Mountain View Voice 12.02.2011 - Section 1

By Daniel DeBolt

Police have arrested a Sunny-vale woman after she alleg-edly bilked an 82-year-old

Mountain View woman of more than $50,000 while managing her properties. Grace Morioka, 50, was arrested after turning herself in to the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s office on Oct. 28 and was charged with grand theft and theft against an elder, said Detective Barry Barner of the San Jose police department’s financial crimes department. She was released on $200,000 bail.While she was acting as prop-erty manager and Realtor for Mary Imai, Morioka allegedly skimmed rent, over-charged for mainte-nance costs and failed to pay homeowners association dues for properties owned by Imai in Mountain View’s Ada Park and Camellia Park neigh-borhoods. According to police, properties were nearly sold at auction several times, a police report says. Police say Morioka also showed phony records to the victim to cover up the losses.Imai said she learned of the prob-lems in 2007 when her handyman told her that one of her homes at Mountain View’s Ada Park was two days away from a foreclosure auction. She learned that liens had been placed on her proper-ties for delinquent homeowners association dues, penalties and attorney fees, costing $28,000 to remove. One home had nearly been foreclosed on at least three times. “Morioka would present a check at the last minute for the delinquent homeowner’s fees,” the police report said.

In all, Imai estimates that Morioka cost her $80,000 while managing her properties from 1991 until 2007, according to her statement to police. In the last four years Morioka managed her proper-ties, police say Imai’s accountant found that Morioka reported $701,576 in rental income to the victim, but deposited only $663,431 into the bank account for the properties. Morioka was also allegedly charging more rent than she reported to the victim for some properties. Imai claims that Morioka refuses her lawyer’s

requests to provide all records of her ser-vices, which Morioka denies. In her statement to police, Imai explained that she had signed power of attorney to Morioka for her prop-erty matters. “I signed it without reading it,”

she said. “I didn’t know the power it would give her. I had a lot going on with my sick husband and I thought she was helping me.”So far no significant assets belong-ing to Morioka have been found that could provide some restitu-tion, though authorities continue to look. Morioka declined to comment for the story, referring the request to her lawyer, Rhesa Rubin. “We are not going to try her case in the press. We are confident she will be exonerated in the end,” Rubin told the Voice. In her statement to police, Mori-oka claims she didn’t charge the widow for her services after the

Property manager charged with theft

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Partners for New Generations Axel Cipres, left, says goodbye to her mentor Sue Russell, right, at Alta Vista High School, Tuesday, Nov. 29.

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Mentoring brings generations togetherBy Nick Veronin

When she can’t turn to her teachers, family or friends for fear she’ll

be reported, punished or judged, Axel Cipres is thankful that she has Sue Russell. Cipres, a senior at Alta Vista High School, is comfortable sharing things with Russell that she wouldn’t want to share with

anyone else. “With Sue, I can talk to her and I know it’s more private,” the 18-year-old said, saying that she views Russell as sepa-rate from her school, family and friends. Being able to turn to someone

outside the three main groups of people in her life is great, Cipres said. If nothing else, Cipres can share her feelings without worrying that what she says

might get back to someone she doesn’t want hearing it. See HOLIDAY FUND, page 13

High-speed rail plan draws new critics LEGISLATIVE ANALYST SAYS LATEST PROPOSAL WOULD CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW

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The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s new busi-ness plan, which shows

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ARMED ROBBERY Two men wielding handguns robbed a Mountain View location of Kentucky Fried Chicken on Nov. 22, police said. The robbers entered the KFC at 696 W. El Camino Real shortly before 4 p.m. with what have been described as semi-automatic handguns and demanded that the restaurant’s manager give them money from the register, according to Liz Wylie, spokeswoman for the Mountain View Police Depart-ment. The manager handed over less than $500 along with her iPhone, which was sitting on the counter, Wylie said. While one of the robbers col-lected the cash, the second masked man told all of the restaurant’s customers to get on the floor, Wylie said. One did, the other did not, but remained motionless for the dura-tion of the robbery. The men fled the KFC, but it is unknown if they were on foot or took a vehicle, Wylie said. No one was injured.

No security footage is available of the robbery, Wylie said, but the men were described as being more than 6 feet tall, of medium build and wearing all black clothes from head to toe, with their faces covered. The two customers in the restau-rant at the time of the robbery left before police arrived. Wylie encour-aged both patrons to contact the police department with any details about the crime. The Mountain View Police Department can be reached at 903-6344. Anyone who reports a crime to the police may do so anonymously, she said.

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TRADING GREENS FOR GOLDCleaning golf clubs al fresco is probably a more pleasant winter-time chore here than in Bob Davis’ hometown of Wolfeboro, NH. Under clear blue skies and with golden ginko leaves underfoot, Davis lugged his gear outside of his son’s house on Phyllis Avenue and tidied it up on Tuesday.

Major clampdown on smoking is in the air

By Daniel DeBolt

Smokers may soon have to curb their habits in Moun-tain View, thanks to a city

proposal to nix smoking in and around outdoor dining areas and within 25 feet of publicly accessible buildings. At a public meeting about the city’s proposal on Tuesday the only real opponents were nightclub and bar owners who said such an ordinance could hurt their businesses. However, most were sympathetic to the cause of reducing second-hand smoke, including one down-town employee who said she was a smoker. “I don’t want to harm people but I don’t want to quit smoking either,” she said, adding that it appeared that she would have to stand in the middle of the street to smoke when downtown. The pro-posed ban would mean a $50 citation for smokers who stand within 25 feet of most public build-ings, private businesses and outdoor dining areas, includ-ing those at restaurants and picnic areas in public parks. Smoking is already banned within 30 feet of a play-ground. As a result, smoking would be largely banned in busy commer-cial areas like Castro Street and much of the city’s park space. An exception is given to smokers who are “actively passing by to another destination,” according to a city staff report. Smoking would be prohibited 25 feet from the windows and doors of most publicly accessible buildings, including workplaces, restaurants and anywhere smok-ing is already banned. “The county doesn’t want that smoke lofting into where employ-ees could be exposed,” said Kim Castro of the city’s parks and recreation department. The ordinance is the result of a push by Santa Clara County after it received a $6.9 mil-lion federal grant to reduce second-hand smoke exposure. As a result, the cities of Gilroy,

Palo Alto and Sunnyvale also have such ordinances in the works. The Mountain View City Council decided to pursue the ordinance last year. At Tuesday’s meeting, bar and nightclub owners wanted an exception to allow smoking to continue on their outdoor patios. “I think an exception will have to be made for businesses like mine,” said Sara Zigler, presi-dent of Zen Lounge nightclub on Castro Street. Zigler said the ordinance would create several problems, including a loss of business from customers con-stantly leaving her club to smoke and an increase in smoking on the street and in nearby alley-ways. Bar owners also objected to being put into the position of having to “police” their patio areas to stop smokers.

