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audience gasped in shock andgroaned disapproval.

Among those present were PoliceChief Lynne Johnson, who said shewanted to see the closing statementsfor herself, and former Police ChiefPat Dwyer. Friends and family of thetwo officers also sat in the audience.

The prosecuting attorney told thejury that Hopkins was merely sitting

in his car and eating ice cream onJuly 13, 2003 when the two “incom-petent” officers approached himaround 10:30 p.m. When Hopkins re-fused to hand over his driver’s license,they pepper-sprayed him and “beatthe snot out of him” with their ba-tons, Waite said.

“It’s not yet a police state whereyou can come up to anyone and de-

mand their ID and beat them up andarrest them,” he told the eight-woman, four-man jury.

The two officers are facing misde-meanor battery charges and felonyassault charges for their actionsagainst Hopkins. During closing ar-guments Monday, Kan looked nerv-ous, occasionally fidgeting with a

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by Bill D’Agostino

In his closing statement Monday, Deputy District Attorney Peter Waite in-voked an infamous name while criticizing the actions of Palo Alto policeofficers Michael Kan and Craig Lee — Rodney King.Waite shocked the courtroom by stating the beating Lee and Kan gave 59-

year-old Albert Hopkins in 2003 was in some ways worse than the thrashingKing received from a group of Los Angeles police officers in 1991. UnlikeHopkins, Waite argued, King committed a crime — drunk driving.

“At least Rodney King deserved some of that beating,” Waite said.After Waite’s comparison, Palo Alto police officers sitting in the courtroom’s

D og-eared, tattered and loose-ly fastened to a wall outsidethe activities room, dozens

of letters flap in the wind at GunnHigh School. Throughout the day,groups of curious teenagers hud-dle to read them.

“After careful review of your ap-plication ... .” “The admissionscommittee has met and I am sorryto inform you ... .” “Let me first

thank you for your interest ... .” “Itis with very real regret ... .”

It’s the Gunn “Wall of Rejec-tion,” a tradition in the makingwhere seniors publicly post theirrefusal letters from colleges anduniversities. So far, about 35 stu-dents have put up more than 60“skinny-envelope” letters.

Across town, Palo Alto HighSchool teens are just getting their

“rejection wall” under way. The walls, both in their second

year, are proof that the collegeadmissions process has become astressful, high-stakes event for localhigh school students — one thatneeds an antidote.

“It’s a good way to cool off,”said Gunn senior Erica Klein, 18.“Everybody gets rejected, and itmakes you feel less lonely.”

Most college application dead-lines pass at the beginning of theyear, some as early as November.Many seniors say it’s the first timethey feel truly relaxed in four years— their future now rests in some-one else’s hands.

As letters of acceptance and re-jection start landing in mailboxes,the gossip starts spreading on both

A tribute to the ‘skinny envelope’Seniors learn to cope with rejection by posting refusal letters from colleges

by Alexandria Rocha


Council turnsdown granny

unitsPublic’s ‘not in my

neighbor’s back yard’ wishes prevailby Jocelyn Dong

F ears that granny units could for-ever change the character of PaloAlto neighborhoods led the City

Council Monday night to shoot downa proposal to allow more seconddwellings in the city. The vote frus-trated two council members so much,they took their colleagues to task andlater registered protest votes on anunrelated matter.

“I find what’s going on this eveningparticularly troubling,” said Councilmember Dena Mossar, who felt fiveyears of work in support of afford-able housing were being erased “withthe stroke of a pen.”

Vice Mayor Judy Kleinberg calledher colleagues’ decision-makingprocess “unbelievably abrupt and su-perficial.”

The zoning update would have al-lowed single-family property ownerswith 7,000-square-foot lots or largerto build 450-square-foot “seconddwelling units” on their land. Thou-sands of property owners would havebeen eligible, but city staff estimatedonly eight per year would have builtthe cottages.

Supporters of the plan argued itwould increase Palo Alto’s affordablehousing, but opponents said it wouldadd noise and traffic to single-familyneighborhoods and decrease privacy.

In March, community membersspoke to the council about the pro-posal, with those in support and thosein opposition evenly split.

The debate Monday night centeredaround how greatly the granny unitswould change the character of neigh-borhoods.

Although city staff placed last-minute restrictions on the proposal tolimit the number of second dwellingsto 15 per year and guarantee an an-


Brian Kim, a Gunn High School senior, sneaks a look at the dozens of college rejection letters posted by students on the school’s “Wall of Rejection.”

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Worse than Rodney King?Closing statements in police brutality trial debate actions by officers, Hopkins


OurTown

by Don Kazak

Leaving Palo Alto

M any people move to PaloAlto because of the schools.Not too many people move

away for the same reason.Elizabeth Green, her husband,

Steve, and their 5-year-old daugh-ter, Sarah, will move to Petalumathis summer for a simple reason:They decided that they didn’t wanttheir daughter educated in Palo Altoschools because they are tooachievement-oriented and too com-petitive.

This wasn’t a spur-of-the momentdecision, but one brewing for a longtime.

And it’s not a decision that Green,46, came to without first-hand ex-perience. She grew up in Palo Alto,attending Walter Hays and CrescentPark elementary schools, Wilbur(now JLS) and Jordan middleschools, and Palo Alto High School.

She said she didn’t like schoolmuch.

Her two older daughters from herfirst marriage also attended PaloAlto schools, with the youngestabout to graduate from Paly. Thatgraduation, and the looming schoolyears of her 5-year-old, are the book-ends of her decision.

“The older kids did fine,” she said,but they also didn’t like their schoolexperience.

Green said she stayed in Palo Altobecause of a joint-custody arrange-ment for her two oldest daughters,the youngest of whom is now col-lege-bound next fall.

“I never expected to be here thislong,” she said. “I was never inter-ested in raising my children here. Imarch to a different drummer.”

Her decision clearly encompassesmore than the schools. “This isn’twhere I want to raise my 5-year-old,” she said.

“I would like her to have a moreenlivening experience,” Greenadded. “And less about, ‘Whatgrades are you getting?’ ‘What col-lege are you going to?’”

The current discussion about stu-dent stress “resonates with me,” shesaid.

Green is calm and matter-of-factabout her criticisms. One wouldn’texpect someone called “the babywhisperer” to raise her voice much.

She is the executive director ofBlossom Birth Services, a Palo Altogroup that provides classes to par-ents of newborns. Holly Thompson,a Menlo Park mother of 4-month-

old Conrad (really blue eyes), calledGreen the baby whisperer, after thebook and film about “The HorseWhisperer.”

“These women could not expressenough gratitude” to Green in theirfarewell cards, Thompson said.

“There’s no manual that comeswith these babies,” Green said. “Alot of people don’t have family closeby, and (having a baby) can be veryisolating.”

Green and her husband are alsoweary of moving within Palo Alto.They have lived in four rental hous-es in the last five years.

“The rents are as high as mort-gages,” she said. “It’s very hard toraise kids in an affluent area whenyou’re not part of that.”

Green hopes to do the same kindof work in Petaluma with parents ofnew babies that’s she’s been doing inPalo Alto. Her husband, a broker fornatural foods, can as easily do thatwork from Petaluma as he can fromPalo Alto.

They picked Petaluma after a con-siderable search that included placesin Oregon, Arizona, New Mexicoand Colorado. Green had once livedin Sebastopol, near Petaluma.

“There’s a sense there of almosthow Palo Alto used to be,” she said.“It’s more laid-back, with less of arush to excel. I have a sense inPetaluma that it is less that way, withfamilies not so caught up in achieve-ment, who spend more time togeth-er just hanging out.”

But the schools there are an un-known to her.

“I want her to have a better expe-rience,” she said of her daughter.“But I have nothing to compare itto. This may be heaven.”

Green said she has always en-couraged her children to find bal-ance in their lives. “It seems to be amuch better skill than to be drawn toan Ivy League school, unless theyare academically drawn, which isgreat, but not all are.

“This is what we want and I knowthat’s why I’m leaving. There arewonderful people in Palo Alto, andI met so many of them at Blossom.”

When she was a student at Paly,she was part of “Apple Pie High,” thethen-alternative school within Paly.

That different drummer is stillkeeping the beat. ■

Weekly Senior Staff Writer DonKazak can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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P alo Alto’s Caltrain riderswould see a mixed bag ofchanges if a broad plan to lim-

it overall service, but increase thefrequency of popular express trains,is approved.

Palo Alto’s University Avenuetrain station would get more BabyBullet trains under the proposal, butthe California Avenue station wouldlose approximately 50 percent of itstotal trains.

Caltrain unveiled the new BabyBullet trains last June. They aren’tfaster but reduce travel times byskipping stations.

Thanks to the new express trains,the number of Caltrain riders has in-creased 16 percent, according toJayme Kunz, a Caltrain spokesper-son. The bullet trains are also a bet-ter deal for the transit agency, sincethey use less fuel but have more rid-ers than local trains.

“Everyone rides the bullet,” saidMark Gerow, an IT manager fromMenlo Park who boarded one at theUniversity Avenue station last week.“Others are half empty.”

The proposal is designed to ad-dress Caltrain’s projected $13.6million budget deficit, a result ofincreased fuel prices and other fac-tors. The Caltrain board is sched-uled to vote on the proposal at itsApril 22 meeting.

The plan calls for increasing thenumber of Baby Bullet trains stop-ping at Palo Alto’s University Av-enue station each workday from 12to 18.

“The more train services, the bet-ter,” said San Francisco State Uni-versity student Kenji Tzshiro, whocommutes from Palo Alto. “The bul-let is too crowded.”

The University Avenue station isthe second most popular stop on theCaltrain line. Approximately 2,400riders board trains there daily.

The budget proposal has receivedmuch publicity because four sta-tions on the line are threatened byit: Atherton, College Park in SanJose, Broadway in Burlingame andPaul Avenue in San Franciscowould all close. Fares would alsoincrease 25 cents.

Also under the plan, for the firsttime some new Baby Bullet trainswill not stop at Palo Alto, but ratherat Menlo Park. Caltrain is propos-ing to spread the Baby Bullet stopsout, Kunz said, because there islimited parking at the current ex-press stations.

Palo Alto city officials are pleasedwith the proposed increase in localBaby Bullet stops, but concernedabout the loss of trains at the Cali-fornia Avenue station.

It’s a major destination for em-ployees of Stanford’s Research Park,according to Gayle Likens, the city’ssenior transportation planner. Theproposal “will have a greatly detri-

mental effect on our ability to pro-mote alternate transit to the businesscommunity,” she said at a publichearing last week.

The ticket station at the CaliforniaAvenue station would also close un-der the proposal. Only 834 riders usethe station to board trains on an av-erage workday.

Brian Perdue, a produce buyer forCountry Sun Natural Foods, said itwould “stink” to have fewer trainsrunning near his workplace since herides the train to various spots on thePeninsula most days.

“I’d hate to be stuck in the placeI’ve been all morning,” he said. ■

For more information on the pro-posal, visit www.Caltrain.com.

Andrea Gemmet, a reporter withthe Almanac, the Weekly’s sisterpaper in Menlo Park, contributedto this report.

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostino canbe e-mailed at [email protected].

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Caltrain proposal a mixed bag for Palo AltoMore bullet trains, but fewer stops at California Avenue

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Around Town

Gunn High School Principal, Noreen Likins, onthe school’s “Wall of Rejection,” where students canpost their college rejection letters. See page 3.

PALY ‘VOICE’ WINS A‘PULITZER,’ OF SORTS ... TheVoice, Palo Alto High School’s on-line newspaper, has won a covet-ed first-place “Pacemaker Award”for the second year in a row fromthe National Scholastic Press As-sociation. The award, announcedSaturday by the Minneapolis,Minn.-based association, placedthe Voice among three top winnersof 42 entries nationwide. “It’s thehighest honor we can give,” Con-test Coordinator Chad Rummelsaid of the award, noting that theaward has been dubbed the“Pulitzer Prize of student journal-ism.” The association was formedin 1921 and the PacemakerAward was created in 1927. TheVoice, under adviser Paul Kandell,was a finalist in 2003 and a topwinner in 2004. Judges noted thesite was highly interactive, hadbroad coverage, good use ofgraphics, was “clear and crisp,”and showed a good use of tech-nology and photos to match thetext of stories.

MEATBALLS OF PALO ALTO? ...Palo Alto’s annual Tall Tree Awardslast week could have been re-named the Giant Meatballs Awardafter longtime Master of Cere-monies Hal Michelson’s commen-tary on a public-art sculpture grac-ing an El Camino Real bridge overAdobe Creek. Michelson, usingslides of two large compositeboulders on the bridge’s sidewalk,opined that they resembled giantmeatballs — and launched into alengthy exposition of the universal-ity, functionality and nutritiousnessof meatball-like comestibles fromaround the world. Michelson, inreal life a corporate attorney forHewlett Packard, said they wereappropriate to Palo Alto’s long-standing position in the world, representing its diversity of cultureand interests. But this year’saward winners, longtime girls’softball coach, local TV host andformer mayor Mike Cobb, archi-tect Tony Carrasco, and represen-tatives of the organizational win-ners Adolescent CounselingServices and Compadres restau-rant, stayed mum on the meat-balls theme.

FUTURE PALO ALTO LEADERS?... A strong turnout of more than80 Palo Altans — many of them“30-something” residents,

younger than most of the currentcity elected leaders — showed upSaturday to hear “How Local Gov-ernment Really Works” from stateSen. Joe Simitian, and other civicleaders. The event was a TownHall Meeting with the overalltheme of how to make a goodcommunity better, sponsored bythe Palo Altans for GovernmentEffectiveness (PAGE) organizationand a raft of co-sponsors. Ques-tions following a panel discussionfocused strongly on “how to” sub-jects, such as applying or runningfor local public office — leadingsome observers to surmise thatthose attending might have futureplans for civic involvement. PAGEreached out for co-sponsors totry to reach new and youngerpeople — “Surprise, we got newpeople,” one event organizercommented.

QUITE AN EDUCATION ... LastThursday, 35 students from Home-stead High School in Cupertinovisited the San Jose courthousewhere Palo Alto police officersMichael Kan and Craig Lee areon trial. The students witnessedPalo Alto Sgt. Con Maloney, whosupervised the officers on July 13,2003, testify against his fellow offi-cers. Kan and Lee are on trial forbeating and pepper-spraying 59-year-old Albert Hopkins withoutlegal justification that night. Duringhis few hours on the witnessstand Thursday morning, Maloneytestified that the two officers hadno specific facts linking Hopkins toa crime before they detained andbeat him. Maloney also testifiedthat photographs taken by otherofficers that performed the case’sinternal affairs probe — which ex-onerated Kan and Lee — weretoo dark to accurately representthe scene at the corner of ElCamino Real and Oxford Avenueon July 13, 2003. Lee, the first of-ficer to talk to Hopkins, said oneof the reasons he detained Hop-kins was because he was sittingin his car under a tree at a darkcorner. When a female studentasked prosecutor Peter Waiteabout the photos, during a mid-morning break, Waite admittedthat maybe the attorneys on bothsides had dwelled a bit too muchon them, since it’s a small point.Now that closing statements wereheld on Monday, the case is in thehands of the jury. ■

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Forecast for Palo Alto: torrential rain somedaySTORM-DRAIN FEE HIKE DESERVES A ‘YES’ VOTEMercury News Editorial

Responsible homeowners don’t wait to replace the roof until the house floods.

While it’s painful to spend money on repairs before there’s a crisis, the alternative

is worse. Palo Altans should keep that in mind as they consider a proposed increase

in their storm-drain fee.Voters are getting mail-in ballots this week proposing to raise the storm-drain fee

from the current $4.25 a month to $10 for most residents. Responsible property

owners will vote yes and return their ballots by the April 26 deadline.On a sunny day, it’s hard to see why Palo Alto needs to spend $35 million to build a

pumping station, replace old pipes, install drains in neighborhoods that never had

them and make other improvements. But during a heavy winter storm, whenflooded intersections tie up traffic and endanger pedestrians, the need is obvious.The fee hasn’t been raised since 1994. In 2000, voters turned down an increase, but

that measure was vague and didn’t include a sunset clause. Opponents claimed it

amounted to a blank check.This one’s different. It expires in 12 years and specifies projects deemed most

urgent by a citizens’ committee. Homeowners get a good deal, paying just 36percent of the total cost while commercial and industrial property owners pick up

the rest. The work will be done on a pay-as-you-go basis, saving the cost of paying

interest on bonds.City leaders don’t pretend this plan will fix all of its flooding problems. Forexample, San Francisquito Creek, which borders the city, still poses a threat. But

Palo Alto can’t solve that problem by itself. A joint-powers authority is designing a

long-term solution.

