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By Kate BradshawAlmanac Staff Writer

The end is in sight. Maybe. Menlo Park’s City Coun-cil spent Nov. 15, at its

first of two scheduled meetings, ironing out wrinkles in the city’s general plan update, listening to comments, asking questions and giving feedback.

There are still some wrinkles, though, and it remains to be seen whether the council on Nov. 29 will be able to wrap up what has been a two-plus year process to decide what should be allowed to be built in the city.

The proposed changes are the culmination of at least 65 meet-ings beginning over two years ago, said Placeworks consultant Char-lie Knox, who has led the project

with city planner Deanna Chow. “We’ve had a lot of people who

have stuck with us through meet-ing after meeting,” Mr. Knox said.

Menlo Park’s general plan has not been updated since 1994. The updates factor in potential regional changes and city growth through 2040.

As proposed, the changes would allow to be built in the city’s M-2 area (roughly bounded by San Francisco Bay, University Avenue, U.S. 101 and Marsh Road): 2.3 million square feet of nonresiden-tial development, 4,500 housing units and 400 hotel rooms.

The plan sets specific standards for how things get built. One aspect of that is the proposed sustainability component, which would require new water recycling infrastructure and that buildings

in the flood plain area be built 24 inches above the ground.

An environmental impact report, detailing how the envi-ronment could be affected by such development, found that the big-

gest adverse impacts would occur if nothing get built beyond what’s already allowed, Mr. Knox said. That’s because of the significant regional growth in development and traffic.

If more housing isn’t built closer to where the jobs are, traffic is going to get worse, Mr. Knox said.

And the zoning would require that developers provide “community amenities” in Belle Haven if they want to build in excess of certain limits.

The wish list of amenities includes: a grocery store with a pharmacy, a better network of sidewalks and bike lanes, land-scaping and tree planting, job training and educational pro-grams for local residents, and underground power lines.

The biggest request, though, is for something to be done about congestion along the Dumbarton corridor. Though a study is under-way now to examine short- and long-term options, any changes will be more expensive than the city of Menlo Park can handle alone, even with developer fees.

The City Council, later in its

Nov. 15 meeting, decided to set up a subcommittee of council members Kirsten Keith and Ray Mueller to look at ways to gener-ate political support and funding. One idea is to work with other cities and stakeholders to hire a lobbyist to attract state and federal funding.

Speakers who addressed the council at the meeting frequent-ly raised concerns about future development exacerbating the city’s existing transportation and housing problems, and the devel-opment’s potential environment impact on wildlife.

One request, by Keith Ogden of Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, was that office development only be allowed in

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Mayor warns of ‘company town’ dangersBy Kate BradshawAlmanac Staff Writer

Following a Menlo Park tradition in which each mayor delivers a “State of

the City” address at the close of his or her one-year mayoral term, Mayor Rich Cline gave his own “honest, off the chest” take on where things stand in Menlo Park to a crowd gathered at Facebook’s recently renovated Building 23.

He praised the hard work of staff and locals, spoke about the significant, and not all positive, changes the city has undergone in the last decade, cautioned against the conversion of Menlo Park into a “company town” and brought in a panel of experts on housing, education and trans-portation to talk about what can be done next.

History weighed on Mr. Cline’s narrative of Menlo Park’s current state of affairs. In the past decade, Menlo Park has approved the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, spent six years iron-ing out the El Camino Real/downtown specific plan, seen the Menlo Gateway project win over voters, observed growth and renovations at the Tarlton Properties life sciences business park, braced for major develop-ments by Stanford and Green-heart, and, of course, become Facebook’s hometown.

Facebook’s rapid growth in Menlo Park (the council recently

approved Facebook’s plans to build two more large office buildings and a hotel) points to Menlo Park becoming a “com-pany town,” he said. The phrase, he said, dredges up compari-sons to companies like General Motors, Standard Oil, the Her-shey Company, and the Pullman Company. For the home cities of those companies, success rises and falls with the success of the company, he said.

Sandwich those changes between major development happening in Redwood City, Stanford and Palo Alto, and major job growth regionwide, and, Mr. Cline said, “that’s a hell of a lot to swallow for a small town.”

Those changes, Mr. Cline said, have led to a reversal in domi-nant attitudes toward housing development. Higher density housing — let alone affordable housing — met with widespread obstinacy seven or eight years ago, he said. “Now we can’t build it fast enough.”

“I do think the state of the city is very strong,” he said, adding that the city is doing as well financially as he has seen it dur-ing his 10 years on the council.

The city, he said, is only as strong as its fight to keep diverse communities and equal access to services and education. “Oth-erwise we’ll become another town that ran itself over with progress.”

This is his third “State of the

City” address. He previously served as mayor in 2010 and 2011.

City staff presented a video that asked people who live or work in Menlo Park what they think the city’s biggest problems are. The responses were gener-ally housing affordability, traffic and educational equity.

Go to tinyurl.com/state675 to watch the video.

Three local experts were called in to talk about those problems on a panel with Mr. Cline:

Evelyn Stivers, executive direc-tor of the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County, Ted Lempert, a trustee of the county’s education board, and Mark Simon, a consultant from W-Trans, a transportation con-sulting firm.

On the housing front, Ms. Stivers said that San Mateo County has been adding jobs and housing at a ratio of 26 to 1 over the last three years. “Of course we’re going to be freaking about housing. We’ve created a mess,” she said.

On the education front, Mr. Lempert said the community should get more involved in local schools, including their funding.

On the transportation front, Mr. Simon said that the city will need to work more regionally and innovatively. He suggested applying the tech slogan, “move fast and break things” to the city’s problem with a lack of bus shelters in the Belle Haven area. For now, he asked, why not put out some pop-up canopies? A

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Mayor Rich Cline said the city is only as strong as its fight to keep diverse communities and equal access to services and education. “Otherwise we’ll become another town that ran itself over with progress.”

Menlo Park council dissects proposed changes in general plan

Consultant: The biggest adverse impacts occur if nothing get built beyond what’s already allowed.

See GENERAL PLAN, page 6

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phases, after a certain amount of housing is built. Mr. Knox cau-tioned against that, because doing so could deter developers or leave them waiting to build for a long time.

Another request, by Council-man Ray Mueller, was that the

general plan more clearly identify what big capital improvements will be needed to improve infra-structure in the M-2 area, and how those might be funded. Council-woman Catherine Carlton was absent from the meeting.

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By Dave BoyceAlmanac Staff Writer

Plans to open a new high school in Menlo Park in the fall of 2018 have

advanced a big step.The board of the Sequoia

Union High School District recently gave its unanimous approval to a final environ-mental impact report on the 400-student magnet school that will focus on technology, engi-neering and design.

The school will be built at 150 Jefferson Drive in the light-industrial zone of Menlo Park east of U.S. 101.

The environmental report acknowledges significant and unavoidable traffic impacts at 11 nearby intersections, but lists five mitigation measures, including a commitment by the district to implement a travel-demand-management plan, a

study of public transit to the school, and participation in Menlo Park’s transportation-impact-fee program.

Go to tinyurl.com/MgfPv to download the report.

Board members contended that impacts are inevitable, given pro-jections for the area as it develops, including 5,000 new residential units, 14,000 new residents and about 1,100 new students.

“This is clearly an immediate, urgent and ongoing need that the district is fulfilling,” board President Alan Sarver said at the Oct. 19 meeting. “We know that there is an increasing high-density, mixed-use coming, overwhelming this region, and this is just a leading edge requirement for small schools to be embedded in new, mixed-use environments.” A

Rudy W. Driscoll Jr., a former Woodside Elementary School District board member and school parent who died in June 2015 at the age of 47, will be honored at a school event on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Woodside Superintendent Beth Polito said an anonymous donation made in Mr. Driscoll’s honor funded the refurbishing of the school’s outdoor amphi-theater and the replacing of its artificial turf playing field. A plaque on a bench in the red-wood grove above the amphi-theater will honor Mr. Driscoll, she said. The event will start at 3:30 p.m. in the amphitheater, located at the rear of the school’s playing field at 3195 Woodside Road. Mr. Driscoll was a former Menlo Park police officer, a businessman and a philan-thropist with three children in Woodside Elementary and another in college. In addition to his three-and-a-half years on the Woodside

school board, he served on the Woodside Fire Foundation Board. Through the Driscoll Foundation, he donated to his community, with an emphasis on education, including Wood-side School. He also coached his sons’ soccer teams. Mr. Driscoll attended Tabor Academy high school and stud-ied biology at Menlo College, graduating in 1990.

New school clears environmental hurdle

Woodside Elementary honors Rudy Driscoll

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Rudy Driscoll, who died in June 2015 at the age of 47, will be honored at Woodside Elementary School on Dec. 6.

