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Senior Class President Noga Hurwitz addresses the Palo Alto High School Class of 2018 during the baccalaureate ceremony held at De Anza College in Cupertino on May 27. Photo by Adam Pardee

F or the hundreds of seniors who graduated from Palo Alto and Gunn high schools

on Thursday night, the last few weeks have been full of anticipa-tion, reflection and events aplenty.

Seniors finished up their aca-demic courses, signed their last-ever high school yearbooks, social-ized at senior picnics, rehearsed for graduation and performed at the schools’ baccalaureates, among other end-of-year traditions.

At Gunn on last Friday, seniors gathered on the quad for the annual “paper toss,” the celebratory throw-ing of stacks of coursework papers into the air. And in a senior prank last week, Gunn and Paly seniors went to their counterparts’ classes at the other high school campus.

Seniors from both schools de-scribed this transitional time with mixed emotions: bittersweet sad-ness, relief, nervous excitement. In interviews with the Weekly prior to graduation, members of

the class of 2018 reflected on the ups and downs of high school and on their futures beyond Palo Alto.

On May 22 at Paly, groups of seniors huddled together through-out campus, excitedly paging through the yearbooks they had just received. Seniors Nilo Tehra-ni and Simran Pujji sat on a bench together, Tehrani already wearing the green graduation robe she had picked up minutes before.

The two became close friends after meeting this year when Teh-rani moved from Fresno. They’re apprehensive about the divergent paths college might take them on this fall. Tehrani is headed to the University of California, Berke-ley and Pujji to the University of Michigan.

Talk of their college choices quickly turned to the pressure they felt to choose a brand-name school and their frustration with the increasingly competitive na-ture of college admissions.

“Students place a lot of pres-sure on ourselves just because our parents went to great universities or you see other people’s parents have gone to great universities,” Pujji said.

“I feel like we both felt pres-sured to pick the school with the highest ranking out of the ones we got accepted to,” Tehrani echoed.

Both participated in Paly’s Model United Nations club, Pujji as president this year.

Pujji was also on the school’s highly regarded robotics team all four years of high school. She said she struggled as one of few girls on the team and felt like she was “pushed away from the technical side of things” because of her gen-der. This year, she served as the team’s strategic director. She also won a First Robotics Competition award that recognizes a small number of high school students who have shown not only techni-cal expertise but also leadership on their teams.

Many seniors have already started charting their post-gradua-tion paths. Paly senior Emma Ver-bist has been working with horses since she was young and plans to go to veterinary school after col-lege. She chose the University of

Vermont for its animal science programs.

Her friend, Sophie Nakai, chose Carnegie Mellon University for its theater program.

Nakai said it took her nearly all four years of high school to feel comfortable dropping other extra-curriculars to focus on theater, about which she is most passionate. She said felt she had to do it all, taking on five extracurriculars her fresh-man year and eight classes both freshman and sophomore years.

If she could give her freshman-year self one piece of advice it would be to “not to try and do ev-erything,” she said.

Gunn senior Arshi Saxena said self-imposed expectations have been the most difficult to overcome during her time in high school.

“It’s not just expectations from your parents or your teachers or your friends but what expecta-tions you have on yourself,” she said. “You create these unreal-istic goals and it’s really hard to achieve them.”

She, too, found relief in her pas-sions. She loves to sing and said it often eased the stress of academic work.

A member of the Gunn choir, Saxena sang a solo at the school’s baccalaureate last weekend. She was one of close to 40 seniors who performed after having auditioned in front of a faculty panel. Some performed on their own and oth-ers as part of groups.

Saxena chose to sing in a mix of Hindi and English in a nod to Vidya Vox, a YouTube star made famous by her fusion of Western pop, elec-tronic dance and classical Indian music. Appropriately, the Hindi song Saxena chose is about tran-sition: cherishing good memories

UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis

Rites of passageHigh school seniors celebrate major milestone,

reflection on transitionby Elena Kadvany

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L ooking for coverage of the May 31 graduation ceremonies at Palo

Alto and Gunn high schools? Head to PaloAltoOnline.com. Articles and photos of the two commencement ceremonies are posted there, along with the lists of gradu-ates from 15 Midpeninsula high schools.

What’s more, the social-media posts, including pho-tos and videos, by the Class of 2018 and their families and friends are collected at the Palo Alto Weekly’s Wake-let page at wakelet.com/@paloaltoweekly.

Also, the annual “Students Speak Out” edition of the Weekly’s webcast will be posted Friday evening on Palo Alto Online and at YouTube.com/paweekly. This year’s webcast features both the departing student representa-tives to the Board of Educa-tion and the incoming student reps, who will talk about key district issues of the past year and ongoing concerns of students.

Castilleja School’s com-mencement will take place on Saturday, June 2. Coverage of that event will be posted on Palo Alto Online by the next day.

Graduation stories,

photos, lists and more

“If you can detach yourself from that idea that grades mean everything, then you’re going to have a much better high school experience.”

—Ben Avny, Palo Alto High School

“It’s not just expectations from your par-ents or your teachers or your friends but what expectations you have on yourself.”

—Arshi Saxena, Gunn High School

“I think you should probably regret something that you did do than didn’t do because at least you tried.”

—Anna Promokhova, Palo Alto High School

“I’m definitely going to

miss being part of this.” —Allison Cheng,

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Around TownCOOLING TEMPERS ... When the Cool Block Program made its debut in 2016, its aim was to bring neighbors closer together and get them talking about things like preparation, carbon reduction and community building. A.C. Johnston, a member of the Utilities Advisory Commission, lauded the achievements and experiences of his group, which over the course of the program has replaced incandescent light bulbs with LEDs, reduced water usage, greatly increased composting, purchased emergency supplies and designated secure locations for storing these supplies, according to a letter he wrote this week to the council. The program, he said, also has “fostered a sense of community” and created a sense of accountability and group support. “There is no pressure like peer pressure to encourage behavioral change!” Not everyone, however, is convinced that the pilot program is worth spending public funds on. In March, several residents, including leaders of the umbrella group Palo Alto Neighborhoods, criticized a proposal to spend $100,000 on the next phase of the program, which would target 30 new blocks. Faced with criticism, the city has scaled back its commitment to the program. On June 11, the City Council will consider a revised proposal for the third pilot program (known as Beta 2 Pilot), one that reduces the commitment of public expenditures to $25,000 (plus about $75,000 in staff time) and that calls for the city’s nonprofit partner, Empowerment Institute, to pay for program management ($25,000), research ($15,000) and communication ($25,000). The nonprofit will also cover the $75,000 salary for the effort’s subconsultant, Sandra Slater.

MUSICALLY INCLINED ... Two Palo Alto High School students have graced listeners of NPR’s “From the Top,” a radio program highlighting classical musicians, with their musical stylings on an episode airing locally on

Sunday, June 3. Pianist Cameron Akioka, 18, and guitarist Nicholas Padmanhaban, 17, were among the young performers who played for a live audience during a taping at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on March 4. The two local teens each have plenty of accomplishments to their names. Akioka has been inducted into the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers’ Association of California and has received awards at music contests, including the San Jose International Piano Competition. For the radio show, the 18-year-old performed III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere from Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29 by Sergei Prokofiev and Concert Etude no. 2 in F minor, “La Leggierezza” by Franz Liszt. Padmanhaban is a National Young Arts Foundation merit winner for two years running and has twice received the top prize at the Sierra Nevada Guitar Competition. He played Prelude and Gigue — Double from Suite in C minor, BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach. The public can enjoy their performances by listening to a stream now available at fromthetop.org or tuning in to KDFC at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

HONORING VETERANS ... At the invitation of Defense Secretary James Mattis, Gunn High School junior Audrey Li attended the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, May 28. Li sat at the secretary’s box accompanied by her mentor, Palo Alto Family YMCA Executive Director Lee Pfab. The teen was selected for starting Students Partner with Veterans, a youth-led nonprofit where students interview veterans, share their stories, host events with veteran organizations and invite veterans to speak at schools. Since launching in 2016 with help from the Y, the organization has eight club branches across the country, including 300 participating students in the Bay Area. The nonprofit helps connect students with adult role models and honors veterans, according to the Y.

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A s Palo Alto considers low-ering its parking require-ments at new multifamily

housing complexes in an effort to spur construction, a newly re-leased study indicates that scores of parking spaces at local apart-ment buildings currently go un-used — a fact that has some resi-dents crying foul.

The study, performed by the consulting firm Fehr + Peers, evaluated nine different resi-dential complexes to determine whether the parking supply meets the demand. Consultants counted parking at five different times of the week — including days, nights and weekends — and concluded that in nearly all cases, there ex-ists a surplus of parking spaces.

At the California Park Apart-ments, an affordable-housing complex near the California Av-enue train station, only 41 of the 70 parking spaces were filled during a weekday evening (a peak time for parking), suggesting that parking is over-supplied by 71 percent. Oak Court Apartments

in downtown Palo Alto, also a below-market-rate complex, had 66 parked cars and 107 spaces, according to the consultant.

The trend was similar in mar-ket-rate apartment buildings. Downtown’s The Marc, for ex-ample, has 157 spaces but only 90 cars during peak parking hours. Midtown Court Apartments, be-hind the Midtown Shopping Cen-ter, has 69 spaces but only 46 were occupied at the peak, while Tan Plaza Apartments on Arastradero Road had 84 spaces and 70 cars.

Among senior-housing fa-cilities, Sheridan Apartments on Alma Street had the closest align-ment between supply and de-mand, with 21 spaces and 20 cars. At downtown’s Lytton Gardens, by contrast, there were 51 spaces and just 35 cars. And at Stevenson House on Charleston Road, there were 50 spaces and 41 cars.

The new study, which the Plan-ning and Transportation Commis-sion discussed Wednesday night, added some heat to community’s the simmering debates about

housing and parking. For housing advocates, the sur-

vey constitutes evidence that the city’s parking requirements are too steep and onerous, particularly for developers of affordable housing.

But those concerned that Palo Alto’s quality of life is deterio-rating because of issues such as parking shortages criticized the study’s findings. Planning Com-missioner Doria Summa offered anecdotal evidence about her re-cent trips to various apartment complexes, which in most cases were packed with cars. She sug-gested that the new study isn’t rigorous enough and that it only took a “snapshot” of parking con-ditions at the various complexes without considering broader is-sues, such as parking that spills over onto neighboring streets.

But for commissioners who be-lieve that parking requirements are keeping developers from building much-needed housing, the study only strengthened their commitment to reduce parking requirements.

“If our data is demonstrating that our parking standards are greater than necessary, let’s adjust them so we don’t create hurdles that are expensive and problem-atic for housing development,” Commissioner Michael Alcheck said Wednesday night.

The study comes as the city is working to implement a new Housing Work Plan, spurred by a colleagues’ memo penned last fall by Councilman Adrian Fine. The memo outlines a list of poli-cies for staff to reconsider to en-courage more housing, such as the city’s requirements for “more parking than is used” and its re-quirement for on-site (rather than adjacent or nearby) parking.

As part of the new effort to revise parking requirements, city consul-tants conducted 16 meetings with 22 stakeholders, mostly architects and developers. Most agreed that parking ratios don’t reflect de-mand, that parking requirements are high compared to nearby com-munities and that existing parking requirements aren’t flexible enough to account for areas with easy ac-cess to public transit.

But a few commissioners did not appear sold on the connec-tion between reducing park-ing requirements and spurring development.

“I’m uncomfortable with the whole approach of increasing housing through under parking buildings,” Summa said. “This is kind of what I think this results in.”

Commissioner Asher Waldfogel questioned the survey’s assump-tions, particularly that downtown drivers are less likely to drive. While Waldfogel said he would be open to re-evaluating the city’s “in-lieu fee” program, which al-lows commercial developers to pay a fee instead of building park-ing spaces, he wasn’t sold on the idea that parking requirements are the big driver in the city’s housing shortage.

“I’m not convinced that parking is the real issue that’s preventing residential development,” he said.

Several residents blasted the study and the city’s history of esti-mated how much parking various developments will need.

Jeff Levinsky, a resident in the neighborhood around Edgewood Plaza, said the redevelopment of the shopping center resulted in streets filled with parked cars, contrary to the city’s projections. Similarly, the city has failed to accurately plan for commercial parking in downtown, where the city had recently adopted a Resi-dential Preferential Parking pro-gram to deal with the hundreds of commuters who park on neigh-borhood streets.

“If you reduce our parking requirements, you will imperil our city for 50, 100, 150 or more years,” Levinsky said. “That’s be-cause the building and its succes-sor and the successor to that build-ing will be grandfathered in with the lower parking requirements.”

The city’s debate over park-ing requirements is expected to heat up in the coming months, as the commission considers spe-cific rule changes and as the City Council reviews two multifamily proposals with reduced parking.

On Monday night, the council will consider approving a “car-light” development of micro-apartments at 2755 El Camino Real that proposes 68 parking spaces (instead of the currently re-quired 94) and a robust “transpor-tation demand management” pro-gram that offers Caltrain passes, VTA EcoPasses and other incen-tives to residents so they’ll take alternate modes of transportation.

