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By Daniel DeBolt

A controversial f lood basin was approved for the Cuesta Annex Tues-

day night, despite strong oppo-sition from the park users. The Santa Clara Valley Water District will now build a Per-manente Creek flood basin at the Annex that is 12 feet deep in some parts, with gentle slopes and a capacity of 32 acre-feet of water. At its Jan. 17 meeting, the City Council voted 4-2 in favor of the flood basin, with council members Laura Macias and John Inks opposed. Member Jac Siegel recused himself because he owns property nearby.

The council made its decision despite a flood of skepticism from the community over the need for a basin. Of almost two-dozen public speakers, only two supported the project. “To me it’s obvious flooding is getting worse, it’s getting worse all over the country,” said council member Ronit Bryant, expressing concern about climate change. “I don’t know why we would be the one place where flooding doesn’t occur.” Whether such a change would ruin the Annex, an undeveloped former orchard on 12 acres of city-owned land next to Cuesta Park, is something residents have disagreed about. “It’s kind of an anarchist park,”

Council approves Annex flood basin

OVER PUBLIC OBJECTIONS, MEMBERS CITE CLIMATE CHANGE, HOSPITAL ACCESS

By Nick Veronin

Though rain has been scarce over the past few months, Mountain View

residents have little reason to fear drought at this time, an official with the Santa Clara Valley Water District said. “Overall, considering all 10 of our local reservoirs, we are at 81 percent of the average total storage for this time of year,” said Marty Grimes, a spokesman for the water district. Grimes acknowledged that it has been an unusually dry year so far — Nov. 19 was last time any of the water district’s reservoirs collected any significant amount of precipi-tation. And with each passing dry day, it becomes more likely that 2012 will be a particularly dry year. All the same, he said, it is too early to make meaningful predictions or to say that we are at the beginning

of a long-term trend. “We don’t know how much rain we’ll get for the rest of January, Feb-ruary or March,” Grimes said. “It’s too early to make any pronounce-ments that it’s a dry year, a wet year or an average year.” The water district spokesman also cautioned against attributing the two months of dry weather to global climate change, noting that it is natural to have variation in winter weather. In fact, he observed, it is precisely that natural variation in weather patterns that is helping the state manage this year’s dearth of precipitation. The 2010-11 rainy season, which ended Sept. 30, soaked the state, fill-ing reservoirs to the brim and leav-ing California with a very bountiful snowpack.

No fear of drought, for nowBy Daniel DeBolt

City officials have received a letter from the Mountain View Historical Associa-

tion that axes the city’s plans to put a history museum in the back of the Cuesta Annex. Citing fundraising difficulties, the MVHA has ended an agree-ment with the city that required it to meet certain fundraising milestones for a museum. Its location was controversial: the rear portion of the 12-acre Cues-ta Annex, an undeveloped piece of open space next to Cuesta Park that many would like to remain untouched. “It doesn’t mean we won’t continue to look at a way to put together a museum in the future or maybe finding a building that can be changed into a museum,”

said Pat Figueroa, former mayor and MVHA president. The announcement was met with cheers from the audience at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, which was packed with people speaking on behalf of preserving the Cuesta Annex from plans to build a flood basin there. “I’m disappointed,” said coun-cil member Tom Means. “It would have been nice to have a history museum. Each town in the area has done one. It’s nice to have something in your town that reflects where you came from.” In the letter, Figueroa said the move was spurred by the council’s decision in October to not allow developer Roger Burnell to move the 1880s-era Pearson house on Villa Street to the museum site and restore it

on his own dime. The value of the house, as well as funds that had been arranged to cover its operation, would have met the MVHA’s first fundraising goal, along with a “significant match donation towards a primary museum,” Figueroa said. Council members, almost all of whom are members of the Historical Association, cited community opposition to the Pearson house plan and lack of community support in their decision. That was despite the “win-win-win” nature of the plan, as Burnell described it, to preserve one of the city’s oldest homes, allow him to develop a 20,000-square-foot office build-ing on the “blighted” site where the house now sits at 902 Villa St.

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By Sue Dremann

A 23-year-old East Palo Alto man faces an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon

charge after allegedly ramming a Palo Alto police cruiser Sun-day, Jan. 15. Edward Guadalupe Enriquez was arrested on three felony charg-es and a misdemeanor after he took police on a chase into Moun-tain View that involved crashing a stolen vehicle into two poles and a sign, Palo Alto police Agent Rich Bullerjahn said. The incident began at 1:36 a.m. after a Palo Alto officer on patrol saw Enriquez suspiciously cruising around the area of Newell Road

and Edgewood Drive in Palo Alto. The residential neighborhood has been plagued by burglaries, Buller-jahn said. The officer ran the vehicle’s license plate and discovered the car had been stolen from Hayward on Jan. 14. Following the vehicle, which entered southbound High-way 101 between San Antonio Road and Shoreline Boulevard, the officer turned on his rack lights and called for backup from Palo Alto and Mountain View officers. Enriquez quickly exited at Shore-line. Palo Alto police policy pro-hibits pursuit of a stolen vehicle, so the officer turned off his lights and continued following Enriquez, Bullerjahn said.

The vehicle crashed into a sign and pole and the officer pulled up behind it. A backup officer from Palo Alto and one from Mountain View quickly surrounded the vehicle. Enriquez allegedly threw the car into reverse and backed into the officer’s cruiser. He then drove forward and past the patrol car in front of him and drove off into Mountain View, Bullerjahn said. Enriquez, who had lost the vehicle’s left front wheel as a result of the crash, continued driving on Shoreline for a half mile. Since he had now allegedly assaulted a police officer with the vehicle, police entered into a pursuit, Bullerjahn said.

While attempting to turn into a private parking lot, Enriquez crashed the vehicle into a second pole. At Linda Vista Avenue and Middlefield Road, he jumped out of the vehicle and hopped a wooden fence. Police set up a perimeter and found him hiding in the bushes. He was taken into custody without incident. No one was injured in the incident, Bullerjahn said. Nearby residents heard the commotion. “ I saw them taking the guy down in front of our place,” said Sarah McPhie. “I heard lots of dogs barking in the middle of the night and thought there was a dog fight outside. Then I saw a few people with flashlights walk-ing around in front and realized

that they were police officers. After a few minutes, they shuffled around like they were going to leave, and they lifted someone off the ground and escorted him away.” Enriquez was booked into the Main Jail in San Jose on three felonies: possession of a stolen vehicle with a prior conviction, felony evading police, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace offi-cer; and possession of burglary tools, a misdemeanor. He also had two active war-rants, for misdemeanor posses-sion of drug paraphernalia and a probation violation, at the time of arrest, Bullerjahn said. V

Sue Dremann is a staff write for the Palo Alto Weekly, the Voice’s sister paper.

By Daniel DeBolt

The City Council spent two and half hours discussing a plan for dedicated bus

rapid transit lanes on El Camino Real on Tuesday, coming to the same position it came to after a similar discussion in June — opposed. The council took a 4-2 vote in the study session, with council members Mike Kasperzak and Margaret Abe-Koga in support of the dedicated lanes and member John Inks abstaining.

The plans would reduce El Camino Real from six lanes to four, and add two dedicated bus lanes down the middle of the street and bike lanes on each side. With two bus stations located on the median, one at Castro Street and one at San Antonio shopping cen-ter, BRT buses would run every 10 minutes, 18 hours a day. The buses would beat car traffic through the use of sensors that give buses prior-ity at traffic lights. To make board-ing times quick, tickets would be bought at stations for a $2.58 flat

fare. Most of the public speakers sup-ported the dedicated lanes, includ-ing former Mayor Art Takahara who recalled similar opposition to light rail, now an asset to the com-munity. “Traffic is getting worse all the time, we need to do something to move ahead,” he said. Downtown resident Aaron Grossman, called it a “worthwhile project. Slow buses trapped in the rest of the traffic, that’s the direc-tion we’re going. It’s not cars that

should be the priority, it’s people. It makes no sense not to study this.” VTA planning manager Chris Connolly returned as he had prom-ised with more information on traffic impacts, saying that time it would take to get from Santa Clara to Mountain View would be reduced by only one minute with dedi-cated bus lanes in the middle of the street. Left turn lanes would be lost in a few areas, though up to six

new stop lights could be added to maintain current left turns, such as three between Grant Road and

Highway 85. Council mem-ber Laura Macias expressed concern about the dedicat-ed lanes making it harder to cross El Camino where stoplights aren’t in place.