Editorial:

Vote to fix Palo Alto’s storm-drain system

Property owners should support this storm-drain fee increase, with

its safeguards and oversight, and not get distracted by diversions

Why support this fee increase? For one thing, the 2000 storm-drain fee hike

proposal was significantly more vague than the present plan — which lists

specific projects with dollar amounts estimated for each project. No one

should ever be asked to support a blank check such as the 2000 fee proposal.

This time, in addition to listing the major elements that will be constructed or

expanded, the proposed fee increase has a sunset clause that requires renewed

voter approval in 12 years. It also has an annual cap of 6 percent per year or

the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, for anything above the $10.

There is nothing wrong with some residents pushing for faster action on the

half-century-old Chaucer Street Bridge bottleneck on San Francisquito Creek.

They should keep the heat on. But it is short-sighted to demand that the

incredibly complex, multi-jurisdictional creek problems be resolved before

Palo Alto does something about its antiquated, inadequate storm drains.

It’s time for property owners to recognize a definite community need and, in

their own self interest, support a well-conceived approach to a longstanding

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P alo Alto City Councilman BernBeecham again accepted freetickets to sporting events from

Stanford University in 2004 — despitecriticism last year that such freebiescreated a possible conflict of interest.

In a form filed with the state onApril 1, Beecham reported acceptinggifts to a football game and a basket-ball game, worth $158.80 total, lastFebruary and September.

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Ojakian did not report acceptingfree tickets from Stanford, or any oth-er gifts, in 2004.

Last year, ethics experts expresseddiscomfort with elected officials ac-cepting such presents.

“The argument is not that a publicofficial can be bought for $100 or$200 but that the familiarity it breedsand the impression it gives can inter-fere with the public officials doingtheir job,” Kirk O. Hanson, the exec-utive director for the Markkula Cen-ter for Applied Ethics at Santa ClaraUniversity, said last April.

Beecham said he goes to the eventsto meet with officials — includingother city leaders — with whom hewouldn’t normally meet, and thatthere was value in having such gath-erings outside City Hall.

Asked why he didn’t reimburse theuniversity for the tickets, Beechamsaid he wouldn’t go to the events if hehad to pay for them. “It’s not worth itto me,” he said.

“My policy has always been thatI will talk to anyone who asks, “he

added.The gifts’ value is below the lim-

it that would prevent Beecham fromlegally participating in issues relat-ed to the university. According tothe California Fair Political Prac-tices Commission, an elected offi-cial has an “economic interest” inany person or group that gives themgifts worth $360 or more.

The Stanford/city committee re-cently hammered out a deal for theuniversity to develop soccer fields atthe corner of El Camino Real andPage Mill Road for the city. Thatagreement, which also guarantees theuniversity rights to develop otherproperties in the Stanford ResearchPark, is coming before the City Coun-cil for a final approval on May 2.

Last year, Mountain View becameembroiled in a similar controversywhen one council member revealedall City Council members received, aspart of an agreement with media giantClear Channel, free tickets to con-certs at Shoreline Amphitheatre.Council members decided to keep theperk, even though they oversee ClearChannel’s agreements with the city.

Two other Palo Alto council mem-bers reported gifts on their legallymandated forms. Vice Mayor JudyKleinberg received ballet tickets anda free dinner, worth $200, from localreal estate developer George Marcus.

Councilwoman Yoriko Kishimotoreceived a ticket, worth $200, to anaward dinner in October from theAmerican Electronics Association,where Kleinberg worked at the time. ■

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostinocan be e-mailed at [email protected].

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Originally created in Menlo Park, the center relocated to Palo Alto andis now known as Acterra.

Dedrick worked her way through the environmentalist movement tobecome a national vice president of the Sierra Club in addition to ob-taining a doctorate in microbiology from Stanford University and do-ing research in immunology from 1956 to 1969.

She and her then-husband, Kent, were active in early efforts to savethe bay.

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown named her to head the state ResourcesAgency in the mid-1970s. In her first year, Dedrick’s policies sparkeda notable protest from logging where trucks circled the capital with hornsblaring. The agency oversaw virtually all state departments that relatedto the environment, from Forestry, Conservation, Parks and Recreation,to Water Resources, the Coastal Commission and Fish & Game.

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STO’A JUST VANISHES . . . A popular vegetarian restauranthas vanished, practicallyovernight. The chef, staff, andowners of Sto’a at 632 EmersonSt. just never returned to workafter Easter weekend. Yet all thetables are set with linens, placesettings and glassware. Thechairs are arranged with careneatly around the tables. At firstglance, it looks as if the restau-rant is ready to open for theday’s business. But on closer in-spection through the front win-dows, there are piles of un-opened mail, rubber-banded inbundles on the floor just belowthe mail slot. A City of Palo AltoUtilities notice hangs on a door-knob, indicating gas, electricand water are being turned off.And it’s mysteriously dark in thebuilding. The phone number isstill working, as is Sto’a’s an-swering machine, but the ma-chine is full. “They simply van-ished. They didn’t leave a note,there’s no sign. Nothing,” anemployee at Richard SumnerFrames, an art gallery next doorto Sto’a, said. “People keepcoming in here and asking usabout Sto’a and we don’t havea clue.” Sto’a opened last De-cember at its Emerson location,after moving from WestBayshore Frontage Road, wherePalo Alto Joe’s once flourished.It opened to much fanfare, withupscale, trendy presentation ofentrees, along with lavish decor. But not everyone noticedSto’a’s closure: Another PaloAlto newspaper just ran alengthy restaurant review.

PRETTY IN PINK, OR IS IT? . . .Drivers heading south on EastBayshore Freeway are getting arefreshing burst of color whenthey drive past the former, for-mer site of Sto’a, at 3750 Fabi-an Way. The building has gonepink. The 4,300-square-footsite, which will become the newlocation for Kiki’s Candy, is nowsporting a rosy hue. Kiki’s ownerChristy Weinstein plans to open“as soon we get all our permits,”when the candy shop will movefrom its current location at 540Emerson St. People walkingpast the building at noon lastFriday were mostly positive. “It’sdefinitely pink, but not offensive-ly so. Kids will love it,” said oneoffice worker taking a lunch

break. “There’s no way you canmiss this,” another said. “It kindof transforms the whole land-scape over here.” A 20-some-thing woman called it “perky.”Only one person objected. APalo Alto mother of three, wholives on East Meadow Drivearound the corner from the newKiki’s, was not pleased.“Where’s the ARB when youneed it?” she asked. But PaloAlto’s Architectural ReviewBoard never had a chance toapprove or disapprove the col-or. “That’s because if a buildingis older we have no control overwhat they (tenants of the build-ing) decide,” said Planning Di-rector Steve Emslie. But headded, “We haven’t gotten anycomplaints.”

LA PALERMO OUT, CHICKENRANCH IN . . . It sounds like thedumbing down of a menu, butin reality it’s merely a change oftenants. La Palermo, the charm-ing Italian downtown restaurantat 452 University Ave., is gone.Word on the street is that theowners are off to Sacramento toopen a La Palermo there. Theirsign remains outside, but thewindows are completely cov-ered with brown paper whileconstruction goes on inside. Amake-shift sign on the front ofthe restaurant says, “ChickenRanch.” Looks like the rotis-serie that made La Palermo sogood will stay and the new own-ers will serve wood-fired rotis-serie chicken. No date yet onthe opening.

ALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . . .Also moving out is La Paler-mo’s next-door neighbor,Swenson’s Ice Cream at 440University Ave. An August melt-down is planned. And justdown a few streets and arounda corner at 530 Bryant St.,there is another change. Thisone, at 530 Bryant, which firsthoused L’Amie Donia, then LaCheminee, will be the newhome of Tridente RestaurantGroup. No word yet on whatTridente is, where it’s from, orwho owns it. ■

Heard a rumor about your favorite storeor business moving out, or in, down theblock or across town? Daryl Savage willcheck it out. She can be e-mailed [email protected].

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high school campuses. Paly senior Ar-ianna Gianola said within an hour ofreceiving her acceptance letter toPrinceton University, her phone rangwith a friend wanting to hear the news.

“I told him to keep it between himand I because I didn’t want otherpeople to feel bad about not gettingin,” Gianola said earlier this year.

Until the rejection walls, news aboutwho didn’t get in where was kept towhispers and murmurs in hallwaysand over the phone. Now, students areproudly stepping into the spotlightwith the once-shameful news.

“It’s therapeutic. There’s safety innumbers,” said Gunn PrincipalNoreen Likins.

This year on Gunn’s wall, a widevariety of schools are represented. TheIvy League schools have a large pres-

ence. So do Harvard, Stanford and theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.

Joey Karp, 18, was the brave sen-ior at Gunn to post his letter fromUC Santa Barbara first.

“A friend of mine took pictures ofme standing there with the note infront of the empty wall,” he said. “Ithink it’s a good idea because peoplesee that they’re not the only ones whoget rejected. People see it and laugh.”

With hundreds of seniors at eachcampus, and such a small numberchoosing to post letters, the wall’spopularity is questionable.

When asked if he would post a let-ter, senior Bruno Mehech, 17, quick-ly said, “I got accepted into every-thing except one that I got put on thewaiting list, so I don’t have anything.”

Although, seniors Daniel Chun, 17,and June Lee, 18, are advocates ofthe Gunn wall and agree it’s a goodidea, neither has so far participated.

“I haven’t put any up yet. I do havea nice big stack at home though,”Chun said. “If I remember to bringthem from home I will.”

Or as Lee said, “I don’t care eitherway. If it crosses my mind I’ll bringthem.”

While college counselors at bothGunn and Paly recommend studentsapply to eight colleges and encour-age reasonable goals, an increasingnumber of seniors are applying tomore schools. Some teens even ap-ply to all eight Ivy League schools,hoping for admission into one justfor the name-brand.

Paly senior Charles Vickory saidthe walls are needed, “especially liv-ing in Palo Alto where there is suchan emphasis on going to college.

“Rejection letters can be very hardto ease the tension from. The wallsshow that college is neither the be-ginning nor the end,” he added. ■

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nual review of the program, councilmembers still feared the programwould have a negative effect.

They cited public comments thatcharged the city implicitly enteredinto a covenant with single-familyproperty owners to preserve theirneighborhoods’ one-dwelling-per-acre standard.

Officials also questioned how ef-fective the program would be in im-proving affordable housing, given thefew units it would add.

“At the cost of the uncertainty ...it’s not worth the value of the units,”said Council member Bern Beecham.

They also questioned the need foradding granny units. Plenty of apart-ments are available, Council memberLaDoris Cordell said.

“It isn’t like (people are) beingsqueezed out and nobody can renthere,” Cordell said. “I don’t see thecrisis.”

Some even questioned whether thegranny units would constitute afford-able accommodations, given a real-estate agent’s estimate that one wouldcost $135,000 to build. The proposal

had no guidelines that guaranteed theunits would be rented, and if so, thatrents would be low enough for teach-ers, service workers and others withlower incomes.

“If this were truly about affordablehousing, we would cloak (the units) inmeasures to make sure they were tru-ly affordable,” Council memberHillary Freeman said. She and Coun-cil member Yoriko Kishimoto alsosaid that certain locations for cheap-er housing, such as near the train sta-tion, would be more acceptable thanhaving them scattered throughoutPalo Alto’s single-family neighbor-hoods.

But Mossar and Kleinberg chargedthe council’s decision was reversingan established course and backingaway from the city’s commitment toaffordable housing, which othercouncil members denied.

“I think it’s interesting to hear pub-lic sentiments against big houses andthen to hear public sentiments aboutsmall houses,” a disappointed Klein-berg said.

The vote not to add granny unitswas 5-4, with Mayor Jim Burch andKishimoto joining Mossar and Klein-berg. The council later voted to allow

lots of 8,100 square feet or more toadd an attached unit of 450 squarefeet, an increase from the current al-lowance of 250 square feet. They alsoput restrictions on the process bywhich homeowners on small lotscould add a second story to theirhouses.

Kleinberg and Mossar votedagainst each of the zoning decisionsthat followed the granny unit issue.

Sitting at the back of the chambers,resident Millie Nelson was a bit baf-fled by the evening’s discussion.

“Can you make sense of any ofwhat’s going on tonight?” the olderresident asked a reporter. Nelson hadbeen interested in converting herstand-alone, 430-square-foot garageinto a granny unit, which she couldrent out for additional income or usein the future for a live-in caregiver orfor family.

She disagreed with the council’sdecision, saying that her granny unitwould not have eroded her block’sambience. Other neighbors, who rentout their homes, already cause moreparking and noise disturbances thanher unit would have, she said, disap-pointed. ■

pen, while Lee appeared calm, smil-ing broadly during breaks.

The two officers’ attorneys painteda much different picture than the pros-ecuting attorney with their closing re-marks.

They argued Kan, 27, and Lee, 42,used reasonable, measured forceagainst a belligerent man who wassitting in a high-crime area, scared awoman driving past in a blue Jettaand threatened Lee’s safety by vio-lently flinging open his car door.

“When an officer feels her or hissafety is threatened, the officer has aright to briefly detain someone,” saidHarry Stern, who represents Kan.

It was Hopkins who committed acrime, Stern added — during the law-ful detention, he refused to hand overhis ID and then fought back when theofficers tried to pull him from hisHonda.

If Hopkins had listened to the offi-cers’ orders to get out of his car andonto the ground, they wouldn’t havebeaten him, Stern said. “These offi-cers can’t be blamed for Mr. Hopkins

going ballistic on them.”Hopkins — who testified earlier in

the three-week case that he stood stillwhile the officers beat him with ba-tons — is a “complete and total liar”who was once convicted of disturbingthe peace for hugging and kissing awoman he didn’t know, Stern said.

“He was doing something” beforethe officers arrived, Stern added. “Hewasn’t just sitting there eating icecream.”

But Waite said that Stern, like thetwo officers, never explained whatHopkins did that might have beencriminal. Although the officers ar-rested Hopkins for interfering withtheir investigation, he was nevercharged with a crime.

A legal detention requires the offi-cers to believe Hopkins might havecommitted a specific crime, Waite ar-gued. “If you ignore that fact, if youmake it a mere technicality, why notshoot Hopkins in the head?”

Hopkins had every right to not givethem his identification since the de-tention was illegal, Waite said.

“He knew the law better than thesebozos,” said the prosecutor, who lat-er compared Hopkins’ actions to

Rosa Parks’ refusal in 1955 to give upher seat on an Alabama bus to a whitepassenger. “It’s not bad always to beunreasonable.”

On the stand, Hopkins accused theAsian-American officers of targetinghim because he’s black. He was livingin his car at the time of the incident.

The officers never testified in thetrial, although they read earlier testi-mony from the preliminary hearing.Experts also testified on both sidesabout the officers’ actions. Other lo-cal police officers who had nonviolentinteractions with Hopkins also relat-ed their stories to the jurors.

Attorney Craig Brown, who repre-sents Lee, said Palo Alto sergeantswho responded to the scene that sum-mer night jumped to conclusions,leading to the criminal conviction.

A separate internal affairs reviewfound the officers acted with discre-tion. Waite said those high-rankingofficials were protecting fellow offi-cers, and sending a bad message tothe community.

“How dare this homeless person situnder a tree in Palo Alto — thatseems to be the message,” Waitesaid.■

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POLICE CALLSPalo AltoMarch 31 - April 6Violence relatedArson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Assault w/a deadly weapon . . . . . . . . . . .1Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Child abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Theft relatedCommercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Shoplifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Vehicle relatedAbandoned bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . .2Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . .10Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Alcohol or drug relatedDrunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MiscellaneousDisturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Noise ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . .2Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Menlo ParkMarch 31 - April 6Violence relatedAssault and battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Theft relatedFraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vehicle relatedAuto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . . .1Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Tow request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . .4Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . .3Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Alcohol or drug relatedDrunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2MiscellaneousCoroner’s case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . . .2Domestic dispute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Parole violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

East Palo AltoApril 1-7Violence relatedAssault w/a deadly weapon . . . . . . . . . . .1Attempted suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Murder/homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shooting into vehicle or dwelling . . . . . . .4

Theft relatedPetty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Shoplifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Vehicle relatedAbandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Parking citation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Traffic stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Tow truck needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Alcohol or drug relatedDrug related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1MiscellaneousAbandoned bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Defrauding innkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Firearms discharged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Foot chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Man with gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Prostitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Registered sex offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Subject pursuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Terrorist threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

VIOLENT CRIMESPalo AltoUnlisted location, 4/1, 8 a.m.; domesticviolence.400 block Lambert Avenue, 4/2, 10:04 a.m.; arson.Unlisted location, 4/2, 4:27 p.m.; assaultwith a deadly weapon.600 block Emerson Street, 4/3, 3:33 a.m.; arson.Unlisted location, 4/3, 3:43 p.m.; childabuse.1000 block Colorado Avenue, 4/5, 3:47 p.m.; battery.Unlisted location, 4/6, 4:35 p.m.; domes-tic violence.