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By Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

After complaints from Atherton residents and officials that the timing of

a new stoplight on El Camino Real at Almendral Avenue in Atherton was stranding pedestrians in the middle of traffic, the California Department of Transportation has adjusted the light to give pedestrians nearly three times as long to cross.

The “walk” signal pedestrians see has been extended to 22 sec-onds from 8 seconds, with the solid red light for drivers extended by the same amount of time.

The pedestrian-activated stop-light, which Caltrans calls a “pedestrian hybrid beacon,” remains dark until activated with a push but-ton. It is the first of three such lights Caltrans plans to install on El Camino in Atherton with 11 others planned on El Camino in other parts of San Mateo County.

Caltrans controls El Camino Real because it is a state highway.

Atherton officials were informed on Nov. 14 in an email from Caltrans engineer Min Yin

Lee that the light’s timing was changed Nov. 10. The email says simply: “After much discussion and consideration, the pedestrian hybrid beacon timing for the walk was modified.”

Atherton City Engineer Marty Hanneman tested the new tim-ing. “It works much better for the pedestrians,” he said. “The 22 seconds of steady all-red time is sufficient for a pedestrian to cross before it starts to flash red.” Mr. Hanneman said he hopes Cal-trans will time all the new signals the same way.

Atherton resident Dimitris Dimitrelis said that the previous

timing made it more danger-ous to cross the six-lane state highway than it had been with no light at all.That’s because when the pedestrian sig-

nal changes from “Walk” to a numbered count-down, the stoplights facing drivers change from solid red to flashing red. The problem, he said, is that on the six-lane road, a car in one of the center lanes can hide a pedestrian from cars in other lanes. “One car goes and all the others go,” he said, leaving the pedestrian mid-intersection with cars whizzing past.

To finish crossing, he said, pedestrians had to wait for traf-fic to clear and then “run for your life.” His family stopped

crossing at the light, he said. Atherton requested the Almen-

dral light after 32-year-old Ather-ton resident Shahriar Rahimza-deh was killed crossing there in July 2014. The $360,000 cost of the light was split by Atherton and the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, but Caltrans will pay for the other 13 pedestrian-activated stoplights.

Caltrans agreed to put in the stoplights after a court ordered the state agency to pay $8 million to the family of 17-year-old Emily Liou, who was left in a coma after

she was hit in an El Camino cross-walk in Millbrae.

In July, Caltrans was found 90 percent liable for the death of 62-year-old Chris Chandler in an El Camino crosswalk in Atherton and ordered to pay another $8.5 million in that lawsuit.

On Oct. 25, Atherton’s engi-neer, Mr. Hanneman, met with Caltrans’ Mr. Lee on to discuss the short crossing time. After the meeting, Mr. Lee sent a two-paragraph email concluding: “We understand your concerns with drivers failing to yield or pedestri-

ans entering the intersection after the signal has changed to (the flashing red). As these behaviors are undesirable, the approach should be enforcement to dis-courage these behaviors.”

Caltrans spokeswoman Gidget Navarro said this week that a 29-second pedestrian countdown, with a flashing red light for driv-ers, will follow the 22-second, solid red/walk cycle.

The timing of the other pedes-trian-activated stoplights “will be monitored and will be assessed on a case by case basis,” she said. A

The business commu-nity in Menlo Park will come together for a fashion show and fair benefiting the Lambadina Foundation on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Stephen Miller Gallery on Santa Cruz Avenue. The fair opens at 4 p.m. The fashion show starts at 6 p.m.

The foundation was formed by Showa Sahle, owner of La Migliore Aveda Salon on Santa Cruz Avenue in response to human traf-ficking in Eritrea, Africa, her country of origin.

She is also working to raise $50,000 to build a shelter for displaced Eritrean women.

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Atherton Mayor Elizabeth Lewis presses the button to activate the stoplights on El Camino Real at Almendral Avenue, while Sean Nozzari, Caltrans’ deputy district director, points at the lights and Councilman Cary Wiest looks on as the light was dedicated Aug. 17.

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Numbers can tell a tale. Take for example the recent fact that 65 per-

cent of Woodside voters par-ticipating in the Nov. 8 election voted in support of statewide Proposition 64, which made it legal to grow, use and sell marijuana for r e c r e at i o n a l and commer-cial use. That com-pares with 63 percent across San Mateo County and 56 percent across the state, according to unof-ficial results. These differences could weigh on the Town Council when it considers local regula-tions for the cultivation of the plant. The Woodside council, unlike its counterparts in nearby communities, passed a 45-day temporary ordinance on Oct. 25 that bans a) the cultivation of marijuana out-

doors for personal use and b) all cultivation of marijuana for commercial sale and distribu-tion. The vote was unanimous. On Nov. 15, the council extended this temporary ban by approving a resolution to reset the ordinance’s expira-tion to Sept. 30, 2017. The extension gives the council time to see how state agencies

and other cit-ies and towns respond to the measure’s pas-sage, council members said. The extension a lso a l lows the council to hold a study

session to allow the public to say what it might want. Communities had a window of time before the election to approve a place-holding ordi-nance that, should Prop. 64 pass, gave local governments the right to adopt regulations that may exceed those set forth in the proposition. It’s important to note that the council did not and can-

not ban cultivation indoors of up to six marijuana plants for personal use. (A greenhouse is considered indoors, according to a summary of the new law published by the League of California Cities. Woodside Town Attorney Jean Savaree said she did not disagree with the League’s conclusion.)

Mixed views There are at least 19 proper-ties in Woodside considered as farms, according to an agri-cultural production directory published by Dun & Bradstreet Inc. Some are vineyards, oth-ers involve horses, but perhaps marijuana cultivation could find a place alongside them. A resident who did not iden-tify herself said on Oct. 25 that she worried about a nearby vacant lot being planted with marijuana, followed by “a little stand” going up, with people “coming and going at all hours.” “I think that can (cause) some irreparable harm to our

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School board ponders budget, parcel tax detailsBy Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

Members of the govern-ing board of the Menlo Park City School Dis-

trict continue to struggle with how to balance the district’s bud-get, which is currently projected to be $5.3 million in the red by the 2020-21 school year. Board members spent four hours trying to figure out the details of a parcel tax on Thurs-day night, Nov. 17, following a Nov. 9 meeting during which they spent about the same amount of time on the topic. They are sched-uled to vote on a parcel tax on We d n e s d a y, Nov. 30, but they have also reserved a board meeting date for Dec. 5 in case they need it. After the Nov. 17 meeting, it looked like the Dec. 5 date will probably be needed. Board members failed to reach a con-sensus on how much of a tax they will ask for. They also need to decide on an expiration date for the tax, and the wording of a ballot measure. Even the date of an election was in question.

The board members are jug-gling several variables, includ-ing how much they are willing to cut from the district’s cur-rent budget, and how far out into the future they want to see balanced budgets projected. Several of the proposed sce-narios project a need to return to the voters for more money in just a few years, when the district falls below the 15 per-cent reserves required by board policy. While district officials have given board members a list

of more than $4 million in cuts that could be made in both current and project-ed spending, several board members said they favored

an option that would add only $523,000 in future cuts to the $900,000 that was cut before this fiscal year’s budget was adopted. The $523,000 in cuts would all be made in the 2017-18 budget year. That option, chief business official Ahmad Sheikholeslami said, helps to keep the “best student experience” by leaving most district programs intact.