“I’m terribly disappointed that VTA chose to ignore the council in our last study session,” Macias said.

Police chase ends in Mountain View

El Camino bus lanes nixed by council, again

See CLARK, page 8

See BUS LANES, page 7

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Carl Clark salutes at the commendation ceremony at Moffett Field on Jan. 17.

done for the basin, costing the city $10,000 a year to maintain, would make it a place where “they wouldn’t like dogs digging around.” At the meeting Mayor Mike Kasperzak said a main reason he supports the basin was because it “forever protects the area from any future development. Who knows if in 10 to 20 years the community doesn’t come out and say, ‘We need more ball fields, let’s put them at the Annex.’” Another frequent Annex user and dog owner, Sandra Barnett-Brook, said Monday that she might be OK with a flood basin in the front of the Annex, but she objected to further development of the Annex with a history museum at the rear, a concept the council has supported. The museum project, however, is off the table. It was announced at Tuesday’s meeting that the Moun-tain View Historical Association has stopped its effort to build a his-tory museum in the Annex, citing financial difficulties in a letter to the city manager.

Larger flood protection plans

Along with basins at nearby McKelvey Park and upstream at the

Rancho San Antonio open space preserve, the project is intended to prevent a rare 100-year-flood event from damaging 2,750 properties in Mountain View. The Water District passed on other alterna-tives, including a dam near Lehigh Cement Quarry that would have had larger environmental impacts. City staff said it would remove the need for flood insurance for those with federally backed mortgages in Mountain View’s FEMA flood zone. The Water District came up with the smaller flood basin at the Annex after Los Altos school district officials rejected plans for a

fourth flood basin at Blach Middle School. Engineers re-examined water flows near Lehigh Cement Quarry and found 230 acres that did not runoff into the creek as originally thought. That reduced creek flows from 2,700 cubic feet per second to 2,400 cubic feet per second, which was enough to allow the Blach school basin to be removed and cut the size of the Annex flood basin in half from its original size of 65 acre-feet. To put that in perspective, an Olympic-size pool uses only 2 acre-feet of water. The city commissioned an inde-pendent study of the Water District’s

hydrology that concurred with its findings, though it estimated less water flowing along Permanente in a 100-year-flood — 2,317 cubic feet per second — versus the 2,400 cubic feet per second estimated by the Water District. Local resident Mike Hayden said that if the 5-percent margin of error the Water District had given itself were applied to the 2,317 cubic feet per second, “It’s quite likely that there won’t be any need for improvements at all.” City staff recommended the flood basin because the alterna-tive, a 4-foot diameter pipe under Cuesta Drive to catch flood waters, could leave 400 Mountain View properties subject to flooding. Under that alternative, the Water District reports that flood waters would overflow the Permanente Creek diversion channel, which flows to Stevens Creek, and flood north towards the El Camino Hos-pital area. Using the pipe instead of a basin, Water District modeling shows flooding about 1-foot deep around the hospital, with 2-foot-high waters on portions of South Drive and North Drive “restricting” ambulance access to the hospital’s emergency room entrance at the rear of the building, while the hos-pital’s buildings stay dry. Hayden said that scenario was unlikely because “there’s been no

flooding in the diversion channel since it was built,” except in 1983 because of “an anomalous event at the cement plant” which sent water rushing down the creek. Council member Laura Macias said the hospital could find other ways to deal with the potential problem, while most council mem-bers were concerned. The hospital sent a letter of support for the Annex basin option, city staff said. “I don’t want to be the member of the council who decided that access to the hospital was really not important, that doesn’t fit with my sense of responsibility,” Bryant said. While flood waters in a 100-year-flood might only be 1 to 2 feet deep, council member Tom Means said that was high enough during the 1998 flooding of Palo Alto’s San Francisquito creek to render his friend’s kitchen “effectively destroyed.” The Water District also plans to build flood walls along Permanente Creek north of Highway 101 to protect Google and other nearby businesses, remove cement chan-neling along portions of Perma-nente Creek, replace two bridges where Mountain View Avenue crosses the creek and widen por-tions of Hale Creek, which meets Permanente Creek south of Moun-tain View. V


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The sun shines through the trees at Cuesta on Jan. 16.

CUESTA Continued from page 1

By Nick Veronin

A free education resource fair for parents of students with special needs —

from the mildly dyslexic to the severely autistic and physically disabled — will be held at Crit-tenden Middle School on Friday, Jan. 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “We run into a lot of parents who don’t know what sort of resources will fit their kids,” said Christine Case-Lo, a local parent of a special needs student. The Special Education Resource Fair will feature booths and tables from at least 28 special education organizations, offering information about tools designed for and organizations that cater to the needs of special education

students, according to Case-Lo. Case-Lo, who heads the Moun-tain View Whisman School District’s Special Education PTA, helped organize the fair in coor-dination with the Special Edu-cation Local Plan Area 1 Com-munity Advisory Committee, a regional authority on special needs education. Representatives from special needs-oriented art programs, tutoring and mental-health ser-vices, and physical therapists will gather in Crittenden’s multi-purpose room — “Any resources for kids who may need a little extra,” Case-Lo said. While a wide range of resourc-es will be available at the fair, Case-Lo noted that many of the vendors at the fair will be rep-

resenting special needs-friendly summer camps. “There are a variety of services that are available in the commu-nity that special ed parents might be interested in,” said Karen Mueller, president of the Com-munity Advisory Committee. The fair will also offer financial planning and legal resources, “because those issues can pop up,” Mueller said. Raising a special needs child can be extremely challenging, especially in the first few years after diagnosis, Mueller said. “I have accumulated knowl-edge over the years, but when I started out, it was a mystery,” Mueller said. “You suddenly have the information that your child is different and you’re in for an interesting journey. Specialists tell you the earlier and the more intensive the intervention, the better. You feel like you’ve got to do it all and all at once, and that can be an overwhelming, crush-ing feeling.” Mueller said that the fair can be helpful even for students who are right on the edge of being consid-ered special needs. “This is meant for students with all different levels of difficulty,” she said. V


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Prometheus Real Estate Group is becoming a familiar name in Mountain View’s City Hall as it announces its second apartment proposal since beginning con-struction on the former Minton’s Lumber site. Prometheus just made a deal to purchase the former Western Appliance building and neighbor-ing Tropicana Lodge on El Camino Real, both of which would be torn down for an apartment complex, possibly Prometheus’ third such project in recent years if the City Council approves. The 1.39-acre site could see a complex of up to four stories with underground parking. The zoning for the site

allows 97 units, or 70 per acre. “We are planning a new, state of the art, luxury apartment commu-nity for this property — consistent with the City of Mountain View’s draft general plan, the Grand Bou-levard Initiative, and the planned VTA Bus Rapid Transit program,” wrote Jon Moss, executive vice president for Prometheus, in an email. Prometheus is also designing an apartment complex of similar density at the corner of Moffett and Central Expressway after the City Council recently allowed city planners to begin work on it with a “gatekeeper request” approval, something Prometheus still needs to obtain for its most recent pur-chase.

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“There’s a whole lack of respect that I don’t understand.” Council member Abe-Koga defended the plan, saying it would make using buses more attractive and would benefit the poorest local residents who are “transit-dependent.” To help with the $240 million

project, the VTA is competing with Seattle, San Francisco and New York for $75 million in fed-eral funding. But in order to get the funding at least half the 17.4-mile stretch between San Jose and Palo Alto must have dedicated lanes. Current plans put dedicated lanes on a 10.3-mile stretch between Lafayette Avenue in Santa Clara and Showers Drive in Mountain View.

