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Cover Story Page 4Animal Rescues With training and preparation, local residents and emer-gency services can work together to save equine lives.

Los Altos Baker Page 14 Kevin Chau works long

hours to keep his Rancho Shopping Center bakery

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Photographic Art Page 30 Anthony Kent is willing to spend years creating each of his giant, award-winning photographs.


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If disaster strikes, the equine residents of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills should be in good

hands, thanks to town emergency services and their training exer-cises, evacuation plans and other safety measures.

With approximately 400 horses in the area and just as many enthu-siastic horse lovers, the disaster-preparation efforts should not only save lives, but also guarantee the survival of a rich equine heritage.

Mike Sanders, emergency ser-vices coordinator for the Santa Clara County Fire Department, is spearheading efforts to ensure that emergency responders and resi-dents know what to do in case of an accident involving a horse or other large animal – such as a trail-er accident or a horse caught in a

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ravine – as well as in the event of a disas-ter, such as a wildfire or an earthquake.

During the Dish Fire in Palo Alto two and a half years ago, Sanders was faced with a potential large-animal evacuation scenario. no horses had to be evacuated, but Sanders found the situation chaotic at best. He’s hoping that the combination of large-animal rescue training, prepara-tion measures by residents and assistance from local emergency responders will ensure the safety of four-legged friends in a disaster situation.

Large-animal rescue clinicin January, local firefighters, veterinar-

ians and horse owners received a crash course in large-animal rescue.

The Los Altos Hills County Fire District brought in experts John and Deb Fox, firefighters from the Felton Fire District, to teach a two-day clinic cover-ing the basics of horsemanship, anatomy and equine behavior, as well as hands-on training using 300-pound wooden mannequins. Fourteen firefighters from the Los Altos Hills district and the Loyola fire station attended, as well as approximately 10 local horse owners.

The Foxes are avid horse people who realized that while firefighters are often called to accident scenes

involving trailers and horses, many of them have no experience with horses.

Approximately 10 years ago, Los Altos Hills firefight-ers were called to a scene where a horse was trapped in a swimming pool. They were able to drain the pool with

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Jeff Lam and Lisbeth Pisias brainstorm ways to move an injured horse out of an overturned trailer.


pumps and construct a ramp out of hay bales that the horse could walk up – but most rescues aren’t that easy.

Firefighter Bryan osorio gave up part of his weekend to learn safe and effective ways to handle tricky extrications. He had some horse experience growing up but never had to deal with them in a rescue situation.

“it was definitely good to … reinforce the behavior, to know how to be safe with them and around them,” he said.

Tom Alarcon, a firefighter and paramedic, said a clinic highlight was learning specific aspects of horse behavior and anatomy, so that rescuers don’t inadvertently injure a horse in their attempts to help. He also said he enjoyed seeing the pas-sion of local horse owners for their equine pals, which will affect the way he approaches horse-rescue situations.

During the clinic, participants were presented with various rescue scenarios, such as horses trapped in over-turned trailers or stuck in ravines. Attendees learned such

skills as safely rolling over a downed horse so its body weight doesn’t crush its organs, making harnesses out of fire hoses and getting horses into slings. All the skills were taught using equipment carried on fire engines.

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Richard Sereni, barn manager at Fremont Hills Stables, has volunteered to help rescue horses like Mango, pictured here, in the event of a disaster.


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Participants split into teams, mixing firefighters and horse people so they could brainstorm together on the best ways to approach each situation.

Moving forward, sharing knowledgeThe fire district sponsored the clinic in hopes that

firefighters would be able to share their knowledge with responders who hadn’t attended. Similarly, local resi-dents who attended can pass on their knowledge to other horse owners or give input to emergency responders at the scene of an accident.

Clinic attendees plan to take further steps to ensure they are able to help as many horses as possible. Sanders said he wants to buy more equipment to store on local fire engines, such as slings, slides, head protectors and resuscitator masks designed especially for animals.

Richard Sereni, barn manager at Fremont Hills Stables, said he is purchasing similar equipment for his personal horse trailer so that he is able to assist firefight-ers if called on for help in a rescue situation.

“We do all we can as a commercial stable to help out local residents,” Sereni said.

