which allowed two runs
to score and set up a squeeze to score
the tying run. Sonoma scored the
go-ahead run in the top of the eight
aided by two Palo Alto errors.
It looked like Strong, who had
come on in relief, would get out of
a bases-loaded, no outs jam in the
eighth. However, yet another walk
gave Sonoma its fifth run. In the
bottom of the eight, Palo Alto’s Jacob Hoffman walked and reached
second on a balk with one out. Hoffman tried to advance to third on a
pitched ball in the dirt, but a controversial call ruled him out at third on
the catcher’s throw and ended Palo
Alto’s last chance to keep the game
going.
Amundson pitched seven innings
and gave up only three hits, but was
not able to get the win as Palo Alto’s season-ending loss resulted in a
fourth-place finish in the eight-team
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named the Peter J. Cutino Award
winner in June, given annually to
the nationís top menís and womenís
collegiate water polo players, and
also was named the MPSF Player
of the Year and to the conferenceís
first team.
Tuesday’s announcement also
marked Dries’ second career AllAmerica nod, as she was named to
the Third Team last year.
In addition, six Cardinal players
earned All-America nods from the
organization as did three local players.
Stanford two-meter standout Melissa Seidemann and senior goalie
Amber Oland joined Dries on the
First Team. Junior driver Alyssa Lo
earned a Second-Team nod while
senior Kim Krueger from Menlo
School and freshman Kaley Dodson each were named Honorable
Mention.
Sacred Heart Prep grad Adriana
Vogt of San Jose State was named
to the First Team while former SHP
teammate KK Clark of UCLA was
named to the Third Team. Megan
Burmeister of UCLA, a Menlo
School grad, received Honorable
Mention notice.
The All-America announcement
comes following a 2011 season dur-
Palo Alto Unified School District
Notice is hereby Given that proposals will be received by
the Palo Alto Unified School District for bid package:
Palo Alto High School New Bleachers & Site Improvements - Increment No. 1 Contract No. PABL11
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The work includes, but is not limited
to: The design of fully accessible, approvable by the Division of the State
Architect (DSA), Home and Visitor Bleachers at the Palo Alto High School
Stadium facility, including Press Box and Vertical Lift which comply with
design criteria in the bid documents and integrate with utilities and site
features as well as the District’s program requirements. The work also
includes the lump sum cost to install the Home and Visitor Bleachers,
Press Box and Vertical Lift approved by DSA for a complete and operational facility. Bidding documents contain the full description of the
work.
There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit at 10 a.m. on
August 3, 2011 at the District Facilities Office at 25 Churchill
Ave., Building D, Palo Alto, California 94306.
Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Facilities Office, 25 Churchill Ave., Building D, by 10:00 a.m. on
August 18, 2011.
PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful Bidder must comply
with all prevailing wage laws applicable to the Project, and related
requirements contained in the Contract Documents.
Palo Alto Unified School District will maintain a Labor Compliance
Program (LCP) for the duration of this project. In bidding this project,
the contractor warrants he/she is aware and will follow the Public
Works Chapter of the California Labor Code comprised of Labor
Code Sections 1720 - 1861. A copy of the District’s LCP is available
for review at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D, Palo Alto, CA 94306.
1. A pre-construction conference shall be conducted with the contractor or subcontractors to discuss federal and state labor law
requirements applicable to the contract.
2. Project contractors and subcontracts shall maintain and furnish to
the District, at a designated time, a certified copy of each payroll
with a statement of compliance signed under penalty of perjury.
3. The District shall review and, if appropriate, audit payroll records
to verify compliance with the Public Works Chapter of the Labor
Code.
4. The District shall withhold contract payments if payroll records are
delinquent or inadequate.
5. The District shall withhold contract payments as described in the
LCP, including applicable penalties when the District and Labor
Commissioner establish that underpayment of other violations
has occurred.
Bidders may examine Bidding Documents at the District Facilities
Office, 25 Churchill Ave, Building D, Palo Alto. Bidders may purchase copies of Plans and Specifications at American Reprographics Company (ARC), 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View, CA
94043. Phone: (650) 967-1966
Address all questions to:
Palo Alto Unified School District
25 Churchill Avenue, Building D, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1099
Attn: Heidi Rank
Phone: (650) 833-4205 Fax: (650) 327-3588 hrank@pausd.org
ing which Stanford went 28-1 overall en route to winning its second
NCAA title with a 9-5 victory in
the championship game over California.
It was the second national title
the Cardinal has won under Tanner’s watch, with the first coming
in 2002. Tanner guided Stanford to
a 7-0 mark in MPSF play in 2011
before his team swept three games
at the National Collegiate Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich. for the
NCAA trophy.
Under Tanner’s watch the Cardinal outscored its opponents 359-139
in 2011, as six players scored at least
20 goals.
On Thursday, Dries scored three
goals and the United States women’s
national water polo team downed
Kazakhstan, 14-4, to secure a spot
in the quarterfinals of the FINA
World Championships.
