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Shady Lane owner Alice Deutscher in her shop in downtown Palo Alto.
Shady Lane moves to Menlo
By Sandy Brundage
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Almanac Staff Writer
A
fter 40 years on University Avenue in Palo Alto,
the eclectic Shady Lane
gift shop and boutique is moving
to a new home in Menlo Park.
“It was a door that opened
in an octagonal building,” said
owner Alice Deutscher about
her shop’s upcoming transfer
to the Sharon Heights shopping
center. “Going from a known to
an unknown is always challenging for a business owner. But it
seems right in my heart.”
The move comes in the wake
of a changing economy and a
changing downtown Palo Alto.
The landlord wants to tear
down the building that currently houses Shady Lane (at 441
University Ave. near Waverley
Street) to make room for a new
two-story structure with underground parking. And keeping
up with rent is always a challenge for a small business owner.
“It’s not easy. Our kind of store
— gift shops in general — have a
tough go of it. People will men-
tion some of their favorite shops
that have closed and I know how
hard it is. I’m in there six days
a week to make sure things are
running smoothly, to greet customers, to remember what they
bought before, to make special
orders,” Ms. Deutscher said.
An artist who made a living
at craft fairs for 20 years by
creating batik clothing, Ms.
Deutscher and her husband
forged deep connections with
the local artisan community,
links that extended into Shady
Lane when the couple opened
the shop. Developer Roxy Rapp
helped it get off the ground in
1975, giving the store a prime
location on University Avenue,
she said.
“We tore down a house that
was going to be destroyed for
the wood, and built the first
store from recycled wood before
it was trendy. We had a winding brick pathway — that was
our ‘lane.’ And we had hanging
plants, that was our ‘shade,’” Ms.
Deutscher said, explaining how
Shady Lane got its name.
In looking for a new location
recently, she initially explored
options in the same neighborhood. “I have customers now
in their 30s, 40s, 50s who have
always known Shady Lane on
University Avenue and have
a history of going there with
their moms, and now come in
with their children,” she said.
“That’s what having a heritage
is like. I’m happy that we’re able
to continue our business, but a
little bit sad that we won’t be on
University Avenue.”
Still, Menlo Park beckons. The
new store will be slightly smaller
than the current location’s 1,000
square feet, with more parking
and easier access to the highways for out-of-town customers.
The courtyard in front of the
shop is framed by trees, and has
enough space for Shady Lane
to host 10 artisan events a year,
“which is pretty darn wonderful,” Ms. Deutscher said.
Shady Lane is expected to
open in the Sharon Heights center in early March. A
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Drawing by DLM Architecture, courtesy Menlo Park City School District
An aerial view of the Menlo Park City School District’s new Upper Laurel School. The district says construction should start in a few months.
Construction near for new Menlo Park school
New school will be built on the O’Connor site
in the Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park.
Q
By Barbara Wood
Almanac Staff Writer
W
hile approval of plans
for a new third- to
fifth-grade school in
the Menlo Park City School
District are running a few
months behind schedule, district officials say they think
they can finish construction by
September 2016 if the demolition of existing buildings starts
by May 15.
Ahmad Sheikholeslami, the
district’s chief business officer,
told the district’s governing
board at a meeting on Feb. 10
that if the district begins work
on parts of the project that
don’t need state approval —
demolition, site clearing and
other preparations — as soon
as it can, the project should be
back on track to be completed
by September 2016.
The district now expects state
approval of its plans by late
May, Mr. Sheikholeslami said.
The school board was shown
drawings of the new school,
which will be built on the
district’s O’Connor site in
the Willows neighborhood of
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see floor plans and more drawings of the new school. Click on
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the additional pictures.
Menlo Park.
Plans have been slightly
altered from the original vision
for the school, in part to make
sure the project stays on budget. The changes are mostly in
features such as stucco replacing stone and fewer windows.
Superintendent Maurice
Ghysels said the district is
ready to begin informing parents about the plan for transitioning students into the new
school. Students now attend
Laurel School from kindergarten to third grade and then go
to Encinal for fourth and fifth
grades.
Starting in September 2015,
instead of moving all of Laurel’s
fourth-graders to Encinal, 71
of the students (out of 116 current third-graders) will stay at
Laurel for fourth grade and the
remainder will go to Encinal.
The fourth-graders who stay
at Laurel will move to the new
school when it opens, while
those who go to Encinal will
remain there for fifth grade, he
said.
The new school (to be called
Upper Laurel) will open with
six classes of third-graders, five
classes of fourth-graders and
three classes of fifth-graders,
he said.
The district will balance the
number of students who remain
at Laurel next year with the
number who go on to Encinal
by giving consideration to families with siblings at either
school (older siblings at Encinal
or younger siblings at Laurel)
and neighborhoods (attempting
to keep neighborhood clusters
in the same schools) while keeping the Spanish immersion class
together at one school. If the
numbers still do not work out, a
lottery will be used, the superintendent said. A
Town Council rejects private ‘art cave’ concept in Woodside
By Dave Boyce
Almanac Staff Writer
T
he Woodside Town Council on Feb. 10 reversed the
Planning Commission’s
approval of the conceptual viability of an underground private “art
cave” to be bored under a steep
slope along Whiskey Hill Road.
In a 5-2 vote, the council
granted an appeal by resident
Tom Johnson contesting the Planning Commission’s decision. The
question turned on whether the
proposal by resident Alex Bal-
kanski to bore a 400-foot-long
by 30-foot-wide tunnel would
constitute a violation of town
regulations prohibiting grading
on a slope greater than 35 degrees.
Council members Ron Romines,
Peter Mason, Anne Kasten, Dave
Tanner and Mayor Tom Shanahan
voted in the majority, with members Dave Burow and Deborah
Gordon dissenting.
In September 2014, the Architectural and Site Review Board,
seconded by Planning Director
Jackie Young, rejected Mr. Bal-
kanski’s proposal for 230 and
240 Whiskey Hill Road. Their
concerns included disposal of
graded soil, adequate space for
a septic system if one should
be required at some point, and
policy questions about boring
a tunnel on a relatively steep
slope, Ms. Young said.
Mr. Balkanski had addressed
these concerns before the proposal went to the Planning
Commission, Ms. Young said.
The graded soil for the tunnel
could be used to restore an area
on the property that had once
been a brick-making operation,
she said. The septic tank issue
could be resolved by rezoning
as open space a section of the
property along the road.
The Planning Commission, on
4-3 split vote, gave Mr. Balkanski the go-ahead in November
to prepare for a formal design
review. Along with the underground tunnel/art gallery, his
proposal included a beekeeping
operation and two above-ground
accessory structures connected
to the tunnel. A residence was
not part of the proposal.
In the manner of wine caves
built in Napa County, the tunnel
would be stabilized as it was built,
according to a staff report. The
builder uses a front-end loader to
remove “small amounts of dirt”
while creating hardened walls and
a ceiling using sprayed concrete
— called shotcrete — reinforced
with heavy-gauge wire mesh.
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Cops: Suspect targeted
six Menlo restaurants
A 61-year-old East Palo Alto
man was arrested Feb. 10 in
connection with burglaries at
several Menlo Park restaurants,
including Cafe Zoe on Menalto Avenue, Jan’s Deli on Alma
Street, Menlo BBQ on Willow
Road, Galata Bistro on Santa
Cruz Avenue, Mardini’s Restaurant on Willow Road, and
the Cool Cafe on O’Brien Drive,
Menlo Park police said.