“I would be asking my e m p l o y e e s to police my patio and I don’t want to put this on my e m p l o y e e s ,” said the owner of Sports Page on Shoreline B o u l e v a r d . “I also feel it

would be really insulting cus-tomers who have supported me all these years.” City staff said it would not be the responsibility of busi-ness owners to act as police, but Nicole Clemens of the city attor-ney’s office told business own-ers that “if you are found to be allowing them to smoke on your premises you could be cited.” A solution for the nightclubs and bars could be “designated smoking areas away from where everybody is going to be din-ing and dancing and having fun,” said Hewitt Joyner, project manager for Breathe California of the Bay Area. In the case of Sports Page, city staff said the bar’s patio appeared large enough to accommodate such an area 25 feet from the door. The city plans to put up new signs and receptacles for ciga-rette butts if the ordinance is approved next year. The ordi-nance is set to go before the City Council in January. V

‘I think an exception

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for businesses like

mine.’NIGHTCLUB PRESIDENT SARA ZIGLER

Los Altos district continues to battle BullisBy Nick Veronin

The years-long legal battle between the Los Altos School District and Bullis

Charter School is not over yet, and the litigation could continue for years. After a state appellate court recently overturned a lower court decision in favor of the Los Altos School District, the district has decided that it will attempt to make its case before the Califor-nia Supreme Court, the district’s superintendent said. If the state’s highest court accepts the appeal, it may take several years before

everything is finally resolved. The case began back in Sep-tember 2008. Bullis’ lawyers claimed that the district had not equitably accounted for all of its land and facilities, short-changing the charter school and violating Prop. 39 in the process. The charter lost the initial law-suit, which was filed with the Santa Clara County Superior Court, but later won in an appeal to the California Court of Appeal for the Sixth District. The Los Altos School District is now contesting the judgment of the appeals court. The district asked the Sixth District appeals

court to reconsider its decision; the court refused, and now LASD plans petition the state Supreme Court to hear the case. “The needs of the district stu-dents are not represented in the latest decision,” said Jeff Baier, the district’s superintendent. “We believe that there are serious errors with the decision.” Baier said that the district would likely spend between $60,000 and $70,000 battling the appellate court decision if the state Supreme Court hears the case. The superintendent said

See BULLIS, page 12

Miffed over meeting minutesBy Daniel DeBolt

A City Council effort to save money has apparently back-fired, causing city planning

commissioners call a new system of recording the city’s meetings “of little use” in a letter to the council. When the Environmental Plan-ning Commission received its most recent meeting records or “action minutes” at the Nov. 16 meeting, members saw only a few pages of

vote tallies. Gone were the pages and pages of summarized com-ments from previous meetings. Commissioner Rachel Grossman said the new records were “almost useless.” “These new minutes have been consolidated down to two pages and don’t truly reflect how we feel,” said Commissioner John McAllis-ter. “For the four to five thousand dollars we’re going to potentially save, it’s not worth it.”

Council members have said that the city’s new video recordings of meetings are a suitable replacement, but commissioners disagreed. The planning commission unan-imously voted to send a letter to the City Council to recommend restor-ing “the old way” of doing things, as McAllister put it. Commissioners said they would also be trying to get other volunteer commissions and

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This cheeky chick was spotted strutting her stuff on a fine fall day on Phyllis Avenue. Sunnyview Lane resident Marti Wright told the Voice that she couldn’t resist snapping a few shots of the chicken with the impressive headdress. The bird was looking for a bite to eat on this front lawn with a few of her henhouse bunkmates. Mountain View residents who would like to see their pictures published in the Voice may email photos as high-resolution jpg attachments to [email protected]. Please label them “Seen Around Town” and include caption information.

said police spokeswoman Liz Wylie. The woman looked to see what was making the sound and saw a man masturbating while sitting in the passenger seat of a parked Nissan Xterra. The window was open and the man had knocked on the outside of the vehicle’s door to attract the woman’s attention, Wylie said. The woman continued walking and called 911, but when she turned to see if she could read the car’s license plate number, the vehicle was already driving away. The victim did not get a good look at the man in the car, Wylie said. Police have not received any similar reports.

MAN THREATENS COPS Police arrested a Mountain View man on Monday night, Nov. 28, after he allegedly harassed his ex-girlfriend, threatened to kill officers and then attempted to flee in his car, a police spokeswoman said. The man, identified as 61-year-old William Lucas, had been drink-ing and was carrying a large, fixed-blade knife, according to Liz Wylie, public information officer for the Mountain View Police Depart-ment.

At about 11:30 p.m. police responded to a report of a man knocking repeatedly on the door of the victim’s home in the 800 block of Calderon Avenue, Wylie said. The woman reporting the harassment believed the man to be her ex-boyfriend, Lucas. When officers arrived, they found Lucas — who matched the description the woman had given emergency dispatchers — sitting in a gold Toyota Corolla, which was parked in front of the woman’s home, Wylie said. The police attempted to talk to Lucas, Wylie said, but he yelled at the officers, refusing to cooperate. He smelled of alco-hol, appeared intoxicated and became increasingly belligerent, until he threatened to kill both of the responding officers. He then started his car and attempted to put it in gear, while at the same time repeating his threats and reaching into his jacket pocket, Wylie said. The officers managed to pull the man out of his car and took him into custody. They found a knife with a 4.5-inch blade in his jacket pocket while searching him. Lucas was arrested for threat-ening a police officer, illegal possession of a fixed-blade knife,

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boards who were affected to sign the letter. “This change is discouraging to us and future potential volunteers who spend a lot of time deliberat-ing and want the many hours we serve to be meaningful,” wrote Commissioner Todd Anderson in the letter. “Following the discussion on video is far less efficient than reading a well-prepared, complete set of minutes,” the letter reads. “Videos are also not searchable, and since they are only available live on cable or on the city’s web-site, they are not accessible to all residents.” Mayor Jac Siegel said the coun-cil made the decision after learn-ing that the number of people from the general public who looked at meeting minutes was “miniscule.” But he added, “I actually agree” with the commis-sion’s opposition to the change. “Having served on the Plan-ning Commission for years I understand where they are com-ing from,” Siegel said. “I have on occasion used their minutes to see what their thinking was. I have not gone back and listened to the tapes.” Siegel said that the council would likely reconsider the deci-sion at a future meeting.

New technology the answer?

Several planning commission-

ers expressed interest in using voice recognition technology to automatically transcribe meeting discussions. “In 2011, there is part of me that has a problem with having someone sit and tediously type these minutes,” said Commis-sioner Chris Clarke at the Nov. 16 meeting. He called for using voice recognition software to do the job “as soon as the technology is available. Granted, it won’t be perfect but it would be better than nothing. It would cost money but would still be less money in the long run than actually paying a person to transcribe them.” Resident Julie Lovins comment-ed on the mention of Google’s voice recognition technology, which many use to transcribe their voicemails. “We do have Google Voice in our household,”

she said, adding that one tran-scribed message was impossible to understand. Commissioner Anderson made a pitch for the voice recognition technology developed by Apple, where he is employed as a soft-ware engineering manager. “Another question is the tech-nology aspect and I can certainly bring that up with the mayor tomorrow,” Anderson said. “It seems like with Google — and Apple has some interesting tech-nology too — there may be some-thing that can be done sooner rather than later.” Anderson’s pitch of his employ-er’s product may have been a minor violation of the Political Reform Act, but City Attorney Jan-nie Quinn said she couldn’t say for sure without doing a thorough analysis. V


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Pelvic health program launches at El CaminoBy Nick Veronin

