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Palo Alto to scrap 'binding arbitration' for labor disputes? City revisits 1978 provision in response to Santa Clara County Grand Jury report by Gennady Sheyner
alo Alto officials may soon ask city voters to repeal a local law that requires the city and its police officers and firefighters to seek third-party arbitration if
their contract negotiations collapse, the Weekly has learned. The "binding arbitration� provision has been in the City Charter since 1978, when voters approved it
as a way to prohibit Palo Alto police officers and firefighters from striking if contract negotiations stall. Since then, however, court rulings and changes to California's labor code have made it illegal for publicsafety workers to strike, prompting city and county officials to take a fresh look at binding-arbitration provisions in their charters. A new report from a Santa Clara
County Grand Jury, which evaluated employee costs in local cities, criticizes binding-arbitration provisions and recommends that San Jose give its voters an opportunity to repeal the provision. The Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to discuss the report Monday night. Mayor Pat Burt told the Weekly that the report's findings are relevant to Palo Alto, which last month be-
gan contract negotiations with Palo Alto Professional Firefighters, Local 1319. Burt said the city still has time to place a binding-arbitration repeal on the November ballot this year if the council decides to do so. The issue of binding arbitration has become more pertinent because of the firefighters' own ballot initiative, which would require the city to hold a citywide vote any time it wants (continued on page 10)
Trial set for Zumot Palo Alto hookah-shop owner to face jury in September on murder charge by Gennady Sheyner
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Measures are being taken to protect the small farm at Ohlone Elementary School — with its sheep, goats, chickens and bees — during construction of the new two-story classroom building.
Ohlone Farm prepares for construction Sheep, goats and garden will weather building of adjacent, two-story classroom structure by Chris Kenrick
hen kids head back to Ohlone Elementa r y School Aug. 24, they'll encounter their new teachers, the pigs, goats and chickens on the school's beloved farm — and a major construction site. Work will begin on a new, twostory classroom building adjacent to the school's library and farm on ground that previously held portable classrooms used for
after-school day care. The new eco-friendly building, with 12 classrooms and a planted roof that will be accessible to students, should be ready for occupancy on Valentine's Day of 2012, school officials said. "When we're finished we're going to have an exemplary building. Everybody's going to love the architecture and the green roof,� the Palo Alto school dis-
trict's Co-Chief Business Officer Robert Golton said. "It's going to be educational and sustainable.� In the meantime, caretakers of the 15 chickens, two sheep, two goats and two beehives that occupy the Ohlone Farm are ready to take extra steps to protect their charges, if necessary. "We're hoping the bees will live through the construction because they tend to be quite sensitive to construction noise and dirt,� science teacher and farm coordinator Tanya Buxton said. Buxton said farm managers and volunteers studied the architect's daylight and shade analysis to make sure the farm's garden and orchard area would continue to receive maximum sunlight. The 25-year-old Ohlone Farm long has been a centerpiece of the school's "developmentally based� curriculum.
Each class spends at least 45 minutes a week on the farm, which, in addition to animals, contains a gazebo, special teaching area, greenhouse, orchard, vegetable garden and "butterfly garden� planted with lavender, cosmos, marigolds and petunias. The 1-acre vegetable garden currently holds pumpkins, tomatoes, sunflowers, corn, squash and cucumbers. The orchard is planted with plum, apricot, apple, pear and fig trees. Families volunteer to visit the animals each morning and to take them in and feed them each evening, on weekends and holidays. The school holds a weekend workday each month to take care of more significant chores. "It definitely takes the whole community to make it run,� said (continued on page 9)
ulos Zumot, owner of the downtown Palo Alto shop Da Hookah Spot, will go to trial on arson and murder charges in September despite last-minute arguments by his attorney Tuesday morning that evidence implicating Zumot is nonexistent. Zumot, 36, has been held without bail since Oct. 19, 2009, when Palo Alto police charged him with strangling his girlfriend, 29-yearold Jennifer Schipsi, and torching their shared cottage on Addison Avenue on Oct. 15 to hide the evidence. Zumot's attorney, Mark Geragos, downplayed the significance of police evidence — which includes various accounts of the fight Schipsi and Zumot had the night before the fire; their history of domestic violence; and the fact that a trained police dog named Rosie smelled accelerant on several articles of Zumot's clothing — and asked Santa Clara County Judge David Cena to dismiss the case. Police arrested Zumot after a Santa Clara County medical examiner determined that a bone in Schipsi's neck had been broken before the fire and that there was no smoke in her lungs or airways. Police also found what they believed to be a melted gas can near the bed where Schipsi's body was found and reported a strong smell of gasoline emanating from the victim's body. The coroner concluded Schipsi was dead before the fire was started. After hearing testimony from seven police officers on Monday and Tuesday, Cena ruled that there is "sufficient cause� to believe Zu(continued on page 6)
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Around Town WHAT CAN THE BROWN ACT DO FOR YOU? ... When elected officials from Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont and Burlingame formed the Peninsula Cities Consortium last year, their goal was to give their cities and citizens a greater voice on the design of California's proposed high-speed-rail system. But in the past week, the consortium found itself on the defensive when word got out that elected officials from Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton and Mountain View took a tour of the rail corridor with Curt Pringle, chair of the California HighSpeed Rail Authority board of directors. The group briefly assembled for introductions before separating into two vans and proceeding along the corridor, Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt said. Though the tour itself was perfectly legal, the introductions technically violated the Ralph A. Brown Act, which bars elected officials from holding meetings or taking action without notifying the public. The introductions involved three of the five members of the consortium. Burt said the tour wasn't scheduled as a "meeting,� but as a way to get Pringle acquainted with the corridor through which the highspeed-rail system is scheduled to pass. Pringle had recently taken a similar tour of the corridor in north San Mateo County, Burt said. The consortium could face a lawsuit that would require it to nullify whatever actions it took — if there had been any. Burt said the city officials involved in the tour had no intention to circumvent the law. "At worst, it's a technical violation,� he said. FOR YOUR INFORMATION ... What do T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of the Navy and City of Palo Alto have in common? All three are among 100 "companies� singled out by CIO Magazine (which stands for Chief Information Officers) for using technology to save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The Top 100 list includes airlines, hotels, telecommunication companies and dozens of other businesses that fit the conventional definition of "company.� Palo Alto is the only city on the list, largely because of its use