Sgt. Kevin Paugh of the Menlo
Park Police Department apprehended Alfred Lee Banks during
a traffic stop after noticing that
Event focuses on Menlo College
Pam Gullard, author of
the Menlo College history,
“Through the Gates: Eighty-Five
Years of Menlo College and its
Times,” will discuss the school’s
past, present and future with
the college’s president, Richard
Moran, at Kepler’s Books at 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19.
The free event will start with
a reception, after which Ms.
Gullard will share some the college’s many interesting stories,
along with historic photographs.
An example: two members of
the Kingston
Trio met in a
Menlo College
class while one
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of U.S. immigration policies to
corporate acquisition practices
in India and Super Bowl advertisement strategies. He will also
discuss the future of the college.
ART CAVE
the project go forward, he said,
would have opened the door to
further and more intense development of slopes.
In 2012, the council established a
policy requiring property owners
to run their conceptual redevelopment plans past the Architecture
and Site Review Board for analysis. The idea: allow homeowners
and architects to get a sense of
the reception their plans would
receive before spending money on
formal specifications and plans.
Did the system work? “I think
it really did,” Mr. Romines said.
“At least the property owner
is spared the huge expense of
fleshing out the details.”
“I’m pleased that it got appealed
to the council at this point (in the
process),” he added. “It answers a
question that was an important
threshold question.”
Councilman Dave Burow said
he would have had significant
questions had it been a specific
project that they were considering, but the council had been
asked to examine a concept.
“On that basis, while I was very
concerned that they could actually do a plan that conformed
with our general plan, ... there
wasn’t a basis to deny the conceptual review,” he said. “It was
really that simple,” he added. “I
guess the others had a more rigid
interpretation of the language of
the plan and the municipal code
provisions on slopes.” A
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he matched a description. Video
surveillance was obtained from
some of the restaurants, police
said.
The burglaries occurred —
either by forcing a door or
smashing a window, and taking
whatever was left in the cash
register — between November
2014 and February 2015, police
said.
Mr. Banks is being held in
San Mateo County jail on five
counts of burglary as well as an
outstanding warrant and parole
violation, police said.
cific as to what cannot be done
on top of a slope of 35 degrees or
greater, but are silent as to underground work, Ms. Young said. The
town permits boring under slopes
of 35 degrees or more to provide
essential services such as utilities
or drainage, according to the staff
report for the Feb. 10 meeting.
A tunnel would constitute a
“significant intensification” of
land-form disturbance, which is
contrary to general plan provisions, and would violate a section
of town code that forbids alteration of a steep slope “in any way
by grading, or the removal or
alteration of natural features.”
Council weighs in
The code defines grading as an
excavation, and defines excavation as “Any act by which earth,
sand, gravel, rock, or any other
similar material is cut into, dug,
quarried, removed, displaced,
relocated, or bulldozed or the
conditions resulting therefrom.”
The council considered these
definitions in attempting to
determine how the language of
the general plan and the municipal code applied to this particular situation, Councilman Ron
Romines told the Almanac.
“I was very intrigued by the
project. It was a very creative use
of the parcel,” he said. But letting
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Jessie Marguet, a Woodside High School junior, asks Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Facebook
COO Sheryl Sandberg a question during the Safer Internet Day 2015, held at the Facebook campus in Menlo
Park on Feb. 10.
400+ pack Facebook conference
in Menlo Park on Internet safety
By Joshua Alvarez
He was convicted by a jury on
Special to the Almanac
Feb. 2 and faces up to 20 years
’m an activist against bul- in prison.
“A crime committed against
lying. I have no tolerance
for it,” said Phaedra Car- any one of us, is a crime against
men Saxon, a senior at Wood- all of us,” Ms. Harris said. “We
side High School. She and two must act as ambassadors for
dozen other student leaders this message: If something bad
from Woodside attended the happens to you online, you are
Safer Internet Day conference on not alone, there are other people
Facebook’s Menlo Park campus who care about it. As a prosecutor, I know that when victims feel
on Feb. 10.
The goal of the event was to nobody cares, then they don’t
encourage student leaders from tell, and when they don’t tell, it
around the Bay Area to develop means bullies get away with it.”
The rest of the afternoon
positive social environments on
social media platforms like Face- was filled with panels featuring students,
book, Twitter, and
young activists,
YouTube. More
education experts,
than 400 students,
‘I think we are
and social media
teachers, parents,
sometimes
industry leaders
business representatives and public
oblivious to the who addressed
bu l ly ing
and
servants were in
bullying that
using social media
attendance.
happens right in to effect social
Facebook Chief
Operating Offichange.
front of us.’
National PTA
cer Sheryl SandPresident Otha
berg kicked off
WOODSIDE SOPHOMORE
Thornton urged
the event, telling
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parents to become
the packed auditorium of young Facebook users: more involved. “Parents, you
“Everything that has ever been need to know the platforms
invented has positive and nega- your children are using,” he
tive effects. We all have to work said. “Parent tell me all the time
together to use the Internet that the online world can be so
overwhelming. The conversasafely.”
California Attorney General tion about online usage needs to
Kamala Harris gave the keynote start early. Kids should be learnaddress. Her office success- ing online etiquette as early as
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Clinical trial shows kids a new way to fight food allergies
By Kevin Forestieri
Mountain View Voice
T
essa sat on a second-floor
hospital bed at El Camino Hospital in Mountain
View eating a cup of applesauce,
as her mother and two nurses
stood by, waiting for an allergic
reaction. The applesauce contains only a placebo this time —
oat flour — but if it had peanut,
sesame or egg in it, the nurses
would need to be ready to jump
in and save Tessa’s life.
That’s because Tessa, along
with millions of other children
in the United States, suffers from
severe food allergies. In an effort
to help kids overcome such allergies, the Sean N. Parker Center
for Allergy Research is running
11 groundbreaking clinical trials
to desensitize kids like Tessa to
the foods that could kill them.
In a process called oral immunotherapy, kids eat very small
doses of the food they’re allergic
to, like peanuts, and slowly work
up the dosage without triggering
an allergic response. By the end of
the trial, kids can eat up to eight
peanuts without any reaction.
People from all over the world
are drawn to the allergy research
center, where most of the breakthrough clinical trials in oral
immunotherapy take place.
There is no known cure for
food allergies, but research
shows kids can be desensitized
and no longer run the risk of a
severe allergic reaction — the
next best thing for parents looking to keep their kids safe.
More than 1,000 people are
on the waiting list to get into
the clinical trials, according
to Whitney Block, research
nurse practitioner at the Lucile
Packard Children’s Hospital at
Stanford.
Tessa’s mother, Robyn Bash,
flew to Mountain View from her
home in Maryland in hopes that
Tessa and her other daughter,
Rebecca, will be eligible for the
clinical trial. Tessa is allergic to
peanuts, sesame and eggs, and
Rebecca is allergic to hazelnuts
and cashews.
“We’re excited and hopeful to
be even considered,” Ms. Bash
said.
Allergic reactions can be deadly, and Ms. Bash’s daughters run
the risk of going into anaphylactic shock when exposed to
those foods. Anaphylaxis is a
violent, whole-body response
that causes swelling so severe
it can prevent a person from
breathing.
Ms. Bash said both kids have
experienced anaphylactic shock
multiple times — a terrifying
experience that caused the girls’
lips and face to swell up to three
times the normal size. EpiPens,
a portable shot of adrenaline
commonly used to treat anaphylactic shock, is the family’s lifeline for dealing with the allergic
reaction, Ms. Bash said, and she
has them ready at all times.