A new program at El Camino Hospital aims to provide the most comprehensive

women’s pelvic health services in the region. The Women’s Pelvic Health Care Program, which will offer a range of services at both the Mountain View and Los Gatos campuses, is the first of its kind in Silicon Val-ley, according to Dr. Sari Levine, a urologist and chair of the Women’s Hospital Medical Advisory Board at El Camino. For far too long, Levine said, women have considered pelvic pain to be an inevitability. “’That’s just a part of aging,’ women will say, or, ‘You’re just get-ting older,’” is the common view of pelvic health issues, the urologist said. It is not uncommon for the shape of a woman’s pelvis to be for-ever altered during child bearing, Levine said. Pelvic health disorders increase in frequency with age. They affect 40 percent of women aged 60-79 and about 50 percent of

women 80 and older. Changes in pelvic structure can cause a wide variety of pelvic health issues — such as incontinence, con-stipation, sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain — which some women deal find difficult to talk about. This is partly due to the private nature of the issues, Levine said, but it is also due to the fact that the medical community has not gone out of its way to make these issues easy to discuss, as it has with impo-tence. “Erectile dysfunction has been acceptable to talk about forever, but women don’t talk about pelvic pain,” Levine observed. She hopes that the new El Cami-no program will normalize such discussions. “To me, the advantage of having an advertised, well-planned and supported pelvic health program is that it makes that conversation acceptable, so that we can get started providing the help that lots of people need,” Levine said. In addition to making the con-versation easier, the new program will provide an “uncommon” level

of convenience and expertise for women seeking help for various pelvic health issues, she said. According to the hospital’s press release, the center intends to be a “one-stop resource” for a coordi-nated, multi-disciplinary approach to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for pelvic condi-tions. Levine said the new center will be able to accomplish this thanks largely to its resident pelvic floor therapist — a physical therapist that specializes in pelvic disorders. Pel-vic floor therapists can offer relief when drugs and surgery are not an option. The center will also have a knowl-edgeable nurse navigator, who will function like “a concierge at a hotel” — answering questions and direct-ing patients to the right doctor or specialist. “This nurse navigator knows all the services that are available within the program and the different phy-sicians that can provide the services or facilitate and focus on the spe-cific symptoms the patient is expe-riencing,” said Levine. V

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that keys were still in the ignition and in the ‘on’ position and the fact that he had just driven to the location where we found him about 10 minutes before we arrived,” Wylie said. He was booked into county jail. V

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For Your Health Lecture SeriesPresented by Julie Forbes, Ph.D., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 7 – 8 p.m.701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View, 650-934-7373

Learn to take time for yourself during what can be a stressful time of year.

Learn techniques for catching a few minutes for yourself and how stress

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Dr. Marvin Small Memorial Parent Workshop SeriesPresented by Susan Stone Belton, Parent Education SpecialistTuesday, Jan. 10, 7 – 8:30 p.m.701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View 650-934-7373

Topics include understanding your child, communicating with your child

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twice the $43 billion estimate in the authority’s 2009 business plan. Voters approved a $9.95 bil-lion bond for high-speed rail and related transportation improve-ments in November 2008. Both the bond measure and the bill authorizing it — Assem-bly Bill 3034 — include a host of provisions and limitations on how the money should be spent. These include requirements that the line not rely on operating subsidies; that the rail authority has a funding plan for a “usable segment” of high-speed rail before construction can begin; and that trains be able to get from San Francisco to Los Ange-les in less than 2 hours and 40 minutes. The document lays out a plan

to build the line in phases, start-ing construction in the Central Valley, between north of Bakers-field and south of Merced. After this segment is constructed, the line would be extended either north, toward San Jose, or south to the San Fernando Valley in what the rail authority is calling the “initial operating segment.” This segment would enable the rail line to make its debut. Later phases call for stretching the line to San Francisco and Los Ange-les. The plan estimates that high-speed rail would generate oper-ating profit and draw $11 billion in private investment — money that would be collected only after the initial segment is constructed. The new plan also extends the timeline for com-pleting the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line by 14 years, from 2020 to 2034. Though widely seen as a major

improvement over the 2009 business plan, the new docu-ment is facing a fresh chorus of criticism from rail experts and analysts who say that its funding proposal would violate Proposi-tion 1A. They particularly ques-tion the authority’s proposal to build the $6 billion initial construction segment before getting all the funding in place for the first truly usable segment of high-speed rail. The initial construction segment would not feature bullet trains but would enhance the existing Amtrak service if the rest of the rail line doesn’t get built. The Palo Alto-based group Cal-ifornians Advocating Respon-sible Rail Design (CARRD) submitted a letter to the author-ity earlier this month raising a red flag about the business plan. CARRD argued that the author-ity would not be able to complete all the required environmental reviews for the rail line’s first usable segment before begin-ning construction, as required by law. David Schonbrunn, president of the nonprofit group Trans-portation Solutions Defense and Education Fund, made a similar point in a recent interview. He said the rail authority is not meeting the Proposition 1A requirement for a “usable seg-ment” of high-speed rail. At a Nov. 15 public hearing in Palo Alto, Schonbrunn compared the rail project to an emperor with no clothes and urged legislators to kill the project. The latest critical review of

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the business plan came Tuesday, Nov. 29, from the nonparti-san Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which issued a report highlighting various flaws in the document. These included findings that the business plan’s economic-impact analysis is “imbalanced” (it “portrays the project more favorably than might be warranted”) and that its expected funding sources are “highly speculative.” The report notes that “Con-gress has approved no funding for high-speed rail projects for the next year.” “As a result, it is highly uncer-tain if funding to complete the high-speed rail system will ever materialize,” the LAO report states. Perhaps most critically, the LAO concluded that the new business plan conflicts with the requirements of the 2008 bond measure. “Our review finds that the funding plan only identifies committed funding for the ICS, which is not a usable segment, and therefore does not meet the requirements of Proposition 1A,” the LAO report states. “In addi-tion, the (rail authority) has not

yet completed all environmental clearances for any usable seg-ment and will not likely receive all of these approvals prior to the expected 2012 date of initiating construction.” LAO Analyst Farra Bracht voiced similar concerns at the Nov. 15 public hearing. At that meeting she said it was “unclear if the business plan satisfied the requirements of Proposition 1A.” “Proposition 1A appears to require funding available for a usable segment,” she said. “We’re not sure if this meets the test.” Rail authority officials have maintained that the new busi-ness plan is a realistic and sensible proposal for advancing the project forward. Thomas Umberg, chair of the rail author-ity’s board of directors, said in a statement that the new plan is “mindful of the economic and budgetary constraints facing both the state and the nation.” Michael Rossi, a newly appoint-ed board member, called it “a current, realistic and transpar-ent plan” that “identifies the funds and financing necessary to implement high-speed rail in California.” Rossi and Dan Richard, anoth-er recent appointee to the board

of directors, both took part in the Palo Alto meeting and defended the plan’s projections and funding points. Richard said the plan includes “real numbers” about the rail line’s capital costs, operating costs and projected ridership. But the authority’s plans and projections continue to face heavy skepticism on the Pen-insula, especially in Palo Alto, which has emerged over the past two years as a leading critic of the proposed line. The Palo Alto council voted unanimously last year to take an official position of “no confidence” in the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The city also joined Menlo Park and Atherton, and a coalition of nonprofit groups in filing a lawsuit against the rail authority, challenging its environmental analysis for the project. On Monday, Palo Alto’s Rail Committee considered taking an even stronger stance — a request that the state should terminate the project. The four committee members all said they support this position but balked at voting on it because they couldn’t agree on which of the many reasons to list to justify the city’s opposi-tion. V


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balancing the interests of both the students who attend Bullis Charter School with the inter-est of the students who attend the Los Altos School District schools.” Ken Moore, chairman of the Bullis board of directors, said he would be surprised if the court decided to hear the case. At least four of the seven jus-tices from the state Supreme Court must vote to hear the case. “I’d be amazed if there was any-thing from the appellate court that would interest four or more of the justices,” Moore said. “I

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Holiday traffic deaths rise The California Highway Patrol is reporting that drunken driving arrests over the Thanksgiving weekend were down from 2010, while traffic deaths over the same period increased. Preliminary numbers show that 1,350 drunken driv-ers were arrested statewide between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 11:59 p.m. Saturday, compared to 1,419 arrests in 2010.

