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Talking MAC in Alamo: Residents are worried
about regional planning commission
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BY SUE SAVOD
t comes from a tick, and it’s on the East coast—isn’t
that what most people know about Lyme disease?
And what’s that got to do with us here in California?
A lot. Because the fact is that Northern California is one
of the most Lyme-infected areas in the U.S.A. I want to
scream it from the rooftops! Be careful! We have Lyme
disease right here!
In January 2008, I was exhausted and just plain felt
sick. I went to my family doctor whom I’d seen maybe
five or six times during the previous five years. He’s a
good doctor. He even asks me what I think is wrong before he checks me out. This time I didn’t have a clue. He
mentioned “virus” and did blood tests. I even asked to be
tested for Lyme—I must have read it somewhere. There
were lots of reasons for me to be run down as I had been
MICHAEL SAVOD
Sue Savod spent five years diagnosing her Lyme disease,
and wants everyone to know that Northern California
is one of the most Lyme-infected areas in the country.
very busy the fall before with my daughter’s wedding and
finishing a new house. Christmas did me in.
The tests came back—all normal, no Lyme, but an
unusually high ANA, which tests protein, specifically antinuclear antibodies, in your blood. The doctor suspected
an autoimmune disease, lupus to be exact, and sent me to
a rheumatologist. He was also a good doctor, taught and
did research, and he listened. He did some more blood,
lungs, heart testing and diagnosed me with a “very rare
autoimmune disease” called Mixed Connective Tissue disease. Made sense. Except I didn’t have all the symptoms.
In fact I only had a couple. He said I’d develop more
symptoms in the next 10 years. What?! Something inside
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I also had had knee problems in the summer of 2006.
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New principals named for three schools
Three schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District will
be starting the next year with new leadership. At their June 23 meeting,
members of the SRVUSD Board of Education approved the appointment
of three new principals.
Ann Dodson was appointed to the post at Tassajara Hills Elementary
School. Before taking the position at Tassajara Hills, Dodson worked for
five years as Principal at Morello Park Elementary School in Martinez. She
replaces Luann Duggan, who retired at the end of the school year.
Jenise Falk will be taking over at Greenbrook Elementary. Falk has been
an administrator for the past 10 years, including two years as assistant
principal at Iron Horse Middle School and one year as assistant principal
at Hidden Hills Elementary. Falk replaces Tom Ladouceur who retired
from the principal’s position to return to the classroom.
Joe Nguyen is the new principal at Walt Disney Elementary. Nguyen,
who spent three years as assistant principal at Iron Horse Middle School,
is returning to the district after working the past three years as principal at
Jensen Ranch Elementary School in Castro Valley. Nguyen replaces Sandy
King, who retired at the end of the school year.
Health providers seeking partnerships
In an attempt to deal with the constantly shrinking budget for public
health services and to provide assistance for those who’ve lost health care
coverage as a result of job loss, leaders of five local health systems are
calling for joint action to prop up health care services in Contra Costa
County.
A briefing paper issued by a group of doctors in Contra Costa County
highlights the impact of the economy on the ability of residents of East
Contra Costa to receive health care. It describes the capacity of the existing safety net to serve these residents and offers alternatives for public and
private policy makers, health care providers and community leaders to
strengthen that safety net.
The doctors suggest a coordinated approach to helping the newly uninsured enroll in health coverage and finding ways to address chronic health
issues to reduce the burden on the primary care network.
Shakespeare comes to Danville Town Green
Beware the wicked tongue of Kate and the biting wit of Petruccio, as
two of Shakespeare’s most dynamic characters come to the Danville Town
Green this weekend. A free performance of “Taming of the Shrew” will be
put on Saturday through a collaboration between the Town of Danville
and Woman’s Will, an all-female Shakespeare company.
The performance comes courtesy of Tracy Fraas, a Danville resident and
Woman’s Will board member. Town officials say the play will begin at 6
p.m. on the Town Green. Residents are encouraged to bring a picnic and
enjoy an evening of theater in downtown Danville.
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SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALAMO ● BLACKHAWK ● DANVILLE ● DIABLO
Residents wary of Alamo MAC
Loss of Regional Planning Board is a serious concern
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
In the ongoing discussions between District
3 County Supervisor Mary Piepho’s office and
the residents of Alamo regarding the likely
formation of a Municipal Advisory Council
(MAC), concerns are beginning to grow over
the limited abilities of the advisory council and
the possibility of the MAC replacing the San
Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission.
The issue of a MAC was the main topic at
the July 9 meeting of the Alamo Community
Council (ACC). Around 35 residents gathered
at the Swain House at Hap Magee Ranch Park
to hear from District 3 Superintendent Mary
Piepho’s Chief of Staff Tomi Van de Brooke.
Talks of a MAC have been at the forefront of
the ACC’s meetings since May, when Supervisor
Piepho first announced that she was studying
the possibility of a MAC in Alamo. Piepho
stated that she waited until after Alamo residents voted against incorporation to begin the
process of establishing a MAC.
Over the last two months, residents have
raised a number of concerns over the possibility of a MAC, and the July 8 meeting was no
exception, with planning taking the forefront.
Several residents voiced their displeasure over
the possibility that the formation of a MAC
could result in the dissolution of the San
Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission.
The SRVRPC is one of two such bodies in
Contra Costa County. It is a seven-member
commission appointed by the Board of Supervisors that acts as the Planning Commission
for the unincorporated areas of the San Ramon
Valley. At issue is a recommendation handed
down by the county’s Internal Operations
Committee in regards to the SRVRPC. The
recommendation states that should a MAC be
formed in Alamo that the commission could be
disbanded.
Resident Charles Jarrett spoke to the ACC at
the meeting, voicing his displeasure at the potential loss of the planning body. He also read
a letter from his neighbor Bob Connolly since
Connolly was unable to attend. Connolly’s
letter gave strong support for the commission
and said that it would be “short sighted” of the
county to dissolve it.
Van de Brooke said that the recommendation
of the committee was that it “could” dissolve
the commission, not that it would. She stated
that it would be up to the Board of Supervisors.
Normally the sunset is considered every four
years, but during the discussion last year District 3 Supervisor Mary Piepho requested that
the issue be revisited after one year.
A determining factor in whether or not the
commission remains is the current economy
and the county’s financial status. “They will
be talking about whether it’s worth the dollars
See MAC on Page 7
GEOFF GILLETTE
Crews were trenching out a fire line
similar to this one at San Ramon Valley High School when they uncovered
remains of what is believed to be a
member of the Bay Miwok tribe.