Menlo Park400 block Pope Street, 4/1, 9:52 a.m.;battery.Unlisted block Newbridge Street, 4/1,4:53 p.m.; assault and battery.Unlisted block Hamilton Avenue, 4/5,2:35 p.m.; battery.300 block Hamilton Avenue, 4/5, 4:16 p.m.; battery.300 block Ivy Drive, 4/6, 4:16 p.m.; battery.

East Palo Alto2300 block Oakwood Drive, 4/3, 5:21 p.m.; domestic violence.2200 block Oakwood Drive, 4/3, 11:06 p.m.; attempted suicide.1100 block Laurel Avenue, 4/4, 12:09 a.m.; domestic violence.500 block Bell Street, 4/4, 9 p.m.; shoot-ing into vehicle or dwelling.Unlisted block Donohoe Street, 4/4,9:52 p.m.; robbery.200 block Azalia Drive, 4/5, 7:43 p.m.;battery.1100 block Saratoga Avenue, 4/5, 10:56 p.m.; murder/homicide.2800 block Fordham Street, 4/5, 11:18 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon.1100 block Saratoga Avenue, 4/6, 1:11 p.m.; battery.100 block Garden Street, 4/6, 4:21 p.m.;battery.2500 block Illinois Street, 4/6, 10:48 p.m.; shooting into vehicle ordwelling.400 block Bell Street, 4/6, 11:05 p.m.;battery.100 block Newell Court, 4/7, 4:20 p.m.;domestic violence.1400 block Kavanaugh Drive, 4/7, 9:11 p.m.; shooting into vehicle or dwelling.Unlisted block Clarke Avenue, 4/7, 9:11 a.m.; shooting into vehicle or dwelling.

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Geraldine M. ChurchillGeraldine M. Churchill, a long-

time resident of Menlo Park, diedApril 2 in Millbrae.

She was born in Wabasha,Minn., in 1921. She was a memberof the St. Raymond CatholicChurch and the Legion of Mary.She worked in real estate for 16years with Pantano Realty in Men-lo Park.

She is survived by her twinbrother, Howard Churchill of SanCarlos; brother, Donald Churchillof Minneapolis, Minn.; and nu-merous nieces and nephews.

Services were held. The burialwill be private.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Parkinson’s Institute,1170 Morose Ave., Sunnyvale, CA94086.

Vern CoenenbergVern Coenenberg, 84, a longtime

resident of Palo Alto, died at hishome April 4.

Born July 8, 1920, in Mettman,Germany, he came to America withhis family. He spent his childhoodin Oregon, where he discovered hislove for the great outdoors. He wasespecially fond of fishing androaming Oregon’s mountainousterrain.

He learned to be self sufficient,growing up during the Great De-pression, and at age 15 he rode therails through the Western states,camping in “hobo jungles.” Hejoined the Civilian ConservationCorps when he was 17 and becamea cook at the Mt. McKinley, Ala.,camp. It was there he developedhis love for cooking.

He volunteered for service in theU. S. Air Force and served as a ser-geant during World War II. Heearned a letter of commendationfrom his commanding officer inSaipan.

Upon discharge from the mili-tary, he returned to Kansas, wherehe met the love of his life, Arlene.The two married in 1946.

He purchased the Black Dia-mond Cattle Ranch and raisedpurebred Black Angus cattle, andowned and operated a liquor store.

In 1955 he sold his Kansas hold-ings and settled in Palo Alto, wherehe expressed his love of cooking invarious entrepreneurial venturessuch as an A&W Root Beer drive-in, Clarke’s Charcoal Broiler, Ma-goo’s Pizza Parlor and a Black An-gus Chuck Wagon Restaurant. Helater turned to investing and devel-oping recreational properties,which he enjoyed until his retire-ment.

His greatest pleasure was tospend time with his sons, grand-sons and their friends at his riverranch on the north fork of theTuolomne River.

He is survived by his wife, Ar-lene of Palo Alto; his son, Joe G.Coenenberg, and his stepdaugh-ters, Erin and Cecilia Shane, of

Richland, Wash.; son, Jan Coenen-berg, and daughter-in-law, Cheryl;brother, Joe Coenenberg, and sis-ter-in-law, Phyllis, of Palo Alto;brother, Richard Coenenberg ofSedona, Ariz.; and three grand-sons.

Services are private. The familyrequests that in lieu of flowers, me-morial gifts be sent to PathwaysHospice, 585 N. Mary Ave., Sun-nyvale, CA 94085.

Elizabeth G. CohenElizabeth G. Cohen, 73, founder

of “Complex Instruction,” died ofcancer at her home on Stanfordcampus.

A native of Worcester, Mass.,she came to Stanford in 1959 fol-lowing a brief stint at the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley.

She was appointed assistant pro-fessor in the School of Educationin 1966 and became its first full-time female professor in 1975. Shelater received a joint appointmentin sociology.

In 1979 she founded the Programfor Complex Instruction that shedirected until her retirement in1999. The program, which hasbeen adapted for use in elementaryand middle schools nationally andinternationally, uses special strate-gies of teaching and support forteachers whose classes are cultur-ally and academically diverse. Shesuccessfully developed ways topromote equality among smallgroups of heterogeneous studentswhile maintaining high-quality in-struction.

She cared deeply about genderequity. She had faced discrimina-tion personally when she applied toHarvard for a doctoral degree andwhen she fought to get hired atStanford. At Harvard, the directorof graduate admissions did notwant to admit her despite stellaracademic credentials from ClarkUniversity, where she earned herbachelor’s degree in 1953. She wastold it was a waste of time becausewomen got married and had kids,said her husband of 50 years,Bernard Cohen.

She went on to become one ofthe first women to be named aWoodrow Wilson Fellow in 1954.She was among the first group ofwomen in 1958 to earn a doctoratein sociology from Harvard.

She worked part-time as a re-search associate for five years be-fore teaching a course called SocialFoundations of Education. She wasgranted tenure in 1969.

She wrote many books and arti-cles, including the widely used“Designing Groupwork: Strategiesfor Heterogeneous Classrooms.”

She was a recipient of the 1998Presidential Citation of the Amer-ican Educational Research Asso-ciation, and in 2003 the Award fora Distinguished Career in AppliedSociology of Education.

She served in several profes-

sional positions and organizations,including chair of Social Sciencesin Education at the School of Edu-cation, vice president of the Soci-ology of Education Association,and trustee of Clark University.

She is survived by her husband,Barnard of Stanford; her daughter,Anita Cohen-Williams of SanDiego; her son, Lewis Cohen ofOakland; and a granddaughter.

The family requests that contri-butions in her memory be made tothe Stanford School of Educationand earmarked for the “ElizabethCohen Memorial Fund for WorkToward Equity Classrooms.”

Nancy HacklerNancy Louise (Starr) Hackler,

52, a Palo Alto native, died March21 in Phoenix, Ariz.

She was born Oct. 19, 1953, inPalo Alto to Angelina and RichardStarr. She was very loved and willbe missed by many.

She is survived by her brother,Tom of Citrus Heights; threenephews and a niece.

A memorial service was heldApril 9.

Albertina LeeAlbertina Kam Moi Leong Lee,

83, a 49-year resident of the PaloAlto community, died April 5.

She was born and raised in the“Aloha State” of Hawaii.

She is survived by her husbandof 65 years, Boniface Lee; foursons, Terry, David, Dennis and Pat;four sisters, Thelma, Lurline, Winiand Ruth; two brothers, Teddy andEdwin; 17 grandchildren and 14great-grandchildren.

Ethel Silver YoungEthel Silver Young, 90, a 42-year

resident of Palo Alto, died March13 at her home. She was a well-known early childhood educator,teacher of teachers, and mentor tomany.

She was bornin Wilkinsburg,Penn., in 1915.She spent herchildhood inNew York, acity she cher-ished all herlife. She mi-grated aloneand at a youngage to Califor-

nia by way of Taos, N.M., whereshe was able to pursue her passionfor the writings of D.H. Lawrence.While at U.C. Berkeley she com-pleted her degree in education andprepared to become a nurseryschool administrator. Her interestin early childhood education wasdriven by her observations ofBritish infant schools. She dedi-cated the rest of her life to the serv-ice of young children after thedeath of her son.

She made many contributions tothe world of childhood education:she served as teacher-director ofHeights Cooperative NurserySchool in Los Angeles; she taughtfor three years in the nursery pro-gram at Peninsula School; she de-veloped a multi-cultural, pre-kindergarten project for the PaloAlto Unified School District; sheserved on the boards of Palo AltoCommunity Child Care and theNational Head Start Committee;she became a consultant and advi-sor to the National Association forthe Education of Young Children(NAEYC). She received recogni-tion as a pioneer in the early child-hood education by the State of Cal-ifornia and the NAEYC.

She worked on numerous award-

winning films for pre-school chil-dren. She served as a consultantand advisor to “Sesame Street” inits early days. She considered thepublication by Houghton-Mifflinin 1971 of “The Amazing lifeGames Theater,” her major accom-plishment.

She is survived by her daughters,Martha and Annie Young; herdaughters-in-law, Arlene andDorothy Young; 13 grandchildrenand 11 great-grandchildren. Shelived a very rich, accomplishedlife.

A memorial service will be heldSaturday, May 21, at 3 p.m. atPeninsula School, 920 PeninsulaWay, Menlo Park. Donations maybe made in her name to UNESCO,Peninsula School, or the ACLU.

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Drains sustain valueEditor,

As a resident of Palo Alto for morethan 36 years and a residential realtorand homeowner, I urge the propertyowners of Palo Alto to vote “Yes” onthe storm-drain ballot measure.

I served on the storm-drain com-mittee at the request of former May-or Vic Ojakian, and took part in thediscussions regarding the need to in-crease storm-drain fees to fund veryneeded repairs. I believe that it is im-perative for the property owners tounderstand the necessity for these in-frastructure upgrades.

We cannot go back in time to findfault with previous city councils, butmust move forward to do the majorcurrent repairs necessary to eliminatestreet flooding. The Southgate neigh-borhood must also have the stormdrains that should have been installedmany years ago.

The provisions for a 12-year sunsetclause, independent oversight com-mittee and a cap on inflation increas-es provide necessary safeguards. Cur-rent homeowners must understandthat this small increase in fees is justthe cost of a double latte per month,and it will show that Palo Altans careabout their city and understand theneed to address basic infrastructureneeds before we move on to any cos-metic issues.

This measure will ultimately helpmaintain our property values by tak-ing care of the underpinnings of thistown, just as we should be maintain-ing our foundations and major housesystems. Let’s pass this measure sothat we can improve the communityfor our children and grandchildrenwho ride bicycles to school duringinclement weather.

Leannah HuntLytton Avenue

Palo Alto

Why no flood action?Editor,

I am a 17-year-old junior at PaloAlto High School and my house wasflooded in 1998. Going to Duveneckin fourth grade was hard enough, butwhen our house was flooded fourfeet, it almost seemed like my lifewould never be the same again.

Almost everything we had was ru-ined, my mom was barely able to saveour photo albums and home videos,spending hundreds to repair them.Our family of four was forced to stayin my grandfather’s one-bedroomapartment in Midtown for more thansix months.

Renovating our house took almosttwo years, and I am sure that if ourstorm drains were better that this kindof catastrophe would never have hap-pened. Flooding may seem like some-thing that doesn’t happen in the per-fect bubble of Palo Alto, but I assureit is quite possible.

Now every time it rains for morethan two days, my father checks theSan Francisquito Creek’s water level

because very little has been done toprotect our house from flooding thenext time it rains. Eight years havepassed since the flood and I amshocked that our city has done so lit-tle in response.

The storm-drain tax is a much-needed fee that the city has finallyput into motion. I’m sure that the lastthing the residents of this city want isanother flood and the best way to pre-vent that would be to implement thestorm-drain tax.

Floods are a real danger, not justfreak accident that happens onceevery hundred years.

Lia Economos De Soto Drive

Palo Alto

Fix floods, not puddlesEditor,

There has been a lot of rhetoricregarding the current storm-drainfee increase. Certainly Palo Alto’sstorm-drain system is important.However, this tax misses the pointthat Palo Alto should solve itsflood-control system first for a tru-ly effective overall system.

The storm-drain changes will nothelp flood control, as some peoplethink. The pumping will be shutdown when the creek reaches a cer-tain level, so the surface water re-mains the same — although, if thetiming is wrong, I suppose it could

add to the flooding. Delay on floodcontrol can cause far greater dam-age than “puddle control,” both forthe city and for its citizens.

It would be more beneficial if thecity government would put moreeffort and money on fixing SanFrancisquito Creek to handle flood-ing correctly. The Joint Powers Au-thority has had many meetings anddone lots of studying over theyears, but still no “bricks and mor-tar” flood control. If they can’t getthe federal government to go faster,it may be worth forming a flood-control district and get the workdone before the next big flood.

Regarding funding, the drainageis a city responsibility, not the util-ity’s. Some ask, “OK, what serv-ice should the city cut to pay forit”?

The answer is that since PaloAlto’s cost per citizen is far higher(even double) than other cities withcomparable amenities, cut the ex-cess. A business corporation wouldgo broke with such an uncompeti-tive expense structure. A goodplace to start would be a zero-basedbudget, with no department or po-sition exempt from justifying itscost.

I don’t mean to offend those whodisagree, but my “No” vote on thestorm-drain increase is the only

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City union tells ‘a dirty secret’

Service Employees International Union mails out slickbrochure on part-time worker benefits to pressure

negotiation process — but it may backfire

I t’s certainly no secret that part-time or temporary workers for theCity of Palo Alto don’t get benefits or job security. Just as in the pri-vate sector, city workers who don’t work enough hours or are in

temporary positions aren’t eligible for vacation, sick or other benefits.The union representing full-time employees last year made

organizing the city’s part-time and temporary workers a major goal,and has repeatedly taken its case to the public one way or another.Last week, part-time staff members picketed City Hall to complainthat they were getting rotten eggs.

There may be legitimate policy questions raised if temporaryworkers are kept around indefinitely to avoid paying for benefits.At the same time, the city is facing continuing budget cuts and isunder a barrage of criticism from a few who say the city is bloatedwith staff.

Yet the new brochure, showing a woman holding a finger to herlips under a heading, “Palo Alto’s dirty secret,” goes beyond therotten-eggs level of protest. While it notes that 90 percent ofresidents rate services good or excellent, it asks, “But did you knowmany of these services depend on temporary employees who haveno health care and can’t even take a day off when they get sick?”

They quote a maintenance person in a hard-to-believe statement:“When my wife was dying of cancer, I couldn’t get a day off.”They quote a part-time city librarian about having to work two jobsand pay $1,000 a month for health care for her family.

Jonathan Wright, the new union representative for SEIU Local715, who replaced Ben Holgate in late March, said about 2,000brochures were sent out, based on voter rolls and party registration.

Assistant City Manager Emily Harrison said city negotiators arewilling to discuss benefits for temp workers but at the negotiatingtable, not in public. She said union demands need to be looked at inthe larger picture of the overall city budget, now being put togetherat the staff level — still facing a $5.2 million gap.

As in past efforts by the SEIU and other unions to bring externalpressure to bear on negotiations, this effort should be viewedskeptically by residents. City leaders and residents alike need tobalance the budget against community needs, and not base theirconclusions on glossy mailers that, in the past, have backfired asoften as been effective.

Claire Dedrick: a forceful,early environmental voice

Long before environmentalists were known as “greens,” ClaireDedrick raised her sometimes blunt voice against traffic, devel-opment and habitat degradation in the Palo Alto/Menlo Park

area.Her death last Friday at her Sacramento home, at 74, leaves a

legacy of many facets of leadership — both local and statewide. A lifelong conservationist from her childhood in Utah to her

death, Dedrick and her then-husband Kent in the 1960s and early1970s waged an early battle to slow down runaway filling of theSan Francisco Bay — untiring watchdogs of Midpeninsulamarshes.

Professionally she was a microbiologist at Stanford, but in herpersonal and public life she fought for the macrobiology of thenatural world. In the mid-1970s, then-Governor Jerry Brown tappedher to head the state Resources Agency, overseeing a half-dozenstate bureaucracies relating to the environment. She later served onthe Public Utilities Commission, Air Resources Board and StateLands Commission.

But it is her evolution as a person that strengthens her legacy: Inher early years, she was an outspoken partisan fighter, often leavingbehind a trail of offended, angry persons, even amongenvironmentalists. In her later years, she focused on bringingpeople together to find common ground.

An example is the Stone Lakes wildlife refuge along Interstate 5— which she helped create by working with government entities,developers, environmentalists and farmers.

Her life lesson — that there is often a middle ground if we butseek it — should not be lost in our time of national polarization andassaults on the environment about which many of us care so deeply.

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StreetwiseHow has the price of gasoline affected your bottom line?Question and interviews by Carol Palinkas. Photographs by Kevin Hagen. Asked on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.