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The two were connected by the nonprofit community organization, Partners for New Generations — a Voice Holiday Fund recipi-ent – which provides tutor-ing and mentorship to stu-dents in Mountain View and Los Altos schools. There are about 80 high school students in the PNG mentorship pro-gram. Around half of the mentees come from Alta Vista, while the other half come from both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools. Mentors spend time with the kids in a number of ways — taking them to lunch, museums and other cultural events, or just talking on the phone. “A strong relationship between a caring adult and a teenager reduces significantly the likeli-hood of the teenager engaging in risky behavior,” according to the PNG website.

The experience “It’s been nice,” Cipres said of the time she has spent with her mentor. It’s her second year with Partners for New Generations and she said she has recom-mended the program to her friends, telling them it is a good way to broaden their per-spective. Russell is glad to hear Cipres’ endorsement, and so is Diane Gershany, who is also mentor-ing an Alta Vista student this year — Juliette Morizor. Gershany has been involved in PNG for many years and said that the program is very rewarding. As a mentor, Gershany has had many opportunities to help students either get back on track or stay focused aca-demically. She related a story of one teen she “dragged” to the principal’s office after the student had repeatedly skipped school. The girl’s par-ents weren’t all that concerned with their daughter’s truancy, Gershany said, but after she and Alta Vista’s principal Bill Pierce intervened, the girl started attending school regu-larly again. But most of the time she has spent mentoring, Gershany gets to have fun with the stu-dents, and she appreciates the connection with a younger generation. In the past, Ger-

shany has taken students to the aquarium and the bal-let; recently she and Morizor baked cupcakes for Thanks-giving. “I would otherwise have very little contact with young peo-ple,” she said. “This really is a fun volunteer opportunity.” For her part, Morizor said she enjoys Gershany’s com-pany, as well. When she first decided to sign up, she worried that her mentor might turn out to be boring. “Diane isn’t boring,” she said, laughing along with Ger-shany. Like Cipres, she said she appreciates the unique role her mentor plays. “It’s different, obviously, because she’s not a teacher and she’s not my mom,” the teen said. “It’s nice to have an adult that respects you.” V


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ka needs your help.” The ad casts Morioka as a “small business owner” facing criminal charges based on allegations made by “multi-millionaire Mary Imai.” It provides an email address for those wishing to help Mori-oka through what it says will be “very long and expensive ordeal” in court. Morioka continues to adver-tise her services and post in real estate forums, but her real estate license is listed as “restricted” on the California Department of Real Estate website, which means she now has a probation-ary license. That could change,

depending on the outcome of her case. The case apparently had trou-ble finding a champion among officials, as it went from Moun-tain View Police to the FBI, to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office and finally to the police department in San Jose, where Morioka has an office. “I was tired of the vic-tims getting the run-around ... so I took it,” Barner said in an email. The case was brought to the attention of authorities by George Markle, a former board president of Mountain View’s Camellia Park Homeowners Association. The association was managed by Morioka before a falling out, Markle says. While he says Camellia Park’s board did not find it worthwhile to sue Morioka, she has been named as a defendant in lawsuits over her property management ser-vices by HOAs in Palo Alto and Cupertino, according to court records. Pressure from Markle and others “was the driving force behind getting this filed,” said Deputy District Attorney Cherie Bourland. She said that authori-ties were “thankful” for Markle and others who helped gather evidence that aided the police investigation. V


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With the holiday season upon us, we asked local booksellers Kepler’s and Books Inc. to recommend their

staffs’ top five picks for 2011.Here are some of their favorites, which

range from biographies to historical fic-tion.

“Steve Jobs,” Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster: Although written with Jobs’ cooperation, this biography offers a can-did and often painfully truthful look at his life and career. Isaacson interviewed a variety of people associated with Jobs, both

personally and pro-fessionally, many of whom openly paint-ed both the good and the bad aspects of the late Apple leader.

Aside from the book’s in-depth look at Jobs the man, it is also a history of the most exciting time in the age of computers, as well as a textbook

study of the rise and fall and rise of Apple and the brutal conflicts that ruined friend-ships and careers. And it is a gadget lover’s dream, with fabulous, inside accounts of how the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad came into being.

Having spent most of my life as a Silicon Valley-ite, I was fascinated by the insights into this brilliant, charming, loathsome, maddening, obsessive, complicated, and very private man. (Pam Grange, Kepler’s)

“Boomerang,” Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company Inc.: With his trade-mark readability, Lewis makes this book

about the European debt crisis easy to enjoy. He takes us through the history of the crisis, but adds to this some interesting and thought-provoking ideas about how

the national traits of each troubled country may have played into the ensuing mess.

You may find your-self repeating parts of this incredible story to anyone who will listen, or urging them to read it themselves. I can’t remember when I found a book about finance to be so

engaging, and though ignorance maybe bliss, I think this time around it pays to be more informed. This book will help get you there, pain-lessly. (Linda Reid, Books Inc.)

“The Cat’s Table,” Michael Ondaatje, Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.: Three young

boys set off on a three-week voyage bound for Eng-land. They pursue their own interests and intrigues with only slight supervi-sion from a distant aunt and a glamorous cousin. Their home base is established at the first ship’s dinner — they sit at the

“cat’s table” set for single passengers, far from the captain’s glittery table.

They take to the journey with

the thrill of a chase, often underfoot and always observant. I savored the boys’ roaming and chaotic behavior, picturing their wildness and unmasked joy of youth. Ondaatje’s beautiful and elegant storytell-ing skills weave magic and discovery into the book’s stories; back and forth through time, from incidents during the trip to their adult reminiscences of it, and its life-altering impact. (Marilyn Smith, Kepler’s)

“We the Animals,” Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company: “We the Animals” is my favor-ite book of 2011. This short autobiographi-cal novel about three young brothers, their Puerto Rican father and white mother, is a roller-coaster ride of powerful images, flash-ing before our eyes: the boys’ childhood in upstate New York, their abusive father, drink-ing, sex, poverty, vio-lence, brotherhood and ultimately love.

This book is made of moments of light and darkness, with a rhythm of a song, written in a language so precise, and so raw, you’ll want to read it aloud to experi-ence the sound of its wild joy, with your “heart ticking like a bomb.” (Aggie Zivaljevic, Kepler’s)

“11/23/63: A Novel,” Ste-phen King, Scribner, a divi-sion of Simon & Schuster, Inc.: The master-storytell-er has done it again. And this time it’s something completely different: a time-travel tale of the highest caliber.

A portal to 1958 is discovered in the pan-try of a diner in a small town in Maine, and schoolteacher Jake Epping is given the task (by the dying owner of the diner), to

go back to 1958, live through the next few years, and kill Lee Harvey Oswald before Oswald shoots JFK. What Jake discovers, though, is that the past is obdurate and does not want to change. Many obstacles (and a tall, beautiful librarian) are thrown in Jake’s path as he attempts his task.

