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Local NewsBy Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

Atherton’s public works director has recom-mended that the town

completely close Marsh Road within its boundaries for eight weeks this summer, and then close one lane for 42 more days, to make major repairs on the Atherton Channel drainage cul-vert as quickly as possible. In a memo dated March 8, Public Works Director Michael Kashiwagi said completely shutting down Marsh Road for eight weeks, with construc-tion from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, will enable work crews to finish the job more quickly. Because the work on the culvert is in a waterway, the state allows work only between April 15 and Oct. 15, making speedy completion of the project all the more necessary. The town is also trying to schedule around school vacations. Mr. Kashiwagi said exactly what construction schedule the town will follow is still under review, and will not be final until after a bid is approved, probably at the April 20 City Council meeting. Mr. Kashiwagi said the town

has two other options: Closing the road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for six weeks, with one-lane closures the rest of the construction period. This could lead to work in the channel not being completed until Oct. 15, with more work outside the channel not finishing until Dec. 1, he wrote in the memo. Closing Marsh Road for six full weekends during the sum-

mer, from Friday at 9:30 p.m. to Sunday at 8 p.m., with one-lane closures dur-ing the week, and weekday working hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This sched-ule should lead to work in the channel being completed by Sept. 15 and the remaining work done by Nov. 1,

according to the memo. Mr. Kashiwagi said he rec-ommends the eight-week full closure because it offers the best chance for completing the job by the Oct. 15 deadline. He esti-mates that under that scenario, the work in the channel could be completed by Sept. 1, with the entire job done by Sept. 15. He said that scenario would also probably lead to a lower bid and more predictable traffic disruptions for neighbors, and

would allow the town to com-plete most construction before local schools resume classes. In January the town finally received the permits needed to make the long-anticipated repairs on the section of the drainage culvert that runs along Marsh Road between Middlefield Road and the bor-

der with Redwood City, near Bay Road. The U-shaped rein-forced concrete culvert will be designed so it could possibly later be covered over, and will have a steel guard rail to deter cars from plunging in. The channel is now separated from Marsh only by a chain-link fence, which has been broken

through by errant motorists at least four times since March 2015. Marsh Road, which intersects with U.S. 101 and Bayfront Expressway, is used by many commuters and serves as a major response route for the Menlo Park Fire Protection Dis-trict and other agencies’ emer-gency vehicles. A

Marsh Road may close for eight weeks

By Gennady SheynerPalo Alto Weekly

California’s high-speed rail system surged past a major legal obstacle last

week when a Sacramento Supe-rior Court judge tossed out a long-simmering lawsuit from the Central Valley. The 2011 suit by John Tos, Aaron Fukuda and the County of Kings maintained that the proposed rail system violates the provisions of Proposition 1A, a 2008 bond measure that allocated $9.95 billion for the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles rail system. By revising the design of the system so that high-speed rail will now share a set of tracks with Caltrain along the Pen-

insula, the agency has strayed from the plans that were pre-sented to the voters before the 2008 vote, attorneys for the plaintiffs argued during a three-day hearing in Sacramento in February. The initial plan called for a four-track alignment between San Francisco and San Jose. The change, the plaintiffs have argued, is significant because the blended system would undermine the rail system’s ability to achieve the state-mandated goal of going from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two hours and 40 minutes. This would make the rail system ineligible for the bond funds and for federal funds, which are con-tingent on having state money being available.

In a judgment issued March 4, Judge Michael P. Kenny con-curred that the California High Speed Rail Authority does not have sufficient evidence at this time to show that it can comply with all of the requirements of the 2008 bond.

The authority, which is charged with building the $64-billion project, has not yet provided the analysis of the trip time from San Jose to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal

(its analysis still relies on San Francisco’s lone Caltrain sta-tion at 4th and King streets, which is about 1.3 miles south of Transbay Terminal), Judge Kenny noted. Nor has it shown that it can achieve a five-minute headway (the amount of time between trains), as mandated by law. However, the judge wrote, the rail authority “may be able to accomplish these objectives at some point in the future.” He called high-speed rail an “ongo-ing, dynamic, changing project” and concurred with a recent ruling from the state Court of Appeal, which found that because the project is in flux, it cannot determine whether the project would meet the require-ments of the Bond Act.

“There is no evidence cur-rently before the Court that the blended system will not com-ply with the Bond Act system requirements,” Judge Kenny wrote in his ruling. “Although Plaintiffs have raised compel-ling questions about potential future compliance, the Author-ity has not yet submitted a fund-ing plan seeking to expend Bond Act funds. Thus, the issue of the project’s compliance with the Bond Act is not ripe for review.” Without the necessary analy-sis, Judge Kenny reasoned, it is premature to determine whether the proposed system would meet the requirements of the 2008 bond. There are, as of today, “still too many unknown variables,

Court rulings gives big boost to California high-speed rail

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Atherton plans major work this summer to repair the Atherton Channel along Marsh Road between Middlefield and Bay roads.

See HIGH-SPEED RAIL, page 6

ATHERTON

Judge rejects lawsuit from Central Valley

that sought to stop the controversial project.

The U-shaped reinforced

concrete culvert will be designed so it could possibly later be covered

over, and will have a steel guard rail.

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and in absence of a funding plan, too many assumptions that must be made as to what the Author-ity’s final decisions will be.” By denying the plaintiff ’s request that the project be halted, Judge Kenny handed a major victory to what has been a deeply divisive and controver-sial project. While supporters, includ-ing Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic majority in the Legislature, consistently laud high-speed rail as a much needed solution to ease traf-fic congestion, create jobs and reduce greenhouse-gas emis-sions, critics have panned it as a “boondoggle” that has nowhere near the funds it needs to become a reality. By shifting to the blended approach, which was first pro-posed by Peninsula lawmakers in 2012, the rail authority has helped calm some of these anxi-eties. The project also picked up some momentum last month, when the rail authority released a new business plan showing the price tag dipping from $67.6 billion two years ago to $64.2 billion. The new business plan also announced a major change of direction for the rail authority: Rather than launching con-struction of the line exclusively in Central Valley, the agency now plans to build the first operating segment between San Francisco and Bakersfield. In presenting the business

plan to the rail authority’s board of director’s March 8, rail authority CEO Jeff Morales called the new proposal “the game changer, in terms of deliv-ering the program.” The business plan relies mostly on bond funds and on proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade program for building the first operating segment, between the Bay Area and Central Val-ley. Rail officials hope further improvements and expansions would be financed, at least in part, by private investments and federal contributions. “For the first time, within available resources, we can actually project out to deliver-ing an operating system,” Mr. Morales told the board. The board voiced no major concerns about the dramatic change of direction in the new business plan. Board member Daniel Curtin said he is “very excited about the new develop-ment,” which he said would bring new economic opportuni-ties to the two regions that would be connected by high-speed rail. “We all see the economic pres-sures being put on the Bay Area by Silicon Valley,” Mr. Curtin said. “This is a whole change in how that can be approached that, really to me, is the first signal of what high-speed rail will do for California.” Board Chair Dan Richard agreed and lauded the plan for laying out for the public “how we can build the system.” “What is really here, is the sense that we can build this now,” Richard said. A

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A suspect in a shooting Saturday morning, March 12, in La Honda

that left two men with head and chest wounds is still at large, sheriff ’s officials said. The victims, a 76-year-old man and a 53-year-old man, are expected to survive. Deputies were called around 7:15 a.m. to the area of Mind-ego Hill and Alpine roads on a report of two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One of the victims, a home-owner, was shot multiple times after confronting a man he saw leaving his home, according to sheriff ’s officials. The home-owner’s tenant came out of the home and he was shot multiple times, deputies said. The homeowner made it to a neighbor’s house and called for help. Deputies and paramed-

ics arrived, and the men were taken to a hospital. Deputies describe the suspect as a white man in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall with a medium build. He was wearing a green jacket and white tank top with dark-colored pants and a baseball cap. The suspect was last seen driving from the scene in the homeowner’s vehicle, a green 2006 Jaguar station wagon with California license plate No. 7LWV742. Deputies warn that the sus-pect may be armed and those who see the suspect or the vehicle to keep their distance and call 911. Anyone with information about the shoot-ing is asked to call Detective Joe Cang at (650) 259-2417 or send an email to [email protected]. The phone number for the anonymous tip line is (800) 547-2700.

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By Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

The short paragraph in the report from San Mateo County Manager John

Maltbie was enough to catch the attention, and spark the ire, of Lennie Roberts, the Committee for Green Foothills’ legislative advocate. “Outdoor Advertising pro-gram being considered along Highways I-280 and 101” is the title of the section of Mr. Malt-bie’s report to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for their March 8 meeting. It said that the county’s real prop-erty department would soon be bringing the board a proposal to start an outdoor advertising program. The first step, the report said, “is an assessment by Allvision/Outfront Media of County-owned land along the Highway 101 and Interstate 280 corridors to determine the most profitable locations for billboards.” How profitable? The proposed agreement “will provide a mini-mum of $7.875 million in non-tax revenue per billboard over the next 30 years,” the report said. With visions of billboards erected in places such as Edge-wood Park, which abuts I-280, Ms. Roberts, a resident of Lade-ra, fired off a letter of protest to the supervisors.