In June, VTA staff said a trip from Palo Alto to HP Pavilion on the line would take BRT 52 minutes, while it could take 60 minutes by car and 67 minutes by the current express bus line 522, which would be replaced by BRT. “At this point the cost seems high for an enhancement that doesn’t seem like much of an enhance-ment,” said council member Ronit Bryant, who seemed even more

opposed than she was in June. “A gradual approach might be much easier to accept.” VTA staff said that for technical reasons having to do with its transit center, Palo Alto is not being asked for dedicated lanes. Mayor Mike Kasperzak questioned that, saying Palo Alto should “share the pain.” “It does offend me that Palo Alto might be left out,” Kasper-zak said. V

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country hadn’t fulfilled for them. Mr. Clark’s actions, he said, exemplify “a standard of conduct we should all aspire to.” He noted that Mr. Clark has said he doesn’t consider himself a hero. “But we do,” the secretary said, the audi-ence erupting in applause. Mr. Clark’s actions that day and into the night “played an undeniably significant role” in saving the ship and the lives of countless sailors, said Congress-woman Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, who hosted the event. For two years, Ms. Eshoo worked to secure offi-cial military recogni-tion for Mr. Clark, 95, a resident Menlo Park who served at Moffett Field after the war. The ceremony was attended by family members who came from all over the state and country, by a multitude of friends, by Mr. Clark’s fellow members of St. Francis of Assisi Church in East Palo Alto, and by people who had never met Mr. Clark, but were touched by his story of heroism and the injustice that delayed his recognition for 66 years. As a military band played the

national anthem and military passages ushering in Secretary Mabus and Rep. Eshoo, fam-ily members quietly wept. And when Mr. Clark slowly walked into the spacious hall aided by a cane, applause and whistles broke out, then morphed into a hand-clapping processional chant: Carl, Carl, Carl. Also in the audience, tears streaming down her cheeks, was “life stories” writing instructor Sheila Dunec. It was Ms. Dunec who went to Rep. Eshoo with Carl Clark’s story, which the

veteran shared in 2000 during a World War II life stories course Ms. Dunec conducted at the Menlo Park Library. Originally a writing course, it evolved into a project that included oral presen-tations, a video and, several years ago, a staged event. Mr. Clark told the crowd that “this never would have hap-pened” if it hadn’t been for Ms. Dunec. He thanked her and Rep. Eshoo, who “brought this honor

to a conclusion.” Recognizing other blacks in the military who were never recognized for their service, he noted: “We were loyal Ameri-cans and tried to do our part.” Secretary Mabus described Mr. Clark’s heroism aboard the Aaron Ward, but also his life after he returned to his country, stationed for a time at Moffett, then working for the post office and involving himself with painting, writing and commu-nity. “He led a good and produc-tive life,” Mr. Mabus said.

Mr. Clark joined the Navy in the 1930s, when blacks could serve only as mess attendants — essentially, officers’ servants, he said in an earlier interview with the Almanac, the

Voice’s sister paper. On the Aaron Ward, he was part of an eight-man damage-control unit designated to put out fires and take on other urgent roles if the ship were attacked. On May 3, 1945, Mr. Clark sprang into action when his ship was hit by the kamikaze planes. When the first signs of the

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attack were apparent, Mr. Clark recalled, the seven other men in the unit huddled in one area of the deck, yards away from him. When the first plane hit, all seven men were killed. Mr. Clark was flung up against an overhead structure, breaking his collarbone; his helmet and shoes were blown off his body. When the second plane neared the ship, Mr. Clark could see the pilot’s face. Then, the plane hit, and “blew me right across the ship,” he said. With the rest of the damage-control team gone, Mr. Clark ignored his injuries and began an hours-long effort to extin-guish fires — including one that broke out in the ammuni-tion locker, threatening to blow up the ship — and to help his surviving shipmates. Although the fire hoses were meant to be

handled by at least two men, he often manned then by himself. Without treatment for his own injuries, he worked through the night single-handedly carrying the injured to the medic ward, he said. Although the ship’s captain told Mr. Clark he would make every effort to have him award-ed for his heroism, those efforts were unsuccessful. But that injustice ended today. The country Mr. Clark defend-ed didn’t live up to its responsi-bility to him, “but today, we cor-rect that omission,” Secretary Mabus said. The ceremony was attended by Mr. Clark’s only living child, Karen Collins of Portland. His son died several years ago. Mr. Clark’s two surviving siblings also were there: Korea Strower, 93, of Washington, D.C., and Katherine Fletcher, 91, of Omaha. They and numerous

cousins, nieces and nephews filled the first rows of the audi-ence. Also in attendance was Faye Lavrakas and Joanna Lavrakas, niece and sister-in-law, respec-tively, of retired Navy Cap-tain Lefteris “Lefty” Lavrakas. Although Capt. Lavrakas died last August, before knowing that Mr. Clark’s medal was approved, it was his testimony, as one of the last surviving officers of the Aaron Ward, that appears to have finalized the approval. In a November 2010 letter to Secretary Mabus, Rep. Eshoo referred to Capt. Lavrakas’ state-ment about expediting the award: “Please hurry up, Carl and I are both in our 90s and we need to correct this injustice for Carl.” V

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Residents of a Mountain View mobile home park near Moffett Field were

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A pair of Capitol Hill pro-posals that target pirating of American content by

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sites from the searches. The bill’s author, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, characterized SOPA as an act that will stop “foreign rogue websites from taking jobs and profits away from America’s innovators.” In a statement, he said that the bill’s “broad bipartisan support shows Congress’s commitment to com-bating rogue states and ensur-ing that profits go to American innovators, not criminals who steal our products and damage our economy.” But Eshoo, whose congres-sional district includes a slew of start-up tech companies, has consistently argued that SOPA’s reach is too broad and that it would have the unintended con-sequence of stifling local start-ups and creating uncertainty in the industry. Critics in the high-tech world have also claimed that the law would require small companies to hire teams of attorneys to fight complaints that may or may not be legitimate. The bills are heavily supported by the music and movie industries, which are particularly prone to high-tech piracy. Eshoo was one of 11 members

of the House of Representa-tives to sign a letter in Novem-ber opposing SOPA. The letter commends the legislation’s goal of targeting “rogue” foreign websites engaging in copyright infringement, but warns of unin-tended consequences. “While this is a laudable goal and one we support, the SOPA’s

overly broad language, in its current form, would target legiti-mate domestic websites, creating significant uncertainty for those in the technology and venture-capital industries,” the letter states. Last month, Eshoo joined a bipartisan group that includes Issa in releasing its own frame-work for an anti-pirating law. The group’s proposal would empower the International Trades Commission to launch investigations into accusations

of copyright infringement. The ITC would have the power to issue cease-and-desist orders to provide “appropriate immunity” to companies complying with its orders. In a statement that accompa-nied the framework, Eshoo said rogue websites represent “the hijacking of American genius, and must be stopped.” “But the Stop Online Piracy Act’s overly broad language will seriously hinder the growth of new businesses, new investments and new jobs,” Eshoo said. “The economic opportunities and innovation created by the Internet and start-ups could be crushed under the weight of SOPA.” She said she hopes the draft framework serves as “a good starting point for future discus-sions on how to best protect U.S. intellectual property rights.” Eshoo’s proposal comes at a time when SOPA is attracting support from the majority of the House Judiciary Committee, which is still finalizing the bill. According to Politico, two-thirds of the committee is prepared to vote for the act. PIPA’s oppo-nents in the Senate, meanwhile, will consider next week whether

to filibuster the proposed act, according to the site. With action imminent, com-panies such as Wikipedia, the popular user-generated online encyclopedia, and Reddit have stepped up their opposition to the two legislative proposals. The administrators at Reddit, a social-media site that allows users to tag news headlines, urge users to oppose the proposed legislation. Wikipedia announced its plan to shut down the English lan-guage version of its site for 24 hours, starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the West Coast. Sue Gardner, executive director of Wikipedia foundation, wrote in a posting that “this will be the first time the English Wikipedia has ever staged a public protest of this nature, and it’s a decision that wasn’t lightly made.” “We believe in a free and open Internet where information can be shared without impediment,” Gardner wrote. “We believe that new proposed laws like SOPA and PIPA, and other similar laws under discussion inside and out-side the United States, don’t advance the interests of the gen-eral public.” V

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RECORD OBESITY NUMBERS CALL FOR ACTION Obesity needs to go on a diet. Obesity is responsible for the fact that millions of U.S. youth can expect to live fewer years than their parents — the first gen-erational decline in life expec-tancy rates in America’s history.