The proposed $523,000 in cuts include the elimination of five jobs: the director of curriculum and instruction, an administra-tive assistant, a custodian, an accountant (all existing posi-tions) and a part-time clerical job that is currently open. Three people would be laid off and one would move into a position that will come open with a retirement, Assistant Superintendent Erik Burmeister said after the meeting. The district would continue to offer the once-a-year mini-courses at Hillview Middle School only to eighth graders (a change that was put into place this year that saves $53,000 a year), and would cut its bud-get for professional develop-ment, online subscriptions, and money given to each school for things such as materials, professional development and some instructional aides. If a parcel tax measure has not been approved by the time the district must submit its 2016-17 budget next June, it will be required to make further budget cuts to make up for the $1.6 million a year in current revenue that will be lost when the existing $207 a year parcel tax expires June 30. “We have to have a plan in the

wings, ready to go if the voters turn down” whatever measure is put on the ballot, Mr. Sheik-holeslami said. If the vote on a parcel tax is delayed until Dec. 5, new board members David Ackerman and Caroline Lucas will be sworn in that day and will be able to vote on the measure. The district invited the two new board members to sit at the table with the rest of the board at the Nov. 17 meet-ing, and Mr. Ackerman did so. Ms. Lucas, however, sat in the audience and said she preferred not to join the rest of the board at meetings until she had participated in board

member training on Nov. 19. The board members are under deadline pressure because Dec. 9 is the last day to get on the March 7, 2017, ballot. That is the only elec-tion date available to them that keeps them from possibly having to give layoff notices to district staff on March 15. Both the Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Monday, Dec. 5, meetings are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. in the Hillview PAC. If the Dec. 5 meeting is not held, the new board members will be sworn in at the board’s regular December meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the Hill-view PAC. A

Staffing - Admin and Operations Reduction/Increase

Educational Services Reductions -$230,000

Business Office Reductions -$80,000Other Staffing or Program

Custodial Reduction 1 FTE -$60,000

Non StaffingReduce Middle School Mini Courses -$53,000

Reduction of Site Budgets -$50,000

Reduction in Professional Development -$25,000

Reduction in District Instructional Online Subscriptions

-$25,000

Sub-total of Additional Reductions -$523,000

Reductions made in 2016/17 -$900,000

TOTAL REDUCTIONS -$1,423,000Menlo Park City School District

Most school board members say they favor asking voters to approve a parcel tax that’s high enough so they can limit budget cuts to those like these, which would mean most district programs would remain intact.

Woodside extends temporary ban on commercial cultivation of marijuana

Sixty-five percent of Woodside voters

in the Nov. 8 election supported

Proposition 64.

If the board’s parcel tax vote is delayed until Dec. 5, newly elected board members could

vote on it.

See MARIJUANA, page 9

It looks certain: Ackerman, Lucas elected to board


David Ackerman and Caroline Lucas still lead the race for

two seats on the govern-ing board of the Men-lo Park City School Dis-trict with the latest vote count released by the San Mateo County Elections office on Friday, Nov. 18. Although some votes are still uncounted, it appears unlikely the outcome of the race will change. Mr. Ackerman has 5,431 votes (26.7 percent), fol-lowed by Ms. Lucas with 4,655 (22.9 percent). Out of the running are Alka Gupta with 4,352 (21.4 percent) and Scott Saywell, with 4,292 (21.1 percent). Scott Hinshaw, whose name was on the

ballot but who had dropped out of the race, received 1,600 votes (7.9 percent) as of Nov. 18. The county has added 4,248 ballots to its total since its initial report the morning after Election Day. A total of 14,090 bal-lots had been counted by Friday. The district has 17,424 registered voters. The final update from the Elections Office will come at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. The two new board mem-bers will be sworn in either at a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 5 (if one is needed to take final action on putting a parcel tax measure on the ballot) or at the board’s regular December meeting, now scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 13. A



The Menlo-Atherton Little League has per-mission to host an all-

star tournament in Atherton’s Holbrook-Palmer Park over two weeks in July 2017, but was warned by City Council mem-bers that the league needs to be careful not to rile up the park’s neighbors if it wants to hold the event in the future. The council voted unani-mously at its Nov. 16 meeting to approve the event, which will involve 16 all-star teams from San Mateo County and Palo Alto competing from July 1 to 15, just after the regular Little League season ends. The league also received permission to do some things during the tournament that it usually isn’t allowed to do at the park’s ballfield, known as Homer Field at Willie Mays Ballpark. These include hold-ing games on at least one Sun-day, cooking food and selling refreshments, and using a pub-lic address system to introduce players and play the national anthem. Mike Haven, president of the Menlo-Atherton Little League, said there will be six games each day on the first weekend of the tournament. Games will be held between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., he said. “We want you to be able to do this again, so good behav-ior is really important,” Mayor Elizabeth Lewis said. “We couldn’t agree more,” Mr. Haven said. Councilman Bill Widmer said his only worry was about

trash that might be generated and left out after the park’s crew had left for the day. “You don’t want to leave it there for rodents and things like that,” he said. Mayor Lewis added: “I am in such support of the Little League. I think you guys will do a good job.” The Little League will pay $30 an hour to use the field during the tournament, which Community Services Director Mike Kashiwagi estimates will add up to between $1,500 and $2,000. Menlo Park’s Burgess Park will also host games during the tournament, including on the second Sunday.

Car-charging station In other business at the Nov. 16 meeting, the council agreed to put an electric car-charging station in Holbrook-Palmer Park. The town had received a grant of $6,000 for each of two charging stations, but council members recommended start-ing with just one to try it out. There will be a fee for using the station, which will accom-modate two vehicles at a time and be located near the Main House in the park. Total cost of the charging station will be about $15,000.

Civic center The council decided to give up plans to move the aging 36-inch steel water pipeline that runs close to the footprint of the planned new civic center buildings. The town had thought the San Francisco Public Utilities

Commission, which owns the water pipeline, did not have an easement allowing it to use Atherton’s property. After several years of research, how-ever, the commission found an easement for at least half of the length of the pipe running through the site. It would cost the town as much as $500,000 to move the length of pipe in the commis-sion’s easement, and with the town scrambling to find fund-ing to pay for the civic center,

council members said they did not want to take on such an expensive project if they did not have to. Instead, the town will nego-tiate with the public utilities commission to make sure the pipe is safe and look for ways to safeguard the town’s new buildings if it does spring a leak.

Green building code The council adopted changes in town’s regulations that are

needed to comply with the state’s new green building code, which goes into effect Jan. 1. While the council unani-mously adopted changes that mirror the revisions in the state code, council members asked the town’s Environmen-tal Programs Committee to look at changes being consid-ered by Portola Valley that go further than the state’s new rules, and to return to the council with a report. A

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After a heroic 17 year battle with breast cancer, Lisa passed away peacefully at her home in Woodside. Her final moments were spent in the loving presence of David, her husband of 23 years, and her children, Michael, 22 and Anna, 19.

Lisa’s fight against breast cancer began in 1999 when she was diagnosed with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Her prognosis was grim, but Lisa would have none of it. She was absolutely determined that she was not going anywhere: she intended to raise her children. It was through her sheer force of will and the compassionate, capable care of Dr. Sandra Canales and the dedicated staff at the Kaiser Redwood City Oncology Department that Lisa reached her goal with style, dignity and grace. Few, other than family and close friends knew the battle that she was waging. Once Lisa was satisfied that her earthly work was complete, she was willing to stand down and stop fighting her increasingly difficult battle. She passed away shortly thereafter. Our family is eternally grateful to all of Lisa’s caregivers throughout her journey. God bless all of you.

Lisa was born in San Francisco and spent her childhood in San Bruno. She lived and raised her family in Menlo Park, Atherton and Woodside. She is preceded in death by her father Dante, mother Frances and brother Julian (Douglas). She leaves behind her husband David, children Michael and Anna, brothers David and Alan Casentini and her sisters, Donna Ames-Heldfond, Sandy and Patty Casentini. She also leaves 14 nieces and nephews who loved her dearly.

Lisa led a full and busy life. After graduating from San Diego State University Lisa eventually became a Vice President and Human Resources Director for a geothermal resources company in San Mateo. Lisa continued her career as a human resources consultant for several years after leaving the geothermal energy industry. She later discontinued her consulting career to focus on her health and raising her two young children. She also assisted her husband David with their commercial construction and real estate development business. Her sage advice and encouragement was crucial to the success of their company.

Lisa was a fierce defender of women’s issues, and a proud mentor and role model to many young women. She encouraged young women to

stay in school, seek out meaningful careers and insisted that they receive acknowledgement and pay equal to their male counterparts.

Lisa also loved her volunteer work. She was a tireless volunteer at the Saint Francis Center in Redwood City, where she taught English to Latina mothers of young children who attended

the Saint Francis Center School. Lisa also served on the Saint Francis Center Board of Directors, but her true love was working with the women she taught. The bond she shared with these women was based on so much more than learning English, and she became a cherished mentor to many of them. Lisa was also active with the Saint Raymond Church parish in Menlo Park. After realizing there was very little organized support for seniors within the parish, she was instrumental in establishing

a lunchtime bingo program. The program continues to this day.

After her youngest child Anna left for college, Lisa decided to become an instructor for the Berlitz language school. She was dispatched to the Google campus in Mountain View to work with several brilliant young computer scientists from China. She loved the buzz of being on the Google campus and working with such talented young people. As with her Saint Francis students, she built wonderful friendships that continued through email and text messaging after she could no longer continue her assignment at Google.

Lisa will always be remembered for her beautiful smile and her wacky sense of humor. Her laugh was contagious. She liked nothing better than to hang out on the couch with her brothers and laugh hysterically at things none of us non-siblings would ever understand. Still, it warmed our hearts to watch them laughing with tears running down their cheeks.