“Highway I-280 traverses one of the region’s most scenic land-scapes with unparalleled views of the Crystal Springs Water-shed and Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and San Francisco Bay and the East Bay to the east,” she wrote, saying the Commit-tee for Green Foothills wishes to “go on record as strongly opposed” to the whole proposal. It appears that federal and state law also prohibit billboards along officially designated sce-nic highways such as I-280. As for U.S. 101, Ms. Roberts wrote, “there is already a prolif-eration of billboards along this heavily traveled route. Views to the Bay and western hills are becoming obliterated, and soon may disappear entirely. The profusion of billboards along Highway 101 already creates distractions for drivers. It would be inappropriate for the County to add to these problems.” At least one of the supervisors also appeared to find the idea of erecting billboards on county land a bit disconcerting. Super-visor Dave Pine said the idea “does concern me” and asked if it could perhaps be nipped in the bud before any more money is spent on it. But Supervisor Adrienne Tis-sier said she and Supervisor Car-ole Groom had been working on the program for several years and that it would come before

the supervisors within a month. Nicholas Calderon, the coun-ty’s interim real property man-ager, said the whole program was started before he began his job and he is not quite sure why it has been proposed. He also said that the county

“will not be pursuing any bill-boards on 280.” Mr. Calderon said the county is still negotiating the contract with Allvision/Outfront Media. Once the contract is finalized, it will come to the supervisors for approval. If the contract is

approved, the company would do all the research on locations for billboards, which could include county-owned land and Highway 92. “The primary focus will probably be the 101 corridor,” he said. “The county is obviously not going to pursue anything on land that is just not legal,” he said. A


Residents who live close to and use Highway 84 in rural San Mateo County

say Caltrans has not only gone back on its promises not to broadcast spray herbicides to kill weeds along the state high-way this year, but that the state agency also may have violated federal law by unsafely applying herbicides. A resident of Half Moon Bay who works in La Honda, who has asked that her name not be used because she fears retaliation, told the Almanac that on Wednes-day, March 2, in mid-afternoon she saw a crew that included at least 10 workers, with only a few of them wearing protective gear, spraying near where Old La Honda Road meets Highway 84, across the highway from the iconic red barn. Photos taken 10 days later clearly show large swaths of veg-etation killed by the chemicals,

despite the fact that Caltrans had sent out notices saying it would not broadcast spray her-bicides along Highway 84 this year. Residents say the dead veg-etation covers at least a quarter-mile of roadside. Caltrans spokeswoman Gidget Navarro said in February that Caltrans would do “spot spray-ing soon but no broadcast spray-ing.” She said that spot spraying is done on isolated small areas, or at the base of plants that have been removed, to prevent re-sprouting. When contacted last week, Caltrans officials said they were too busy to respond to questions about what had happened until after the Almanac’s deadline. The labels for the chemicals Caltrans had said it planned to use in the area, Capstone and Accord, both state that only workers in protective gear should be in the area when the chemicals are applied. “Only protected handlers may be in the area during application,” the

Accord label states. “Do not enter or allow others to enter the treated area until sprays have dried,” the Capstone label says. The labels also both say: “It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner incon-sistent with its labeling.” The witness said she saw workers with California Conser-vation Corps logos on their uni-forms and vehicles; they were cutting and removing weeds by hand. With them, as part of the same crew, were people “in white protective gear ... with their spray stuff.” “I realized the conservation corps people had no protec-tion,” she said. Other workers were nearby chipping debris and directing traffic, which was reduced to one lane, she said. The Capstone label also has a number of cautions about using it when it could contaminate water supplies, yet the weather prediction on March 2 was for rain within the next 48 hours,

and by the end of the day of March 4, it had rained 0.6 inches in La Honda. Photos taken on March 12 by local residents clearly show dying vegetation along ditches flowing with water. The Capstone label says: “Do

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Residents say Caltrans broadcast-sprayed this area of Highway 84 earlier this month in violation of federal law, and breaking its promise that it would not do such spraying this year.


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A milestone in the effort to build a new Ather-ton civic center will be

reached on Monday, March 21, when the town holds a special public meeting to unveil the design recommended by the town’s Civic Center Advisory Committee. The joint meeting between the City Council and the advi-sory committee will start at 5:30 p.m. in Jennings Pavilion in Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. After the meeting, the advi-sory committee will meet once

again on April 4 to discuss any changes prompted by the public meeting, before forwarding the design to the City Council for approval either on April 20 or May 4. In addition to the plans, the council will receive an esti-mate of the cost to build from the project managers, consul-tants Mack5. Planning for the project was kicked off in 2010, when a vol-unteer Town Center Task Force was formed to look into replac-ing the town’s cramped and aging offices, which don’t meet seismic, fire, or other building codes. In 2013 the council formed the Civic Center Advisory Commit-tee and started work on a master

plan for a civic center. The master plan was adopted in March 2014, and the town hired architects WRNS Studio in late 2014. The town has always said

most of the money to pay for the civic center will come from

donations, and in the Novem-ber 2012 election more than 70 percent of the voters approved a measure that said the town must “primarily use private donations to construct and design a new Town Center.” The measure specifically ruled out using general fund or parcel tax money to pay for the project. Money already set aside for new building and planning offices, and property taxes that can only be spent on the library, can be used, however. Atherton Now, the group that has formed to raise money to pay for the new civic center is hoping that once Atherton residents see the design, it will be easier to raise funds. As of

March 8, the group reported commitments of $5.27 million of at least $25 million in contri-butions that are estimated to be needed. In an email sent to Ather-ton residents, Mayor Elizabeth Lewis, who has been involved in planning the civic center since the beginning, said the plans show a new “heart of Atherton.” In addition to offices for city workers, the civic center has a number of indoor and outdoor gathering places, a new library and new council chambers. The historic building that currently holds the council chambers will be remodeled and made an aux-iliary to the library. A


Rules that would allow Atherton residents to keep a small flock of

hens on a half-acre or larger lot will be considered by the City Council when it meets Wednes-day, March 16, starting at 7 p.m. in the town’s council chambers, 94 Ashfield Road. Currently, no chickens are allowed on lots of less than two acres. Residents of larger lots can have up to 40 chickens. The proposed regulations would allow, with a permit, three chickens on lots of between a half-acre (21,780 square feet) and one acre, 10 chickens on lots between one and two acres, and 20 chickens on lots of more than two acres. Schools with an educational program and on more than two

acres could keep 40 chickens. The proposed rules say chicken coops must be set back from property lines at least half the distance of the required side and rear setbacks for a main house. They must also be at least 8 feet away from the main house. The example in the staff report says that on a 200- by 200-foot lot, the chicken enclosure must be at least 25 feet from the sides, and 30 feet from the rear, of the property. Chicken enclosures, including the coop and run, can’t be bigger than 120-square feet and 6-feet tall. Chickens aren’t allowed outside the enclosure and roost-ers are not allowed. By comparison, in next-door Menlo Park, residents are allowed to keep 50 chickens (or any other poultry including geese, ducks, turkeys, peafowl,

guinea fowl, pigeons, squabs and doves) per quarter acre, with no minimum lot size. Town Planner Lisa Costa Sanders’ report laid out a major issue: “While the town seeks to maintain a rural character ... developed properties often tell a different story,” she wrote. “While residential in charac-ter, many properties are large, expansive, and in many cases, decidedly non-rural.”

Detention basin In other business, the council will also consider whether the town should hire a consultant to design an underground storm water detention basin to go under a new athletic field at Las Lomitas School. The school is soon to undergo major construction, including a new field, and the district has indicated that it might let the

town add the detention basin if it doesn’t interfere with the use of the athletic field. Adding a detention basin to deter f looding was recom-mended in a recent update to the master plan for the town’s drainage system. The town would pay all design and instal-lation costs.

Water main The council will look into moving the San Francisco Pub-lic Utilities Commission’s water main that’s now under town land. When Atherton started plan-ning a new civic center, planners realized a 36-inch steel water main, owned by the SFPUC and nearly 100 years old, runs

through the town’s property. The town has since been nego-tiating with the SFPUC to move the pipe. The current civic center design avoids placing any buildings over the pipe, so it could remain where it is. However, the SFPUC is now saying it would like to move and replace the pipe, and to have the town help pay the costs. Town staff recommends Atherton pay the design costs for moving the pipe, estimated at $100,000 to $120,000. Mov-ing the pipe could cost up to $2 million. The new location would be under the road the town plans to build near the train tracks as part of the civic center project. A

Atherton to unveil plans for new civic center

Atherton to vote on chicken rules

Graphic by WRNS Studio/Courtesy Town of Atherton

A refinement of this design for Atherton’s new civic center will be presented to the public at a joint meeting of the City Council and Civic Center Advisory Committee on March 21. The advisory committee asked for some changes in the windows in this view of the civic center from Fair Oaks Lane.