Along the way we learn many details of Oswald’s life (surprisingly interesting) and are exposed to rich details of life in mid-20th-century America. The surprise ending is the finishing masterful touch to this gem of a novel. (Lori Haggbloom, Books, Inc.)

“The Outlaw Album,” Daniel Woodrell, Little Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group: Daniel Woodrell has aptly called his writing “country noir,” and his newest book, “The Outlaw Album,” does not disappoint. It’s a collection of stories that I found incredibly engaging.

Woodrell writes with candor and authenticity. His descriptions are lush. The dialogue is mesmerizing. The tension is metered so well, the first page is just as

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exciting as the last. His characters are always unique, yet somehow seem famil-iar, and they tend to have a great amount of depth.

I have been a fan of Woo-drell ever since I read “ T o m a t o Red.” Before that, I had never really considered myself a fan of noir.

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“The Outlaw Album” is a perfect read for winter, when the weather is cold and the mind tends to wan-der. Curl up under your favorite blanket with this one. It’s sure to give you chills. (Anthony Ramirez, Books Inc.)

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“Stars,” Mary Lyn Ray, illus-trated by Marla Frazee; $17; Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster; ages 2-6: Stars take many forms in this gentle, glorious picture book. They’re “how you know it’s almost night,” or they’re drawn on shiny paper and put in your pocket. They’re found in gardens and snowflakes, and given as rewards, among other things. “Stars” will inspire little ones to look for stars in the natural and celestial world. Parents will find it a perfect bed-time read-aloud.

“Eleven Experiments that Failed,” Jenny Offill, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter; $17; Schwartz & Wade/Random House; ages 4-8: An enter-prising young scientist tests her hypoth-eses with 11 of f-the-wal l experiments. Children will probably figure out that a kid can’t “make it through the winter eating only snow and ketchup” or that yodeling loudly will speed up a boring car ride, but that’s the fun of this inventive book with ter-rific appeal for local families. Isn’t failure a prerequisite to success in Silicon Valley?

“Wonderstruck,” Brian Selznick; $30; Scholastic; ages 9 and up: Here is a modern mas-terpiece that i n t e r t w i n e s words and pic-tures to tell the story of two deaf children separated by 50 years who find each other thanks to a shared love of collecting, museums and a longing for family. “Won-derstruck” is the best book about kids running away to a New York City museum since E.L. Konigs-burg’s “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and is destined to be equally revered as a timeless classic.

“Around the World,” Matt Phelan; $25; Candlewick; ages 9-12: How appropriate to use the graphic novel format to map the journeys and explain the motiva-tion of three intrepid travelers near the end of the 19th century

who were inspired by Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days” to circumnavigate the globe.

Reporter Nelly Bly staged a race against time. She also sounded like Steve Jobs when a dressmaker told her he couldn’t have a dress “that will stand constant wear for three months” made for her that day. Nelly told him: “Nonsense. If you want to do it you can do it.” He did. And she did too, completing her journey in 72 days.

By riding a high-wheeled bicycle 13,500 miles over nearly three years, former Colorado miner Thomas Stevens promoted bicy-cling and person-to-person diplo-macy like no one before him.

Joshua Slocum took more than three years to sail solo around the Earth — a trip filled with rough seas, pirates and the ghosts of his deceased wife and children. Perfect, in other words, for young readers.

“Bigger than a Bread Box,” Laurel Snyder; $17; Random House; ages 9-12: Without warn-ing and in the middle of the school year, 12-year-old Rebecca’s mother whisks Rebecca and her baby brother away from their father and their Bal-timore home to Gran’s house in Atlanta. Rebecca is lost, lonely and mad as all get-out at her mom. And then she finds a magic bread box that gives her whatever she wants as long as the wished-for item fits inside the bread box. Rebecca gets a book, an iPod, a diamond, a thousand dollars — even a jacket just like the most popular girl at her new school wears. But where is

everything coming from? Is magic making things better, or perhaps worse? And what good is magic when it can’t give Rebecca what she really wants, for her parents to get back together so she can return home to Baltimore?

Readers will gladly become caught in the magical trap Rebecca weaves for herself and root for her no matter how many mistakes she makes in the believable unbeliev-able world that is “Bigger than a Bread Box.”

“Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert,” Marc Aronson; $17; Atheneum/Simon & Schuster; ages 9 and up: Aronson’s survival story of last year’s Chilean mining disaster and rescue chronicles events both below ground and above for the 69 days that 33 miners were trapped deep in the earth.

Major char-acters include geologists and other scientists and mathe-maticians the world over, NASA isola-tion special-ists, Chilean elected officials and citizens, and of course the miners themselves and their families. Aronson uses geology, history, psychology, mythology and first-person interviews to make young readers feel as if they’re right there in the Chilean desert, either help-ing rescuers devise a successful method to bring the miners to the surface, or in the “underground burrow” with the trapped men. ■

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ANOTHER PLEA TO SAVE ANNEX Why is the Cuesta Annex con-sidered too precious a resource for the History Museum, but acceptable as a possible site for a 5-acre ditch? Ask the City Council, whose members have a track record of shrinking city parks (Reng-storff), displacing wildlife (bur-rowing owls at Shoreline) and giving developers carte blanche with the city’s mature oaks and heritage trees, (Grant Farm, San Antonio Shopping Center and Mayfield Mall). The Cuesta Annex is the last significant remnant of historic Mountain View. Why not involve local schools in restoring the original orchard? School children could participate in tree planting, learn about their local history and wildlife and get hands-on experi-ence protecting their own local environment. Residents and art-ists could continue enjoying the solitude and beauty this space pro-vides as our everyday lives become increasingly more stressful. The City Council has received

petitions signed by over 450 resi-dents who want the Cuesta Annex to remain as it is. A 2006 city survey yielded the same response. Why are they considering giving this natural open space to the Santa Clara Valley Water District for a flood basin? The history of flooding of Per-manente and Hale Creeks can be tied to poor maintenance of the Permanente Diversion Channel, Covington culvert and at LeHigh Cement Plant. Check out flood history (or lack of) on these two creeks at http://www.valleywater.org/Services/FloodReports.aspx. Please tell the water district and council members at their Dec. 6 meeting the Cuesta Annex is too precious and is enjoyed by too many to destroy the trees and wildlife with an enormous hole.

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STOPLIGHT NEEDED AT MARIPOSA, VILLA At about 6:20 p.m. on a recent evening, an SUV entering Villa Street from Mariposa Avenue and a sedan traveling toward

Shoreline on Villa collided. The SUV continued over the bushes and into the parking lot of Avalon Mountain View Apartments at 1600 Villa St., opposite the end of Mariposa. The sedan, its front staved in and steaming, horn blowing, stopped at the curb, par-tially blocking Villa. Police and firefighters suggest there were no major injuries. In my opinion, the time has come for a stoplight at this inter-section, inconvenient though it would be for residents of Avalon

such as me and my family. There have been increasing numbers of close calls at the intersection in the past couple of years, and par-ticularly in the past few months. Hedges and parked cars block the view of Villa in both directions for drivers on Mariposa. Parked trucks and buses block the view of Villa for drivers exiting Avalon. My family and I have been in several close misses; we have seen many others.