God Bless you, Lisa. Rest in Peace. You will be missed.

In lieu of gifts or flowers, the family would prefer to honor Lisa with contributions to the Saint Francis Center, 151 Buckingham Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063.

A Mass to celebrate Lisa’s life will be held on Friday November 25th, 11 am at the Woodside Priory School Chapel, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028. A reception will immediately follow at the school’s Performing Arts Center. All who were touched by Lisa’s kindness are welcome to attend and celebrate her life.

Lisa Darlene CasentiniNovember 27th, 1956 – November 10th 2016

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Atherton OKs Little League tournament in park

community if we don’t think carefully about how it will be managed,” she said. At the Nov. 15 council meet-ing, a few people spoke, all in support of Proposition 64 but skeptical about local regula-tions. “Let’s be real,” the high cost of land in Woodside would weigh against starting a commercial operation, one person said. The point of the ordinance, Ms. Savaree said, is to allow the council to hear from the public. The council could see draft regulations sufficient to engage a study session as soon as January. Councilman Daniel Yost said that while he “happily” voted for Prop. 64, he had not formed an opinion on what local regula-

tions might say. “A large scale industrial (operation) going up may not be appropriate,” he said. Councilman Tom Livermore noted that getting feedback from the community is the normal process in developing regulations. Mayor Deborah Gordon said she’s been getting “lots and lots and lots of calls” from residents wanting to know what’s ahead for marijuana cultivation and use. “There is hyperbole all around us,” she said. A study session “would be an opportunity to discuss it sanely,” she said. For the record, other local vote counts in favor of Prop. 64 were 68 percent in Menlo Park, 65 percent in Portola Valley and 57 percent in Atherton, according to unofficial results from the San Mateo County Elections Office. A

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By Dave Boyce and Kate BradshawAlmanac Staff Writers

Vehicle traffic on Middle-field Road slowed to a crawl shortly after 1:30

p.m. on Nov. 14, a Monday, when waves of students, 1,000 or more in all, streamed out of the campus of Menlo-Atherton High School.

The occasion was a march fol-lowing the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States six days earlier. The protest had been planned, but school adminis-trators had few clues as to what was actually going to happen, Principal Simone Rick-Kennel told the Almanac.

As it turned out, the march was peaceful if also loud and boisterous. Shouting and banter-

ing back and forth, the students left the campus via Middlefield Road and proceeded along Oak Grove Avenue and other streets in a lengthy and apparently impromptu circuit that led back to M-A, at least for some. A smaller group of students marched to Palo Alto, up University Avenue and then cut back toward Willow Road, according to Menlo Park Police Department spokesperson Nicole Acker. Around 3:15 p.m., Menlo Park police issued an advisory that 200 to 300 people were walking toward U.S. 101.

Some students gathered in the vicinity of Hamilton Avenue and Chilco Street in eastern Menlo Park, Ms. Acker said. Soon after, a group of about 40 students were reported returning to the M-A campus along Ringwood

Avenue, having crossed the foot bridge over U.S. 101. Ms. Acker said that police focused on keeping the students safe and that the protest was entirely peaceful.

Why they marched A visitor sitting in front of the campus of M-A on that Monday afternoon would not have seen anything indicating an impend-ing momentous event, but they would have heard something. Cheers of an enthusiastic crowd arose from the direc-tion of Ringwood Avenue. The sounds grew louder and hand-lettered signs indicative of a rally appeared on the other side of the low wall that fronts the campus. Wave upon wave of stu-dents, some breaking into a run, headed north on Middlefield Road, creating a sustained and

ongoing ovation and a cessation of northbound vehicle traffic. An Almanac reporter asked 11th-grader Helen Chafee of Menlo Park why she was m a r c h i n g . “Because some ver y close friends could lose their civil liberties” as a result of the election, she said. Elected leaders would “compromise the lives of those who need protection the most.” Tinka Rayner, an M-A sopho-more and resident of Menlo Park, said she did not stand for “anything (Mr. Trump) is trying to support.” Asked to elaborate, she cited racism and sexism.

“Trump is just going to destroy everything,” said another sophomore from Men-lo Park who didn’t want to give his name.

Why spend money on a wall along the border with Mexico when it would be better spent on schools and bridges, asked

his buddy marching with him. None of the students inter-viewed for this story said they knew of M-A students who support Mr. Trump, but they’re

probably lay-ing low, one student said. The Menlo Park Police D e p a r t m e nt d e p l o y e d about 12 offi-cers to cover the march, one

officer told the Almanac. The Atherton Police Department also participated, he said. “People were upset and they wanted to say something and they did in a good way that was peaceful,” said Michael Daley of Menlo Park.

“I just don’t think it was pro-ductive,” said another sopho-more who didn’t want to give his name. Students should donate to an organization that Mr. Trump “is going to de-fund,” he said. “Go volunteer at Planned Parent-hood, or something,” he said, as they got up to leave. A

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New effort to serve high-school teensStory by John Straubel, member, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula program committee.

This fall, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula converted its Redwood

City Clubhouse from a K-12 facility into a teens-only “For-est High School Center,” shift-ing 200 younger students to the club’s on-campus programs at adjacent Hoover Community School.

K-8 students have been fill-ing the club’s three clubhouses and six school-campus pro-grams, but attracting more high-school teens to its extend-ed-day learning agenda has long been on the wish list of the club.

As the largest youth devel-opment organization on the Peninsula, the club has had measurable success in closing the opportunity shortfall in lower-income communities, boosting access to advanced education and relevant careers.

In a bold plan to attract more high-school-age teens to this system, the club surveyed students at high schools, and found that 87 percent of them would be more likely to come to a clubhouse serving high school students exclusively.

Converting the Mervin G. Morris clubhouse in Red-wood City to a teens-only operation allowed club staff to concentrate on curricula that appealed to older kids.

In its first two months, the high-school strategy is clearly working.

“We refurbished and opened the clubhouse in Redwood City just in time for the fall semester and soon tripled the average attendance of teens to 100 a day,” said Peter Forten-baugh, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. “We expect that number to double as the word gets around.”

With this teen-focused strat-egy, the organization expects that 90 percent of those stu-dents will graduate from high school with a plan for ongoing education and a career,” he said.

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Studying at the Boys & Girls Clubs’ “Forest High School Center” are, from left, Zaira Ramirez, Melanie Figueroa, Lindsey Pulido and Katia Quezadas.


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pm. Students come by bus from Woodside and Sequoia high schools and on foot from nearby Summit and Everest high schools.

From arrival to 5 p.m., the teens are in “academic success” programs, doing homework in all subjects and receiving tutoring as needed to improve the result.

In the second segment of the center’s curriculum, students can choose from a selection of enrichment activities until closing time at 8 p.m.

That makes dinner hour from 5 to 6 a big deal. It’s a hot meal consisting of a main course like BBQ, with vegetables and fruit. “The menu is inf luenced by the preferences of students, so it’s becoming one of the attrac-tions of the center,” said Ariel Ajagu, manager of high school programs.

After-dinner enrichment electives include sports such as soccer, dance programs, video production, and graphic arts. Some students choose to stay with homework the entire time, taking advantage of the assistance provided, and the companionship of other teens.

Before a student signs up for the Forest High School Center agenda, he or she must participate in an orienta-tion program. For freshmen that includes as much parent involvement as possible.

After an assessment of a stu-dent’s interests and academic needs, a “Forest Ranger” case manager is assigned who, in

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Fourteen-year-old Lindsey Pulido, this year’s Youth of the Year winner from Hoover Community School, is now an enthusiastic member at the center and a ninth-grader at Everest. “I love the sports and the leadership club work,” Lindsey said. “My homework is much more fun when I’m doing it here with friends.”

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Boys & Girls ClubsProvides after-school academic support, enrichment, and mentoring for 1,800 low-income K-12 youth at nine locations across Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, and the North Fair Oaks neighborhood of Redwood City.

Ecumenical Hunger ProgramProvides emergency food, clothing, household essentials, and sometimes financial assistance to families in need, regardless of religious preference, including Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets for more than 2,000 households.

Health ConnectedServes over 5,000 students and their families each year through comprehensive sexual health education programs. Students learn to have on-going communication with parents and to make informed decisions which will apply to their lives, now and in the future.

LifeMovesProvides shelter/housing and supportive services across 18 sites in Silicon Valley and the Peninsula. Serves thousands of homeless families and individuals annually on their path back to permanent housing and self-sufficiency.

Project ReadProvides free literacy services to adults in the Menlo Park area. Trained volunteers work one-on-one to help adults improve reading, writing and English language skills so they can function more effectively at home, at work and in the community. Basic English classes, weekly conversation clubs and volunteer-led computer enrichment are also offered.