In addition to offices for city workers, the

civic center has a number of indoor and

outdoor gathering places, a new library

and new council chambers.

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Supporters of the San Car-los Airport filled a San Mateo County Board of

Supervisors meeting on Tues-day, March 8, but they did not dissuade the supervisors from supporting a study of how to reduce noise problems con-nected to the airport.

After listening to more than 60 speakers, many of whom urged the airport be left as it is, the supervisors asked county Public Works Direc-tor James Porter to prepare a work plan for a study on the extent of the noise problems.

They also asked for a look at how to reduce the noise, with some supervisors saying they support mandatory measures such as curfews and limits on the number of f lights allowed for an individual carrier.

Mr. Porter had said in his report for the meeting that such a study could cost $150,000. He said he hoped to have enough information to bring a recommended action plan to the supervisors in June.

The meeting was a study ses-sion, so no vote was taken. Approximately 175 people

filled the meeting room to capacity. Seats were set up in the lobby to handle the overf low, but some people were still left standing as they watched on an overhead screen.

Many wore printed badges professing their love for the San Carlos Airport. Some of those who had signed up to speak left as the testimony dragged on for nearly three hours.

While many urged the supervisors not to put man-datory restrictions on the air-port, saying that could harm businesses and programs that operate out of the airport, others who live under Surf Air’s f light path talked about how their lives are impacted by f lights over their homes every half hour all day long.

Dan Dyer, a Belmont resi-dent and owner of the San Carlos Flight Center, said restrictions could put him out of business. “The state of the aviation business is fragile,” he said, adding that two f light schools went under last year.

“I understand that this well-financed group of local resi-dents likes to complain, to harass local government,” he said. “No one has a right to total silence. I urge you not to

waste county money by trying to appease these people,” he said. Lorianna Kastrop of Red-wood City said she had lived in the neighborhood of Red-wood Village for 30 years. Recently, she said, planes began f lying “exactly over our house all day long.” She said she was “fine with the small private planes up until Surf Air and the con-stant barrage,” she said. “I’m suffering health impacts from the constant barrage of noise. I’m been negatively impacted both in my daily activities and also in my home value.”

Several Surf Air customers also spoke. Heather Rafter, an attorney with clients in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Mateo County, and a son attending college in Los Ange-les, said she needs Surf Air. “We commute from LA to San Francisco,” she said. “Please work out a solution.” The airline, which offers unlimited f lights for a month-ly fee, has been using the San Carlos Airport since June 2013. Those living under its f light path began complain-ing about the noise from its turbo-prop planes soon after. Because it uses planes that carry nine or fewer passen-gers, under Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the airline is allowed to oper-ate out of San Carlos Airport, even though it is a general aviation, not a commercial, airport. Atherton City Counci l member Mike Lempres said he also lives under the Surf Air f light path. “The noise issue is a real one,” he said. “It affects me and my neighbors,” he said. “There are very real costs that are being imposed on people who happen to live below the f light path.” Several speakers said they fear the county will close the airport. Evan Brand, a student at Sequoia High School, who was missing class to speak at the meeting, said “the only com-promise that can be reached is closing the airport.” That would mean he and others who want to be pilots wouldn’t

be able to do so. “The youth pursuing their dream must be considered in this discussion,” he said. Board President Warren Slocum said it’s “certainly not our intent ... to shut down the airport or adversely affect the small businesses that operate at the San Carlos Airport.” Other supervisors agreed they do not plan to close the airport. “I guarantee you that would never happen,” said Supervisor Don Horsley. “I think the airport does provide a valuable service.” However, he said, years of working with Surf Air have not come up with a solution. “Nothing has worked and we have not seen any improve-ments,” he said. The county is responsible for the health and safety of its residents, he said. “Noise does affect people’s health. It is not a few people; it is a lot of people.” Supervisor Adrienne Tissier said she also does not intend to close the airport, “but I also think we’ve got a serious issue that’s affected a lot of lives. I

think it is incumbent on us to explore in greater depths the impacts at the airport.” She promised it will be a deliber-ate and transparent process. Board President Slocum said he does want to continue to work with Surf Air. “I think if we can get to a win-win and resolve this sort of peacefully, that’s in everybody’s best

interest,” he said. However, he added, “I think it’s important to go through with a study.” The county has hired a heavy hitter in the legal field to help it out: consultant Peter Kirsch of Denver office of Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell, with a long history of working with airports and the Federal Avia-tion Administration. A

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By Dave BoyceAlmanac Staff Writer

Linda Craig, a Menlo Park resident, former Portola Valley official, and presi-

dent of the Bay Area League of Women Voters, will be honored Wednesday, March 16, with a resolution noting her decade of service focusing on regional issues on behalf of San Mateo County. Ms. Craig recently retired from the Local Agency Forma-tion Commission, the seven-person panel that will be hon-oring Ms. Craig. LAFCo has the mission of managing the boundaries of the county’s cit-ies, towns and special districts, such as fire protection and healthcare districts, to prevent urban sprawl and promote efficient and orderly growth of government services. “I’m 75, going on 76, and it’s time for me to retire,” Ms. Craig said in an interview. “At this point, I am totally overloaded,” she said, refer-

ring to her involvement with the League of Women Voters in another regional concern: a study by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments on the value of a merger between the two agen-cies. A report is due in July. When Ms. Craig joined LAF-Co, it was just beginning a review of municipal services by all 20 cities and special districts in the county, including health-care and mosquito abatement districts. In the interview, she noted briefly LAFCo’s inability to persuade the county to dis-solve the mosquito abatement district, particularly in light of a 2013 embezzlement scandal involving a district official. “I was amazed that (the county) didn’t fire the general man-ager,” she said. Asked for her view of how the county is organized, she said there are “too many cities,” many with services that could be shared. During good eco-nomic times, though, it’s hard

to make the case for sharing, she said. Among the critical issues she said are in need of regional coordination: open space, hous-ing, transportation, economic inequality and sea-level rise. “There should be a regional agency that makes sense, with ideas for funding that are regional in nature,” she said. “There should be people direct-

ly elected to a governing body.” LAFCo board is made up of two county supervisors — cur-rently Don Horsley and Adri-enne Tissier — two elected city or town officials, two officials from special districts, and one person appointed to represent the public, a role Ms. Craig served for 10 years as a regular and alternate board member. With an annual budget of around $400,000, LAFCo has dealt recently with issues such as property annexations to a sanitary district and extensions of water services to residential and commercial parcels. And there are bigger fish to fry, including an item during Ms. Craig’s tenure that she men-tioned in passing as a notable accomplishment. The Los Trancos County Water District, serving Vista Verde and Los Trancos Woods, sold its water operations in 2005, but with property tax revenues still coming in, the district used them to fund brush clearing, storm-drain maintenance and incentives to residents to conserve water — activities unrelated to the district’s charter. A civil grand jury recommended dissolution of the district, and the situa-tion had drawn the attention of

the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. LAFCo was instrumental in guiding the water board in gracefully dissolving the water district in 2015 while still using its tax revenues for its commu-nity, but under the oversight of the county Public Works Department, the Woodside Fire Protection District and the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Ms. Craig spent many years in local government. She began as chief administrative officer in Portola Valley Town Hall, where she stayed for five years. “I loved it,” she said, “but on the other hand, all they wanted was a clerk and a bookkeeper.” She moved on to jobs in the city halls of Sunnyvale, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, South San Francisco and Santa Clara, and earned a master’s degree in public administration. Her involvement with the League of Women Voters goes back 40 years and includes roles as director of advocacy, of regional government and land use, and of air quality and solid waste. She is in her third two-year term as president of the Bay Area chapter. She said she will step down from that posi-tion in June. A

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Portraits from the Girls to Women 2015 summer program will be on display at Cafe Zoe, 1929 Menalto Ave. in Menlo Park, through March 31. Words of W i s d o m showcases art by youth ages 6 to 19 who took part in an international photography exchange. Through photography, cre-ative writing and book mark-ing, the students created self-portraits and their own words of wisdom to share with each other, the commu-nity and people from differ-ent cultures. Girls to Women is an East Palo Alto nonprofit that pro-vides after-school and summer programs to elementary and middle school-age girls. Girls to Women collaborated with Streetside Stories and One Bird Children’s Fund on the project.

On a 4-3 vote, the Wood-side Town Council on March 8 approved drafting a resolution to add a mild restriction to volun-teer service for the five members of the town’s Architectural and

Site Review Board. The resolution would not change the existing situation that allows a review board member to sit on any of the other 13 com-mittees that advise the council.

But if a project merits consider-ation by the review board and another influential committee — History, Open Space or Trails, for example — the person sitting on both committees will be required

to weigh in just once, from the review board. The questions before the coun-cil were whether such a situation represented a conflict of interest, and if so, whether it should be forbidden. In the vote, council members Peter Mason, Chris Shaw and

Dave Tanner dissented. Asked to explain his dissent, Mr. Mason replied in an email: “This is not a conflict of interest that requires recusal,” he said. “It is a conflict of a perceived opinion basis or bias. This will occur regardless of how many other committees a person is on or not on.”

