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Giant oak falls at M-A High
A large oak tree in the Menlo-Atherton High School parking lot collapsed over a wall, landing on the
sidewalk and covering half of Middlefield Road between Ringwood and Ravenswood avenues around 3
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2. The downed tree temporarily blocked traffic on Middlefield. Atherton police
report that the tree brushed a construction worker when it fell, and a beekeeper was called to collect the
bees, apparently from a hive in the tree. There were no reports of injuries.
Menlo Park Regional issues
■ Social networking feeds food bank. Page 5 ■ Train whistle volume back to normal, Caltrain
■ The city offers parents a brief break from the reports. Page 5
kids. Page 14
Schools
Portola Valley
■ Sally Stewart, the high school board’s big
■ Town Council to discuss citizen task force on thinker, is retiring after 26 years. Page 7
public employee compensation Page 21
Around Town
People
■ Swinging festivities at Holbrook-Palmer Park
■ With dreams of an acting career, M-A grad in Atherton. Page 16
creates Web series. Page 6
■ Dr. Henry Mayer, a founder of Sequoia Opinion
Hospital, dies at 95. Page 11
■ Editorial: Public meetings before contract talks
begin a good idea. Page 22
Also Inside On the cover
Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A new book, “Under the Oaks,” spins tales from 200 years of Atherton
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 history in words and pictures, including that of inventor Leon Douglass
Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 and his family, photographed outside Victoria Manor, now Stent Hall at
Police Calls . . . . . . . . . . 21 Menlo School. Local authors Pamela Gullard and Nancy Lund spent six
Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . 22 years researching the book, being published this month. See Section 2.
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M E N L O P A R K | A T H E R T O N | W O O D S I D E | P O R T O L A V A L L E Y
Whistle volume back to Passionate boos, cheers mark
normal, Caltrain reports
Eshoo meeting on health care
By Sean Howell of the continuous one that people
Almanac Staff Writer are used to hearing. ■ Congresswoman holds health care Town Hall Protesters were required to
The volume increase came leave large signs outside the audi-
Wednesday night at Gunn High School to explain
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ver a month after local when Caltrain moved all the torium.
her bill, answer questions.
residents started com- horns from the underside to the As is her custom, Rep. Eshoo
plaining about the greatly top of its locomotives and cabs, answered written questions sub-
increased volume of Caltrain in order to comply with federal By Barbara Wood waited to enter. Opponents of mitted by the audience. When
horns, the rail agency has lowered regulations that require a par- Special to The Almanac Democratic proposals to change boos and jeers greeted some of her
the volume of the whistles on ticular sequence of sounds to the health care system held aloft statements, other audience mem-
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all the trains back to their pre- be produced. Caltrain is trying vocal crowd of nearly placards and American flags — as bers attempted to drown them out
increase decibel levels. to figure out a way to return the 1,000 people turned out did proponents. with applause. But Rep. Eshoo did
A spokesperson announced horns to their previous position for a town hall meeting on “Don’t Mess With Our Health not lose her cool, despite shouts
Sept. 1 that the project to install underneath the train, while still national health care issues, hosted Care — Vote No on Obamacare” and interruptions.
regulator valves on the horns allowing them to produce the by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo read one sign. “You are all — every one, wheth-
of all its trains had been com- proper sound, according to the Park, on Sept. 2 at Gunn High “M.D.’s will have to take the er you booed or cheered — you are
pleted. spokesperson. School in Palo Alto. Hypocrite Oath with Obamacare,” all welcome,” she said.
That doesn’t mean those close Engineers are required to Rep. Eshoo, who represents read another. The intense interest in the
to the tracks won’t notice a sound the horn a quarter-mile the 14th Congressional Dis- At the other end of the spectrum topic was clear in the number of
difference between the sound before each grade crossing, where trict, helped write one of the were the Raging Grannies. “Gran- questions submitted. Rep. Eshoo
the horns made when they a street crosses the tracks, or if health care bills currently under nies love Social Security — A estimated she did not get to at
were underneath the train, and they see someone on the tracks, consideration. Congress will Government Program” read one least 175 questions that had been
the sound they make now, the according to the spokesperson. reconvene this week to continue of their signs. submitted, despite going at least
spokesperson said. There are six local grade cross- the debate on overhauling the The Grannies accompanied their 20 minutes past the stated ending
Because the horns are now on ings: at Ravenswood, Oak Grove, health care system. placards with song, including: “My time of 8:30 p.m.
the top of the trains, the sound Glenwood and Encinal avenues Outside the 950-seat Spangen- Eyes Have Seen the Wonders of a “I understand first hand the pas-
will be dispersed over a wider in Menlo Park, and Watkins berg Theater before the meeting, Single Payer Plan” to the tune of
area. And engineers will blow Avenue and Fair Oaks Lane in a long line of people patiently “My Eyes Have Seen the Glory.” See ESHOO, page 8
several sequential blasts, instead Atherton.