of the Hara Environmental and Energy Management Software to track energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions in real time. According to the magazine, Palo Alto "has become one of the first cities in the nation to track its greenhouse-gas emissions and its use of electricity, water and other resources.� The city's energy-efficiency programs have also helped it reach another "green� goal. Between 2005 and 2009, the city's energy costs plummeted by $500,000 per year, staff reported. "For us, it's really nice to get recognition for both our commitment in this city to sustainability and for using technology in an innovative way,� City Manager James Keene said. "We were specifically budgeting credits in our budget based on energy savings, which we met and exceeded.� DOWSING THE DISTRICT ... Former Palo Alto Mayor Bern Beecham is hoping to charge back into public service. This week, he announced he's running for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. If elected, Beecham would represent the new District 7, which includes Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. The water district made headlines last month when it tried to approve a redistricting scheme that would have lumped Palo Alto and Gilroy into the same banana-shaped district — a proposal it scrapped in the face of heated criticism. Beecham, who helped create the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, said he is running for the water board for two reasons: to continue the work he "enjoyed and excelled at while serving on the council and as mayor� and to bring the water district's "excesses under control.� Beecham said that while the district has done much good work, "it has a long-standing reputation for excess and for disregarding the residents.� He cited the redistricting controversy, which he called an "attempted blatant gerrymander of our district.� The district's headquarters are "extravagant� and the payscale "overly generous,� Beecham said in a statement. N
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Ailing Medical Foundation leader David Druker speaks about health care Battling lung cancer, executive confronts his own future while discussing America's health care prospects by Jay Thorwaldson
avid Druker, president and CEO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and a key architect of the nonprofit organization's expansion in the South Bay and coastal communities, is near death at his Los Altos Hills home following a battle of several years with lung cancer. But he took time recently to speak of his vision for health care in America. Druker, a non-smoker, said in what he acknowledged was a final interview June 29 that he has been scaling back his duties as he has grown less able to handle the physical demands of overseeing both the medical-foundation operations and broader responsibilities for Sutter Health, of which Palo Alto Medical Foundation is an affiliate. He resigned a regional vice presidency for Sutter last year. But he emphasized that his vision for providing high-quality outpatient health care remains as strong as his belief in the "multi-specialty group practice� model for providing health care. He believes that it should become a national pattern for efficient but thorough community-based health care — contrasted with single-specialty referral groups or hospital-based and solo-practice models. Druker said he would like to see the group-practice model of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, founded in 1930 by the late Dr. Russel van Arsdale Lee, coupled with two components: innovations in how groups are
organized and selfmon itored; and modern communications technology among providers and with patients. U n d e r D r u k e r 's David Druker leadersh ip, the medical foundation has grown from about 120 physicians to more than 950. It now includes the Sunnyvale-based Camino Medical Group, a Santa Cruz medical group, the Fremont Center, the Los Altos Center, the Redwood City Center and more recent affiliations in San Carlos and Burlingame. Druker was a key participant in designing the 1993 affiliation with Sutter Health, then a predominantly hospital-based organization in Sacramento and the Central Valley. He said one of his regrets was the failure of two years of affiliation talks with Stanford University Medical Center that preceded the Sutter linkage. Druker has pushed for creation of a "Center for Innovation� within the foundation, and there is talk of naming it in his honor. The foundation is planning a $500 million campus in San Carlos that includes a community outpatient clinic and 95-bed hospital. (The project has been delayed by the economic recession, however.)
Druker said the concept for the San Carlos facility is to further the foundation's longtime research into improving outpatient care, as opposed to the more common "bed counts� to measure the success of hospitals. He has long envisioned such an integrated facility where treatment methods could be integrated, tested and refined. "It's actually been my dream. When we first joined Sutter, in 1993, I laid out a vision. First we would build a physician infrastructure so we would be in a position to provide care for the communities we're in. "For decades we've been learning how to keep people out of the hospital while providing quality care.� He said when he was named executive director of the clinic in 1989 he confronted a rapidly increasing demand for primary health care in the region, due to growth and an aging population. "The implications were that we had to have many more primarycare doctors versus specialists, and we began to work on how to achieve that,� despite a national shortage. "This took us back to the vision of expanding the primary-care infrastructure. Then we would have the luxury of deciding whether to build or buy beds,� depending on whether there were existing hospitals in various communities. His vision includes building health care teams of physicians, physician assistants and registered nurses tightly integrated through electronic medical records
Council to discuss youth well-being Project Safety Net report details next steps for city, schools by Chris Kenrick
he "best collective thinking of local and national experts� on how to prevent teen suicide will be presented to the Palo Alto City Council Monday night. Council members will discuss a 68-page document explaining the community's past and future response to five suicides by local teens that took place at the Caltrain tracks between May 2009 and January. The deaths included three students at Gunn High School, a 13-year-old who was about to enter Gunn as a freshman, and a 2008 graduate of the school whose family said he had been under treatment for mental illness. Youth well-being is one of the council's top five priorities for 2010. The report to be presented Mon-
day is the work of a committee — composed of school, city, medical and community agency staff members — known as Project Safety Net. It was co-chaired by city Rec-
'It's very much a check-in with the City Council to let them and the community know about how we as a community have responded to the tragic set of events we've all experienced here.'
