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Local NewsResidents say promises not being kept as city’s bayside plan plays out

By Kate BradshawAlmanac Staff Writer

Two years in, Menlo Park’s plan to convert the city’s former light-industrial

and warehouse district into a high-density office, hous-ing and biotech hub is hitting some snags.

The plan, known as Connect-Menlo, was expected to be decid-edly forward-looking, evaluating city conditions out to 2040, but in the two years since the plan was approved, much of the new commercial development it allows has already been claimed by developers.

The plan permitted new growth in the area of Menlo Park roughly bounded by San Francis-co Bay, University Avenue, U.S. 101 and Marsh Road. Of the new amount of development permitted in the plan, 73 percent of the available com-mercial space and 69 percent of the available office space have already been claimed by developers, and already develop-ers want to build 57 more hotel rooms than the city permitted.

In contrast, only 46 percent of the available number of housing units have been claimed, and only 16 percent of the available square-footage to be dedicated to life science use has been claimed, according to a staff report.

Congestion a key concernAs the city conducts its two-

year review of the plan, some residents in the neighborhood closest to all of the new planned development, Belle Haven, are crying “enough.” Some plan-ning commissioners are also grappling with how to give their blessing to anything new, even developments that aim to mini-mize new vehicle traffic, given the hellish traffic in the area.

“It feels like the residents have been scammed,” neighborhood resident Sheryl Bims told the City Council at its March 26 meeting.

As part of the planning pro-cess that went into the plan’s

approval, neighborhood resi-dents helped put together a list of “community amenities” the city should require of develop-ers for constructing bigger, taller buildings than would otherwise be allowed. The final list was a menu-type document that lays out the different priorities, ranked according to survey responses. They include things like improvements to sidewalks, lighting and landscaping, a gro-cery store, restaurants, a phar-macy, an ATM, job opportu-nities for residents, improved educational opportunities for residents, and tree planting.

Residents say they haven’t seen any of the benefits they’ve asked for since the plan was put into effect two years ago, even

while they con-tinue to bear the impacts of ever-worsening traffic condi-tions. These worsening con-ditions aren’t due to the zon-ing changes, since none of the proposed

buildings has been constructed yet, as much as to traffic flow-ing to places to and from Menlo Park, since the neighborhood is at a key nexus for motorists traveling across the Dumbarton bridge across the Bay.

This is worsened by the fact that the neighborhood is a tri-angle with few outlets, accessible only by the major commuter arteries of Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road. Residents say they routinely get stuck waiting in bumper-to-bumper gridlock just to travel the few blocks to leave their neighborhood.

“You don’t see what kids go through, what drive-through traffic is like,” said resident Vicky Robledo. “It takes 20 min-utes to go one block,” she added.

Mayor Ray Mueller said he voted against the plan initially because it lacked an infrastruc-ture plan to address the traffic problems so much new develop-ment would bring.

He also directed staff to look at the potential impacts of Senate

See BAYSIDE PLAN, page 26

‘You don’t see what kids go through, what drive-through traffic is like. It takes 20 minutes

to go one block.’RESIDENT VICKY ROBLEDO.

Portola Valley’s fire-danger challenges raise level of urgency among residents

By Rick Radin

Portola Valley residents know there are three roads that lead in and out of town.

And they are aware of the esca-lating danger that fires in rural areas present, with the disastrous Camp Fire in Northern Caliifor-nia that claimed 71 lives as the latest example.

Thus, a standing-room-only crowd showed up at a March 27 Town Council study session on wildfire preparation as part of an ongoing effort to get the jump on a potential emergency.

“Fire safety is something the town has been discussing since incorporation (in 1964),” Town Manager Jeremy Dennis said. “It’s a concern of the town that a wild-fire could be devastating.”

As a result of the threat, many residents have had their fire insur-ance canceled or their premiums increased, said resident Michael Tomars, who reported that his insurance rates went up 120 percent.

The study session discussion brought up removing brush and undergrowth to prevent fires from getting started, creating regula-tions for new home construction to minimize the fire risk, emer-gency evacuation planning, and communicating to residents about

how they can protect themselves.Since many Northern California

wildfires have been started by sparking from power lines, Coun-cilman Craig Hughes suggested that the town begin working with PG&E to consider underground-ing the lines in Portola Valley, a measure that requires about $20,000 per pole.

“Although it is expensive, under-grounding is a cost-effective way of reducing the fire threat,” said Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso of the Woodside Fire Protection District, who pointed to efforts going on statewide to coordinate emer-gency efforts.

The town has an emergency operations plan and an emergency operations center that operates 24 hours a day; it includes regular training for town staff and an emergency preparedness commit-tee, Dennis said.

Councilwoman Maryann Derwin emphasized the need for clearing brush from around homes, and suggested forming teams of volunteers to do the work.

The town is considering setting up a demonstration parcel to prac-tice brush clearing.

“Hopefully we can give people a picture of what their homes would look like to be considered

safe,” Hughes said.Portola Valley is trying to

increase evacuation routes on privately held land, and creating a plan that would give residents some idea of what to do if they need to exit quickly.

Normal evacuation routes along Alpine, Portola and Arastradero roads have been bolstered by permission from Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Fogarty Winery to pass through their properties to safety.

Evacuation plans and drills are no panacea, though. In Paradise, the Northern California town that was largely destroyed in the Camp Fire, some residents used a suggested escape route that drove them directly into the fire that was coming from an unexpected direction.

“Every fire event is different and a plan isn’t necessarily good for an event that hasn’t been contem-plated,” Dennis said.

The council may create an ad hoc committee made up people from the community who have backgrounds in such fields as architecture, law enforcement and construction to study the issue, which it will revisit at its April 10 meeting.

See FIRE DANGER, page 6

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“Stanford Wedge” housingStanford is responding to

encouragement from Portola Val-ley with a plan to develop hous-ing on the Stanford Wedge, an 75-acre parcel that the university owns along Alpine Road between Westridge and Golden Oak drives.

The initial plan, to include 29 units of about 2,200 square feet each, with three below-market-rate units, was presented in a study session by Stanford officials at the

council’s March 27 meeting.The plan is for all the units

to be moderately priced for the area to make them affordable to Stanford faculty.

“The homes will be clus-tered together to highlight their woodland character and will minimize the visual impact on the landscape,” said Stanford Associate Director of Real Estate Jean Snider.

Snider said the university is in the “preliminary stages” of the project.

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Woodside considers how to tackle future pension woes

By Rick RadinAlmanac Staff Writer

A problem that’s been known as the “pension tsunami” across many

California cities over the past two decades is now hitting home, albeit in more manage-able proportions, in Woodside.

The town has at least $3.5 mil-lion — and as much as $5 mil-lion — in unfunded liabilities for what it owes toward covering pension costs for its 20 employ-ees who are members of CalP-ERS, the state employee pension plan for their retirements.

“Every city is facing a pension crisis, with increasing costs,” Town Manager Kevin Bryant told the Town Council at its March 26 meeting.

Bryant is proposing two options to solve the problem: Contributing reserve funds to a trust fund to augment its cur-rent level of support for CalP-ERS, or simply increasing its contribution to the pension plan directly.

“We’re looking for things to cut (to pay for the added con-tributions), including limiting salaries and negotiating with employees for higher contribu-tions,” Bryant said.

Woodside was part of a pool of state towns, cities and agencies that were evaluated on how they were managing their pension costs, he said. However, new regulations require each city to come up with a figure for its own pension liability.