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Express bus service to city
could shrink while fares grow
By Dave Boyce
cents for local routes and 50
Almanac Staff Writer
cents for express routes on Feb.
I
t’s looking like bare-bones 1, and youth fares would rise
bus service for the county if 25 cents, with corresponding
the governing board of San increases to passes and discount
Mateo County Transit adopts fares.
proposed rate and schedule Fares for Paratransit services
changes to address a $28.4 mil- would also rise starting in July
lion revenue shortfall for the 2010.
fiscal year that began July 1. The board meets at 2 p.m.
Of the two Wednesday,
express lines to Sept. 9, in the
San Francisco second-floor
SamTrans spokeswoman
that serve The auditorium at
Almanac’s cir- Christine Dunn says the 1250 San Car-
culation area, los Ave. in San
proposed changes are
the weekday Carlos.
RX line that ‘the most drastic in the In a statement,
passes through S a mTr a n s
agency’s 33-year history.’
Menlo Park spokeswom-
and Atherton an Christine
between 6:30 Dunn said the
Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac
and 7 a.m. and returns about 12 proposed changes have been Carolee Hazard, right, and Jeni Ware load Ms. Hazard’s minivan with donated goods from Trader
hours later would be eliminated influenced by more than 800 Joe’s market in downtown Menlo Park.
on Dec. 20. comments from the public and
Social networking feeds food bank
The day-long KX express to are “the most drastic in the
the San Francisco airport and agency’s 33-year history.”
the city would continue, but on The schedule changes would By Jane Knoerle ness to a stranger had netted Jeni Ware of Redwood City
an hourly rather than a 30-min- reduce service by about 7.5 per- Almanac Lifestyle Editor $10,000 to feed the hungry, reached the checkout counter
ute schedule. Likewise, the 390 cent and save more than $6.3 with the number of donations at Trader Joe’s, she discovered
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weekend line that connects million annually, but affect less t began as a generous to Second Harvest Food Bank her wallet was gone and she
Menlo Park to the Daly City than 3 percent of the weekday gesture at Trader Joe’s in growing every day. had no way to pay for $207
BART station would run on the riders, Ms. Dunn said. The fare Menlo Park. As of last The good-feeling phenom-
hour rather than the half-hour. increases would generate about week, Carolee Hazard’s kind- enon began Aug. 11.When See HAZARD, page 8
Adult fares would go up 25 $1 million annually.
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PEOPLE
FREE Seminar for Parents & Educators
“HOMEWORK & SCHOOL
With dreams of an acting career,
ACHIEVEMENT”
Thursday, September 17 M-A grad creates Web series
7:00-9:00 pm
Bethany Lutheran Church
1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park
By Sean Howell to separate ourselves.”
Speaker: Susan Stone Belton Almanac Staff Writer In the show, Ms. Legg plays the most
unfortunate of all types of actors: a nervous
Parenting Coach & Motivational Speaker
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Parents Place, Palo Alto t’s a peculiar kind of purgatory, the life of one. In one scene, she sprints on stage, late
an actor trying to make it in Hollywood. for an audition, slips, falls, gets up, and starts
As homework expectations have increased for all school-aged children, it
Waiting in lobbies to audition, sitting apologizing profusely. The scene expands on
has become an area of conflict and concern for many families. This
workshop will explore the parents’ role with homework, how and when to through workshops with casting directors, an experience she had auditioning for a play
help, and what to do when problems arise. hanging around the craft service table as an at M-A, when she arrived late after sprint-
During this informational 2 hour seminar, we will begin by looking at extra. Some give up the dream early, unable ing to the auditorium from cross-country
parent’s homework values, understand the relationship between home- to take the long days of waiting around for a practice.
work and school achievement, discuss the right amount of parental call; others stick it out, chasing down every “I tripped and fell on the stage, the direc-
involvement in children’s homework, strategize ways parents can help lead, hoping to catch a break. tor was just staring at me,” she said. “I was
children with homework, and problem solve what to do when children
Kimberly Legg, a Menlo-Atherton High like, ‘I don’t have a monologue, oh my gosh, I
don’t do their homework or itis of poor quality.
alum who grew up in Ladera, is shining a don’t have a monologue.’ It was really awful.