Bones found
at SRVHS
gym dig site
Work at school uncovers
Native American remains
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
LUCAS HIRST
A firefighter from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District is moved closer to the roof of the home at 61 White Pine Lane as crews work to control the blaze.
Blackhawk fire causes $900,000 in damages
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
Sharp eyes are being credited with catching
a house fire in Blackhawk in time to save the
structure. San Ramon Valley Fire Protection
District spokesperson Kim French said that just
before 7:30 p.m. July 9 dispatchers received a
call from a residence at 61 White Pine Lane.
French said the residents were outside in
their back yard when they and their next door
neighbors spotted smoke coming out of the
attic. They quickly called in the blaze and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
The first crew on the scene saw both fire and
smoke in the attic area and pulled a second alarm,
calling for more crews and equipment. French said
a total of five engines, two trucks and one para-
Quick action limits damage
to two story home
medic ambulance were dispatched to the scene.
Firefighters immediately entered the home
and commenced containing the fire, which
took about 45 minutes. Damage was limited to
the second story and attic of the home. French
said there was about $300,000 in contents and
$600,000 in damage to the home.
No injuries were reported in the blaze and
the cause remains under investigation.
Officials said that spotting the fire and calling 9-1-1 so quickly made it possible for crews
to contain the situation.
“The homeowners and neighbors activated the
9-1-1 emergency system very quickly,” said Fire
Investigator Natalie Kurtz. “Their quick action
undoubtedly limited the damage to their home.”
French said residents are reminded to call
9-1-1 as soon as possible in an emergency. She
added that calling from a land line, 9-1-1 is
the best way to make contact, but from a cell
phone the quickest way to reach fire personnel
is by dialing (925) 838-6691.
“Many people don’t know that when they
dial 9-1-1 from their cell phone, the call goes
directly to the California Highway Patrol’s
dispatch center,” French explained, “and then
must be forwarded to the appropriate agency
for a response.” N
Workers excavating earth as part
of the construction of the new
gym facility at San Ramon Valley
High School on July 8 uncovered
human remains believed to be Native American.
Senior Project Manager Robbie Lyng said around 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday crews were digging a
trench to run a fire line when the
remains were found.
“They were about seven feet
down. It was a skull attached to a
skeleton,” Lyng said.
Work was stopped while Lyng
called police to investigate the find.
Officers at the scene cordoned off
the area, then called in the Contra
Costa County Coroner’s Office.
An anthropologist brought to the
site determined that the remains
were Native American, very likely a
member of the Bay Miwok tribe.
Lyng said the bones that were visible from the surface were removed
yesterday by officials from the Native American Heritage Commission. He said now they will follow
state protocols.
“They’ll bring an archaeologist
on site. What they’ll try to do is
find out whether there are any
more remains,” Lyng explained.
He said they will then examine
the remainder of the dig area to
determine if there are any other
gravesites.
As part of the procedure established, the remains will be remanded to the custody of their “most
likely descendant.” In this case that
would be Andrew Galvan, a Native
American Indian consultant from
Fremont who traces his heritage to
local Native Americans.
“The commission looks for the
person whose ancestry is linked to
the remains. Since I can trace my
See REMAINS on Page 7
NEWS
First animal case of West Nile found in Alamo
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
Contra Costa County health officials are keeping an eye
out on mosquito control, following the first confirmed case
of West Nile virus. A dead Western scrub jay found in Alamo
in late June has tested positive for the virus.
Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District Public Affairs Director Deborah Bass said that they received the report on
June 28. Bass said initially the bird tested negative for the virus,
but standard procedure is to recheck any negative reading with
an outside agency. In this case, the check showed a positive reading for West Nile. The case was confirmed July 8.
The bird death is the first documented case of West Nile found
in the county so far in 2009. She said that her office has received
nearly 600 reports of dead birds so far this year. Of those, 79 have
been brought in for testing, with only one positive result.
Dead scrub jay tests
positive for virus
“But each call is important,” Bass explained. “Each dead
bird lets us track incidents of the virus and tells us where
human cases could occur.” This allows the district to concentrate their surveillance and mitigation efforts to best effect.
Any person who finds a dead bird is warned not to handle
the carcass with bare hands. Residents should contact the
state hotline at 1-877-968-2473. Bass said that the hotline
operator will ask the reporting resident a series of questions
designed to determine the viability of the bird as a vector for
West Nile. If the probability is high, the bird will be picked
up by a district representative; if not the resident is urged to
carefully pack up the remains and dispose of them.
In addition, as summer is the season where mosquitoes are
most active, the district is recommending that residents take
reasonable precautions, especially at dawn and dusk when
the insects are most active. Some of those include: wear insect repellant; drain sources of standing water on properties,
check door and window screens and dress appropriately in
long sleeves and pants when outdoors.
The Centers for Disease Control said that only 20 percent of
those bitten by an infected mosquito will develop any symptoms. The majority will exhibit flu-like symptoms. Doctors
said that in one case out of 150 the victim will show severe
symptoms such as convulsions and paralysis. People over 50
are at greater risk due to a weaker immune system. N
Pizza restaurant
put on probation
Customer complaint reveals rodent, food issues
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
FILE PHOTO
The sun shines brightly on last year’s Hot Summer Nights Car Show as residents stroll down Hartz Avenue. Car show organizer David Miller said this year they will have an Indy 500 car outside the Veterans Hall and will be letting attendees sit
in the vehicle and have their pictures taken for $1 per seat as a fundraiser for the Vets Hall renovation.
Cruise among the cars
Classic cars and camaraderie at Hot Summer Nights Car Show
BY CHUCK HERRMANN
Regardless of the weather, Hot
Summer Nights Car Show is here
again Thursday with old car favorites and exciting first-time vehicles
aimed at bringing out the auto
buffs and curious passersby alike.
“We are now allowing cars up to
the year 1970,” said David Miller,
who has been co-running the event
for the past 13 years. “The new category will bring in some really special
muscle cars known from that time.”
Organizers are expecting about
350 to 400 classic and custom cars
lining Hartz Avenue for the public
to view for free.
Along with the exciting addition of
later model cars added to the roster
of powerful and rare vehicles, this
summer’s event will also show off
what the community has to offer.
“We have worked hard with the
community for so long that we
Street party
What: Hot Summer Nights Car
Show
When: 4-9 p.m., Thursday, July 23
Where: Hartz Avenue, Danville
wanted to give local merchants
a chance to promote their businesses,” said Miller.
About 25 stores and merchants
will set up booths and stands along
Hartz Avenue to offer a variety of
products for car fans to browse,
including some local restaurants.