According to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report, Woodside was in the danger zone of unfunded liabilities in 2016-17 with a funded portion of 70.5 percent, nearly 10 percent short of the 80 percent that is considered

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The League of California Cit-ies has predicted that the $3.1 billion in pension costs state-wide in 2017-18 will almost dou-ble to $5.8 billion by 2024-25.

These costs are based on esti-mates of return on investment for the cities’ funds invested in the retirement system.

A survey of 15 California cit-ies showed an average increase of 13.3 percent per year pre-dicted over the same period.

“As payments consume a larger share of cities’ budgets, it becomes more difficult to maintain much less improve city services,” according to the league report.

The council agreed to move ahead with the adjustments when Bryant presents a specific funding proposal.

Overall, the council seemed to be in favor of solving the short-fall through a trust.

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Contrary to some earlier concerns raised during Menlo Park City Coun-

cilman Drew Combs’ council election campaign, a letter from California’s Fair Political Prac-tices Commission indicates that Combs may not have to recuse himself from all potentially Face-book-related discussions.

Concerns over a potential conflict of interest had been raised because Combs works at Facebook and his wife works for WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook.

Facebook is now the largest landowner on the city’s Bay side — the company now owns about 34.5 percent of the land there, and about 6 percent of the city’s total land area, according to the commission’s letter — and has also been a key funder of various city and regional initia-tives, including an analysis now underway to explore rebuilding the Dumbarton rail line.

According to the commission’s advice letter, Combs should not be permitted to participate in any decisions in which Face-book is the direct applicant, and he will have to disclose his conflict of interest as a company employee.

However, when it comes to other projects that may affect Facebook properties or interests, such as the “ConnectMenlo” zoning on the city’s Bay side (where Facebook is planning its

massive “Willow Village” devel-opment) and the city’s Transpor-tation Master Plan (which will impact how traffic is managed across the city and how much developers like Facebook will have to pay in transportation impact fees), Combs may be able to weigh in because Facebook would not be a primary party in such decisions, and because such decisions are unlikely to affect the value of Facebook shares. The letter states: “Council-member Combs may be pro-hibited from taking part in (a decision) if (it) is limited or directed toward Facebook or its property. However, if another entity, such as the City, initi-ated amendments to the Gen-eral Plan or the Transportation Master Plan, and the decisions were not limited or directed towards Facebook or its prop-erty, Facebook would not be explicitly involved; and the financial effect of the decision on Councilmember Combs’ interest would be reasonably foreseeable and material only if a prudent person with suf-ficient information finds it reasonably foreseeable that the effect of the decision would contribute to a change in Face-book’s stock price.”

The letter also indicates that Combs would not be allowed to participate in decisions about properties near Facebook if those decisions might affect Facebook’s stock prices. But the likelihood of such land use decisions having an impact on

the value of shares at the sixth-fastest growing company in the world (that was in 2018, accord-ing to Fortune) is questionable.

City Attorney Bill McClure wrote in an email that Combs would have to recuse himself from participating as a council member in a matter involving a city project only if it would affect the value of Facebook’s shares, which are determined based on gross revenues and profits, rather than the value of its assets or an increase or decrease in that value.

“So with a market cap of some-thing like $400-500 billion, even if (Facebook) loses development potential on its properties, it would not affect the values of its shares,” he writes. “My conclu-sion is that any decision (on ConnectMenlo) will not have an impact on (Facebook) shares.” A

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The Menlo Park City Council on March 26 voted unanimously to

make a $6.7 million loan to MidPen Housing, a nonprofit housing developer, to build 140 below-market-rate apartments on the 1300 block of Willow Road and replace the 82 units that are there now. The loan will come from the city’s Below Market Rate hous-ing fund, leaving the fund with a remaining balance of about $9.1 million. The apartments are intended to be affordable to households whose incomes fall under 30 and 60 percent of the area median income, according to a staff report. That translates to a maximum income of $44,000 at the 30 percent level and $87,960 at the 60 percent level for a fam-ily of four. Most of the apart-ments would be intended for renters whose incomes are 50 to 60 percent of the area median income. As proposed, the development would include 66 one-bedroom apartments, 50 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom

apartments. There would be a community room, a landscaped courtyard, an exercise room, a teen room, an after-school program area, two laundry rooms and some smaller out-door spaces. During the construction, MidPen Housing plans to relo-cate current tenants based on each household’s needs. These tenants will be the first invited to move back into a new apart-ment with the same number of bedrooms as the one they previously occupied. After that,

preference at the new below-market-rate apartments will given to people who live in, work in or have been displaced from the Belle Haven neigh-borhood, followed by a prefer-ence for people who have been displaced from other parts of Menlo Park. Preference would also go to people who are homeless and living in the Ravenswood City School District. If the project receives funding from San Mateo County, MidPen would also likely be required to

dedicate some units to people who are formerly homeless, according to Jan Lindenthal, chief real estate development officer at MidPen Housing. According to Nevada Merri-man, who is director of housing development at MidPen Hous-ing and a Menlo Park housing commissioner, the contribution represents the last discretion-ary approval needed for the developer to seek further fund-ing from the state and apply for federal tax credits. Final plans for the development will be sub-mitted as part of the building permit review process. Construction is expected to start as soon as spring 2020; leasing is expected to begin in fall 2021, Merriman said in an email. MidPen would pay for the current tenants to be relo-cated to similar housing at an expected cost of $5.7 million, as well as moving costs, estimated to be $315,000, according to the staff report. The development proposal requires the removal of the frontage road, which would allow the new apartments to be pushed closer to Willow Road, giving neighbors at the rear of the property on Carlton Avenue

more space. The council also approved this step. Currently, the sidewalk cuts inward onto a private frontage road behind a wall on Willow Road, so pedestrian passersby are forced to walk through pri-vate residential property, which has caused safety problems in the past, Lindenthal explained. The city sold the bulk of that frontage road to MidPen Hous-ing for $1, and a small piece, about 1,500 square feet, to the owner of the adjacent Soleska Market for $100 per square foot, according to staff. The new development would include a public sidewalk, which would be installed along Willow Road.

Affordable housing goals All of the 58 new apartments that MidPen Housing plans to build — not counting the 82 old ones that would be replaced — would go toward helping Menlo Park meet goals set in what’s called the “Regional Housing Needs Allocation.” The Association of Bay Area Governments oversees the state allocation process that sets a certain number of housing

Council dedicates $6.7M for affordable housing project loan


A proposal to build a pre-fabricated, three-story housing structure with

nine apartments at 1162-1170 El Camino Real, the site of Feldman’s used bookstore and SafeSpace, a youth mental health clinic, was met with criticism by fans of the bookstore and the Menlo Park Planning Commis-sion at a March 11 study session. The proposal comes from Chase Rapp of Prince Street Partners, a Palo Alto-based developer, who is also develop-ing the site of the former Mid-Peninsula Animal Hospital at Santa Cruz Avenue and Merrill Street. Rapp plans to dedicate two of the nine proposed units to be for below-market-rate renters. Fans of the bookstore lament-ed the plan to eliminate the shop at 1170 El Camino Real. Lily Rose Feldman, daughter of one of the owners, said that she grew up in the store, which has been in operation longer than she’s been alive, and that it has been an important, beautiful place for her. “People have fallen in love in this magical space,” she said. She urged the commission to consider the implications of

demolishing the historic build-ing and encouraged consider-ation of the avocado tree on the property. In an email, Paul Payton, who identified himself as a weekly patron of the store, wrote, “The alarming amount of terra-forming being done along El Camino Real is a harbinger of a hastened homogenization into modern ‘warehousing-for-people’ that is taking place along the Peninsula. “I remember Ed Feldman, the original proprietor of the store. I know Ed’s sons, who have inherited the establishment.