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We were happy to see the City Council’s change of heart concerning Google’s plan to build up to three small bridges across Steven’s Creek a few weeks ago. The

council roundly criticized the idea back in May, fearing, incor-rectly as it turned out, that the bridges would not be open to the general public and would overwhelm the cherished and sensitive Stevens Creek trail and nearby wetlands. But in a more recent presentation, the council learned that the bridges, which would connect Google headquarters to an isolated property at NASA Ames near the Bay, would be open to full public access for walkers, bicyclists, public transit buses and police and fire trucks. Google would pay for, own and maintain the bridges for 50 years, when they would revert to the city. The company’s private shuttles would also have access to the Ames campus, which could host up to 5,000 employees in the years ahead. Construction there is scheduled to start in 2013. Google’s real estate and construction manager John Igoe may have sealed the deal when he said at October’s civility round-table event that “enhancing the environment ... enhancing the wetlands...is the responsibility of the company.” And certainly the council has a responsibility to make sure the bridges have an extremely light footprint around the sensitive wetland areas and the creek, which is one of the city’s most popular attractions. In addition, Igoe told the council that there will be a park with public access just south of the new Google campus along the

eastern edge of the creek. He added that the company has an obligation in its lease with NASA to have a park there. “It won’t be a city park but it will have public access,” he said. Accessibility for police and fire engines to the Google site at NASA Ames, which is inside city limits, was another factor that leans heavily toward approving the bridges. The company’s present growth spurt will continue in 2013 when it plans to begin building a 1.2 million-square-foot campus for up to 5,000 employees, as well as possibly 175,000 square feet of housing. The council was told that first responders to fire and medical calls would need four more minutes to reach the property with-out a bridge. That fact only makes the decision to approve the bridges more compelling, not to mention it would protect some $300,000 a year in county funds tied to crews reaching the scene of an emergency in eight minutes or less. Mayor Jac Siegel, who said back in July that the bridges were not compatible with the Stevens Creek Trail, which he called, “Priority 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5,” has changed his mind, now saying, “I didn’t think I was going to like it but I like it.” “I thought it was going to look overwhelming,” Siegel said after taking a look at the architect’s renderings. Finally, by not putting up a roadblock for Google to develop the Ames property, the city could see as much as $700,000 in additional property tax revenue when the project is completed in a few years.

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both reinforces downtown’s fast-paced vibe and stands out from the other coffee shops. With its blue neon lights, a spacious patio and prime location at the promi-nent corner of University and Waverley Street, the newest addi-tion to the coffee scene practically screams out for attention. Though Paris Baguette opened less than two months ago, the company’s logo — an Eiffel Tower featuring the initials P and B on either side — is a common sight in Korea. The company was founded in 1986 by a Korean pas-try chef who received his training in France. Ted Kim, who man-ages the Palo Alto store along with

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Toby Yi, credited the chain for transforming the Korean pastry industry — and palates — by introducing the population to creamy buns, buttered croissants and other previously unheard-of French staples. “Pastries didn’t really exist in

Korea until then,” Kim said. “It was revolutionary in a sense that there was nothing like it there. Koreans didn’t really eat pastries — they’d eat more whole grain, barley and things of that nature. The new bakery started introduc-ing different creams and fruit.” Over the past two-and-a-half decades, Paris Baguette has blossomed into one of Korea’s most visible chains, with about

2,900 locations (it has another 50 in China and 17 in the United States). Even so, the Palo Alto bakery presents a major leap forward for the company. Unlike its other outlets in Korea and elsewhere, which cater mostly to Asian patrons, the Palo Alto shop is targeting a much wider and more diverse base, Kim said. Paris Baguette made its Bay Area debut in 2008, when Kim

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it’s probably the first store catering to non-Asians,” Kim said. “It’s a more ethnically diverse customer base in Palo Alto.” Kim acknowledged that bring-ing a Paris Baguette to Palo Alto was a bit intimidating. The city’s downtown artery, Univer-sity Avenue, is already awash in coffee shops. Within a two-block stretch, a caffeine-craving student has a sea of options to choose from, including the familiar Peet’s and Starbucks, and Euro-themed bistros such as Cafe Epi and Cafe Venetia. “There’s a lot of prestige that comes with being on University Avenue,” Kim said. “We were very excited but it was a little daunting.” The most significant differ-ence between the other Paris Baguette locations and the Palo Alto one, he said, is the coffee. Asian customers, Kim said, prefer their coffee more watered down. Other Paris Baguette locations use Boyd’s Coffee, which Kim said isn’t particu-larly strong. For the Palo Alto shop, the company hooked up with Ritual Coffee, a San Francisco-based roaster with a stronger blend. Staff members are taking their coffee-making duties seri-ously. The bakery’s baristas and managers were required to take six-week training courses to understand the different types of coffee and learn the craft of brewing, Kim said. The menu is also expanding to accommodate local tastes and appetites. The Palo Alto shop has recently added made-to-order hot sandwiches and pizzas to its long list of offerings. “We can try a lot of new things here that aren’t in a lot of differ-ent stores,” Kim said. But if Palo Alto is a new venture for Paris Baguette, the reverse is also true. Other coffee shops may come with their distinct flavors, specialties and soundtracks, but each offers a comfortingly famil-iar experience: You walk in, you place an order, you wait. If you’re lucky, you find a seat, open your laptop and enjoy a latte or a cap-puccino to the sound of alterna-tive rock, trip-hop or ballads sung in Romance languages. Paris Baguette is a different uni-verse. To step inside the brightly lit bakery is to enter a busy, hectic world of conch pies, flaky feuil-

letines, sweet-rice donuts, wal-nut-raisin baguettes, cellophane-covered loaves of “milk bread,” jars of jam, brightly colored fruit pastries and cakes topped with elaborate arrangements of kiwis, strawberries, blueberries and creamy swirls. Workers wearing blue-and-white striped shirts and black berets restock the bakery’s bountiful shelves while patrons amble around a buffet holding trays loaded with sesame-coated buns, sweet-rice donuts and gar-lic-coated mini-croissants. To the uninitiated, even a positive experience can feel a bit overwhelming. “I’ll need to come here every day for a year to try everything,” one seem-ingly satisfied customer told the cashier on a recent afternoon. It’s a feeling that the restau-rant’s bright art displays only reinforce. Then there’s the self-serving system, which requires customers to load their trays and deliver them to the cashier

who then places them into a cardboard box. “The self-serve system is very new to people and we have to educate them,” Kim said. “There’s also the fact that we have over 200 different items that we sell in the store, includ-ing 80 or 90 that we make fresh every day.” Paris Baguette is still a work in progress, but Kim said early results have been encourag-ing. Customers in Palo Alto, he observed, like to give their opin-ions. For some, it’s an adjust-ment, but most people have been offering positive reviews, he said. On one recent late afternoon, every seat was filled. Saturdays and Sundays are even more hec-tic, Kim said. “We weren’t sure how people would respond to our product or our design because it’s so dif-ferent,” Kim said. “We took a gamble and the reception has been great so far.” V


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Chicago The Band Presents an Evening of Holiday Music and Greatest Hits Century 16: Tue. at 7 p.m. Century 20: Tue. at 7 p.m.

The Descendants (R) 1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1:45 & 4:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., Tue. & Wed. also at 1:15, 4, 7, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10 p.m.; Mon. also at 1:15, 4, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Thu. also at 7:30 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 12:30, 1:40, 3:20, 4:20, 6, 7:10, 8:45 & 9:55 p.m.

Desk Set (1957) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. at 5:35 & 9:25 p.m.

Double Indemnity (1944) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m.