“We have EpiPens everywhere,” she said.
The allergies add another
level of difficulty in their dayto-day lives, Ms. Bash said, as
she and her husband have to
closely watch everything Tessa
and Rebecca eat, and prepare
all of their meals. Any hint of
nuts in the food, she said, can
trigger Tessa’s strong reaction to
peanuts and put her in another
life-threatening situation.
But supervision can go only
so far, and Ms. Bash said she has
concerns as her kids get older
and spend more time away from
home. She said seemingly lowrisk activities, such as playing on
a playground, can pose a threat
because there’s always that slim
chance someone left a piece of
food around.
Across the hallway from Tessa
and Rebecca, 7-year-old Audrey
was successfully consuming her
75 milligrams of peanut without an allergic response. Not
long ago, she couldn’t handle
6 milligrams without stomach
pain as she worked up her tolerance. Despite the improvement,
upping the dosage still puts her
mother, Katherine Hochstetler,
on edge.
“It’s scary building up an
immunity, especially since she’s
spending more time out of the
home,” Ms. Hochstetler said.
Through oral immunotherapy, kids with a peanut allergy
can reach a point where they
can eat 2 grams of peanuts, or
Dosages
of crushed
peanuts
are used
during the
allergy
trials.
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Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac
Audrey, 7, a student at Oak Knoll Elementary in Menlo Park, scratches her throat during a food allergy
clinical session at El Camino Hospital.
about eight peanuts, without any
problems.
It takes about six months
of steadily increasing dosage
amounts to get there, and upping
the amount too fast triggers allergic responses. A new trial could
bring that time down to eight to
10 weeks by doing the desensitizing regimen while injecting
patients with Xolair, a medication
to suppress allergic reactions.
Ms. Block said kids like to
set goals for themselves along
the way to claim victory over
their allergies by doing things
they couldn’t do without being
desensitized.
“They have things like ‘I want
to eat a Reese’s Peanut Butter
Cup,’ or ‘I want to go to a sleepaway camp,’” she said.
A growing issue
Food allergies have become a
top health issue as rates of the
condition in children continues to increase. About one in
12 people under age 21 have a
doctor-diagnosed food allergy
in the U.S., and that rate just
about doubles every decade,
according to the Stanford School
of Medicine. Of those kids, one
in four will experience a nearfatal anaphylactic shock.
Not all food allergies are the
same. Kids react to different
food allergies with different
levels of severity, but peanut,
cashew and wheat allergies
generally cause some of the
worst reactions, according to
Ms. Block. Other food allergies
may not be as bad, but the foods
themselves are more pervasive
and hard to take out of the
household environment completely, such as eggs and milk.
She said the one upside to
wheat allergies, lately, is the
recent gluten-free diet trend
that has many companies producing more options for people
who can’t eat wheat products.
Even Girl Scout cookies are on
board, adding two new flavors
of gluten-free cookies. But with
food allergies, everything is a
dietary minefield. The glutenfree cookies contain peanuts,
milk, eggs and soy.
There’s no real scientific consensus on what is causing the
rate of food allergies to increase,
according to Block, but there are
a lot of theories. One of them is
the “hygiene hypothesis,” which
states that modern hygiene and
excessive cleanliness interferes
with the development of the
‘It’s scary building up
an immunity, especially
since she’s spending
more time out of the
home.’
human immune system, causing the body to develop allergic
reactions to food, according
to the Food and Drug Allergy
Care Center at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Ms. Block said other theories point to hormones present
in food as the culprit, but the
reality is that the cause of the
increase in food allergy cases
largely remains a mystery.
Schools no longer treat individual food allergy cases as
anomalies, and have policies
and guidelines for how to avoid
accidental exposure to food
allergens. At Oak Knoll Elementary in Menlo Park, where
Audrey goes to school, there
is a “peanut-free” table during
lunch, and a special form parents can fill out so school staff
members can identify symptoms of an allergic reaction.
Ms. Bash said she went out
of her way to talk to the teachers and make sure Rebecca’s
allergies were well known by
the school when she started
kindergarten last year. She said
the teachers are trained to use
EpiPens, and she made it clear
to teachers they shouldn’t hesitate to give her child a shot of
adrenaline even if it turns out to
be a false alarm.
How long does it last?
The question parents often ask
Ms. Block is whether their kids
have to continue eating 2 grams
of the foods they’re allergic to
for the rest of their lives. She said
more research is still needed
for a concrete answer on how
dependent kids will be on their
daily dosage of peanuts, milk,
or other foods, but some studies
show there is some flexibility.
It turns out that after eating
eight peanuts a day for long
enough, kids have been able to
stop eating peanuts for a brief
period of time, then resume
eating peanuts again without
any problems. How long kids
can stay desensitized to allergies
without their fix still needs to be
figured out.
Ms. Block said it’s possible that
one nut a day could be enough
to maintain tolerance to a food
allergy, and kids could eat it
daily like a pill or vitamin.
There is nothing keeping some
kids from going over two grams
as well. One trial showed that
nine kids who built their way up
to 2 grams could eventually handle 4 grams without any problems, according to Ms. Block,
meaning accidental ingestion of
peanuts and other allergen foods
shouldn’t be a problem.
N E W S
New Menlo Park housing for homeless veterans
By Joshua Alvarez
ager’s unit that will not be part
of the low-income program. The
complex will help Menlo Park
ore than 100 people meet its state-mandated obligagathered at the Men- tion to plan for more affordable
lo Park campus of housing in the city.
Rent maximums will range
the Department of Veterans
Affairs on Feb. 9 to celebrate from $574 to $792 per month,
the groundbreaking for a new depending on income, with a
apartment complex aimed at $35,520 annual income for a
providing affordable housing for family of two as the current
maximum to qualify. The city
veterans.
“A beautiful building with an financing is coming from its
important mission has tran- below market rate (BMR) fund
sitioned from dream, which so low-income Menlo Park resiat times over the last three dents or workers will be given
years has seemed nearly impos- first priority for 11 units. Qualisible and elusive, to reality,” fying veterans who live or work
said Christopher
in Menlo Park will
Neale, vice presibe given highest
dent of Core ‘This day has been priority.
“This day has
Affordable Housa long, long time been a long, long
ing, which will
time coming,”
build the complex.
coming.’
said Lisa Freeman,
“In approximateLISA FREEMAN , DIRECTOR ,
director of the VA
ly one year this
VA PALO ALTO HEALTH
Palo Alto Health
building will end
CARE SYSTEM
Care System, or
homelessness for
which the Menlo
59 veterans.”
Located at 605 Willow Road, Park campus is a part. “It directthe project is funded by a vari- ly supports our mission of not
ety of public donors, including only improving veterans’ health,
the city of Menlo Park and San but also their well being. On any
Mateo County. Willow Housing given night, there are almost
L.P., part of The Core Compa- 900 homeless veterans in Santa
nies, leased the approximately Clara and San Mateo counties.
two acres of land, valued at $12 To have affordable housing on
million, for free from the VA, this campus is a tremendous
and plans to complete construc- step in the right direction.”
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo,
tion in December 2015.