Trudy RoughgardenMusicianSunnyvale(Subaru stationwagon)

“Not very much, because I don’t drivevery much.”

Tony LuhVenture capitalistSan Antonio Road, Palo Alto(Acura sedan)

“I’m driving less, that’s for sure. Wethought about hybrids, but there’s a linefor those cars.”

Jan KozelkaPreschool teacherMoffitt Circle, Palo Alto(minivan, bike)

“I should really ride my bike more. It’spretty absurd. You’d think people wouldbe driving smaller cars.”

Matt PodollSales repCurtner Avenue, Palo Alto

“It costs me to drive, since I’m in out-side sales. It definitely takes more ofmy resources to see people. It’s a hard-ship. It takes more money from the bot-tom line.”

Jessie GumbanDriverSan Francisco

“I don’t really drive a car, but prices arecrazy.”

by Eliot Margolies

W e have a neigh-bor who wasforbidden to

see the uncle he admiresand loves dearly, evenas his uncle had lungcancer that metastasizedinto his brain — he diedin late March.

There was but oneperson who ordered thatthe two should be keptapart — our President George W. Bush.

During the heated election campaign lastfall, President Bush created new rules thatfurther restricted visits to Cuba. Though amajority in Congress have voted to end thetravel ban to Cuba in each of the past fouryears, a vocal minority of Cuban-Americansin Florida held more sway with the cam-paigning president.

Before last July, U.S. citizens could visitCuba once a year if they had relatives there.Now it is restricted to once every three yearsand only to visit a parent, a child, or a sibling.

Tomas Moran, a Palo Alto resident, appliedto the U.S. State Department for a dispensa-tion to visit his uncle, but was turned down.Congresswoman Anna Eshoo tried to help,but was turned down as well. The State De-partment was not even swayed by the factthat Tomas was trying to take his 103-year-old grandmother to see her son for the lasttime.

I first met Tomas when he came to the Me-dia Center in 1997 to produce public-accessTV shows with a group of homeless men andwomen. As an active member of the Unitari-an Church’s Social Action Committee and aboard member of Urban Ministry, Tomas

wanted to create a venue for the homeless sothat we who have houses would hear theirstories and recognize our few degrees of sep-aration.

In his work-life, Tomas is director of qual-ity assurance at the Palo Alto Medical Foun-dation. He is a 50-year-old husband, father oftwo — and now the unfortunate victim in apoorly written play on the world’s stage.

The revolution in Cuba drove a wedgethrough Tomas’ formerly tight-knit family.His parents left Cuba for Puerto Rico in 1961.His father, an elevator engineer, was outragedwhen the revolutionary government decidedto nationalize the schools and enroll all thepreviously excluded poor kids.

An aunt and uncle also left the island forMiami, where they are part of the virulentlyanti-Castro Cuban-American community —uncle was an architect in Cuba and continuesas one in Miami.

The uncle who stayed in Cuba was a formerjournalist who worked for Cuba’s interna-tional bank following the revolution, securingloans from other countries. For several yearshis supervisor was Che Guevara himself.

Tomas’ grandmother chose to accompanyhis family to Puerto Rico. One of her sisterschose to stay, and became the mayor of hertown in Cuba.

Even with the political chasm betweenthem, the extended family stayed connected.Birthdays were always occasions for the fam-ilies in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Miami to gath-er around their phones, shout greetings andexchange stories. More recently, e-mail en-abled everyone to stay in touch. They avoid-ed discussing politics, for the most part.Cousins knew cousins even though they’dnever been in the same room.

Thirty years after he left Cuba, Tomas felt

it was time to satisfy his own yearning to seethe country that still had a claim on his cul-tural roots if not much of his memory bank.Over the objections of his father, who said heshouldn’t spend one “red penny” in Cuba, hewent on a trip sponsored by Global Exchange,an organization that leads “reality tours” andcultural exchanges throughout Latin Ameri-ca.

By day he was a tourist. In the evenings hewas surrounded by cousins, aunts and uncles— breaking bread and enjoying long, unin-terrupted discussions. In 2003, Tomas re-turned to Cuba with his grandmother, whohad already made a number of visits. But nowthe new Bush rules forbade her to return forthree years — when she would be 105 and herson long buried.

Tomas has a strong relationship with hisanti-Castro aunt and did not engender her ireeven with his two trips to Cuba. Politicsnotwithstanding, everybody delights in thephotographs that he and his grandmotherbring back from their trips.

In one of life’s paradoxes, it was his anti-Castro aunt who brought his grandmother toAnna Eshoo to ask for an exception. No luck.

Their options limited, they hoped a senatormight influence the State Department to allowthe visit. The Midpeninsula Chapter of theACLU (on whose board I serve) also ap-pealed to the senators.

Tomas could have gone to Cuba via Mexi-co and risk prosecution and large fines uponhis return. His grandmother does not feel upfor such a risk and does not want her grand-son to do it either. But time ran out.

The entire travel ban would have been his-tory if the U.S. House of Representatives andSenate had their way. In 2003 both bodiesvoted to end it as part of a treasury appropri-

ations bill, but President Bush threatened toveto the bill. In conference, the legislatorsagreed to drop the provision.

Cuba is now the only country that Ameri-can citizens are prohibited from visiting. Somuch for our vaunted freedom of movementand travel.

The administration claims it must combatCuba’s civil rights abuses, but why do so withabuses of our own? What kind of modeling isthat? The fact is that the United States allowsboth travelers and dollars to flow to manycountries with significantly worse trackrecords in civil rights — including Saudi Ara-bia, Indonesia, and Guatemala.

Aside from the hypocrisy, these mean-spir-ited measures do much more harm to ordinarycitizens of both countries than to the Cubangovernment. They mock the ubiquitous ad-ministration rhetoric about “family values.”

When Palo Altans hear this story happeningto one of our own respected fellow residents,President Bush’s rules are no longer just anew page in the government registry.

We become witnesses to the injury theycause. Perhaps our voices will help push thenext “end the travel ban” bill (expected laterthis spring) onto President Bush’s desk andwith other voices of sanity and compassionguide his pen toward real family values, awayfrom the glare of a political campaign. ■

Eliot Margolies is executive producer atthe Media Center in Palo Alto, and is activein several community organizations. He re-ceived the Chamber of Commerce’s TallTree Award for outstanding professional in2000. He can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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way I have to say: “Fix the floods,not the puddles ... and do it byoverall cost control.”

Rich ScholzLois LanePalo Alto

Piggy-bank raid?Editor,

It is encouraging that upgrading thestorm drains should energize the elec-torate. It is a pity that flood-control is-sues do not merit the same attention.

Upgrading the storm drains will notmitigate the flooding problem and theensuing misery and devastation. Onthe contrary, upgrading the stormdrains will increase the danger of

flooding by directing more water intothe creeks.

This astute observation was madeby the Weekly’s staff writer, BillD’Agostino (April 6), who quoted astatement from Senior Engineer JoeTeresi of the Palo Alto Public Work’sDepartment: “Improving the effi-ciency of the storm drains shouldn’tsignificantly worsen flooding.”

Passage of the storm-drain ballot

will send a “laissez faire” message toour “top-heavy” city staff (hard to be-lieve Richard Alexander’s statistics— 300 managers for 800 employeesand 150 mangers earning more than$100,000). I applaud the Weekly andmany insightful letter writers for fo-cusing much-needed attention at thecrippling deficit and analysis of cityspending.

The business model of private in-

dustry should be emulated to trimback unnecessary expenditures — in-cluding staff reductions. Our roadsand parks are in an appalling state. Itseems the only visible “city” vehiclesto be seen are those with a decal, “oncontract with the city of Palo Alto.”

I urge the City Council and citystaff to make the tough choices to bal-ance the budget before asking theelectorate to raid their piggy banks.

Jagjit SinghLouisa Court

Palo Alto

A bumpy rideEditor,

I am over 80 years old and still liketo ride my bicycle. But the roads inPalo Alto are so horribly bumpy andthere are dangerous potholes andlarge cracks in the road to avoid.

It feels like being in a developingcountry that needs money desperate-ly.

When I drive into Mountain View,Menlo Park or Stanford, the roads arepleasantly smooth. Why are our roadsso awful? We have an expensive man-agement team in Palo Alto and afterpaying for it there is little left overfor actual work.

If our city gets more money it prob-ably would expand the managementteam, get more pay raises or do both.I am a 48-year resident of Palo Altoand remember when Palo Alto was areally nice place and the roads weresmooth without potholes and cracks— and the city was managed effi-ciently.

Werner WadensweilerGreer Road

Palo Alto

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by Nancy McGaraghan

The mediablitz sur-rounding

Terri Schiavohas swept meback to thebedside of myfather as he laydying of can-cer — a timeof great painfor him and hisfamily.

The issues of life and death, moral-ity and personal choice raised in theSchiavo case touch deeply those of uswith personal experiences. But themedia frenzy surrounding her caseraises troubling questions about thefuture role of politics and religion inend-of-life decisions.

Terri’s story hits close to home. Ex-perience tells us it could be our story.We each have a real and personal in-terest in the outcome.

Ironically, our personal interestsstraddle the fine line of decency, andraise many questions. What is the del-icate balance between sanctity of lifeand quality of life? Will we meet apremature demise because the so-called “culture of death” considersour diminished capacity too high aburden, or that it falls below accept-

able standards of good taste in politesociety?

Conversely, we fear being cast intothe jaws of medical technology and a“culture of life” that is loathe to allowdeath to take its natural course. Willwe become vestiges of life that putour families at financial risk and denymedical resources to those for whomthey could be a benefit?

If there is a lesson to be learnedfrom this case, it is that we ought togive serious thought to what kind oflife we would want or not want forourselves, and what types of treat-ment would be acceptable. Then weshould detail those wishes in an Ad-vanced Medical Directive.

I read with dismay the press re-leases from the Vatican, whichseemed to challenge the authority ofa medical directive. The releases warnagainst the withdrawal of Schiavo’sfeeding tube, harking back to a state-ment he made in 2004 saying thatfood and water are “morally obliga-tory” for most patients in vegetativestates.

The Schindler-Schiavo family isCatholic, as is Florida’s Governor JebBush. The Vatican’s public statementson their behalf have caused some peo-ple to worry. The statements also fuelthe flames of political and religiousconservatism.

For the record, Catholic moralteaching since the 16th century hasmade provisions for patients and theirfamilies to participate in end-of-lifedecisions.

Types of treatment, quality of life,human dignity and burden for patientand family are weighed in these de-cisions. But the most revolutionaryteaching came in the 1960s as theworld awoke to the “...dawning of the‘Age of Aquarius.’”

Consistent with that decade’s trendtoward individual responsibility, theSecond Vatican Council introducedthe concept of “primacy of con-science.” I studied this document asan undergraduate at the University ofSan Francisco. This was heady stufffor a “good Catholic girl” brought upon rules memorized from my dog-eared catechism and the Saturday af-ternoon Confessional.

The prospect of “conscience first,authority second” was revolutionary,and sobering. With exercise of con-science emerges personal responsi-bility.

As I reflected on the Schiavo case,I thought of this provision. Where arethe guideposts for exercising goodconscience when the facts — notbrain dead, Ms. Schiavo’s heart beat-ing on its own, 15 years in a coma —leave large, troubling gaps in the pic-

ture?Lawyers tell us, “Hard facts makebad laws.” Doctors add, “Goodmorals make good medicine.” De-cent, humane, and gentle decisionsdon’t come from rulebooks but fromgood people: our caregivers, our-selves.

“Primacy of conscience” calls onus to consider the facts, listen to thecounsel of others, and pray, if one isinclined to pray. Most importantly, itrequires that we know what we valuemost about life and death.

The decisions might not be easy.Nobody said they would be. But be-ing denied the right to make those de-cisions would be the real tragedy.

I will always remember the last dayI spent with my father. It was a chillySaturday afternoon in May, 15 yearsago. I sat at his bedside in the familyhome in Walnut Creek. His doctorstold us nothing more could be donefor the cancer that had silently stoleninto most parts of his body. So wehad brought him home.

This Saturday I was giving mymom a much-needed break from her24/7 care of Dad. Other friends andfamily members had been at thehouse earlier in the day, but now myfather and I were alone.

He was in extreme pain despite be-ing heavily sedated. He was crying

out and struggling to get out of bedwhen the phone rang. I held himdown with one hand and answeredthe phone with the other. It was hisdoctor. When the doctor heard Dad’sscreams he advised me to administermore morphine.

I did. I had to. My father deservedit.

My father died that night. Was it theheavy dose of morphine? I don’tknow. I do know he was finally atpeace. Respect for life asks us tomake tough decisions, and to try withall our might to care for the peoplewhose lives are entrusted to us.

My decision was clear. Dad’s painwas uncontrollable, and anyone in myfamily would have responded as I did.Regardless, I was glad to be makingthis decision in the care and compa-ny of a compassionate God in whomI firmly believe.

The present trend of both churchand state, to use God as the watchdog,growling at the gate of conscience, isa pathetic caricature. Bullying shouldnot guide our most personal life-and-death decisions. ■

Nancy McGaraghan is a memberof the Weekly’s Board of Contribu-tors, and a teacher and board mem-ber of Gracenter in San Francisco.She can be e-mailed at [email protected].

The lesson of Terri: Death and dying are personal matters.

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alo Alto has long enjoyed a reputation asa Mecca for things superior, from chichirestaurants to a highly touted brain trust.

But in the near future, there will be twopieces of prestige it won’t be able to

claim: the newest, poshest luxury hotels.Those bragging rights will belong to East

Palo Alto, which is expecting the Four Seasons Hotel toopen this fall along U.S. Highway 101, and Menlo Park,which learned recently that the newest Rosewood Hotelwill locate on Stanford land, along Sand Hill Road. Although some perceive these latest developments as a

snub on the city’s well-heeled image, there is no dispute thatPalo Alto’s corporate headquarters, venture capital firms andclose ties with Stanford University — not to mention fameddowntown business district and exclusive Stanford Shop-ping Center — were part of the attraction for the posh hotels.

But the advent of the new accommodations on the bordersof Palo Alto raises some questions for a city and a hospitalityindustry just dusting themselves off after the slump brought onby 9-11, the economic downturn and the tech wreck.

Will existing hotels, especially those currently consideredthe cream of the crop, feel the heat of competition — or en-joy an overflow of cachet that the top-tier of luxury hotelscould bring to the area?

Above, Skip Hansen works on a guest room at the Four Seasons, which will open in East Palo Alto in approximately six months. Below, the Garden Court, with deluxe suites like this one, currentlyranks among the top-tier of area accommodations.

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One thing that is certain: The FourSeasons and Rosewood will not con-tribute hotel taxes to Palo Alto’s rev-enue stream, which — facing a $5.2million budget shortfall — could useall the help it can get.

H otel taxes are a lucrative sourceof revenue for cities: PaloAlto’s transit-occupancy rate is

10 percent of the room bill, the sameas Menlo Park’s and two points lessthan East Palo Alto’s.

The Four Seasons is expected tobring about $3 million to $4 millioninto East Palo Alto coffers each yearto pay for much needed city services.The deal was deemed so lucrative,desperate East Palo Alto officialsagreed to let the Four Seasons keepthe hotel tax for its first 42-months inbusiness — or until it collects $8.4million.

Palo Alto gets about 5 percent of itsrevenue from hotels— $5.5 millionin 2003-2004.

The worry over hotel revenues is avery real concern. During the boomyears, the city was drawing nearly $10million in hotel taxes, which hasplummeted 42 percent since that time.

With the expected closure of HyattRickey’s — taking another $1 millionin taxes with it — some wonder ifPalo Alto’s bottom line will be able tostand the assault of the latest symbolsof opulence.

“I can see it going either way,” saidSusan Arpan, the city’s manager ofeconomic development and redevel-opment. It depends on what guests areseeking in lodging — $375-a-nightrooms at a name-brand hotel with arooftop pool and spa along the high-way, or a “boutique” experience in theheart of downtown Palo Alto.

“We’re watching what’s happen-ing,” Arpan said.

Palo Alto plays host to about 30 ho-tels and motels, from cheap residentialtypes to top-flight accommodationscharging $200 a night, with specialrooms going for as much as $725 anight.

Hotel experts debate the impact the

new properties and their 320 newrooms will have on existing hotels.

Some believe — perhaps a tad op-timistically — the new hotels will notsteal guests from local establishments,but rather those in San Francisco andSan Jose. Those guests are staying inthe larger cities expressly becausethey’re seeking the type of luxury notavailable in the south bay, they reason.

But others rebuff that notion.Business travelers account for about

80 percent of local hotel traffic, andfor them, “convenience is the No. 1deciding factor,” said Thomas Calla-han, CEO of PKF Consulting, a man-agement firm in San Francisco for thehospitality, real estate and tourism in-dustries. “No one’s going to drive upfrom San Jose.”