Later this year, the council also plans to consider the below-mar-ket-rate project proposed by the nonprofit Palo Alto Housing for Wilton Court, which will feature 61 apartments in the 3700 block of El Camino Real.

In February, the planning com-mission debated a proposal to create a new “affordable housing” district that would lower parking requirements for projects like Wilton Court. But after two long and fractious public hearings, the commission couldn’t reach a con-sensus on the new requirements, and the proposal to create the new district fizzled in March.

Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at [email protected].

City’s move to require fewer parking spaces sparks concerns

Study finds that apartment buildings have plenty of surplus parkingby Gennady Sheyner

TRANSPORTATION

Plenty of extra parking at apartment complexesComplex Distance

from CaltrainNo. of parking

spacesPeak parking

demandOversupply

Affordable Housing

California Park Apartments 0.1 miles 70 41 71%

Oak Court Apartments 0.8 miles 107 66 62%

Market Rate Housing

The Marc 0.5 miles 157 90 74%

Midtown Court Apartments 1.2 miles 69 46 50%

Senior Housing

Sheridan Apartments* 0.3 miles 21 20 5%

Lytton Gardens 0.8 miles 51 35 46%

* Parking spaces per unit is low — 0.37 — compared to one space per unit at Lytton Gardens.

Sources: City of Palo Alto, Fehr & Peers

The California Park Apartments complex on Park Boulevard in Palo Alto has 70 parking spots for 45 apartments. A recent study commissioned by the city of Palo Alto found that only 41 of the parking spaces are being used at peak hours.

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City Council (May 28)Avenidas: The council authorized the sale of development rights to help fund the city’s $5 million share toward the renovation of the Avenidas building. Yes: DuBois, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach No: Filseth, KouJunior Museum and Zoo: The council supported raising by $1 million the city’s contribution toward the renovated Junior Museum and Zoo to restore the “treehouse” and “loose in the zoo” features that were previously taken out of the design. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach No: KouRail: The council approved a list of 10 grade-separation alternatives for further evaluation, with the goal of adopting a preferred alternative by the end of the year. Yes: Fine, Holman, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach Recused: DuBois, Filseth, Kniss

Planning and Transportation Commission (May 30)Parking: The commission held a study session on a new study analyzing parking supply and demand at local multi-family residential developments. Action: None

CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week


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and believing in one’s self as one moves onto a new chapter.

In addition to singing, Saxena has also been exploring other in-terests: She participated in the Palo Alto Police Department ex-plorer program for young people interested in law enforcement and is looking forward to a computer science internship at Facebook this summer before she heads to Santa Clara University this fall.

Ask almost any senior about their lowest points in high school and almost all will give the same answer: the academic-heavy second-semester junior year and first-semester senior year, when courseload competes with college applications for students’ time.

But Paly senior Ben Avny opted out of the college-related stress. He decided early on that he would at-tend community college this fall and then transfer to a four-year school.

“The more I saw ... (how) dif-ficult it was for everyone around me, I felt personally that I didn’t want to go through that,” he said.

Going against the grain in this way isn’t easy in Palo Alto, where community colleges are often the butt of students’ jokes, Avny said. But he’s confident in his decision to attend Cabrillo College in Ap-tos, and he made the most of his last year in Palo Alto.

“If you can detach yourself from that idea that grades mean everything, then you’re going to have a much better high school experience,” he said.

Avny’s favorite high school memory was of a boundary-push-ing performance he and friends put together this spring. They formed a band at the last minute, collected random instruments — didgeri-doo, pots, pans, sheets of metal — donned “crazy” costumes and put on a zany musical show at two lunchtime events.

Their performance, Avny said, provided a rare foil for high school students “trying way too hard.”

One of the band members and Avny’s girlfriend, senior Anna

Promokhova, said the experience was cathartic. Her sole role in the show was to make paninis in the background.

“I realized that everyone was cheering; everyone was laughing; nobody really cared that I was do-ing something so stupid. (I real-ized) I could be more of myself,” she said.

Promokhova said she felt like she found herself this year by fi-nally shedding high school’s sig-nature pressure: to be someone that you’re not.

“I stopped caring as much, which allowed me to actually en-joy my time here and not worry about what other people think of me,” she said.

She said she wished someone had told her earlier in high school to take more risks.

“I think you should probably regret something that you did do than didn’t do because at least you tried. I wish someone had told me to do the things you’re scared of,” she said.

Promokhova is attending the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she plans to study as-trophysics. She’s been fascinated by stars since watching Bill Nye’s science TV show as a young girl, she said.

Last week, Gunn honored grad-uating student-athletes who have committed to continuing their sports in college with a “signing day” in the school gym. The 20 students represent a wide range of sports and colleges across the country, including public and pri-vate universities and community colleges.

“You have reached a great, great accomplishment,” Athletic Director Curt Johansen told the seniors, who he said are part of the 2 percent of students who go on to play college athletics.

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Seniors from Palo Alto High School shake hands as they enter the school’s baccalaureate ceremony held at De Anza College in Cupertino on May 27.

Gunn High School seniors (from left to right) Mollie Sampson, Maddy Caplan and Jessie Argumedo look at their yearbooks after school in Palo Alto on May 22.

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Emily Springer performs an excerpt from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony during Gunn High School’s baccalaureate in Palo Alto on May 27.

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to fence at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Gunn doesn’t have a fencing team — though it does have a history of students who fence, Cheng said — so she played competitively through a club in San Francisco. She didn’t mind the separation from campus athletics and actually enjoyed having two groups of friends to whom she could relate for differ-ent reasons, she said.

What she cherished most about fencing wasn’t any single athletic achievement but rather the time spent with her father traveling to competitions.

She feels mixed emotions about leaving Palo Alto, where she’s lived her entire life and has a “solid group of friends,” many of whom attended the signing event during lunch to support her.

“I’m definitely going to miss being part of this,” she said. “All this time I keep saying I’m ready to go and experience new things, but I know that it will be a change of pace.”

Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at [email protected].

Tom DuBois seeks second termPalo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois, who over the past

four years has established himself as a critic of commercial de-velopment and a proponent of slow-growth policies, announced Wednesday that he will seek a second term.

DuBois, an Ohio native who works as a product manager at Google, is one of three council members who is eligible for re-election in November. Cory Wolbach, a staunch housing advocate who is on the council’s pro-growth majority, had previously an-nounced his intention to seek a fresh term. Vice Mayor Eric Fils-eth, who was first elected in 2014 along with DuBois and Wolbach, has yet to announce his intention.

In a statement, DuBois said he plans to continue focusing on issues that are “important to residents.” These include housing, transparent government and “sensible, balanced growth that considers cumula-tive impacts to traffic, parks, schools and other city infrastructure.”

If re-elected, DuBois will sit on a council that will look mark-edly different from the one he joined four years ago. The number of seats will shrink from nine to seven after the November election day and two council stalwarts, former mayors Greg Scharff and Karen Holman, will conclude their final terms.

DuBois said he feels that the departure of council veterans Scharff and Holman at the end of this year makes it particularly important to have experience and a “steady hand” on the council next year.

—Gennady Sheyner

City ups its stakes in Avenidas, zoo projectsIn a bid to boost two popular community projects, Palo Alto

officials agreed on Tuesday night to sell off a highly valued asset: the right to develop.

The City Council voted 7-2, with Vice Mayor Eric Filseth and Councilwoman Lydia Kou dissenting, to authorize raising more than $3 million through its “transfer of development rights” (TDR) program to help fund the pending reconstruction of the historic Avenidas building at 450 Bryant St. The program uses density bonuses as way to pay for seismic upgrades and rehabilitation of historic buildings.

In addition to pledging $5 million in TDR cash and impact fees for the $19-million renovation of Avenidas, the council also agreed Tuesday to raise its stake in the soon-to-commence expansion of the Junior Museum and Zoo.

The City Council had previously pledged $3.9 million for the project, which is set to begin this summer. On Tuesday night, the council voted 8-1, with Kou dissenting, to add another $1 million so as to restore some of the features that had been recently cut from the project to save money, including an outdoor “loose in the zoo” area that allows children to mingle with birds and other species; and a “treehouse.”

—Gennady Sheyner

Ravenswood puts bond, parcel tax on ballotThe K-8 Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto is

seeking voter approval of two ballot measures this Tuesday, June 5: a renewed parcel tax and a $70-million bond.

The parcel tax, Measure Q, would renew an existing $196-per-parcel tax that was adopted in 2011. The tax would last for eight years and be adjusted annually for inflation at a rate not to exceed 3 percent. The tax currently funds 13 teaching positions, accord-ing to the district.

The estimated $1.2 million generated annually by the renewed tax would fund improvements in reading and writing, classroom technology, reduced class sizes, teacher retention, student safety and career- and college-preparation programs, according to the ballot.

On Tuesday, East Palo Alto voters also will decide on Measure S, which would authorize the district to issue bonds not to exceed $70 million. The bonds would pay for further repairs and upgrades to classrooms, labs, restrooms, gyms, multipurpose rooms, plumb-ing and electrical systems, parking lots, fire and safety systems, technology and the removal of hazardous materials such as asbes-tos and lead.

The district estimates the average annual tax-rate levy to fund the bond at $30 per $100,000 of assessed valuation.

Ravenswood estimates that the total amount repayable during the life of the bond, including principal and interest, will be about $126,510.

Measure S requires 55 percent of the vote to pass.To read more articles and opinion columns on races and mea-

sures coming before local voters on June 5, go to PaloAltoOnline.com and search for “Palo Alto voter’s guide.”

—Elena Kadvany

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Upfront

As Palo Alto approaches a key decision point in se-lecting new designs for

its four rail crossings, residents are increasingly waking up to the harsh trade-offs that the ex-pensive, multiyear endeavor will entail.

Their fears were confirmed Tuesday night, when city Assis-tant City Manager Ed Shikada noted that all 10 alternatives on the city’s existing menu of op-tions could require property pur-chases or the exercise of eminent domain, the government seizure of partial or whole properties to

accommodate redesigned rail crossings.

More than two dozen speakers addressed the council Tuesday night, many voicing concerns about the prospect of losing their properties near the crossings at Palo Alto Avenue, Churchill Ave-nue, Meadow Drive and Charles-ton Road.

Others, like Barbara Hazlett, spoke to a different worry, namely that a proposal to widen Embar-cadero Road in conjunction with closing the Churchill rail intersec-tion to cars would worsen the traf-fic conditions outside their homes.

Like many others, Hazlett said she too was concerned about the potential taking of properties, which the city had to do in the 1950s when it constructed Or-egon Expressway.

She is not alone. More than 450 residents signed a petition by Southgate resident David Shen urging the city not to seize properties as part of the effort to separate the railroad tracks from the roadways.

Carolyn Schmarzo asked the council Tuesday to eliminate design options that would entail property takings, which she said

would destroy the neighborhood.“To lose your home for any rea-

son is hideous,” Schmarzo said. “But to watch it bulldozed against your will is a soul-bludgeoning experience and another reason for a lawsuit.”

Parag Patkar, who lives in south Palo Alto between Charleston and East Meadow, handed out his own petition with signatures from about 300 people. Much like the Southgate-led petition, Patkar’s states a strong opposition to emi-nent domain and a preference for an underground tunnel for the trains over alternatives that would elevate the railroad tracks.

“We strongly oppose all the raised options,” Patkar said. “No raised rail. No raised road. No berm. No viaduct. No Berlin Wall.”

The citizen appeals against eminent domain were enough to sway two council members. Councilman Greg Tanaka made a motion to take grade-separation options that require eminent do-main completely off the table.

“I can imagine just how devas-tating it would be that your house is (taken through) eminent do-main,” Tanaka said.

Most of his colleagues support-ed his sentiment but not his mo-tion, particularly after Shikada noted that he doesn’t believe any of the 10 options would survive if eminent domain were taken off the table.

He also noted that taking emi-nent domain completely off the table would empower a single property owner on Alma Street to dictate the outcome of the en-tire project.

“If all (property owners) were willing to sell and one holds out, by taking (eminent domain) off the table as described we would put the project in the hands of a single property owner,” Shikada said.

Ultimately, only Councilwom-an Lydia Kou went along with Tanaka’s motion.Tanaka’s proposal to take a wid-ened Embarcadero Road off the table also faltered, with no sup-port from any of his colleagues.

The council did, however, elim-inate dozens of other ideas from consideration and narrowed the prior list of 34 grade-separation concepts down to 10. By a 6-0 vote, with Mayor Liz Kniss, Vice Mayor Eric Filseth and Council-man Tom DuBois all recusing (each has property interests near the rail corridor), the council supported the list of 10 ideas that will further be screened in the coming months, with the goal of picking a design for each grade crossing by the end of this year.