“After the first game you just
don’t know things are going to
go,” U.S. coach Adam Krikorian
said. “We responded well after that
first game (a 7-7 tie with the Netherlands). I don’t know if it makes
it any easier we’re playing maybe
the best team this summer; Russia.
They won the Kirishi Cup, they
lost only one game in the World
League Super Final, a shootout in
which they were leading the whole
time. That is going to be extremely
extremely difficult.”
Russia placed second in its group,
losing to Greece, 6-5. The Russians
are heavy favorites to beat Cuba on
Saturday and advance to meet the
U.S. on Monday.
Cardinal freshman Maggie Steffens scored twice for the Americans,
who broke open a close game with
nine unanswered goals. Stanford
grad Brenda Villa also scored.
On Tuesday, it was Villa, Dries
and Steffens each scoring a pair of
goals for the U.S. in a 16-7 victory
over Hungary.
Team USA opened play at the
World Championships on Sunday
with a 7-7 deadlock with The Netherlands, the defending Olympic gold
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World No. 4-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will return to defend her singles title when the 41st annual
Bank of the West Classic gets under way Monday at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Center.
Women’s tennis tourney
serving up high tech
D
espite being in its 41st year,
the Bank of the West Classic
women’s tennis tournament
will have something new to offer
when it returns to Stanford’s Taube
Family Tennis Center next week.
CrowdOptic, a new Silicon Valley technology company, has joined
with the Bank of the West Classic
to form a partnership that will allow the tournament to launch a new
mobile technology to enhance the
viewing experience for its live event
spectators.
The new technology from CrowdOptic will allow the spectators in
the stands to see real-time information about the players displayed on
their smartphones while they snap
photos of the players moving around
the court. Fans will be able to receive a range of information about
the players including coaching tips,
up-to-the-moment statistics, and
special offers from the event producers.
The Bank of the West Classic is
the first women’s stop of the Olympus US Open Series and the longest
running women’s-only tennis tournament in the world. The event,
which is owned and operated by
IMG, will now also be the setting
for the debut in sports of “augmented reality” technology.
The CrowdOptic system senses
when concentrations of users in the
crowd are pointed at the same player
and who they are looking at; this allows the Bank of the West Classic
to broadcast relevant information to
all the phones that are pointed at the
same player at any given moment.
“We are continually looking for
new ways to improve the fan experience at the Bank of the West Classic
while exploring new technologies
developed in our own back yard,”
said Kim Hall, Bank of the West
Classic Tournament Director. “We
are pleased to be offering this new
technology from CrowdOptic that
will allow our guests to have the
most up-to-the moment tournament
information at their fingertips, right
from their own mobile device.”
The CrowdOptic application will
be available at the Bank of the West
Classic on both Android and iPhone
platforms. It includes fully integrated photo-sharing capabilities that let
the spectators capture the augmented reality information in their photos automatically and share it online
through social networking sites.
“Augmented reality, which is traditionally based on static environments, is taking a big step forward
with moving objects in live action,
said Brent Iadarola, Global Program
Director for Frost & Sullivan’s Mobile & Wireless Communications
Group.
Ian Sobieski, Band of Angels investor in CrowdOptic, said that “Our
group of more than 120 former and
current high-tech executives has seen
a lot of mobile technology come and
go, but CrowdOptic is something
different. The technology lets you
use your phone to track moving athletes and tell you exactly what you
want to know about them - right at
the moment you want to know.”
CrowdOptic is a privately-held
company based in San Francisco,
CA, and co-founded by entrepreneur Jon Fisher. For more information, visit www.crowdoptic.com.
The 2011 Bank of the West Classic gets under way Monday and
runs through July 31. Qualifying
will be held Saturday and Sunday,
starting at 10 a.m., and is free and
open to the public. Tickets for the
tournament are on sale at: www.
BankoftheWestClassic.com.
NOTES: The Bank of the West
Classic has partnered with Kepler’s Books to host a book reading
of “Inch and Miles: The Journey
to Success” featuring an appearance by former world No. 1 Ana
Ivanovic on Sunday, July 24 at 3
pm. The book reading will include
a shortened version of the story
read by retired WTA player Peanut
Harper, followed by a Q&A session
with Ivanovic where she will share
her own personal definition of success. “Inch and Miles: The Journey
2011 BANK OF
THE WEST CLASSIC
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
At Taube Family Tennis Center
Saturday -- Qualifying Round 1,
10 a.m. (free, open to public)
Sunday -- Qualifying Round 2
(free, open to public)
Monday -- Qualifying Round 3,
10 a.m.; first-round matches, 1 p.m.
and 7 p.m.
Tuesday -- First-round matches,
1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Wednesday -- Second-round
matches, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Thursday - - Second-round
matches, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Friday, July 29 -- Quarterfinal
matches, noon and 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 30 -- Semifinal
matches, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 31 -- Singles final,
noon; doubles final, 2:30 p.m.