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Teen travel Menlo Park teens ages 13-15 are invited to apply to go on a six-day trip to Bizen, Japan in late June or early July. The teens must apply by 5 p.m. Friday, April 1. Up to 10 teens and four parents or related adult chaperones can attend. Go to tinyurl.com/exchjpn for more information.

SRI International SRI International, an indepen-dent nonprofit research institute in Menlo Park, announced its bioscience division received a contract for up to $19.8 million from the National Cancer Insti-tute to develop potential cancer preventive agents or vaccines. SRI International says it will conduct preclinical studies to test the impact of compounds or vaccines in preventing invasive cancer, and search for biomark-ers that can measure the impact.

Nativity School After five months of prepa-ration, junior high students of Nativity School’s academ-ic decathlon team competed against their peers at 11 other Catholic schools within the San Francisco area archdiocese. The team won second place overall, its second consecutive year to do so. The March 5 competition included an hour-long logic quiz, a “SuperQuiz” with 50 questions from a range of subjects, and eight individual tests. Participating team members are Jackson Mar, Diego Stone, Phoebe Wong, McKaela Glan-ville, James Cuff-Alvarado, Luke Edward Harding Brad-ley, Amelia Rajakumar, Quinn Meinhardt, Lauren Roque, Casey Chamberlain, Leia Boni-facio, Alli Loftus, Joseph Sar-menta, Galen Dahl and Marlon Emprectinger.

The top prize in men’s-doubles platform tennis — tennis with some squash rules mixed in — again belongs to Jared Palmer of Portola Valley. For the second consecu-tive year, Mr. Palmer, with teammate Drew Broderick of Fairfield, New Jersey, took the national champi-onship for men’s doubles play in the American Plat-form Tennis Association. As a team, the pair is ranked No. 1., their publi-cist Georgetta L. Morque said. The tournament conclud-ed March 6 at the Country Club of Darien in Darien, Connecticut. The 2016 nationals involved more

than 500 athletes from 22 states and more than 30 clubs. Mr. Palmer, 44, is a past champion, having won dou-bles tournaments at Wim-bledon and at the Australia Open, according to tourna-ment records. Platform tennis, also known as paddle tennis, is played on a court about a third the size of a regulation tennis court and enclosed within a 12-foot chicken-wire fence, according to association rules. Shots can be played off the fence, which is taut so as to allow the “spongy rubber ball” to bounce off. Rallies of 100 hits are not uncommon, the statement said.

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in Atherton on March 3, or as quietly as a roomful of students can sit, as on stage young adult actors playing 10-year-olds put on a play about putting on a play. There were plenty of lines that made the students laugh or cheer, and some aimed squarely at the adults in the room, but the underlying theme of “Oskar and the Countless Costume Changes” was a serious one: gender roles and identity. The

plot involved Oskar, who was in charge of his school’s play, but couldn’t bring himself to let Frank play the princess and Beth play the knight, as they requested. “Boys are boys, and girls are girls,” says Oskar. But Beth can’t figure out how to sound the way Oskar thinks a princess should sound, and Frank shudders at the thought of playing a fierce dragon and fighting the knight, played by Oskar. They’re all uncomfort-able in their assigned costumes, but gamely try to do what they’ve been asked. In the end, though, after a nightmare in which his play

bombed, Oskar has a change of heart and lets everyone take the roles they’re longing for. The

play gets a rave review in the student newspaper. “None of this would have been possible without my amazing costars, Beth and Frank,” says Oskar. “They taught me that sometimes the best boy for the job is a girl and sometimes the best girl for the job is a boy. They are not only my best friends. They are also my heroes.” Afterward, when the actors asked the students about what had happened in the play, Adri-an, a third-grader at Laurel, was ready with an answer. Oskar, he said, “made them play parts that were what your gender was. But actually, it’s your soul that you play.” Later, third-grader James wrote a review of the play as an in-class writing assignment. “At this assembly your kids learned that no matter what gender you are you can do anything you want to do. We were laughing a lot when it was going on and we really liked the play. Noth-ing like swear words were said, but there were funny sounds that we enjoyed a lot. Ask your kids about what they saw and hopefully they will say some-thing positive about the ... great actors who performed the play we watched.” That review would probably bring a smile to the face of Amy Cole-Farrell, director of education for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and director of the play. Since 2007, she said, TheatreWorks has been doing plays with Oskar in the cen-tral role in collaboration with the Palo Alto Unified School District since 2007. The Oskar plays have serious themes such as bullying or stress, but also “the same fun feeling to them,” she said. Since a new play hadn’t been added to the repertoire in five years, Prince Gomolvilas, who had also written the previous Oskar plays, wrote this one, in collaboration with Matt Ackels. The topic was chosen, Ms. Cole-Farrell said, by “looking at what was going on in the

schools and what was being talked about nationally.” A staged version of an early version of the play was done for parents and administra-tors, and the Gender Spectrum organization gave feedback. A staged reading was done for students before the script was finalized. While the plays have been commissioned in coopera-tion with the Palo Alto school district, the program “was always intended to go beyond the Palo Alto schools,” said Ms. Cole-Farrell. Theatre-Works actors perform for schools in cities ranging from San Rafael to Gilroy, and in the East Bay. A study guide for parents and teachers is distributed to the schools where the play is performed. Laurel has Oskar plays each year, said Laurel counselor Ashley Guilliot. “I’m so glad TheatreWorks took on this subject because I feel so many organizations and people want to shy away from it, or believe elementary school students are too young for this subject mat-ter,” Ms. Guilliot said. “The truth is this topic is relevant to everyone, including children,” she said. “All chil-dren have different interests and abilities; oftentimes they don’t fit into traditional gender roles and that can lead to chil-dren feeling like something is wrong with them. It can also lead to bullying and discrimi-nation when gender roles and gender identity isn’t discussed.Ignoring the topic doesn’t help anyone.” Ms. Guilliot said seeing the play “was also reassuring for students who don’t fit into the traditional or stereotypical gender roles to see that they aren’t alone and there is noth-ing wrong with their interests.” Ms. Cole-Farrell said The-atreWorks still has room to add a few more schools to its schedule. Tinyurl.com/play312 has more information. A

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“Oskar and the Countless Costume Changes,” a play about gender roles and identity, was staged at two school assemblies at Laurel School in Atherton on March 3. In the cast are, from left, David Moralez, Brandon Leland and Caitlyn Louchard.

By Kate BradshawAlmanac Staff Writer

Menlo Park resident and venture capitalist Josh Becker announced

March 11 that he is ending his campaign for the District 24 seat in the state Assembly due to a family health crisis. He had announced his candi-dacy in February and was one of nine candidates for the seat cur-rently occupied by Rich Gordon,

D-Menlo Park, who is termed out this year. In an email, he said his father just underwent surgery for a “serious and aggressive brain cancer” in Philadel-phia, and after a visit there, decided to drop out of the race to “pro-vide my Dad

and my family the support they need at this difficult time.” “As important as my candi-dacy for the State Assembly may be to me, nothing is more important to any of us than our families,” he said. Mr. Becker has a long history in the high-tech sector, having co-founded the venture-capital firm New Cycle Capital and the nonprofit collaborative Full Circle Fund. He earned his MBA and law degree from Stanford

University, where he co-founded the Stanford Board of Fellows program, which focuses on training students to participate in civic causes. District 24 covers North Fair Oaks, Atherton, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Woodside, Por-tola Valley, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, a portion of Cuper-tino and the San Mateo County coastside from El Granada to the Santa Cruz County border. The other candidates are Mike Kasperzak, a Mountain View city councilman; Marc Berman,

development director at the Sili-con Valley Education Founda-tion and a Palo Alto city council-man; Vicki Veenker, an intellec-tual property attorney and pres-ident of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley; Peter Ohtaki, Menlo Park councilman; Barry Chang, mayor of Cupertino; Seelam Reddy, Palo Alto resi-dent; John Inks, a Mountain View councilman; and Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera, a Palo Alto com-munity volunteer who said he also plans to run for the U.S. Senate and two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. A

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The Portola Valley School District community is rallying around one of its

own, John Bamber, the custo-dian at Ormondale School for the last 15 years who has been bedridden since January after breaking his legs, hips and pelvis in a motorcycle accident. Three surgeries later, Mr. Bamber can now sit up in a wheelchair and is rehabilitating in a facility in Sunnyvale that costs hundreds of dollars a day. He says he hasn’t even looked at his pile of medical bills, but is “just in total awe” of the out-pouring of help he has received thanks to one school parent who set up a crowdsource funding website on Mr. Bamber’s behalf. As of March 12, a total of 305 donors have given $114,230 to the cause. Matt Richter of Woodside has kids at Ormondale and Corte Madera schools and calls himself an “acquaintance plus”

of Mr. Bamber. Mr. Bamber works as a crossing guard at both schools, and is known for keeping treats in his pockets for everyone’s dogs. The Richters’ dog, Geneva, is one of his fans.