Only one idea calls for a city-wide solution — a deep-bore tunnel that would start and end within city limits. While this option is seen as a long-shot be-cause of high costs, the council agreed to keep it in the menu of alternatives.Kou, who serves on the Rail Committee, urged reaching out to some local innovators, includ-ing Elon Musk, to see if there are any creative solutions to the tun-

neling dilemma. Tanaka called grade separation a “multigenera-tional problem” and said the city should consider selling develop-ment rights to the ground-level property along the corridor as a possible way to finance the proj-ect. Councilman Greg Scharff was less optimistic.“I don’t think this is a viable op-tion, period, no matter what fi-nancial structures we’re talking about,” Scharff said.

Each of the other nine options on the city’s shrinking menu per-tain to a particular crossing or, as in the case of Meadow and Charleston, two crossings.

At the northernmost rail cross-ing, Palo Alto Avenue, the coun-cil is exploring two options: clos-ing Palo Alto Avenue to traffic in conjunction with yet-to-be-determined transportation im-provements (these could include a widened University Avenue or a new bike tunnel at Everett); and a “hybrid” option that would slight-ly depress the road and partially elevate the tracks.

For Churchill, there are three solutions on the table: the closure of Churchill (again, with related improvements); the “hybrid” op-tion with a slightly depressed road under a somewhat raised track; and the “reverse hybrid” featuring raised road and a low-ered track.

The other four recommenda-tions pertain to the two southern-most grade crossings, Meadow and Charleston. These include the “hybrid” and the “reverse hybrid” options for the two crossings; a trench or a tunnel that goes through both crossings; and a via-duct that would create an elevated rail line in south Palo Alto.

Councilman Adrian Fine, who sits on the council’s Rail Commit-tee, called the 10 options “the min-imum viable set we can go with.”

The council’s discussion, which spilled into early Wednesday morning, keeps Palo Alto more or less on track to choose a grade-separation alternative for each intersection by the end of this year, the city’s officially adopted goal. At the same time, the city remains behind Mountain View and Sunnyvale, two cities that are pursuing their own grade-separa-tion strategies in preparation for more frequent Caltrain service and the possible launch of Cali-fornia’s high-speed rail system.

The three cities are eligible $700 million in funds from Mea-sure B, a sales-tax measure that Santa Clara County voters ap-proved in 2016.

Even if the city reaches its goal of choosing a preferred alterna-tive by the end of this year, it will take at least another four years to perform the necessary environ-mental analysis and design work, as well as potentially acquire properties.

The city’s current timeline calls for launching construction in 2023 and concluding it by the end of 2028.

Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at [email protected].

City: Rail redesign could require property seizures

As Palo Alto narrows down its grade-separation alternatives, residents call for elimination of eminent domain

by Gennady Sheyner

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Upfront

O n the second day of the federal trial of Ross M. Colby, 35, who is charged

with the Sept. 17, 2015, hacking attack on Palo Alto Online and parent company Embarcadero Media, defense attorney Vicky Young went on the offensive, try-ing to cast doubt that her client had accessed a crucial document containing passwords that were the keys to the company’s IT infrastructure.

Frank Bravo, the information technology director of Embar-cadero Media, had testified on the first day of the trial in San Jose that he and his staff discovered someone had gained access to an IT department Google docu-ment called “Things to Remem-ber.” The password-protected document listed usernames, pass-words and email addresses used internally to access the company’s corporate-level IT infrastructure settings and router.

The 2015 attack, which brought business at the news organiza-tion to a standstill, included the

replacement of five Embarcade-ro Media website home pages with an image of Guy Fawkes (a masked icon of the hacker group Anonymous) and a mes-sage threatening to permanently shut down the websites. Domain names for the websites were de-leted or unregistered; all of the logs on a router were deleted; company emails were rerouted to a different location; and internal resources that enable advertis-ing scheduling were wiped out, among other damages.

During opening statements Tuesday, prosecutor Susan Knight said the government would show that a trail of IP addresses linked to Colby — including those of his father and the restaurant across the street from Colby’s residence — were used to get into Embar-cadero Media’s accounts and data. These include the accounts of the three IT employees, which were accessed more than 200 times in July and August 2015.

“This is a case about destruc-tion,” Knight said.

Young in her opening statement made clear that she would try to cast doubt on the government’s evidence.

On Thursday morning, she be-gan to attempt just that. Young asked Bravo whether the IT team definitively identified that the “Things to Remember” document had been hacked. She similarly questioned Chris Planessi, senior web developer, and Cesar Torres Gallegos, a former IT help desk employee, the morning’s second and third witnesses.

Bravo and Planessi both said there was no way they would have been able to see whether the document had been accessed by an unauthorized party.

“Since it was so important, did anyone make any attempt to find out if the document had been ac-cessed that night?” Young asked.

Bravo said he did not.“You did not — you did not

make that effort — correct?” Young asked.

“Even if it was accessed, if it was not changed, I have no way

of knowing,” Bravo replied. “Only Google can tell us if the document had been accessed. I suspect that Google can tell if it was accessed.”

Planessi testified that no one on staff had a password to access the “Things to Remember” document except for him, Bravo and Torres.

Planessi also revealed he dis-covered someone had accessed a server as an FTP (File to Transfer) client, which is used to connect one server to another. This type of remote connection was not used by Embarcadero’s IT staff.

In addition, Planessi said he has never used a Private Internet

Access account, which masks the user’s identity — a signifi-cant point for the prosecution given that the FBI has identified multiple virtual private network accounts that had been used to hack the company’s accounts and servers.

Under Young’s cross-examina-tion, Bravo said that he contacted web-hosting company GoDaddy about the changes someone had made to the domain addresses. He learned that changes had been made from his username and

In trial of accused Palo Alto Online hacker, links to defendant revealed

Testimony focuses on the breadth of destruction and key evidenceby Sue Dremann

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CITY OF PALO ALTONOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will conduct a Public Hearing at its Special Meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, for the purpose of receiving public

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss the city manager position. The council then plans to consider a recent infrastructure survey and consider a potential ballot measure focusing on infrastructure; and consider a proposal to adopt a 57-unit residential development focused on “workforce housing” at 2755 El Camino Real. The closed session will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 4. Regular meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will discuss an update on social-emotional learning curriculum, the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), budget adoption, a term limits proposal, a proposed bond measure and a renewal of the district’s legal services contract, compensation increases for managers; and vote on designs for new multi-purpose buildings at three elementary schools, among other items. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave.

UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The agenda wasn’t available by press deadline.

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hold a study session on the budget. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 7, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave.

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password. He said he asked Go-Daddy to preserve log files on its servers, which record information such as the time an account was used.

Throughout the morning, Young sought to discredit the quality of the computer evidence presented at the trial and the steps that had been taken to preserve it.

Under questioning, Bravo said he offered whatever he was able to preserve to the FBI but did not receive instruction from either the FBI or Palo Alto police on how to preserve evidence or what evi-dence to preserve.

Colby, a resident of San Fran-cisco, is charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors. Accord-ing to Judge Lucy Koh’s instruc-tion, to find him guilty of the first count of intentional damage to a protected computer, the jury must find that the offense caused a loss of $5,000 or more in a year. The jury must also find that Colby knowingly transmitted program

code to another computer to cause damage and that he knowingly intended to cause damage that affected communications or the impairment of information.

Jurors must find under the sec-ond count (attempted damage to a protected computer) that he transferred or transmitted code with the intention to damage a protected computer and know-ingly transmitted the code with the intention to commit damage that would affect commerce or communication.

The three misdemeanor counts of intentionally accessing a pro-tected computer without authori-zation and obtaining information are related to his access of Torres Gallegos’ account.

The trial was scheduled to con-tinue on June 1 and possibly into next week. Additional testimony is expected from FBI special agents and Colby’s San Francisco roommate.

Follow the trial coverage by visiting PaloAltoOnline.com.

Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at [email protected].

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On March 21, 2018 Stephanie Smith, a Palo Altan for 50 years, died peacefully in her sleep at the Terraces of Los Altos at age 86 after a brief viral illness. She lived in midtown Palo Alto with her husband Derek Smith, a mechanical engineer, and her 3 children. Her husband, Derek, died in 2010 at age 80 but she stayed in Palo Alto until 2015 when she moved to Los Altos.

She and Derek married in 1956 in London where she worked as an elementary school teacher. They moved to Redwood City in 1960 and then to Palo Alto in 1965 where she raised her 3 children. She became a part-time Arts Administrator in Palo Alto during the mid-1970s and 1980s. She was the first manager of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra under William Whitson and manager of the El Camino Youth Symphony under Arthur Barnes as well as publicist and orchestra manager for West Bay Opera under Maria Holt.

Stephanie and Derek traveled extensively during retirement, living in Marlow, England part of each year for 20 years. They were fixtures on the music scene of the Peninsula, attending concerts multiple nights a month and were members of the legacy society of the San Francisco Opera with season tickets for almost 60 years. She was a long-time volunteer and usher for TheatreWorks and West Bay Opera.

She is survived by her daughter, Vivien D’Andrea and 2 sons, Adrian and Malcolm Smith and her grandchildren, Lauren and Megan D’Andrea, Derek and Brendan Smith and Ethan Smith. Her enthusiasm for the people she met, love of family and travel, and enjoyment of music (and her British accent!) will be remembered by all who knew her.

P A I D O B I T U A R Y

Stephanie SmithJanuary 5, 1932 – March 21, 2018

On Thursday June 14, 2018, at 8:30 AM in the Palo Alto Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, the Historic Resources Board (HRB) will conduct a public hearing:Study Session1. 874 Boyce Avenue [19PLN-00030]: Historic Resources Board Study Session Review to Discuss a Preliminary Parcel Map with Exception for Subdivision of the Property at 874 Boyce Avenue into Two Parcels and Add a One-Story Dwelling on the Proposed Rear Parcel. The single-family residence at 874 is listed on the Local Historic Resources Inventory as a Category 4 Building. This item was continued from the April 26, 2018 meeting to date certain June 14, 2018. For More Information Contact Phillip Brennan, Project Planner, at [email protected]. Contact Robin Ellner at 650-329-2603, for information during business hours. The HRB Liaison is Amy

by email; [email protected] French

The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected].

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will conduct a Public Hearing at its Special Meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, to consider changes to the City’s Electric, Fiber, Gas, Storm Drainage, Wastewater Collection, and Water Rates. Copies of the proposed Electric, Fiber, Gas, Storm Drainage, Wastewater Collection, and Water Rate Schedules are available on the City’s website at www.CityofPaloAlto.org/RatesOverview and in the Utilities Department, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $3.00 per copy charge for this publication.

BETH D. MINOR City Clerk

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POLICE CALLS Palo AltoMay 23-May 29Violence relatedChild abuse/neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Family violence/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Theft relatedChecks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle relatedAuto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Driving with suspended license . . . . . 6Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . 8Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 5Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Alcohol or drug relatedDrinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . 1Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . 3MiscellaneousFound property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Misc. municipal code violation . . . . . . 2Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . 4Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . 4Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menlo ParkMay 23-May 29Violence relatedBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Theft relatedChecks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Commercial burglary attempt . . . . . . . 1Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle relatedAuto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Driving with suspended license . . . . . 2Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Misc. Traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . 1Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . 4Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Alcohol or drug relatedDrunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Possession of paraphernalia. . . . . . . . 1MiscellaneousCoroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . 1Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Mental evaluationNoise ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . 1Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo AltoEl Camino Real, 5/20, 3:48 p.m.; child abuse/neglect.San Antonio Road, 5/26, 12:43 a.m.; family violence/misc.

Menlo Park1300 block Willow Road, 5/24, 8:47 p.m.; battery.3500 block Haven Avenue, 5/28, 11:44 a.m.; spousal abuse.1300 block Willow Road, 5/29, 9:17 p.m.; battery.

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CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Resolution No. ______Resolution of the Council of the City

Palo Alto.

The City Council has

to the levy and collection of the

The City Council

Exhibit “A”

Exhibit “B”

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will hold a Public Hearing at the Special Council Meeting on Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5:00 P.M., or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California declaring its intention to levy an assessment against businesses within the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2019.


Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District Annual BID Assessments

Note 1: For retail, restaurant, service, and professional businesses, size will be determined by number of employees either full-time or equivalent (FTE) made up of multiples of part-time employees. A full FTE equals approxi-mately 2,000 hours annually. Lodging facilities will be charged by number of rooms available and financial institutions will be charged a flat fee.

Note 2: Second floor (and higher) businesses located within Zone A, will be assessed the same as similar street-level businesses located within Zone B.

Note 3: Assessment amounts are rounded to the nearest ten dollars. The minimum assessment will be $50.00.

Retailers and Restaurants (100%)

Service Businesses (75%)

Professional Businesses (50%)

Lodging Businesses (100%)

Financial Institutions $500.00 $500.00

$225.00 (Under 6 FTE employees) (50%) $170.00

$340.00 (6 to under 11 FTE employees) (75%) $260.00

$450.00 (11+ FTE employees) (100%) $340.00

$170.00 (Under 4 FTE employees) (50%) $130.00

$260.00 (4 to under 7 FTE employees) (75%) $200.00

$340.00 (7+ FTE employees) (100%) $260.00

EXEMPT (25% or fewer FTE employees, including the business owner)

$ 60.00 (26% to under 1 FTE employees) (25%) $ 50.00

$110.00 (2 to 4 FTE employees) (50%) $ 90.00

$170.00 (5 to 9 FTE employees) (75%) $130.00

$225.00 (10+ FTE employees) (100%) $170.00

$225.00 (up to 20 rooms) (50%) $170.00

$340.00 (21 to 40 rooms) (75%) $260.00

$450.00 (41+ rooms) (100%) $340.00

ZONE A ZONE B (75%)

TransitionsBirths, marriages and deathsYelena Fedorova

Yelena Fedorova, a resident of Palo Alto, died on May 5 after she was struck by a moving car while crossing the street returning to her apartment.