Note: All matches are subject to
change
to Success” is an award winning
children’s book written by legendary basketball coach oach John
Wooden. The book’s themes are
the foundation for the Bank of the
West Classic’s Family Day, where
children can learn and put into practice these important life skills via
interactive tennis games and drills
at the “Inch and Miles Sportsmanship Festival.” Family Day will return this year on Saturday, July 30
through the support of the Harper
for Kids foundation. Each Family
Day participant will receive his or
her very own copy of “Inch and
Miles: The Journey to Success,” a
poster of Coach Wooden’s Pyramid
of Success, a T-shirt and snacks.
Children ages 6 to 11 years old can
participate in Family Day for just
$25 with a choice of attending an
earlier session beginning at 11 am
or a later session beginning at 5
p.m. Tickets to Family Day do not
include admission to the Saturday
tennis matches. All Family Day proceeds go directly to the Harper for
Kids foundation. For more information: www.BankoftheWestClassic.
com or contact Whitney Collins at
whitney.collins@imgworld.com or
(415) 227 8027. N
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Sharapova
(continued from page 27)
Kyle Terada
Maria Sharapova will return to the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford
next week, hoping to improve upon last year’s runnerup finish.
Sharapova said in teleconference
this week. “I always feel like I can
be one step quicker, that I can improve moving on the court and being more aggressive. I can take a
few more balls in the air.”
The winner of 23 WTA Tour
singles title, Sharapova returns to
Stanford after losing in last year’s
final, 6-4, 6-1, to world No. 4 Victoria Azarenka.
“I played some great matches
during last summer,” Sharapova
said. “But it was not enough for the
U.S. Open. That level didn’t come
through when it mattered most. That
happens.”
Sharapova hopes to create a different atmosphere this summer as
she looks ahead to the final Grand
Slam event of the season. She last
won a Grand Slam with the 2008
Australian Open and last won the
U.S. Open title in 2006. She has
three Grand Slam titles to her credit, including the 2004 Wimbledon
crown.
“I find myself in a rush this year
after taking a break following Wimbledon,” Sharapova said. “I see the
U.S. Open approaching and I want
to prepare for that.”
Sharapova already owns one
WTA title this year, winning in
Rome. She also reached the finals
at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami
and advanced to the French Open
semifinals in May.
In addition to Sharapova and
Azarenka, Wimbledon semifinalist
Sabine Lisicki is also entered in the
Bank of the West Classic.
Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, 2011 French
Open semifinalist and 2009 Bank
of the West Classic titlist Marion
Bartoli, former World No. 1 Ana
Ivanovic, and world No. 10 Samantha Stosur are also in the field.
Williams is returning from an injury, though Sharapova didn’t think
it was wise to offer any advice.
“She’s an incredible champion,”
Sharapova said. “She’s come back
from injuries before. She has it all
figured out.”
Sharapova broke onto the national stage with her win over Williams in the championship match of
the 2004 Wimbledon tournament,
but acknowledges there’s a slight
discrepancy in their head-to-head
meetings. Williams (478-103 overall) leads their series, 6-2, and has
won the previous five meetings.
“I love playing her but I don’t have
a great record against her,” Sharapova said. “I would like to change that.
I would like to play her at some point
this summer.”
Sharapova (401-98 on the WTA
Tour) skipped the Stanford event
until two years ago. Now she’s
hooked.
“I love the fact it’s a younger,
college crowd,” she said. “It’s a lot
more intimate place than a lot of
other tournaments we play. It feels
like the crowd is right there watching you.”
Last year’s runnerup finish also
sparked Sharapova’s successful
summer run.
“I usually train in the Los Angeles area before going to Stanford,”
Sharapova said. “I love playing in
tournaments that are five hours or
less away. It feels homey and I can
have my own car to drive around.”
Sharapova already has had her
share of setbacks this year, withdrawing from tournaments with a
viral illness and an ear infection.
Those things are nothing compared
to the constant training.
“You almost put it on autopilot,”
she said. “It’s a lot of work, especially when you’re on tour. It seems
easier to go to the tournaments,
when you aren’t practicing three or
four hours a day. Those days, the
days between tournaments, are a lot
tougher for me mentally. There are
days when I feel mentally out of it.
Recovery is important. You have to
keep a good balance.”
Also included in the field will be
two former top 10-ranked players,
Daniela Hantuchova and Kimiko
Date-Krumm.
The Bank of the West Classic will
also welcome three additional top-20
players including No. 13 Agnieszka
Radwanska, No. 16 Julia Goerges,
and No. 19 Yanina Wickmayer.
Helping strengthen the field will
be this year’s Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Dominika Cibulkova, who
has been granted a wildcard into the
tournament.
Now in its 41st year, the women’s
only tournament features a 28-player singles draw as well as a 16-team
doubles draw with total prize money
of $721,000. N
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