He believes the hotels will fill a

need for higher-quality facilities thancurrently exists in the area, particu-larly given the investment bankingand high-tech management that’shere.

“People who can afford a $300-a-night room are having to stay at lessquality hotels,” Callahan said.

Due to the planned hotels’ locationson Highways 101 and 280, Arpanthinks hotels on the Peninsula maylose some of their clients, rather thanthose located “west and east” of thearea.

Even hotel chiefs acknowledge thatnew properties could affect their busi-ness. It’s a common expectation thatguests will shift among the hotels.

“I’m not highly concerned aboutthe Four Seasons opening up, but itwill have some effect,” said Jonathan

Farrington, general manager of the163-room Stanford Park Hotel.

To think no one will shift hotels alsoseems a little unrealistic to BarbaraGross, general manager of the inde-pendent, 62-room Garden Court Ho-tel just off of University Avenue.

“I’m sure people will try it. Our ex-pectation is that some people willmake the move and others will chooseto spend their time in Palo Alto in amore boutique environment in adowntown location,” she said.

Ironically, she noted, out-of-townemployees affiliated with the FourSeasons have been staying at the Gar-den Court.

Both the Stanford Park and GardenCourt hotels — and the Westin andSheraton among others in Palo Alto— consider themselves luxury facili-

ties, offering a range of amenities andcharging from the mid-$100s to near-ly $300 a night.

Perhaps those who could best pre-dict the future are the employ-ees of businesses that send guests

the hotels’ way. They expressedmixed opinions, citing their need topamper some executives or clients,while also having to watch the bottomline.

Elaine Cobb, a travel consultantwith Lawyers’ Travel Service, en-thused about the new options.

“We’re looking forward to the FourSeasons opening, because they are aname brand and something we arelooking for,” Cobb said. “We woulddefinitely be interested.”

Typically, the travel service will put

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The Four Seasons in East Palo Alto willoffer guests a rooftop pool (below right)with private gazebos, an Italian restau-rant (below left) and a 24-hour technol-

ogy concierge. The hotel overlooksHighway 101 and University Avenue .



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S tanding in the dusty concretehallway, with the thrum of traf-fic on U.S. Highway 101 out-

side, Four Seasons Hotel marketingdirector Pamela Hild was doing herbest to paint a picture of opulencethe likes of which the area has nev-er seen.

But six months before the sched-uled opening, it takes imaginationto see how the concrete-and-steelstructure at University Circle in EastPalo Alto will become the most re-fined accommodations to open onthe Peninsula in years.

“Triple-paned windows,” she said,standing by a floor-to-ceiling, tarp-

covered gap on the third floor, just afew feet from where a glass windowwill be.

She pointed through a hole in thetarp to the view of trees across thehighway to the east, and promisedthat landscaping would adorn thehotel side of 101 as well.

At $375 a night for the smallestroom — $2,500 for the presidentialsuite, if one comes with an en-tourage — the Four Seasons will bethe most expensive hotel in the area.That is, until the proposed Rose-wood Hotel on Sand Hill Road inMenlo Park opens, likely in a fewyears.

What exactly does one get for theprice?

All local luxury hotels, even thosethat charge about a third of the price,tout their attention to detail and serv-ice. But it’s the unique amenities thatHild hopes will set the Four Seasonsapart.

For starters, she said, the hotel isplanning to have a 24-hour “tech-nology concierge” to service its busyguests’ laptops and other high-techgadgets. The Four Seasons is for“people who cannot afford disap-pointment when they travel,” shesaid.

Other luxury perks will include athird-floor rooftop pool, replete witha food bar, plasma-screen TVs andprivate gazebos (a good thing, sincean office building looks down fromnext door). The 200-room hotel will

also offer a spa, fitness center, artfrom the private collection of LouisDreyfus, and an Italian restaurantwith a fire pit and water wall.

Both the spa and restaurant willbe open to the public, Hild said.

Like other local hotels, the FourSeasons will arrange trips for gueststo local landmarks and tourist at-tractions, such as the Palo Alto Mu-nicipal Golf Course and museums,so they can “experience California atits best,” said Hild.

Plans for the 120-room Rosewoodhotel by U.S. Highway 280 are inthe beginning stages, since the com-pany’s deal with landlord StanfordUniversity was only announcedthree weeks ago.

A Palo Alto architectural firm,Hill Glazier Architects, is designingboth the Four Seasons and the Rose-

wood. But unlike the 10-story FourSeasons, the Sand Hill Road prop-erty is planned to be a “low-rise de-sign that will blend into the sur-rounding landscape anddevelopment,” according to Stanfordofficials.

Also unlike the name-brand FourSeasons, which owns seven proper-ties in the state and 64 around theworld, the Rosewood manages 12hotels and resorts total, only threeof which are in the continental Unit-ed States. Specializing in hotels withindividual identities, Rosewood isbetter known in New York as TheCarlyle and in Dallas as The Man-sion on Turtle Creek and as the Ho-tel Crescent Court.

The Rosewood offers servicesakin to its rivals, from twice-dailyhousekeeping with nightly turndownto shoe-shine services and watchfulpoolside attendants.

As for the kind of unique ameni-ties for which Rosewood is known:In February, the company introduceda “Hot Type” library at some of itsresorts. Through that program,guests are able to read manuscriptsof soon-to-be published fiction andnon-fiction by authors such as JohnUpdike, Stephen King, Dan Brown,Annie Proulx and others.

In the jet-set world of luxury, it is“the final word in intellectual one-up-manship,” company officials said. ■

— Jocelyn Dong

Above, construction workers work on aroom at the Four Seasons, where rates willrun $375 to $2,500 per night. The Italianrestaurant (below left) at the Four Seasonswill feature a fire pit and water fall. Therooftop pool (below right) will have plasmaTVs and a stocked food bar.

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an associate up in a $200-a-nightroom, but for VIPs the companies willpay up to $400 a night. The demand isthere from attorneys, she said.

“The better they get at (their work),the more they demand. In particular,they get very busy and need moreamenities,” Cobb said.

But not everyone who makes mil-lion-dollar deals is looking for high-flying accommodations, according tothe staff at venture capital firms. Evencompanies along the monied SandHill Road corridor — home to venturecapital and across the street from theproposed Rosewood — might seekaccommodations of only about $250a night, said Lisa Repetto, an execu-tive assistant with the VC firm, Inter-West Partners.

“A lot of our people are start-ups, soI think that ($400 a night) would be alittle bit out of their price range.They’re in the market to raise money,”she said.

The firm’s advisory committeemembers might seek better accom-modations, but have been satisfiedwith the Stanford Park and GardenCourt, she said.

At high-tech Agilent, an executiveadministrative assistant said they lookfor hotels that accept the company’scorporate rates. And because businesstravelers come from other countriesand don’t have drivers’ licenses, thecompany works only with hotels thatprovide shuttle services.

T hough no two communities areexactly alike, Palo Alto mightlook to Scottsdale, Ariz., for a

clue to the future. Based on that city’sexperience, the new hotels might be aboon instead of a drain on current es-tablishments.

In fall 2002, two luxury resortsopened just outside Scottsdale, bring-ing some 2,200 new rooms — butnone of the hotel tax — to the city.

“It was a time of major concern forus,” said Brent DeRaad, vice presi-dent of marketing for the ScottsdaleConvention and Visitors Bureau.“There was a lot of angst over (room)rates.”

But to their relief, what came topass was not the death of existing ho-tels, but a temporary drop in hotelrates and occupancy, followed by re-bounds in both.

“We thought it would drop 10points, 20 points — dramatically —coming off of 9-11, but it just didn’thappen,” DeRaad said. Today, ratesand occupancies are fully recovered,and the peak tourism season, whichusually ends in April, appears to beextending to May this year.

Although Scottsdale capitalized ongroup resort travelers — an unlikelyscenario for business-focused SiliconValley — another phenomenon mayoccur: the trickle-down effect.

When the upper-end propertiesmove in with their higher rates, themid-tier hotels sometimes adjust theirprices accordingly. “It leads to higherrates,” DeRaad said.

Alternately, existing hotels couldreposition themselves as the more eco-nomical luxury option, said PaulCasey of the city of Santa Barbara,which welcomed a new boutique ho-tel late last year.

In spite of whatever shuffling ofguests may occur, local hotel headsinsist they are looking forward to thearrival of their fellow hoteliers.

“I think it’s great to have the mar-quee value of a Four Seasons hotel atthe gateway to Palo Alto, to create afocus which is high profile,” Grosssaid. “It’s a terrific property and it willbe beautiful and well-run. ... It will begreat for the Four Seasons to raise thebar.”

Arpan said that brand names actu-ally bring business into town. Anec-dotal evidence shows that traffic forlocal coffee shops has increased whereStarbucks stores have opened.

Not only that, but new hotel busi-ness will bring shoppers and diners to

downtown Palo Alto, boosting salestax revenues.

It’s a double-edged sword, though,Arpan said. While East Palo Alto andMenlo Park will reap the hotel taxes,Palo Alto will foot the bill for in-creased traffic and maintenance onroads.

One thing that will help is the over-all market position of the hotel sectorthese days; it’s picking up. Accord-ing to Callahan, hotel revenues andprofits are recovering from the tumultof the last few years.

The San Jose and Peninsula areasaw a 5.1 percent increase in roomrates in January 2005 over January2004. Occupancy rates went up 4.2percent in the same comparison, ac-

cording to a PKF report. By most ac-counts, Palo Alto is doing better thanthe rest.

The city’s hit higher hotel-tax num-bers than the year before, every monthfrom August 2004 through January2005, the latest figures available. It’senough consistency to start using theword “recovery” with some confi-dence.

Though Palo Alto lost out on theFour Seasons and the Rosewood,could there be a hotel of that caliber inthe city’s future? Possibly, said Arpan,but it would be challenging.

There aren’t a lot of available sites,she said. Underutilized “motel rows”on El Camino Real could be redevel-oped, but their proximity to residential

areas makes high rises problematic.It will take a few years to see the im-

pact of the newest feathers in thearea’s cap. The two hotels will open,other hotels may try new marketingstrategies, and guests will decide whataccommodations suit their preference— and pocketbooks.

Meanwhile, hoteliers like Grosspledge to pilot their own ships with thesame service and attention to guests’needs as always. What will happenwill happen.

“No one has the answer. It’s a wait-and-see,” she said. ■Editorial Intern Daniel Grujiccontributed to this report. SeniorStaff Writer Jocelyn Dong can bereached at [email protected].

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Palo Alto’s finest hotels, such as the Garden Court pictured above, charge between $200 to $725 per night.


Thursday“Rhythm for Evolution: Concertand TaKeTiNa Experience” willtake place tonight at 8 p.m. at theWomen’s Club of Palo Alto,Homer Ave. in Palo Alto. Theevent, an evening of rhythm,movement and chanting, will fea-ture Reinhard and Cornelia Flatis-chler from Vienna, Austria. Ticketsare $15 in advance, $20 at thedoor. For more information pleasecall Zorina Wolf at (650) 493-8046or visitwww.villageheartbeat.com/regis-tration.php to buy tickets online.Author’s Night and Poetry SlamFor The Very Young will take placetonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at ART21Gallery and Framing, 539 Alma St.(corner of Hamilton Ave.) in PaloAlto. The backdrop of this per-formance is the annual high-school juried art show, entitled,“World Peace,” which will be ondisplay through April 17. Galleryhours are Tuesday through Thurs-day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday andSaturday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.;Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Formore information call (650) 566-1381 or visit www.art21.us.“Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe”

will be presented tonight at 7:30p.m. at Walter Hays School, 1525Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Pre-sented by the Palo Alto Children’sTheatre’s outreach program, theproduction will feature C. S.Lewis’ classic story, as drama-tized by Joseph Robinette. Addi-tional show times are Friday at4:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturdayat 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 adults;$3 children and will be availablethrough the Children’s TheatreBox Office Tuesday through Satur-day from 1:30 to 6 p.m. For moreinformation please call (650) 463-4930.“Crowns”will run through May 1

at the Mountain View Center for

the Performing Arts. Adapted fromMichael Cunningham and CraigMarberry’s book Crowns: Portraitsof Black Women in Church Hats,”playwright/actress Regina Taylor’s“Crowns” is an uplifting celebra-tion of faith and family. Showtimes are Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.(no performance April 26);Wednesdays through Fridays at 8p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. (8p.m. only April 30); Sundays at 2and 7 p.m. (2 p.m. only April 17and May 1). Tickets are $20-$50,with discounts available for youth,students, seniors and members.For tickets and information pleasecall (650) 903-6000 or visitwww.theatreworks.org.“Picasso at the Lapin Agile”will

run through April 16 at 8 p.m. atthe Bus Barn Theatre, 97 HillviewAve. in Los Altos. Written by SteveMartin, the play imagines PabloPicasso and Albert Einstein meet-ing in a Paris bar circa 1904. Per-formances will take place Thurs-day through Saturday at 8 p.m.Tickets are $18-$28. For informa-tion and reservations please call(650) 941-0551 or visit www.bus-barn.org.Foothill Theater Conservatory’s“Annual Student-Directed One-Act Play Festival” will take placetonight at 8 p.m. in the PlayhouseTheater (Room 1301) at FoothillCollege, 12345 El Monte Road inLos Altos Hills. Additional per-formances are Friday and Satur-day at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2p.m. Tickets are $15 general; $12students/seniors; $10 for childrenunder age 12. Purchase tickets atthe door or call (650) 949-7360.FridayThe Museum of American Her-itage will present “Golden Memo-ries of Radio” tonight at 7:30 p.m.at Cubberley Auditorium, Middle-field Road in Palo Alto. The“broadcast schedule” will include

abstracts and episodes of “War ofthe Worlds,” “Origin of the LoneRanger,” “Sergeant Preston of theYukon,” “Gangbusters,” GrouchoMarx, Jack Benny and others. Theproduction will include the originalmusic and recorded sound effectsused for the broadcasts. Ticketsare $15 general; $10 for MOAHmembers. Advance reservationsare recommended. For more in-formation please call (650) 321-1004 or visit www.moah.org.SaturdayStyle 2005 will take place todayfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the PaloAlto Art Center, 1313 NewellRoad. This first-time event willshowcase distinctive works from14 local, contemporary clothingdesigners and jewelers. Admis-sion is free. For more informationabout the event, please visithttp://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/documents/style2005.pdf.Chanticleer and PhilharmoniaBaroque Orchestra will present“Music from the Cathedral of Tole-do” tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford’sMemorial Church. Presented byStanford Lively Arts, the programwill feature recently discoveredmusic from the largely neglectedrepertoire of 18th-century Spanishsacred music. The featured com-posers will be Jaime Casellas andJose de San Juan. A pre-perform-ance discussion will take place at6:15 p.m.; it will be free and opento the public. Tickets are $50adults. Half-price tickets are avail-able for people age 15 and underand discounts are available forstudents. For tickets and more in-formation, contact the StanfordTicket Office, located at TresidderMemorial Union, at (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or go online tohttp://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

ArtA look at the art that is on displayat the Ronald McDonald House.

TheaterA review of TheatreWorks’ new

production, “Crowns.”

MoviesA review of “The Amityville Hor-ror.”

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Open to the public, 10 am – 5 pmAdmission: $10 donation (fully tax deductible)

Relax for lunch in our courtyard with Japanese fare available for purchase and created by High-Art.

(L-r) Grace Barry, Shannon Scheel and Natasha Wein co-star in “Lion,Witch and the Wardrobe” at Walter Hays School.

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MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, TylerHanley, and Susan Tavernetti

The Ballad of Jack and Century 16: 12:10 & 10:10 p.m. Rose (R) ✭✭✭1/2

Beauty Shop (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:25 p.m.Century 12: 11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:35p.m.

Downfall (R) ✭✭✭ CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:40 p.m.; Wed.also at 5:05 & 8:30 p.m.

Dust to Glory (PG) ✭✭✭1/2 Aquarius: 7:30 & 10 p.m. Fever Pitch (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 12:50, 2:20, 3:15, 4:30,

5:40, 7:10, 8:05, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12:11:05 a.m.; 2, 4:35, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m.

Guess Who (PG-13) Century 16: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 & 9:50 p.m.(Not Reviewed) Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:15 & 9:45

p.m.Hitch (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:45, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:20

p.m. Century 12: 2:15, 5:15 & 7:55 p.m. Ice Princess (G) Century 16: 12:05, 2:25 & 4:45 p.m. (Not Reviewed)

Look at Me (PG-13) Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:30, 5:10, 7:35 & 9:55✭✭✭✭ p.m.Melinda and Melinda Guild: 7 & 9:30 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭

Million Dollar Baby Century 16: 1:20 & 6:50 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭✭ Century 12: 11:30 a.m. & 2:35 p.m. Millions (PG) ✭✭✭ CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2:15, 4:40, 7:10 &

9:40 p.m. Miss Congeniality 2: Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 1:50, 4:35, 7:05 & 9:30Armed and Fabulous p.m. Century 12: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 4:55, 7:35 &(PG-13) ✭ 10:15 p.m. The Pacifier (PG) ✭ Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8 &

10:05 p.m. Century 12: 11:20 a.m.; 1:45, 4:25,6:50 & 9:15 p.m.