Feldman’s is a generational institution; it possesses an intangible and invaluable bond to the city. It should not be demolished without a thought. It should be evaluated as a key aspect of a city seeking to bal-ance modern-day conveniences with tradition. With Feldman’s gone, where is the seeker of knowledge to go?” Christine Kalaveshi also opposes the plan, writing in an email to the council: “Please don’t demolish the great histori-cal building Feldman’s Books is

Locals lament plans to raze Feldman’s

Image courtesy city of Menlo Park/Toby Long Design Architects, Inc.

A rendering of the nine-apartment residential building proposed to replace Feldman’s Books and a youth mental health clinic along El Camino Real in Menlo Park.

Image courtesy MidPen Housing/Mithun

MidPen Housing plans to build a new 140-unit affordable housing building on the 1300 block of Willow Road in Menlo Park, replacing the 82 apartments there.

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Seven prominent redwood trees near the intersection of El Camino Real and

Ravenswood Avenue in Menlo Park are closer to facing the ax after a city commission voted March 27 to uphold a decision that permits the property owner to cut them down.

Menlo Park’s Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-3

to uphold a previous decision by the Planning Commission to allow the trees to be cut down. Commissioners Deborah Mar-tin, Janelle London, and James Payne were opposed.

Matt Matteson, owner of the Cornerstone Research build-ing at 1000 El Camino Real, requested a permit to remove the trees because they are on top of a waterproof barrier that is protecting a parking struc-ture beneath it. The waterproof

barrier is damaged, and to fix it the trees must be removed, he and arborist reports argue. The proposal includes plans to replace the seven trees with 14 new trees of different species.

The Planning Commission had previously approved the tree removal request, but outraged community members appealed the decision in January. At a meeting held then, residents urged the city to explore alterna-tives to cutting down the trees.

Prior to the commission’s meeting, staff researched eight different alternatives to save the trees, but determined that none were both feasible and reasonable.

According to Menlo Park Sustainability Manager Rebec-ca Lucky, the problem has to do with the fact that the waterproof barrier separating the parking structure from the trees is at the end of its useful life, has become degraded, and needs to be replaced to prevent further water damage to the parking garage.

“Water makes canyons,” she said. “Even with a waterproof barrier, water’s going to wear it down.”

In addition, the tree roots have started to penetrate the barrier in places where it is

weak or vulnerable, she said. The majority of the 14 people

who spoke publicly at Wednes-day’s meeting favored keeping the trees. There was even a song presented by the Raging Gran-nies, a local advocacy group, in opposition to removing the trees. Protests were also held in front of the trees the weekend before the hearing.

“It was definitely a hard appeal for everybody involved,” Lucky said. The permit applicants and the community have grown very attached to the trees, she added. “I think that sentiment was felt deeply in the room.”

The Environmental Quality Commission’s decision may be appealed within 15 days. If an appeal is made, the City Coun-cil would have the final say, according to Lucky. A

N E W S

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING and

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADOPT THE2019 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE INITIAL STUDY/

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION andTHE 2019 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Atherton Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider recommending City Council adoption of an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration and recommending City Council adoption of an amendment to the Atherton General Plan consisting of the 2019 General Plan Update described below.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Atherton City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation concerning the adoption of an Initial Study and Negative Declaration and adoption of an amendment to the Atherton General Plan consisting of the 2019 General Plan Update described below.

Description: The Project is an update of the Atherton General Plan Land Use Element, Circulation Element (including Scenic Highways), Open Space and Conservation Element, Community Safety Element and Noise Element.Key revisions and additions proposed include:• Land Use Element – discussion of the new Civic Center, proposed Greenways, Silicon Valley Clean Water treatment

facilities, solid waste disposal and recycling, the Town Climate Action Plan, and policies supporting these changes and additions. The basic land use pattern, designations and areas delineated are unchanged from the 2002 Land Use Element.

• Circulation Element – discussion about the San Mateo County Congestion Management Program, the Grand Boulevard Initiative and Greenway Concept, Complete Streets Policies, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, Safe

Transportation Demand Management Program, and the Climate Action Plan. Updated discussions were included about

proposed. • Open Space and Conservation Element – An inventory of open space lands was added. New text was added

expanding the description of open space for natural resources, managed production of resources, outdoor recreation, public safety, military and tribal resources in the Open Space Element. The Conservation Element was updated to

Program, erosion and sedimentation control, the Bayfront Canal/Atherton Channel Flood Protection and Restoration

Plan.

Zones, surface rupture, ground shaking, ground failure, tsunami, seiche, dam failure, slope instability, land subsidence,

A section was added describing the emergency operations plan administered by the Atherton Police Department and the Menlo Park Fire Protection District. A section was added related to climate change. Emergency evacuation routes were updated.

• Noise Element – The Atherton noise environment description was updated, including new measurements of existing noise levels and mapping of existing noise contours and projections of future (2040) noise levels and mapping of future

Speed Rail. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Initial Study and draft Negative Declaration have been prepared for the above

to April 24, 2019. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said application is set for hearing by the Planning Commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall of the Town of Atherton, at which time and place all persons interested may appear and show cause, if they have any, why the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration should not be recommended to the City Council or why the 2019 General Plan Update should not be recommended to the City Council.

IF YOU CHALLENGE the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration or 2019 General Plan Update in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission or the City Council at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.

Date Posted: April 4, 2019 ATHERTON PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Lisa Costa Sanders Lisa Costa Sanders, Town Planner

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i2 Camp at Castilleja School Palo Altoi2 Camp offers week-long immersion programs that engage middle school girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The fun and intimate hands-on activities of the courses strive to excite and inspire participants about STEM, creating enthusiasm that will hopefully spill over to their schoolwork and school choices in future years.

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Oshman Family JCC Camps Palo AltoCamps at the OFJCC introduce your child to new experiences while

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Child Care (PACCC) Palo AltoPACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide

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Silicon Valley Menlo ParkApril 1 - 5, June 3 - August 2. Kids have fun, create a character, and

learn lifelong performance skills at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s

Theatre Camps. TheatreWorks offers camps during spring break

(offered in Palo and Menlo Park, April 1 - 5) and summer camps

(six sessions offered in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Los Altos

between June 3 - August 2) for children and youth in grades K-6.

Professional teaching artists lead students in activities including

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ATHLETICS

Dance Connection Palo Alto Palo AltoShare the joy of dance with us! Our studio is an extended family and a “home away from home” for our community of children and teens. At Dance Connection, we value the positive energy and atmosphere that we continuously strive to provide. Summer Dance Camps include all styles of dance for ages 4 and up and features our new “This is Me!” Empowerment Camp along with Teen Jazz and Hip Hop Camps. A Summer Session for ages 3 to adults will be offered from June 3-August 2.

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Kim Grant Tennis Palo Alto Summer Camps Monterey BayFun and specialized Junior Camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, High Performance and Elite tennis levels. Weekly programs designed by Kim Grant to improve player technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness and all around game. Weekly camps in Palo Alto and Sleep-Away Camps in Monterey Bay. SO MUCH FUN!

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Nike Tennis Camps Bay AreaJunior overnight and day tennis camps for boys and girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult weekend clinics available June and August. Camps directed by head men’s coach, Paul Goldstein, head women’s coach, Lele Forood, and associate men’s and women’s coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Join the fun and get better at tennis this summer.