The complex will be built in D-Menlo Park, whom Mr. Neale
a Spanish style and will span praised for helping resolve con40,000-square feet, containing flicts between state regulations
60 units, including 54 studio and federal requirements that
and five one-bedroom units, put the project at risk, spoke to
as well as a two-bedroom man- the gathering. “This is not only
Special to the Almanac
M
Photo by Joshua Alvarez/The Almanac
Key stakeholders in construction of new affordable housing for veterans mark official groundbreaking at
the Veterans Affairs medical center in Menlo Park on Feb. 9.
a groundbreaking, we are breaking ground. This is a great act
of love and commitment by our
community.”
Darci Palmer, the project
manager at Core, whose father is
a Vietnam veteran, fought back
tears during her speech: “Dad,
guess what, we started construction.”
Warren Slocum of the San
Mateo County Board of Supervisors also attended. The ceremony
held special significance for Mr.
Slocum, who is also a Vietnam
veteran. Exactly 50 years ago, on
Feb. 9, 1965, the first American
combat troops landed in South
Vietnam, he said. Mr. Slocum
was deployed to South Vietnam
in 1966 as an 18-year-old.
“One of the lessons I took
away from that experience was
the idea that you leave nobody
behind,” he said.
Now he said he hopes to build
on the construction of the Willow development with the establishment of a Veterans Commission for San Mateo County. “We
want to bring together veterans
from across sectors and organizations and create a 20-person
commission to better coordinate
service delivery for veterans in
San Mateo County,” he told the
Almanac.
Beau Laskey, director of capital at Silicon Valley Bank and a
Navy SEAL veteran, capped the
public remarks by thanking the
community for their service.
“I’m very proud to see the local
community here and their commitment to serve those who have
served others.”
Among the audience members
was Bobby Shaw, a veteran who
was homeless for six years before
he entered a VA program. “It
changed my life. I was housed
for three years until I was able to
get all of my federal benefits. I
now have my family back
together,” he said. Mr. Shaw said
he believes the new complex will
help homeless veterans get back
on their feet. “We just need a lot
more housing. There is not
enough.” A
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N E W S
State Sen. Jerry Hill holds online ‘town hall’ meeting
State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San
Mateo/Santa Clara counties,
is hosting a discussion about
the new legislative year during a live, online town hall on
Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m.
The online “town hall” is
accessible via a PC, laptop, tablet
or smartphone.
The public can submit questions and watch online as Sen.
Hill responds during a questionand-answer session.
Go to http://sd13.senate.
ca.gov/ to submit questions
before or during the online town
hall.
Junior League
holds blood drive
In celebration of its 50th
anniversary, the Junior League
of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula is
partnering with the American
Red Cross to host a blood drive
on Friday, Feb. 20.
The drive will be held from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Junior
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League’s headquarters at 555
Ravenswood Ave. in Menlo Park
Visit redcrossblood.org or call
1-800-733-2767 to schedule an
appointment or find additional
information.
“One of the League’s first projects was the development of the
Community Blood Reserve, a
mutual assistance blood-donor
program for the Mid-Peninsula area,” says Jan Hickman,
TOWN OF PORTOLA VALLEY
The Town of Portola Valley Seeks Dedicated Volunteers
for the following Town Committees:
Bicycle, Pedestrian & Traffic Safety Committee
Meets first Wednesday of each month, 8:15 a.m.; appointed for a one-year term.
The objectives of this committee are to foster a community for all users of the public roads.
To advise the Town in ways and means for safer conditions regarding motor vehicles,
bicycles, pedestrians and road conditions. To encourage proper traffic enforcement. To
encourage safe and enjoyable bicycling in Portola Valley as a means of transportation and
recreation.
Cultural Arts Committee
Meets second Thursday of each month; appointed for a one-year term.
Increase cultural awareness among residents of Portola Valley by sponsoring and
supporting local cultural activities in the areas of art, music, science and nature, history,
horticulture, drama, literature, photography and dance.
Nature and Science Committee
Meets alternate even-numbered months 2nd Thursday, 5:00 p.m.; appointed for a one-year term.
The objectives of this Committee are to increase appreciation for Portola Valley’s natural
environment by providing opportunities for residents and visitors to observe and study
local natural history, encourage scientific dialog and promoting scientific literacy in the
community and provide information to the community about science, technology and
natural history.
Open Space Acquisition Advisory Committee
Meets as announced; appointed for a one-year term
This Committee supports preservation of the Town’s rural environment by advising the Town
Council on open space acquisitions and uses.
Parks and Recreation Committee
Meets first Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m.; appointed for a one-year term.
This Committee meets to develop, promote and maintain quality recreational and
community enrichment programs, recreational facilities and park areas in the Town of
Portola Valley
Trails and Paths Committee
Meets second Tuesday of each month, 8:15 a.m.; appointed for a one-year term.
This Committee meets to provide a system of trails and paths that provide passageways for
people, whether on foot, horseback or bicycle. It is their objective that these trails be safe,
pleasant and provide access to all parts of town.
Water Conservation Committee
Meets first Wednesday of each month, 3:00 p.m.; appointed for a one-year term.
The Water Conservation Committee’s mission is to utilize available resources and draw on
local partners to develop and assist in implementing a comprehensive water conservation
program for the town of Portola Valley, with the end result of reducing water consumption
by residential, business and institutional users as well as developing more sustainable
water practices for the future.
Applications are available on-line at www.portolavalley.net on the homepage
under the Town Committees tab. Hard copies are available at Town Hall.
Town Clerk Sharon Hanlon
Town of Portola Valley
765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028
E-mail: shanlon@portolavalley.net
Phone: (650) 851-1700 ext. 210
League president. “This upcoming blood drive is a fitting way to
celebrate 50 years of service to
the community.”
Civil grand jury
applications
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desire to serve on the San Mateo
County Superior Court Civil
Grand Jury, now’s your chance.
The court is taking applications
until March 30.
Anyone more than 18 years
old, a citizen of the United
States, a resident of the county
for more than one year and “of
ordinary intelligence, sound
judgment and good character”
may apply. Elected officials are
not eligible.
Judge Joseph Scott will interview applicants, and then jurors
will be selected through a random drawing. They will serve
from July 1, 2015, through June
30, 2016.
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or the Court Executive Office at
400 County Center in Redwood
City to request applications. The
phone number is (650) 261-5066.
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Children participate in the 2014 Easter Egg Hunt in Holbrook-Palmer Park, one of the annual fundraising
events sponsored by the group previously known as the Atherton Dames and which recently changed its
name to Friends of Holbrook-Palmer Park.
Atherton ‘Dames’ are now ‘Friends’
By Barbara Wood
Almanac Staff Writer
T
he Atherton Dames, the
fundraising arm of the
Holbrook-Palmer Park
Foundation, has changed its
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The group began after the
Holbrook-Palmer Park Foundation was formed in 1968. When
the town accepted the gift of
the park from Olive HolbrookPalmer in 1964, it specified all
park development was to be paid
for with donations.
In addition to sponsoring
annual events, such as the Easter
Egg Hunt (coming up this year
on Saturday, April 4, from 10
a.m. to noon) and a Children’s
Holiday Tea in December, the
group also raises money for
specific park projects, such as
the recently approved Event
Garden that will be a site for formal outdoor events in the park.
The group is currently working
on raising money to restore the
park’s historic carriage house.
In a press release, the group
said that its members “felt it
important to adopt a name that
better reflects the mission and
role of the organization in the
community — which is to raise
funds for much needed capital
improvements for the community’s much loved park, raise
community awareness of the
importance of preserving the
park and to sponsor events that
promote community engagement.”