Mr. Richter calls Mr. Bamber a Jack of all trades who “is always there for the kids, and helpful.” Mr. Bamber says: “My motto was I would help anyone any-time because the trash (which he collected) was going nowhere. I’m like the oil that keeps the machine going.” Mr. Richter said he immedi-ately identified with the situa-tion when he heard about Mr. Bamber being hit by a car in Sunnyvale. When Mr. Rich-ter was in graduate school, a motorcycle accident put him in

a wheelchair for nine months. He figured since Mr. Bamber is in his 50s and faces a long and uncertain recovery, there will be mounting bills to pay. Late last month Mr. Richter set up an account on YouCaring.com to collect donations for Mr. Bamber and “it went viral fast, it was at $97,000 in 48 hours,” in large part due to an anonymous donation of $50,000 that created a ripple effect. Other donors have given much smaller amounts, including Mr. Richter’s kids who pulled $15 out of their piggybanks. Online donors have also post-ed hundreds of heartwarming wishes for Mr. Bamber’s speedy recovery. He says the comments have “brought tears to my eyes a few times. I’m just overwhelmed.” Mr. Richter is proud of the positive response, but disap-pointed that some online post-ers are apparently trying to take advantage of the campaign. Someone went to the comments section of the Bamber page and asked for money to bury a young woman in Texas. Another solicited donations for families in India, and a woman from outside the area asked for help

with her medical expenses. Mr. Richter said he watches the website and deletes such comments for fear they are scams. He chose YouCaring because, unlike other crowdfunding sites, it doesn’t charge extra fees. Mr. Richter chose WePay to process the credit cards. It charges 30¢ plus 2.9 per cent of each transaction. Daphna Woolfe, a longtime third-grade teacher at Ormon-dale has enlisted her sister-in-law, an attorney, to help set up a trust for the money that has been raised for Mr. Bamber.

Mr. Richter plans to serve as the trustee and see that Mr. Bamber’s young son is included in the proceedings. Mr. Bamber says the driver was at fault and hopes to take legal action against him. Doctors tell Mr. Bamber he might be up and walking by the end of next month. “They say I’m going to be like a baby hav-ing to learn how to walk,” he says, optimistic he’ll be back on the job one day. A

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For the second time in a little more than a month, Democratic presidential can-didate Hillary Clinton will be in Atherton for a politi-cal fundraiser, this time at the home of SolarCity’s chief executive officer Lyndon Rive on Wednesday, March 23. Tickets to the event, billed as a lunch and reception, are $2,700 — or $27,000 to qualify as an event co-host and participate in

a reception with Ms. Clinton. Co-hosts are Josh Becker, Susan Kennedy and Nancy Pfund. Ms. Clinton will also appear at a fundraiser in Hillsborough later that afternoon. Revisions made last year to Atherton’s special events per-mit process mean the hosts will be billed by the town for the costs of special services that police or other town depart-ments provide.

But, City Manager George Rodericks said, a Sunday, Feb. 21, visit by Ms. Clinton for a campaign fundraiser attended by about 400 people did not require any more than the usual police services from the Atherton Police Depart-ment during the 90-minute visit because the Secret Service and California Highway Patrol were on hand. Police chief Ed Flint said the town will coordinate with the Secret Service for this visit and will let the hosts know about the need to apply for a special event permit. Two other high profile events in Atherton in February did result in bills to the hosts, Mr. Rodericks said. A Super Bowl charity fun-draiser at the home of Jillian Manus resulted in a bill of $3,720.25, he said. The costs associated with a fundraising visit by President Barack Obama hadn’t been completely totaled up yet, but included $4,563 in police services and what Mr. Rodericks estimated would be $1,500 in public works’ services.

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Frances Noraellen Cox, a long time resident of Portola Valley, died Tuesday the 1st of March in Palo Alto at Webster House.

Frances was born in 1919 in Goodyear Arizona where her father worked for the Interior Department in Indian Affairs. Her childhood was spent in the open spaces of Arizona. She grew up confident and fearless.

She attended University at Arizona State University, CSU San Francisco, Santa Clara University, Notre Dame College, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and CSU San Jose. Frances received her BA from Arizona State University (1941) and her teaching credentials in Arizona, Oregon and California. She received her credential for Special Education in California in 1972.

Frances was a career educator teaching in Arizona, Oregon and California. She was a resource specialist for the Palo Alto Unified School District from 1964 to 1987. Frances was a pilot in the Civil Air Patrol, earning her wings in 1941. She loved f lying but gave it up when she married her husband N. James Cox in 1948.

She loved music, dancing, travel, politics and family gatherings.

In her final years she was lovingly cared for by her son Douglas. Frances is survived by two sons James and Douglas, a daughter in law Elizabeth, two grandsons, James and William, a granddaughter in law Kari and a great grandson Sebastian. We will miss her greatly.

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Frances Noraellen CoxOctober 15, 1919 – March 1, 2016


James Seebold, of Atherton, passed away on March 4, 2016.He grew up in Southern California and attended Stanford

University, earning a bachelors and masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.

After meeting and marrying Alicia Margaret Kunz at Stanford and serving in the U.S. Navy on the Lexington aircraft carrier, Jim and Alicia moved to Atherton and he began a 30+ year career at Chevron specializing in petroleum combustion engineering.

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Thank you for the love and lives you gave us.

James G. SeeboldSeptember 6, 1933 – March 4, 2016

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The governing board of the Sequoia Union High School District is consid-

ering steps to improve digital access to its meeting agendas and the additional information that provides details on agenda items. At its March 9 meeting, the board discussed testing a soft-ware application specifically designed to make it easier for staff to prepare meeting materi-als and easier for the public to find and read the materials. Acting on consensus from the board to go ahead, Superinten-dent Jim Lianides said he will test applications and plans to make a recommendation in April. If the board approves, the software would likely be in place for the start of the 2016-17 school year. The district has long been posting links on its website to agendas and to some back-ground material for each meet-ing, a 10-to-20 page document. More details are often available, but until recently, that mate-rial had been posted several days later. Emailed agendas and backgrounders are available, but finding the links to more information on the website takes practice. For board members, receiving meeting materials has been and continues to be a low-tech experi-ence — and some members pre-fer it. They receive paper versions of the packet, physically deliv-

ered by courier in binders called “board books.” To assemble these board books in preparation for a meeting on Wednesday of the following week, the superinten-dent’s administrative assistant spends Friday afternoons collat-ing the pages by hand. “It’s a very time-consuming stressful process,” Mr. Lianides told the board. New software would move the board toward paperless operation but, he add-ed, not without options for fans of paper. While all the materials are posted online, the district’s methods are no longer com-mon practice. For example, the details are packaged in a single file with no internal links to what’s inside.

Board comments Board president Alan Sarver asked board members for their views on moving away from paper and toward software dedi-cated to easing agenda prepara-tion for the staff and access for the public. “My answer is yes,” said member Carrie DuBois, who has been campaigning for such a technological change for years. “It’s virtually impos-sible for a member of the public to find things right now,” she said. “My number one prior-ity is to make it easy and very transparent. I want everything online.” Member Chris Thomsen said he was of the same mind as Ms. DuBois, adding that he hopes

for better search capabilities. “It’s useful for board members to go back and look at what we’ve done before,” he said. “Right now, for me, that means, I have a stack of board books in the garage that’s taller than I am, and it’s impossible, as opposed to a search for a keyword.” “I agree with (the benefits of) searchability,” said member Georgia Jack. “I had to search for something the other day. A very painful experience.” Paperless operations are also environmentally sound, she said, “If I have to hear my hus-band say one more time, ‘What is this giant stack of paper?’” she said. “I mean, we expect our students to be able to function both in an e-world and a paper world. I think we should be able to do the same things.” Member Allen Weiner, an attorney and lecturer at Stan-ford University law school, admitted to contrariness about

moving away from paper. “I work in paper,” he said. “I do my research electronically, but when it’s time for me to actually sit down and read the document, I work in paper,” noting that he highlights, underlines and writes in margins. “I get it, though,” he said. “For me, it’s not a great move forward, but I understand the broader equities at stake and, you know, I’m prepared to take one for the team.” The environmental and transparency arguments are “totally legitimate,” he said. Mr. Sarver said he’s in accord with Mr. Weiner’s views. “I’m one of the ones who’s been more comfortable with paper,” but practices based on personal comfort levels are no longer excusable, he said. “In terms of ensuring that we have the trans-parency, the searchability, the modernity of it all, it’s something that the board and the district owe to the public,” he said. A

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Pamela Dodd Tate was born and raised in Colon, Panama. She had an English father and an American mother, which made her three nationalities: English, naturalized American and Panamanian by birth.

She moved to Palo Alto, California, with her parents, later graduating from San Jose State University with a degree in behavioral science. She married Darrel Tate and had two children, Angelie “Angie” and Christopher Tate, all of whom she loved dearly, plus her pet cats, chickens and Katie the Bassett Hound.