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The Kiwanis Club of Men-lo Park donated $5,000 to the Menlo-Atherton Football Association, according to a Kiwanis press release.

The club presented the asso-ciation — a nonprofit that sup-ports Menlo-Atherton High School’s football team — with a check on March 18. The the club chapter also donates $50,000 a year in academic scholarships to M-A students, the press release states.

“Our donation to the Foot-ball Association played a small role in helping support athlete and coach travel that resulted in the awarding of four full-time athletic scholarships for M-A players at Division-1 uni-versities,” said Ned Moritz, the

club’s president. “Our aim was to help the Football Associa-tion provide these student-ath-letes opportunity. The results this year have been fantastic.”

The association assists M-A football players through aca-demic support, character development, financial sup-port and new equipment. This includes some equip-ment replacement, food during games away from home, and covering out-of-state travel for athletes visiting college programs or participating in summer camps.

For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Menlo Park, go to menloparkkiwanisclub.org A

— by Angela Swartz

Kiwanis Club donates $5,000 to M-A Football Association


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J ust off Alpine Road, where Menlo Park meets Portola Valley at Inter-state 280, is one of the Peninsula’s

hidden treasures, open to the public six days a week.

Behind the doors of the 36,000 square feet of greenhouses at Brookside Orchids, located just behind and up the hill from the old Webb Ranch fruit stand, are hun-dreds of orchids of every size, shape, vari-ety and color. With conditions designed to meet the natural growing needs of differ-ent orchids, stepping into each greenhouse is like stepping into another world, rang-ing from the lush, wet tropics to the drier and cooler conditions preferred by orchids that naturally grow at higher altitudes.

The nursery offers almost everything the orchid lover could want: retail and wholesale plant sales, custom-made orchid arrangements, and repotting or dividing of customers’ overgrown orchids.

Brookside also serves as a home away from home for the collections of orchid

owners who are too busy, too space-deprived or just lack the green thumb needed to keep their orchids healthy. About 40 percent of Brookside’s green-house space is devoted to boarding orchids and related plants for more than 600 cli-ents from as far away as Petaluma and San Jose.

The company, which has been in Por-tola Valley as a grower and wholesaler of orchids since 1979, has been boarding and making retail sales since 1996. Owner Jim Heierle now lives in Cove, Oregon, but started the business after owning a plant shop in the Fashion Island shopping cen-ter called “Fancy Plants.”

In addition to offering optimal green-house conditions for boarded orchids, Brookside, and another nursery under the same ownership in Pacifica, White Oak Orchids, provide water, fertilizer, pest control and even repotting or dividing

See ORCHIDS, page 20

BY BARBARA WOOD | PHOTOS BY MAGALI GAUTHIER

A growing businessPortola Valley’s Brookside Orchids grows, sells and

boards the cherished but demanding blooming plants


C O V E R S T O R Y

Opposite page, from top: manager Mark Pendleton has been caring for orchids at Brookside for 18 years; a Phalaenopsis, or “moth orchid,” hybrid cared for at Brookside; a Paphiopedilum hamana spice orchid.

Clockwise, from top left: The sap from a boarded orchid’s leaf is tested for Cymbidium mosaic virus and Odontoglossum ringspot virus, the two most common orchid viruses; manager Mark Pendleton examines a sick plant with Concepcion Cabrera at the nursery; a Paphiopedilum, or “venus slipper,” hybrid; an Anacheilium cochleatum, more commonly called a “clamshell orchid”; Pendleton pollinates a Phalaenopsis taisuco anna.

On the cover: Mark Pendleton, manager of Brookside Orchids, checks an orchid in the nursery’s boarding department.


P A I D O B I T U A R Y

Barbara Lou HuberJune 3, 1931 – March 25, 2019

Barbara Lou Huber (née

Ritchie) was born on June 3,

1931 in Council Bluffs, IA.

She attended Omaha Central

High School. She met Robert

Huber, a waiter at her sorority

while at Iowa State. Bob

and Bobby were married for

57 years. Bob’s career with

AT&T moved them around

the country many times. Their

children, Elizabeth, John and

Katherine and grandchildren

(Abigail, John, Caleb, James, Madeline, Michael, Samuel)

were always their first priority. Bobby loved watching her

kids and grandkids play sports, and was a Giants fan. Bob

and Bobby shared a life long love of both the San Francisco

and New York Operas. She also loved to dance. They resided

in Atherton for almost 40 years. After Bob’s death, Bobby

moved to the Carlisle in San Francisco where she lived with

her dog, Buddy, until her death on March 25, 2019.

Ken passed away at age 80 on March 20, 2019 after a lengthy illness. He was born in New York City in 1939. The family then moved to Kansas City where Ken attended elementary and high school. He attended University of Kansas and graduated from Chapman College in southern California with a BA degree.

He always loved the sea and ships and wanted to go into the military so he joined the U.S. Navy. He attended officer candidate school in Rhode Island, became a lieutenant, and served aboard the U.S.S. Whetstone.

After completing four years in the Navy, he moved to the Bay Area and went to work for Sutro and Company in San Mateo. After working as a financial advisor for a couple of years, he went into management. He worked in San Jose in that capacity for thirty-five years. He had a very successful office because he offered his brokers many opportunities to succeed and he made it a fun place to work.

He also was very dedicated to doing volunteer work. He visited veterans at the Veterans’ Administration Offices in Menlo Park every week and taught veterans how to fill out job applications and how to apply for jobs. He also volunteered at a school in San Jose and taught children life skills in a program called Project Inspire.

Ken was very devoted to his family. He loved spending time with his grandchildren. For relaxation, Ken and his wife, Susan, enjoyed many vacations at their condominium in Palm Desert. They also made trips to the British Virgin Islands to go bareboating. They have enjoyed living in Woodside for forty-five years. Ken loved to sail and shared a sailboat in San Francisco with his friend Hank. They spent many Friday afternoons sailing to Angel Island to hike and have lunch.

Ken is survived by his wife, Susan, three children, Else, Julie and Ardis (Misti), granddaughters, Summer, Maddie, Sophie, Maybel, Morgan, Sureya and Esteanna, his sister, Eleanor, and his nephews Jeff and Bill Moller and their families.

Ken will be greatly missed and will be remembered for his vibrant, fun, loving and generous spirit.

We would like to thank Kelela Finau and Gordon Manor for their devoted care. Please make donations to your favorite veterans’ organization.


Kenneth GreenJanuary 23, 1939 – March 20, 2019 if needed. When the orchids come into bud

or bloom, the owners are notified by email or phone, and can either pick up their plants or arrange for delivery. Once the bloom has ended, for some types in as little as a week and for others up to six months, the orchids are returned to the nursery.

For the privilege, orchid owners pay a monthly fee of $5.50 per square foot, with a minimum of 10 square feet which is about the size of a card table. Pick up and delivery are extra.

The company also grows orchids from seed and sells orchids online as well as in Portola Valley. The minimum order for wholesale pur-chases is $200 at the greenhouse and $300 if shipped.

Mark Pendelton is one of 11 employees at Brookside and seven at White Oak, and has been working there for 18 years. He’s the man-ager, but also responsible for hybridizing more than 300 named varieties of orchids.

On the company’s website (brookside-orchids.com) individual orchids sell for $10 to $50, but Pendelton says he once sold a $20,000 orchid to a collector from Taiwan. The plant was a hybrid that had recently been given the American Orchid Society’s highest ranking, a first-class certificate. Pendelton says the nurs-ery didn’t really want to sell the orchid, so had set the price high enough to make it unlikely anyone would buy it.