Obesity is on the rise and so too are the body mass calculations of politicians who warn of its dire medical and societal conse-quences. Candidacy for or maintenance of any political position in this country should require that a person is within the “normal weight” body mass index (BMI) range. This would mean a major overhaul of dietary habits in Congress and city halls as well as of the foods served at political banquets and luncheons. Politi-cians would also need to recal-culate their personal diets and exercise plans when off duty. This might seem like an insur-mountable challenge — from a political and health standpoint — but how do the lawmakers of our country expect to reverse this epidemic if they them-selves are contributing to the problem? If they themselves are ignoring the hypocritical nature of telling someone to “put down that hotdog” while they drink a soda? Politics should require more than being educated on the issues; it should require that poli-ticians act as positive role models, too. Maybe it would reinvigorate the nonvoting public. Maybe it would make a dent on obesity. And, for the record, pizza is not a vegetable.

Paul Thiebaut IIIEast Palo Alto

Before the little-known Local Agency Formation Commis-sion dissolves the El Camino Hospital District, we hope hospital officials and those from the commission, including

City Council member Margaret Abe-Koga, make every effort to resolve the accounting issues that apparently could wipe out the district and its taxing power. This would be a huge mistake and take away millions of dollars worth of support to local nonprofit agencies like the Children’s Health Awareness Council (CHAC), and the Community Services Agency (CSA), and others which now are the beneficiaries of these funds and would be hard-pressed to recover if the support were taken away. El Camino’s accounting was questioned by a Civil Grand Jury Report issued last summer that, while praising the hospital’s success-ful operation, had major concerns when the hospital “intermingled” funds from the tax district and for-profit operations “...to the extent that that one cannot delineate how taxpayer contributions are spent.” And that is the same concern raised by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), a county agency that oversees all special dis-tricts and has recently been empowered by legislation passed last year to be able to dissolve a special district without a vote of the people. “If we find that there’s a district that isn’t needed anymore, we may move for dissolution of that district,” said Abe-Koga, a City Council member who also sits on the LAFCO board. Last week El Camino spokeswoman Chris Ernst disputed that the new law gives the commission the power to dissolve a hospital district without a vote, but members of Assemblyman Rich Gordon’s staff, who did not want to be named, told the Voice that there is no question that hospital districts are covered by the legislation and LAFCO staff members said they are planning to look into it further this week. A factor prominently mentioned in the Grand Jury report was El Camino’s purchase of the Los Gatos hospital in 2009, an out-of-district acquisition that cost nearly $100 million. The report said, “There is so little detail and transparency to the audit or to the detailed budget provided that the Grand Jury was unable to see where funds were derived for the purchase of the Community Hospi-tal of Los Gatos in 2009...” In commenting on the report when it was issued last June, Ernst both defended the hospital’s bookkeeping practices, but said the hospital also will give “...due consideration to the findings and rec-ommendations in the report.” Now it will be up to the LAFCO board of directors to decide whether to move toward dissolving the district, or allowing it to squeak by. The agency has taken the unusual step of auditing the district as part of its regular service review that is due in May, which could recommend dissolution of the district. We believe it would be a mistake to snuff out the district. Cer-tainly the hospital must improve its accounting practices to assure LAFCO and the public that all income from taxpayers is tracked and allocated to non-profit practices. In addition, to meet another criticism of the Grand Jury, the hospital needs to make sure one per-son or entity has full responsibility for how and where the tax funds are spent. There should be absolutely no intermingling of tax funds and those earned in other ways by the hospital. However, if LAFCO decides that the hospital district should be dissolved, we urge its members to put the question on the ballot, so taxpayers, not a little-known board of only five members, can make the ultimate decision that could mean the loss of millions of dollars to nonprofit agencies that serve our communities. In this case, the punishment is out of line for the easily correctible book-keeping errors by El Camino.

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Recipe from Harry’s Bar in VeniceHarry’s Bar opened in 1931 when Giuseppe Cipriani, an enterprising bartender at the Hotel Europa in Venice, got some fi nancial assistance from a rich, young American from Boston named Harry Pickering. According to Cipriani company history, Pickering had been a customer at the Hotel Europa for some time, suddenly stopped frequenting the hotel bar. Cipriani saw Pickering one day and asked why he no longer patronized the bar. Pickering was broke, he explained to the bartender -- his family cut him off when it was discovered he had not curtailed his recklessness and fondness for drinking. So, Cipriani loaned his patron a chunk of cash -- about 10,000 lire, or $5,000 U.S.. Two years later, Pickering walked back into the Hotel Europa, ordered a drink at the bar, handed 10,000 lire to Giuseppe Cipriani – he then handed Cipriani more. “Mr. Cipriani, thank you. Here’s the money. And to show you my appreciation, here’s 40,000 more, enough to open a bar. We will call it Harry’s Bar,” Located on Calle Vallaresso, close to the Piazza San Marco, the bar -- as the Cipriani’s have always called it -- was fi rst conceived as a hotel bar, serving no food, and later transformed into a restaurant. There are many imitators, but only one Harry’s Bar. To honor this famous Italian culinary icon, we submit our version of one of Harry’s Famous recipes…

1-inch by 1/4 inch strips

shelled, deveined and cut in halffresh tagliatelle (egg pasta)

Reggiano cheese plus extra to pass at the table

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By Dale F. Bentson

Lyfe Kitchen received a lot of press before and after its October opening, much of it

self-written thanks to an almost hyperactive PR effort. The concept restaurant is part of a company founded by former McDonald’s executives and a ven-ture capitalist, with the executive team also including Fortune 500 consultants. The 100-seat Palo Alto address is the prototype that execs hope will soon blossom into a 250-restaurant national chain. And the food? It’s made eschew-ing butter, cream, high-fructose corn syrup and fried items. Menu items are all under 600 calories with less than 1,000 mg of sodium.

The mantra is to produce great-tasting, nutritious food — and get it to the table quickly. It’s a step up from fast food, falling into the fast-casual category, where food is swiftly made to order. The menu at Lyfe (an acronym for Love Your Food Everyday) was developed by two high-profile chefs. Art Smith is Oprah’s former personal chef and now a celeb-rity chef in his own right, and Tal Ronnen is a leading vegan chef, cookbook author and caterer to the stars. The conscientious planning didn’t stop in the kitchen, either. The interior properties are made from recycled and sustainable products: bamboo flooring, soy-based foam upholstery, low-voltage

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Visions of grandeurLYFE EXECS DREAM OF A NATIONAL CHAIN, BUT PALO

ALTO PROTOTYPE NEEDS SOME BASIC FIXES

VERONICA WEBER

Fish tacos at Lyfe Kitchen are loaded with shredded veggies, including jicama, carrots, avocado and cabbage.