There is also a new band performing this year, the Project 4
Band, which will be located in the
parking lot at Diablo Road and
Hartz Avenue to play classic songs
from the 1960s and ‘70s.
The event is for the whole family
to come out and enjoy the shops,
food, cars and music, emphasized
Miller.
He said they are also doing their
best to show appreciation to the
people who make this event possible. They will be highlighting the
100 Club of Contra Costa County,
which people can join for $100 a
year, that provides aid to families of
police officers and firefighters who
are killed in the line of duty.
In addition, Miller said they will
be holding a fundraiser to benefit
the renovation of the Veteran’s Hall.
An Indy 500 car will be outside
the hall and residents can pay $1
per seat to sit in the car and have
pictures taken. All proceeds will go
towards the cost of the project.
To volunteer to help out with the
event, contact David Miller at 4373649. N
A customer complaint filed in
May with the Contra Costa County Environmental Health Division
has resulted in a ruling of probation against the Round Table
Pizza restaurant on Crow Canyon
Road in San Ramon.
Joe Doser, supervising environmental health specialist, said the
issue first came to light May 22
when a consumer complaint was
filed after a customer reportedly
saw a rat at the food establishment.
Doser said that in all cases where
a report of this sort is made, they
send an inspector to the site.
The inspector found a number
of issues with the restaurant, including a live rat found in a trap
on the premises, droppings, cross
contamination of food, improper
food storage and improper storage of utensils.
The Round Table was closed
for one day, while cleanup crews
took care of the issues found by
the inspectors. It was inspected
again June 2 and again June 3.
Several minor infractions were
found and again evidence of rodents was seen.
A hearing was held on the closure on June 25. At the hearing,
owners can dispute a ruling by
the inspector or they can offer
plans on how they intend to mitigate the situation.
Round Table Corporate Vice
President of Operations Gregg
Fleury confirmed that they are
indeed working closely with the
county and are working to alleviate the problem.
“The systems and standards we
already have are ones we’ve redoubled our efforts on. We have
daily and weekly cleaning programs. We’re keeping a close eye
on this restaurant,” he stated.
Doser said that the outline
given to them by Round Table regarding their plans for mitigation
were good and if followed would
result in a clean bill of health for
the restaurant.
Round Table has been in busi-
ness for 50 years and currently
has 500 restaurants in six states in
the western U.S. Fleury said they
have very strict guidelines regarding food safety and cleanliness
and they will be conducting their
own site inspections to be certain
they are being met.
In the meantime, the result of
the administrative hearing was
that the restaurant was placed on
a one-year probation. During that
time additional inspections are set
up, at the cost of the restaurant.
If the issues are not addressed in
a timely fashion, the restaurant
could be shut down again and the
owners could potentially face civil
or criminal charges.
Fleury said the incident at the
Crow Canyon location will not be
repeated and is not typical of the
chain.
“This incident is an aberration
and we’re not very happy that it
happened. But it’s been taken care
of,” he stated.
Round Table has a long history
in the San Ramon area, one that
Fleury said he hopes to maintain
moving forward. “We’ve put in
place a very strict regimen of followup on a daily basis. So I think
the public can feel very confident
that this is a very safe eating establishment for them.”
Doser said there are approximately 4,000 restaurants operating within Contra Costa County.
Each year, the office receives
1,000 consumer complaints.
“People think they saw a rat or a
cockroach or they got sick. As with
all complaints we have to check it
out. About 75 percent of them turn
out to be valid,” he said.
Records of all inspections of
restaurants in Contra Costa County are available online. Interested
residents can go to www.cchealth.
org/groups/eh and click on food
facility inspection search. Inspections and findings are available
online plus residents can click on
another link to request further
information on the disposition of
a hearing. N
NEWS
Trail crossings to get facelift
Flashing crosswalks to go in at two locations
GEOFF GILLETTE
A lighted crosswalk, like this one near Del Amigo High School will be installed
at two locations along the Iron Horse Trail. Outdated flashing signals will be
replaced at Greenbrook Drive and El Capitan Drive.
Users of the Iron Horse trail may
see some work going on over the
next few weeks as plans are under
way to provide upgrades to two locations where the trail crosses town
streets.
Danville Transportation Services
Director Tai Williams said they will
be doing the work where the trail
crosses Greenbrook Drive and El
Capitan Drive. Both roads have high
daily vehicle occupancy so having the
flashing crosswalks will be a help to
maintaining safety at those crossings.
“Greenbrook carries about 7,000
cars per day,” Williams said, “El Capitan carries around 4,500. Plus the
Iron Horse Trail is something we
call a ‘kiddie commuter corridor,’
because a large number of kids use
the trail to get to school each day. In
light of these two factors, proximity to schools and sheer number of
vehicles, we felt it was important to
After over two hours of talking
about whether the MAC would
replace the SRVRPC, one frustrated resident, who declined to give
his name, pointed out that at no
time during the discussion was it
suggested that there be no MAC.
“Am I just whistling in the wind?”
the man asked. “Is this just being
rammed down our throats?”
He added, “Just because we voted
against incorporation, it doesn’t
mean we voted for a MAC.”
One woman, who also declined
to be identified, asked, “If you got
a majority of people to send you a
letter saying we don’t want a MAC,
would Mary still bring one in?”
Van de Brooke responded, “If
8,000 people sent a letter, Mary
would take a good strong look at
it.”
She then explained that while
those in attendance were stating
their opposition to a MAC, her of-
fice has received e-mails and phone
calls supporting the creation of
the MAC. “I have to balance your
opposition with other people’s support and that’s how Mary makes a
decision,” she explained.
Van de Brooke provided those
in attendance with a draft copy of
the board order to create the MAC.
She said she is looking for input on
the language before the order goes
before the Board of Supervisors.
Asked by audience, two members of the ACC gave their opinions
on a MAC. Steve Mick expressed
his support for the advisory council, while Mike Gibson said that, as
currently envisioned, he could not
support a MAC.
“The way it’s written right now
it seems too limited, too small, too
narrow in my opinion,” he stated.
A copy of the draft order can be
found with the online version of this
story at www.danvilleweekly.com. N
GEOFF GILLETTE
MAC
Continued from Page 5
to staff the two planning commissions,” Van de Brooke explained.
“The volume of projects coming
through has been reducing. It’s
that typical financial decision about
spending dollars for that extra layer
that gives some comfort to residents.”
However, when pressed by residents, Van de Brooke was unable to
provide figures for the cost of running the mostly volunteer planning
commission or how much would
be saved by disbanding it.
She stated that those figures would
be made available when the Board
of Supervisors discusses the issue in
August and urged residents to attend
the meeting to get that information
and speak on the issue. No date has
been set for the supervisors to address the sunset date as of yet.
upgrade these two systems.”