Pendelton, who says he wanted to be a col-lector (think fossils, butterflies and beetles) all his life, grew up in Southern California and now lives near the border of San Jose and Campbell. He started at the University of California-Los Angeles as a zoology major, but found that wouldn’t allow him to take the field biology classes he was really interested in, so he changed his major — first to English and later to physical anthropology.

But orchids drew him. He worked as a car-penter, a mason, and “whatever I could to make a living and have a hobby of orchids,” he says, until going to work in orchid greenhouses.

Pendelton seems to know everything that could be known about orchids, from the fact

that “orchids are now considered the number-one-selling potted plant in America” to being able to tell at a glance when an orchid seedpod is ready to be harvested.

“A seed pod can hold upwards to a million seeds,” he says, taking a small tooth-flossing tool to gently open an orchid flower to show pollen nestled inside.

Orchid seeds lack any type of nutrition for a growing seed, and are also very susceptible to disease, so must be grown in a sterile envi-ronment on a seaweed-based agar solution for the first year of life, Pendelton says. It can take from three to seven years for an orchid grown from seed to bloom.

After decades of working in orchid nurser-ies, does Pendelton have a huge collection in his home?

“Not a one,” he says. Brookside Orchids is open Monday through

Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at 2718 Alpine Road in Portola Valley. It sells at farmers’ markets in Menlo Park (Sundays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Old Oakland (Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Berkeley (Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and San Rafael (Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

For more information go to brookside-orchids.com, email [email protected], or call 650-854-3711. A

At top: Inside one of Brookside Orchids greenhouses. On the left are boarded plants, and on the right, a mix of boarded plants and others grown for sale. Below: a Bulbophyllum daisy chain orchid.

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S C H O O L S

A long time resident of

Woodside passed away

peacefully at home. He was 93

years old. Native of California.

He spent most of his youth in

Merced County. He worked in

the family business – Snelling

Gold Dredging Company

until he enlisted in the Army

Air Corp – WWII. Graduated

University of California on

the G.I. Bill. He worked as

a geologist for Standard Oil

before joining American Forest Product which became

Inland Containers of Newark. He was a Rotarian, joining

the Niles Club in 1952. He was a Charter member of the

Newark Rotary Club where he was President 1966-1967. He

had attended weekly meetings until 2018.

In the Town of Woodside, Jim was active in the horse

community. Jim joined the Mounted Patrol of San Mateo

County in 1972 and served as an officer and board member

over the years. His last Free Ride was in 2018.

He was a member and served as President 1979 and 1980

for the San Mateo County Horseman’s Association. He was

also a member of the Woodside Trail Club.

He served two communities, always involved in the

club’s numerous service endeavors. His mind was clear

and his fine sense of humor remained to the end. During

reminiscing, one of his last statements was “I am happy in

the Lord” and “Thank You.”

The family thanks everyone for their notes of support

and tales of times with Jim.


James R. EstepFebruary 6, 1926 – March 17, 2019

Elsie Olivia Jacobson, age 91, of Menlo Park, California, died on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Providence Medical Center in Wayne, Nebraska.

A memorial service was held on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Hillcrest Care Center in Laurel, Nebraska. Private committal services will be in California at a later date.

Elsie Olivia Jacobson was born on June 23, 1927 to Danish immigrants Magnus and Olivia (Vorum) Hansen on a farm north of Laurel. Elsie graduated from Laurel High School in 1944. Shortly after graduation she went to Palo Alto, CA and lived with her sister Ruby Merriam and family. She returned to Laurel a year later to help with the operation of the Hansen Dairy. In 1946 she returned to California and began employment at the California Water Service in Menlo Park where she retired after 45 years of service.

Elsie met Albert Carl (Jake) Jacobson at the water company. They married on July 25, 1948. They lived their entire lives together in Menlo Park where they both continued working at the water company and enjoying their home and park like setting.

In May 2016 Elsie came to Laurel to be near her Nebraska family while retaining her residence in Menlo Park. She was surrounded with love from family in Nebraska and California.

Elsie will be remembered for her friendliness, big smile, cheerful spirit and generous heart.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jake in 2000, her parents, brothers Peter and William Hansen, sisters Kaja Gade, Ruth Crandall, Ruby Merriam, Anne Kathol, Viola Wilson, Joyce Galvin Rath and nephew Thomas Merriam. Those left to cherish her memory are brother James Hansen of Pleasant Prairie, WI, sisters Betty Niceswanger of Fort Dodge, IA and Jacqueline Burns of Grand Island, NE, nieces and nephews and special friend Michael Garibaldi.


Elsie O. JacobsonJune 23, 1927 – February 19, 2019

By Angela SwartzAlmanac Staff Writer

The Portola Valley School District school board chose district parent

Kimberley Morris Rosen as the board’s new member at a public meeting on March 27. Morris Rosen takes the seat of Michael Maffia, who resigned in early March. The board voted 4-0 to appoint Morris Rosen, an attorney at KMR Law, after interviewing four candidates and discussing the interviewees, all in open ses-sion. No one came forward to speak during the board’s public comment section on the topic. Morris Rosen took her new board chair for the remainder of the meeting after taking the oath of office. Morris Rosen, who holds a bachelor of arts degree in his-tory from Princeton University and law degree from Stanford University, has four children, the oldest of which is a kindergartner at Ormondale School. At KMR Law, Morris Rosen’s clients include The Primary School, an East Palo Alto-based tuition-free private school. The school strives to integrate edu-cation and health care to better serve low-income children and families. Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zucker-berg, founded the school. School board member Karyn

Bechtel said it would be valuable to have a new board member with a background in education. “It’s good to have someone who’s worked in this realm before,” Bechtel said. “How many times do you get a poten-tial board member (like Morris Rosen) who has experience with Ed Code?” California Education Code, or Ed Code, is the state’s collection of laws that dictate how K-12 public schools are run. During the interview, Mor-ris Rosen noted that it’s a key moment for the district, as it chooses a new superintendent and implements Measure Z, a $49.5 million facilities bond measure. A strong board is needed during these changes, she said. Morris Rosen was associate general counsel for AltSchool, a San Francisco-based education and technology company, prior to her role at KMR Law. She is also co-chair of the Ormondale Book Fair, a kindergarten read-ing helper, a Girl Scout troop leader and a member of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Ambassadors Board of Directors. Board member Brooke Day said Morris Rosen stood out to her as someone who is “very calm” and “warm,” and seems to be “very approachable.” Morris Rosen gave “very clear-headed” responses, she said. Six people applied for the posi-tion. Applicants Terry Lee and Christopher Lyle withdrew their

applications in the days before the board meeting, according to the district. The board inter-viewed the remaining four appli-cants: Morris Rosen, Virginia Bacon, Anne Faziloi-Khiari and Helen Wolter. In a March 6 email to the board, Maffia announced he was stepping down from his post effective immediately, citing increasing work demands that made continuing his role on the board unrealistic. Maffia’s term was to end in December 2020. The board voted at a March 6 meeting to fill the vacancy by appointment. In a district statement in early March, Superintendent Eric Hartwig thanked Maffia for “his dedication to the improvement of the district,” especially the devel-opment of the district’s facilities program. A

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Kimberley Morris Rosen will fill the seat vacated by Michael Maffia.