Sandee Archer, publicity chair
for the Friends, says the name
change has already succeeded in
attracting new members to the
organization, some of whom,
she said, find it easier to be a
“friend” than a “dame.”
Now that the organization is
no longer limited to dames, it
may also attract its first male
members, Ms. Archer said. “If a
man applies he can be in it,” she
said. “There’s nothing that says
a man can’t be a member.” A
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dent did not walk away emptyhanded. Adam Dean, a senior,
won a brand new Chromebook
laptop in a raffle. “I thought the
conference was helpful,” he said.
“I learned new ways to be more
supportive on the Internet. We’ll
definitely take some of these
ideas back to Woodside. I found
the opportunities Facebook provides for bringing communities
together especially interesting.”
Nonetheless, the Woodside
students said they know that
work remains to be done.
“Our biggest challenge is to
encourage people to go out of
their way to stop bullying,” said
Jessie Marguet, a junior. “People
are not always going to be super
positive about everything, and
we need to fight the instinct to
just stand by and watch as someone is bullied.” A
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Summer 2015
side High better, and the students use social media to achieve
their goals, Ms. With said. For
example, they created a “compliments page” on Facebook where
Woodside students can post nice
comments about their peers.
“Social media provides opportunities to do good and bad,”
said Woodside sophomore Gracie Greco. “I think we are sometimes oblivious to the bullying
that happens right in front of us.
My concern is how we can make
people more aware.”
“I felt the information was
applicable beyond Internet security,” said Woodside senior Nicholas Chiamos. “I was impressed
by the civil rights activists.”
At least one Woodside stu-
N E W S
Portola Valley’s Ed Wells dies at 91
By Dave Boyce
Almanac Staff Writer
E
d Wells, an active participant in Portola Valley civic
affairs for many years,
died Feb. 7 at his home in the
Westridge neighborhood. He
was 91.
A Portola Valley resident since
the town was incorporated in
1964, Mr. Wells was part of
the town’s loyal opposition. He
was widely admired for the
gentlemanly ways in which he
expressed his
disagreements
with other residents on local
civic issues.
For a time,
he helped lead
a campaign
to stop plans Virginia Bacon photo
Ed Wells
to build the
new Town Center complex that
opened in 2008, and he was an
ardent opponent of the town’s
utility users tax.
Mr. Wells was a Palo Alto native
and graduated from San Rafael
High School, where his father was
the school principal, according to
family members who provided
information for this story.
He spent parts of the 1940s in
demanding outdoor situations.
In 1942-43, he helped survey the
Alaska-Canadian Highway.
In 1944-45, he served as a sergeant in the 776th Field Artillery
Battalion of the U.S. Army in
Europe, including in the Battle
of the Bulge in December 1944.
After the Germans surrendered,
Mr. Wells stayed in France for a
year to help with reconstruction.
Mr. Wells met his future wife,
Alison, at Stanford University
and they married in 1949. Mr.
Wells’ degrees include a bachelor’s in civil engineering and
a master’s in hydraulics from
Stanford, and a degree in sanitary engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
He worked as an engineer in
the early 1950s, and moved to
advising on public financing,
founding Bartle Wells in the
mid-1960s.
private donations. The council
also arranged a potential loan
from San Mateo County, something Mr. Wells said the council
“promised” it would not do.
“What was special about Ed was
that even though we disagreed on
many things, he was very respectful about disagreeing,” Councilwoman Maryann Moise Derwin
said. “He was more of a gentleman
and a statesman.”
Danna Breen, an active town
volunteer, noted that while she
and Mr. Wells often disagreed
on issues, they did agree on
reopening of Sausal Creek at
Town Center. “That was very
meaningful for us to have Ed’s
support,” she said. “Beyond support, he worked with us.”
Ms. Breen said she “always felt
loved and supported” by Mr.
Wells, however they differed. “I
think, politically, that’s important and I think it’s one of the
things we’ve lost.”
Councilwoman Ann Wengert
commented via email: “... Ed
was universally well respected
for his commitment to the public process, his respect for our
community and his willingness
to stay involved over many years
to make sure that his views were
heard and considered in each
deliberation.”
Mr. Wells’ survivors include
his wife Alison; his children Ed
of University Park, Maryland,
Donn of Portland, Oregon, David
of Wilbur, Washington, Carolyn
of Diamond Springs, California,
Richard of Sonoma, and Janet
of Berkeley; three grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Wells asked that there be
no services. In lieu of flowers,
the family suggests donations to
Guide Dogs for the Blind, JobTrain in Menlo Park or the charity of your choice. A
Portola Valley resident Mar- ing time as we approach our
ti Tedesco has been named the 40th anniversary,” said Jen
senior director of marketing Lynch, the vice president of
for the Peninsula Open Space advancement. “We’re planning
Trust (POST), a nonprofit some new initiatives and are
founded in 1977 whose mis- excited to have Marti on board
to help tell our story.”
sion is to preserve and
Ms. Tedesco grew
protect the character
up at the base of
of undeveloped and
the Windy Hill Open
scenic open spaces on
Space Preserve. “It
the Peninsula and in
gave me a special
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tains.
Ms. Tedesco brings
open spaces POST
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said in its announcement. “I believe the character of this
She has a bachelor’s degree in area would be very different
international economics from if it weren’t for the vision of
the University of California at POST staff and supporters.
Berkeley.
I’m honored to be able to con“POST is entering an excit- tribute to that legacy.”
Proudly introducing
Kensington Place, a new
memory care community coming
to Redwood City this summer
Information Center Now Open
ensington Place is a new memory care community currently
under development in Redwood City. It will be a residence
beautifully designed, furnished and staffed to assist seniors and
families who are facing the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease or other
forms of dementia.
K
Kensington Place will offer more comprehensive services than other
similar care communities. It will blend the expertise of passionate senior
living leaders and a service-driven team with a full spectrum of clinical
support and state-of-the-art technology. Two unique levels of memory
care will address needs specific to different stages of disease progression.
Connections is for residents in the early to middle stages of memory loss.
Haven is for residents in the middle to late stages.
The founders and team of Kensington Place make this promise: to love
and care for your family as we do our own. Please, come introduce yourself
to us. We are eager to help.
Civic activism
Mr. Wells volunteered for 13
years as Portola Valley’s treasurer.
In 2009, he explained to the
Almanac why voters should not
renew the utility users tax: The
tax is nondeductible, linking
it to open-space funding was a
“trick” to appeal to residents’
civic pride, and the town didn’t
need the money.
In opposing the new Town Center complex, Mr. Wells pressed the
Town Council on why it would
not seek financing through a
general obligation bond — a
step requiring voter approval —
instead of using town reserves and
Tedesco named marketing director
for Peninsula Open Space Trust
RCFE
License
Pending
To schedule your visit,
please call John Graham,
our Executive Director,
at 650-363-9200.
Our off-site Information Center
is located at
536 El Camino Real.
650-363-9200
Information Center: 536 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063
Community under development at 2800 El Camino Real
www.KensingtonPlaceRedwoodCity.com
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Atherton meeting: Reduce
El Camino to four lanes?
Atherton’s City Council
will hear a progress report on
attempts to make El Camino
Real safer for pedestrians
and bicyclists when it meets
Wednesday, Feb. 18, starting
at 7 p.m. in the town’s council chambers at 94 Ashfield
Road.