Currently there are warning
signs at those crossings with solar
powered flashing lights that go off
when someone on the trail nears
the crossing. But Williams said
those systems are among the first
that were put into Danville and
have outlived their service life.
“They’re not programmable and
they’ve gotten to a point in their
useful life where we are having to
spend a lot of money on maintenance,” she explained.
Instead of the flashing sign,
lights will be embedded in the road
surface along the crosswalk which
would flash when someone on the
trail would trip the sensor. There
will also be a button near the crossing which a person on the sidewalk
going onto the trail will be able to
push in order to activate the lights.
The system will be programmed
to activate when a person is about
30 to 50 feet from the intersection
so that the lights will be flashing for
a few seconds before the trail user
reaches the intersection.
The work is expected to cost nearly $80,000 and Williams said they
are hopeful that it will be completed
by mid-August.
One word of warning for trail
users: the flashing lights do not constitute a stop sign on the busy street.
“The purpose of the lighted crosswalks is strictly advisory,” Williams
stated. “It’s there because there isn’t a
stop sign at that crossing.”
Stop signs, however, are posted
on the trail at most intersections,
and users are expected to stop and
check for traffic before heading
across the street.
Danville police reported an accident June 23 where a cyclist using
the trail was injured at the Greenbrook Drive crossing after colliding
with a vehicle. ■
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Galvan said he was contacted
Wednesday about the discovery
and is in the process of writing up
his recommendations regarding the
disposition of the remains.
These are not the first remains
found in the area during a building
project. In the 1960s, Galvan said
that remains were found during the
construction of the I-680 corridor.
Another incident occurred during the construction of Mountain
Mike’s restaurant on Hartz Avenue
in 2005.
Work on the gym was temporarily halted after the discovery, but
Lyng said crews were back on site
Monday. He said they are working
in an area away from the remains,
and an archaeologist is on site to
supervise any further excavation.
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While Lyng said he also did not
think the few days lost will have a
cost impact on the school district,
the district will have to shoulder
the cost of the archeological investigation to make sure there are no
other remains at the site. N
All work stopped at the site at the
high school while the “designated
descendant” of the Native American was brought in to accept the
remains. This marks the second time
that remains were found during a
building project.
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NEWS
Battery recycling
program moves forward
Concern over transportation of batteries unfounded
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
Officials with the Central Contra
Costa Solid Waste Authority have
spent some time recently working out the kinks in a program
that will allow residents to keep
their household batteries out of
the landfill.
Under the program, residents
can bring their household batteries into the Longs Drug stores in
Alamo, Blackhawk, Danville and
San Ramon, as well as Danville
Music, Radio Shack and Walgreens. The batteries are taken
to a company in Phoenix which
handles the breakdown and recycling of the batteries.
At the July 7 meeting of the
Danville Town Council, Councilman Mike Shimansky reported on
the CCCSWA’s battery recycling
program and expressed concerns
about additional costs they felt
were going to be levied in transporting the batteries to the recycling center in Arizona.
At issue was whether or not the
alkaline based batteries needed to
have masking tape placed across
the anode and diode on each battery for safety reasons. Shimansky
said the state regulations regarding the transportation of the batteries said that those areas must
be taped in order to prevent the
batteries from sparking while in
transit.
“This is going to cost about
$45,000 to get the batteries
taped,” Shimansky stated.
CCCSWA Executive Director
Paul Moreson said initially that
was indeed the concern, but now
they are confident that they will
not have to spend the money in
order to transport the batteries
for recycling. “It looks like that’s
not going to have to take place,”
Moreson said. “Some people did
experiments and put the carbon/
zinc/alkaline batteries together
and didn’t get a spark.”
Moreson said that based on the
study done, that company was
given a pass by the Department of
Transportation. Pacific Rim, the
company which handles the pickup and transport of the batteries,
has also gotten dispensation from
the state to move the batteries in
sealed containers without having
to tape them.
Pacific Rim CEO Steve Moore
said the main thing about the batteries is transporting them safely.
“We get thousands and thousands
per month, but that’s not a lot.
We separate them by battery type
and put them in 55 gallon drum
and then ship them to the consolidater,” he explained.
The reason the batteries are
separated is to take out the lithium and rechargeable batteries.
While their alkaline brethren
do not need taping, the lithium
and rechargeable batteries are
expected to be taped to avoid
sparking.
Moore said the main thing is to
get the batteries separated and to
keep the batteries dry. He added
that the most important things
are to avoid impacts and keep
them dry in order to avoid leakage.
Residents are urged to drop
off their batteries at one of the
locations around the area and be
sure to tape the ends of lithium or
rechargeable batteries. N
DIABLO VIEWS
Long miles
and life lessons
on AIDS ride
A
few weeks ago I packed
my gear, stuffed myself
into Spandex biking shorts,
hopped on my bike and set out
on a week-long journey from San
Francisco to L.A. as a part of the
annual AIDS Lifecycle ride.
I wrote about this experience
two years ago, the first time I did
the ride. I talked about how I
started off training to do the ride
for myself, for some grand mystical challenge that only the middleaged can truly understand. I
sweated and strained through that
week, mired in my own concerns.
It wasn’t until that final night, on a
candle-lit beach in Ventura when I
really understood why I was there.
What it meant to be a part of that
ride, raising money and helping in
the fight against AIDS.
It made me want to do it again.
I was unable to ride last year due
to being out of the country, but
I resolved that this year I’d do it.
I wanted that feeling again. That
sense of community, of feeling
that getting on the bike the next
day mattered more than anything,
because it was making a difference.
So off I rode, a little wiser, a little better trained. And that allowed
me to have an awareness of what
was going on around me that I
didn’t have last time. That sense of
community was there all the time,
not just during a big ceremony at
the end but in lots of little ways all
the way through.
No one ever got a flat tire, had
trouble on a hill or got sick where
there weren’t at least a half dozen
others right there waiting with a
spare tube, or a kind word or just
a hug to help get them through
that few moments of weakness.
It permeates every facet of the
ride. There are huge lines for
everything. Food, drinks, air pumps
and especially for the porta-potties.
But no one jostles, no one argues
or fights. Rather, they turn to the
person next to them and strike up
conversations while they wait.
My friend and tent-mate Joe Hui
summed it up for me after just a
few days. He said, “Don’t you just
wish the whole world was like this
camp for the week we’re here?”
There were little epiphanies like
that that sneak up on you and
then there are the ones that punch
you in the gut. I remember one of
those. I was slowly grinding my
way up a hill we call Quadbuster.