— Rob De Geus, recreation division manager, City of Palo Alto
reation Division Manager Rob De Geus and Palo Alto school district Student Services Director Carol Zepecki, who retired June 30. "The report represents a beginning rather than an end,� De Geus said Thursday. "It's very much a check-in with the City Council to let them and the community know about how we as a community have responded to the tragic set of events we've all experienced here.� Project Safety Net recommends continuing "Track Watch,� a program in which volunteers sit by the rails during hours that trains run, through the 2010-11 school year. Suggestions also include training school staff and youth-serving agencies in suicide-prevention strategies,
and communications. Despite his illness and declining health, Druker said in a comfortable den in his Los Altos Hills home that he still counts his life as being one guided heavily by good luck. In an interview shortly after he was named executive director of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic in 1989, he described his life as "one big accident. So much of what happens to us is the result of good luck and timing. I've been blessed with a lot of both.� He was raised in Marshalltown, Iowa, and went to Harvard University believing he would follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. He was accepted at the University of Michigan Law School — but abruptly changed his mind. "Since I liked people, and the idea of being my own boss really appealed to me, I decided to switch to a career in medicine.� He was admitted to the University of Iowa Medical School on condition he complete required undergraduate courses. He spent a full year catching up on science classes, cramming 90 percent of the pre-med requirements into that year. "It was a fun year,� he recalled ruefully. He and his wife, Karen, were married in 1966, and have two children, Daniel and Ellen, and five grandchildren. He has two sisters, Hannah and Leah. He spent two years in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., then completed his dermatology residency at the University of Oregon in the early 1970s. He was in private practice in Portland when he heard of an opening at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic — then a private physician partnership and not yet a component of the nonprofit medical foundation. He said that, too, was luck. His sister Leah lived in Palo Alto, and when visiting he drove past the clinic's former large blue building at 300 Homer Ave. and thought, "Gee, that looks like a nice place to work.� He
joined the clinic in 1975, later serving as head of the Business Affairs Committee and vice executive director, before being named executive director. He was later named chief operations officer for the foundation and finally was named president and CEO following the retirement of Dr. Robert Jamplis. For years, Druker continued to see a normal full load of about 30 patients a day, declaring "I would never want to give up my dermatology practice. That's the thing I enjoy most. It's what I'm trained to do.� But he also derived satisfaction from "being able to contribute to something I believe in,� such as multi-specialty group practice and innovation. He has been a clinical professor of dermatology at Stanford School of Medicine, has written several books on dermatology and medical administration and has held state and national offices in professional organizations. In his June 29 interview, Druker noted that he has been a Republican but nevertheless supports the underlying notion of some form of universal health care in President Barack Obama's reform package. Most physicians support that notion, also, he believes. He is pessimistic about reform overall due to its complexity, cost and politics: "As a whole it is destined to fail,� he said. Yet he believes the most promising aspect of the reform package is embodied in the term "accountable-care organization,� replacing the older "managed care� term that people often interpret as rationed care. Accountable care means "aggregating doctors into some kind of functional group that takes responsibility for providing a broad range of health care services to a community or region.� N Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson worked with Dr. Druker at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for more than 18 years. He can be e-mailed at email@example.com.
specifically the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) method that has been used at Foothill College and Stanford University. The committee also recommends that school and community groups implement a comprehensive youth program known as Project Cornerstone's 41 Developmental Assets, as well as peer-counseling programs and other school-based mental health efforts. It proposes that the school district and the city assign a senior-level administrator to see that the recommendations are carried out. Following the second suicide in June 2009, school officials teamed with the city and many community groups to try to build a coordinated response, resulting in Project Safety Net. The report to be presented Monday was prepared by the project's 14member executive committee. The group consulted with Stanford University faculty and other national experts about the best strategies to respond to a "suicide cluster� in a community. "The report represents the best collective thinking of local and na-
tional experts, Palo Alto community leaders, parents and students on how we as a community should proceed,� the document states. Besides school and city officials, Project Safety Net had wide participation from parents, physicians, community and religious groups. The group's stated mission is "to develop and implement an effective, comprehensive community-based mental health plan for overall youth well-being in Palo Alto.� The Palo Alto Board of Education heard a presentation from Project Safety Net in May and voted to adopt Project Cornerstone's 41 Developmental Assets. Board members will have the full report in hand when they hold their annual two-day retreat tentatively scheduled for Aug. 2 and Aug. 3. On Monday, the Council will be asked to refer the report to its Policy and Services Committee to discuss policy implications for the city, De Geus said. N Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can be e-mailed at ckenrick@ paweekly.com.
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Memorial services set for Stanford climber Memorial services will be held Sunday, July 18, for Christina "Chris� Chan, the Stanford University graduate student and climbing enthusiast who fell to her death July 9 while "free soloing� in Yosemite National Park. Services will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Stanford Memorial Church, according to her Facebook memorial page. Chan, 31, fell 400 feet as she was descending from the north face of Eichorn Peak (also referred to as Eichorn Pinnacle) Friday afternoon. Chan, a fourth-year graduate student in political science, was 2008 copresident of the Stanford Alpine Club, through which Chan shared her passion for climbing with others, according to the club's website. Her climbing partner, Jim Castelaz, also of Stanford, saw her falling and quickly descended, hoping against all odds that she was still alive, according to a posting he made on the Facebook page. "I was in shock and horrified and helpless,� he wrote. Free soloing is climbing without a rope or safety protection and is usually practiced only by the most skilled of climbers. Chan often spent weekends teaching beginning climbing, anchors, lead climbing and self-rescue. Her climbing accomplishments included soloing the Zodiac route of El Capitan in Yosemite and soloing the Prow and the Skull Queen routes of Washington Column in Yosemite. Chan's academic interests included environmental policy and politics in China. As an undergraduate at Harvard University she studied biochemical sciences. She later received a master's degree from Stanford in civil and environmental engineering. She recently was working toward a doctorate in political science, according to her Stanford website. Chan is survived by her parents, Cecil and Susie Chan, and her brother, Peter Chan. N An expanded version of this article is available at Palo Alto Online. The story was initially posted on July 12. — Georgia Wells