The Portola Valley School District has received a double upgrade in its bond

credit rating from financial ser-vices company Standard & Poor’s, according to a March 8 district press release. Standard & Poor’s upgraded the district’s general obligation bond credit rating two levels, from “AA-” to “AA+,” the second-highest possible rating an issuer can achieve, according to a March 6 letter to the district from Stan-dard & Poor’s. The new rating is the result of a “strong property tax base” with high resident wealth; “robust” supplementary revenue from sources like the Portola Valley Schools Foundation; good financial management practices; and a low debt burden relative to property values, Standard & Poor’s said.

“We are ecstatic to have our rating upgraded two notches,” Superintendent Eric Hartwig said in the press release. “Standard & Poor’s was particularly impressed with the level of support we receive from the community, and we are so proud to report this result back to our constituents.” It’s “very rare” for a school district to receive a double rating upgrade, district financial adviser Chris Hiatt said in the press release. The district’s rating was updat-ed as part of its recent $10 million Measure Z general obligation bond issuance to fund district projects. Measure Z, a $49.5 mil-lion bond measure, passed in November 2018. The measure is intended to fund repairs, renova-tions and new buildings on the district’s two campuses. Standard & Poor’s generally reviews four factors in assess-ing a bond issuer’s credit rating:

finances, management, debt and pension obligations and the local economy. A copy of Standard & Poor’s let-ter to the district can be found on the district website, pvsd.net. A

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Giddy Girl Scouts lined up in Woodside Elementary School’s library on March

27 to meet the Palo Alto Humane Society’s resident therapy dog Minnie, a 6-year-old white poodle. Leanor Delgado, the Humane Society’s education manager, talked to Girl Scout Troop 61714 about how to be responsible pet owners and the society’s animal advocacy work. She covered top-ics such as microchipping pets so they can be scanned and returned to their owners if they get lost, and the importance of spaying and

neutering pets. After the discussion, the third-graders took turns pet-ting and holding Minnie. The poodle joined the Humane Society with her owner Arlene Esquivias, the organization’s head of social media and office manager, when the two moved from Southern California to the Bay Area earlier this year. Min-nie had previously served as a therapy dog for children with cancer at a hospital in Southern California, Esquivias said. The meet-and-greet with the dog helps children learn how to bond with, and care for, an

animal, Delgado said. The visit was part of the Humane Society’s PAWS 2 PAHS community visits program, in which volunteers visit classrooms with companion dogs, or trained therapy or service animals. The Palo Alto Humane Soci-ety is a nonprofit that strives to “alleviate the suffering of ani-mals, increase public sensitivity to animal issues, and elevate the status of animals in our society,” according to its website. For more on the nonprofit’s educational work, go to paloaltohumane.org/education-programs. A

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Following a lengthy late-stage discussion over what the goals of the

Transportation Master Plan should be, the Menlo Park City Council on March 26 unani-mously adopted a new goal for the plan: managing traffic congestion.

The new goal states that the plan will aim to manage traffic congestion, reduce travel times on city streets, and minimize cut-through traffic on neigh-borhood streets, in conjunc-tion with the other goals of improving safety, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting transportation-mode options for people of all ability levels.

Development of the Trans-portation Master Plan began in June 2017 after the council approved new zoning allow-ances for growth on the Bay side of Menlo Park. So far, the plan-development process has identified more than 170 desired transportation-related projects throughout the city. Which should be prioritized, however, is an ongoing ques-tion that the plan’s oversight and outreach committee says warrants more community discussion.

Staff had proposed a point-based rubric for weighting the list of the plan’s proposed projects based on each proj-ect’s ability to improve safety, reduce greenhouse gases, pro-mote alternatives to driving, and improve access to schools, among other factors, but not all council members agreed with the strategy.

Councilman Drew Combs argued that the method should be more “holistic,” and regard-ed as a “political decision” rather than relying on a scor-ing mechanism.

The council agreed to refer the matter to the plan’s over-sight and outreach committee to be hashed out further.

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A f lood of emails has arrived in the City Council inbox expressing opposition to a new housing and medical office project proposed at the corner of El Camino Real and Cambridge Avenue, where the Koma Sushi restaurant, a parking lot and an apartment building are now, near the for-mer Oasis Beer Garden.

The proposal comes from property owner Yihan Hu; Environmental Innovations in Design Architects is the proj-ect designer. Hu proposes to build a new three-story build-ing with retail and medical office space on the first f loor and housing on the second and third f loors, atop two levels of underground parking. The project would also include two separate single-family townhouses.

According to Community Development Director Mark Muenzer, the proposal is tenta-tively scheduled for discussion by the Planning Commission sometime in May, pending

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The kitten that was rescued from a drain pipe in Atherton by firefighters on March 15 — and named Ryle after the firefighter credited with saving him — is thriving, along with his three litter mates. The kittens will be available for adoption after they are weened and domesticated in about a month to six weeks, according to Marilyn Ander-son, who lives in the home on Selby Lane where the kitten was rescued.

It was Anderson who called the Menlo Park Fire Protection District after hearing Ryle’s cries from the pipe for several hours.

Firefighters called ani-mal control authorities, but returned to the scene after those officers were unable to rescue the kitten.

The fire department used a cell phone camera to take video inside the drain pipe to spot

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Anderson named the kit-ten after Fitzgerald, who was dubbed “the cat whisperer” by his colleagues. The next morning, Anderson saw the mother cat carrying another kitten by the scruff of its neck across her property, and when she followed it, she found two other kittens. She bottle-fed them until she was able to catch the mother in a trap and reunite her with the kittens.

“I used Ryle as bait in one trap and caught the mother in a second trap,” Anderson said.

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The council’s discussion was considered a study session, so no decisions on the topic were made.

Vice Mayor Cecilia Taylor said she wants to see other conditions enforced with developers in development agreements, such as a requirement to hire local residents.

Councilwoman Catherine Carlton said she wants to make sure new developments are held to the “highest standards pos-sible” for environmental sus-tainability, and that she isn’t interested in expanding the number of new hotel rooms the plan permits.

Councilman Drew Combs said he takes issue with the city calling the “ConnectMenlo” rezoning a “general plan update” because it applies only to one part of the city.

Councilwoman Betsy Nash said she is interested in recon-sidering the amenities on the list, and asked questions about what a development moratorium could mean for the proposed projects.

City Attorney Bill McClure explained that a developer doesn’t have vested rights in a project until construction has started, unless a development agreement has been reached — though that wouldn’t prevent litigation.

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Adam Brosamer urged the council, in an email, to “Build housing without destroying important cultural landmarks.”

Some planning commission-ers criticized the architectural plans for being too modular. “If you’re replacing a dear old friend,” said Commissioner John Onken, describing how some of the bookstore support-ers feel about the space, “it better be better than anything else on the block — and I don’t see that at the moment.” A

units, based on income catego-ries, as a goal that cities should strive to meet to keep up with demand.

Since 2015, when the most recent allocation cycle started, Menlo Park has had a mixed success rate, depending on affordability category. Accord-ing to a staff report, the city permitted 775 housing units intended to be affordable to households earning more than 120 percent of the median income between 2015 and 2018, five times more than what the plan called for. On the other hand, the city granted permits for only four housing units intended for moderate-income earners in the same period, compared with the 143 such housing units the state called for.

Menlo Park has granted per-mits for 29 percent of the 129 housing units that should be dedicated for low-income rent-ers under the state’s plan, and for 46 percent of the 223 hous-ing units intended for very low-income people.

Menlo Park is one of only 24 jurisdictions in California that is meeting its goals for lower-income and above moderate-income housing production, according to a state report.

The city gave out building permits for 44 new housing units in 2018. These included 24 townhomes at 133 Encinal Ave., 15 secondary dwelling units, and assorted single-family and multifamily residences. The city is also reviewing building permits for about 407 proposed new housing units.