She was born in Saratov, on the Volga river in Russia. When she was 6 years old, her mother died giving birth to her brother. Her father, a colonel in the Soviet Air Force during World War II, was arrested by Stalin’s government and sent to a gulag after the end of the war. During de-Stalinization, her father received a full pardon and was ex-onerated. She and her brother were taken in by their aunt and uncle. The tutelage of her older cousin led her to study medicine. She graduated in the top of her class from Saratov Medical School in 1953 specializing in ENT. As part of a Soviet medical program, she was dispatched to Poselok Shuga, a small village on the Gulf of Ob in the Siberian tundra, where she served as the chief of medicine for a population of nomadic Nenets reindeer herders. Many of the chil-dren and the Nenets community were her first patients. After com-pleting her assignment in Shuga, she transferred to Moscow where she continued practicing medicine until she retired in the early ’90s.

In Moscow, she married engineer and navy officer, Boris Yakoubson. They had two children, both of whom immigrated to the United States in the late ’80s and early ’90s. She also moved to the U.S. in 1998, where Palo Alto became her home for nearly two decades. A lifelong learner, she took English classes, made her own clothing and took an interest in many aspects of American domestic life. She is survived by her son, Alex Fedorov of Sunnyvale; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Argument doesn’t workEditor,

Based on what I’ve seen so far, the campaign to recall Judge Persky is a witch hunt: The case triggering the recall was one in which state law required the court to consider probation. Judge Persky followed the rec-ommendation of the probation department, yet those behind the recall campaign, as far as I’ve seen, have not criticized the probation department at all. Why not? Is it because the argu-ment that there was some sort of male bias does not work when the probation officer making the recommendation was a woman? Or is it that people in the middle of a witch hunt don’t like it when someone points out that nobody has ever flown using a broom?

One should also think about the custom of “innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” Should we base sentences on worst-case assumptions about what a defendant did or on the best case consistent with the evidence? But don’t ask me. The people most qualified to answer that one make up about 4 percent of individu-als convicted of murder and sen-tenced to death — the ones who were actually innocent. And that 4 percent are just the ones who could be proven to be innocent.

Bill ZaumenClara Drive, Palo Alto

There is basis for recallEditor,

I read with interest the letter by A. Douglas Melamed (Palo Alto Weekly, May 25) claiming that there is no basis for recalling Judge Persky.

There is. We elected him. If we feel we made a mistake, we can and should recall him. End of story.

Rajiv BhatejaLa Cresta Drive, Los Altos Hills

Recall is overreactionEditor,

I will vote “no” on the recall of Judge Persky for the following reasons:

1. There is no clear evidence of a bias of any sort in his decision.

2. The campaign against him has been a witch-hunt, not a ratio-nal argument against his practices or rulings.

3. The “punishment” far ex-ceeds the “crime.” This is a venge-ful, destructive, overreaction.

4. Persky followed the law. Take a look at his case history.

Let’s not ‘cut off his nose to spite his face.’

Roberta AhlquistWebster Street, Palo Alto

Sexual assault is under-reportedEditor,

According to the National Sex-ual Violence Resource Center, one in five women are victims of sex-ual assault in their lifetime. Over 60 percent of victims never tell

authorities of their attack, mak-ing it the least reported crime. On college campuses, where student-victims fear added social reper-cussions, the failure-to-report rate rises to 90 percent. Importantly, sexual assailants are often repeat offenders, which makes the lack of reporting of these crimes par-ticularly troubling because they ensure an environment where offenders can continue to offend without consequence.

When judges and other author-ity figures tasked with holding offenders accountable fail to do so, it becomes a public safety is-sue by even further discouraging reporting.

Recalling Judge Persky is a tan-gible step we can take to shift this national culture of under-reporting assault and to foster a local culture that trusts in the fairness of our county’s courts and judiciary.

Kate EvardLerida Avenue, Los Altos

Make bike lanes redEditor,

The article on changing the bike lanes along the Arastradero/Charleston Corridor caught my attention. Your Weekly had a pre-vious article on risks to cyclists along Park Boulevard from cars. I have had several close calls as I commute on that corridor. I believe the green-colored bike lanes are not a deterrent to cars.

I would strongly suggest the City of Palo Alto consider making the bike lanes in the color red, just

like major European cities (see London, Berlin, Budapest, Mos-cow, Munich, etc.). Red means “beware,” green means “go.”

We need our often-distracted

drivers to be more aware and re-duce the hazards to cyclists. Red-colored bike lanes would help.

Amol SaxenaMagnolia Drive, Palo Alto

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Our election recommendations

These are the Weekly’s recommendations for the June 5 election. To read our full editorials on these issues, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/news/section/editorials.

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CorrectionThe May 25 editorial “Hirokawa for sheriff” incorrectly stated that county Supervisor Joe Simitian has endorsed a candidate in this race. He has not. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, [email protected] or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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What advice do you have for those graduating this year?Asked on California Avenue in Palo Alto. Question, interviews and photographs by Josh Code and Tara Madhav.

Rebecca WilsonRetired StewardessBay Laurel Drive, Menlo Park

“Try to enjoy every minute of your

life and where you’re headed. Be at

peace with yourself.”

Sao NojimaArtistCalifornia Avenue, Palo Alto

“The future is for you. You make the

world.”

Dennis MicuGraphic DesignerYerba Buena Avenue, San Jose

“Take care of your student loans

at the front end because they will

linger for years.”

Anunay KulshresthaStudentAlma Street, Palo Alto

“Finish your thesis.”

Ryan FeitzingerStudentPhillips Road, Palo Alto

“Stay in touch with your close

friends.”

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Visitors to the Anderson Col-lection at Stanford University can experience a wide range of art movements (virtually every major development after 1945)

and media. The museum founders, Hunk and Moo Anderson, did not collect pho-tography but nearly every other means of artistic expression are represented, includ-ing works on paper. The museum is shin-ing a light on this aspect of the Anderson’s collecting with an exhibition, “Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper,” that features drawings, collages and paintings. These works, on display until Aug. 20, are not part of the original gift of 121 works to the museum, but are included in the private holdings of the Anderson Collection locat-ed at the Quadrus site on Sand Hill Road.

According to Anderson Collection Di-rector Jason Linetzky, the idea for the ex-hibition came from the Andersons, who “wanted to expand our visitor’s experience and understanding of works and artists in the collection.” The show, which is dedi-cated to Hunk Anderson (he passed away in February at the age of 95), is the first in a series of two exhibitions that will fea-ture works on paper created by some of the most important artists in the collection.

“Hunk, Moo and Putter (their daughter) place equal attention and value on ‘draw-ing’ and all were excited about exhibiting works from their collection that would offer museum visitors a deeper look into the work of collection artists,” explained Linetzky. For this first exhibition, artists working in post-war America were cho-sen. Included are: Richard Diebenkorn, William Baziotes, Sam Francis, Helen

Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko. Linetzky said that many of the paper pieces were created earlier than paintings found upstairs in the permanent collection.

“These works give visitors a sense of where the artist came from and help to contextualize (i.e,, Guston) or provide a deeper look (i.e., Diebenkorn). In the case of Guston, where else can you find a 30-year cross-section of amazing works to help contextualize the two permanent collection works (dated 1962 and 1977)?” When asked if he thought it was important for viewers to make a connection between the art on paper and those pieces hung in the permanent galleries, Linetzky respond-ed, “Yes, for example, I hope visitors see the early Rothko drawing and relate it to his later, mature paintings.”

As indicated by the title, the exhibition is hung in the “salon style,” which usually means grouping and stacking art work as was done in 19th-century museums and art academies. It also relates to the inti-mate, casual manner in which the Ander-sons displayed art in their home. Subdued lighting (to protect the fragile art on pa-per) sets a quiet mood and the small selec-tion allows the visitor to linger and take in each work individually. Sometimes the connections are easily made. For example, Franz Kline’s “Untitled (Dancer at Islip)” uses the same bold, black, gestural strokes that can be seen in his paintings. Richard Diebenkorn’s carefully composed use of geometry and muted, cool colors relates

directly to the evocative “Ocean Park #60” at the top of the steps. On the other hand, Ad Rhinehart’s “Untitled”, a gouache on paper, is a complete surprise. Unlike “Ab-stract Painting, 1966”, which consists of subtle gradations of black tones, the work on paper is an abstract composition featur-ing eye-popping strokes of bright red and blue.

Sam Francis used his signature splashes of primary colors to embellish the almost childlike depiction of himself. Conversely, Arshile Gorky used graphite and pastels to capture a stern and serious visage. Ells-worth Kelly employed ink on paper to por-tray himself in a contemplative pose, while Franz Kline’s dark, pensive face is branded with a large black “K.” All provide in-sights into the persona of the artist, which increases visitors’ appreciation of the art work installed in the upstairs galleries.

There is only one woman represented in this small show but she is certainly a sig-nificant inclusion in this and any museum collection. Frankenthaler was one of the first to break away from the angst-ridden, paint-flinging style of the Abstract Ex-pressionists. It is said that she initiated the practice of pouring thinned-down oil paint onto unprimed canvas, resulting in a fusion of surface and color (which later would be called “color-field painting”). Her “Mono-type VII” has the same energetic feeling as “Study for Moby Dick” upstairs. In the painting, the staining is applied sparingly, so as to create more perspective space. The monotype, however, is a joyous expanse of

color punctuated by tiny flashes of white that remind one of fireworks over the ocean.

Linetzky said that the second exhibition, which will open in September, will feature more contemporary works by artists based in California. Most likely to be included are: Bruce Conner, Wallace Berman, Jay DeFeo and Ed Ruscha.

As part of the Anderson Collection Sharing Program, works like these (there are more than 300 works on paper) can be loaned to the campus museum, and to other institutions. Temporary exhibitions like this ensure that the museum is a vi-tal and dynamic place where visitors will keep learning more, both about the art and artists on display, and the collectors who made it all possible.

Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at [email protected].

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A different aspect of the Anderson Collection on viewby Sheryl Nonnenberg

Richard Diebenkorn’s “Untitled #32” shows his careful use of muted colors and geometry.

Philip Guston’s 1980 ink-on-paper piece “Untitled” helps viewers contextualize his work, according to the exhibition’s curator.

Ellsworth Kelly’s 1949 “Self-Portrait” captures the artist in a contemplative pose.

What: “Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper.”Where: Wisch Family Gallery, Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive, Stanford. When: Through Aug. 20. Museum hours are Wednesday-Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Thursday open until 8 p.m.). Cost: Free.Info: Go to anderson.stanford.edu/visit/.

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It’s funny how stories that might seem unremarkable if they were spooled out in a tradition-

ally chronological manner take on resonance and intrigue when they unfold backward, giving the audi-ence a peek into the past. It turns spectators into detectives and ar-chaeologists, searching for that satisfying “aha!” moment when the puzzle pieces click together and they gain insights into how characters and their circumstanc-es came to be. Such is the case with Richard Greenberg’s “Three Days of Rain,” on stage now at the Dragon Theatre.

The family dramedy is, sadly, the last production with director and Dragon founder Meredith Hagedorn at the helm of the the-ater company, and, happily, exem-plifies the type of high-quality, smart, often time-and-mind-bend-ing shows Hagedorn has champi-oned during her tenure.

The play is set in the same New York apartment in 1995 (Act 1) and 1960 (Act 2). In the first act, Tasi Alabastro, Katie O’Bryon Champlin and Robert Sean Camp-bell play siblings Walker and Nan Janeway and family friend Pip Wexler. In the second, this same three-person crew portrays the parents of the former (Ned and Lina) and the father of the latter (Theo). Shows in which actors play multiple parts are always im-pressive when done well, which is definitely the case here.

The action set in the ‘90s takes place following the death of Ned, when Walker, Nan and Pip gather for the reading of his will, which includes finding out who will take ownership of Janeway House, the landmark home he designed de-cades go, along with his architec-tural partner, the long-deceased Theo. Nan is practical, reliable and competent while younger brother Walker is loveable and smart but unstable and prone to disappear-ing. Easygoing Pip is an optimis-tic and sweet sort who enjoys his

life as a successful, if mediocre, soap-opera actor. The three have a lifetime of emotional baggage connected with their relationships to each other and to their parents. In Walker and Nan’s experience, their father was a distant, taciturn man who didn’t bond strongly with either of them, while to fa-therless Pip he was a kindly, avun-cular figure. Lina, Ned’s ex-wife and Nan and Walker’s mother, is described as mentally ill and a generally unfit wife and parent, prone to hysterical breakdowns.