A guy passed me like I was standing still. A short time later I saw
him go flying back down. And
sure enough he passed me again.
I admit my “sense of community” might have been waning a little
after that but I couldn’t believe my
eyes when he went down again!
And as I was topping the last few
feet, there he was blowing by me.
Covered in sweat, panting hard
but grinning.
As I guzzled water and mopped
sweat out of my eyes I silently
screamed at the guy for making
it look so darned easy. Then the
BY GEOFF GILLETTE
bottom dropped out for me when
I heard just why he did that. It
was a personal challenge for him
to climb that particular hill three
times—one time for each partner
he’d lost to AIDS.
Something like that really put
things in perspective. And there
were dozens of those stories. A
man named Ken, who is called
“The Chicken Lady” by everyone,
because he has ridden nearly every
AIDS ride dressed in a garish costume. He gets out early and leaves
plastic eggs filled with candy on the
tough climbs. Last year he missed
the ride after suffering a stroke.
Odds were that he wouldn’t ride
again, but there he was smiling,
laughing and handing out eggs.
These are amazing and wonderful
people who I am fortunate enough
to have met through this grand
effort and astounding community of
people. There is a quote I read once
by Jack Kerouac. It reads, “I hope it
is true that a man can die and yet
not only live in others but give them
life, and not only life, but that great
consciousness of life.”
By getting to know these phenomenal people and getting to know
the Lifecycle community and why
they are out there on the road year
after year they’ve given me that.
That “great consciousness of life.” An
understanding of the love, the loss
and the commitment they share.
It was a grueling, difficult,
frustrating, joyous, peaceful and
exhilarating experience. And it is
one I most heartily recommend.
Geoff Gillette can be e-mailed at [email protected].
McNerney cautiously optimistic about finances
Congressman tells business group that recession is slowing
‘...He knows how to make his
case with carefully-reasoned
storytelling and plaintive
questions...’
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BY GEOFF GILLETTE
California could be seeing the
light at the end of the tunnel. That
was the word from U.S. Rep. Jerry
McNerney (D., 11), who addressed
around 60 members of the TriValley Business Council.
Speaking July 2 at the Crow
Canyon Country Club, McNerney
expressed optimism concerning the
ongoing national and state financial
crisis.
“I want to say that the financial
crisis is stabilizing and the economy
seems to be recovering,” he stated.
“That’s the good news. Now, there
are clouds on the horizon. Future
shocks are certainly possible.”
The congressman pointed to a
large sector of homeowners with
sub-prime mortgages who may
still be in danger. He added that
the government has put into place
a program to allow homeowners
to refinance with long-term stable
home loans in order to help residents maintain their homes without risk of foreclosure.
While California’s fiscal situation
remains bleak for the moment,
McNerney said the Bay Area in particular is poised to make a strong
recovery based on several points.
“We’re right in the nexus between
Silicon Valley and the resources of
the San Joaquin Valley; 580/680 is a
tremendous transportation region,”
he said. Other points were that the
housing decline had not hit here as
hard as other places, the strength of
small businesses, and the quality of
the schools.
“The reason people move here
is our schools,” he said. “The reason businesses move here is the
schools. They want a good, healthy
safe community and that’s what
this is. This a community that cares
about their kids.”
At the federal level, the congressman said he feels leaders are making significant strides in moving
the country forward.
“We’ve put a financial system in
place that will require loans to be
backed with the proper amount of
equity,” he said.
In addition, under the Obama
administration he said that they are
continuing to put together a health
reform package that will be usable
by all Americans.
“If you have a health care package you like, you’ll still be able to
keep it. What we’re going to offer
is a public health option that allows
people to participate in a health
insurance program regardless of
where they’re employed, regardless
of who they work for, and regardless of any pre-existing conditions,”
McNerney explained.
In addition, he said the administration will be pushing for more
wellness and prevention, as well
as reform of both the health and
insurance industries.
It all adds up to a lot of change,
McNerney told the business council members.
“It’s a challenging time, it’s an
exciting time, it’s a scary time,” he
said. “I know there’s pain out there,
and yet we have to move forward.
We have to create a great economy,
one that is not subject to the whims
of the oil market. One that doesn’t
threaten our environment through
catastrophic climate change.”
He added, “Those are the changes that are happening. There’s an
urgency because there’s momentum. The American people demanded change and we’re going to
go ahead and move to the best of
our ability.” N
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LETTERS
THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY
Discover Danville indeed
Missing Dr. Johnson
D
Dear Editor:
Dr. Francis Johnson, who
passed away unexpectedly June
22, was a Danville icon for many
years as his children were growing up. He and his first wife Ann
raised their family in Danville
and lived on Constitution Drive.
All his children from the first
family graduated from Monte
Vista High School where Dr.
Johnson was a team doctor
for the football program from
the 1970s under Coach Mike
O’Leary. He served in that capacity into the late-1980s for Coach
Rob Stockberger, eventually turning over the duties to Dr. Jerry
Davis, who still serves in that
role. Francis cared deeply about
Monte Vista High School, its students, and of course the football
program. As recently as three
years ago, one of Stockberger’s
players, Jon Hamblin, saw Dr.
Johnson on the field during a
pre-season practice.
Dr. Johnson was like family
to many people: friends of his
children, patients and others.
Most of the people who came up
to his surviving children following the funeral said, “I feel like I
was raised in the Johnson home.”
According to his daughter, Vicki,
their home was a “home away
from home for a whole lot of
kids.” Vicki added, “My dad had
21 grandchildren, five of them
not related by blood.” He reached
out to everyone and made them
feel as though they were part
of one big family. He will be
greatly missed by family, friends,
patients, and the medical community.
Joan S. Hamblin
Danville
iscover Danville, an organization of merchants and
businesses that promotes shopping, eating and
doing business downtown, seems to have hit on
a winning formula. Its Summer Serenade Street Festival
on Thursday had a nice mixture of families, wine sippers,
farmers market shoppers and people out to enjoy the evening air.
The attendees took advantage of the opportunity to wander into stores downtown to see what they had to offer as
businesses stayed open later than usual. Of course there
was the added incentive of free goodies to eat and wine to
taste if one bought a wristband at the Discover Danville
booth for $5. It was a nice, low-key occasion to check out
the shops and to visit with their owners and employees.
The town and Discover Danville are on a Shop Danville
campaign as they help residents discover the fun of shopping locally. They not only want people to frequent downtown to contribute to its vibrancy but they want residents
to shop here because local sales tax dollars help finance
Danville amenities.