Five Graves to Cairo (1943) Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 5:40 & 9:30 p.m.

Happy Feet Two (PG) 1/2 Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:25, 4:50, 7:25 & 9:50 p.m.; In 3D at 11:10 a.m.; 1:40, 4:10, 6:40 & 9:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 1:40, 4:15, 6:45 & 9:15 p.m.; In 3D at 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:15 p.m.; In 3D Sat. also at 10:05 a.m.

Hugo (PG) 1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m.; 4:45 & 10:30 p.m.; In 3D at 1:55 & 7:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 5:05 & 10:40 p.m.; In 3D at 12:35, 2:10, 3:35, 6:40, 7:55 & 9:35 p.m.

The Ides of March (R) Century 16: 9:40 p.m.

Immortals (R) Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 4:20 & 10:10 p.m.; In 3D at 1:45 & 7:10 p.m. Century 20: 1:55 & 7:30 p.m.; In 3D at 11:55 a.m.; 5:05 & 10:05 p.m.

In Time (PG-13) Century 20: 2:50 & 7:55 p.m.

J. Edgar (R) Century 16: 12:10, 3:20, 6:30 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 12:25, 3:50, 7:05 & 10:20 p.m.

Jack and Jill (PG) Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 2, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 12:40, 3, 5:30, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m.

Like Crazy (PG-13) Century 16: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda Century 20: Sat. at 9:30 a.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: Sat. at 9:30 a.m.

The Metropolitan Opera: Satyagraha Century 20: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: Wed. at 6:30 p.m.

Midnight in Paris (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 2:15, 4:40, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m.

The Muppets (PG) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:35, 4:10, 6:50 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 12:20, 1:50, 3:05, 4:35, 5:50, 7:20, 8:30 & 10 p.m.

My Week With Marilyn (R) 1/2 Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Guild Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:45 p.m.

Puss in Boots (PG) Century 16: 12:20, 5 & 9:55 p.m.; In 3D at 2:40 & 7:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 4:45 & 10:10 p.m.; Sat. also at 10:25 a.m.; In 3D Fri.-Mon. & Thu. at 2:45 & 7:45 p.m.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) Guild Theatre: Sat. at midnight.

St. Olaf Christmas Festival LIVE Century 16: Sun. at 12:30 p.m. Century 20: Sun. at 12:30 p.m.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 7:30 p.m.

Tower Heist (PG-13) Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 8 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 12:15, 2:55, 5:25, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13) Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 2:10, 3:50, 5 & 10:10 p.m.; Fri., Sat., Mon., Wed. & Thu. also at 12:30, 7 & 8:20 p.m.; Sun. also at 7 & 8:20 p.m.; Tue. also at 12:30 & 7:50 p.m. Century 20: 6, 7, 7:50, 8:50, 9:45 & 10:40 p.m.; Fri. also at 12:10 & 2:55 p.m.; Sat. also at 11:10 a.m.; 2, 2:55 & 4:50 p.m.; Sun. also at 11:10 a.m.; 2 & 4:50 p.m.; Mon. & Thu. also at 11:10 a.m.; 12:10, 2, 2:55 & 4:50 p.m.

HUGO 1/2(Century 16, Century 20) Director Martin Scors-ese’s well-documented affection for all things cinema has never been more evident than in the enchanting and imaginative “Hugo.”Young Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives alone in the hollowed walls of a Paris train station, orphaned following the death of his father (Jude Law). Hugo is desperate to finish repairing the automa-ton — an old robotic figure — that he and his dad had been working on, occasionally forced to steal little mechanical parts from a toy shop at the station.The shop’s enigmatic owner (Ben Kingsley as Georges Melies) catches Hugo in the act and confiscates Hugo’s journal: a booklet with his father’s sketches of the automaton’s inner workings. Eager for an adventure, Georges’ goddaughter Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz) agrees to help Hugo get his journal back, setting off a series of mysterious events that click and whirl with the rhythm of a finely tuned clock. Rated PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking. Two hours, 6 minutes. — T.H.

THE MUPPETS 1/2(Guild) It’s “The Muppets” show, with very special guest star/co-writer Jason Segel orches-trating a fun kiddie flick and a heart-tugging nostalgia exercise for Generation X. Fans may squirm a bit at the emphasis put on the Muppets’ decline (in reality, the Muppets have been absent from the big screen since 1999’s “Muppets from Space” but have been kicking around in TV movies and in viral videos). In “The Muppets,” they’ve disbanded and the Muppet Theater has fallen into (comically) sad disrepair. The realiza-tion devastates Muppet super-fan Walter (a puppet performed by Peter Linz), who — with his brother Gary (Segel) — makes a pilgrimage to take the “Muppet Studio Tour.” When Walter overhears oil baron Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) describe his evil plan to foreclose on the Muppet Theater, demolish it and drill for crude, Walter, Gary and Gary’s longtime girlfriend, Mary (Amy Adams), set out to reunite the Muppets and save the theater by putting on a “Muppet Show” telethon. Rated PG for some mild rude humor. One hour, 38 minutes. — P.C.

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

(Century 16, Century 20) I’ll confess up front that “My Week with Marilyn” — derived from Colin Clark’s diaries of sharing time with Marilyn Mon-roe — inhabits guilty-pleasure territory for lovers of Old Hollywood. Amid the film’s showmanship, though, director Simon Curtis proves capable of some subtle points. Plus, he has four aces in the hole: Michelle Williams as Marilyn, Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier, Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne as Clark, and Dame Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thorndike. In 1956, Clark actually spent a summer in Marilyn’s orbit, in his capacity as third assistant director on the 1957 comedic film “The Prince and the Showgirl,” directed by Olivier. But the week in question refers to Clark’s brief, rather chaste fling with Monroe, which the screen Clark describes, in words lifted from his kiss-and-tell memoir, as “a few days in my life when a dream came true and my only talent was not to close my eyes.” Curtis’ film lovingly dramatizes those golden moments, but also serves as a backstage farce about Olivier’s war with his leading lady. Rated R for some language. One hour, 39 minutes. — P.C.

AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264)CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CINEARTS AT PALO ALTO SQUARE: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456)

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MOUNTAIN VIEW 2030 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS

The Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) will hold two

meetings to discuss the City of Mountain View’s Draft 2030

General Plan, Draft Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program and

Draft 2030 General Plan Environmental Impact Report.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011—7:00 p.m.

Mountain View City Hall, Council Chambers—

500 Castro Street

Introduction and public comment on all Draft 2030 General

Plan materials.

– AND –

Wednesday, January 11, 2012—7:00 p.m.

Mountain View City Hall, Council Chambers—

500 Castro Street

Continued public comment on all Draft 2030

General Plan materials.

All comments on the Draft 2030 General Plan Environmental

Impact Report must be received by the Community Development

Department by January 13, 2012. Copies of all Draft 2030

General Plan materials will be available Wednesday, November

30, 2011 at www.mountainview2030.com. Copies will also be

publicly available on November 30, 2011 in the Community

Development Department and City Clerk’s office at City Hall,

500 Castro Street, and at the Mountain View Public Library, 585

Franklin Street.

Following these meetings, the EPC will consider and make

a recommendation on the Final 2030 General Plan, Final

Greehouse Gas Reduction Program and Final 2030 General

Plan Environmental Impact Report at a public hearing to be

scheduled in Spring 2012. The EPC’s recommendation will

then be considered by the Mountain View City Council at a

public hearing to be scheduled for Spring 2012.