Walker has discovered his fa-ther’s long-lost journal, dating back 35 years, and is pouring over it with the hope of gaining insights, only to be bemused that Ned’s reticence with words ap-parently extended to his writing as well, noting that the first entry, written not long before he and Theo became hugely successful architects, reports, simply, “three days of rain.”

It’s a pleasurable audience expe-rience to see these same capable actors transform in the second act into not only characters quite different from the ones they first portray but also somewhat famil-iar to us through the words of their children. Each of the 1960 charac-ters stands in sharp contrast to the same actors’ 1995 counterparts. In contrast to ramble-prone Walker, Alabastro’s gentle Ned is painful-ly shy, plagued by a stammer and lacking confidence in his role as a budding architect. Unlike happy-go-lucky Pip, Theo is ambitious, hot-headed and desperate to live up to the “genius” label he’s com-mitted himself to. And seemingly opposite to cool, collected Nan, Lina is a fast-talking, no-filter Southerner who, while charming and clever, shows some foreshad-owing of the emotional and men-tal troubles to come. And yes, we will learn a bit more about those

mysterious “three days of rain.”It’s often difficult for children,

no matter how old, to recognize that their parents had identities and lives before and apart from their existence, and, though the older generation no doubt did plenty of damage to their offspring, there’s compassion for both sides here.

Greenberg’s wordy script is pep-pered with high-brow references and, with its tale of self-pitying, privileged New Yorkers, could, in the wrong hands, become dull or grating. The Dragon’s pro-duction, though, is energetic and sharp. The actors not only bring their characters to life despite the wordy dialogue but also in the pauses in between, their every facial expression and body tic in service of their roles. Alabastro is especially wonderful as both the black-sheepish, wild child Walker and his thoughtful, reserved fa-ther. I hope very much to be seeing more of him in future productions.

Nathanael Card’s set design ef-fectively shows the Janeway apart-ment in its rather neglected ‘90s state as well as it’s considerably more lively ‘60s form, as well as a nice on-stage, titular rainstorm.

While we in the local theater

community will be sad to see Hagedorn exit as artistic director (she’ll be replaced by the husband-and-wife team of Alika Spencer-Koknar and Bora “Max” Koknar, familiar faces and names to Drag-on patrons), “Three Days of Rain” is a fittingly high note to end on.

Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at [email protected].

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Bridging the generation gap‘Three Days of Rain’ is a fitting farewell

for Dragon directorby Karla Kane

Tasi Alabastro and Robert Sean Campbell play architectural partners Ned and Theo (as well as their sons) in “Three Days of Rain.”

What: “Three Days of Rain.”Where: Dragon Productions Theatre Company, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City.When: Through June 17; Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.Cost: $27-$35 (discounted tickets sometimes available; check with box office). Info: Go to dragonproductions.net.

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Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” is one of the most frequently performed operas in the

Western canon, so does the world really need another staging of it? Music lovers (and critics) should be forgiven for asking that ques-tion, but would do better to ask instead: What can an opera pro-duction company do with an old war horse? Look to the current production by West Bay Opera for the answer.

West Bay Opera, which has come to establish itself as a re-gional company that insists on telling old stories in new ways, has given us a “Carmen” that is fresh and, in the case of the title character, fiendish. Under the leadership of general director Jose Luis Moscovich, West Bay also continues, with this fine produc-tion, its commitment to bringing first-rate singers to its stage and delivering a riveting show.

First staged in 1875, “Carmen” spins the tale of a young, seduc-tive and fiercely independent Gypsy woman who works in a cigarette factory in Seville, Spain. The target of her desire as the op-era opens is the military corporal Don Jose. So far, so what?

But this Carmen, as portrayed by the smoldering mezzo-soprano

Nikola Printz, is not the capri-cious, spoiled child portrayed in typical opera productions — a beautiful girl who knows the power she has over men and just wants what she wants. She is a formidable woman who demands what she wants, and will not take no for an answer.

After Carmen flings a flower at the unsuspecting Don Jose, whom she has just seen for the first time outside the cigarette factory, the feelings that action stirs in the corporal prompts him to pro-nounce her a sorceress. With some productions of this opera, that characterization feels whimsical, merely an indication of the magi-cal power of raw sexual attraction. With this Carmen, the referenced sorcery is black magic. The dark palette Printz calls upon both vocally and in her acting draws out the menace of a reckless and dangerous woman. Her portrayal colors the story with undertones of destructive energy. This is not a Carmen whose actions might be excused as youthful foolishness.

Printz gives a stellar perfor-mance in this production, as does the superb tenor Salvatore Atti as

Don Jose. Among the highlights of the performance are duets these two fine singers share and deliver with all the appropriate emotion and drama of the moment.

In addition to the lead sing-ers, baritones Kiril Havezov as Zuniga and Krassen Karagiozov as Escamillo are standouts. Both men not only sing their roles with precision and appropriate force, but they also have a commanding

presence on the stage — fitting for a military officer and a re-nowned toreador.

Stage direction by Richard Har-rell is up to his usual standards — he has previously directed fine productions of West Bay’s “To-sca” and “La Traviata.”

The orchestra, with Moscovich conducting, performs its duties with precision and pizzazz, offer-ing a fitting backdrop to the on-stage drama.

In keeping with West Bay’s efforts to update the stories that unfold in its productions, the set-ting of “Carmen” is 1930s Seville, during the Spanish Civil War. The political upheaval of those days isn’t readily apparent except for some Franco posters in the plaza, but the theme transformed an otherwise vague gypsy smug-gling enterprise into an antifascist

operation, with the revolutionaries gathering late at night in a camp outside the city.

According to Moscovich, ticket sales for “Carmen” have been ro-bust, but there may be seats left for the remaining two perfor-mances this weekend. If so, you’d do well to grab those seats and hang on for a soaring ride.

Renee Batti is the editor of the Weekly’s sister paper, The Almanac. She can be emailed at [email protected].

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Stanford Continuing Studies presents

Thursday, June 7 • 7:30 pmAuditorium (Rm. 111), Sapp Center for Teaching & Learning

Stanford University • Free and open to the public

St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow: Unraveling Its Mysteries

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When Churchill famously described Russia as a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” he might

equally have been referring to St. Basil’s Cathedral. Standing at one end of Red (or “Beautiful”) Square

in Moscow, St. Basil’s Cathedral fairly shouts its uniqueness: a cacophony of ten domes of varying

heights and textures, no two domes alike. How are we to understand this sculptural marvel, likened by

a 17th-century English visitor to “an overflowing basket of glazed fruit”?

In this lecture, Stanford lecturer Jack Kollmann will explore St. Basil’s origins during the reign of Tsar

Ivan the Terrible in the mid-16th century. At first glance, St. Basil’s seems irregular and bizarre; at second

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Black magic womanWest Bay Opera delivers a fresh and fiendish ‘Carmen’

by Renee Batti

A smoldering Carmen (Nikola Printz) is the center of attention in a plaza outside a cigarette factory in Seville.

What: “Carmen.”Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.When: Saturday and Sunday, June 2 (8 p.m.) and June 3 (2 p.m.). Cost: $40-$85.Info: Go to wbopera.org.

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At Morsey’s Farmhouse, the water buffalo products

are truly ‘farm-to-table’

by Monica Schreiber Photos by Natalia Nazarova

K al Morsey is obsessed with water buffalo. The Egyp-tian native, one-time com-

modities trader and longtime Los Altos Hills resident wants you to be obsessed with water buffalo too, namely with their creamy, protein-rich milk.

Since coming to the United States decades ago, Morsey said he has been “astonished” that Ameri-cans partake mindlessly of what he sees as inferior dairy products from other bovines. Morsey seems genuinely sad for everyone outside of Asia, India, the Middle East and Italy who might never know the pleasures of water buffalo-milk products, including very low levels of lactose.

Morsey embarked on a years-long crusade, investing millions of dollars along the way, to estab-lish one of the largest water buf-falo herds in the United States. He bought a 50-acre farm outside Sac-ramento, where more than 300 buf-falo must be coddled to ensure milk production. Finally, after clearing the mountains of regulations to operate a dairy, four months ago he opened Morsey’s Farmhouse in downtown Los Altos, where every dish is made with products from the buffalo farm.

During a telephone interview, Morsey, a first-time restaurateur, seemed to question his own sanity a few times. But the result of his passion is an ambitious and unique addition to Main Street.

That said, many palates may not discern a marked difference be-tween a good sea-bass fillet cooked in water buffalo butter and the same fish prepared in butter from a Guernsey cow. I found most of Morsey’s offerings to be excellent, but my hunch is most diners won’t leave the restaurant wondering where water buffalo have been all their life.

Morsey and his business partner/wife, Yulia, a native of Russia, cre-ated the 3,500-square-foot restau-rant to showcase “everything the water buffalo can do.” In addition to serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Morsey’s also is a gelat-eria and offers a small selection of baked goods. From the “grab and go” section at the front of the res-taurant, you can pick up a pint of thick, sweet buffalo milk ($5) or a container of ultra-fresh mozzarella di bufala ($14). Breakfast and lunch is ordered at the counter; dinner is full table service.

Some of the wait staff are still learning the ropes and a few of the entrees I tried fell short, but most of what I sampled over the course of two dinners and one lunch was very well executed, despite occur-ring not long after the sudden de-parture of the restaurant’s executive chef. My second dinner revealed a pared-down menu, with at least 30 percent fewer appetizers and en-trees as compared to my first visit a few weeks earlier. Growing pains are still evident, but there is a lot of promise here.

Located at the former site of Main Street Cafe, Morsey’s is airy, bright and white. The long, narrow dining room, with four-top tables in regimented lines, calls to mind a

Scandinavian cafeteria: clean-lined and utilitarian but lacking warmth and ambiance, especially at dinner. It is not an unpleasant atmosphere, but the long dining room, more like a dining hall, doesn’t feel particu-larly convivial or inviting.

Once we received our appetizers, however, the focus was all on the food. A warm kale salad ($12) of di-nosaur kale sautéed in buffalo milk ghee, was perfectly tender without a hint of bitterness. The savory-sweet salad was studded with golden rai-sins and bacon lardons, then topped with shaved Parmesan cheese and crispy shallots. A sherry vinaigrette added the perfect zing. The moules frites ($17) were top quality Prince Edward Island mussels and the pink, delicately creamy sauce was the best I’ve ever had with mussels, made with red curry, garlic, white wine, fennel and, of course, buffalo cream. I enjoyed the remains at the bottom of the bowl like a fine soup with my glass of Chevalier de No-vato ($8). The accompanying frites arrived hot and crispy with what tasted like house-made ketchup.

The burrata di bufala ($18), a creamy, soft Italian cheese, is one of Morsey’s signature appetizers, probably the freshest you will find outside of Italy. A jiggling dome of soft mozzarella blended with cream is served atop small heirloom toma-toes and dressed lightly with bal-samic, basil and salt.

The wild mushroom tart ($13) was rustic and enticing with truffle béchamel, forest mushrooms, mi-crogreens and a slather of roasted peach gastrique.

We were barely three-quarters of the way through our appetizers when the friendly but oblivious servers advanced with our entrees (this happened during my second dinner as well). We had to ask them to hold off, a situation that likely resulted in my friend’s New York strip ($38) spending too much time

under the heat lamps. Even had it not been overdone, the rather paltry cut of meat (not from water buf-falo) was still unremarkable: too unseasoned, and the blue cheese demi-glace did little to add interest. All four of us at the table agreed that the small side of fried Brussels sprouts was the standout item on the plate. However, my wild mushroom ravioli ($24), made rich and creamy with a porcini buffalo cream sauce, was earthy and delicious. Caramel-ized shallots and truffle oil took this dish to the edge of decadence, but the entrée stopped just short of being too rich.

The New Zealand crispy-skinned salmon fillet ($30) was succulent, if a touch bland. On my first visit, the salmon was being served with a parsnip puree, grilled stone fruit, yam chips and parsley pesto. When I ordered the dish on my second visit, it arrived only with three yam chips (delicious) and a small mound of lightly dressed lettuce. At that price point, the lack of accompani-ments was disappointing.

Where the New York strip comes

from boring old American cattle, Morsey’s buffalo burger ($20) is just that: a buffalo-meat patty served with Morseys’ mozzarella di bufala. It was a hefty and juicy burger, but neither I nor my dining companions noticed much differ-ence in taste or texture as compared to a traditional burger.

Most of Morsey’s desserts are of the dairy variety: dulce de leche ($6.50), crema Catalana ($6) and tri-ple-chocolate cheesecake ($6). We tried two flavors of the buffalo milk gelato ($3.75 for a single scoop) and had completely different experienc-es. My husband’s mango gelato was creamy and flavorful. My scoop of coffee was strangely chalky.

Overall, diners may well be hav-ing similarly divergent experiences here for a few more months as this ambitious project continues to find its footing, but there is a lot to love about Morsey’s labor of love — a farm-to-table restaurant in the pur-est sense.