Channing House launches new health center
After more than five years of planning, Channing House finally broke ground on its new health center Thursday (July 15). The retirement community in downtown Palo Alto began the lengthy process of gaining approval from the city and state to renovate its facility by building a new health center back in 2005. Construction is set to begin by the end of the month. The current center, on the second floor of the 11-story building, was completed in 1964 and lacks space and privacy for patients, according to the organization. Health center patients who require assisted-living or skilled-nursing care live in two- and three-bed rooms. The project is planned in two phases. The first will be the construction of the two-story, approximately 37,000-square-foot health center with a 17,000-square-foot underground. The entire first phase is expected to take 19 months to complete, according to Executive Director Carl Braginsky. The second phase will involve the remodeling of the second floor of the existing building where the current health care center is located. Construction on this part of the building won't start until all health center residents have been relocated to the new facilities and is anticipated to take roughly seven months, Braginsky said. The renovation will add 14 apartments to the retirement home's 188 existing ones. There will be 12 two-bedroom and two one-bedroom apartments. The construction will help facilitate Channing House's Aging-at-Home program, which provides services to residents so they are able to maintain independence and live in their apartments longer. Programs will include "prescribing and monitoring diet and exercise, assistance with medications and greater opportunities for mental, emotional and social stimulation that help to minimize loneliness and depression,� according to the organization. N — Coryanne Hicks
Wireless coverage boosted in Palo Alto schools Wireless coverage in Palo Alto's public school classrooms will increase "dramatically� thanks to a recent contribution of equipment by Google, Inc., the Palo Alto Unified School District said. Google has contributed 350 wireless-access points and other networking hardware to the Palo Alto Unified School District, the district announced. The access points — spread throughout the district's 12 elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools and single preschool campus — will help the district "deliver excellent educational technology to our students,� Superintendent Kevin Skelly said. The Google contribution will more than double the number of wirelessaccess points on the district's network, allowing students to connect to the Internet. N — Chris Kenrick LET'S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com
mot may have been responsible for Schipsi's death. The trial is scheduled to begin in late September in San Jose Superior Court. Much of the testimony at the pretrial hearings focused on the Oct. 14 argument between Zumot and Schipsi, which resulted in Schipsi leaving Zumot's birthday party and walking home by herself. Palo Alto Police Agent Scott Savage, who had interviewed the couple's mutual friend Jaber Al Suwaidi, said Schipsi and a group of friends and relatives were celebrating Zumot's birthday and were preparing to leave the Dishdash Restaurant in Sunnyvale and head to Da Hookah Spot. Schipsi was inviting Al Suwaidi to join the group shortly after 10:30 p.m. Oct. 14 when Zumot reportedly interfered. "Someone can't handle me texting. Sorry,� Schipsi wrote to Al Suwaidi, according to Savage's testimony. Minutes later, she sent him another message telling him that her "phone was just thrown at me.� The dispute was the latest episode in a volatile relationship, one that included multiple break-ups and threats, as well as a restraining order that Schipsi obtained against Zumot but later asked the court to rescind. Zumot was attending a court-ordered class in San Jose for perpetrators of domestic violence. After her heated exchange with Zumot on Oct. 14, Schipsi left the group and walked alone to the cottage on Addison Avenue, Savage said. At one point during the walk, she received a call from her friend, Nora Hanafy, who had arrived at Da Hookah Spot for the birthday party but could not find Schipsi, Detective James Reifschneider testified. Schipsi told Hanafy about her argument with Zumot. "According to Ms. Hanafy, the defendant threw the cell phone angrily at the victim,� Reifschneider said. The couple also argued during the drive from the Dishdash Restaurant in Sunnyvale to Da Hookah Spot, according to testimony by Police Agent Tyson Hughes. Zumot's friend, Mansour "Victor� Chaalan was driving the couple in Zumot's car when the two passengers began arguing about an offer from another friend to help pay for the party, said Hughes, who had interviewed Chaalan. When the group arrived at the hookah lounge, Schipsi "seemed upset and didn't want to go to the restaurant immediately,� Hughes said. While Zumot and Chaalan went inside the shop, Schipsi remained outside. She then walked home. Meanwhile, Zumot reportedly had a few drinks with his friends at Da Hookah Spot before going next door to the Bella Luna restaurant to play cards. Zumot and Chaalan then went back to Da Hookah Spot, (continued on next page)
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cleaned and closed up the shop and headed to Zumot's Addison Avenue home. When they arrived, Chaalan noticed the smell of cigarette smoke in the house, which he found strange because he knew Schipsi generally didn't smoke cigarettes. Zumot allegedly told him that Schipsi sometimes smoked and that he didn't like her smoking in the house. Chaalan stayed inside the house for about 15 minutes and mediated a discussion between Zumot and Schipsi. He left at about 2:45 a.m.
Prosecutor Chuck Gillingham said he believes that Zumot is the only person who saw or heard from Schipsi between that morning and the time her body was discovered that evening. She did not go to work on Oct. 15 and did not give a friend a ride to a post-doctoral appointment, as previously scheduled. At about 6:40 p.m., less than an hour after Zumot left his courtmandated class in San Jose for domestic-violence offenders, the cottage at 969 Addison Ave. was in flames. Geragos maintained his client's innocence this week and pointed to Chaalan's characterization of the
Oct. 14 argument between Zumot and Schipsi as a "small disagreement.� Chaalan also allegedly told police that Zumot loved Schipsi and that he was planning to take a trip with her on an upcoming weekend, Geragos noted. After Chaalan left the cottage on the morning of Oct. 15, he and Zumot swapped a few text messages. At about 3:42 a.m., Zumot allegedly sent Chaalan the message, "She is Kool now and honestly she has a clean heart. I shouldn't drink and act the fool. I love her.� Chaalan also reportedly told police that he thought Zumot was "an honest man.�
Geragos also dismissed evidence from the arson investigation indicating that several items of Zumot's clothing had traces of accelerant after the fire. Geragos pointed to an analysis from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which tested the same items of clothing that the accelerant-sniffing dog, Rosie, smelled but did not find evidence of gasoline on them. Gillingham said the clothing had some substance on them, but not enough for the ATF test to find them "positive.� Geragos said the analysis essentially disproved Rosie's findings.