Ravenswood Family Health CenterProvides primary medical and preventive health care for all ages at its clinic in East Palo Alto. Of the more than 17,000 registered patients, most are low-income and uninsured and live in the ethnically diverse East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, and North Fair Oaks areas.

Sequoia Adult School ScholarsSequoia Adult School Scholars (SASS) empowers low-income adults by providing them with financial support, tutoring, and other assistance so they can continue their education, get higher paying jobs, and serve as role models and advocates for their children.

St. Anthony’s Padua Dining RoomServes hundreds of hot meals six days a week to people in need who walk through the doors. Funded by voluntary contributions and community grants, St. Anthony’s is the largest dining room for the needy between San Francisco and San Jose. It also offers take-home bags of food, as well as emergency food and clothing assistance.

St. Francis CenterHelps low-income, working families become self-supporting members of the community by providing long-term solutions through educational programs for children and parents, as well as after-school programing at Siena Youth Centers. St. Francis Center also provides housing, food and clothing services to address short-term needs.

StarVistaServes more than 32,000 people throughout San Mateo County, including children, young people, families with counseling, prevention, early intervention, education, and residential programs. StarVista also provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services including a 24-hour suicide crisis hotline, an alcohol and drug helpline, and a parent support hotline.


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Raising expectations through educationStory by Elizabeth Weal, founder and executive director, Sequoia Adult School Scholars.

Nine years ago Carmina Ortuno came to the United States from

Mexico to escape threats on her life. Today, she owns a thriving food truck and cater-ing business. Ms. Ortuno owned a restau-rant in Mexico so she knew how to be a professional chef. What she didn’t know was how to speak English. Sequoia Adult School Schol-ars (SASS) provided her with funds for books and transpor-tation so she could afford to attend Canada College, where she took the advanced ESL (English as a Second Language) classes she needed to learn enough English to start her business. She is one of close to 400 adults who have received sup-port from SASS, a small non-profit that serves adults, most of whom are working at mini-

mum wage jobs, who want to continue their education in community college so they can get jobs that pay a family-sustaining wage, and serve as role models and advocates for their children. Supported by donations from individuals and local founda-tions, SASS provides scholar-ships that cover college text-books, bus passes and parking passes, one-on-one tutoring, and laptops for outstanding students. Current SASS students range in age from 19 to 66. About 85 percent come from Latin America and about 86 percent live in Redwood City, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. While the majority of SASS students are adult immigrants taking ESL classes, SASS also serves students who left high school, then returned to adult school to work toward their high school diploma or GED.

Role model Working two jobs to support his wife and new baby, Red-

wood City resident Alejandro Avendano quit high school a few months before he was scheduled to graduate. But when his son turned 5, Aven-dano realized that if he was going to set high expectations for his son, he would need to serve as a role model and thus return to school. He also wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a police officer. After completing the credits he needed to receive his high school diploma from Sequoia Adult School in Menlo Park, he enrolled in the College of San Mateo, where he is work-ing toward a degree in criminal justice. A SASS scholarship pays for his textbooks and college parking pass. SASS also provides him with a math tutor, Atherton resident Susan Speicher. “Alejandro is a hardworking and dedicated student who inspires me with his commit-ment to succeed,” Ms. Speicher says. “At the end of our ses-sions, I feel like I’m getting far more than I’m giving.” A

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Sequoia Adult School Scholars student Carmina Ortuno in front of her food truck. She received a SASS scholarship that enabled her to attend Canada College, where she learned the English she needed to open her business.

Courtesy St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room

A volunteer prepares a tray at St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room.

Feeding our less fortunate neighborsStory by Bob Dehn, a volunteer at St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room.

Mariano is a long-time volunteer at St. Antho-ny’s Padua Dining

Room, the large soup kitchen in Menlo Park. Each day he helps serve hot food to some 350 patrons, who line up to get a warm meal, surplus groceries, and human contact. Typically, Mariano’s charge is to serve the daily main course. On the tray each hungry guest places before him, he adds a large serving of roasted chicken, meat loaf, stew, mac and cheese, or whatever is on the menu. As hungry folks press for-ward, Mariano greets each person. He extends a jovial wel-come and broad smile as each person continues down the line for a serving of salad, vegetable, bread, fresh fruit cup, juice or coffee, and dessert. St. Anthony’s operates through the work of more than 200 dedicated core volunteers.

Whether they are serving on the food line, handing out bags of surplus fresh produce and foodstuffs, assisting at the free clothing distribution center, or handing out new toys for Christmas, volunteers don’t asks questions about anyone’s status. They know that when one is vulnerable, even basic inquiry can feel immensely threatening. Mariano looks across the large Dining Room toward a group of senior gentlemen who come several times a week. The hot meal served here and the take-home bread and veg-etables help stretch their limited resources. They also come to the Dining Room to interact with friends and to socialize with other regulars. This is an important factor for many and they place the friendship and camaraderie high on the list of benefits of the Dining Room. Mariano often wonders about their life stories and what brings them to St. Anthony’s, but he may never know because he

never asked questions. “The mission of the Dining Room is to provide a hot, nutri-tious meal to anyone in need,” affirms Max Torres, the opera-tions manager at St. Anthony’s. “There are no fees, no questions, and no one is turned away.” St. Anthony’s relies on dona-tions and grants from individu-als, local businesses, and foun-dations. At present, St. Antho-ny’s is gearing up for the holiday season when the need for meals and services nearly doubles and additional programs take place, such as the annual free Christ-mas toy give-away. St. Antho-ny’s need for cash donations is particularly great at this time. A

Visit paduadiningroom.com or call (650) 365-9664 to learn more about donating to and volunteering with St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room, at 3500 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park. The Dining Room serves a hot, nutrition meal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 52 weeks a year.

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Key issue splits board in drawing maps to subdivide school district


In dividing the Sequoia Union High School District into five voting areas for

school board elections, a key question has arisen: Should a voting area echo a particular high school’s attendance area and possibly put that board member under pressure by vot-ers to represent that school on the board?

The board split 3-2 on this issue in a straw vote at its Nov. 16 meeting. A final version of a map defining the boundar-ies of the new voting areas will come to the board for a formal vote, probably in December.

The board’s split ref lects differing views on the idea that each of the voting areas include significant parts of the attendance areas of at least two of the district’s four compre-hensive high schools, Menlo-Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

A map that doesn’t do this, that creates voting areas that echo a particular school’s attendance area, could create perceptions that a member who lives in a voting area rep-resents that particular school.

This has not been a problem because board members have been elected at-large, meaning that each member is elected by voters from the entire school district. The board’s culture has been infused with the notion that each member represents every student in the district, something that all

board members embrace. With a new system of voting areas replacing the at-large system, voters from each vot-ing area would elect a board member, and the candidate would have to live within the area’s boundaries. Creating voting areas would meet the requirements of the state’s Voting Rights Act and could reduce the likelihood of a lawsuit threatened by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. The board has had few mem-bers of color, particularly from communities with significant Hispanic populations in East Palo Alto and North Fair Oaks. Of the five current board members, all are white and none lives in a Hispanic community.

Maps 1 and 3Board members Carrie

DuBois and Georgia Jack favored Map 1, which tends to align board seats with high school attendance areas. They argued that maintaining the each-member-for-all-students culture could be done explic-itly, such as by articulating it to new members in orientation sessions.

Map 1 “creates more logical boundaries,” Ms. Jack said. “It’s not confusing. It doesn’t divide communities. It keeps communities together. If I’m in Menlo Park and I want to know who my trustee is, I can ask my neighbor and they will tell me. It’s that straightforward.” Commenting on Map 1,

board member Allen Weiner noted that three of its proposed voting areas showed high cor-relations: Area A, with 98 per-cent of the attendance area for Carlmont High; Area C with 84 percent of Woodside High’s area; and Area D with 89 per-cent of M-A’s area. “I think you run the risk that I hoped to avoid,” Mr. Weiner said. “If I’m in Area A, my job is to look out for the well being of Carlmont,” he said. Map 3, which he said he prefers, cre-ates voting areas in which a least a third of the constituents are from a second school. Board member Chris Thom-sen agreed, saying that Map 1 would almost compel a board member to respond to a voting area’s residents in particular. “Even though I understand that we can work on a culture,” he said, “it will be an uphill battle trying to get board members (to be) strongly sup-portive of the whole district.”

Board members will natu-rally feel “lots of pressure” and if the member does not respond to that pressure, “they will unseat you,” Mr. Thomsen said.