The Ring Two (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 6:55 & 9:20 p.m. Century 12: 11:40 a.m. & 10:35 p.m.

Robots (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:20, 2:35, 4:40, 6:45 & 8:55 p.m.Century 12: 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:40 & 10:10 p.m.

Sahara (PG-13) ✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:30p.m. Century 12: Noon, 1:20, 2:50, 4:10, 5:40, 7,8:30 & 9:50 p.m.

Sin City (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 12:25, 2:15, 3:10, 4:05,5, 5:55, 7:45, 8:40, 9:35 & 10:25 p.m. Century12: 11 a.m.; 1:50, 5, 5:40, 7:50, 8:40 & 10:35p.m.

The Upside of Anger Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 1:45, 4:20, 7:15 & 9:45(R) ✭✭✭1/2 p.m. Century 12: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:25 &

10:05 p.m. Walk On Water Century 16: 2:50, 5:20 & 7:55 p.m. (Not Rated) ✭✭✭1/2The Wild Parrots of Aquarius: 7 & 9:15 p.m.Telegraph Hill (G) ✭✭✭

MOVIE TIMES

★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (326-6843 or 32-MOVIE)

Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970)

Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (365-9000)

CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456)

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (326-6843 or 32-MOVIE)

Spangenberg: 780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto (354-8220)

Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700)

Internet address: For show times, plot synopses trailers and more information

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Enzo CilentiMILLIONS (PG)

Wed. & Thu. (2:15-4:40) 7:10-9:40Bruno Banz

DOWNFALL (Subtitled) (R)Wed. (1:40-5:05) 8:30

Thu. (1:40)Times Valid For Wednesday, 4/13 thru Thursday,4/14 Only © 2005

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Dust to Glory ✭✭✭1/2(Aquarius) Writer/director Dana Brown(“Step Into Liquid”) doesn’t let a mote ofdust settle in this raucous ode to thehyper-intense sport of long-distance rac-ing. The Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 is thepinnacle of hardcore cross-countryraces, a gritty thousand miles of gullies,rocks and mountains that tests the bestof competitors. It’s the 24-hour planecrash of extreme sport. One hundredmiles south of San Diego (in the laid-back seaport of Ensenada) those with aneed for speed gather for racing’s mosttestosterone-laced prize. From the littleguy to the big, the famous to the anony-mous, some 1,200 participants tumbleinto 200-plus buggies, beetles, jeeps,trucks and motorcycles and take to theback-roads with a vengeance. As oneparticipant aptly explains it, the Baja1000 is like holding a piece of dynamiteand keeping the explosion in your hand.Tons of bent metal and 10,000 closecalls define this thrilling off-road adven-ture. The prize: a radical badge of honorearned with blood, sweat, tears and anever-say-die spirit. Fraught with humorand anarchic charm, “Dust” is a must.Rated: PG for intense situations. 1 hour,37 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed April 8,2005)

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FridayBaseball: Stanford at Arizona St.,

6:30 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) Prep sports: High School Sports Fo-

cus, 11 p.m., KICU (36); rebroadcastSunday at 7 p.m.

SaturdayBaseball: Stanford at Arizona St.,

6:30 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM)

SundayBaseball: Stanford at Arizona St., 1

p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM)Prep sports: Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area,

6:30 p.m., KRON (4); rebroadcast Mon-day at 7 p.m. on Fox Sports Net

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SportsLocal sports news and schedules, edited by Keith Peters

Recordtimes in

trackJenke and Andersonamong nation’s elite

at Arcadia meetby Keith Peters

T he second day of the annualArcadia Invitational track andfield meet was simply spec-

tacular, with 10 national outdoorleaders and seven events thatrecorded the No. 2 marks in the na-tion.

Evan Anderson of Menlo-Ather-ton and Libby Jenke of MenloSchool didn’t rank in either of thosecategories, butthat didn’tlessen the out-standing per-formances ofthose seniors onSaturday.

Jenke finishedsecond in the In-vitational girls’800, clocking2:07.57. WhileJenke has run2:07.47 indoors,her outdoor timen o n e t h e l e s sranks her No. 3in Central Coast Section history,No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 (out-doors) in the state this season.

On the all-time CCS list, Jenkenow trails only Ann Regan of Cam-den, who ran 2:04.37 in 1977, andFrancie Larrieu of Fremont (Sun-nyvale), who clocked 2:06.04 in1970.

On the 2005 national outdoor list,Jenke trails only Sarah Bowman(Virginia) at 2:05.41 and LataviaThomas (Pennsylvania), who wonSaturday’s race in Arcadia in2:06.76.

Kyle Terada

PREP ROUNDUP

Palo Alto junior Edward Morrison, a transfer student from Brazil, anchored the 200 free and 400 free relay teams tovictory to help the undefeated Vikings post a 101-80 dual-meet victory over rival Gunn last Friday.

CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stan-ford is hosting a Youth SportsFestival and Seminar on Satur-day, June 25 between 8:30 a.m.and 4:30 pm. The event featuressports clinics hosted by StanfordUniversity student-athletes andcoaches for children ages 8-14,two seminars on the impact ofsports participation, a panel dis-cussion with former Stanford stu-dent-athletes and numerous in-teractive exhibits in a festivalatmosphere. All events are freeand open to the public. The first1,000 children to register will re-ceive a free Youth Festival t-shirt.For further information, call (650)724-3910 . . . The StanfordSports Legends Celebrity GolfClassic will take place on Mon-day, April 25 on the Stanford GolfCourse. John Elway, Bill Walsh,Jim Plunkett and John Lynchheadline the list of former Stan-ford greats who have committedto play. Other Stanford celebritiesslated to participate include Dar-rin Nelson, Walt Harris, AdamKeefe, Brad Muster and JohnDunning, among others. Spotsremain available in the event atthe price of $325 per golfer and$1,300 per foursome (each groupconsists of a paid foursome anda celebrity). The price includesgreen fees, cart, lunch, dinnerand beverages. All proceedsbenefit the Stanford Athletic De-partment Scholarship Fund. Formore information, please callLizzy Lemire at 723-5361.

OAKS’ CORNER . . . The MenloCollege softball team dropped adoubleheader, 6-5 and 7-1, tovisiting Dominican on Thursday.Adrianne Antoni hit a three-runhomer for the Oaks (15-16) in thefirst game.

OF LOCAL NOTE . . . In a contin-uing effort to complete an oncampus baseball facility at Menlo-Atherton High, an unnameddonor has stepped forward withan offer to double all donationstoward The Bettencourt FieldFund between now and April 20.An estimated $120,000 is need-ed to complete the project, whichis currently in phase one. Dona-tions can be sent to The Betten-court Field Fund, in care of Men-lo-Atherton High, 555 MiddlefieldRoad, Atherton, CA 94027.


Freshmen Lejla Hodzic (left) and Whitney Deason helped the top-rankedCardinal sweep USC and UCLA last weekend.

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Pet

ers

by Rick Eymer

P inewood grad Lejla Hodzic hadyet to gain her national No. 1ranking in girls’ 14-and-under

the last time the Stanford women’stennis team lost a home match.

Two-time defending NCAA singleschampion Amber Liu was still twoyears away from her national No. 1ranking in the 18-and-under division.

In other words, it has been awhile- since Feb. 27, 1999 to be exact.

The top-ranked Cardinal will bringa 91-match home winning streak intoplay against visiting Cal Poly onThursday at 1:30 p.m. in the finalregular-season match at Taube TennisCenter.

Stanford (6-0, 19-0) clinched its19th consecutive Pac-10 team title

with a pair of victories in Los Ange-les over the weekend. The Cardinalbeat No. 3 USC, 4-3, on Friday andNo. 11 UCLA, 5-2, on Saturday.

Stanford won despite missing20th-ranked Erin Burdette, out with ashoulder injury. Stanford won despiteLiu and Alice Barnes each losingtheir first dual matches of the season.Stanford won without being able touse the 10th-ranked doubles tandem,and has won all season without the19th-ranked singles player in the na-tion, who transferred out of Stanfordfollowing last season’s nationalchampionship.

The Women of Troy have losttwice all season - both times theyfaced Stanford. UCLA was the na-

WOMEN’S TENNIS


Evan Anderson

Stanford’s home streakhas no end in sight

Cardinal has won 91 straight matches at home since 1999

BASEBALLSCVAL De Anza Division

Los Gatos 000 021 1 — 4 7 0Palo Alto 010 000 0 — 1 4 2

Blair and Mullins; Laughton, Schmarzo (4),Wismann (6) and Ford. WP — Blair. LP —Schmarzo (0-1).

HR — Schaefer (LG). 2B — Thomas 2,Schaefer (LG). 2 hits — Thomas, Schaefer(LG).

Records: Los Gatos 10-1, Palo Alto 4-3 (8-7)

SCVAL El Camino Divisionat Washington Park

Gunn 100 110 0 — 3 8 1Santa Clara 002 030 x — 5 7 2

WP - Berner (3-0). LP - Gardiner (2-3).HR - McDermott (G). 2B - Myers (G);

Chavez (SC). 3 hits - Chavez (SC). 2 hits - My-ers, Felch, Laurence (G); Mort (SC).

Standings: Homestead 6-2, Santa Clara6-2, Gunn 5-2 (6-4), Fremont 6-3, Saratoga 2-5, Monta Vista 2-5, Lynbrook 0-8

Peninsula Athletic LeagueMenlo 000 324 0 — 9 8 3El Camino 000 010 3 — 4 3 4

Suiter and Bouvier; Molina, Christiansen(5), Freitas (5) and Camou. WP — Suiter (4-3,15 strikeouts). LP — Molina.

HR — Camou (EC). 2B — Cavan, Suiter,Bouvier (M). 2 hits — Cavan, Suiter (M). 2 RBI— Morgan, Suiter, Bouvier (M).

Records: Menlo 2-1 (9-9)Nonleague

at Flood ParkLowell 003 205 0— 10 10 2Menlo-Atherton 300 100 1— 5 8 3

Lavie, Chin (5) and Cutler; Stevenson, DiRicco (5), Zirbes (7) and Klein. WP — Lavie (2-2). LP — Stevenson (1-2).

HR — Chin (L). 3B — Jorgenson (MA). 2B— Newman (L); Brewer, Hagman (MA). 4 hits— Cutler (L). 2 hits — Nakamura (L); Jorgen-son, Hagman, Brewer, Di Ricco (MA). 3 RBI —Cutler, Chin (L). 2 RBI — Di Ricco (MA).

Records: Menlo-Atherton 4-12Washington 000 202 0 — 4 5 4SH Prep 000 301 1 — 5 7 3

Reznik, Li (5), Shue (7) and Andrick; Pier-son, Andrews (6), Dos Remedios (6) and Pow-ell. WP — Dos Remedios (1-0). LP — Li.

2B — Connor (SHP). 2 hits — Pross (W);Currier (SHP). 3 RBI — Connor (SHP); Pross(W).

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 4-6

GOLFPrivate Schools Athletic League

at Santa Teresa GC (par 35)Harker 231, Pinewood 297

Medalist: Jenq (H) 39Records: Pinewood 1-3

GIRLS LACROSSEPeninsula Athletic League

Menlo 4 5 — 9Menlo-Atherton 2 3 — 5

M - Martin 3, Lapolla 3, Daly, Wegenstein,Swanson

MA - not reportedRecords: Menlo 6-1 (6-3)

NonleagueFoothill 4 4 — 8Menlo 2 5 — 7

F - Saxton 3, Smith, Renton, Porter, Gill,Bell

M - Martin 3, Swanson 2, O’Reilly, CrandallRecords: Menlo 6-4

BOYS SWIMMINGSCVAL De Anza Division

All races in yardsPalo Alto 101, at Gunn 80

200 medley relay — Gunn (Matt Prior,Young, Hu, Rouse) 1:45.20; 200 free — Mor-rison (PA) 1:48.47; 200 IM — Matt Prior (G)2:02.59; 50 free — Rouse (G) 23.07; Diving —Kiger (PA) 189.32; 100 fly — Goldstein (PA)56.08; 100 free — Morrison (PA) 50.23; 500free — Goldstein (PA) 4:57.02; 200 free relay- Palo Alto (Takamine, Kim, Nakamura, Mor-rison) 1:32.59; 100 back — Matt Prior (G)57.23; 100 breast — Lo (PA) 1:03.70; 400free relay - Palo Alto (Takamine, Goldstein,Nakamura, Morrison) 3:25.95.

Records: Palo Alto 3-0 (5-0); Gunn 2-1 (3-1)

West Catholic Athletic LeagueAt SH Prep 121, Serra 57

All races in yards200 medley relay - Sacred Heart Prep

(Bausback, Wigley, Flores-Maxfield, Ang)1:45.11; 200 free - Navarro (SHP) 1:48.54;200 IM - Flores-Maxfield (SHP) 2:01.32; 50free - Ang (SHP0 23.06; 100 fly - Navarro(SHP) 58.01; 100 free - Poggetti (S) 51.77;500 free - Wigley (SHP) 5:10.65; 200 free re-lay - Sacred Heart Prep (Browne, Norton,

Navarro, Flores-Maxfield) 1:33.62; 100 back -Wong (S) 59.29; 100 breast - Wigley (SHP)1:04.81; 400 free relay - Sacred Heart Prep(Kristofferson, Wigley, Ang, Navarro) 3:29.81.

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 3-1 (6-1) PAL Bay Division

At Hillsdale 93, Menlo-Atherton 75All races in yards

200 medley relay - Menlo-Atherton (Eaton,Borcich, Hage, Welsh) 1:56.34; 200 free - Ja-cobs (MA) 2:01.00; 200 IM - Murray (H)2:20.66; 50 free - So (H) 23.25; 100 fly - She-lander (H) 1:03.13; 100 free - So (H) 51.16;500 free - Eaton (MA) 5:43.41; 200 free relay- Menlo-Atherton (Morton, Welsh, Jacobs,Kadvany) 1:40.16; 100 back - Murray (H)1:04.53; 100 breast - Ting (H) 1:10.03; 400free relay - Hillsdale 3:39.18.

Records: Menlo-Atherton 2-2 (2-3)Menlo 98, at Burlingame 72

All races in yards200 medley relay - Burlingame 1:48.07;

200 free - Plume (B) 1:50.32; 200 IM - not re-ported; 50 free - Bibbs (B) 23.77; 100 free -Chen (M) 51.30; 500 free - Bielskis (B)5:10.24; 200 free relay - Menlo (Bar-Gadda,Hudson, Chen, Read) 1:36.61; 100 back -Read (M) 57.87; 100 breast - Merlone (M)1:03.68; 400 free relay - Burlingame 3:31.34.

Records: Menlo 4-0 (5-1)

GIRLS SWIMMINGSCVAL De Anza Division

Palo Alto 102, at Gunn 84All races in yards

200 medley relay — Gunn (Levens, Garri-son, Glassman, Baugh) 1:57.54; 200 free —Barnes-Waychus (G) 1:58.23; 200 IM —Jensen (PA) 2.16.66; 50 free — Glassman (G)25.77; Diving - Reese (PA) 223.65; 100 fly —Friedman (PA) 59.78; 100 free — Jensen (PA)55.51; 500 free — Barnes-Waychus (G)5:16.65; 200 free relay - Palo Alto (Wenzlau,P. Champion, Westly, Jensen) 1:44.42; 100back — Levens (G) 1:02.29; 100 breast —Wilcox (PA) 1:14.25; 400 free relay - Palo Alto(Wenzlau, Champion, Friedman, Jensen)3:48.01.

Records: Palo Alto 3-0 (5-0); Gunn 2-1 (3-1)

West Catholic Athletic LeagueAt SHP 110, ND Belmont 50

All races in yards200 medley relay - Sacred Heart Prep

(Yim, Maurano, Sutherland, Jollymour)1:59.69; 200 free - Yim (SHP) 2:03.42; 200 IM- Maurano (SHP) 2:31.46; 50 free - Jollymour(SHP) 26.55; 100 fly - Yim (SHP) 1:02.83; 100free - Bacon (SHP) 1:00.71; 500 free - Menon(SHP) 6:18.80; 200 free relay - Sacred HeartPrep (McGanney, Yim, Bacon, Sheridan)1:50.52; 100 back - Zakula (NDB) 1:11.25;100 breast - Maurano (SHP) 1:12.70; 400 freerelay - Sacred Heart Prep (Clark, McGanney,Sutherland, Mordell) 4:03.65.