One of the items the council
has been asked to consider is
whether it should go ahead
with a study of narrowing El
Camino from six lanes to four
travel lanes, or if the town
should concentrate on making
improvements to five intersections on the state highway,
Q C A L E N DA R
leaving it at six travel lanes.
The council will also consider an agreement with the
nonprofit Atherton Now
organization, authorizing the
group to raise funds for the
new civic center. Having a
nonprofit raise funds allows
donors to be anonymous, the
report on the agreement says,
while donations made directly
to the town would have to be
publicly reported.
— Barbara Wood
Councilman Cline files campaign finance report
By Joshua Alvarez
Special to the Almanac
C
ouncilman Richard Cline,
who was one of the three
incumbents re-elected to
Menlo Park City Council in
November, filed his final campaign finance report a little late:
on Feb. 10 instead of Feb. 2.
“I had to travel and I did not
get the forms to City Clerk
Pam Aguilar, and that’s pretty
much it,” Mr. Cline told the
Almanac. He was in New York
on a business trip.
“I had the forms and meant to
drop them off and I didn’t. I sent
her a note right away, but I was
gone by then. I turned them in
once I got back,” he said.
The bad news for Mr. Cline
is that there is a penalty, albeit
a paltry $10 for each late day.
The good news is the city clerk
has the discretion not to levy
the fine and she won’t.
“He promptly notified me
that he would file it upon his
return and that’s exactly what
he did,” Ms. Aguilar said.
According to the figures on the
form, which covers the period
from Oct. 19 to Dec. 31, 2014, Mr.
Cline did not raise any additional money, but he did spend
$6,524, bringing his total expenditures to $14,763. He raised a
total of $6,240 in cash and $992
in non-cash contributions. He
also loaned himself $1,000,
bringing his contribution total to
$8,232, the lowest amount of
money raised out of the six candidates for City Council. A
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Art Galleries
¶+HDGVDQG+DQGV· Exhibit of work by sculptor Dan Woodard, which looks at the positive
and negative and serious and comical aspects
of human condition. Monday-Friday, Jan.
21-June 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Rotunda Gallery, 555 County Center, Redwood City. Call
650-306-0253. www.danwoodard.com
¶7KH3KLOLSSLQHVLQ3KRWRV· Exhibit of photographs by Frances Freyberg called “The
Philippines in Photos: From Mountains to the
Sea,” which includes landscapes, city scenes,
florals and portraits. Monday-Saturday, Feb.
2-28, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Portola Art
Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Call 650321-0220. www.portolaartgallery.com
Benefits/Fundraisers
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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the
Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula
partners with American Red Cross to host
a blood drive. Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.
Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula,
555 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park. redcrossblood.org
Classes/Workshops
$IULFDQ$PHULFDQ4XLOWVZRUNVKRS Peopleologie leads workshop, where participants
make a quilt and wall hanging out of recycled
paper. Participants must be age 5 or older and
register with the library. Feb. 21, 1-2 p.m. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola
Valley. Call 650-851-0560.
2UJDQL]DWLRQZRUNVKRS Personal coach
Maggie Wilde holds workshop on quieting and
eliminating chaos of everyday life. served. Feb.
23, 1-2 p.m. Free. Woodside Library, 3140
Woodside Road, Woodside.
:ULWH<RXU/LIHPHPRLUFODVVHV Phyllis Butler teaches weekly class on writing
memoirs. Thursdays, Feb. 5-26, 1-2 p.m. $50
four weeks; $15 drop in. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call
650-326-0732. phylisbutler.com
Clubs/Meetings
&UD]\·V0DWK&OXE for kids who enjoy
math. Meets weekly at 3:30 p.m. for those in
kindergarten to second grade, and at 4:30
p.m. for third- to fifth-graders. Thursdays, Feb.
26-April 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Portola Valley
Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call
851-0560.
/LIHWUHH&DIH¶0DNLQJDQ2UGLQDU\/LIH
([WUDRUGLQDU\· Hour-long conversations on
how to transform a normal life into a remarkable one. Feb. 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Feb. 26,
9:15-10:15 p.m. Free. Bethany Lutheran
Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park. Call
650-854-5897. www.facebook.com/LifetreeCafeMP
3HQLQVXOD5RVH6RFLHW\PHHWLQJ Slideshow of the group’s 2014 events; and consulting rosarians lead Q&A session. Feb. 20,
7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Veterans Memorial Senior
Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City.
Call 650-465-3967. www.peninsularosesociety.org
5RWDU\&OXERI0HQOR3DUN meets
weekly. Visitors welcome. Wednesdays, Jan.
14-March 25, 12:15-1:30 p.m. $20 lunch. Allied
Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. www.
menloparkrotary.org
65,2UJDQRQ7RDVWPDVWHUV focuses on
improving communication and leadership
skills. Guests welcome. Tuesdays, Jan.
20-March 31, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. SRI International, Building G, Laurel Street (across from
the Menlo Park Police Station), Menlo Park.
Call 650-859-2327. www.sriorganon.com
Community Events
/XQDU1HZ<HDU&HOHEUDWLRQ Redwood City
and the San Mateo County History Museum
hold their fifth annual celebration of Lunar New
Year. Performances will be held outside the
museum on Courthouse Square, and craft
activities for children will be available inside.
Feb. 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. San Mateo
County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St.,
Redwood City. www.historysmc.org
C O M M U N I T Y
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Concerts
Ozomatli with Irene Diaz Grammy Awardwinning Latin alternative rock group Ozomatli
performs with singer-songwriter Irene Diaz
opening. Large dance floor at the event. Feb.
20, 8 p.m. See website for ticket prices. Fox
Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City.
foxrwc.showare.com/eventperformances.
asp?evt=57
Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival:
Chinese New Year Concert The Shenzhen
Symphony Orchestra celebrates Year of the
Sheep with a concert featuring violin soloist
Suli Xue from the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and the Chinese virtuoso pipa player Zhao
Cong. Program includes preview of love duet
from Bright Shen’s new opera “Dream of the
Red Chamber.” Feb. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $30
general; $20 student. Bing Concert Hall, 327
Lasuen St., Stanford. Call 650-725-2787. tickets.stanford.edu
Stanford Symphony Orchestra concert
Stephen M. Sano will conduct the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford
Symphonic Chorus in performances of two
pieces by Johannes Brahms: “Akademische
Festouvert¸re,” Op. 80, and “Ein deutsches
Requiem,” Op. 45. Feb. 27-28, 7:30 p.m. $20
reserved; $15 senior; $10 student; free for
Stanford students with ID. Bing Concert Hall,
327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Call 650-725-2787.
live.stanford.edu/calendar/february-2015/
stanford-symphony-orchestra-and-stanfordsymphonic-chorus
The Nile Project This group of musicians
from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and the Nile River
Basin lands will perform new music about
the world’s longest river and the people who
depend on it. The group plays both ancient
and modern instruments and includes the
voice of Ethiopian-American singer Meklit
Hadero. Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. $30-$60. Bing
Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. live.
stanford.edu/calendar/february-2015/nileproject
Winter Series: Jerusalem Quartet will
make its Music@Menlo debut, performing a
few string quartet masterpieces. Feb. 22, 4
p.m. $50/$45 general; $25/$20 under age 30.
Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo
Alto. Call 650-330-2030. www.musicatmenlo.
org
Exhibits
¶6KLIWLQJ&XUUHQWV· Exhibit called “Shifting
Currents: Highlights from the 20th-Century
Chinese Collection,” showcases modern pieces from China drawn from the museum’s large
collection of Asian art. Wednesday-Monday,
Feb. 25-July 13, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday til
8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita
Drive, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu
iPad art display The Menlo Park Library will
host a display of iPad art, created by local artists ages 7 to 70. Feb. 1-28, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Free.