She taught at Miss Harker Day School, gave private piano lessons, and later opened her own nonprofit management business, Peninsula Association Management of Palo Alto. She attended Peninsula Bible Church, later attending Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and then First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa.

After numerous trips to the U.K. Pamela and Darrel moved to Yorkshire, England, and later, the Isle of Mull, Scotland, to get to know her family better, to photograph English villages and to research strong Christian women in the early church. St. Hilda of Whitby was her favorite. Upon returning to the States, she held over 15 Christian Celtic workshops and retreats at Holy Trinity.

She was a volunteer most of her life, enjoying people, animals, and the opportunity to serve and to learn. Some of her volunteer work included teaching Sunday school and playing the piano for services at Peninsula Bible Church, working at the Women’s Resource Center in Palo Alto, squirrel rescue at The Wildlife Rescue Center, and singing in the choir and teaching at Holy Trinity.

She is survived by her husband, Darrel Tate; children, Angie Tate and Chris Tate; and grandchildren, Chelsea Tate, Connor Tate, Chase Tate, and Nicole Scott Stein.

Services were held at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 at 11 a.m.

Contributions may be made to the Iona Community, Scotland; The Heifer Project (chickens please); First Presbyterian Church of Santa Rosa, California, or Bishops Ranch, Healdsburg, California.


Pamela TateJanuary 30, 1942 – February 12, 2016

Phyllis Naomi Donner Wolf was born in San Francisco to the late Henry George Donner and the late Marcia Raben Donner and attended various schools in San Francisco and was a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Society. She attended University of California at Berkeley and later graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a California teachers’ credential.

Phyllis was married to the late Stanley William Wolf for fifty-four years from 1951 until his death in 2005. She lived in Portola Valley for most of her married life and then in Palo Alto. She is survived by her son, Douglas Jeffrey Wolf, and his wife Vicki of West Hills, California and her daughter Melanie Wolf-Greenberg, and her husband, Dr. David Greenberg of Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Phyllis is also survived by devoted grandchildren, Joshua Wolf, Carly and Brett Feuerstein, Jordan Wolf and fiancé Katie Saffron, Hank Greenberg, Rebecca and Steven Oppenheim, two great grandsons, Bryce and Mason Feuerstein and two great granddaughters, Zoey Feuerstein and Lily Oppenheim. The late Lewis Weil of San Mateo became family to her, and they were inseparable for five years and his family remained very dear to her.

Phyllis’ teaching career started in 1961 after her own children were in school. She was dearly loved and respected for her 30 year career in teaching kindergarten in Redwood City. She also taught Head Start in the 1960s and then she worked with Superintendent Honig’s Quality Education Program which included Parent Education and Behavior Modification.

Phyllis was very active in a range of community and charitable causes: board member of the North Peninsula Jewish Day School, volunteer with the Jewish Coalition of Literacy and a member of the Angels of John Gill School in Redwood City. She was a lifetime member of Brandeis, Hadassah, and ORT and was a member of AAUW and Temple Beth Jacob.

Phyllis’ life changed drastically after a life altering fall in 2013, and she resided at the Jewish Home of San Francisco thereafter. She became an avid painter while there and volunteered to lead a yoga class for residents.

Contributions may be made to Congregation Beth Jacob, to Jewish Home SF, Healing Touch or to Jewish Home SF, Creative Arts Program.

May her memory be a blessing.

Phyllis Donner WolfDecember 8, 1930 – March 2, 2016


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Menlo Park police on Satur-day, March 12, arrested a sus-pect in the theft of mail, docu-ments and other items from more than 30 victims in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. At about 12:30 p.m., officers checked on three people inside a car parked at Bedwell Bayfront Park at 1600 Marsh Road in Menlo Park. The items were found inside the vehicle, which had been reported stolen earlier in the day to the San Mateo County Sheriff ’s Office, police said. Herman Mark Anthony Velez Jr., 28, of Redwood City, was arrested and taken to the San Mateo County jail on suspicion of identity theft and possession of a stolen vehicle, according to police. The two other occupants of the vehicle were identified and released, police said. A

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But there is no catch, said Diane Bailey, executive director of Menlo Spark, whose goal is to guide Menlo Park to “climate neutrality” by 2025. If 10 Belle Haven homeowners met certain requirements, they could get solar panels installed on their homes for free and save money on electricity bills.

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Usually, Ms. Williams keeps many of her lights turned down low, part of her conservation strategy for making the most of a fixed income. A proud home-owner in Belle Haven, where an estimated 53.6 percent are rent-ers (U.C. Berkeley Urban Dis-placement Project, 2013), she says she purchased the house about 42 years ago for $17,500. Within the walls of that

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C O V E R S T O R Y

Serving those who served

Formerly homeless veterans at Menlo Park’s new VA apartments share their stories

Photos by Michelle Le | Story by Kate Bradshaw


‘We are not going to forget the sacrific-es you made. We’re

here because you deserve all of this and so much more,” said Linda Freeman at the grand opening of a 60-unit housing

complex for homeless and at-risk veterans at the Veterans Affairs campus in Menlo Park. Willow Housing, located at 605 Willow Road, is the result of efforts by nonprofit and government agencies and peo-ple under their employ. EAH Housing, Core Housing, the city of Menlo Park, San Mateo

County, Veterans Affairs agen-cies in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, and other agencies all collaborated, with the backing of area U.S. congressional rep-resentatives Zoe Lofgren and Mike Honda. “We’re grateful we can serve those who served,” said Menlo Park Councilman Peter Ohtaki

at the grand opening. The apartments have well-crafted wood-finished inte-riors, with a living room for watching TV, a community room with ping pong, and a fitness room full of treadmills and other workout equipment. There’s an outdoor barbecue area in the back, and the walls

are decorated with art piec-es by veterans, facilitated by the Veteran Artists Program. The manager of the building, Charles King, said he is a vet-eran who has also experienced homelessness. Several of the residents opened up to the Almanac to tell their stories.

Allen Nearly every day since the groundbreaking of Willow Housing about a year ago, Allen passed the construc-tion site on the electric cart he drove as a deliveryman for the Menlo Park VA. He would jokingly point out a room on the second floor of the new building with a bal-cony. “That’s my room,” he’d tell his companions. He never thought he’d actually get it. But that didn’t stop the 58-year-old veteran from sending monthly letters to the housing agency, asking to be considered for one of the 60 new one-room and stu-dio apartments the complex would offer. When he learned that not only did he get a competitive spot in the new complex, but the apartment he had fanta-sized about, he was thrilled. Now, he has his porch lined with rocks, an homage to his earlier life as a geologist. Back then, he ran a rock carvings and jewelry manufacturing business. During his military ser-vice, he suffered a traumatic brain injury, and despite frequent migraines, he says, he built up his business into a “little empire.” Life continued to bring challenges — he lost a 16-year-old son and attempt-ed suicide — and for the first time sought support from the VA. They put him on antidepressants and, he says, “saved my life,” but everything changed one day,

within days of stopping his antidepressants, when he choked his wife. They went through a divorce and he went to prison for six years, and when he got out, he had to start over. When he came out, he went to a shelter for homeless veterans.

“I’ve paid my debt to soci-ety,” he said. “I’ve come out way, way ahead, looking at life as a whole.” He and his neighbor, John-ny, who lives two doors down, had a pork roast cook-ing in a crock pot for later that afternoon.

Allen managed to land the apartment he wanted at the new 60-unit Willows Housing complex for homeless and at-risk veterans at the Veterans Affairs campus in Menlo Park.

Navy Airman veteran Kendra, one of the few women living in the complex, says it’s safer than her former home.

Kendra Kendra, 43, is a Navy Air-man veteran and one of the few females living in the complex. One of the biggest changes from being homeless, she said, is the safety she feels in her apartment. She used to live in San Jose in a blighted apartment complex, where her she says her neighbor was a known sexual preda-

tor. Now that she no longer has to worry about her day-to-day safety, she is better able to focus on her therapy program to treat PTSD. She is also saving money, since she no longer has to commute from San Jose to the VA for her treatment. Public transit fare used to cost her about $15 per day, she said, leaving little extra for food.


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JamesJames, now 61, is a San Fran-cisco native who began his service in Vietnam as soon as he was old enough, spending six years with the U.S. Navy, three of which he spent as a recruiter in San Francisco. He later worked with the Alam-eda County Sheriff ’s Office, before moving on to work at the VA, doing outreach with the substance abuse depart-ment. However, after a divorce and a stroke, he lost his home and found himself in an emergency homeless shelter. After spending a year being homeless, he learned he’d been accepted to live in Wil-lows Housing. Even though he said the move was part of his “final rodeo,” he doesn’t show signs of slowing down. Over the last few years, he’s taken sociol-ogy classes at the College of Alameda and Ohlone Com-munity College. He’s now planning to take a filmmaking class through Stanford’s continuing studies program, with the intention of making a documentary about the things he’s learned as an African-American veteran. He says each day he does two things that bring him closer to his goals. “I’m on a mission here,” he said. Navy veteran James, 61, plans to make a documentary

about what he’s learned as an African American veteran.