Xenon lighting, recycled stain-less steel and aluminum, and Douglas-fir bleacher wood sal-vaged from colleges and high schools. Table tops are cleaned and sanitized with ionized water. Even the men’s room uses a Sloan hands-free waterless urinal. For some people, it’s the future. For others, it’s just hyperbole. On the surface, Lyfe is almost the anti-McDonald’s, but it really isn’t and I’m sure management doesn’t view it that way. It’s a business opportunity, pure and simple, and there is nothing wrong with that. The executive team under-stands fast food: an unpre-tentious menu using nominal ingredients, an efficient kitchen where the number of footsteps to complete an order is minimal, high-tech appliances, state-of-the-art communications, fresh ingredients, and durable dining-room seating that is comfortable enough but discourages long-term table use. Check, check and check; they’ve got it. But not quite all of it yet. On a recent visit, I found that the sweet corn chowder ($3.99), made with cashew cream and chopped herbs, was supposed to be topped with multigrain croutons — but there were none on mine. The chowder was tasty, with the dish arriving before I had my coat hung up. Okay, fast. But the surface of the soup was tepid at best while the interior was boiler-hot, suggest-

ing the bowl had been zapped in a microwave. The kitchen should have stirred the soup to even the heat. Fourteen seconds later, the two fish tacos ($8.99) and the side of sweet potato fries ($2.49) were piled onto my table. The tacos were light on fish but loaded with shredded veggies to fatten them out: carrot, cabbage, jicama, cilantro, onion, avocado. A larger portion of fish would have made the price more palatable. The sweet potato had been cut, fry-like, and baked. The fries were bland and limp despite being burnt around the edges. The potato would have been better had it been crisped, or at the very least seasoned. It was a near-flavorless filler. Better was the grilled artichoke ($3.99) with lemon aioli, which made a fine appetizer. The BBQ chicken flatbread ($7.99) fea-tured free-range chicken, sweet corn, roasted onion, cilantro, agave barbeque sauce and a five-cheese blend that was especially good. Both dishes would have been great to share. Alas, there were no extra plates at the table or at the water/utensil station, which made sharing difficult. On the subject of dishes: The white dinnerware is chic and matches well with the decor but grrr, they are odd-sized plates and knives are impossible to place over the edges. They simply fall off and clatter on the table or

slide down into the food on the plate. I liked everything but the price on Art’s unfried chicken ($11.99). The chicken was about the size of a small boneless breast, breaded and baked. It was fork-tender and the accompanying Brussels sprouts and squash, bathed in cashew cream and Dijon vinaigrette, were delightful. Despite the small ration of chicken, it was filling. Desserts are all $3.99. The lem-on pound cake topped with fresh fruit was satisfying. The volcano cake was very chocolaty, but a word of caution on the minute slice of non-dairy banana rum cheesecake: The pecan crust was soggy while the pie had a soupy texture and was way too sweet. A botched effort, in my opinion. While Lyfe has a token selection of beers and wines, it excels with coffees, teas, smoothies and cool-ers. The cranberry-pomegranate cooler ($2.99), with cucumber and agave, was refreshing and delicious. Lyfe is an ambitious project whose foundation is right here, right now. The prices might put some people off; the portions of some dishes could be enlarged; and a couple of items need rethinking. Overall, though, Lyfe is what it claims to be: a restau-rant that delivers naturally pre-pared, satisfying food, quickly. V

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Since 1945

2011

Above: Lyfe Kitchen uses recycled and

sustainable products for everything from

the seat cushions to the floors.

Right: A cranberry-pomegranate cooler

accompanies the BBQ chicken flatbread.

VERONICA WEBER

VERONICA WEBER


3 Superstars in Berlin (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Thu. at 7 p.m.

A Dangerous Method (R) Guild Theatre: 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 1:15 p.m.

The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 4:10 & 9:30 p.m.; In 3D at 1:35 & 6:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 4:35 & 10 p.m.; In 3D at 2 & 7:25 p.m.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; 1:25, 3:55, 6:10, 8:30 & 10:45 p.m.

The Artist (PG-13) 1/2 Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 4:40 & 7:25 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 9:50 p.m.; Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 2 p.m.

Beauty and the Beast (G) Century 16: 11 a.m.; In 3D at 1:20, 3:55, 6:40 & 9:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; In 3D at 1:35, 4:10, 7 & 9:20 p.m.

Carnage (R) Century 16: Noon, 2:20, 4:30, 7:20 & 9:40 p.m.

Contraband (R) Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:30, 2, 3:50, 5, 7, 8, 9:50 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; 12:05, 1:55, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7:10, 8:05, 9:50 & 10:45 p.m.

The Descendants (R) 1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 3:15, 6 & 8:45 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 12:30 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 1:40, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m.

The Devil Inside (R)Century 20: 5:45, 8 & 10:10 p.m.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Century 16: 12:10, 3:20, 7 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 1, 4:05, 7:20 & 10:20 p.m.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) (R) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 2:40, 6:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 3:30, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m.

Gone With the Wind (1939) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Thu. at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. also at 2 p.m.

Haywire (R) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 2:10, 4:50, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m.

Hot Water (1924) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 9 p.m.

Hugo (PG) 1/2 Century 16: 2:50 & 9:20 p.m.; In 3D at 11:30 a.m. & 6:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 5:05 & 10:40 p.m.; In 3D at 2:10 & 7:55 p.m.

The Iron Lady (PG-13) 1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55, 7:30 & 10:05 p.m.

Joyful Noise (PG-13) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:50, 4:40, 7:40 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island (Not Rated) Century 20: Sat. at 9:55 a.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: Sat. at 9:55 a.m.

Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Century 16: 12:40, 3:50, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 12:45, 4, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m.

Red Tails (PG-13) Century 16: 12:20, 3:40, 7:10 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 2, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:35 p.m.

Safety Last (1923) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: Noon, 3:30, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 1:20, 4:25, 7:35 & 10:30 p.m.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 1/2 Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 3, 6:10 & 9:05 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10:10 p.m.

Underworld: Awakening (R) Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 5 & 10:35 p.m.; In 3D at 11 a.m.; 1:30, 2:30, 4, 7, 8 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; In 3D at 1:30, 3:45, 6, 8:20 & 10:40 p.m.

War Horse (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 11:45 a.m. & 6:20 p.m. Century 20: Fri. & Sun.-Thu. at 11:20 a.m. & 2:35 p.m.

We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1/2 Century 16: 3:10 & 9:40 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 1:50, 4:45, 7:40 & 10:35 p.m.

THE ARTIST (Palo Alto Square, Century 20) Any film-goer undaunted by something different will surely walk out of this new silent film with a grin. Michel Hazanavicius’ feature has an emotional generosity that speaks louder than words. Opening in 1927, “The Artist” begins with a premiere of a silent film starring dashing George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). When Valentin stumbles into a photo op with a girl named Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), the ground for a relationship is paved. Peppy sees her star begins to rise in proportion to George’s fall, precipitated by the arrival of talkies and the market crash of 1929. Writer-director Hazanavicius mostly steers clear of comparisons to the era’s epics and screen comics, instead inhabiting the more manageable territory of melodrama. The acting is inventive, and the film joyously celebrates the movies. Rated PG-13 for a disturbing image and a crude gesture. One hour, 41 minutes. — P.C.

CARNAGE (Century 16) Roman Polanski’s play-to-film adaptation takes four civilized adults, sticks them in an upscale apartment, serves drinks, and awaits the uncomfort-able truths. The joke of Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage” is a slow disinte-gration of the thin veneer of social niceties. It’s catnip for actors. In a Brooklyn park, boys argue and one assaults the other. Swiftly, we’re off to the apartment of the injured party, where his parents (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly) host the assail-ant’s parents (Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz). The four parse some legalese and sit for a polite conversation comprising “get to know you” chat and attempted commiseration on child-rearing. Cue the disintegration. Winslet succumbs to overplaying a bit, but her cast mates hit just the right notes of ego and cravenness to make the characters as credible as they are cretinous. Rated R for language. One hour, 20 minutes. — P.C.