For the last few years, other cities in the vicinity have
been revitalizing their downtown areas in efforts to lure
local residents. Danville has responded by making an effort to create even more of an appealing, lively downtown
with attractive landscaping, places to sit and a venue that
suggests “small town charm, sophisticated choices.”
Discover Danville’s summer Thursday evening events are
a great way to show residents what downtown has to offer
in addition to providing a fun evening for all. Next on the
agenda is another free Summer Serenade Shop Local Street
Festival the evening of Thursday, Aug. 6; and an Art and
Wine Stroll from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 13, which costs $25 but
includes wine and trolley rides to and from downtown, the
Livery and the Rose Garden.
Many people cannot take time to explore while rushing
about on their daily business; these evenings are geared
toward relaxation and discovering Danville.
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Let’s legalize fireworks
Dear Editor:
I recently read an article in the
newspaper about a massive stash
of fireworks that was found by
the Oakland police department.
There were at least 2,000 pounds
of illegal fireworks imported from
China inside an Oakland residence.
I understand that fireworks
can be very dangerous, especially since we live in such a dry
climate. However, I believe that
there should be some legal fire
works the week of July 4th, or
at least on that particular day. It
is important that we celebrate
our Independence Day. After all
where would we be without our
independence from Britain?
I also believe that fireworks
should be legal around the New
Year, too. If properly handled, fireworks can be an exciting and even
safe way to celebrate.
I believe that if they are legalized, to ensure safety, there
should be an adult supervising
with a fire extinguisher nearby.
There should also be a limit on
how many you can buy. The
City of Dublin allows legal “safe
and sane” fireworks, so I believe
Danville should allow the same.
Patrick Curtis
Danville
Weeding out teachers
Dear Editor:
Not all teachers should teach.
It’s not fair to the teachers who
have been given pink slips when
some of the teachers who have
been there a long time are really
bad teachers. The whole thing
is based on seniority. There are
a lot of bad teachers that have
been there a long time so it’s
almost impossible for them to
get fired. The only way to get rid
of them is for a lot of people to
write a bunch of letters to the
principal. But a lot of people are
afraid that if they write a letter
to the school, that teacher might
retaliate on the student.
There needs to be a way for
bad teachers with seniority to
leave teaching and pursue other
careers.
Aaron Coleman
Alamo
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POLICE REPORT
Sunday, July 5
Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on Camino
Tassajara and Liverpool St. at 3:21
a.m.
■ Auto burglary on Park Hill Rd. at
1:41 p.m.
■ Vandalism on Ogawa Ct. at 3:27 p.m.
■ Petty theft on St. Vincent Ct. at 5:36
p.m.
■
Tuesday, July 7
Suspicious subject stop, arrest, on
Danville Blvd. and Danville Oak Place
at 12:15 a.m.
■ Petty theft on San Ramon Valley Blvd.
and Town and Country Dr. at 4:58
p.m.
■ Missing adult on River Rock Lane at
9:06 p.m.
■
Stolen vehicle on Bridgewater Circle
at 6:18 a.m.
■ Vandalism on Cedar Hollow Dr. at
9:16 a.m.
■ Animal cruelty on Railroad Ave. at
2:39 p.m.
■ Auto burglary on Ramona Rd. at
4:31 p.m.
■ Battery on Camino Tassajara at 8:48
p.m.
■
Friday, July 10
Petty theft on Camino Ramon and
Greenbrook Dr. at 1:39 p.m.
■ Assault, deadly weapon, on Jeannie
Ct. at 3:20 p.m.
■ Misdemeanor hit-and-run on Camino
Tassajara at 5:15 p.m.
■ Battery on Railroad Ave. at 6:13 p.m.
■ Battery, arrest, on East Prospect Ave.
at 11:10 p.m.
■
Wednesday, July 8
Reckless driving on El Cerro Blvd. and
northbound I-680 at 2:56 a.m.
■ Residential burglary on Condor Ct. at
10:56 a.m.
■ Vandalism on Mustang Dr. and St.
Maurice Ct. at 10:23 p.m.
■
Monday, July 6
Identity theft on Danville Oak Place
at 12:06 p.m.
■ Accident, property damage, on
Camino Tassajara and Diablo Rd. at
1:59 p.m.
■ Accident, Major injuries, on Church
St. and Hartz Ave. at 3:45 p.m.
■
Thursday, July 9
Suspicious subject stop, arrest, on
Front St. and Hartz Way at 8:36 a.m.
■ Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on Blemer
Rd. and Green Valley Rd. at 9:03 a.m.
■
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Saturday, July 11
Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on Camino
Tassajara and Sycamore Valley Rd. at
12:55 a.m.
■ Stolen vehicle on Diamond Dr. and
Whispering Trees Lane at 9:09 a.m.
■ Battery on Fostoria Way at 12:38
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OBITUARIES
Joseph Spataro, M.D.
Joseph Spataro, M.D., a resident of Danville, died June 21 at
the age of 76.
He was born March 29, 1933, in
Locri, Calabria, Italy. He received
his medical degree from the University of Rome. He arrived in the
United States in 1957 and joined
his family who were living in Meriden, Conn., at the time. He trained
as a neuropathologist at Einstein
College of Medicine in the Bronx,
N.Y., and was on the faculty for five
years. He was the chairman of the
Department of Pathology at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix,
Ariz., for 37 years. He loved reading, travel, hiking, playing poker
and watching soccer.
He was the beloved husband of
Josephine; father of Elisa O’Hara,
Marie Lyons and Helen Giuntoli;
father-in-law of Michael O’Hara,
Edward Lyon and Chris Giuntoli;
grandfather of 10; and beloved
brother of Henry, John, Mario,
Aldo, Peter Spataro and Theresa
Bobko.
Services were held June 28 at
‘...He knows how to
make his case with
carefully reasoned
storytelling and plaintive
questions...’
Ethnic epithet elicits explosive exchange
A 44-year-old Danville man is facing charges, following
a fight late Friday. Danville Police Sgt. Kevin Daley said officers were called to Vinoteca on Prospect Avenue around
11 p.m. on July 10 on a report of a fight. The victim, a 56year-old Walnut Creek man, reported to police that he had
been attacked in the bar and head-butted.
Officers made contact with the suspect, identified as Gerard Powers. Powers, who officers said was demonstrably
intoxicated, said the incident began when the victim came
up to him at the bar and called him a “big-nosed Irish
bastard.” Powers stated that he went up to the victim in an
attempt to resolve the issue but the situation ended with
violence.
Witnesses were unable to say exactly what happened,
other than that Powers reportedly head-butted the victim
twice and then grabbed him in a headlock. Both men were
ejected from the bar.