Menlo Park Public Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo
Park. Call 650-289-8148. mobileart.how
Kids & Families
$XWKRU3DP0XQR]5\DQRQ¶(FKR· Pam
Munoz Ryan, acclaimed author of “Esperanza
Rising” and “The Dreamer,” will discuss her
book, “Echo.” Feb. 26, 7 p.m. Free. Kepler’s
Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call
324-4321. www.keplers.com/event/youthpam-mu%C3%B1oz-ryan
%LOLQJXDO%DE\6WRU\WLPH introduces babies
to the Spanish language through stories,
songs and rhymes. Age-appropriate toys available at end of event. Feb. 23, 11-11:30 a.m.
Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road,
Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560.
Film
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Atherton Library hosts family movie night with
animated feature, “The Incredibles.” Doors
open at 6:45 p.m. Refreshments by Friends
of Library. Feb. 27, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Atherton
Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton.
Call 650-328-2422.
Health
Feldenkrais classes Deborah Dutton leads
weekly classes that seek to reduce tension
and aches and pains while improving body
mechanics and posture. Movements are done
lying on the floor. Participants should bring a
mat or towel. See website for schedules for
each location and info on how to register. Feb.
13-April 29. Series prices vary; $20 drop in.
Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave.,
and the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center,
700 Alma St., Menlo Park. Call 650-679-8113.
www.umovebetter.com
Food & Drink
21st Amendment Brewery Brewmaster
Dinner Left Bank Brasserie Menlo Park will
offer a unique four-course prix fixe menu; each
course will be paired with a beer from the 21st
Amendment Brewery. Guest will receive a can
of the brewery’s POHW (Pale, Oats, Honey,
Wheat), and a company Brewmaster will
attend. Feb. 21, 6-9 p.m. $55. Left Bank Brasserie Menlo Park, 635 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo
Park. Call 650-473-6543. www.leftbank.com
3RUWROD9DOOH\)DUPHUV·0DUNHW Thursdays,
Nov. 6-March 12, 2-5 p.m. (winter hours). Free.
Portola Valley Farmers’ Market, 765 Portola
Road, Portola Valley. www.portolavalleyfarmersmarket.com
Live Music
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celebrate the release of her debut album
“Midnight Muse,” Redwood City native and
singer-songwriter Julia Fairlight will perform at
Club Fox, right next door to Fox Theatre. Feb.
19, 8-11 p.m. $12 in advance; $15 at the door.
Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St., Redwood City.
Call 877-435-9849. facebook.com/juliafairlight
6LQJHUVRQJZULWHU3DWULFN$PHV performs
weekly sets of original music. Tuesdays, Jan.
27-March 31, 7-9:15 p.m. Free. Freewheel
Brewery Company, 3736 Florence St., Redwood City. Call 650-814-0425. www.patrickames.com
On Stage
¶$EGXFWLRQIURPWKH6HUDJOLR· West Bay
Opera production of “Abduction from the
Seraglio,” Mozart’s comedy about a Spanish
nobleman’s journey to Turkey to rescue his
lover from a harem. The opera will be fully
staged, with period costumes and sets, a chorus and orchestra. Jan. 13, 15 and 21, 8 p.m.;
Feb. 22, 2 p.m. $40-$75. Lucie Stern Theater,
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call 650424-9999. www.wbopera.org
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Production directed by Amy Freed of Tom
Stoppard’s absurd play about two minor
characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Feb.
19-21, 8 p.m.; Feb. 22, 2 p.m. $15 general; $10
faculty/staff, senior (age 55 plus); $5 student
with ID. Memorial Auditorium, Pigott Theater,
551 Serra Mall, Stanford. taps.stanford.edu/
AY15/rgaredead.html
¶6KRZ3HRSOH· Dragon Productions stages
“Show People,” a play written by Paul Weitz in
which a tech entrepreneur hires two washedup Broadway stars to play his parents in order
to impress his violinist girlfriend. The show
includes adult language. Feb. 27-March 22,
Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.
$35 general; $27 senior, student. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. www.
dragonproductions.net
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For its winter show, the Stanford Shakespeare
Company will put on a production of “Lear,” a
modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s late tragedy “King Lear.” Feb. 18, 19 and 21, 8 p.m.;
Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Free. Elliott Program Center,
589 Governor’s Ave., Stanford. shakespeare.
stanford.edu
Outdoors
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with MSORD This event organized by the
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
will celebrate the history of African Americans
in conservation, with programming including a
guided nature walk, children’s nature and craft
activities, bird discovery with the Santa Clara
Valley Audubon Society, food and beverages,
and appearances by public officials and the
California Buffalo Soldiers Association. Heavy
rain will cancel the event. Feb. 21, 11 a.m.-2
p.m. Free. Ravenswood Open Space Preserve, east end of Bay Road, next to Cooley
Landing, Palo Alto. www.openspace.org/
events/default.asp#.VN4o6y7wCII
Religion/Spirituality
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Stanford and local choral ensembles will sing a
weekly 30-minute service of hymns, anthems
and chants in the candlelit Memorial Church.
Sundays, Jan. 25-March 8, 9-9:30 p.m. Free.
Stanford Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall,
Stanford. Call 650-723-1762. events.stanford.
edu/events/450/45035/
/LIHWUHH&DIH¶:K\*RG"· Lifetree Cafe
Menlo Park will host two hour-long conversations exploring how people respond to tragedy
and the questions they have for God. Compli-
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mentary refreshments will be provided. Feb.
18, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Feb. 19, 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Free. Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud
Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-854-5897. www.
facebook.com/LifetreeCafeMP
Stanford University public worship Stanford’s Memorial Church, an important center
of spiritual and ceremonial life throughout
the university’s history, offers weekly services that are open to the public. Sundays,
year-round, 10-11 a.m. Free. Stanford
Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford.
Call 650-723-1762. events.stanford.edu/
events/485/48543/
Lectures & Talks
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DQG)ORRGSODLQ0DQDJHPHQW· Sandra
Zellmer, author and legal scholar, will review
the environmental and legal history of the
Mississippi River Basin, as discussed in a
new book she co-authored with Christine
Klein called “Mississippi River Tragedies: A
Century of Unnatural Disaster.” Lunch will be
provided. RSVP is requested. Feb. 27, noon1 p.m. Free. Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki
Environment & Energy Building, Room 300,
473 Via Ortega, Stanford. west.stanford.edu/
events/century-unnatural-disaster-river-andfloodplain-management
¶0DJQD&DUWDDW· As part of the Medieval Matters lecture series, medieval historian David Carpenter from Kings College London and American historian Jack N. Rakove
from Stanford University will talk about the
history and legacy of the Magna Carta. Feb.
25, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Knight Management
Center, Cemex Auditorium, 655 Knight Way,
Stanford. continuingstudies.stanford.edu/
publicprograms
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Hamilton — a screenwriter for TV and film
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who worked on “thirtysomething,” “Grey’s
Anatomy” and “Party of Five” — will share
and sign her comical and uplifting debut
novel “Expecting.” March 3, 7:30 p.m. Free.
Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo
Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.keplers.com/
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2WKHU7RZQ· Elizabeth Collison will share
her debut novel “Some Other Town,” which
reveals the inner world of Margaret Lydia
Benning as she falls in love and then begins
to unravel. Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Free. Kepler’s
Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
Call 650-324-4321. www.keplers.com/event/
elizabeth-collison-launch
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and well-known psychotherapy author,
will discuss his latest work “Creatures of a
Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy.”
March 4, 7:30 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books,
(2015)
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call
650-324-4321. www.keplers.com/event/
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RI$ZNZDUG%ODFN*LUO· Issa Rae, a selfdeprecating cyber-pioneer and Stanford
alumna, will share her book “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” a collection of
essays about being an introvert in a culture
that reveres coolness. Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.
$10 student; $20 general. Kepler’s Books,
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650324-4321. www.brownpapertickets.com/
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detective mystery “Dreaming Spies,” which
finds Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
surrounded by the beauty and danger of
a politically unstable Japan. Feb. 25, 7:30
p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino
Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.
keplers.com/event/laurie-r-king-1
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ZLWK5LFKDUG0RUDQ Pam Gullard, author
of the recently released “Through the Gates:
Eighty-Five Years of Menlo College and its
Times,” will discuss the school’s past, present and future with Menlo College President
Richard Moran. The event will begin with a
reception with refreshments, followed by
the presentation at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 7-9
p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino
Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-543-3901. www.
menlo.edu
$XWKRU7*HURQLPR-RKQVRQRQ¶:HOFRPHWR%UDJJVYLOOH Emerging writer T.
Geronimo Johnson will speak in conversation
with professor and poet Tess Taylor about
Johnson’s new novel “Welcome to Braggsville,” which follows four UC Berkeley students who stage a performative intervention
during a Civil War reenactment. Feb. 20, 7:30
p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino
Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.
keplers.com/T-Geronimo-Johnson
N E W S
Q P O LI C E C A LL S
This information is based on reports from
the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
and the Menlo Park and Atherton police
departments. Under the law, people
charged with offenses are considered
innocent unless convicted. Police
received the reports on the dates shown.
WEST MENLO PARK
False crime report: A man reported to
the California Highway Patrol that his vehicle had been stolen, the same vehicle that
was discovered in Palo Alto “a short time
later” and that had been connected with a
hit-and-run collision. Officers say the man
had injuries consistent with having been in
a vehicle accident, but he “was persistent
that his vehicle was stolen despite being
told it is a crime to file a false police report.”
Feb. 8.
ATHERTON
Residential burglary: Thieves pried open
a storage container at a home-construction
site on Polhemus Avenue and stole tools,
including an Echo CS370 chainsaw, a
Makita 1303 demolition hammer, a Wacker
BS700 compactor/tamper, and a Hitachi
nail gun. Estimated loss: $7,000. Feb. 5.
Grand theft: A black iron gate decorated
with a tulip motif was stolen from the side
of a garage on Selby Lane. Estimated loss:
$3,000. Jan. 30.
PORTOLA VALLEY
Traffic accident: A bicyclist approaching the intersection of Portola Road and
Westridge Drive collided with a gray Acura
after concluding that the driver of the Acura
had seen him. In the collision, the cyclist
rolled on to the hood, hitting the windshield, then fell to the ground, got up and
walked to the side of the road to wait for
firefighters and medics to arrive. Jan. 31.
WOODSIDE
Residential burglaries:
Q A thief entered a home on Mountain
cutting the pickup off. A chase ensued,
leaving the freeway at Woodside Road and
continuing on to Eleanor Drive in Woodside, where the pickup driver blocked the
man in a driveway. The pickup driver then
rammed the man’s vehicle on the driver’s
side while the man was in the driver’s seat.
The man escaped the scene and called the
Sheriff’s Office. Feb. 5.
Traffic accidents:
Q A man driving on the Campus Circle
road at Canada College at about 4:30
p.m. took his eyes off the road to attend to
papers blowing around on the front seat
and struck three guardrail fence posts,
damaging his vehicle but not without injury
to himself. Jan. 29.
from her home over time. Police are investigating. Feb. 3.
Q Someone broke into a locked garage on
monitors from a building in the 2800 block
of Sand Hill Road. Video surveillance cameras captured images of someone unidentified inside the building. Estimated loss:
$3,000. Feb. 2.
Auto burglaries:
Q A thief took a backpack containing a
Walnut Street and then into the locked residence through a kitchen window and stole
jewelry. Feb. 5.
Q A thief broke into a vehicle parked on
Middle Road and stole a purse containing
a wallet, driver’s license, credit cards, $100
in cash, a smart phone, ear buds and sunglasses. Estimated loss: $4,840. Feb. 4.
Q It’s not clear how someone entered a
car parked on Lassen Drive, but the car’s
in-dash stereo system was stolen. Estimated loss: $50. Feb. 2.
Thefts:
Home Road by breaking a window frame,
then stole cash from the area around the
kitchen sink and a desktop computer from
upstairs. Estimated loss: $2,180. Feb. 6.
Q A driver rear-ended another driver at a
Q Someone stole three Apple computer
Q The driver of a vehicle traveling on
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Q An unlocked front door led to a burglar
Woodside Road east of Interstate 280
crossed a solid white line and struck a
bicyclist, injuring the cyclist. Medics took
the cyclist to Stanford Hospital. Feb. 3.
entering a home on Roberta Road, ransacking the home and stealing some tools
from a toolbox, about $60 in cash and
a checkbook to a Wells Fargo account,
which was subsequently closed. Feb. 10.
Assault with deadly weapon: A man
traveling on Interstate 280 “accidentally
drifted” in front of a white pickup truck,
stop sign on Canada Road at about 8:40
p.m. Jan. 27.
MENLO PARK
Q A resident of Mills Court told police that
she’s had several pieces of jewelry stolen
Q Someone residing or working in the
1300 block of Willow Road reported the
theft of a smart phone from her desk. Estimated loss: $200. Feb. 4.
Q A resident of the 900 block of Woodland
Avenue told police that someone has been
stealing the Sunday newspaper from the
front porch. Feb. 2.
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Q Keeley and Brian Vraciu, a son, Jan. 5,
Sequoia Hospital.
Woodside
Residential burglaries:
laptop computer from a Starbucks coffee
shop. Estimated loss: $1,700. Feb. 2.
Q Victoria and Stephen Humphrey, a
daughter, Jan. 19, Sequoia Hospital.
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AlmanacNews
Woodside OKs
manager for
library remodel
The Woodside Town Council
approved a proposal authorizing Town Hall to pay no more
than $212,000 to Nova Partners
of Palo Alto for construction
management services for a $2.3
million remodeling project at
the public library.
With work set to begin in
June 2015, the town should be
bidding the project in March,
Town Engineer Paul Nagengast
told the council. Before the town
solicits bids, a construction
management firm is needed to
review plans to determine what
can and cannot be done for the
time and money allotted, Mr.
Nagengast told the Almanac.
WoodsideTown.org will be
providing updates on the project.
‘Youth of Year’
candidates
Alyssa Taylor and Stacie Foreman, seniors at Mid-Peninsula
High School in Menlo Park, are
among candidates for the 2015
Boys & Girls Club, McNeil Family Clubhouse Youth of the Year
award to be selected Thursday,
Feb. 26, according to a press
release from Mid-Peninsula
High School.
The Boys & Girls Club annually hosts the evening in which
candidates share their stories of
resilience and accomplishment.
The Boys & Girls Club works to
serve 1,700 students in East Palo
Alto, Redwood City, and eastern
Menlo Park.
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