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she counts herself as a proud member. The Ms. Legg graduated from UCLA in the
Include your name, phone number, email address, numberof people attending. series, with a new episode posted to work- winter, with a major in music history. She
shoptheseries.com each Monday (the first hasn’t been acting for long, but she has
was Aug. 10), follows six young actors trying already gathered a fair amount of material
to sidle up to casting directors and agents, for the show. At a shoot for a Verizon com-
make an impression in auditions, and keep mercial in which she served as an extra,
their spirits up in the face of daunting another actor followed her around, sharing
odds. bizarre personal details. She had met him
“What we figure is, we were spending all before, on another set; he had given her his
this money on casting director (workshops) card, featuring shots of him in various cos-
anyways, we might as well do something and tumes.
have something to show for ourselves,” said “We get to the Verizon set at 5:30 in the
Ms. Legg, who met co-producer Nate Golon morning. We’re all sitting around in the
at a workshop held by a casting director. dark, trying to sleep. When the sun comes
The workshops were pretty much a waste up, I see this guy sitting across from me.
of money, Ms. Legg said, but they provided He says, ‘Hey, Kimberley, you never called
material for the show. me.’ And from there on he didn’t stop. For a
Producing and writing is “a completely 14-hour day.”
new experience for me,” she said. “I just Is it at moments like that when she thinks,
wanted to act. We (made the show) because “maybe this isn’t for me”?
we wanted the exposure. Everyone in L.A. is “It inspired me to go out and do something
trying to act. We’re trying to do something better than extra work,” she said.
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“What we figure is, we were spending all this money on casting director (workshops) anyways,
we might as well do something and have something to show for ourselves,” says Kimberly Legg.
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R E Q&A
PEOPLE EAL STATE
by Gloria Darke
High school How to choose
board’s big Dear Gloria, you need to look at the track record of the
My husband and I have a difference realtor and then follow up on references
thinker is of opinion on which realtor to use. for recent sales. If a realtor has too many
We have interviewed three; there listings, there is a good chance that phone
was one who gave us a price quite calls may not be followed up, the house
retiring a bit higher than the other two. may not be held open as often as you
Naturally, the price is enticing but would like and your property may be lost
also a bit questionable. The other in a big ad featuring all of the listings of
By Dave Boyce two have been in business longer the busy agent. Another quality to look
Almanac Staff Writer and have more sales but also more for in the realtor is how he or she works
I listings. How do we know we will with their peers. We had an experience
t can be lonely on the
get the time and attention. What is a week ago where we showed a listing
road less traveled, a well-
really the most important quality? of a particular agent, only to find out
trodden path for Trustee
- A.J. Portola Valley that the agent then called our client to let
Sarah D. “Sally” Stewart, who
them know of another house that " only
is wrapping up 26 years on Dear A.J. he knew of." Needless to say, I will never
the governing board of the You ask a couple of really good show a house with this agent again. So
Sequoia Union High School questions. And I commend you on your there are issues of integrity and character
Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac
District. “I’ve always called myself a divergent thinker,” says Sally Stewart. “If you perspicacity in seeing through the high as well as who will do the best job for
Ms. Stewart is a fan of the don’t have all the voices in the room, you don’t have reality.” price appraisal. This is definitely not the you. Check references carefully and know
long view, systems thinking market to be testing a high price which is the reputation of the realtor you choose to
and perspectives that come not based on comparable sales. Obviously work with.
out of group-conversation venues such as Future A program budget can help determine whether a
For answers to any questions you may have on real estate, you may e-mail me at gdarke@apr.
Search and Appreciative Inquiry and Conversa- program is working or not, she said.
com or call 462-1111, Alain Pinel Realtors. I also offer a freemarket analysis of your property.
tion Cafes, colloquies that imagine new ways to “Everybody says it’s too complicated” to provide
address stubborn problems. such a budget, she said. So she’s voted against the
“I’ve always called myself a divergent thinker,” budget repeatedly, always on a 4-1 tally, she said.