An EMT team from the San Ramon Fire Protection District was dispatched to the scene, but neither man required
treatment. Daley said Powers was arrested and taken into
custody. A breathalyzer test administered by police showed
Powers blood alcohol level to be .31, nearly four times the
legal limit.
Powers was charged with public intoxication and battery.
He was transported to the Martinez Detention Center.
—Geoff Gillette
Wilson & Kratzer Chapel of San
Ramon Valley in Danville. A funeral mass was celebrated June
29 at St. Joan of Arc Church in
San Ramon.
Tom A. McGovern
Tom A. McGovern, a resident of
Danville, died July 4 at the age of
90.
He was born July 13, 1918. He
loved family & friends, of which
he had many, and vacations in Pine
Crest. He was very active in the
Danville Congregational Church
and charitable causes including
Shelter, Inc. - The Mary McGovern
House in Concord and Loaves and
Fishes of Contra Costa County.
He was preceded in death by his
high school sweetheart and wife
of 57 years Mary C. McGovern
(1998); daughter Carol A. McGovern and sister Evelyn Schmitt.
He is survived by his son Tom
McGovern (Diane) of Walnut
Creek; daughters Kathy Haberman
(Mitch) of South Lake Tahoe and
Liz Roberts (Scott) of Livermore;
brother Charles McGovern (Irene)
8 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren and loving companion Mona
Day and her family.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to
Loaves and Fishes of Co.Co.Co.
There will be a Memorial Service
on August 22 at 3pm at Danville
Congregational Church, 989 San
Ramon Valley Blvd, Danville.
Shirley Katherine
Ellmauer Goodman
Shirley Katherine Ellmauer
Goodman, a resident of Alamo,
died July 5 at the age of 82.
She was born June 26, 1927 in
Liberty, N.Y. She was a teacher
by profession and continued this
service throughout her life. She
and her husband moved to Hayward, Calif. in 1956, and moved
to Alamo in 1965 where they
made their permanent home and
raised their family.
She leaves her husband Dr.
Donald Goodman of 58 years,
sons Gregg, Glenn and Gary, and
her 8 grandchildren.
The family would like to thank
all of our friends and neighbors
who have been so thoughtful
throughout the years. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations are made to Monte Vista
High School, 3131 Stone Valley
Road, Danville, CA 94526.
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Art
GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
Join us in celebrating the life &
works of Philip Hellsten- a wonderfully eccentric artist, inventor,
writer, philosopher & beloved
friend of Danville at Link2 Fine
Art Gallery, 730 Camino Ramon,
#196, Danville. Exhibit runs until
Thursday, July 30. Also showcases
works of 20 other collectible local
artists. Call 743-1733 or visit www.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
“Guys and Dolls”:
Diablo Theater
Company’s STARS
2000 presents “Guys
and Dolls” starring
Danville residents Lindsey
Scanlon as Adelaide,
Allie Garavaglia and Nick
McKenna at 7 p.m., July
24- Aug. 2, at San Ramon
Valley High School, 501
Danville Blvd., Danville.
Tickets are $14; $13 for
students and seniors. Call
943-7469.
Auditions
‘JACK AND THE BEANSTALK’
AUDITIONS San Ramon Community
Theater will hold open auditions
for ages 16 and older for “Jack and
the Beanstalk” from 7-10 p.m.,
Monday, July 20 with call backs from
7-10 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, at
Front Row Theater, 17011 Bollinger
Canyon Rd., San Ramon. Visit www.
sanramoncommunitytheater.org.
Camps
Bay Area venues from Thursday,
July 16 to Sunday, July 19. Tickets
range from $30-$60, and discounts
for students. Call (415)627-9141
or visit www.midsummermozart.org
GREEN VALLEY POOL SWIM CAMP
This camp is offered to children ages
5-8, activities including arts and
crafts, recreational sports, swimming
lessons, water safety instruction,
games and fun in the pool! Session
1 is from July 27-30 and session 2 is
from Aug. 3-6, at Green Valley Pool,
99 Maiden Lane, Danville. Cost is
$150 for a four-day camp; $25 sibling discount. Call 837-9904.
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BIRTHDAY BENEFIT CONCERT “Music
Inspired by Nature” with Janet
Popesco Archibald and Musicians
of the San Francisco Opera will
be performed at 4 p.m., Sunday,
July 26, at Lafayette-Orinda
Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Dr.,
Lafayette. Tickets are a $25 suggested contribution. Birthday cake
will be served. Call 228-5460.
HEALTHY PLANET WILD TIMES
SCIENCE CAMP Come to Lindsay
Wildlife Museum this summer for
an exciting summer camp session
about how to help keep planet
Earth green from 1-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday, Aug. 3-7, at the
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, 1931
First Ave., Walnut Creek. Cost is
$125 for members; $150 for nonmembers. Call 935-1978.
MUSIC IN THE PARK Town of Danville
will host Music in the Park from 6-8
p.m., Saturdays, July-August, at Oak
Hill Park, 3005 Stone Valley Rd.,
Danville. The Boys of Summer will
perform on July 25; Ron Thompson
on Aug. 8; and Take Two on Aug.
22. These concerts are free. Visit
www.ci.danville.ca.us.
SAN RAMON VALLEY VOLLEYBALL
CAMP Learn to play volleyball and
have fun. The youth camp will be
held July 20-23; skills camp from
Aug. 3-6; and tune-up camp from
Aug. 10-13. The camps will be held
at San Ramon Valley High School.
Cost is $130. For information,
e-mail [email protected] or
call 838-7595.
Concerts
BLACKHAWK PLAZA CONCERT SERIES
Blackhawk Plaza presents its free
concert series starting at 7 p.m.,
Fridays, July 10-Aug. 14. Pride and
Joy on July 17; The Sun Kings on
July 24; East Bay Mudd July 31;
Evolution: the Journey tribute band
Aug. 7; and Tainted Love Aug. 14.
Seating begins at 5 p.m.; no outside food or drink. Call 736-2751.
MIDSUMMER MOZART FESTIVAL
PROGRAM 1 The Midsummer
Mozart Festival is back for its 35th
season. Conductor George Cleve
welcomes duo pianists Yong Jean
and Yong Sun Park, along with
flute soloist Maria Tamburrino.
Programs are scheduled for four
O.P.O.A. family trusts. Call Corinne
at 878-5200.
SAN RAMON SUMMER CONCERT
SERIES Bring the family for a perfect
summer evening at San Ramon’s
Summer Concert Series at 5:30
p.m., Sundays, in Central Park,
12501 Alcosta Blvd. These concerts
are free. Future bands include Aja
Vu on July 19; Garratt Wilkin and
the Parrot Heads on July 26; Mersy
Beach on Aug. 2; and Orchestra
d’Soul on Aug. 9. Call 973-3200.