An ounce of preventionWhile it can be hard to prevent horses from falling

into ravines, it is important to know whom to call and what to do if such an accident occurs. Having a basic first-aid kit assembled, containing items such as heavy bandaging material, disinfectant and sedatives, can help

pet owners manage a situation until the experts arrive.Sinead Devine, a veterinarian at Peninsula equine

in Portola Valley, said that procedures such as splinting fractures require the expertise of a vet, but horse owners should have access to supplies and the know-how to stop bleeding or take other measures that are time-sensitive and could save a horse’s life.

Preparing for a disaster such as an earthquake or fire requires even more work. Sanders suggested storing a three-day supply of water for each person and animal in the household in case of an earthquake. For humans, that’s 1 gallon per day, but horses and other large animals need approximately 10 gallons per day. For a fire, he said, having an evacuation plan for the family is important.

“Some of these evacuations happen really fast in fires,” Sanders said.

in either scenario, a pre-assembled disaster kit could save lives. Kits should include food and water for people and animals, first-aid supplies and documents such as photo iDs or digital photographs of animals showing their markings.

Happy reunionsin the event of a large-scale evacuation such as the

Santa Barbara fires last summer, horses from a wide area may be evacuated to one location and may be difficult to identify once the danger has passed.

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Sanders added, “They found that with Hurricane Katrina … these animals are out and they don’t know who they belong to.”

The most effective way to ensure a happy reunion with pets is to have them implanted with a microchip. Peninsula equine is offering clinics April 18 and 25 to microchip horses and other large animals in Los Altos Hills. The cost will be $55 per horse – significantly less than the $300-$400 it would cost to bring a vet out to do one horse at a time. if you are interested in bringing your animal, call Sanders at 922-1055.

How to helpif you have a truck and trailer and experience with

horses, chances are someone in the Los Altos area could use help evacuating their horses in an emergency. But don’t just assume you can drive up to a wildfire zone and help get horses out – before you are allowed to evacuate horses, you must become certified as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW), private citizens who have trained to evacuate large animals safely and are allowed to enter an evacuation area.

Loading frightened horses is difficult even in the best of conditions, according to Careena Laney, a DSW, local horsewoman and veterinary technician at Peninsula

Prepare for wildfire season• Assemble an emergency kit for your horses and other

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worming, as large-scale evacuations may place pets in con-tact with many other animals.

• Place identifying photos, veterinary records, brief medi-cal histories and emergency contact information in a water-tight envelope or Ziploc bag, and keep it handy. Horse own-ers should include results of Coggins tests for each horse.

• Make sure dogs and cats have collars with your name and phone number on them, and horses have leather halters with similar information, so they can be reunited with you.

• Pets should be comfortable getting in and out of crates, carriers, cars and trailers. Trying to load horses into a trailer in an emergency is difficult enough with, and may be impos-sible without, prior training. The same goes for dogs, cats and their crates.

• Have plans in place for where you will send your pets and how you will get them there in case of emergency. The Bay Area equestrian network Web site lists people with trailers or stalls willing to help local horse owners in case of emergency. Small-animal owners can contact their vet-erinarians for a list of kennels that will accept animals in an emergency.

• Microchip your animals to make lost animals easier to track down.

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equine. evacuating them from dangerous areas quickly can be especially tricky.

“Make sure all your horses can load into a trailer,” she said.

if you don’t have access to a truck and trailer, Web sites such as the Bay Area equestrian network (www.bayequest.com) have lists of horse owners with extra space in their barns or trailers in case of emergency, or veterinarians can recommend services.

Portola Valley Horse Transportation has trailers and drivers standing by at all times to take sick or injured horses to a vet clinic or to help with evacuation.

if you have a truck and trailer and want to get certi-fied as a DSW, contact Sanders. He also teaches classes on personal emergency preparedness and community emergency response.

For both humans and equines, training and prepara-tion are key to surviving a major disaster.

“if there were a fire, flood or earthquake, there would be a certain amount of time when we would all have to independently survive,” said Los Altos Hills resident Jolon Wagner, who attended the Large Animal Rescue clinic and is currently enrolled in Sanders’ classes.

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Kevin Chau, owner of Los Altos Bakery and Cafe at Rancho Shopping Center, starts baking long before sunrise.

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and raisin scones, almond, apple, apricot, cheese and raspberry wreath cakes and assorted flavors of Danishes, croissants and muffins.

From 1 a.m. until dawn, the hot ovens produce these goodies and others, including special-order birthday cakes that can be turned around in 24 hours. A second baker arrives at noon, although Chau admits that he has trimmed the baker’s hours, a concession to the unstable financial climate.