Chris Chris was among the first round of veterans to move into the facility as part of the HUD-VASH program (an acronym for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel-opment’s “Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing” ini-tiative), which is a fed-eral program that provides housing vouchers to quali-fying homeless veterans under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. He was homeless for 12 years and says he lived on the streets of Santana Row in San Jose and in Oakland. He smoked crack cocaine. In 2014, he got into a shelter at Home First in San Jose, then moved to the Maple Street Shelter in Redwood City. His new digs, he said, are “a whole hell of a lot nicer.”

Living in an apartment complex with other veter-ans makes it a sustainable place to live for him. “We have a major com-monness between us,” he said. “We’re different when we’re around our kind.” He said he already knew some of the residents from Home First or the Maple Street Shelter. For years, he said, he wanted two things: a place to live, and to have some-one in his life. Now, he’s living in Willow Housing and has a fiancee, and he has been clean for more than four years. He’s also receiving therapy and is able to receive service-connected disability. “I think I’m doing pretty good,” he said. “My jour-ney’s been a long, hard one, but now my journey has ended right here.”

“I’m back in my own place,” says formerly homeless veteran Chris. “I’m not losing this one. Things that have happened in the past have come to an end.”

Johnny Johnny, 76, served in the U.S. Air Force in 1955, and said when he got out of ser-vice, he “started hanging with the wrong people. ... It wasn’t a good path to go on.” He had been homeless, sleeping on stairs, under the freeway, in parks and on benches, he said. Then, a man from a detox center in San Leandro convinced him to enter a treatment program. Now, he said, he regularly attends support group meet-ings like AA. He says he’s planning to start volunteer-ing, or maybe take classes or join programs around the Bay Area. “I think I’ll be pretty busy,” he said. He also plans to spend time with family, including his great-grandchildren.

Veteran Johnny, 76, plans to volunteer, take classes and spend time with family.

See SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED, next page


C O V E R S T O R Y

Wendell Wendell served with the Marine Corps for three and a half years and the Navy Corps of Engineers for another three and a half years, he said. He grew up in rural Geor-gia on a country farm. After his service, he worked for years in the headstone inscription business, later traveling across the U.S. to open eight cemeteries. He later found himself homeless in the Bay Area.

The hardest thing about being homeless, he said, is the constant concern about safety, especially for one’s belongings. If you were lucky, he said, you could find a nearby water spigot to use to keep clean and a good group of people to take turns watching each oth-er’s possessions and share camaraderie. At Willows Hous-ing, though, he feels safe. “Things are pretty good here,” he said.

Veteran Wendell, 61, grew up on a rural farm in Georgia.

Michael Michael eagerly invited guests to see his apartment during the grand opening, after offering a sincere thank you to the attendees. He said he had previously lived in a hotel with bedbugs and was “so happy” to be living in his own apartment. In his room, the walls are elaborately decorated with greenery and art, plus a soft mink hanging on the window sill, which he calls “Squishy.” “Different pieces come from different places,” he said of his collection. “I’m having fun with it.”

Michael says he is having fun decorating his new apartment with art and greenery.

ChristopherChristopher, 62, is a Marine Corps infantry veteran. He had been working as a secu-rity guard at Facebook when he was diagnosed with a tumor on his spine. To pur-sue treatment, he had to quit his job, and in the process, lost his apartment. He says he feels grateful for his new home and plans to travel to Spain. “This is not going to be the last place I see,” he said.

Marine Corps infantry veteran Christopher, 62, said he feels grateful for his new home and has plans to travel to Spain.

More informationWillow Housing is a new 60-unit apartment complex built on the Menlo

Park Veterans Affairs campus at 605 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Call (605) 561-6283. Office hours: M-F, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Go to tinyurl.com/va314 for information on the Willow Housing complex.

Go to tinyurl.com/va315 for information on housing resources

for veterans.

On the cover: Johnny, a formerly homeless veteran, in his apartment at

Willow Housing, a new 60-unit apartment complex built on the Menlo

Park VA campus to house formerly homeless and at-risk veterans. (Photo

by Michelle Le/The Almanac.)

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Harker Summer Programs San JoseHarker summer programs for preschool – grade 12 children include opportunities for academics, arts, athletics and activities. Taught by exceptional, experienced faculty and staff, our programs offer something for everyone in a safe and supportive environment.

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iD Tech Camps StanfordStudents ages 7–17 can learn to code, design video games, mod Minecraft, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build websites, print 3D models, and more. Campers meet new friends, learn awesome STEM skills, and gain self-confidence.


iD Tech Mini Palo Alto At Palo Alto High School. Kids ages 6-9 can discover programming, game design, robotics, or graphic design. And with an emphasis on creativity, friendship, and exploration, every camper becomes a maker of fun. We’ve packed every half-day camp session with tons of tech awesomeness.


iD Programming Academy StanfordAt this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in programming, app development, electrical engineering, and robotics. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.


iD Game Design and Stanford Development Academy At this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in 3D modeling and printing, video game design, programming, and level design. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.


Mid-Peninsula High School Menlo Park Summer SessionMid-Pen’s Summer Session provides innovative, one-week courses that go beyond traditional high school curriculum. Our program offers students courses for summer enrichment and make up high school credits. We have designed creative courses in math, science, English, and Spanish, with options including Physics of Flight and Rocketry, History of the Reagan Years, College Essay Workshop, Creative Writing, Introduction to the Digital Arts, and Drama. Basketball and volleyball clinics suitable for beginning to advanced players. All high school students are welcome to attend. Dates are June 20th to July 21st. Classes are held from 9:30am–2:30pm. Visit our website for full class listings.

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Write Now! Summer Palo Alto / Pleasanton Writing CampsImprove your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing, and Presentation Techniques. Visit our website for more information.

www.headsup.org Emerson: 650.424.1267 Hacienda: 925.485.5750

YMCA Summer Camps Throughout Silicon ValleyAt the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps at 30+ locations plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Financial assistance is available.

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C O M M U N I T Y

Paul Armer Paul Armer of San Mateo, who lived in Menlo Park from 1968 to 1999, died Jan. 6 at Stanford Medical Center from complica-tions of pneumonia. He was 91. Mr. Armer began his work in computing at the RAND Corp. in 1947. For 10 years he was head of the computer sci-ences depart-ment. He oversaw numerous research areas at RAND, includ-ing linear programming, com-puter graphics and artificial intelligence. He maintained close rela-tions with his Soviet counter-parts, and was a member of the U.S. computer delegation to the USSR in 1959. After 21 years at RAND, he became director of the Stanford Computing Center in 1968, a post he left in 1970 to join Har-vard’s program on technology and society. He returned to California in 1972 as a fellow and program coordinator at the Center for the Advanced Study in Behav-ioral Sciences. He lectured in the computer science department through the following decade, during which he was a board member and founding adviser of On-line Business Systems. In 1978 he became vice pres-ident and executive secretary of the newly formed Charles Babbage Institute, a founda-tion devoted to the history of

information processing. He co-authored nine books, was a contributing editor of Datamation magazine and was on the founder’s committee of the Institute for the Future in Menlo Park. A native of Montebello, Cali-fornia, Mr. Armer graduated from UCLA in 1946 with a degree in meteorology. He was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served during World War II in the European Theater. He was an avid birdwatcher, photographer, and conservationist, say family members. He is survived by his wife, Joan Roberts Armer, and their three children, Kendra, Katherine and Michael; his three children from his first marriage, Christine, James and Mary Kay; four grand-children and two great-grandchil-dren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Frances Ring, and their son, Thomas Memorials in Paul Armer’s name may be made to the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory of the Golden Gate Conservancy online (parkconservancy.org) or by check to: Golden Gate Con-servancy, Building 201, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123. A memorial service will be held later this year.

Nancy Wentworth A memorial service was held Feb. 21 at Valley Presbyterian Church in Por-tola Valley for Nancy Ruth “Nan” Wen-tworth, who died Jan 9 at the age of 92. Ms. Went-worth, a for-

mer longtime resident of Sha-ron Heights in Menlo Park, was associated with the Girl Scouts for 50 years. Her first job was in the Spokane Girl Scout office, where she worked until her marriage. Born in Northfield, Min-nesota, she was a graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa with a degree in world history. In 1946 she married Irv Wentworth after a five-year engagement. The Wentworths lived in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Albany, Oregon, and Petersburg, Virginia, before settling in Menlo Park. Ms. Wentworth was an active community volunteer in sev-eral organizations. She taught crafts, basket weaving and was an “amazing artist,” say family members. She taught sewing and knit-ting in a women’s prison, and welcomed heart/lung trans-plant patients’ families to stay at her home. She also organized a yearly picnic that reunited patients, families, and their doctors. She served as a deacon in Val-ley Presbyterian Church, which the couple attended for 40 years. She is survived by her four children: Ginger Peterson of Clovis, Richard Wentworth of Stuart, Florida, Mary Rose Wen-tworth of Willits, and Jaynie Wentworth of Foster City. Her husband, Irv., died in 2003.