THE DESCENDANTS 1/2(Aquarius, Century 20) George Clooney plays Matt King, a lawyer and hapless father troubleshooting domestic and business concerns in a Hawaii he drily notes is not paradise. King’s petulance derives mostly from his wife being in a coma due to a boating accident, and his inability to do anything about it. As a father, he’s clumsy at best; by pampering 10-year-old Scottie (Amara Miller), Matt hopes to distract her from her mother’s decline. No such trickery works on delin-quent 17-year-old Alexandra (Shailene Woodley). Matt’s business issue involves his role as trustee of his family’s ancestral land: 25,000 pristine acres in Kauai that will bring the Kings a pretty penny if they can agree on a buyer. As this subplot lingers, Matt becomes obsessed with a third concern: investigating a secret about his wife. It provides the excuse for the Kings to island-hop and family-bond in search of closure. Rated PG for some mild rude humor. One hour, 38 minutes. — P.C.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS‘Cultivating Compassion’ This class is on learning specific tools and practices for the culti-vation of compassion along with exploration of what compassion is across traditions. The practice of compassion for the self will be emphasized. Thursdays, Jan. 19-March 15, 1-3 p.m. Free. Can-cer Support Comunity, 455 Whisman Road, Suite 300, Mountain View. Call 650-968-5000. www.cancersupportcommunity.net‘Self Publish 101’ This class is on the basics of self-publishing. Jan. 24, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Call 650-948-7683. ‘Technology Tuesdays: Cloud Comput-ing & Chromebooks’ This class focuses on the topic of cloud computing. Students will explore cloud computing through the Chrome-book, a lightweight mobile computer using web apps instead of traditional software. Jan. 24, Registration is required. Register on the library website. Sponsored by the Friends of the Palo Alto Library. 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave., Palo Alto. Call 650-329-2436. www.cityofpaloalto.org/libraryCommunication Workshop (ToastMas-ters Orbiters) Toastmasters meet every first and third Thursdays to work on communication skills in a friendly environment. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Community Center, 210 South Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. Call 408-571-1844. orbiters.freetoasthost.usIntensive Workshop on Sacadas and Boleos in Tango Gustavo and Jesica Homos, 2011 USA Tango Stage Champions, will offer an intensive workshop on Sacadas and Boleos in Tango for leaders and followers (intermediate level). Sacada is the displacement of feet or mov-ing a partner’s leg gently with one’s own. Boleo is throwing or swiveling one leg. Jan. 21, Noon-2 p.m. $40. Cheryl Burke Dance Studio, 1400 North Shoreline Blvd., #-A1, Mountain View, Ca. . Call 650-864-9150. www.cherylburkedance.com/MountainView

COMMUNITY EVENTS‘Disaster-Resiliency Panel’ Panel discus-sion and audience Q&A. Panelists: Robert Dolci, acting director, NASA Ames; Martin Griss, direc-tor, CMU & DMI; Steve Jordan, CEO of NDRC; Tor Andre Nilson, founder and VP, IntraPoint. Jan. 31, 7-9 p.m. Free. NASA Research Park, Building 3, Moffett Field. researchpark.arc.nasa.gov/Vegetarian Dinners The Peninsula Mac-robiotic Community serves a vegetarian dinner every Monday (except holidays). Full vegan meal includes soup, grain, beans or bean products, veg-etables, dessert and beverage. Communal seat-ing. Lecture monthly. Diners are asked to make phone reservations by Mondays at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12-Jan. 30, 6:30-8 p.m. $15. First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 650 599-3320. peninsulamacro.org

CONCERTS‘World Harmony Chorus Students of CSMA’s World Harmony Chorus perform songs from around the globe Jan. 30, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. www.arts4all.org/attend

DANCE‘Argentine Tango Boot Camp’ Argentine tango instructor and performer Christy Coté will offer a “tango boot camp” with 13 hours of instruction. The intensive weekend is intended for beginners. Jan. 28-29, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. $189. Cheryl Burke Dance Studio, 1400 North Shoreline Blvd., #-A1, Mountain View, Ca.. Call 650-864-9150. www.tangobootcamp.orgBallet Class For the Love of Dance studio is offering ballet class for teens and adults. Students will stretch and learn ballet technique in a com-fortable setting. Wednesdays through June 26, 7-8 p.m. $60 per month. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View. Call 650-861-0650. fortheloveofdancemv.comBeginners’ Square Dance Class No experi-ence or partner needed for this all-levels class. First class is free, with refreshments included. Sundays, Jan. 8-March 4, 7-9 p.m. $4. Lotus Lane Recreation Hall, Mountain View. Call 408-274-3833. Hip-Hop Class For the Love of Dance Studio is offering hip-hop class for teens and adults. Mon-days through June 24, 8-9 p.m. $60 per month. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View. Call 650-861-0650. fortheloveofdancemv.comJazz-Dance Class For the Love of Dance Studio is offering jazz-dance classes for teens and adults. Mondays through June 24, 7-8 p.m. $60 per month. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middle-field Way, Suite B, Mountain View. Call 650-861-0650. fortheloveofdancemv.comTiny Tots Dance Class The studio For the Love of Dance offers “tiny tots” classes for 3- and 4-year-olds. Pre-ballet and tap, using activity songs and exercises that teach dance terminology; basic rhythm patterns and self-expression; listen-ing skills and self-confidence; and an introduction to classical music. Mondays, Jan. 2-June 25, 4-5 p.m. $60 per month. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View. Call 650-861-0650. fortheloveofdancemv.com

EXHIBITSAntique Toys, 1870-1930 In addition to early American toys, the exhibit also features turn-of-the-century toy trains and accessories from fine European toymakers such as Marklin and Bing. Through April, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 650-321-1004. www.moah.org

FAMILY AND KIDS‘Wild-Cat Adventure’ Five live wild cats from various countries will be at Foothill. Each cat is shown on stage as information about the species is shared with the audience. Jan. 22, 2-3 p.m. $10 general, $5 for children under 12. Foot-hill College, Appreciation Hall, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 707-874-3176. www.wildcatfund.orgChildren’s Story Time A read-aloud of “Mus-tard: A Story about Soft Love and Strong Values” by Jessel Miller. Creative activities to follow. Cynthia Starborn is the guest reader. Ages 4 and up. Attendees should call to reserve a seat. Feb. 4, 4-4:45 p.m. Free. East West Bookstore, 324 Cas-tro St., Mountain View. www.eastwest.comLos Altos Parent Preschool Open House Attendees can meet teachers and explore the new campus, with children invited. Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Los Altos Parent Preschool, 201 Covington Road, Los Altos. Call 650-947-9371. www.lapp.coop

FILM‘SOS Film Festival’ The SOS Film Festival is hosted by the Mountain View High School Envi-ronmental Club. It features documentaries about protecting the oceans and raising awareness about ocean issues. Panel discussion included. Jan. 20, 6:30-10 p.m. Free. Mountain View High School Theater, 3355 Truman Ave. , Moutain View.

HEALTH‘Advances in Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment’ This discussion will be about the latest methods for radiation treatment, and what advances may be on the horizon. Facili-tated by Robert Sinha, medical director of El Cami-no Hospital’s radiation oncology Department. Jan. 31, 6-8 p.m. Free. Cancer Support Community, 455 Whisman Road, Suite 300, Mountain View. Call 650-968-5000. www.cancersupportcom-munity.net‘Healing Power of Writing’ Attendees will write in a supportive environment, exploring the impacts of cancer in response to the facilitator’s prompts. Mondays, Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. Cancer Support Community, 455 Whisman Road, Mountain View. Call 650-968-5000. www.cancersupportcommunity.net‘Parenting Through Cancer’ Class attend-ees will explore such questions as: “How much do you tell your children about your cancer? How do you know when to be concerned about changes in their behavior? How do you explain why some routines are changing?” Jan. 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Cancer Support Community, 455 Whisman Road, Suite 300, Mountain View. Call 650-968-5000. www.cancersupportcommunity.net‘Relaxation and Mindfulness’ Class attendees will learn techniques to manage stress

and enhance the ability to relax and calm both mind and body. Areas of focus include mindful-ness practice and cultivating mindful awareness, the power of breathing, and mindfulness in daily life. Jan. 24, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Cancer Support Community, 455 Whisman Road, Suite 300, Mountain View. Call 650-968-5000. www.can-cersupportcommunity.netJohn’s Zumba Class Zumba classes every Thursday night, 8-9 p.m. $10. John’s Zumba Class, 2584 Leghorn St., Mountain View. Call 415-990-9965. www.thatzumbaguy.com

ON STAGE‘Doubt, A Parable’ Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school prinicipal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of his male students. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by John Patrick Shanley plays Jan. 26-Feb. 18. $26-32. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Call 650-941-0551. www.busbarn.org‘Moon for the Misbegotten’ This Eugene O’Neill play is a story of blarney, scheming and betrayal. Directed by Jeanie Smith. Jan. 13-Feb. 5, Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 2 p.m. $15-$30. Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K, Mountain View. thepear.org

RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY‘Insight Meditation South Bay’ Shaila Catherine and guest teachers lead a weekly “Insight Meditation” sitting followed by a talk on Buddhist teachings. Tuesdays through Feb. 7, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. St. Timothy’s/Edwards Hall , 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. Call 650-857-0904. imsb.org

SENIORS‘Advances in Cataract Surgery’ Dr. Karen Shih from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation gives an overview of advances in the field of cataract surgery. Topics will include what a cataract is, how treatment for cataracts has changed, and when people should consider surgery. Jan. 26, 1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6330.