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 2-2 (5-2)PAL Bay Division

Menlo-Atherton 110, at Hillsdale 61All races in yards

200 medley relay - Menlo-Atherton (Eaton,Cleary, Hildebrandt, Sitts) 2:03.47; 200 free -Kucera (MA) 2:07.37; 200 IM - Cleary (MA)2:28.03; 50 free - Eaton (MA) 26.41; 100 fly -Hildebrandt (MA) 1:05.18; 100 free - Fero (MA)1:02.16; 500 free - Eaton (MA) 5:34.18; 200free relay - Menlo-Atherton (Sitts, Kucera,Hildebrandt, Fero) 1:53.10; 100 back - Sitts(MA) 1:10.65; 100 breast - Hildebrandt (MA)1:17.12; 400 free relay - Menlo-Atherton (Kad-vany, Cleary, Eaton, Feldman) 4:10.25.

Records: Menlo-Atherton 3-0 (4-1)Menlo 98, Burlingame 72

All races in yards200 medley relay - Menlo (McPhaul, M.

Hiller, Haley, K. Hiller) 1:52.85; 200 free -Krueger (M) 2:00.91; 200 IM - O. Plume (B)2:14.76; 50 free - K. Hiller (M) 25.20; 100 fly- O. Plume (B) 1:00.17; 100 free - Allen (M)58.09; 500 free - R. Plume (B) 5:20.14; 200free relay - Menlo (M. Hiller, K. Hiller, Allen,McPhaul) 1:44.18; 100 back - McPhaul (M)1:02.11; 100 breast - M. Hiller (M) 1:05.92;400 free relay - Burlingame 3:47.17.


BOYS TENNISSCVAL De Anza Division

At Palo Alto 6, Cupertino 1Singles — Hejazi (Cup) d. Shoolery, 6-3, 6-

4; Tantry (PA) d. Zhang, 6-3, 6-4; Taylor (PA)d. Chu, 6-0, 6-1; Severson (PA) d. Gitnik, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles — Robin-Snyder (PA) d. Kang-Lee, 6-0, 6-0; K. Shulman-Mah (PA) d. Chang-Lai, 7-5, 6-3; Ruiz-Liang (PA) d. Mertz-Tieu, 6-

0, 6-1.Records: Palo Alto 7-2 (11-2)

PAL Bay DivisionCarlmont 4, at Menlo-Atherton 3

Singles — Morrill (Ca) d. Smith, 6-2, 6-0;Kelso (MA) d. Somers, 6-2, 6-1; Schwab (MA)d. Low, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; no results on No. 4 sin-gles.

Doubles — Christofy-Pedric (Ca) d. Faka-palea-Tetrud, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Hubble-Call (MA)d. Thing-Peterson, 6-2, 7-5; Ye-Schmidt (Ca)d. Weiss-Greenberg, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Records: Menlo-Atherton 2-6 (3-6)At Menlo 6, Burlingame 1

Singles — Chang (B) d. Diehl, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Hansen (M) d. Essalat, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Kauf-man (M) d. Willis, 6-1, 6-3; Williford (M) d.Harris, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — Goldstein-Grauer (M) d.Chang-Shektman, 6-0, 6-2; Keegan-Pryzby-la (M) d. Klein-Ebecassic, 6-1, 6-4; Sun-Sum(M) d. Padua-Farman, 6-0, 6-1.


BOYS TRACK & FIELDSCVAL De Anza DivisionAt Milpitas 62, Gunn 56

400 relay — Milpitas 45.56; 1600 —Burich (M) 4:44; 110 HH — Whitely (G) 16.1;100 — Davis (M) 11.68; 400 — Liang (G)53.76; 800 — G. Reid (G) 2:09; 300 IH —Grennwald (M) 46.5; 3200 — Klapholz-Brown(G) 10:25; 200 - Milpitas; 1,600 relay — Mil-pitas 3:39.

Triple jump — Davis (M) 42-4 3/4; Longjump — Yoo (M) 20-10 1/2; High jump —Close (M) 5-8; Shot put — Juratovac (G) 43-1; Discus — Duong (M) 188-8.

Records: Gunn 0-2

GIRLS TRACK & FIELDSCVAL De Anza DivisionAt Milpitas 92, Gunn 30

400 relay — Milpitas 51.53; 1600 — Tyler(G) 5:25; 100 hurdles — McClymonds (M)17.32; 100 — Thomas (M) 13.16; 400 — E.Nguyen (M) 1:01.3; 800 — Graham (G) 2:35;300 hurdles — Leong (M) 51.89; 3200 —Bhargava (M) 12:25; 200 — not reported;1,600 relay — not reported.

Long jump — Laird (G) 15-8 1/2; Triplejump — Zuleta (M) 30-8; High jump — Laird(G) 4-10; Shot put — Louisa (M) 37-7; Discus— B. Shalina (M) 113-5.

Records: Gunn 1-1

SCHEDULEWEDNESDAY

BaseballDe Anza Division — Milpitas at Palo Alto,

3:30 p.m.PAL Bay Division — Menlo-Atherton at

Aragon, 3:15 p.m. PAL Ocean Division — Terra Nova at Men-

lo, 3:15 p.m.PSAL — Pinewood at Valley Christian-

Dublin, 3:30 p.m.Golf

Nonleague — Fog City Classic at SharpPark, Pacifica: Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo-Atherton, Menlo entered

De Anza Division — Palo Alto vs. Moun-tain View at Palo Alto Muni, 2:30 p.m.

Boys lacrossePAL — Sacred Heart Prep at Menlo, 4

p.m.; Leland at Menlo-Atherton, 4 p.m.Softball

PAL Ocean Division — Menlo at Menlo-Atherton, 3:15 p.m.

El Camino Division — Palo Alto at Gunn,4 p.m.

Nonleague — Notre Dame-San Jose atPinewood, 3:30 p.m.

SwimmingWBAL — Harker, Pinewood at Castilleja,

3:30 p.m.Boys tennis

Nonleague — St. Ignatius at Palo Alto,3:30 p.m.; Pinewood at Bellarmine, 3 p.m.

THURSDAYBaseball

El Camino Division — Fremont at Gunn,3:30 p.m.

PAL — Menlo at Menlo-Atherton at FloodPark, 3:15 p.m.

SwimmingDe Anza Division — Homestead at Gunn,

3 p.m.


Sports

by Rick Eymer

S tanford freshman MichelleSmith added a pair of homeruns and seven RBI to her

team-leading totals as the eighth-ranked Cardinal beat visiting Wash-ington, 4-3 on Sunday and 6-3 onSaturday, in Pac-10 action over theweekend.

Friday’s game against visitingUCLA was rained out.

Stanford (3-2, 28-7) travels to con-ference leader Oregon State (7-0, 28-6) on Friday at 3 p.m. The Beaversown a 22-game winning streak.

With Smith leading the way, Stan-ford is on pace to shatter severalschool records on offense.

The Cardinal is hitting .303 as ateam with a .524 slugging percent-age. The school record for average is.281 in 1999 and .416 (2002) in slug-ging percentage. Smith’s 12 homeruns are two off Jessica Mendoza’ssingle-season mark of 14.

Stanford has hit 42 homers this sea-son, four off the school mark.

Stanford has 13 triples, which al-ready ties the school record set lastyear. With 47 doubles, it’s the ninth-best in history and the 204 runs are al-ready eighth best in school history.

Mendoza, who earned a goldmedal in the 2004 Olympics, is theonly player at Stanford to ever batover .400, but senior catcher LeahNelson (.402) is on pace to join thatexclusive club. Lauren Lappin (.383with a team-leading 36 runs scored) isalso threatening.

The Cardinal has outscored its op-ponents, 204-66, and outhit them,.303-.192.

Freshman Becky McCullough wonboth games over the weekend and hason 10 of her 11 decisions. She has a1.63 ERA. Junior Laura Severson(12-4, 1.91) earned her first save.

Smith hit a three-run homer in thefifth inning of Saturday’s win, andadded a three-run shot in the first onSunday.

Senior Meghan Sickler drove intwo runs on Saturday while CatalinaMorris (.327-9-24) had two hits.Jackie Rinehart also drove in a runSunday.

Track and fieldIt’s just a matter of time before

Stanford freshman Erica McLainowns the school record in thewomen’s triple jump — as early asher next outdoor at Mt. SAC thisweekend or perhaps she’ll wait forthe Big Meet at Stanford on April 23.

McLain, who already owns the in-door triple jump mark (45-7 1-4),would have set a school mark on Sat-urday at the Texas Relays had herwinning leap of 44-4 not been wind-aided. McLain has gone 44-1 1-2 inhigh school.

Jackie Edwards’ 13-year-old Stan-ford record of 43-4 is safe for a fewmore days.

The Cardinal women’s 400 relay

went 44.28, second fastest in schoolhistory, and finished fifth in Texas.

The Stanford women’s 3,200 meterrelay team finished second on Thurs-day night with an 8:45.48 whileArkansas won the race in 8:38.03.

On Friday, junior Solomon Welchfinished third in the men’s triple jumpwith a best of 50-6 3-4. SophomoreFeranmi Okanlami went 48-3 1-4 tofinish 11th.

Freshman Deborah Akinniyi was14th in the women’s triple jump at38-11 1-2.

At the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyn-er-Kersee Invitational at UCLA,Stanford’s Sarah Hopping and KatyElsbury finished second and third inthe women’s hammer throw. Hop-ping’s best throw was 184-5, whileElsbury threw 183-7. UCLA’s Jessi-ca Cosby won the event with a throwof 208-5.

Samantha Shepard and MelissaYunghans each gained NCAA Re-gional qualifying status on Saturdayat UCLA. Shepard went 12-5 1-2 inthe pole vault while Yunghans threwthe shot put 48-4 1-2.

Michael Robertson threw the dis-cus 195-6, a regional qualifying markand third-best in school history, tofinish fourth.

At the Brutus Hamilton MemorialInvitational in Berkeley, AriannaLambie qualified for regionals with atime of 2:09.13 in the 800 meters.

Men’s volleyballStanford helped itself toward a pos-

sible Mountain Pacific Sports Feder-ation playoff berth with a 30-27, 36-34, 31-29 victory over host Pacificon Friday night.

Junior Chris Ahlfeldt had a team-high 12 kills and hit at a .474 clip tohelp Stanford (10-10, 11-12) win forthe fourth time in five matches.

The 10th-ranked Cardinal hostBrigham Young in a pair of matcheson Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. inMaples Pavilion that will completethe regular season.

Senior David Vogel and junior BenReddy each had 11 kills, while seniorKevin Hansen recorded 41 assists anda team-high 10 digs.

Women’s water poloStanford remained tied for third in

the MPSF after winning twice on theroad over the weekend.

The third-ranked Cardinal (7-2, 15-4) beat Arizona State, 6-3, on Satur-day as Scotti Shafer scored threegoals, and then beat host San DiegoState, 6-2, on Sunday. Katie Hansenand Hannah Luber each scored twice.

Stanford hosts top-ranked and un-beaten UCLA (9-0, 24-0) on Fridayat 7 p.m.

Men’s tennisStanford completes The Stanford

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Stanford (4-2, 12-8) beat visitingUSC, 5-1, on Sunday after losing toUCLA, 4-3, on Saturday.

Against the Trojans, senior SamWarburg came from behind in hisvictory over No. 10 ranked Jamil Al-Agba at the No. 1 singles position, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Junior KC Corkery won at the No.2 spot 6-4, 6-2.

The Cardinal won the top three sin-gles matches against the sixth-rankedBruins but could not pull off the up-set.

Men’s gymnasticsStanford failed to qualify for the

NCAA championships as a team; fin-ishing fourth in Thursday night’squalifying sessions at West Point inNew York.

The top three teams from each ofthe two sessions advanced to Fridaynight’s championships.

The Cardinal did produce four top-three individual finishes and quali-fied five athletes for the finals.

Freshman David Sender reachedin the pommel horse by placing fifthwith a 9.200. Freshman Jason Shentied for eighth with a 9.100 to ad-vance.

Sender also qualified in the rings,on the vault, on the floor, and paral-lel bars.

Freshmen Sho Nakamori, sopho-more Dylan Carney and junior NateDowns also qualified for the finals.

Sender finished 10th overall on theparallel bars with an 8.950.

Women’s gymnasticsStanford finished fourth at the

NCAA West Regional in Seattle witha score of 194.750, missing a trip tothe NCAA championships for thefirst time in five years.

Freshman Tabitha Yim was fifth inall-around and earned an automaticspot in the NCAA individual cham-pionships.

Stanford recorded a season-high49.000 on the balance beam withfreshman Lauren Elmore recordinga personal best 9.900.

Women’s golfStanford shot a 291 on Sunday in

the Peg Bernard Collegiate on theStanford Golf Course to finish thirdwith a two-round total of 593.

Washington won the tournamentwith a 587, followed by WashingtonState (590). Fresno State and SanFrancisco tied for fourth (607).

The Cardinal was led by KellyHusted, who tied for fourth with a145 (74-71). Teammate JenniferTangtiphaiboontana tied for eighthwith a 147 (72-75).

Washington State’s Kim Welch de-fended her title with a 2-under-par140.

Men’s golfStanford finished 12th at the ASU

Thunderbird Invitational after record-ing a 302 on the final round on Sun-day on the Karsten Golf Course inTempe.

UNLV won the tournament with a7-over-par 859.

Senior Kevin Blue led the Cardinal,tying for 18th with a 217 (70-76-71)

for the tournament.

Women’s lacrosseSenior Nina Pantano scored a goal

with 18 seconds remaining to giveStanford a 6-5 victory over host NotreDame on Sunday.

The Cardinal (7-5) host Yale onFriday, and then hosts Denver in aMountain Pacific Sports Federationmatch on Sunday.

Stanford surrendered 10 goals inthe first half en route to dropping a16-3 decision to host Northwesternon Friday.

Kelsey Twist, Megan McClain andSarah Bach scored for the Cardinal.

CrewStanford’s No. 5 men’s and No. 10

women’s varsity eights each postedvictories to close out competition atthe Windermere Collegiate CrewClassic on the Redwood Shores La-goon on Sunday.

The Cardinal men finished 2-1, in-cluding victories over No. 9 Yale andNo. 8 Dartmouth.

The women defeated Clemson tofinish the regatta an undefeated 3-0. ■


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Stanford:no reasonto panic

Cardinal drops a pair to Oregon St., will need

better against ASUby Rick Eymer

N o one was ready to push thepanic button even after theStanford baseball team had

dropped a doubleheader to visitingOregon State in excruciating fash-ion on Saturday.

All it took was some timely hit-ting and clutch pitching to set the14th-ranked Cardinal on the roadback toward Omaha.

Stanford (4-2, 19-11) won, 4-3,on Sunday to salvage one of thethree-game set with the resurgentBeavers, who moved ahead of theCardinal in this week’s nationalrankings.

No. 11 Oregon State overcamedeficits in both games to win, 9-7and 11-10, on Saturday.

Stanford travels to Arizona Statefor an important three-game set be-ginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. TheCardinal is a game back in the losscolumn behind both Oregon Stateand No. 6 Arizona and needs agood effort in Tempe to stay in thehunt for its third straight Pac-10 ti-tle.

“We need this momentum to goforward into Arizona State,” Stan-ford right-hander Matt Manshipsaid. “You cannot get swept in con-ference. That’s the key.”

Sunday’s effort was particularlygood for the psyche of the Cardinalpitching staff, which was unchar-acteristically roughed up on Satur-

day.Stanford starters Mark Ro-

manczuk and Jeff Gilmore weretouched for 14 runs on 18 hits in 111-3 innings in the doubleheaderloss. Their nerves may have beenrattled a bit but neither has lost anyconfidence.

“You don’t lose confidence instarters who have been so consistentthe past two years,” said Stanfordsecond baseman Jed Lowrie, whosingled home the winning run inthe bottom of the seventh and has ateam-high 42 RBI. “You stay withthem. Romanczuk and Gilmore areour guys.”

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Freshman Michelle Smith hit a three-run homer Saturday and another three-run homer Sunday to help Stanford sweep visiting Washington.

Stanford freshman Becky McCullough won both games over the weekend toimprove to 10-1 this season, lowering her ERA to 1.63.


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Matt Manship picked up the save in Stanford’s 4-3 victory over visiting Ore-gon State on Sunday, keeping the Cardinal in the Pac-10 race.

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While Anderson still has somemajor time to drop before reachingthe all-time CCS leaders in the boys’mile, he has himself headed in thatdirection after finishing second inthe Arcadia mile in 4:12.88.

That time is a huge personalrecord, a school record and trans-lates into a 4:11.41 for 1,600 me-ters, which puts him closer to stateleader Mark Matusak (4:10.71).

Matusak originally was scheduledto face Anderson on Saturday, butopted instead for the two-mile.Brandon Bethke, the state’s No. 2miler, did not run.