Relying on the city’s housing permitting rates from 2017, Next 10, an independent, non-partisan group that works with California data, calculated that it could take the city until 2444 to meet the state’s moderate-income housing goals. A

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995 Fictitious Name StatementA & A BROTHERS LANDSCAPING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280581 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: A & A Brothers Landscaping, located at 2921 Westside Ave., Apt. #1, Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): MARCO RANGEL RODRIGUEZ 2921 Westside Ave. Apt. 1 Redwood City, CA 94063 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3-4-19. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 4, 2019. (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019)

COMPASS CONSULTANTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280382 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Compass Consultants, located at 1195 Los Trancos Rd., Portola Valley, CA 94028, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): JULIA PETERS 1195 Los Trancos Rd. Portola Valley, CA 94028 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on February 13, 2019. (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019)

CUCO’S BURRITOS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280614 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Cuco’s Burritos, located at 2855 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County; Mailing address: 1140 17th Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063. Registered owner(s): MARIA G. PERALTA 1140 17th Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 7, 2019. (ALM Mar. 20, 27; Apr. 3, 10, 2019)

BAR DOE BUD INVESTMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280672 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Bar Doe Bud Investment, located at 2059 Goodwin Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94061, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): DAVID T. NELLIGAN 2059 Goodwin Avenue Redwood City, CA 94061 DORAINE V. COUILLARD 2059 Goodwin Avenue Redwood City, CA 94061 BARRON A. VAUGHT 2059 Goodwin Avenue Redwood City, CA 94061 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 13, 2019. (ALM Mar. 20, 27; Apr. 3, 10, 2019)

LARA STRONG FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280561 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Lara Strong, located at 512 Warrington Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): ADRIAN A. LARA 512 Warrington Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on February 28, 2019. (ALM Mar. 27; Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2019)

BioCellection FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280778 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: BioCellection, located at 3475 Edison Way Ste. Q, Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s):

BioCellection Inc. 3475 Edison Way Ste. Q Menlo Park, CA 94025 DE Corporation This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on May 05, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 22, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

SEQUOIA APPLIANCE REPAIR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280805 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sequoia Appliance Repair, located at 2793 Spring St., Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): JOSE RAMIRO ROSALES 887 15th Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03-26-2019. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 26, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

MEDICAL AESTHETICS OF MENLO PARK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280732 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Medical Aesthetics of Menlo Park, located at 885 Oak Grove Ave., Ste. 101, Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): NIKKI MARTIN MD INC. 1405 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94702 CA This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/14. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 19, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

ECO-HOT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280689 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ECO-HOT, located at 367 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA 94062, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): HAROLD WILLIAM WESTRICH 367 Alameda De Las Pulgas Redwood City, CA 94062 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 15, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

THE MAIDS RWC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 280722 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Maids RWC, located at 593 Woodside Rd., Suite D, Redwood City, CA 94061, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): EMPRESAS MINERVA LLC 3137 Castro Valley Blvd., Suite 203 Castro Valley, CA 94546 California This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 19, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 267655 The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk- Recorder’s Office. Registered Owner(s) abandoning the use of the fictitious business name(s): JUAN PALOMINOS TORRES REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): JUAN PALOMINOS TORRES 450 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): THE MAIDS RWC 1270 Marshall St. Redwood City, CA 94063 FILED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY ON: 12/31/15 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Individual This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on March 19, 2019. (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

997 All Other LegalsORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 19CIV00983 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: NIKKI VILLABROZA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: NIKKI YEE VILLABROZA to NIKKI YEE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name 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: April 12, 2019, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 27, 2019 /s/ Jonathan E. Karesh JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 19CIV01386 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ALISANDRA VASQUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: A.) SANDRA J. CASTILLO VASQUEZ to SANDRA J. VASQUEZ B.) ALISANDRA ELISEMA VASQUEZ to ALISANDRA ELISEMA AMBROCIO VASQUEZ. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name 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: April 25, 2019, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: March 14, 2019 /s/ Jonathan E. Karesh JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 27; Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 19CIV01489 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: VIKTORIIA TAGIROVNA KAMALOVA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VIKTORIIA TAGIROVNA KAMALOVA to VICTORIA KAMALOVA FIFIELD. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name 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: May 1, 2019, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: March 19, 2019 /s/ Jonathan E. Karesh JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019)

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TheaterA Visit with Audie Murphy: Actor Duffy Hudson In this one-man show, Maj. Audie Murphy, who went on to a 21-year career in Hollywood after serving in World War II, will be portrayed by Broadway-trained actor Duffy Hudson. April 6, 11 a.m.-noon. City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

Dragon Theatre presents “Macbeth,” William Shake-speare’s tragic tale of all-powerful ambition and consuming conscience. Through April 7, 8-10 p.m. $37; discounts for students, seniors. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. dragonproductions.net

Pear Theatre presents “Sojourn,” a futuristic play written by Evan Kokkila Schum-acher and directed by Caroline Clark. Through April 7; times vary. $32; discounts for seniors, students. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. thepear.org

“Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story” chroni-cles the personal journey of virtuoso Hershey Felder while also exploring the life and music of impressionist composer Claude Debussy. April 3-May 5; times vary. $60; discounts for seniors, adults under 35. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org

Concerts Pianist

Denny Berthiaume and vocalist Juliet Green will perform. April 9, 7:15 p.m. Angelicas, 863 Main St., Redwood City. awin1.com

Redwood Symphony Opera in Concert performs Kirke Mechem’s “Pride and Prejudice.” The Bay Area composer provided libretto and score for a musical retelling of Jane Austen’s story of manners, education, mar-riage and money during the British Regency period. April 6-7; times vary. $30; discounts for students, seniors; under 18 free. Canada College Main Theatre, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. redwoodsymphony.org

Talks & Lectures Musi-

cian, composer and creator Meredith Monk will discuss the nuances of life with Stanford University’s forgiveness expert Dr. Fred Luskin. April 3, 6-7:15 p.m. Cemex Auditorium, 655 Knight Way, Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info.

Dave Eggers returns to Kepler’s for the release of his latest fiction work, “The Parade,” a story about two very different men attempting to lay a roadway in an unnamed country long rent by civil war. April 3, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $20 or $40 with book; discount for students. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

Author Laila Lalami will discuss her new novel, “The Other Americans,” a story told through nine different narrators whose accounts interweave. April 4, 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

Local author Margaret Dumas will discuss the first book in her humor-ous mystery series, “Murder at the Palace: Movie Palace Mystery #1.” April 3, 7-9 p.m. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. booksinc.net

Dr. Kevin Hand from NASA’s jet propulsion lab will give an illustrated, nontechnical talk on “Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System.” April 10, 7-8:30 p.m. Smithwick Theater, Foot-hill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Search foothill.edu/events for more info. Rhys Bowen Crime writer Rhys Bowen shares her new novel, “The Victory Garden,” about a young woman named Emily Bryce who is determined to contribute to the Great War effort. April 4, 7-9 p.m. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.