SINGLES‘Meet Your Valentine’ This singles’ dance includes dancing and appetizers. Adults of all ages welcome. Dressy attire requested. Feb. 3, 8-11:45 p.m. $20 ($15 if bought by Feb. 2). Michael’s at Shoreline Park, 2960 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. Call 415-507-9962. www.thepartyhotline.com

SPORTSGroup runs The running store On Your Mark has organized four weekly running groups, with runners of all ages and skill levels welcome. No registration necessary. All runs are three to five miles with the start and finish behind the store. Mondays at 6 a.m., Wednesdays at 6:30 a.m., Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Free. On Your Mark, 378 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-209-5526. www.onyourmarkperformance.com

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120 AuctionsAdvertise Your Auction in 240 California newspapers for one low cost of $600. Your 25 word classified ad reaches over 6 million+ Californians. Free brochure call Elizabeth (916)288-6019. (Cal-SCAN)

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Instruction for Hebrew Bar and Bat Mitzvah For Affiliated and Unaffiliated George Rubin, M.A. in Hebrew/Jewish Education 650/424-1940

133 Music LessonsBarton-Holding Music Studio Accepting new students for private vocal lessons. All levels. Call Laura Barton, 650/965-0139

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Jazz & Pop Piano Lessons Learn how to build chords and impro-vise. Bill Susman, M.A., Stanford. (650)906-7529

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202 Vehicles WantedAll Motorcycles Pre 1980 - running or not. Cash paid!! 315-569-8094. (Cal-SCAN)

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Donate Your Car, Truck, Boat to Heritage for the Blind. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 888-902-6851. (Cal-SCAN)

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RWC: 1228 Douglas Ave., 1/20, 11-2; 1/21, 9-1 BIG RUMMAGE SALE benefits Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. (Just south of Woodside Rd., between Broadway and Bayshore Fwy.) Cash Only. 650/497-8332 or during sale 650/568-9840

215 Collectibles & AntiquesKENT COFFEY IMPRESA 6-piece 1960

230 FreebiesCat Supplies - FREE

240 Furnishings/Household itemsCast Iron Queen Canopy Bedframe - $800.00

LaBarge Mirror with Gryphons - $750.00

245 MiscellaneousInfrared iHeater Heat your home for 5 cents an HOUR! Portable infrared iHeater heats 1000 sq. ft. Slashes your heating bills by 50%. FREE Shipping too! Use claim code 6239. Was $499 Now $279. Call 1-888-807-5741. (Cal-SCAN)

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330 Child Care OfferedEnglish Spanish Nanny available

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340 Child Care WantedAfternoon Nanny Needed

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440 Massage TherapySEEKING MASSAGE THERAPIST

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560 Employment Information$$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 www.easy-workjobs.com (AAN CAN)

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710 CarpentryCabinetry-Individual Designs Precise, 3-D Computer Modeling: Mantels * Bookcases * Workplaces * Wall Units * Window Seats. Ned Hollis, 650/856-9475

715 Cleaning ServicesFamily House Service Weekly or bi-weekly green cleaning. Comm’l., residential, apts. Honest, reliable, family owned. Refs. Sam, 650/315-6681.

Holiday Cleaning by Tere. Houses * Apartments * Offices. Genl. cleaning, laundry, ironing, comml./res. Excel. refs. Lic. #40577. 650/281-8637

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Olga’s Housecleaning Res./Com. Wkly/mo. Low Rates. Local Refs. 25 years Exp. & Friendly. I love My Job! Ins. (650)380-1406

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730 ElectricalAlex Electric Lic #784136. Free Est. All electrical. Alex, (650)366-6924

748 Gardening/LandscapingBeckys Landscape Weekly/periodic maint. Annual rose/fruit tree pruning, clean-ups, irrigation, sod, planting, raised beds. Power washing. 650/493-7060

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Leo Garcia Landscape/Maintenance Lawn and irrig. install, clean-ups. Res. and comml. maint. Free Est. Lic. 823699. 650/369-1477.

Mario’s Gardening Maintenance, clean-ups. Free est. 650/365-6955; 995-3822

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754 Gutter CleaningCarlson’s Rain Gutter Cleaning Roof cleaning and pressure washing. 20 years in business (650)322-5030

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Miller’s Maintenance Plumbing, Painting, Tile and wall repair. Free Est. No job too small. Senior discount. 25 years exp. 650/669-3199

759 Hauling#1 Family Hauling Will beat most prices and haul anything. 650/207-9674

a J & G HAULING SERVICE Misc., office, garage, storage, old furni-ture, green waste and yard junk. clean-ups. Licensed & insured. FREE EST. 650/368-8810 (see my Yelp reviews)

College Student Will haul and recycle your unwanted items and do genl. clean up. 650/641-3078; 650/868-6184

Frank’s Hauling Commercial, Residential, Garage, Basement & Yard. Clean-up. Fair prices. 650/361-8773

767 MoversArmando’s Moving Homes, Apartments, Storage. Full Service moves. Serving the Bay Area for 20 yrs. Licensed & Insured. Armando,650-630-0424. CAL-T190632

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775 Asphalt/ConcreteRoe General Engineering Concrete, asphalt, sealing, pavers, new construct, repairs. 34 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703 * 650/814-5572

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801 Apartments/Condos/StudiosPalo Alto 1 Bdrm Apt. $2000/mo. rent includes util., wifi & w/d. New amen., must see! (650) 274-5171

Sunnyvale, 2 BR/1.5 BA - $1,795/mo

805 Homes for RentPalo Alto, 2 BR/2.5 BA - $3250

Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $2,450/mo.

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820 Home Exchanges$3250 / 2br - 1200ft.

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995 Fictitious Name StatementELECTRODOXZ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 559336 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Electrodoxz, located at 2620 Fayette Drive, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): SCOTT McDEVITT 2620 Fayette Dr. Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 22, 2011. (MVV Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012)

FOUNTAINBLUE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 559610 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: FountainBlue, located at 405 Hedgerow Court, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): LINDA HOLROYD 405 Hedgerow Court Mountain View, CA 94041 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on 06/06/2001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 30, 2011. (MVV Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012)

HAMAMOTO EXECUTIVE SERVICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 560001 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Hamamoto Executive Services, located at 950 Desmet Way, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ALICE HAMAMOTO 950 Desmet Way San Jose, CA 95125 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on 7/28/2006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 11, 2012. (MVV Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 2012)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: December 14, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: LORENA SOTOMAYOR DE FLORES The applicants listed above are apply-ing to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 820 E. El Camino Real, Ste. C Mountain View, CA 94040-2837 Type of license(s) applied for: 41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE (MVV Jan. 13, 20, 27, 2012)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEPHEN JOSEPH BERGER Case No.: 1-12-PR-169958 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of STEPHEN JOSEPH BERGER, STEPHEN J. BERGER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARY BERGER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: MARY BERGER be appointed as per-sonal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to inter-ested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an inter-ested person files an objection to the

petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 8, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 3 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the peti-tion, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: /s/ Douglas Barnes Douglas P. Barnes, A Professional Law Corp. 210 Almendra Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408)395-4800 (MVV Jan. 13, 20, 27, 2012)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: January 9, 2012 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: SBI ENTERPRISES LLC The applicants listed above are apply-ing to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 660 San Antonio Rd. Mountain View, CA 94040-1304 Type of license(s) applied for: 47 - ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE (MVV Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 2012)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN RICHARD LUCY Case No.: 1-12-PR-170035 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN RICHARD LUCY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PETER LUCY in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: PETER LUCY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to inter-ested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an inter-ested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on February 29, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 3 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the peti-tion, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: /s/ James A. Thompson 600 Allerton St., Suite 200 Redwood City, CA 94063 (650)365-7333 (MVV Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 2012)