With those two out, Anderson wasthe top Californian in the mile. Hefinished second to Ken Cormier ofDouglas High in Arizona. Cormierran 4:12.67.

“It was a good race to run a fasttime,” Anderson said. “I’m definite-ly happy with my time and place. Iwas fifth or sixth with 150 to go,and I out-kicked almost everyone.”

“He ran very smart in the packearly and made a strong move onthe last lap,” said Gunn coach ErnieLee, who had a handful of athletescompeting. “He was actually mov-ing the best in the final stretch andfor a little while there I thought hemight have a chance at winning it.

“Tactically, he ran perhaps thesmartest way to run a fast time op-posed to trying for the victory. Hemay have had a better chance ofwinning it if he went out with theleaders earlier, but they you can’t besure he would have been able to fin-ish as strong as he did.”

Anderson’s previous best was4:15.54 (for 1,600 meters). Re-

markably, Anderson is runningmuch faster this season than last,when he had a great training partnerin then-senior Jeremy Mineau.

“Evan hasn’t been doing muchdifferent this year than he has beendoing for the last three years,” saidM-A assistant coach Eric Wilmurt.“But he has been doing it withoutthe daily running partner of Jeremy.I find that the most impressive. Thelast two years we said he was beingpulled along by Jeremy, but whenyou run times like this, you’re notmuch of a follower.

“Lately, his training has indicatedhe would run this fast, and it is sogreat for his hard work to pay offlike it did this weekend.”

Anderson said he wasn’t too sur-prised by his time, since he knewhe could break 4:15 even last year.

The goal now is to stay motivatedand consistent. Anderson’s next bigrace will be at the Bay Area Top 8on April 22 at James Logan High inFremont. After that, he likely won’tbe tested until the CCS finals onMay 27 or at the CIF State Meet onJune 3-4 at Hughes Stadium inSacramento.

“He has some big races left torun,” said Wilmurt, “and he has alot of fast miles left in him. It’s go-ing to be a lot of fun to watch.”

In addition to Anderson andJenke, a handful of other local ath-letes competed in Arcadia and per-formed well.

Menlo-Atherton senior LaurieRoberts tied for second in the girls’high jump with a jump of 5-foot-5,just off her season best of 5-6.Roberts also ran a leg on the Bears’shuttle hurdles relay team that tookthird in its flight. That team includ-ed Jennifer Connet, Rachel Lazar

and Lindsey Denny.Gunn senior Tori Tyler finished

ninth in the girls’ 2-mile in10:41.35, an event that producedmany of the nation’s fastest timesthis season.

Tyler started the race in last place,since the plan was to run even 79 or80 seconds per lap. Tyler moved allthe way to third with two laps to go.

“She even took the lead briefly atthe start of the last lap,” Lee said.,“but the kickers got the best of herthis time. Even so, her time was herbest by far and over 20 secondsfaster than she ran at Arcadia lastyear.”

Elsewhere, Menlo-Atherton fresh-man Kim O’Donnell finished thirdin the non-invitational girls’ longjump, improving her personal bestby 12 inches to 16-6.

In meets this week, Gunn playshost to Wilcox (Tuesday) and LosAltos (Thursday) at 3 p.m., whilePalo Alto welcomes Wilcox onThursday at 3 p.m. Aragon and Ter-ra Nova visit Menlo-Atherton onThursday in Peninsula AthleticLeague action at 2:45 p.m.

BaseballGunn finds itself in the position of

challenger this week, a positionshared by Palo Alto after both teamssuffered losses in division play lastweekend.

The Titans (5-2, 6-4) fell fromfirst to third following a 5-3 loss toSanta Clara (6-2) on Saturday atWashington Park. The Vikings (4-3,8-7) fell further behind first-placeLos Gatos following a 4-1 setback tothe Wildcats that afternoon.

Paly faces two crucial homegames this week in SCVAL DeAnza Division play - Wednesdayagainst Milpitas and Friday againstWilcox.

Gunn has an easier schedule withhome games against winless Lyn-brook (Tuesday) and Fremont(Thursday) both at 3:30 p.m.

A victory over Santa Clara wouldhave kept the Titans atop the SC-VAL El Camino Division.

“I had mixed feelings leaving theyard on Saturday night,” said Gunncoach Tim Thompson. “On onehand, we hit the ball pretty solidagainst one of the top pitchers in theleague and, for the most part Brent(Gardiner) pitched well and the de-fense was really good.

“But in close games, it’s alwaysgoing to come down to the littlethings that make the big difference.I would classify that game as amissed opportunity. Now that (2004league co-MVP Carlos) Hernandezis back and Berner is going well, Idon’t see any of the other teams inour league beating them when theyare on the mound.”

Gunn did get the jump on SantaClara when Ryan McDermott hit thefirst pitch he saw over the left-cen-terfield fence in the first inning. TheBruins went up 2-1 before Gunn tiedin on a double by Mike Myers andan RBI single by Tucker Laurence.Gunn loaded the bases with one out,but failed to score again.

Gunn went ahead 3-2 in the fourthwhen it loaded the bases with twoouts and Laurence responded with asingle that plated only one run. Astrikeout again ended the threat withthe bases loaded. Santa Clara ral-

lied again with three runs in the fifthand Gunn was done.

In the PAL, Menlo was rained outof its showdown with first-placeHalf Moon Bay but made up a pre-viously rained out game with ElCamino and posted a 9-4 victory onSaturday. Andy Suiter, who wasscheduled to throw Friday, took themound against El Camino and threwa masterful three-hitter while strik-ing out 15. Suiter allowed only oneearned run while helping himselfwith two hits and two RBI, match-ing teammate Ryan Cavan’s output.

Menlo (2-1, 9-9) is at homeWednesday against Terra Nova andvisits Menlo-Atherton on Thursdayat Flood Park. Both games are at3:15 p.m.

In nonleague play Saturday, juniorlefthander Tommy Pierson pitchedfive solid innings with no earnedruns and four strikeouts to lead Sa-cred Heart Prep (4-6) to a 5-4 winover visiting Washington of SanFrancisco. Sophomore shortstopMatt Connor had a three-run doublein the fourth to spark the Gators.

SwimmingThe Palo Alto boys and girls re-

mained atop the De Anza Divisionwith 3-0 marks (5-0 overall) withclose victories over host Gunn incold, blustery weather last Friday.

After dropping dual meets toGunn the past two years, the Palyboys reclaimed bragging rights witha 101-80 triumph. The Paly girlsmaintained their mastery, but had towithstand a challenge from Gunn ina 102-84 triumph.

Paly junior Edward Morrison wonthe 100 free (50.23), 200 free(1:48.47) and anchored both free re-lay teams to victory. Morrison’s sea-

son-best 200 time moves himamong the CCS leaders. Gunn wonthe opening 200 medley relay in aseason-best 1:45.20. Paly’s JeremyGoldstein won the 100 fly (56.08)and came back with little rest to winthe 500 free in a season-best4:57.02. Matt Prior paced the Titanswith wins in the 200IM and 100back (a season-best 57.23).

In the girls’ meet, Gunn freshmanCasey Barnes-Waychus won a tightbattle with Paly’s Becky Wenzlauto take the 200 free in 1:58.23 andlater beat Paly senior standoutMonika Friedman in the 500 free(5:16.65).

Paly offset Gunn’s five victoriesby winning the 200 free relay in1:44.42 and the 400 free relay in3:48.01 and by getting a standouteffort from freshman Liv Jensen,who won the 200 IM (2:16.66) and100 free (55.51) in addition to an-choring both winning relay teams.

Friedman won the 100 fly in aseason-best 59.78 and Tanya Wilcoxadded an important win in the 100breast to hold off the Titans’ chal-lenge.

In the PAL Bay Division, theMenlo girls (3-1, 4-2) got a CCS-leading time of 1:05.92 by seniorMaryann Hiller in a 98-72 triumphover host Burlingame in a very com-petitive meet. The Knights won thefirst two relays and posted sevenvictories to seal the victory.

Menlo-Atherton (3-0, 4-1) re-mained atop the league with a 110-61 swamping of host Hillsdale asKelly Eaton won the 50 free, 500free and swam on two winning re-lays. Danielle Hildebrandt did like-wise with wins in the 100 fly, 100breast and legs on the 200 medleyand 200 free relays. ■


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tional runnerup last season - to Stan-ford.

The Cardinal have finished amongthe top three in the nation every yearsince finishing fifth in 1985.

Liu had won 12 straight matchesat No. 1 before falling twice lastweekend; Barnes won 11 straight atNo. 2 and is 16-1 in dual meetsoverall.

Stanford doesn’t just have a cou-ple of highly-ranked players, it usu-ally has an abundance. TheresaLogar (45) is 9-0 at No. 4 singlesand 7-2 at No. 3; Whitney Deason(51) is 15-1 and Anne Yelsey (105)

is 16-2. Hodzic, who plays sparing-ly in singles, is ranked 38th.

The Cardinal has perfected thewinning formula and that’s translat-ed into 48 straight victories overall,and a home winning percentage thatdefies all odds.

When Cal beat Stanford, 5-4, inthat 1999 home match (Stanfordfeatured futures’ circuit pros Maris-sa Irvin, Teryn Ashley, GabrielaLastra and Lauren Kalvaria), it end-ed a 52-match home win streak. TheCardinal went on to win the nation-al title.

Stanford’s previous home losswas a 6-3 decision to eventual na-tional champion Texas on March 5,1995 (current volunteer assistant

coach Julie Scott played on the teamthen), and that ended a 31-matchhome streak.

Since losing to Texas in the 1992national semifinal match, Stanford is171-2 at home.

Saturday’s win over the Bruinsalso gave Stanford’s senior class -Burdette and Kara Guzman - its100th victory.

Stanford figures to make it 92straight at home against Cal Polyand will have to wait until May 13,when the NCAA team tournamentbegins, to extend that streak this sea-son.

The Cardinal close out the regularseason at California on Saturday atnoon. ■


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Stanford’s top two pitchers are acombined 10-4 this season and 43-11 for their careers.

Even with their sub-par efforts,Stanford had a chance in each game.The Cardinal erased a 5-0 deficit inthe first game and took a 7-5 leadinto the eighth.

Stanford led 9-2 after three in-nings in the second game.

Relief pitchers Blake Holler (tworuns on four hits in 1 1-3 innings)and Greg Reynolds (four runs onfive hits in 2 2-3 innings) took thelosses.

Holler (6-1) came back on Sunday

to record the win with 3 2-3 shutoutinnings.

“We needed to show the Stanfordpitching staff has what it takes toshut people down,” Holler said. “Itwas tough coming back the secondday but I wanted to come back withsomething extra.”

Holler and Manship both pitchedon consecutive days and combinedwith Nolan Gallagher (2 1-3 inningson Saturday) to extend the bullpen’sstreak of scoreless innings to 7 1-3— striking out 10 and walking threeduring that span.

“From here on out it’s a dogfight,”Holler said. “Any sweep is huge andavoiding a sweep is huge. Anythingwe can take at Arizona State would

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Sun Devils fellout of the na-tional rankingsafter droppingtwo of three tohost Cal overthe weekend.Stanford stillknows ArizonaState is danger-ous.

“It’s an important series, espe-cially on the road,” Lowrie said.“There’s a little more incentive onthe road. It’s three weeks into thePac-10 and you don’t really want tosay it but this will be a big weekend.

It will determine a lot.”A series sweep would keep Stan-

ford in the forefront, and winningtwo of three would be fine. The Car-dinal can’t afford to lose the seriesor they could find themselves buriedin the lower half of the standings.

Lowrie drove in two runs on Sun-day while John Hester collected twohits.

Adam Sorgi walked to open theseventh and moved to second onChris Minaker’s sacrifice bunt, set-ting up Lowrie’s heroics.

The win helped the Cardinal avoidits first sweep at Sunken Diamondsince Arizona State won threestraight April 11-13, 1997.

Jim Rapoport singled in the fourth

and has hit safely in a career-highnine straight and 15 of 16 overall.

Manship recorded his 13th careersave to move into a tie for sixth onStanford’s all-time list. He has nownot allowed a run in 11 1-3 inningsover nine appearances.

Chris Lewis hit a grand slam inthe fourth inning of Saturday’s firstgame to help Stanford overcome itsearly deficit. Minaker’s home run inthe seventh gave Stanford a 7-5edge.

Hester hit a home run and drove inthree runs in helping Stanford grabthe early lead in the second game.John Mayberry Jr. also drove inthree runs. ■


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MENLO PARK – Great family home or investmentopportunity. 3BD and 2BA plus studio/loft with separatekitchen, bathroom, yard and entrance. Ideal for familieswith a nanny or au pair. Formal dining room. Remodeledkitchen opening to family room. One of a kind.Charming and spacious. Easy access to all amenities.CATHERINE MARCUS $1,288,000

WOODSIDE — This central Woodside 4BD, 3BAhome has granite kitchen and recessed lights, pool,large flat lot, close to school and downtown.LARRY SCHREIBER $2,495,000

ATHERTON — Incredible value on approximately onelevel acre in Atherton. Spacious 4BD/5BA home of near-ly 4000 s.f., in sought after Lindenwood. Open floor planfeatures high ceilings, oversize rooms, and expansive pic-ture windows with garden views in the living, family anddining rooms; detached bonus room behind the 2 carsemi-detached garage; private treed yard, outstandingMenlo Park schools.REBECCA PICKART/ELIZABETH DASCHBACH $2,895,000

MENLO PARK – A Craftsman for the modern age,designed by the architect as his own home. Floors ofoak, maple, tile – numerous skylights. Formal diningroom, 4BD, 2 full & 2 half baths. Family room, gor-geous kitchen & gardens.CAROL BARTLETT $1,795,000

MENLO PARK – Prime park lane condo. Private endunit at rear of complex. Only 6 years young.Beautifully upgraded. Maple cabinets, granite coun-ters, crown moldings, recessed lights. Security build-ing. Pool, spa, exercise room.LILLY CHOW $669,000

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Hillslope Estate Vineyards!Mediterranean home with amenitiesgalore located in foothills of Los Altos.Resort like setting with lush tropicallandscaping & palm trees. Adjacent toL.A.C.C.

PIERRE BULJAN $5,298,000

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Located on a quiet street in SharonOaks, this lovely four bedroom, threebath home boasts new paint, carpet,crown moldings and decks. Separate liv-ing room and dining room. Close tostores, restaurants, transportation andexcellent schools.

JULIA KEADY $980,000

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Stately Tudor home lining prestigiousUniversity Avenue. Built in 1925 and lov-ingly maintained, this 5 bedroom, 3.5bathroom home is a treasure trove ofperiod details. French doors open to abrick patio and lushly landscapedgrounds of over half an acre. Top-ratedPalo Alto schools. Close proximity tocommute routes and downtown PaloAlto.

GINNA LAZAR $2,995,000

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Beautifully remodeled two story tradi-tional home on level lot of approximate-ly one acre. Warm and elegant yetrelaxed floor plan offers the best ofindoor/outdoor living. Tennis court,and room for additional outdoor activi-ties.

MARK BENSON $3,750,000

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Beautiful house in move in condition!Approximately 2,400 SF 4 bedroom, 3bath home with fireplace in living room,separate family room, remodeledkitchen, separate dining room, masterbath with jetted tub, pool & spa!

CHI-RAIE CHEUNG $1,235,000

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Hyde Park Masterpiece. Peace & sereni-ty with tranquil bay & canyon views high-light this gorgeous home. 4 suites includ-ing Master, 5.5 bathrooms and gourmetkitchen.

SHERRY COTTONARO $2,988,000

Custom 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath estate oncul-de-sac. Features include spiral stair-case, formal dining room, oak panellibrary, eat in kitchen with breakfastnook. 3-car garage.

MATT YOUNGER $2,295,000

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On nearly 1/2 acre is this beautiful3BD/3BA home! Fully updated kitchenwith granite counter tops and commer-cial range. Hardwood floors on 1st level,brand new carpet on 2nd. High ceilings,dramatic lighting and floor to ceilingwindows. The two car garage has beenconverted to a guest suite but can returnto garage if needed.

DANA CAPPIELLO $1,749,000

WOODSIDE — 5BD, 3.5BA home situated on justover 4.5 acres. Potential 2+ buildable acres. Easyaccess to town and 280. Enjoy the character of theexisting home or build new. Beautiful groundsinclude panoramic views, mature trees, swimmingpool and rolling lawn. Portola Valley school district.KRISTIN CASHIN/MICHELLE ENGLERT $4,880,000

REDWOOD CITY – Charming updated 3BD/2BAhome in a quiet friendly street in the desirable Mt.Carmel neighborhood. Large remodeled kitchenwith granite counters and maple cabinets, vaultedceilings in living room, bright open family/bonusroom, sunny yards, minutes from popular StaffordPark, Whole Foods & shopping. STEPHANIE SAVIDES $978,000

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