Chau bought the establishment in 2006 with his brother. Chau bought out his brother’s interest when Chau married Kong, a Cambodian citizen. The couple met through relatives and talked on the phone for months before getting married in Phnom Penh.

“i totally lucked out,” said Chau, noting that his wife is “willing to work hard to do what it takes for us to make a living.”

A former dental assistant, Kong now prepares the vegetables for soups and salads, working while Chau’s parents watch the couple's 8-month old, Collin.

Hard work isn’t the only factor contributing to the cafe’s success. Chau proudly points out that the bakery thrives in a shopping center next door to Andonico’s and near a Starbucks. He serves coffee drinks, ranging from caramel macchiato to cafe au lait and chai latte, in two sizes, small and large, which don’t require one to speak italian to order. Cold drinks include Thai iced tea and italian sodas, as well as traditional iced coffee drinks

and smoothies. Los Altos Bakery uses San Francisco’s Peerless coffee.

How does the bakery compete with its neighbors? Chau credits loyal customers and the 100 percent fresh ingredients he uses in his products for this feat.

“everything is made here, and you can taste that. The texture is different,” Chau said.

The recipes for certain specialties, like the Chocolate Chewy, a half cookie, half brownie dessert, and Swiss cookies, the Holland Coffee Cake and corn toasts, have

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Kevin Chau established Los Altos Bakery and Cafe with his brother in 2006.


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Another way that the cafe competes with Starbucks is by offering free WiFi (Starbucks charges) to patrons. Customers can sit and work on their computers while munching on turnovers, cheese pockets or Russian tea cakes.

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The Holland Coffee Cake is a popular item on Chau’s menu at Rancho Shopping Center.


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lar order from the steady stream of midday customers. offerings include a roasted veggie salad, which features eggplant, zucchini, onion and butternut squash. other options for salads range from Greek to pesto pasta, each for a reasonable $6 for a full plate, $3 for a half plate. Chau also recommends the Lite Lunch special of half a sandwich, with either a soup or salad for $6.25.

Chau learned business practices and customer service while working for Costco and Starbucks. He attended classes at De Anza College in Cupertino, initially plan-ning to buy a Pearl Tea franchise. Later, his brother con-vinced him to go in on the Los Altos Bakery and Cafe.

Because times are difficult, Chau no longer has the ingredients delivered. He makes weekly shopping trips to San Jose’s Restaurant Depot, Costco and other local markets. He constantly watches for additional ways to cut costs, using Safeway’s two-for-one buys instead of grabbing milk next door at Andronico’s, for example.

“i look around, like everyone else, for ways to save money. We can be out of something, but i still look around to get the best deal,” he said.

Besides buying a house, Chau’s immediate goal is to take Sundays off by the time Collin starts walking, so he can spend more time with his son.

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The bakery's princess cake adds a layer of green marzipan over white sponge cake filled with rasp-berry and custard, iced with whipped cream.


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Kent prints his large photographs on canvas. on an epson 9900 giclee (inkjet) printer, he uses archival ink on Breathing Color’s Chromata White Canvas to create 60-by-40-square-inch prints. After the prints have dried, he sprays them with protective coating and dries them again. He stretches the canvas over wooden frames with a gallery wrap. Prints on canvas can absorb more wear and tear than prints on paper, making framing unneces-sary. The technique eliminates the need for expensive large frames and the heavy weight of protective glass for large prints.

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erika Ameri/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Francis Rolland/Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

George Monaco/Cashin Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Grant Gustavson General Contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Helen & Ki nyborg/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

irene yang/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Jim & Jimmy nappo/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Jo Buchanan & Stuart Bowen/Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . 5

Julian Cervantes/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Karen Bella/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Kathy Bridgman/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Lori nelson/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Lynn north/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Marcia newton/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Marlys Powell & Polly neumann/Coldwell Banker . . . . 15

Mondo Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

norwell Design/Build/Remodeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Pacific Coast Painting Co. inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pacific Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Patti Robison & ursula Cremona/Alain Pinel Realtors . . .7

Phyllis & Jamie Carmichael/Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . .10

Prochnow Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

PTA Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Ryan Gowdy/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sereno Group and their agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,12,13

Shelly Potvin/Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Soli Saatchi/Alain Pinel Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Terrie Masuda & Kelly Kumagai-Kim/Coldwell Banker .15

The Forum at Rancho San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tina Kyriakis/Coldwell Banker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Christiansen Realty, inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Wright Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Mary O’Neill

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Pat McNulty

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