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Beautiful newer construction home, 14 years young! Quality finishes & custom features throughout this 5 br/3 ba home

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Rarely available 14, 300 sq.ft. lot, zoned R32, in downtown Mountain View. This 1915’s beauty

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Los Altos 650.941.7040Palo Alto 650.325.6161800.558.4443

CAMPBELL

PERFECT DOWNTOWN

LOCATION $769,000

4 BR 3 BA Perfect downtown Campbell

location. Only 13 yrs old w/marble, granite

& hardwood flooring.

Jeff Beltramo 650.325.6161

GREAT PRICE! $499,000

3 BR 2 BA New kitch countrs, cherry

stained cabinets, hrdwd flrs thru out most of

hm. Dual Pn windows.

Ron & Nasrin Delan 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS

NEW CONSTR.

GRT LOCATION $3,290,000

5 BR 5 BA Beautiful Architecture + Floor

Plan Amenities Abound. Gleaming HW

Floors, Lovely Granite.

Jim Galli 650.941.7040

EXPANDED AND

REMODELED $1,498,000

5 BR 3 BA Single story w/ 2 master suites.

Granite kitchen w/ stainless steel appliances

& more.

Elena Talis 650.941.7040

CUL-DE-SAC

LOCATION $1,398,000

4 BR 2.5 BA Dual pane windows. Central air.

Expansive rear yard w/patio. Pool. Los Altos

schools.

Helen Kuckens 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS HILLS

EARLY CALIFORNIA HACIENDA $3,195,0005 BR 4.5 BA 6000+ square ft beautiful custom home. 1.3 acre oaktree studded lot with expansive lawns. Terri Couture 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS HILLS

NATURE LOVER’S DREAM! $2,695,0006 BR 4 BA Rare! Over 5,000 newly remodeled at end of a cul de sac on over 1 acre! Palo Alto schls Vicki Geers 650.941.7040

ELEGANT-AMAZING VIEWS $2,645,0005 BR 4.5 BA Experience a beautifully dynamic residence that transforms with the setting sun. Vicki Geers 650.941.7040

VALLEY VWS W/PA SCHOOLS $2,395,0003 BR 2 BA Private hills living awaits your touch & imagination!Enjoy a generous lot of 1.170 acres. Vicki Geers 650.941.7040

MENLO PARK

300 SAND HILL CIRCLE #101 SUN 12 - 3 $995,0003 BR 2 BA Open Plan. Hardwood floors. Spacious rooms, 2balconies, A/C,pool. Top Las Lomitas Schools. Christine Hoover Sorensen 650.941.7040

MOUNTAIN VIEW

QUALITY CUSTOM HOME $1,650,0005 BR 5.5 BA Built w/love. Formal entry, grand living room w/high ceiling, chandelier & fireplace. Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

2108 CAROL AV SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,190,0004 BR 2 BA 2000+ sq ft of living space, near parks, shops, commutes. Separate family rm, lrg backyd. Nancy Adele Stuhr 650.941.7040

1625 GRANT RD SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $868,0004 BR 3 BA Townhome at Walden Park. Formal entry w/granite tile. Remodeled kitchen & baths. Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

220 CENTRAL AV SAT 1:30 - 4:30 $625,0003 BR 2 BA Twnhm at Cypress Point Woods.Remdled kitch w/maple cabinets.Dual pane windows.Central A/C Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

GREAT LOCATION! $625,0003 BR 2 BA Great Location. Sterling Estates ranch. 3BR 2BA fenced backyard. Probate sale. Call agent. Kevin Klemm 650.328.5211

CONDO ON THE LAKE $499,0002 BR 2 BA Spacious end unit. French doors to private deck, kitch w/granite, master w/walk-in closet. Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

MOUNTAIN VIEW

TOP FLOOR CONDO $199,000

1 BR 1 BA Well cared for. Large living rm.

Dining with sliding door to balcony that

overlooks pool.

Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

PRICE REDUCED $169,000

1 BR 1 BA Huge Price Reduction for

this beautifully updated unit in a gated

community.

Royce Cablayan 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO

GREEN AND

EXQUISITE! $4,250,000

6 BR 5.5 BA What Makes This Home

STAND OUT? Incredibly high energy

savings!Top quality.

Vivi Chan 650.941.7040

2615 COWPER ST

SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $2,388,000

4 BR 3.5 BA 100% new. 4BR + Office, 3.5

baths. Top quality. Great Midtown loction.

Tree-lined street.

Judy Shen 650.328.5211

651 E. MEADOW AV

SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30 $1,267,000

5 BR 3 BA 5 bed, 2 office + 3 bathrm home.

Attchd 1 car garage w/ample extra storage.

PA schools.

Helen Kuckens 650.941.7040

REDWOOD SHORES

SUNLIT

TOP LEVEL UNIT $395,000

2 BR 1 BA Price Reduced! End unit on top

level. Lots of sunlight & views of open space.

Stack W&D.

Ann Griffiths 650.325.6161

SANTA CLARA

NO STAIRS!

2 CAR ATTD GRG. $443,500

2 BR 2 BA Stunning remodel! Move

in ready! Top Cupt schls! Staged! Only

common wall in 2-car garage.

Karen Quaid 650.941.7040

WOODSIDE

PRIME

LOCATION! $29,000,000

Private prestigious location. 11+ acre

property in central Woodside close to town.

Susie Dews & Shena Hurley 650.325.6161

ON TOP

OF THE WORLD $2,995,000

5 BR 4 BA Hm w/views like no other.

Features meadow,pond, gated vegetable

garden w/large chicken coop

Phyllis & Jamie Carmichael 650.941.7040

REDWOOD CITY

3240 SPRING ST $449,000

3 BR 2 BA Say HELLO to a GOOD BUY! This home features 3 BR, 2 BA and a BIG family rm! Rod Creason 650.325.6161

SARATOGA

13278 MCCULLOCH AVE $925,000

4 BR 2 BA Over 1,700 sq ft home on 10K lot. 3 car gar, hdwd flrs, sep family rm w/fireplace, exc. schls Gary Herbert 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO

800 S CALIFORNIA AV $2,598,000

5 BR 3 BA Elegance & Craftsmanship combine in this newly completed home in desirable College Terrace Jerry Haslam 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO

3366 VERNON TE $2,288,000

5 BR 4 BA Enormous living - dining - family - kit area + 2 patios on cul-de-sac. 10,956 sq.ft. lot! Geraldine Asmus 650.325.6161

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MOUNTAIN VIEW

521 TYRELLA AV $699,000

Spacious duplex in Mtn. View! Each unit has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, & garage! DiPali Shah 650.325.6161

PALO ALTO

3743 REDWOOD CI $1,149,000

3 BR 2 BA Wonderful South Palo Alto location near elementary school, middle school, park & library. Deborah Greenberg 650.328.5211

LOS GATOS

16755 LITTLEFIELD LANE $1,879,000

4 BR 3 BA 12,200 sq ft lot. 4 bed 3 bath. Los Gatos schls. “Martha Stewart inspired” eat-in kitchen. Terri Couture 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS

1905 QUAIL MEADOW RD $1,648,000

4 BR 3 BA 1/2 acre property close to town. 2200 sq ft. New carpet and paint throughout. Barbara Cannon 650.941.7040

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