Board President Alan Sarver said the guiding principle was to “perpetuate a model of service to the entire district,” adding that Map 3 codifies this principle and is designed to enforce that culture.

Map 1 “pretty much put trustees in service to a specific high school,” he said, and con-centrates power and control at Carlmont and M-A. A

Second survey mailing has new glitchBy Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

A second mailing invit-ing all registered voters in the Menlo Park City

School District to take an online survey ended up with an even bigger flaw than the invitation sent earlier that had no return address: the survey access codes that are supposed to be unique to each mailing are actually all the same.

Those who receive the mail-ing can still take the survey, but the district can no longer assure each person takes it only once.

Assistant Superintendent Erik Burmeister said on Nov. 21 that the error was made by the print-ing company used by Panorama Education, the consulting firm that had done the mailing. “This is certainly an unfortunate situ-

ation and outside our control,” he said. “Panorama told us today that they are severing their rela-tionship with their printer and they are going to make this right for the district.”

Mr. Burmeister said the dis-trict “will continue to review our relationship with Panora-ma.” He said the survey “is not about the parcel tax. It’s about getting feedback from the com-munity on a myriad of topics. We simply added two questions about the parcel tax on this particular survey because of the timing.”

“The community survey has been in the works for far longer than (parcel taxes) Measure A & C were on the ballot. All the important information is self-reported, safety measures are in place to ensure the data is not compromised, and this survey is

not a main driver in the Board’s decision on whether or not to pursue a parcel tax,” he said in an email.

District residents had com-plained the original survey invitation mailing might be dis-carded by many people because it was in a plain white envelope with no return address. Panora-ma Education admitting it erred by leaving off the return address and agreed to re-mail the invita-tion at its own expense.

While the first few people who tried to use the code from the second mailing received a response that they had already taken the survey, it is now set up so that the code can used to respond, Mr. Burmeister said. Panorama will look for duplicate surveys.

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Concerts Fall Chamber Music Showcase This pro-gram will feature chamber groups from the Stanford Chamber Music program. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.eduAfro-Latin Jazz Ensemble The ensemble performs music spanning the entire scope of the Afro-Latin genre — salsa, mambo, jazz, rumba and candombe. Songs include those recorded by Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto, Oscar D’Leon, the Spanish Harlem Orches-tra, Carlos Del Puerto Sr. and Yosvany Terry. Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. $15, general; $10, senior/student; free, valid SUID. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.eduStanford Symphony Orchestra Anna Wittstruck conducts the SSO’s program featuring guest soloist Vivian Lou, piano program Dmitri Shostakovich: “Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96,” Johannes Brahms: “Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor” and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: “Symphony No. 5 in E minor.” Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4, 2:30 p.m. $10-$20. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. events.stanford.edu

Music Early Music Singers This program will feature William Mahrt directing the Early Music Singers’ program of a cappella works. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.edu

Festivals & Fairs Christmas Market This Christmas Market will feature handcrafted pillows, quilts, jewelry, paper art, knit wraps and much more. There will be a Festival of Trees silent auction and the Merlot Notes will sing from 1-2 p.m. Shops at the Guild will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Holiday Tree Lighting The City of Menlo Park and the Menlo Park Chamber of Com-merce will host the annual Holiday Tree Lighting with the Mayor. Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m. Free. Fremont Park, Santa Cruz Avenue & University Drive, Menlo Park. menlopark.org

Talks & Lectures Angie Coiro in conversation with Cleve Jones From longtime activist Cleve Jones comes a memoir about a full and remark-able American life. Jones brings to life the drama and heartbreak of the AIDS crisis

and the vibrant generation of gay men lost to it, and his activist work on labor, immi-gration and gay rights, which continues today. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.comKathy Griffin Comedy icon Kathy Griffin is a New York Times bestselling author, the winner of two Emmys and one of only three women to have received the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. She will sign copies of her new book, “Kathy Grif-fin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: An A-Z Index.” Dec. 2, 7 p.m. $40, includes a copy of her new book and a glass of wine. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Medicare Mysteries Solved Sandra Kar-ol, MS, RDMS, RVT, will lead a two-hour workshop during which participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the different Medicare plans that will work best for them and their families. Repeats the first Saturday of the month, 1-3 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middle-field Road, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.orgWarren Ellis in conversation with Robin Sloan Kepler’s Books hosts award-winning writer Warren Ellis to celebrate the publication of his thrilling new book, “Normal.” It tells the story of futurist Adam Dearden who, after having a nervous breakdown in Rotterdam, is brought to a secluded recovery center in rural Oregon. As he finds himself caught between fac-tions at Normal Head Research Station, strange events start to overtake even the people whose job it is to predict the future. Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. $25, admits 1; includes book and drink. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.com

Fundraisers Junior League of Palo Alto Open House This open house is an opportunity for prospective and current members to learn more about the League. Light refreshments will be served. Nov. 20, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Gatehouse, 555 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park.

Family 2016 Candlelight Service of Remem-brance This evening of remembrance will feature themes of love, hope, memory, courage and community with live music, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony to honor loved ones who’ve died. This non-denominational service is open to all. There’ll be opportunity to support Kara during the event. Dec. 1, 7-9 p.m. Free. Stanford Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. kara-grief.orgModel Railroad Show West Bay Model Railroad Assn. invites kids and adults to a show of model trains running on a new 2-level layout. There will be models of passenger and freight trains from different

eras of railroading. We will be open during Caltran’s Holiday Train stop in Menlo Park on Sunday Evening. Dec. 3, 1-5 p.m.; Dec. 4, 1-8:30 p.m. Free. Model Railroad Build-ing, 1090 Merrill St., Menlo Park. wbmrra.ning.comPajama Storytime Kids of all ages are invited to put on their pajamas and get ready for this evening storytime. No reg-istration required. Wednesdays, ongoing, 7-7:30 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. cityof-paloalto.orgPENPEX 2016 Stamp Show This fam-ily-friendly local show sponsored by the Sequoia Stamp Club of Redwood City will feature 16 dealers and over 60 frames of exhibits. There will be a youth area with activities and free stamps for kids and beginners. The 500 lot silent auction will end at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. There will also be a snack bar. Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City. penpex.orgStoryteller John Weaver This event is not a storytime, but a performance of tales from the oral tradition. It is especially designed for elementary schoolers on up. Dec. 1, 4 p.m. Free. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org

“Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a holiday dance-theatre event based on the famous Clement C. Moore poem. Particu-larly suitable for small children, this show includes Santa and his magical sleigh, prancing reindeer, dancing mice and twirl-ing toys, brought to life by a cast of over 80 children and adults. Dec. 4, 10 and 11, times vary. $15, child/senior; $25, adults. Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Ave., Woodside. twasthenight.org

Museums & Exhibits The Portola

Art Gallery presents “Fresh Strokes,” a col-lection of new oil paintings by Menlo Park artist Alice Weil. The exhibit includes still life, garden and landscape paintings fea-turing bold, lush brushwork. The result is fun, loose, whimsical and full of rich color. Mondays-Saturdays, Dec. 1-31, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. portolaartgallery.com

Dance All ages are always wel-

come to this family-friendly performance of “The Nutcracker.” The show features beau-tiful sets and a cast of well over 100 danc-ers including professional guest artists in the lead roles of Sugar Plum and Cavalier, as well as Snow Pas and Arabian. Dec. 2, 4 p.m.; Dec. 4, 1 and 4 p.m. $22-$39. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. foxrwc.com

Religion & Spirituality Lighthouse Lighthouse at Bethany Luther-an Church provides a venue for people to explore their faith, develop their relationship with God, and connect with others in a pos-itive environment. Sundays, July 17-Dec. 25, 5-6 p.m. Free. Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park. bethany-mp.org/lighthouse

Community Groups Friends of the Library one-day book sale The Friends of the Library book sale returns. It’s a chance for the community to stop by and save money on some wonderful books, all while supporting the library. Dec. 3, 10 a.m. $0.50. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org

C O M M U N I T Y

Bears bring down the Bells in CCS football semifinals

Photo by Bob Dahlberg/M-A

Aajon Johnson gains yardage as Menlo-Atherton beat Bellarmine, 21-0, in the CCS Open Division I football playoffs.