Public Comments are welcome at all meetings. Contact the

Community Development Department at (650) 903-6306 for

further information.

Note: Showtimes for the Century 20 theater are for Friday though Monday and Thursday only, unless otherwise noted.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPSAerobic Dancing Classes A Jacki Sorensen fitness class incorporating strength training, abdominal work and aerobic routines. Compli-mentary child care provided. Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays. 9-10 a.m. Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St. (next to library), Mountain View. Call 650-941-1002. Child Development Program New Stu-dent Orientation Find out how Foothill’s Child Development Program can lead to a career working with children and families by attending the Child Development New Student Orientation Night. Dec. 2, 6-7 p.m. Free. Foothill College Middlefield Cam-pus, Room J-2, 4000 Middlefield Road (Cubberley Community Center), Palo Alto. Call 650-949-6950. www.foothill.fhda.edu/childdevelopment/Save Japan USA -Dance! Fundraiser dance workshop for 2011 Japan earthquake and tsuna-mi relief. Contemporary I will be offered Sundays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Western Ballet , 914 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. dance.101280.netYoga for Moms A yoga class for moms will be held Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. Donation-based. Mountain View Community Center, 201 South Rengstorf Ave. Lower Social Hall, Mountain View. www.yogawithgloria.com

COMMUNITY EVENTSHoliday Barn Lighting Westwind Com-munity Barn will offer home-baked cookies and hot cider and/or wine tasting with local vintners while kids participate in seasonal games, craft tables, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, equestrian expo and visits with Santa. Dec. 4, 1-4 p.m. Free. Westwind Community Barn, 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 650-

947-2518. www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/Rengstorff House Holiday Open House Rengstorff House dresses up for the holidays and the annual open house on Dec. 6. There will be treats, carolers, Father Christmas, a Charles Dick-ens reader and more. 7-9 p.m. Free. Rengstorff House at Shoreline, 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www.r-house.org

CONCERTS‘20 Harps for the Holidays’ Harpeggio Music and LAUMC present the annual holiday harp concert. The program includes festive holiday music, a studio ensemble of more than 20 harps, and classical harpist Natalie Cox as guest artist. Proceeds go to Harpeggio Music to support studio activities, including this concert. Dec. 3, 4 p.m. $12/$15. Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. Call 408-366-8810. harpeggio.com/concert.html

DANCE‘Jingle & Mingle Holiday Open Dance Studio’ Foothill College Repertory Dance Com-pany presents its holiday open studio. The event showcases a diverse program of original student choreography, experimental works and repertory classics. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate. Dec. 2, 7-9 p.m. Free. Foothill College Dance Studio (Room 2504), 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 650-949-7354. www.foothill.edu/dance/index.php‘The Christmas Ballet’ Smuin’s Christmas Ballet includes two world premieres set to a tune by Mannheim Steamroller and Mahalia Jackson’s gospel rendition of “Oh, Holy Night.” Dec. 7-11, 8 p.m. $49-$62. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

www.smuinballet.orgWorld Music Night & Belly Dancing Adriana performs belly dance to world music Dec. 4 and 7, 5 p.m.-midnight. Free. Morocco’s Restaurant, 873 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-968-1502. www.moroccosrestaurant.com

FAMILY AND KIDSGerman Holiday Market Vendors will offer their goods - an array of natural and handcrafted gift items. A visit by Santa, student performances, and holiday inspired live music, will complete the range of entertainment during the afternoon. Dec. 3, 3-7 p.m. Free. German International School of Silicon Valley, 310 Easy St., Mountain View. www.gissv.org

LIVE MUSICLatin-infused Guitar with Vic Moraga Vic Moraga performs Latin-style guitar Dec. 2, 5-11 p.m. Free. Morocco’s Restaurant, 873 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-968-1502. www.moroccosrestaurant.com

ON STAGE‘Almost, Maine’ The comedy “Almost, Maine” will be performed through Dec. 18, 8 p.m. $24-$32. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. www.busbarn.org‘Non-Self - Dance and Chamber Music Collaboration’ “Non-Self” is an art, music and dance passage backwards through time, with music composed by Josh Friedman and chore-ography by Bianca Brzezinski. Dec. 3, 2-10 p.m. $23-33. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-701-7757. newartsalliance.com/

SPECIAL EVENTS‘A New Assault on the Language Divide’ Discussion on challenges and solutions to the language divide across cultures. Dec. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Carnegie Mellon Silicon Val-ley, NASA Research Park, Bldg 23, Moffett Field. Call 650-335-2852. www.cmu.edu/silicon-valley/news-events/seminars/index.htmlBlach School Holiday Faire More than 190 students will fill booths with hand-crafted gifts and foods. A portion of the proceeds donated to the Blach PTA. Dec. 2, 12:30-4 p.m. Free. Blach Multipurpose Room, 1120 Covington Road, Los Altos. Call 650-520-4520.

SPORTSLittle League Baseball Registration Walk-in registration on Thu., Dec. 8 at Rengstorff Com-munity Center. Sign up boys and girls, 4 to 14 years old for the 2012 Baseball Season. Register by Dec 31 and save $25. 7-9 p.m. POB 614, Mountain View. Call 650-961-2065. www.mvll.org

TALKS/AUTHORS‘The Big Data Effect’ A conversation about big data. Dec. 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $54 Churchill Club member; $79 nonmember. Computer History Museum, 1401 North Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. Call 408-265-1030. transition.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=929

ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION Live holiday music, refreshments, lights and the arrival of Santa Claus. Bring a can of food to help support the Community Services Agency.

Dec. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Civic Center Plaza500 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6331.

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File No.: 558199 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Whoopes, located at 2255 Showers Drive #132, 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): XI HAO WANG 2255 Showers Dr. #132 Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on 11-16-2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 16, 2011. (MVV Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2011)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: November 7, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: BELLAS IMPORTS INC. listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage

Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 1380 Pear Ave. Ste. D & E Mountain View, CA 94040-1306 Type of license(s) applied for: 47 - ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE (MVV Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 2, 2011)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 111CV212905 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: J STEVEN YOUNG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CAITLIN ANN MARIE YOUNG to LAILA ANN MARIE YOUNG. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indi-cated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at

the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: January 10, 2012, 8:45 a.m., Room: 107 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE Date: November 10, 2011 /s/ Thomas WM Cain JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (MVV Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 2011)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE Escrow No. 11-12931-KZ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to credi-tors of the within named Seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below The name and business address(s) of the seller are: DANNY WONG, 580 N. RENGSTORFF AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: SAME AS ABOVE As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer: CANTON

CHINESE FAST FOOD LOCATED AT 910 WOODSIDE RD, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061 The names and business address of the buyer(s) are: PHROMMET PHROMTHONG OR ASSIGNEE, 580 N. RENGSTORFF AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL THE ASSETS of that certain business located at: 580 N. RENGSTORFF AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 The Business name used by the seller at that location is: CANTON CHINESE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT The anticipated date of the bulk sale is: DECEMBER 21, 2011 at the office of: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ESCROW SERVICES, INC., 5540 ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY, SAN JOSE, CA 95118 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is KRISTI ZUNIGA, Escrow Officer, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ESCROW SERVICES, INC., 5540 ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY, SAN JOSE, CA 95118 and the last date for filing claims shall be DECEMBER 20 2011, which is the business day before the sale date specified above. Dated: NOVEMBER 18, 2011 PHROMMET PHROMTHONG, Transferees LA1071049 MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE 12/2/11

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