"You now have absolute proof that either the dog was hungry or there was something else going on,� Geragos said. But Gillingham said all evidence points to Zumot, who has a history of domestic violence, who argued with Schipsi the night before her death and who police believe was the last person to see Schipsi alive. "Unfortunately, it's an all-toocommon scenario,� Gillingham said. N Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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Five months after an East Palo Alto plane crash raised concerns about the Palo Alto Airport, the aviation group responsible for community outreach is seeking another member. (Posted July 14 at 3:45 p.m.) Three scientists from the Palo Alto-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have been chosen to be lead authors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment. (Posted July 13 at 12:12 p.m.)
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Police on Friday arrested Roger Reynolds Nursery business manager and bookkeeper Evette Christine Weiler on charges of grand theft and embezzlement in connection with losses at the Menlo Park nursery estimated at more than $100,000, said Sgt. William Dixon of the Menlo Park Police Department. (Posted July 12 at 8:40 a.m.)
Delight Lighting store goes dark Delight Lighting, Inc., once proud to be the only store on its block, is boxing up to head elsewhere. Delight was the one shop on its section of East Charleston Road in Palo Alto to withstand the construction of the Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life next door. Now, due to the slow economy, its owner is moving out. (Posted July 12 at 8:32 a.m.)
Woodside woman dies after head-on collision Woodside resident Patricia Woodrow, 59, died July 4 from injuries suffered in a head-on collision on U.S. 101 in Mendocino County, according to the California Highway Patrol. (Posted July 9 at 2:43 p.m.)
Palo Alto car-charging station leads new program California's first electric-car charging station under a new national program was unveiled Thursday afternoon (July 8) at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto. The announcement was made with some pomp and ceremony by officials as they also announced a $3.4 million state grant to install other stations in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Los Angeles. (Posted July 9 at 11:07 a.m.)
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Stanford Hospital: The council discussed the traffic impacts of the proposed Stanford University Medical Center expansion. Action: None Corridor study: The council authorized staff to proceed with a study of the Caltrain corridor and to form a new citizen task force as part of that study. Yes: Burt, Espinosa, Shepherd, Scharff, Yeh, Schmid, Price, Holman Absent: Klein Fire initiative: The council discussed the firefighters union's ballot initiative that would prohibit the city from changing staffing levels in the Fire Department or closing fire stations without a citywide vote. The council voted to continue the discussion on Aug. 2. Yes: Espinosa, Shepherd, Yeh, Schmid, Price, Holman No: Burt, Scharff Absent: Klein
City Council Policy and Services Committee (July 13)
Service efforts and accomplishments: The committee discussed survey options for the 2010 Service Efforts and Accomplishments report and the council priorities workplan. Action: None
Planning and Transportation Commission (July 14)
Comprehensive Plan: The commission discussed the city's Comprehensive Plan and sustainability goals and policies that could be added to the Comprehensive Plan. Action: None
High-Speed Rail Committee (July 15)
Stanford Hospital: The committee discussed the status of Caltrain's electrification project and legislation relating to the high-speed rail system. Action: None
Architectural Review Board (July 15)
Stanford Hospital: The board held a preliminary review for the proposed design of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital expansion. Action: None
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to reduce staffing levels in the Fire Department or close fire stations, Burt said. The firefighters collected
enough signatures to place this initiative on the November ballot. Binding arbitration has historically favored the firefighters' interests over those of the City Council, Burt said. The three-member arbitration
panel, which includes a member from each side and a neutral member, sided with the firefighters in 1999 when the union opposed an existing provision barring the city from hiring workers whose relatives also work for the city, according to City
Manager James Keene. In 1980, the arbitration panel sided with the city on one issue relating to firefighters' salaries, but sided with the union in a dispute over pension formulas. The Grand Jury report specifically recommends that the San
Jose City Council prepare a ballot measure asking voters to repeal the section of the City Charter that addresses binding arbitration, a policy that according to the report "results in an adversarial process between the city and employee groups.� "Binding arbitration limits the ability of city leaders to craft solutions that work for the city budget,� the report states. "The process has resulted in wage and benefit decisions that have been greater than the growth in basic revenue sources.� Other cities are also taking a new look at binding arbitration. In June, Vallejo voters repealed their city's binding-arbitration provision. The Gilroy City Council also considered scrapping binding arbitration but decided against it after it reached an agreement with its firefighters union. The Grand Jury report analyzes a broad spectrum of issues relating to employee costs, including pension, medical care and negotiation mechanism, and summarizes its conclusion in 13 findings and its title, "Cities Must Rein in Unsustainable Employee Costs.� The report concluded that a sagging economy and climbing wages and benefits have made employee costs "not sustainable� in Santa Clara County cities. In Palo Alto, the median total compensation for police officers and firefighters has jumped from $89,059 in 2000-01 to $146,061 in 2009-10, according to the report. At the same time, the city's revenues (continued on next page)
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have plummeted, leading to a series of annual budget deficits. Over the past two months the Palo Alto City Council wrestled with a $7.3 million deficit in the general-fund budget — a deficit the city closed through a combination of service reductions and position eliminations. Burt said the combination of the firefighters' petition and the Grand Jury report has prompted the council's fresh look at binding arbitration. City Attorney Gary Baum said he's been getting many questions about the topic lately. He also released a report Wednesday concluding that the binding arbitration provision is no longer necessary to prevent strikes. Tony Spitaleri, president of Palo Alto Professional Firefighters, Local 1319, defended binding arbitration and called the city's push against it a "red herring.� He also dismissed the Grand Jury report as one "not worth the paper it is written on.� Spitaleri disputed Burt's notion that binding arbitration favors the union over the City Council. Instead, it helps the city avoid long labor disputes and gives workers who aren't allowed to strike a tool for reaching an agreement, he said. "You'd be hard pressed to get rid of arbitration,� Spitaleri said. "That would open the door to having longterm labor problems.� N Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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This short nature trail visits some coastal wetlands near downtown Carpinteria, providing nice views of the surrounding mountains and a good opportunity to see migratory waterfowl including herons, egrets and terns. You also might see hummingbirds, wrens and goldfinches. To be sure the trail's purpose is primarily educational; don't expect much in the way of solitude or physical challenge. If you're driving on Highway 101 the park is a nice place to stop to stretch your legs, located less than a mile from the freeway. Scenic downtown Carpinteria also invites exploration before or after your visit here.