By Glenn ReevesPalo Alto Weekly

How far has the Menlo-Atherton football team come since its season

opener? Look no further than Friday’s final score. All the rest is mere commentary. The Bears dominated from start to finish in a 21-0 win over Bel-larmine on Nov. 18 in a Central Coast Section Open Division I semifinal at M-A. Contrast that with the season opener when Menlo-Atherton lost to Bellarmine, 34-20, at San Jose City College. “It shows how far this team has come since the first game,’’ Menlo-Atherton coach Adhir Ravipati said. “It speaks volumes about our kids.’’ Menlo-Atherton (10-2) has become known best for a prolific offense. The Bears have scored 35 points or more eight times during

their 10-game winning streak. Friday, it was the defense’s time to shine. They took away the run and forced Bellarmine to put the ball up in the air way more than the Bells wanted. “We wanted payback,’’ sopho-more defensive line standout Noa Ngalu said. “The first time we played them we didn’t have any experience. Since then we’ve got-ten better and better.’’ Linebackers Stavro Papadakis and JP Gray had sacks on back-to-back plays. Ngalu blocked a punt. “We made adjustments after looking at film,’’ Papadakis said. “We rolled down our safeties. Our coaches gave us a great scheme.’’ So the Bears evened the season series with Bellarmine, and in doing so advanced to the CCS Open Division I championship game against Milpitas, a 35-28

winner over San Benito. This game will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at Independence High in San Jose. “It’s very satisfying to do it against a team that played in the state (finals) last year, a team with Bellarmine’s history and what they’ve done in the past,’’ Papa-dakis said. M-A took the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards in seven plays with Aajon Johnson scoring on an 8-yard run. Bellarmine (7-5) responded with a 10-play drive that ended on an incomplete pass on a fourth-and-four play. M-A took over and hit the Bells with the bomb on the first play, a 78-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to Mekhi Blackmon. A 24-yard touchdown run by Jordan Mims with 3:54 left in the third quarter closed out the scoring.

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Woodside: Lisa Casentini, volunteer and mentor

A Mass to celebrate the life of Lisa Darline Casentini will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25, at the Woodside Priory Chapel, 302 Portola Road in Portola Valley with a reception to fol-low in the schoolís Performing Arts Center. Ms. Casentini died Nov. 9 at her home in Woodside after a 17-year battle with breast can-cer. She was 60. Raised in San Bruno, Ms. Casentini graduated from San Diego State University. She became a vice president and human resources director for a geothermal resources com-pany in San Mateo. After several years, she left her career in human resources to focus on her health and raise her two young children. She also assisted her husband, David, in their commercial construction and real estate development., Ms. Casentini was a volun-teer at the St. Francis Center in Redwood City, where she taught English to Latina moth-

ers of young children who attended St. Francis Center School. She was active at St. Raymond parish, where she helped establish a noontime bingo program for seniors. After her youngest child, Anna, left for college, she became an instructor for the Berlitz language school. She taught on the Google campus in Mountain View, where she worked with several computer scientists from China. Ms. Casentini leaves her husband of 23 years, David Brett; children, Michael and Anna; brothers David and Alan Casentini; sisters Donna Ames-Heldfond, Sandy and Patty Casentini; and 14 nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the St. Francis Center, 151 Buckingham Road, Redwood City, CA.94063.

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Those who still have their access code from the first mailing, who haven’t yet taken the survey, can do so using that code. The district will also send emails with the original unique code to those whose

email addresses it has. An official at Panorama said the glitch “should have minimal impact” on the data the district receives. “We will do all we can to check for any suspicious response (all negative, etc.) should there be any nefarious survey-taking,” an email from Panorama says. A

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Thanksgiving morning exercise fundraiser A Thanksgiving morning Jazzercise class to benefit Laurel School’s Caring and Sharing Program runs from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 in the Laurel School Lower Campus Multi-Purpose Room at 95 Edge Road in Atherton. The class is recommended for ages 10 and older, and is open to all. Cost is $15 per person, but space is limited so registration in advance is recommended. Go to tinyurl.com/LRL-Jazz to register online. Bring a mat or thick towel and water bottle. Donations to the Caring and Sharing program will be accepted at the door.

New head of school Phil Gutierrez, the current assistant head for advancement at the Branson School in Ross, California, will take over as head of school at Mid-Peninsula High School in Menlo Park as of July 1, 2017, the school’s govern-ing board has announced. After a yearlong nationwide search, the board chose Mr. Gutierrez to succeed Douglas Thompson as the fourth head of the school, the board said. Mr. Thompson is set to retire in June.

Mr. Gutierrez has a bachelor’s degree in English from the Uni-versity of California at Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Eng-lish from Stanford University. He lives in San Rafael with his wife Katherine and their two children. He is on the board of the Mark Day School in San Rafael and is a faculty member of the National Association of Inde-pendent Schools, in which he helps lead a summer institute on leadership skills for some 80 school administrators. And he continues to teach English in a classroom, the announce-ment says.

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This information is based on reports from the Menlo Park Police Depart-ment. Under the law, people charged with offenses are considered innocent unless convicted. Police received the reports on the dates shown.

MENLO PARKCommercial burglary: Burglars broke the front window of the TechLoop store at 708 Santa Cruz Ave. and stole four desktop comput-ers, four tablet computers and four smart cellphones. Estimated loss: $8,000. Nov. 20.Residential burglaries:

The wheels were stolen from a locked bike from an apartment car-port on Menlo Avenue. Estimated loss: $240. Nov. 17.

A burglar forced open the back door to a house on McKendry Drive and stole jewelry and other items. No estimate of losses. Nov. 15.

A burglar, by means unknown, entered a locked vehicle parked on Lemon Street and used a garage door opener to open a garage, then opened a door into the house, which triggered an alarm. The burglar did not enter the house and there were no losses, police said. Nov. 16.

A resident of Evergreen Street told police that he found a wallet and a bicycle — both determined to be stolen — on the ground at the side entrance to his house. The wallet’s contents had been scattered around, but $60 in cash was missing. Both the wallet and the bike were returned to their owners. Nov. 16.Thefts:

With no signs of forced entry, someone entered a house on Sharon Road and stole $10,000 in cash that had been hidden in the house. Nov. 14.

Thieves stole unlocked bikes parked at apartment complexes on Florence Lane, Woodland Avenue and Fremont Street. Estimated losses:

$2,000, $,1000 and $500. Nov. 12, 16 and 17.

A thief stole a locked bike from an apartment complex on Roble Avenue. Estimated loss: $1,000. Nov. 13.

A woman told police her purse had been stolen from a shopping cart while she was transferring her shopping bags into her car. Inside the purse were her cellphone and wallet. Estimated loss: $135. Nov. 17.

Two women walked out of the Safeway supermarket on Sharon Park Drive with baby formula they had not paid for. Police are looking for two African American women in their 20s. One woman wore a dark blue or purple fleece top and the other wore a red scarf over her head and a gray fleece top with a dark vertical stripe on the sleeve with writing inside the stripe. Estimated loss: $368. Nov. 17.

Police stopped a bicyclist for a traffic violation and noticed he was wearing sunglasses with the price tag still attached. The cyclist told police he bought the glasses from some-one whose name he did not know, and that he’d been thinking that the glasses were stolen. After an inves-tigation, police determined that the cyclist may have stolen the glasses from the nearby CVS pharmacy. No losses. Nov. 17.Fraud:

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Someone posing as the chief executive of Noren Products, a manu-facturer of heat-transfer products on O’Brien Drive, used email to persuade an employee to wire money to a bank account. After several such emails, the employee became suspicious and alerted police. The wired money was recovered. Nov. 17.

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Points of lightIn a vigil with a goal to “Make America Kind Again,” organized by Gail Sredanovic, people with candles walk by Fremont Park in downtown Menlo Park on the evening of Friday, Nov. 18. “This is pretty much nonpolitical,” Ms. Sredanovic told the Almanac, in a passing reference to the election of Donald Trump as president. “It’s just an expression of humane support.”


The Menlo Park City Council is poised to approve zoning changes to the portion of the general plan governing the city’s M-2 area, east

of U.S. 101, when it meets on Nov. 29. If the update is approved, the action will conclude a two-year process that included dozens of community meetings and deliberation by city advisory committees and commis-sions, as well as the council.

Has the process gone on long enough? Is it time to approve these changes and put the new zoning policies in place to help ease the city’s increasing burdens of transportation congestion, the hous-ing shortage and other growth-relat-ed challenges the general plan is designed to address?

Advocates for delaying the City Council’s action make a persuasive case for waiting until early next year before approving the updated plan, which is intended to guide growth in the M-2 (light industrial) area for the next 30 years.

The proposed zoning changes to the plan would allow construction of 2.3 million square feet of non-residential buildings in addition to what is there now and what is allowed under the current zoning. It also allows 4,500 new residential units and 400 new hotel

rooms in addition to what is now permitted. Among other goals, the proposed plan is designed to mitigate the impacts of growth on the nearby Belle Haven neighborhood by directing developer fees and efforts toward amenities for that community.