Harvey Friedland Harvey Jesse Friedland of Men-lo Park, a 30-year employee at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., died March 3 at the age of 93. Mr. Friedland was a founding member of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, where he started a theater group, starred

in several temple productions, and was a member of the temple choir. He was also featured in many Los Altos Conservatory Theatre productions. Born in Mil-waukee, Mr. F r i e d l a n d graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in mechanical engineering. He married Charlene Feingold and served in the U.S. Army in World War II. In the late 1950s, he and his family moved to the Bay Area, where he began his career with Lockheed. He was part of a team that developed the Poseidon and Trident missile systems, eventu-ally rising to senior manage-ment positions. Mr. Friedland married Bar-bara Doolin in 1984. They had a wonderful marriage and life that included traveling around the world and spending time with their extended family, say fam-ily members. In retirement, he was a volunteer for the Service League of San Mateo County, the Blood Bank of Palo Alto, the Volunteer Bureau of San Mateo County, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Bar-bara; children, Steven, Nancy and David Friedland and Karen Friedland-Brown; stepchildren Anne Davenport, Clare Tynan, David Doolin and Beth Ray; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. To honor Harvey Friedland, the family would appreciate donations to the Second Harvest Food Bank (shfb.org/donate), 866-234-3663.

A two-day book sale of gently used books, organized by Menlo Park Friends of the Library, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, and from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20. The book sale will be set up in front of the Menlo Park Library and in the downstairs program room. In general, paperbacks will sell for 50 cents and hardcovers for $1. DVDs, VHS tapes, and music CDs will also be sold. On Sunday, visitors can fill a bag of books for $5. All funds raised will support programs and events at the Menlo Park main library and the Belle Haven branch.

Sister cities The due date to apply to join the Menlo Park Sister and Friendship Committee has been extended to March 31. There are three vacancies for Menlo Park residents and two for representatives of Menlo Park businesses. The candidates must be registered voters. Go to tinyurl.com/sfcinfo324 for more information and to tinyurl.com/sfcapp358 to apply.

Landscaping Cal Water is holding a free class on water-wise landscaping for customers from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 26, at the San Mateo Public Library, 55 West 3rd Ave. in San Mateo. To reserve a spot, email [email protected].

Menlo Park holds book sale

OBITUARIES Obituaries are based on

information provided by the family.

Paul Armer

Nancy Wentworth

Harvey Friedland

BRIEFS


The atmosphere was con-genial and energetic at the Woodside Village

Church in the twilit semi-darkness of Guild Hall on Feb. 26. Seated circles of adults and children were busy ripping open small packages contain-ing new children’s clothing and footwear. A joyful noise permeated the room. They were ripping for a good cause. Woodside resident Diane Eskenazi, the director and founder of the nonprofit Peace Builders Inc., brought the volunteers to the church to unwrap some 31,000 items with a value of about $1 million for donation to homeless, foster

and low-income children in the Bay Area. The goods were contributed by a kid’s clothing retailer who did not want to be identified. Cellophane and price tags littered the floor, creating shal-low seas of papery things as the unwrapped items — jerseys, sandals, leggings — were tossed back into the cardboard boxes from whence they had come. Among the intended recipients were 2,000 homeless and foster kids identified by the Raven-swood City School District as living in the district, Ms. Eske-nazi said. Volunteers were from Raven-swood’s foundation, the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula, and other organizations. Removing price tags dis-

courages attempts to exchange the items with the outfit that donated them, Ms. Eskenazi said. Preparing clothing in this way is a routine for Peace Builders, she said. Often, the destina-tion is overseas, to war zones in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, for example, or to a Tibetan com-munity living in tents outside Dharamsala, India, a destina-tion for refugee children walk-ing in from Tibet. Over the years, Peace Builders has shipped aid valued at more than $100 million to children in need around the world; the organization donated more than 50,000 toys throughout the Bay Area over this most recent Christmas holiday, Ms. Eskenazi said. A

Peace Builders help clothe local children

Photo by Diane Eskenazi

Their arms full of clothing for Bay Area homeless and foster children, Jonathon, left, Arachelli, center, and Ariana spent a late afternoon at Woodside Village Church removing wrappings and price tags.



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995 Fictitious Name StatementLA ROCA MEXICAN RESTAURANT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 268001 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: La Roca Mexican Restaurant, located at 55 B 5th Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): JOSE DE JESUS AMEZCUA GONZALEZ 919 1/2 Circut Dr. Roseville, CA 95678 HECTOR MANUEL AMESCUA-GONZALEZ 2857 Denvonshire Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on February 3, 2016. (ALM Feb. 24, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 2016)

File No. 268156 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 80 N. Cabrillo Hwy., Ste. R, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268159 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 130 S. El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA 94030, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on

February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268157 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 7800 El Camino Real, Ste. B, Colma, CA 94014, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a cor-poration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268158 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 1310F El Camino Real, San Bruno, CA 94066, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a cor-poration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the

County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268161 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 970 Serramonte Blvd., Colma, CA 94015, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268160 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 510 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on

February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268162 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 1317 Linda Mar Shopping Center, Pacifica, CA 94044, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268163 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 777 Woodside Rd., Ste. A, Redwood City, CA 94061, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016.

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Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268164 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 21 W. 41st Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268165 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 99 El Camino Real, San Carlos, CA 94070, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts

set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 268166 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 17 S B St., San Mateo, CA 94401, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

File No. 267167 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Block Advisors, 827 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105 Registered Owner(s): HRB Tax Group, Inc., One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, MO 64105, Missouri This business is conducted by: a corpo-ration. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12-8-2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Bruce R. Daise Print name of person signing. If cor-poration, also print corporate title of officer. If LLC, also print title of officer or manager: Bruce R. Daise, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on February 16, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name

in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: GLENN S. CHANGTIN, Deputy Clerk (ALM Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. M-263597 The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. The following person(s) has/have aban-doned the use of the fictitious business name(s). KHAI GIA PHAM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): CHIC NAILS 2 31 El Camino Real San Carlos, CA 94070 FILED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY ON: January 12, 2015 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): KHAI GIA PHAM 4703 Mangrum Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95054 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on March 1, 2016. (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016)

CRU FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 268363 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: CRU, located at 900 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo County; Mailing address: 1041 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063. Registered owner(s): SPIGA I LLC 1041 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City, CA 94063 California This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on February 29, 2016. (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016)

EL SANTANECO RESTAURANT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 268462 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: El Santaneco Restaurant, located at 203 Linden Ave., SSF, CA 94080, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): YURI ESCOBAR 203 Linden Ave. SSF, CA 94080 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4-06-2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 3, 2016. (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 2016)

WHITE OAK WORKS WHITE OAK INTERIORS WHITE OAK HARDWARE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 268564 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) White Oak Works, 2.) White Oak Interiors, 3.) White Oak Hardware, locat-ed at 700 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): VASILE CALIN OROS 1170 Santa Cruz Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 11, 2016. (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 2016)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DOREEN HUSTON SANTOS, a/k/a DOREEN H. SANTOS, a/k/a DOREEN SANTOS Case No.: 126677 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DOREEN HUSTON SANTOS, a/k/a DOREEN H. SANTOS, a/k/a DOREEN SANTOS. A Petition for Probate has been filed

by: JOANNE MARQUEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. The Petition for Probate requests that: JOANNE MARQUEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The indepen-dent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 5, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 28, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. If you object to the granting of the peti-tion, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledge-able in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Michael Curtis Thoits Law, 400 Main Street, Suite 250 Los Altos, CA 94022 (650)327-4200 (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537299 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MARTHA DREHER MILLER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MARTHA DREHER MILLER to MARTY MAY KELSEY DREHER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is sched-uled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Thur. April 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 25, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016)

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State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. We do not believe that any person is exposed to these chemicals at levels constituting a health or safety risk. However, we have not made a formal determination that actual exposure levels are below the Proposition 65 “no significant risk” levels for carcinogens or “no observable effect” levels for chemicals known to cause reproductive harm, and we have not performed a risk analysis to determine the precise amount of exposure that any individual would receive over a 70 year period. Proposition 65 therefore obligates us to provide this warning to potentially effected individuals. Further informa-tion may be obtained by contacting L-3 Randtron Antenna Systems at 650-326-9500 Ext. 483. (ALM Mar. 16, 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537294 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TRINH SUT DO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: TRINH SUT DO to SUTTRINH DO LEE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is sched-uled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Wed. April 6, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 17, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537169 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LISA MARIE BELL aka KHADIJAH HASAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KHADIJAH HASAN aka LISA MARIE BELL to KHADIJAH HASAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is sched-uled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Wed. April 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County

Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circula-tion, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 29, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, Ap. 6, 2016)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HARRY G. WHELAN Case No.: 126718 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con-tingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HARRY G. WHELAN. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHEN L. ENGLERT JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. The Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHEN L. ENGLERT JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The indepen-dent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 1, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 28, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. If you object to the granting of the peti-tion, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledge-able in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Stephen L. Englert Jr. 425 California Street Suite 1700 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415)398-2212 (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, 2016)

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