From the corner of Ash and Sandyland, enter the preserve and stop by an observation deck where interpretive plaques describe the ecology and geology of the area. The trail bends right and parallels Ash Avenue for 0.2 miles before bending left and heading northwest. (A short loop branches off, leading to an amphitheater where you can get some more views of the wetlands.)
At 0.3 miles you reach a T-junction. Turn left (the right fork heads toward a mobile home park) and cross Franklin Canyon on a footbridge. On the opposite side, continue following the trail, first northeast and then northwest toward Sunnyland Cove Road. Just before you reach it, bear left at a fork and follow the boardwalk to a clearing where you can sit on some rocks and look out over the marsh. This is the turnaround point.
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A story of a man, and his involvement with the mobster
A Night's Story
The night was cold. The air was a mixture of smoke, fog, and dust with a touch of piss, both dogs and human, that thickens into an almost solid state. The street was quiet. It LOOKS quiet. All the upper-class "gentle-man" was at home next to their beloved wife and kids, sitting next to a heater drinking wines. The street was dirty, some sticky god-know-what slime sticks to my shoe every step I walks. It smells.
"The Pub". The meeting place for drooling drunken looser like me to meet up and jerk off over some strippers while chugging down cups after cups of beer. Maybe some of us would try to show off and spend all his well-fare on some hookers, just to impress the rest. I sure didn't. In fact, I've never had a woman all my life. Reasonable. I place my hand onto the brass door knock. The freezing cold metal sucks all of already scare heat off of my palm. Turning it, the familiar sound of the mechanism greeted me, along with the abundant smell of cigarette, alcohols and vomit. The heavy wooden door creeps open.
- Hello, Frank.
- Evening, Cole.
Leaning against the wall near the door was Frank, the hired muscle of this place. Standing a towering 1m9, this mountain of muscle is actually pretty decent. We knew each other enough so that he doesn't frisk me anymore, but anything happens and he would happily smash my face in with the baseball bat lying next to him. I walked pass a regular Saturday night bar fight, toward the only empty stool next to the bar. The bartender was Carlos, a man with an impressive mustache. He came here for the American Dream, and instead now works in an underground bar in a city so corrupted it was almost deleted from the map. I sat down as the wooden stool let out its usual creek.
- The usual?
- The usual!
- Anything new?
- No, still the same. I'm broke man
- I thought you were going to open a shop or something? *Handed me a glass of Vodka*
- It's not working out, mate. It needs time to turn up profit man. Time is the only that I needed
- And the only thing you don't have.
- Yeah… The fucking mobs are on me, man. I can tell! They're gonna fucking gut me I don't give em the cash. Fuck, if only they let me have more time! *I drank the Vodka in one gulp*
- Life is full of if, boy. And if there's one thing I know, "if" don't happen.
- …
- Cheer up, boy. Here, this one is on the house! *Handed me another glass*
- Thanks, mate
The glass of Vodka was in my hand. I stared at it, stared at the reflection in the glass. What am I doing? I do not know. Where am I going? I do not know. Am I going to get out of this one alive? I do not know. The scar from the last time I had a little "chat" with the mobster haven't healed. Although I should thank Gail for stitching me up for free, she did a really bad job. The thread weren't medical thread, but sewing thread, stitched unevenly in the jagged sides of the wound. I remembered it was a serrated hunting knife, which was the reason why the edges were torn, not a clean cut. They even poured some alcohol on it, saying it "disinfect" the wound. Fuck them; it stings like some one pushed a red hot piece of metal against my face. It hurts every now and then, especially when I squinted. Looking at the reflection in the glass, I tried to fix up the stitching a bit. I sighed, thinking to my self "Everything works out, eventually", and knocked the entire glass full of Russian alcohol into my stomach. I've always hated the taste of it, but it helps. I putted the glass back on the wooden surface of the bar, and reached for a pack of cigarette in my pocket. A girl sat down next to me.
- Hey!
- Hey…
- You look sad.
- You have no idea
- Well then sad man, tell me your story!
My head screamed "Don't" but the glass of Vodka screamed "Yes"
- I am going to fucking die
- Really?
- Fuck, I borrowed some money from the mobs, tried to set up some business, you know, set up a new life. So I went ahead and did everything, buying the house, setting the sign, buying goods … But the mobs, they were impatient. They want profit, and they want it soon. If I can't give them anything, I'm dead.
- Well then, sad man, you want to have some fun before you go to the nest world? I'll give you a discount, only $40/hour, baby!
She pressed her well-endowed breast against my arm. I could feel it through the thin school-girl outfit. Fucking hookers!
- Fuck off
- Come on honey, just $40.
- I said FUCK OFF
- Oh come on, don't you wanna try it? Taste a woman for once? I'm giving you a discount here!
She pressed against me harder then before, her breast swallowing half of my arm. Fucking low-life slut. I stood up. The vodka-fueled me smashed the glass in my hand against the table, pointing the sharp end at the bitch.
The last thing I saw before blacking out was a baseball bat.
When I cam about, all I know was that I was lying face down on a puddle of rainwater mixed with dog shit outside of The Pub. I barely got up, using me arm to push my head out of the water. My head felt dizzy. I tasted blood, along with something solid, in my mouth. I spitted it out, turns out it was a tooth. I picked it up and putted it in my jacket pocket. Standing up was hard with my face swelling up. I could hardly see anything, and the two glass of Vodka didn't helped either. Time to head home, I guess.