FREE
she said. “If you don’t have all the voices in the Sequoia district finance officer James Lianides
room, you don’t have reality.” said in an e-mail that he’s promised Ms. Stewart DELIVERY
Ms. Stewart, who served 12 years on Por- a program view of the general-fund budget in
(with min. order)
tola Valley’s school board and as an executive in November, and added that he’s preparing a format
county- and state-wide education organizations, for the lay audience for the district’s Web site. “THE BEST
is retiring in December. Asked why, she said her Ms. Stewart recently received a standing ovation
PIZZA WEST
energy level isn’t what it used to be and that she from faculty and staff in a district meeting, Mr.
doesn’t care for the Lewin said, and was OF NEW YORK”
trends. Education’s one of 20 officials
—Ralph Barbieri
focus is too much Sally Stewart represented conceptual views noted last year in a
KNBR 680
on future employ- thank-you message
on education for more than two decades.
ment and not from state Superin- 226 Redwood
880 Santa Cruz Ave
enough on under- tendent of Schools Shores Pkwy
standing civic life, she said in an interview. Jack O’Connell. Menlo Park
Redwood Shores
Standardized tests don’t help, she added. Test
taking is a skill that improves with experience, Listening to the community (at University Drive) (Next to Pacific
Athletic Club)
then plateaus, she said, adding: “I always took Decisions affecting the operation of compre-
[phone]
them as fast as I could because if I started to hensive high schools like M-A and Woodside tend [phone]
think, I’d get (the answers) wrong.” to come out of shared-decision-making councils
Though no longer a pressing issue, and under that include school parents, students, teachers and
questioning, Ms. Stewart acknowledged a stub- administrators.
born little issue of her own: she hasn’t been There was once a district-wide central committee
elected board president since the mid-1990s. that represented those same communities and met
The president sets the agenda, and the year-long monthly, Ms. Stewart said. “It was a good way of
position normally passes from one trustee to keeping contact,” she said. “I’ve seen all those things
another. kind of retrench and I don’t think that’s good.”
“I think they felt they couldn’t trust me,” she The board should hold town hall meetings, she
said. Indeed, she said three trustees — Olivia said. “You know, you have to have a lot of conversa-
Martinez, Don Gibson and Gordon Lewin — tions to make changes,” she added. “I don’t think
The Bowman program builds
told her they didn’t trust her when she asked anyone in Silicon Valley likes to have conversations.
about being president. It’s so much ‘Ready, shoot, aim.’ Isn’t that what they confidence, creativity and
Asked if the trustees had explained themselves, say?”
academic excellence.
Ms. Stewart replied: “That’s all they said.” Ms. Stewart said she’s pleased that the district has
Asked to comment, Mr. Lewin stressed that hired someone to handle public relations.
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said, was stylistic in that “Sally liked more of The election
a discussion format and other board members Asked if she’s conversed with the eight candi- (cid:32)(cid:20)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:21)(cid:19)(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:35)(cid:39)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:21)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:25)(cid:18)(cid:36)(cid:19)(cid:41)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:1)(cid:10)
liked a tighter run meeting. ... Even in heated dates vying for her seat, Ms. Stewart said she’s
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integrity.” date’s willingness to listen to different points
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Mr. Gibson could not be reached for comment. anyone.
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Rep. Anna Eshoo addresses nearly 1,000 people in Spangenberg Theatre on the Gunn High School campus.
Passionate boos, cheers mark Rep. Anna Eshoo’s meeting on health care
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the national credit card.” to how health care works in the owners who can’t afford to insure Rep. Eshoo promised to respond
continued from page 5 Private insurance must also be country. “Why destroy the best their employees. by e-mail to every question in the
regulated, she said. health care system in this world Eliminating inefficiencies and 6-inch-stack that remained unan-
sions that the issue of health care “No longer will insurance com- for this?” asked one. bringing the uninsured into a sys- swered at the end of the meeting.
brings,” she said. “It touches all of panies be able to discriminate “This is not about destroying the tem that offers preventative care The issue, she said, is far from
us, every single one of us.” against anyone” with pre-existing system,” Rep. Eshoo said. “It’s about instead of much more costly emer- settled.
She said there are three essen- conditions, for gender, or because bringing (the uninsured) in.” gency room care will save money, “We have a long journey ahead
tial features of the legislation she they are ill, she said. Several questions focused on she said. Premiums will pay for the of us because this is enormously
helped write, House of Represen- “If someone loses their job — the costs of reform. How, one public insurance, she said. complex,” she said. “This bill is not
tatives bill HR3200. you still get to keep your health person asked, can 46.5 million Another questioned why the set in concrete.”