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The burrata di bufala is made with milk from the restaurant’s own herd of water buffalo.

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The Rev. Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) serves both as pastor and primary tour guide of his church, a tourist destination for its Dutch Colonial architecture and for be-ing a stop on the Underground Railroad. The church’s 250th anniversary celebration and reconsecration is coming up in two months, and largely under the auspices of nearby parent church Abundant Life, run by Jeffers (Cedric Kyles, a.k.a Cedric the Entertainer), the pastor. Although the lonely Toller has his own trouble — what he calls “petty ail-ments” but most would call alarming symp-toms — he undertakes the concerns of a young expectant couple: Michael (Philip Ettinger) and Mary (Amanda Seyfried).

Michael has come to believe he shouldn’t bring a child into a world doomed to envi-ronmental destruction and its attendant so-cial chaos. Noting we’re past “the tipping point,” Michael also has begun gravitating to eco-terrorism, and Mary implores Toller for whatever counsel or comfort he can provide.

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“Life is experiencing the tension of hope and despair,” Toller counsels. He also con-fesses to finding the tug-of-war between faith and faithlessness “exhilharating,” but that engagement risks radicalizing him just at the moment he’s expected meekly to double down on tradition and relinquish his control. Are we past pushing envelopes? Should we be stepping over lines? Taking this road to Calvary with Toller, the audi-ence must examine its own thoughts and feelings about an ailing planet, the mean-ing of faith, mortality and apocalypse, and what constitutes sane or reasoned responses to all of the above.

As ever, lapsed Calvinist Schrader ex-amines emotional repression as well as our American brand of social repression, and whenever Schrader is allowed to be uncompromising, the results indeed prove “exhilarating.” Resonant performances help, but it’s Schrader’s on-point filmmak-ing — a nouveau spin on the spiritual films, character studies and transcendental style of cinematic old masters like Bergman and Bresson — that functions as what Toller calls “another form of prayer.”

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J oanne is 81 years old, wid-owed and living by herself in the same three-bedroom,

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She’s worried that she will be outbid by buyers who can afford to make all-cash offers, leaving her to the vagaries of the rental hous-ing market.

“If this were a normal market, it would be different,” said Joanne, who asked that her real name not be used to protect her privacy.

She’s also worried about incur-ring huge capital gains taxes if she sells.

“Some people would say, ‘Who cares?’ But if you’re trying to leave something for your children, that’s a big issue,” Joanne said.

Retired middle-school teacher Sue Smith, 74, also is ponder-ing whether to move out of the San Carlos home she’s lived in for the past 35 years. Over the past three years, she’s made the

rounds of local retirement com-munities, identifying affordable places where she can continue her independent lifestyle — volunteer and church activities, book club — and have care available in the event she needs it. Yet, she’s also put off downsizing.

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“I work with a lot of families in this area, and the majority of people say they want to age in place,” said Cairney, who has held three seminars since last fall, including one in the spring that Joanne attended with about one dozen other baby boomers. “We live in a unique place in America. This is a place where people come to retire, and most people don’t want to leave.”

While remaining in the family home can sometimes work well, he cautioned that older homeowners should at least be aware of the “financial and emotional triggers” that could signal it’s time to make a move.

He said, for example, a spouse’s death could trigger a step-up in a home’s tax ba-sis. The surviving spouse could avoid capital gains tax by selling the home.

“Don’t let circumstances make your de-cision for you — have a plan in place,” he advised.

Palo Alto Realtor Nancy Goldcamp, who is a frequent speaker at the annual housing con-ferences organized by senior services agency Avenidas, had similar advice.

“Gather concrete information rather than just saying in your mind, ‘Oh, the capital gains tax is a killer,’” she said.

When people actually run the numbers, the capital gains tax sometimes is not as bad as

they expect, she said. Alternatively, there are legal ways, such as charitable annuity trusts, to bypass certain taxes.

There’s also a Realtor-sponsored initiative that recently gained enough voter signatures to become eligible for California’s November ballot that seeks to remove another tax barri-er for older homeowners wishing to relocate.

The measure, known as the “Property Tax Fairness Initiative,” would allow property owners who are 55 or older or disabled to transfer their current property tax basis to replacement homes anywhere in California. Currently, under Propositions 60 and 90 — passed in 1986 and 1988 — older home-owners can transfer their property tax basis only to a handful of cooperating counties, including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Tuolumne and Ventura. (El Dorado County’s participation is set to expire Nov. 7.)

The new initiative also would remove re-strictions that limit transfers to one time only and require that replacement homes be of equal or lesser value than the original home.

Goldcamp said downsizing isn’t the only option for seniors who find themselves in homes that suddenly seem to be too big. She’s worked with several seniors who have stayed at home and created new income streams — and companionship — by renting out extra space they no longer use.

“It can take years for people to make these decisions,” Goldcamp said. “I’ve worked with people for as long as five years before they actually move. The important thing is to make an informed decision, because once you sell your house, you really can’t unsell it.”

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Consent Calendar3. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute an Electric Enterprise Fund Construction

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4. QUASI-JUDICIAL: Consideration of Appeals of the Planning and Community Environment Director’s Decision to Approve the Architectural Review Application for 620 Emerson Street (17PLN-00331) to Allow Demolition of an Existing Single Story Building and Construction of a new Two-story 4,063 Square Foot Commercial Building for the Expansion of Nobu Restaurant. The Project Includes Replacement of Three On-site Parking Spaces With Five In-lieu Spaces in the Downtown Parking Assessment District. Environmental Assessment: Exempt From the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Guideline Section 15303 (New Construction). Zoning District: CD-C (GF)(P) (Downtown Commercial)

5. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 10.51 of Title 10 of the Palo Alto Municipal

Streets Within the Program, to Tentatively Approve Additional Street Segments Within Crescent Park, and to add Provisions for Opting-out of or Dissolving the Restricted Parking Area (FIRST READING: May 14, 2018 PASSED: 8-0 DuBois absent)

6. SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 4.39 (Private Intrusion Alarms) to Include the Addition of Unwanted, Unwarranted Residential, and Commercial Fire Alarms (FIRST READING: May 14, 2018 PASSED: 8-0 DuBois Absent)

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8. PUBLIC HEARING/LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI-JUDICIAL: 2755 El Camino Real [16PLN-00464]: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Title 18 (Zoning) Chapter 18.30 (Combining Districts) to add a new Combining District to Allow for Higher Density Multi-family Housing that Includes a Workforce Housing Component to be Located on Public Facilities Zoned Properties Within 0.5 Miles of Fixed Rail Transit Stations; Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map to Apply the New Combining District to the Subject Property at 2755 El Camino Real; and Site and Design Approval to Allow Construction of a 57 Unit Multi-Family Residence at the Subject Property. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study (IS/MND) Was Published for Public Comment on January 19, 2018 for a Circulation Period Ending on February 20, 2018. A Final MND was Published on May 18, 2018. Zone District: Public Facilities (PF)

9. PUBLIC HEARING: LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI-JUDICIAL 250 and 350 Sherman Avenue, Public Safety Building Project: Adoption of: 1) Resolution of Approval of Final Environmental Impact Report for a New Public Safety Building at 250 Sherman Avenue and a New Four-Story Parking Structure at 350 Sherman Avenue; and 2) Ordinance Modifying the Public Facilities (PF) Zone Development Standards; and (3) Approval of the Record of Land Use Action Approving Architectural Review Application [File 17PLN-00257] for a new Four-story Parking Structure at 350 Sherman Avenue to Provide 636 Public Parking Spaces Above and

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GOLDEN AGE Lecturer Mark Levy will present vintage recordings and films of some of the great actors and singers in “The Golden Age of Yiddish Theater” on Tuesday, June 5, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center. From its beginnings in Romania to its second golden age on Second Avenue in New York, Levy’s presentation will cover a 50-year period. This presentation is part of the JCC’s Community Tuesdays series, open to all. 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. $15. For more information, contact Michelle Rosengaus at [email protected] or 650 223-8616.

UNITED NATIONS FILM FESTIVAL ... The 2016 documentary “Serenade for Haiti,” chronicling the resilience of a classical music school in the heart of Port-au-Prince after the 2010 earthquake, will be shown Monday, June 11, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Channing House, 850 Webster St., Palo Alto. This free showing is sponsored by the United Nations Association Film Festival.

SHAPING TECHNOLOGY ... A “hands-on happy hour”and a “shark tank”pitch event are on the agenda for a conference titled “Seniors Shaping Technology: Your Opinion Matters!” to be held Thursday, June 14. Among the featured speakers will be Dennis Boyle, a founding member of the Palo Alto design firm IDEO and Eric Gee, manager of the Avenidas Generations Lab, who will discuss “How Seniors Can Shape Future

Technology.”The event, organized by Avenidas and several co-sponsors, will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. $15. ($10 for students and Avenidas members.) For more information, go to avenidas.org.

SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS ... A storyteller and two musicians will present tales from an Eastern European Jewish folk genre over 400 years old in “To Chelm and Back” on Tuesday, June 12. The characters in the stories told by Joel ben Izzy are industrious yet clueless people who make audiences laugh at their foibles.The presentation will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. $15. For more information, contact Michelle Rosengaus at [email protected] or 650-223-8616.

PREVENTING SELF-NEGLECT ... Certified geriatrician Philip Choe of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System will be the keynote speaker Friday, June 15, at an observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day at San Jose City Hall. The theme of the free event, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon, is “a community approach to social inclusion and prevention of self neglect.”Co-sponsors include Santa Clara County and the Institute on Aging. To register, go to weaad2018scc.eventbrite.com.

GROUP TRAVEL FOR SENIORS ... Representatives of Sunnyvale Senior Center and Collette Tours will visit Avenidas at Cubberley Community Center to preview some of the group trips for seniors they plan to offer in 2019. Destinations include Iceland, Dubai, Oman and Abu Dhabi, Washington, D.C., and China. Details including dates, activities and costs will be available. Monday, June 25, 1 to 2:30 p.m. To register for this free session, go to avenidas.org and click on “classes and activities.”

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KEEP PESTS AT BAY ... UC Master Gardener Candace Simpson will teach residents how to keep pests from destroying their summer crops during a workshop on Saturday, June 2 from 10 to 11 a.m. Her talk will include how to choose plants, prepare soil, irrigate and do garden maintenance. The free event will be at the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center St., Palo Alto.

VISIT THE GARDEN ... The Palo Alto Demonstration Garden will be open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon from now until October. Get inspiration for growing edible plants or get educated about waterwise gardens. Talk to master gardeners about your gardening successes and challenges. Feel free to bring plant pests or disease samples for identification. The demonstration garden is located at Eleanor Pardee Park Community Gardens, 851 Center Drive near Martin Avenue, Palo Alto.

NEW COLDWELL MANAGER ... The Palo Alto office of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate has named Kelly Griggs as its new manager, the first woman in that role. She and her mother, Chris McDonnell, an agent since 1984, share listings under “Chris+Kelly,” or chrisandkellyhomes.com.

IKEBANA CLASS ... Learn how to arrange flowers in the “Ikebana” Japanese flower-arranging style on Saturday, June 9 from 10 -11:30 a.m. at the Gamble Garden in Palo Alto. The ancient art is noted for perfect proportions and dramatic use of negative space. Instructor Katsuko Thielke will teach the elements of Ikebana by creating a series of arrangements, moving from simple to complex. Refreshments will be served. Gamble Garden is located at 1431 Waverley St. The cost for the class is $30 for Gamble Garden members and $40 for nonmembers. To register, go to gamblegarden.org.

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First came the art collection. Next was the combination guesthouse and private art gallery that could showcase that collection.

The Palo Alto home on the upcoming Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour on June 9 is actually next door to the main house, which was remod-eled from a 1920s bungalow in a more modern cast. The new construction includes the guest-house, cabana and playroom, all around a central courtyard with lap pool.

The home is one of five on the tour, includ-ing an updated Eichler with a butterfly roofline and eyebrow roof; a second modernized Eichler with an enclosed atrium; an ultra-contemporary home in Los Altos Hills with a 15-foot front door; and a floating glass box in a canopy of trees in Cupertino.

The tour, presented by The Modern Archi-tecture + Design Society, is self-guided, with addresses being provided to ticket holders 48 hours beforehand. Architects, designers and homeowners will be on hand to discuss each project.

For the Palo Alto home, “The private spaces are in the front and the public spaces in the back,” said architect Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Projects A+D in Oakland.

The family “wanted to have a place to hang paintings and house visiting family and friends,” Buttrick said.

He designed a light-filled — both day and night — two-bedroom, two-bath home with plenty of wall space for showcasing art.

“It’s in the spirit of a contemporary gallery, but more broken up because it has a residential program,” he said.

The home’s colors are quiet: Flooring is large pale gray Pietra Serena Italian limestone tiles (the same material as in the Laurentian Library in Florence, Italy); the cabinets are bleached and stained oak; the walls are white with no moldings.

Along a large wall in the dining area are three large paintings by Hung Liu, a renowned con-temporary Chinese-born American artist.