Author-illustrator Chris Van Dusen presents his new work in collaboration with Kate DiCamillo, “A Piglet Named Mercy,” a picture book prequel to the “Mercy Watson” series. April 6, 11 a.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society

presents the 2019 Tanner Lectures on Human Values. The theme of this year’s lectures is “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capital-ism.” April 10-12; times vary. Stanford Univer-sity, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu

An educator from the Walt Disney Family Museum will talk about the films Walt Disney produced for the government dur-ing World War II. April 8, 7-8 p.m. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org

Museums & Exhibits The

Anderson Collection features modern and contemporary American paintings and sculp-tures assembled by a Bay Area family who built the collection over the last 50 years. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 18, 12:30 p.m. Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive, Stanford. events.stanford.edu

In this exhibition, artist Do Ho Suh uses a chandelier, wallpaper and a decorative screen to focus attention on issues of migration and transna-tional identity. Through May 27, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu

Admission to the history museum is free and includes a preschool activity hour at 11 a.m. and an hourlong tour at 2 p.m. of the museum’s long-term exhibits. Ongoing, first Fridays of the month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Search historysmc.org/events for more info.

“Woodlands” by photographer Alan McGee of Portola Valley features photographs from the last half century of his explorations in the landscape adjacent to his home in Portola Valley. Through April 30, 10:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. portolaartgallery.com

A number of large-scale modular railroads will be on display. Through April 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos. Search face-book.com/events for more info.

Film This event, for

youth in grades 5-12, includes making candy sushi for a chance to win prizes and watching “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” April 8, 4-6 p.m. Belle Haven Library, 413 Ivy Drive, Menlo Park. menlopark.org

Los Angeles-based visual artist Kerry Tribe’s film “Critical Mass” (2013) features a re-enactment of a couple’s heavily edited argument taken from Hollis Frampton’s experimental 1971 film by the same name. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu

Lessons & Classes Non-native and

native English speakers talk together with the aim of developing English speaking and listening skills. No registration required. Free. Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org/projectread

This multiday beginners course teaches watercolor paint-ing techniques using different washes and application of paint on wet and dry paper. April 11, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $290; discounts for members. Filoli Gardens, 86 Old Canada Road, Woodside. filoli.org

Outdoor Recreation Grassroots Ecology

hosts a light hike around Hawthorns Open Space looking at wildflowers and plants. The majority of this hike will be off trail, on hills and uneven ground. April 7, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Hawthorns, Corner of Alpine Road & Portola Road, Portola Valley. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

This event offers runners and hikers scenic trails with distances of 10K, half marathon, 35K and 50K. April 7, 8:30 a.m. Woodside/Purisima Creek Crossover, 1100 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside. trailrunner.com

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Gender not a factor in Woodside leadershipEditor:

Your recent articles about the Woodside Town Council, Archi-tectural and Site Review Board (ASRB) and Planning Commis-sion have been interesting, and generally well written. How-ever, in your most recent article “Where have all the women gone?” (Feb. 27), I found the focus/conclusion incorrect. The more interesting and relevant question is: Has there been a change in focus from Woodside voters towards planning and what residents want for their town? I believe that there has been a shift.

Personally, I do not mind whether the people who are rep-resenting me are male or female; what I care about is whether they will do a good job and most accurately reflect what I want to see happen or not happen. I wel-come fresh blood on the ASRB, which has historically had a reputation of making seem-ingly arbitrary decisions. For example, a couple of years ago one friend went to the ASRB for

approval of a plan for a new gate. The ASRB made them partly redesign it to make the posts a few inches smaller, not because it broke any specific building codes but for undefined aes-thetic reasons. It cost my friends several thousand dollars and a lot of time. Another example is, why should the ASRB care what color someone’s front door is if no one can see it from the street and the neighbors can’t see it and it isn’t against specific building code?

In a recent election a former, longtime ASRB member, who happened to be female, was run-ning unopposed for the council but lost the election by a signifi-cant margin to a write-in candi-date, who happened to be male. Gender did not factor into my voting; it was simply ideology.

The majority of the council have children at the elementary school and I know them, some as friends, and find it very hard to believe that they would be “dazzled by the shiny new ‘Apple’ before them,” as your anonymous volunteer said. I strongly suspect that the voting, especially for ASRB, was based on who the council members thought were qualified and would best represent what the citizens of Woodside want for their town, as opposed to gender

considerations.It is important to have women

in politics and local government. The other major elected board in Woodside is the school board. It is predominately female (three out of five members). However, in my opinion, gender, race, etc. are less relevant than whether voters feel the elected officials are qualified to represent them. I for one am currently happy.Alyson Huey-WeaverPatrol Road, Woodside

Support Green New Deal

Editor:I am 16 years old, and as a

young person I understand the urgency and motivation with which a group of children recently entered Sen. Feinstein’s office, asking for her support of Sen. Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s resolutions for a Green New Deal.

Sen. Feinstein’s told us she “has been doing this for 30 years,” implying that she need not listen to the voices of the young people she was address-ing. However, these same young people are acutely aware of the undeniable and urgent threat that climate change poses to our generation and those that will follow. Sen. Feinstein’s

statement illustrates a lack of this same understanding — if she and her colleagues truly knew what they were doing for the last 30 years, we wouldn’t be in the midst of a full-blown cri-sis to which UN scientists have now given 10 years to address. The children who entered her office are not “media props” — they are desperately fighting for their lives and the lives genera-tions that will follow.

Young people of America will relentlessly demand that the leadership in Congress treat the climate change crisis with the urgency necessary, and we will continue to denounce those elite who have sold themselves to Big Oil. Any representative who claims to care about our generation — or about our world — needs to support the resolu-tions for a Green New Deal. Jason HwongStockbridge Avenue, Atherton,

Town’s solar system would be unnecessary expenseEditor:

Few Woodside citizens are aware that their Town Council is close to approving a solar system to be installed at either Town Hall or the library for hun-dreds of thousands of dollars.

A report has already been pre-pared to endorse it. Since the town already buys 100 percent solar energy from Pacific Clean Energy (PCE), this would be an unnecessary expense and an eyesore in the midst of our rural buildings.

The town should continue to support PCE, which is the greenest and cheapest way to get to 100 percent solar use according to most national solar experts like Severin Borenstein, an energy economist at UC Berkeley. That’s because PCE buys solar from large-scale solar farms that have the economies of scale to drive solar prices down and keep up with technology.

It makes no sense for the town to lock into solar technology that is changing rapidly. Five years ago PCE wasn’t on the radar. Solar panels will double their capacity in two years and in five years solar prices will fall significantly and the town’ s solar system will be 100 years old in “technology years.”Ed KahlWhiskey Hill Road, Woodside

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Palo Alto | $3,998,000

Superbly located on a sought-after street, with easy access to the newly-reinvented Mitchell Park center, this stunning Mediterranean beauty makes a commanding first impression. This magnificent

custom-built property integrates classic architectural design with an elegant interior. For more details, visit: www.homecb.com/796MayviewAvenue-PaloAlto

Julie Lau

650.208.2287

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CalRE#01052924

Palo Alto | $2,698,000

Ranch home in Midtown. Welcoming open floorplan. Remodeled, sleek

kitchen. 3br/2ba w/landscaped yard.

Douglas Andrew Gonzalez

650.566.5324

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CalRE#00895924

Mountain View | Price Upon Request

Remodeled Italian-style home w/extensive basement and bonus space in DT Mountain View. The fully remodeled basement doubles the living space of the house. Living/dining area w/fireplace and arched

doorways leading to eat-in kitchen w/upscale appliances, tile, granite counters and maple cabinets. Enjoy crown molding, master bay window, hardwood, fresh paint, Spanish patio, etc. Garage. Near Castro Street.

Mar Andres Keehn

650.468.6900

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CalRE#01771753

Redwood City | $1,299,000

Adorable two bedroom, one bath home with old world charm. Marble fireplace,

expansive deck and mature foliage.

Wendi Selig-Aimonetti

650.465.5602

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CalRE#01001476

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