The proposed changes have been crafted during an intensive, painstaking process that city staff, partici-pating community members and the consulting firm Placeworks deserve much credit for. But we agree

with City Councilman Ray Mueller, two planning commissioners and a number of residents who have been involved in the process that not all the pieces of the puzzle are in place,

and that with a bit more time, the general plan update will be a more solid document.

Although the proposed plan has reasonable allow-ances and limits on housing and commercial develop-ment, what it lacks is specifics regarding how — and when — the essential infrastructure will be put in place to support that development. Details on fund-ing infrastructure, including transportation features and systems to allow recycled water to flow as the area absorbs nearly 12,000 new residents and 5,500 new employees, are inadequate in a plan that is to see the

community through the next 30 years.“We want the housing to come in, and we want

transportation improvements in the area, but right now ... we don’t know what the costs would be” to put necessary supporting infrastructure in place, Council-man Ray Mueller told the Almanac last week. “It’s like a fiscal mystery grab bag.”

Mr. Mueller said he is pushing for the council to delay its decision, estimating that the extra work needed to sharpen and complete the plan should take no more than one to two months. One provision that can be added to improve the plan, he said, is a phase-in formula for development, which would set milestones for specific areas of growth to ensure that the construc-tion of commercial and residential projects doesn’t outpace the building of supporting infrastructure.

This provision would add a wise, reasonable and responsible strategy to the general plan that would go a long way toward protecting residents from the cumu-lative effects of major growth. In approving a docu-ment that will govern how the already rapidly expand-ing M-2 region of the city will grow in the next three decades, the City Council shouldn’t dash over the finish line before putting into place the final needed touches. A

General plan update promising, but not ready for OK

An idea for tackling area’s housing shortageEditor: Why not include housing in every new school, new fire depart-ment building and police station? And include other new public buildings, such as civic centers, so employees can avoid commutes? We do it in universities and public colleges, so why not let teachers live on campus in elementary and high schools? When I attended Catholic grade school and high schools, there were convents and rectories on campus (St. Raymonds in Menlo Park and Serra in San Mateo). It worked well then for private schools, so why not public schools? I bet a lot of young teachers and other public servants would jump at the chance to live in this setting.

Bruce Adornato Sand Hill Circle, Menlo Park

IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES

By Adina Levin

Menlo Park’s update to its general plan, called the ConnectMenlo process, has been developed over

two years and 60 public meetings. The goal is to create a “live-work-play” environ-ment in the formerly light industrial area near Belle Haven and Facebook. The plan includes housing to give more people the opportunity to live near their work, and affordable housing for people at a variety of income levels

The plan includes major transportation improvements that will need regional cooperation. We all need to come together as a community with residents, City Coun-cil members, staff, and business leading improvements now and into the future.

The update incorporates a transporta-tion master plan anchored in community input and professional analysis that will set a prioritized road map and price list for key projects, including projects that will take regional, state and federal fund-ing to complete. And the plan updates how the city reviews and assesses fees for new development projects so the fees go for the kinds of improvements envisioned in the new plan.

For example, the Dumbarton corridor to and from the East Bay is in critical need of improvements. SamTrans is conducting a study, funded by Facebook, regarding opportunities to help more people com-mute more easily. It addresses better bus

service in the short to medium term, and higher-capacity rail service over time. Because there is limited space, we know that solutions that serve more commut-ers in the same space — carpool, bus and train — are most effective at moving more people.

It’s encouraging that some of the major employment centers on the Peninsula have started programs to help commuters drive less. We know that half of Stanford’s com-muters from the East Bay take a Dumbar-ton bus or carpool. Stanford offers transit discounts and other benefits to encourage less solo driving. Conversely 80 percent of commuters from the East Bay to down-town Palo Alto currently drive alone. If Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Mateo, and other destinations developed their emerging programs to be like Stan-ford, we could see more commuters using transit and carpools and create more room for people who need to drive, while gener-ating less pollution and lowering climate impact.

There may also be opportunities to improve Bayfront Expressway to help peo-ple passing through Menlo Park get to their destinations without using neighborhood streets. These options need to be evalu-ated to see if they will deliver real relief to the current congestion, and how they would affect residents. Experience backed by research shows that often increasing roadway capacity in one place draws more drivers, and the congestion relief may be short-lived or may not materialize.

With support of community members, this plan sets policies that guide how streets will be updated over time so they do a better job at enabling safe walking and bicycling for people of all ages and abili-ties. This plan also includes policies that require developments to ensure that their tenants drive less and generate less traffic and pollution.

The transportation policies in this plan fulfill the City Council’s goals for complete streets with improved safety for all users, and environmental sustainability, generat-ing less pollution and greenhouse gas emis-sions. Providing housing near jobs, and providing more services in Belle Haven, will play important roles in congestion relief.

I hope that council approves the plan, which includes much-needed housing and affordability provisions, requires com-muter car-trip reduction, and continues to focus on getting future transportation phases planned and funded.

General plan update offers opportunity for traffic relief and more housing

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V I E W P O I N T

By Ray Mueller, Katherine Strehl and Henry Riggs

At the outset, let us say collectively that we believe there are many positive attributes contained in

the proposed general plan currently under consideration by the City Council.

The general plan, which outlines development in the city of Menlo Park over the next 30 years, will implement cutting-edge policies related to afford-able housing, multimodal transporta-tion, water management and envi-ronmental sustainability. Its zoning embraces the creation of vibrant live, work, and play environments. It will provide valuable amenities to the Belle Haven neighborhood. And the commu-nity outreach and work conducted by staff over the last three years has been outstanding.

However, despite all of these posi-tive attributes, we believe the general plan is incomplete, and should not be approved at this time absent more work. Why?

The general plan currently does not contain an adequate framework for the

creation of infra-structure neces-sary to support the plan — ie., the roads, grade separations, water recycling plants, alternative tran-sit, etc.

First, the gen-eral plan’s fiscal impact report does not estimate the cost of capital improvement infrastructure necessary to support the growth outlined in the plan.

How many millions of dollars will be required to build the infrastructure?

Second, the general plan does not set forth a framework detailing who will pay for the capital improvement infrastructure. Will it be the develop-ers or Menlo Park taxpayers? Will new taxes be required? Will the county, region, state or federal government commit to participating in paying for the infrastructure?

Third, the general plan and its sup-porting documents do not detail when

the infrastruc-ture will be built. Five years? Fif-teen years? Thirty years?

To under-stand the rel-evance of this information, it is important to put the growth expected in the

general plan in context. The general plan now before the City Council pro-poses zoning changes in the M-2 light industrial area east of U.S. 101 that would allow the building of up to 2.3 million additional square feet of nonres-idential development, 400 hotel rooms and 4,500 residential units. With full development, an estimated 11,570 more residents and 5,500 more employees would be added to the area. The increase in density allowed by the change in zon-ing would be compounded by 1.8 mil-lion square feet of nonresidential zoning that currently exists, unbuilt in M-2.

Simply put, we do not believe it to be prudent to approve the zoning changes

contained in the general plan, and allow an additional 4.1 million square feet of growth along the Dumbarton Corridor, without the outline of an infrastructure plan to support such growth.

We concede the argument that it would be unreasonable to require all of the infrastructure funding to be avail-able at the outset of the implementation of the general plan. For that reason, we advocate for the phased implemen-tation of growth in the plan, to run parallel to the funding and building of infrastructure milestones.

Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government. We must use this moment to work together with our regional, state and federal agencies to fix the regional Dumbarton Corridor infrastructure that has been neglected for far too long. The need is clear and the path is in front of us. We must not only zone for the future, we must plan and build our infrastructure for the future, financed with a fiscally prudent plan that ensures the financial health of our city and protects the qual-ity of life of our residents.

More work needed on general plan before approval

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997 All Other LegalsT.S. No. 036577-CA APN: 076-232-010-9 and 076-220-070-7 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to CA Civil Code 2923.3 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/18/2005. 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 On 11/30/2016 at 12:30 PM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 11/23/2005, as Instrument No. 2005-205906, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of San Mateo County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: RANDALL C. SINGLE AND AULAIRE NAUGHTON SINGLE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: AT THE MARSHALL ST. ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF JUSTICE AND RECORDS, 400 COUNTY CENTER, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 112 RUSSELL AVENUE PORTOLA VALLEY, CA 94028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common desig-nation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is: $1,160,714.22 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 036577-CA. 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 tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive Suite 200 San Diego, California 92117 (ALM Nov. 9, 16, 23, 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 16CIV02029 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MICHAEL COSTEINES filed a petition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: MICHAEL DAMIAN COSTEINES to MICHAEL DAMIAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name chang-es described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Tue. December 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: October 27, 2016 /s/ John L. Grandsaert JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2016)


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