Between the dining and living-room areas is a sculpture, “Warrior With Color Face” by San Francisco sculptor Wanxin Zhang. Distributed throughout are pieces by portrait artist Chuck Close, Chantal Joffe, and more.

Ceilings vary from 9 feet to 18 feet, with walls broken up by large sliding-glass doors leading to the back. No thresholds mar the smooth transi-tion outside.

Light streams in through those large windows, with a screen made of perforated, corrugated zinc that both filters light and reduces heat gain. “It’s like having a tree outside the house,” But-trick said, “and it shimmers at night.”

Downstairs are the two bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom. The bathrooms continue the quiet color theme, with white Turkish marble on the walls, wall-mounted Vola faucets, white Silestone countertops and clear glass shower walls.

The kitchen is sleek, with stainless-steel

appliances and sink (and stainless-steel-faced pull-out pantries), a concrete island topped with a slab of bay laurel wood and a matching shelf above the sink. The back splash is a distinctive dual-glaze (shiny and matte) tile by Heath Ce-ramics. “It randomizes (the design), loosens it up,” Buttrick said.

The floating staircase with its metal siding was inspired by a piece of art by Sean Scully. “He does horizontal, stripey things,” Buttrick said. The staircase leads to the loft/study that overlooks the living room.

Outside, the house is faced with Swisspearl siding with the properties of cement, which the architect called “cementitious,” that never needs painting.

Two other structures complete the compound: A playroom on the right sports exposed aggre-gate concrete flooring and a half bath. The ca-bana behind the lap pool has its own half bath and an outdoor shower.

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What: Silicon Valley Modern Home TourWhen: Saturday, June 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Where: Five homes in Palo Alto, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale and CupertinoCost: $35 (with coupon code PAWEEKLY18) online in advance; $50 day-of tickets; children under 12 freeInfo: welovemodern.com

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ATHERTON5 Bedrooms40 Selby Ln $5,200,000Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 324-4456

LOS ALTOS3 Bedrooms119 Coronado Ave $3,995,000Sat/Sun Sereno Group 947-2900

4 Bedrooms2 Yerba Buena Call for priceSat/Sun 1-5 Pacific Union 314-7200219 Portola Ct $3,698,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Intero Real Estate Services 947-4700

5 Bedrooms290 Quinnhill Rd $6,495,000Sat 1-4 Sereno Group 947-2900

LOS ALTOS HILLS6 Bedrooms25721 La Lanne Ct $8,698,000Sun Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 941-4300

MENLO PARK2 Bedrooms - Condominium1230 Sharon Park Dr #64 $1,650,000Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

3 Bedrooms927 Continental Dr $4,995,000Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker 324-4456

3 Bedrooms - Townhouse158 Buckthorn Way $1,988,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty 543-8500

4 Bedrooms2051 Sterling Av $2,998,000Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 462-1111187 East Creek $3,795,000Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 462-1111

2098 Manzanita Ave $3,798,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker 324-44561645 Valparaiso Ave $2,995,000Sun Coldwell Banker 324-4456

5 Bedrooms

1180 Cloud Av $4,488,000Sat/Sun 2-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 847-1141101 Hillside Ave $3,942,500Sat 1-4:30/Sun 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker 324-44561180 Cloud Ave $4,488,000Sat 2-4/Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 847-1141930 Berkeley Ave $6,850,000Sun Miles McCormick 400-1001

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2315 Crest Ln $7,995,000Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 462-1111

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280 Easy St #414 $749,000Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 325-61612111 Latham St #221 $1,150,000Sat/Sun Intero Real Estate Services 947-4700

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1575 Mercy St $2,598,000Sat/Sun Deleon Realty 543-85001294 Cuernavaca Circulo $1,998,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Intero Real Estate Services 947-47001128 Phyllis Ave $1,995,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Sereno Group 947-2900

5 Bedrooms

1806 Limetree Ln $2,788,000Sat/Sun 1:30-5:30 Intero Real Estate Services 947-4700

PALO ALTO3 Bedrooms3931 Park Blvd $1,795,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker 324-4456433 Monroe Dr $1,788,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty 543-8500

5 Bedrooms4174 Oak Hill Ave $13,998,000Sun Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-85001117 Hamilton Ave $7,988,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty 543-85001239 Martin Ave $5,998,000Sat/Sun Intero Real Estate Services 947-4700

6 Bedrooms931 Laurel Glen Dr $6,995,000Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

PORTOLA VALLEY4 Bedrooms136 Los Trancos Cir $2,998,000Sun 2-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 847-1141

5 Bedrooms1 Applewood Ln $6,495,000Sun Coldwell Banker 851-26661305 Westridge Dr $6,595,000Sun 2-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 644-3474707 Westridge Dr $13,500,000Sun Coldwell Banker 324-4456

8 Bedrooms140 Willowbrook Dr $6,800,000Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 851-1961

REDWOOD CITY3 Bedrooms

517 Sunset Way $2,295,000Sat/Sun 1-5 Coldwell Banker 851-2666

15 Winston Way $1,699,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Sereno Group 947-2900

SUNNYVALE4 Bedrooms

652 Derby Ct $2,198,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate Services 947-4700

5 Bedrooms

228 Liebre Ct $1,998,000Sat/Sun Deleon Realty 543-8500

WOODSIDE3 Bedrooms

163 Otis Av $2,895,000Sat/Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 529-1111

225 Laning Dr $3,895,000Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 529-1111

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3970 Woodside Rd $7,995,000Sun Coldwell Banker 851-2666

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Students who received scholarships, the schools from which they graduated, and the colleges and universities they plan to attend are: Kelsey Bohannon, Cupertino High School (Northeastern University); Li Qing Loo, Fremont High School (Tufts University); Emma Chiao, Gunn High School (Swarthmore College); Emily Korn, Homestead High School (Willamette University); Annacy Sampas, Leigh High School (Santa Clara University); Jodie Bhattacharya, Los Altos High School (Stanford University); Shomil Jain, Los Gatos High School (UC Berkeley); Anastasiya Poplavska, Lynbrook High School (Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo); Joseph Lohmann, Menlo-Atherton High School (University of Pennsylvania); Sydney Olay, Monta Vista High School (Cal Poly – Pomona); Cathy Xuan Zhang, Mountain

View High School (Stanford University); Naima Castaneda Isaac, Palo Alto High School (Spelman College); Aditi Garg, Prospect High School (Scripps College); Kelly Koh, Santa Clara High School (UCLA); Dean Stratakos, Saratoga High School (Stanford University); Karissa Yau, Westmont High School (Stanford University); Michelle Mathew, Wilcox High School (UC Berkeley); and Alexander Caceres, Woodside High School (Oberlin College).

Members of SILVAR presenting the scholarships to the recipients at their respective senior award ceremonies were Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty), Alan Barbic (Sereno Group), Mark Burns (Referral Realty), Nina Daruwalla (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Carole Feldstein (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Jasmine Lee (Intero Real Estate Services), Theresa Loya (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Bill Moody (Referral Realty), Russell Morris (Coldwell Banker), Ranjana Shreedhar (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Theresa Souvignier (Keller Williams Realty), Amy Sung (Pacific Union International Realty), Mary Tan (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), David Tonna (Alain Pinel Realtors) and Suzanne Yost (Alain Pinel Realtors).

The scholarship awards presented by the REALTOR® foundation are made possible by donations from members of SILVAR. Now in its 19th year, the Charitable Foundation has presented $342,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors from high schools in communities served by SILVAR members.

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Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at [email protected].


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6 Steakhouse order

11 Hominy holder

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15 “What the Butler Saw” playwright Joe

16 Moron’s start?

17 Question from one possibly out of earshot

19 Pizzeria order

20 “The Treasure of the ___ Madre”

21 Sammy Hagar album with “I Can’t Drive 55”

22 Rapidly

23 Edible pod

24 Sketchy craft

26 Nicholas I or II, e.g.

28 “The World Is Yours” rapper

29 Pomade alternative

30 Picturesque views

33 “Taxi” actress with a series of health and wellness books

35 Bundle of wheat

38 Hunk of goo

39 Oven protectors

40 2004 Stephen Chow comedy-martial arts film

43 “That really wore me out”

44 Ending for bow or brew

45 River blocker

48 Newspaper dist. no.

49 Pig’s enclosure

50 Top-of-the-line

51 Pump, e.g.

53 Back muscle

55 Org. that goes around a lot

57 Schticky joke ender

58 Requesting versions of items at a restaurant that aren’t on the list

60 “Breaking Bad” network

61 Jouster’s weapon

62 PiÒata part

63 Minigolf’s lack

64 Out of money

65 Golfing great Sam

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3 Onion features

4 Ancient Greek marketplace

5 Like some gummy candy

6 Nail site

7 B, in the NATO phonetic alphabet

8 Other, in Oviedo

9 Barely competition (for)

10 Paris-to-Warsaw dir.

11 One with shared custody, maybe

12 Planet’s turning point

13 Putin putoff?

18 Actor Rutger of “Blade Runner”

22 ___ Mae

25 Set of steps?

27 Fitting

29 Movie crew electrician

30 Group within a group

31 Out of business, for short

32 They consist of four qtrs.

33 Noisy bird

34 Velvet Underground singer Reed

35 Runner on soft surfaces

36 Fridge sound

37 Settle securely

41 Vague

42 Endeavoring to, much less formally

45 Tamed

46 Key disciple of Buddha

47 Went from two lanes to one

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50 Be hospitable to

51 Little argument

52 Philosopher David

54 Domini preceder

56 Shakespearean quintet?

58 Pirates’ org.

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995 Fictitious Name StatementGREAT PALO ALTO LIVING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN641881 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Great Palo Alto Living, located at 2701 Alma Street (Office), Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Trust. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): BARBARA HING TRUSTEE, OF THE HING FAMILY TRUST 2701 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/25/2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 2, 2018. (PAW May 11, 18, 25; June 1, 2018)

VIN VINO WINE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN641787 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Vin Vino Wine, located at 437 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): VVW LLC 437 California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 1, 2018. (PAW May 11, 18, 25; June 1, 2018)

BYTES CAFE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN641900 The following person (persons) is (are)

doing business as: Bytes Cafe, located at 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GASTON FOODS LLC 350 Serra Mall Stanford, CA 94305 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/08/2018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 3, 2018. (PAW May 11, 18, 25; June 1, 2018)

OMEGA PRINTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN641634 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Omega Printing, located at 4020 Fabian Way, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DALE SAINSBURY 18783 Cabernet Drive Saratoga, CA 95070 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/1979. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 26, 2018. (PAW May 11, 18, 25; June 1, 2018)

CHARRON PROPERTIES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN642135 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Charron Properties, located at 1225 Emory Street, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): STEVE CHARRON 1225 Emory Street San Jose, CA 95126 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 10, 2018. (PAW May 18, 25; June 1, 8, 2018)

SUNSHINE CAFE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN642567 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sunshine Cafe, located at 1001 Murphy Ranch, Milpitas CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GUADALUPE GARCIA 165 S. Bernardo Ave. #38 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/22/2018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 22, 2018. (PAW June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2018)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BEN A. BARRES Case No.: 18PR183604 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BEN A. BARRES, BEN ARTHUR BARRES, BARBARA ANN BARRES, BARBARA A. BARRES. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: LIVIA ARGANO in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: LIVIA ARGANO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held

on August 9, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert K. Roskoph Crist, Biorn, Shepherd & Roskoph 2479 East Bayshore Road, Suite 155 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)321-5000 (PAW June 1, 8, 15, 2018)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (U.C.C. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24073 et seq.) Escrow No. FSBC-0271801073 Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The names and addresses of the Seller/Licensee are: J HARVEST INC, 4546 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022 The business is known as: SUSHI KO The names and addresses of the Buyer/Transferee are: JAEMIN YOO, 4546 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three (3) years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: NONE The assets to be sold are described in general as: STOCK IN TRADE, INVENTORY, FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL AND TRADE NAME and are located at: 4546 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022 The kind of license to be transferred is: TYPE 41- ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE, LICENSE#: 524203, now issued for the premises located at: 4546 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS, CA 94022 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is: JUNE 19, 2018 at the office of: FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE CO, 2099 GATEWAY PL, STE 100, SAN JOSE, CA 95110. PHONE (408)437-4313, FAX (408)392-9272. It has been agreed between the Seller/Licensee and the intended Buyer/Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this document on the date(s) set forth below. Dated: MAY 22, 2018 JAEMIN YOO LA2033160 PALO ALTO WEEKLY 6/1/18

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-16-734587-BF Order No.: 5917923 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/3/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees,

charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JOHN H WHARTON, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded: 4/11/2007 as Instrument No. 19378233 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 6/22/2018 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Gated North Market Street entrance of the Superior Courthouse, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $766,466.47 The purported property address is: 3419 CORK OAK WAY, PALO ALTO, CA 94303 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 127-48-023 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy

to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-16-734587-BF. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-16-734587-BF IDSPub #0141023 6/1/2018 6/8/2018 6/15/2018

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High expectations, high hopes Menlo’s Tomkinson continues her amazing journey in the 800 meters

Menlo-Atherton’s Nick Anderson advances to the CIF State Track and Field Championships in two events. He’ll run in the 110 hurdles and compete in the long jump. He’s one of several local athletes who will participate in Friday’s preliminaries at Buchanan High in Clovis.