The street was empty, save for the few motorcycle racers around here. It was the perfect time for them. No traffic and the cop couldn't give two shits if they kill each other over who have the best engine. One of them speeded past me, splattering water all over me. No use cussing, as by the time you turn around they will be long gone. I kept walking. The way back to my apartment felt life longer than it should be. Dragging my body along the cracked pavement, I felt like something was wrong. Something was out of place.
Two leather gloved hand grabbed my mouth. Before I could scream "FUCK", a bag was placed over my head and a needle inserted into my neck. Not good, gotta stay awake. No no no nonono. FUCK, not now! I felt like somebody attached anvils to two of my eyelids. I struggle just to be aware that I am being kidnapped. No good, their stuff are quality stuff. I can't stay aw…
The bag was removed. The blinding light burned my eyes. I squinted, barely seeing anything except the silhouette of a man. I guess its due time.
- Cole
- Yes
- Now Cole, you must understand that I, while being the generous man I am, have my limits. I do not give away money for free, Cole. I am a business man, and nothing fills me with joy more then seeing my investment making profit, Cole. You've had your time with that little shop! Now, where's my profit?
- I don't have it.
- Let me rephrase that! I want my money back, or else I will have my men hang you with your own intestines. And don't worry, we'll sterile our equipment, so that you don't pass out before the show ends.
- Please, you gotta understand! The shop, it needs time! Please, give me another week, and I promise, you'll see your profit, Don.
- I gave you three weeks before, boy. Now, I'll ask one more time: Where. Is. My. Money.
- Please, this is my only chance to set up a stable life! You and I, we both grew up on the street. You know how it was like! You know how much you and I both crave for a good life.
- The money, Cole. Don't get off topic!
- Please, I beg of you! I have a sick mother at ho…
I saw Don' hand go up, holding something metallic. Before I could make out what the hell it was, I felt a sharp pain on my right shoulder. The sound almost blew my eardrums. That fucker shot me! The bullet went through the other side, leaving behind a hole burnt with the heat from the gun powder. The pain traveled through my entire body, robbing me of the little control I had left. A millisecond later, the force from the bullet pushed me off my chair. I fall face down on the cold floor. At least it was cleaner then the street. I grabbed the wound with me left hand. Blood was oozing out. I could felt it, the warm liquid flowing across the floor touched my lips. It was salty.
- A mother, eh. I'm feeling good today, so…
- You gonna spare me?
- No no no. I'm gonna give you a more humane death than the one I had in mind.
Two muscular men picked me up by my shoulders. I didn't resist. Why bother! With a gunshot in my shoulder, the chances of me breaking free from these two body-builders are almost zero. The pain got more intense, as the adrenaline level fell. They dragged me across the floor, my legs dangling. "This is it" I thought. "This is the end, Cole. You stupid motherfucker, look at what you got yourself into! Borrowing money from the gangster? You were destined to die, and you knew it! Why the hell did you decide to? For what?" Funny question! A smirk found its way to my face. "For what, you ask? For a chance! For a chance to make a life out of myself! I'm sick and tired of that place! Always, any day, anytime, living off other people charity, eating the leftover of the rich fucks. This is not what I wanted! I want to be the man who is greeted by a loving wife when ever he comes home, a man with the rights to say: "Honey, I'm home", a man with a future! Either that, or go back to the alleys and smuggle drugs shoved up somebody else asshole!"
The smell of dead fish and rotting garbage filled the air. I was close to the river. The pain wasn't letting up: I was barely conscious of the fact that I am being dragged to my execution spot. The two men set me down in a kneeling position, with my back toward the river. With the little strength I had left, I opened my mouth:
- Can you give this man one last hope?
- Speak!
- I'd like to have one last smoke!
- Go ahead!
My shaking hand reached the inside of my jacket. I had a pack of cigarette left, with an old lighter. Cigarette in mouth, I lit the end of it. As I inhaled, smoke filled my lung. I putted the lighter back inside my jacket. I exhaled, warm smoke going through my nostril. One of the men was looking at his watch. "This is it" I thought "This is the end!"
I lunge myself forward as I spitted the burning cigarette into one of their eyes. As he screamed in pain, I pulled a switch blade out of my jacket' inner pocket, the same place I kept my lighter. I jammed the knife into the throat of the one who was checking the watch as he turned around in surprise. Blood gushed out of it, some of it got into my eye. My shoulder hurts like a bitch now, but the adrenaline pumped me couldn't care less. I turned around, just in time for the other guy to regain his balance and grabbed me by the throat. He was strong; it felt like a tiger had grabbed me. He wrestled with me. I slipped on a wet nylon bag. Before falling into the water, I grabbed his collar, and we both went down. With a body like mine, an impact with the water surface felt life a train had hit on my back. His hand was still tight around me, like an iron prong. I grabbed his face, and plunged the knife into his eye. I could feel the skull cracking from the hit. His hands loosen, and I could breathe now. I immediately regret that, as I inhaled massive amount of water into my lung. It stings. The current pushed against me like a truck, pushing me along. I tried swimming against it with little result. My shoulder hurts like someone took an axe and chop on it repeatedly. The water washed me away. I couldn't breathe. My vision was zero, my head felt light. I was barely conscious of my surrounding. With what little will I had left, I reached out and grabbed on to something before it all went dark. "Guess I'm dying here" I thought.
I could here the sound of water, hitting against something hard. I felt warmth on my face. The dry, sunshine-like warmth, not the hot and humid warmth. The usual smell of filth welcome itself into my nose. Slowly, I opened my eyes. It was blinding at first. Eventually, I could see the sun, along with the rare clear sky. Slowly, I regained my sense of touch, starting with my shoulder. It hurts like hell, but not as much as before. I was lying on something uneven, rough and solid. Most likely trash, based on the smell. I tried to get up, bracing myself on the shaking arms. My entire body hurts like somebody took a meat tenderizer and smashed it on every inch of my body. My head felt like ten gorillas smashing sledgehammer on it. I looked around. I don't recognize this place. The sky is clear, the buildings are void of graffiti, and the streets are clean. I touched my shoulder to find that some one had bandaged it. The bandages were stained, but it was better then nothing. I stood up. I saw an old man sitting five meters away.