“No. 1 that it be universal,” she insurance,” she said. Lifetime currently uninsured people be changes are being considered dur- Palo Alto Police Department
said. Proposed regulations would caps on insurance payouts, which added to the health care system ing a severe economic downturn. spokesman Sgt. Dan Ryan said
require that everyone have some currently affect many with cata- while cutting costs? “I think that is one of the main three officers were assigned to the
form of health insurance or face strophic illness, would not be Rep. Eshoo argued that the reasons we need to do it,” Rep. meeting but reported no problems,
a fine. allowed, she added. cost of private health insurance Eshoo said. “We will not have a full unlike at other town hall meetings
Two, the changes must be “fully Some in the audience ques- is already a financial burden for recovery in this country” without convened by representatives around
paid for,” she said, “not paid with tioned the need for any changes many, including small business reducing the costs of health care. the country.
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Social networking feeds food bank
pledges from Facebook friends. Lynn Crocker, $10,000 in cash friends. “We get together, give
Amounts from $93 to 93 cents donations, and a donation of blood, then go out to dinner.”
HAZARD suggesting she do something nice (from neighbor Maddie Camp- 75 pounds of food from Trader Ms. Hazard plays down her
continued from page 5 for herself, like a massage. bell, age 8) continue to pour in. Joe’s, means more than 20,000 role as a Good Samaritan, but
Not feeling right about accept- With Facebook posting the meals will be provided to those does give credit to her parents,
worth of groceries. ing the extra money, Ms. Hazard story on its Facebook for Good in need. Ginger and Douglas Levick of
Carolee Hazard of Menlo Park, asked her Facebook friends what page (facebook.com/facebook- Random acts of kindness are Atherton. “I was raised to be a
standing behind her in line, to do. The answer was: Give the forgood/), people from all over nothing new to Carolee Hazard. responsible member of the com-
impulsively offered to pay for money to charity. the world have responded, says She sometimes pays strangers’ munity,” she says.
the groceries with her own credit “Since this happened in a Ms. Hazard. “It’s amazing how bridge tolls. “Someone did that
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find your wallet,” she said. to donate the money to Sec- been really exciting.” on my face for the rest of the day.
Online donations may be made
After discovering the lost wal- ond Harvest Food Bank seemed A special Facebook page has It made my day for a dollar (the
through Second Harvest Food
let at Draeger’s, Ms. Ware not right,” says Ms. Hazard. been established for the 93 Dollar toll at that time).”
Bank’s virtual food drive portal
only sent Ms. Hazard a check to Within three hours of shar- Club (tinyurl.com/93dollar). Ms. Hazard also regularly
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cover the grocery bill the next ing her story, Ms. Hazard had According to Second Har- donates blood at the Stanford and Carolee Hazard 93 Club
day, but included an extra $93, received $600 in checks and vest Food Bank representative Blood Center with a group of (tinyurl.com/93dollar)
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Planning Commission’s decision, saying that
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the city is lacking in housing units, and that the
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development project that would replace Cadillac site’s proximity to the Caltrain station Wo o d s i d e
one of the abandoned car dealerships along would bolster use of public transit. Mr. Warmoth
El Camino Real in Menlo Park could see made a similar argument about the planned office
approval from the City Council in October. space. JJOoIiNn UuSs F fOoRr A aNn E ePpIiCcUuRrEeAaNn A aDdVvEeNnTtUuRrEe WwIiTtHh
The Planning Commission voted 6-1 at its Aug. “This (project) will continue the urban sprawl GREgArTe FaOtO fDo, GoRd,EgArTe WaItN wEi, nAeU,CgTrIOeNat A mNDu sMiUcSIC
31 meeting to recommend that the city rezone the we’re trying to do away with, and that’s certainly SeSpeptetemmbbeerr 2201tsht,, 32 ttoo 77ppmm,
site of the former Cadillac dealership at 1300 El not good for the environment,” Mr. O’Malley said
Grace Memorial Courtyard
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Camino Real to allow for a 40-foot-high, 110,000- at the meeting.
Woodside Village Church
square-foot building. It would include about A majority of commission members said they Grace Memorial Courtyard, Woodside Village Church
51,000 feet of retail space, and about 59,000 square would prefer housing to be included in the project, 315341 W54o Woodosdisdidee RRdd. .W Wooodosdidseide
feet of office space. but didn’t view its absence as a deal-breaker.