STATE TRACK AND FIELD

by Glenn Reeves

C harlotte Tomkinson’s pro-gression as an 800-meter runner as the track and

field season unfolded has been nothing short of stunning.

Her best time last year as a Men-lo School freshman was 2:23.70. She has established personal re-cords throughout her sophomore

season by startling margins. Last Friday, she was timed in 2:11.01, a personal-best by more than two seconds, to win the Central Coast Section championship.

That time is fifth-fastest among 25 qualifiers for the 100th CIF state meet, which takes place Friday (prelims at 3 p.m.) and Saturday (finals at 4:30 p.m.) at

Buchanan High in Clovis. The fastest qualifier was Concord’s Rayna Stanziano, who ran 2:10.06 to win the North Coast Section title.

If Tomkinson runs another two-second PR she could win the whole thing.

“I’d like to say that’s the plan,’’ Menlo coach Jorge Chen said,

with a laugh. It goes without saying that as a

track and field athlete progresses and gets closer to elite territory improvement occurs in smaller and smaller increments. But the way Tomkinson’s been going, who knows what her limits are?

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ALL-AMERICANS . . . Six Stanford women’s water polo players earned All-America status from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches. Makenzie Fischer and Jordan Raney led the way, each earning a spot on the first team, while Aria Fischer earned a spot on the second team. Julia Hermann and Kat Klass received third-team recognition and Katie Dudley was an honorable mention. Makenzie Fischer was a second-team selection as a freshman last season. One of three finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award. Raney earned her first first-team honor in her senior season. Also on the All-NCAA tournament first team and All-MPSF first team, she was sixth on Stanford this year with 20 goals. Aria Fischer earned a second-team nod in her debut season at Stanford. In her second season as Stanford’s primary goalkeeper, Hermann earned her second All-America third-team selection, an award she also won in 2016. Klass earned her second All-America accolade to go along with the second-team nod she garnered as a freshman in 2016. Dudley played her way into her first All-America nod in her final season at Stanford after scoring 21 goals in 24 games.

PLAYING FOR THE U.S.A . . . Future Stanford women’s basketball player Jenna Brown earned a spot on the USA Basketball U18 National Team that will compete at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in early August. Brown made the 12-member squad from a pool of 35 hopefuls following three days of camp last weekend at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The USA appointment is the second of Brown’s career. She previously won bronze for the United States alongside current Cardinal Maya Dodson at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Cup in Zaragoza Spain.

NCAA GOLF . . . Stanford junior Isaiah Salinda finished 15th at the NCAA championships at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater. Salinda was even-par for the 72-hole stroke-play portion of the event after rounds of 71-69-75-73.

NCAA BASEBALL

Stanford leadoff hitter Beau Branton leads the team with a .379 batting average and .458 on-base percentage.

Stanford seeking a trip to Omaha

Closer Little named to All-American teamsby Rick Eymer

S tanford’s first-year base-ball coach David Esquer has been making all the

right decisions in guiding the Cardinal to its first Pac-12 Con-ference title in 14 years.

He hopes the magic continues as the NCAA postseason tourna-ment gets underway Friday with Stanford hosting one of 16 region-al tourneys. The Cardinal seeks its first trip to the College World Series in Omaha in 10 years.

One of the first decisions Esquer, who played shortstop under Mark Marquess when Stanford won the national title in 1987, made was to

make Jack Little his closer.The sophomore right-hander, 15

of 15 in save opportunities, earned All-America honors Thursday. He was named to the first-team by Baseball America and sec-ond-team by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

“Little has been absolutely fan-tastic for us all season,” Esquer said. “It has been such a luxury to have him back there, and we feel confident throwing him in almost any situation.”

Little (3-0) leads the Pac-12 in saves and owns a 0.66 ERA in 41 innings across 23 appearances. He holds opposing batters to a

.170 average and has 54 strikeouts against seven walks for an eye-popping 7.7-1 strikeout to walk ratio. Little has pitched more than an inning in 10 of his saves, in-cluding five of two or more.

Stanford, seeded second na-tionally, hosts its 17th NCAA

regional. The Cardinal opens with Wright State (39-15) at 7 p.m. Fri-day. Baylor (36-19) and Cal State Fullerton (32-23) meet at 2 p.m.

Oregon State is the national No. 3 seed and UCLA is the No.

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STATE GOLF ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Alexandra ChanMenlo track and field

Autriyana Hardy Menlo-Atherton track and field

Malia LatuMenlo-Atherton track and field

Kalotihos-OlesenMenlo-Atherton track and field

Kyra PretreMenlo track and field

Keegan ShawSacred Heart Prep track and field

Nick Anderson*Menlo-Atherton track and field

Kripa DharanMenlo golf

Reed Foster*Palo Alto track and field

Jared FreemanGunn track and field

Robert Miranda*Menlo track and field

Kyle SchottSacred Heart Prep track and field

*Previous winner

Honorable mention

Jessica Eagle, Maggie Hall,

Charlotte TomkinsonM-A, MENLO TRACK & FIELDThe three athletes each won a Central Coast Section championship. M-A’s Eagle won the 100, M-A’s Hall won the 200 and Menlo’s Tomkinson won the 800. Hall and Eagle also ran on a relay team that finished third and advances to the state meet.

Keyshawn AshfordPRIORY TRACK AND FIELD

The senior sprinter came within two-tenths of a second of winning the Central Coast Section 100 meters. He settled for second place and qualified for his first state meet. Ashford, who is also a top football player, hopes to be a two-sport athlete in college.

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

Succeeding at the state meet is always a difficult undertak-ing. Tomkinson will run in the preliminaries on Friday. She is in heat two with the second-fastest qualifying time in her heat. The top three in each heat advance to the final, which takes place Saturday. Run-ning two competitive 800s against the best runners in the state in likely 100-de-gree conditions in Clovis is not for the faint-hearted.

“I hope she runs a decent time at the tri-als, then in the finals she can just race,’’ Chen said. “A podium spot (top six) would be real nice. To get this far I’m real proud of her. This is icing on the cake. I didn’t expect her to beat Mari Friedman in CCS. This is her bonus round.’’

Tomkinson had one previous experience running on back-to-back days at the Arcadia Invita-tional. She ran on Menlo’s win-ning sprint medley relay team the first day then came back and ran

a PR in the open 800 the next day.“Charlotte is finally starting to

believe she belongs,’’ Chen said. “She loves racing. One key thing she has is a training partner (Kyra Pretre, who narrowly missed a trip to the state meet with a fourth-place finish in the 800 at the CCS finals).’’

Menlo’s other state meet entrant is senior Robert Mi-randa, who will run his last race for the Knights in the 3,200. Miranda finished third at the CCS fi-nals in 9:09.91, a time which places him 14th among 29 state-meet qualifiers. If the other runners finish in the same times they ran at their sec-tion finals, it would

take an effort in the 9:06 range to place in the top six and make the podium. And that’s a time that is certainly within Miranda’s capa-bilities. He has a best this season of 9:08.05.

“Stay connected with the top pack and then with a couple of laps to go Rob will start moving up,’’ Chen said. “He’s one of the gutsiest kids I’ve ever coached, a great ambassador for the sport.’’

Menlo’s Alexandra Chan is

entered in the 100 hurdles after taking third at the CCS finals.

Menlo-Atherton’s Nick Ander-son is entered in two events, the 110 high hurdles and the long jump. He placed second at the CCS finals in the hurdles with a season-best time of 14.49, which is 14th out of 25 entrants, so he will likely need another signifi-cant PR at Friday’s trials in or-der to advance to the finals on Saturday.

But even if he falls short of making the finals he has the M-A school record of 14.43 is his sights.

This is Anderson’s first sea-son running track at M-A after attending Newark Memorial as a freshman and El Camino as a sophomore. So he thinks it is a reasonable goal to expect to bring his time down more with addi-tional work on his technique over the hurdles.

He took fifth in the CCS long jump at 22-6, but advanced by exceeding the state’s automatic qualifying mark of 22-4.

M-A’s Jessica Eagle won the CCS girls 100-meter champion-ship and teammate Maggie Hall took first in the 200. Both, like Anderson in the high hurdles, are seeded 14th, in the middle of the pack, in their respective events.

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Eagle ran 12.16 to win at CCS. The top mark among state-meet qualifiers was 11.55 by Aaliyah Wilson of Stockdale. Seven run-ners had sub-12.0 times. Hall was

Charlotte Tomkinson has the fifth-best overall qualifying mark in the 800.

timed in 24.87 at the CCS finals. Three runners have sub-24.0 qualifying times, led by Bishop O’Dowd’s Tierra Robinson-Jones at 23.56. The M-A school record in the event is 24.80.

The M-A girls also qualified in both relays, but are long shots to make the finals as they go to the state meet trials with the 20th-fastest qualifying time in the 4x100 relay and 21st-fastest in the 4x400 relay.

The M-A school record in the 4x100 is 48.11. The Bears ran 48.16 at CCS without perfect handoffs.

“Definitely there are some things they can work on to get primed for the big meet,’’ M-A coach Alan Perry said after the team’s victory at CCS. “Hopefully they can PR at state.’’

Palo Alto’s Reed Foster took second in the 800 at the CCS fi-nals with a time of 1:54.29. That mark is 15th among 29 qualifiers at state. Seven runners qualified with times under 1:53.

“It’s been a long season, but my legs feel real good,’’ Foster said after his race at CCS.

Priory’s Keyshawn Ashford, who placed second in the 100 at the CCS meet, scratched from the state meet to join his classmates at graduation on Friday.

Ting finishes with a flourishMenlo School places third at state golf tournament

by Rick Eymer

M enlo School senior Max Ting, who will mix a little academics with his

golf next year at Princeton, put the finishing touches on a superb high school career Wednesday at the CIF State Championships.

Ting opened his round with a bogey. He ended it with a birdie. In between, he and his teammates played well enough to finish third be-hind Torrey Pines and Palm Desert and ahead of De La Salle and St. Francis.

Ting, who played as an individ-ual at the state tournamernt last year, finished with a 2-under 69, good for a two-way tie for second place and one of three golfers to shoot below par at San Gabriel Country Club.

Menlo, in its first trip to the state tournament, recorded a team score of 27-over 382, edging the Lancers by two strokes and De La Salle by three. Oaks Christian

completed the field of six plus a group of in-dividual golfers.

“It was a totally different experience,” Ting said. “It’s really special having the team here and play-ing for Menlo. It re-ally made the whole experience.”

Torrey Pines man-aged to squeeze past Palm Desert for the

team title, recording a 3-over 358. Palm Desert finished at 359. Cre-an Lutheran’s Tyler Guo earned medalist honors with a 3-under 68.

Ting, who teed off from the 10th hole, stayed at 1-over until he birdied the 18th as part of three birdies over a four-hole stretch. He lost a stroke on the fourth hole but

finished his day with a birdie on the par 3 ninth hole.

“Having that experience from last year certainly helped,” Ting said. “But, I certainly had some nerves teeing off on that first hole.”

Kirpa Dharan, Menlo’s top golf-er at the NorCal tournament, pro-duced a 3-over 74. He had a solid first nine, also recording a birdie on the ninth hole for an even-par 35. He stayed even through 11 holes before three consecutive bo-geys caused him to slip. Dharan rallied and stayed at 3-over.

Charlie Hsieh had a rocky first nine but recovered to finish with a 79. Jeremy Yun was the oppo-site. He carried a 1-over after nine holes, which included a birdie on the ninth, but then suffered through a string of bogeys. He also finished with a 79.

Seth Pope came in with an 81, which included a birdie on the 17th hole, and senior John Wein-gart completed the lineup.

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2 seed at the Minnesota Regional. Washington is the third seed at Coastal Carolina.

Stanford owns a 141-74 (.656) overall record in 33 postseason appearances, including a 63-16 (.797) clip in contests at Sunken Diamond.

Stanford and Wright State are meeting for the first time.

“Heading into the postseason,

the key is getting comfortable be-ing uncomfortable, and I have full confidence in this team.” Esquer said. “This team is never out of it. I love coaching these guys, I love watching them play and our coaching staff has done just a great job of preparing them.”

Sacred Heart Prep grad An-drew Daschbach has enjoyed a breakout season, leading the team in home runs (16), RBI (61), slug-ging percentage (.571) and total bases (116).

Junior shortstop Nico Hoerner,

a top prospect in next week’s MLB First-Year Player draft, owns a .349 batting average while leading the team in hits (75), multi-hit games (22) doubles (16), triples (5), stolen bases (14) and at-bats (215) while ranking second in runs (43) and total bases (107).

Stanford enters the postsea-son with the second-lowest ERA (2.85) and third-lowest WHIP (1.17) in the nation. The Cardi-nal leads the Pac-12 in opposing batting average (.223) and hits al-lowed (394).

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