- Oh, you're awake!
- Yeah, what's left of me anyway! What happened?
- You're lucky son. I found you yesterday in the river. You were barely conscious, your hand grabbing a pipe. I pulled you in. You were in pretty bad shape! Bleeding shoulder, body full of bruises, a scarred face and your body stinks of alcohol. I had to bandage that hole on your shoulder, or else you would die bleeding. It is not pretty, but it would do!
- Thanks!
- Don't mention it!
The man looked around fifty, his face full of weary lines, and his hair long and dirty, much like the rest of his body. He wore a tattered coat over what seemed like a hoodie he pulled from the mountain of trash beside me. His hand holding a bottle of beer. Slowly, I walked to what looked like a path out of here.
- What's your name?
The name "Cole" almost slipped my mouth, but then I rethink.
- Frank. Frank Gordon
- Well then, Frank. Where are you going?
- Getting a life!
I kept walking, my muscle hurts with every steps.
I turned around.
- Here, take this, as a good bye gift.
The old man threw the tattered coat, full of holes and stitches and patches. I catch it with both of my hands.
- Thanks
I put on the coat and walked toward the entrance/exit of the dump. I stepped out into the new city, hands in my pocket and head held high.


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It isn't easy for long time Astros fans to see the season end like this. A 2-5 home stand that finished the boys chances for success. Losing another series to the Rangers is also really disappointing. So there is always next year, right? I know what you are thinking. Wait a minute, there are still 51 games left. The season can't be over. Sure it can and it is. I do see one silver lining in yesterday's 5-3 loss in 11. The Astros were nothing out of 6 in one run losses to Texas so the two run loss didn't extend that to 0-7. I am searching for the really small victories.
Houston is now 7half back in the division which spells doom. They are also rapidly losing ground in the wild card deal, so I say you might better spend your time worrying about the TEXANS or better yet, WATCH THE USA MEDAL COUNT RISE. Some things around here you can still count on. Traffic and heat are sure things, but not so the ASTROS. They are done.
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It's likely that Apple misjudged the low-end smartphone market here, believing that users would jump at the chance for a "new" iPhone at a lower price than usual. Smartphone shoppers don't seem to be taking the bait, instead opting for the more expensive, more "premium" 5s or going elsewhere. It's hard to say they're making the wrong call, considering that the iPhone 5c is actually much closer in specs to the previous generation than it is to the latest model, which seems to be more than worth its $100 premium.


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He closes his eyes once again as he clears his mind of all thoughts. He repeats his mantra: 'let me out, again.' A short time passes and the feeling of his entire body relaxing to such a state he cannot even feel the covers rest on his skin. His breathing slows and he focuses on his third eye. It's time to join Karen for a little while for the night. It's almost like a date. The only time they truly feel close. He watches his mind play a trick on him as colors flicker like the turning of a kaleidoscope until finally the site of his astral cord is visible. He does what he had taught himself to do and imagines himself climbing that rope. Soon, he is drifting above himself again.
"That's it. You're getting faster at this. Come to me now," Karen waves him to come out of his bedroom. He begins walking slowly, focusing only on Karen and keeping calm. Any diverted thought can cause him to be yanked right back into his body so he needs complete and total concentration.
"Great!" Now, can you talk?"
Ben's mouth opens but nothing comes out.
"Come on, you can do it.
"He..." Ben tries.
"Hell...Hello," Ben says with a blank stare.
"Haha, hello!" Karen walks up to him and hugs him. He slowly wraps his arms around her and tries to smile.
"You're getting there. Keep it up! Come on, let's go somewhere!" Karen backs up and grabs his arm and with almost rocket speed she pulls him through the wall to the outside and they instantly fly together above the town. Ben looks at her and smiles and shows it more apparently. His ability to use his astral body is strengthening with each trip.
As the fly, Karen takes Ben across the tree tops of a nearby forest. They fly through the falling snow as it falls through them. There is no sense of temperature, no sense of inertia as they pick up speed, all there is to feel is weightlessness as they fly and do tricks. Spinning over and under each other, doing ally-oops, and diving through the forest and dodging trees and branches. As if it mattered if they hit anything, it was still fun.
"Wait. Let me try something," Ben says his first full sentence. He lets go of her hand and looks up then back to her and smiles. He looks back up and jets to the sky. Karen is awe-struck over Ben's fast learning and follows him as she watches him to a barrel roll vertically through the clouds.
"Amazing!" Ben yells as it echoes through the sky. He stops above the clouds and sees Karen burst through the white puffy clouds lit by the moon just after him. He looks at her and laughs a little with a big grin.
"So what do you think?"
"I feel like superman or like peter pan or something. I feel so free!" Ben says as he does a back flip and returns to floating in position.
"Welcome to never never land, Ben!" She does a curtsy and laughs.
"So, where all can I go?" Ben asks.
"I'm not sure. We could see how long you last if you want!" She clasps her hands as she squeals.
"Alright, let's see what I can do!" He winks at her and he speeds off towards Pittsburgh.
Once they make it into the city, together they float above cars driving through the streets. Flying through random vehicles, stopping once and a while within each one and staring at drivers as they are oblivious to their presence. They go to a nearby mall and infiltrate a clothing store and try on clothes. They freak out a security guard walking by a store front has they play basketball while wearing various sports equipment. Ben wears football shoulder pads and hockey shin guards as Karen wears a goalie mask and tries to knock the ball away from Ben with a lacrosse stick.
"Check this out! Coming at ya!" Ben dribbles from between two clothing wracks and jumps from forty feet away and slams the ball through the hoop after leaping over Karen's head.
"This definitely has it's perks. So much fun. I'm not even out of breath!" Ben says.
"You're not using lungs right now, silly. So of course!" Karen laughs.
"Hey! Who's there!?" the guard shines his mag lite on the two of them.
"Oh crap! Take everything off!" Ben says.
They drop all of the sporting clothes on the floor and fly through the closed gate of the store front, leaving the mall guard speechless.