First proposed nearly four years ago, the project “I would like to see housing included, but I
has taken a circuitous route through the city’s would also like to see this project go forward,” said
bureaucracy, as developers found themselves in Commissioner Kirsten Keith.
the middle of a major debate over land-use issues In an interview, Mayor Heyward Robinson
within the Menlo Park community. said he shared that sentiment. He noted that the
In its initial conception, the project would have council has committed to processing building
included 134 apartments and 81,000 feet of com- applications during the comprehensive city plan-
mercial space, about twice the size of the current ning process currently underway, though land use
proposal. But Sand Hill Property Co., which owns guidelines along El Camino could change through
the site, pulled that application after a group that process.
of citizens led a successful referendum drive to “I could be convinced otherwise, but my incli-
repeal the council’s approval of the similarly sized nation is to move this along,” Mr. Robinson said.
Derry project, which would have occupied an “I certainly expect that what they’re doing there
adjacent parcel. will be complementary to what we end up with
Earlier plans for Whole Foods to occupy the in our downtown plan, I don’t think it’ll be real
retail space have stalled, but a grocery store is still adverse.” CHEF’S FROM THESE RESTAURANTS:
Buck’s of Woodside • The Little Store
a possibility, according to developer Jeff War-
The Mountain House • Encore Performance Catering
moth. A health and fitness club could also be a Complications
The Woodside Bakery & Cafe • Amigo’s Restaurant
major tenant, along with other retail or restaurant Though the project could win city approval in
operations. October, Menlo Park residents who cringe at the WINE FROM THESE WINERIES:
sight of the city’s abandoned auto dealerships Sterling Albert Vineyards • Martella Vineyards • Ridge Vineyards
No housing shouldn’t hold their breath. Thomas Fogarty • Bartholomew Park Winery • Woodside Vineyards
Bonny Doon Vineyards • Sol Rouge Winery
The new, smaller proposal falls within the city’s Several elements that had been proposed as part
general plan limitations and density allowances. of both the Sand Hill project and the Derry proj-
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The City Council had asked Sand Hill to inves- it would take a year or more before Sand Hill
tigate the possibility of including housing units. can submit an application for a building permit, SPONSORED BY:
Robert’s Market • Encore Performance Catering
But at the Planning Commission’s meeting, Mr. according to Mr. Warmoth.
Hayes Group Architects • Principled Solutions
Warmoth said that, given the city’s limitations on Under city guidelines, the development com-
Barbara A. Schmidt • McNellis Partners • King Asset Management
development density, it wouldn’t be possible to pany would be required to submit the application Novo Construction • Merrill Properties Inc. (Sandie & Brian Pugh)
achieve the “critical mass” of housing units neces- within two years from the date of approval by the McNellis Partners • Whiskey Hill Thunder • Devcon Construction
sary to create a neighborhood feel. Any units Sand council, and could have up to four years, accord- BCCI Construction • Edward C. Bright Insurance • Liberty Bank
Hill could add at this point would be an “add-on, ing to Megan Fisher of the planning department. Greenough Consulting Group • Cody Brock
an afterthought,” he said, adding that the parking Ms. Fisher noted that Sand Hill has an incentive
MASTER OF CEREMONIES:
situation, with commercial and residential tenants to start building sooner, however, because it owns Mr. Jack Stevens
sharing spaces, would be a “nightmare.” the land.
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Cambodia to have sex with children will Child sex tourism is an ongoing issue last week after being arrested by Cambo-
face federal charges in the United States. in Cambodia, a poor nation where some dian police.
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Ronald Boyajian, 49, of Menlo Park, has families sell their children as sexual The men — all current or former Cali-
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been accused of having sex with a 10-year- objects to pay for food or health care, fornia residents — are charged under
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1:30, 3:00 p.m. not be very well represented” Gemma, whom she voted to hire “If you want to bring people
in The Almanac, but in an ani- in 2002, Ms. Stewart paused for together, you need the capability
THREE CLASSES in the long term, charter schools mated exchange with a reporter, about 7 seconds, then said she of understanding” conflict
AVAILABLE: will create two systems of public she said the district is doing “its would “rate him highly.” Why? mediation, she said. “I think he
schools. best.” Because he attends to trustee’s does that on an individual level
Ms. Stewart would not elabo- Asked to comment on the per- concerns, is available when very well.”
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