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES IN
LIVORNA PARK Alamo Parks and
Recreation presents the 2009
Summer Concert Series in Livorna
Park with four concerts from 6:308:30 p.m., Fridays. Future concerts
will take place July 17, July 31 and
Aug. 14. These concerts are free.
Visit www.alamore.org.
Events
“SACRED HEARTS” Novelist Sarah
Dunant will be presenting her new
novel, “Sacred Hearts,” at 7 p.m.,
Thursday, July 23 at Rakestraw
Books, 522 Hartz Ave., Danville. For
more information, call 837-7337.
15TH ANNUAL BANCROFT
SCULPTURE EXHIBIT A juried art
exhibit will be displayed in the
Ruth Bancroft Garden until July
19, located at 1552 Bancroft Rd.,
Walnut Creek. The garden is open
from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., MondayFriday; and 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Saturday. Call 944-9352 or visit
www.ruthbancroftgarden.org.
day of. Call (209)795-7832, or visit
www.onyourmarkevents.com.
ALOHA GOLF CLASSIC Aloha Golf
Classic will be held from 9:30
a.m.-7:30 p.m., Monday, July 20,
at Blackhawk Country Club, 599
Blackhawk Club Dr., Danville. Cost
is $195 per player; $1,000 for a
foursome; $50 for dinner only. Call
837-4400 or visit www.danvilleareachamber.com.
WALKING TOURS OF DANVILLE
Karen Stepper will host walking tours of historic downtown
Danville at 6:15 p.m., every third
Friday of every month. Meets at
Village Theater, 233 Front St. Patty
Dobbins will host walking tours
starting at 10 a.m., on the second
Saturday of every month, meeting
at the Museum of the San Ramon
Valley, corner of Railroad and
Prospect ave., Danville. Tours are
from April through October. Cost is
$3 per person. Call 837-3750.
EARLY CALIFORNIA HISTORY: “WHAT
YOUR FOURTH GRADE TEACHER NEVER
TOLD YOU” Come to Forest Home
Film
Farms Historic Park to enjoy an evening of laughter and enlightenment
while exploring little known incidents and stories of early California
history with speaker Wells Twombly
from 7-8:30 p.m., Friday, July 17 at
19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San
Ramon. To register for this event,
call 973-3200.
EGYPTIAN FESTIVAL Egyptian Festival
will be take place from Friday, July
17 to Sunday, July 19 at St. Mary St.
John Coptic Orthodox church, 4300
Mirador Dr., Pleasanton. Visit www.
pleasantonegyptianfestival.com
FARM CITY Local farmer and food
blogger Novella Carpenter celebrates her publication of her memoir, “Farm City,” at 7 p.m., Friday,
July 17, at Rakestraw Books, 522
Hartz Ave., Danville. For information, call 837-7337.
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS CAR SHOWS
Danville’s Hot Summer Nights Car
Shows combine classic cars and
camaraderie to create an evening of
summer celebration from 4-9 p.m.,
Thursdays, July 23 and Aug. 20, in
downtown Danville. To learn more,
contact David Miller at 437-3649
or [email protected].
TRI-FOR-FUN SERIES TRIATHLON
On Your Mark Event’s Tri-For-Fun
Triathlon Series’ second leg(of four)
will begin at 7 a.m., Saturday, July
18 at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park,
2500 Stanley Blvd., Pleasanton.
Entry fee is $55 in advance or $65
MOONLIGHT MOVIES ON TOWN
GREEN Town of Danville hosts
Moonlight Movies on Town Green
from 8:15-10:30 p.m., Fridays, JuneAug., on the Town Green in front
of the Danville Library, 400 Front
St. “Neverending Story” on July 17;
“Zathura” on July 31; and “Coraline”
on Aug. 14. Call 314-3400.
Fundraisers
‘THE GREAT CATSBY’ Valley Humane
Society presents “The Great Catsby
Casino Night” at 6 p.m., Saturday,
July 18, at a private home in
Pleasanton. Tickets are $75 per person, including dinner, drink tickets,
valet parking and gambling chips.
For information, call 426-8656.
FOURTH ANNUAL ARF SUMMER
BENEFIT FUNDRAISER This fundraiser will have doggie games, food,
wine, live music and fun for the
whole family from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Saturday, July 18, at Pyrenees Pets,
3440 Camino Tassajara, Danville.
Proceeds benefit Tony La Russa’s
Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF).
Call 648-7387 or visit www.pyreneespets.com.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
Keller Williams Realty and Alamo
Women’s Club will host a Pancake
Breakfast Fundraiser from 8-11
a.m., Saturday, July 18, at the clubhouse, 1401 Danville Blvd., Alamo.
Tickets are $6. Proceeds benefit the
SUMMER SIZZLER Join us for $5
lunch: tri-tip sandwich or gourmet
sausage, cold beverage and homemade dessert. Shop & support
our local missions; jewelry, quilts,
table graces, crafts and baked
goods for sale. From 11 a.m.- 2
p.m., Saturday, July 18 at Grace
United Methodist Church, 19901
San Ramon Valley Blvd., San
Ramon. Call 785-3200.
Kids and Teens
EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY Danville
Library will host numerous children’s programs including “Hard
Day’s Knight,” at 1:30 p.m.,
Saturday, July 18; cowboy storyteller Lariat Larry at 4 p.m.,
Tuesday, Aug. 18; and Timothy
James, a comedy magician, at 4
p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15; all at the
Danville Library, 400 Front St. Call
837-4889.
PRESCHOOL ROCK ‘N ROLL DANCE
PARTY Preschools are invited to
come and dance to the sounds
of classic rock from the 50s and
60s at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 18,
at the San Ramon Library, 100
Montgomery St. This event is free.
Visit www.ccclib.org.
Literary Events
INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING
FESTIVAL San Ramon Library will
host the 18th annual International
Storytelling Festival at 7 p.m.,
Mondays, July 20 and 27, at the
library, 100 Montgomery St., San
Ramon. Clara Yen will be on July
20; and Olga Loya on July 27. Visit
www.ccclib.org.
On Stage
SHAKESPEARE’S “TAMING OF THE
SHREW “ Women’s Will presents
“Taming of the Shrew” at 6 p.m.,
Saturday, July 18, at the Town
Green in front of the Danville
Library, 400 Front St. This event is
free. Visit www.womanswill.org.
Recreation
TEAM IN TRAINING INFORMATION
MEETING Walk, run, cycle, tri
or hike with The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society’s Team In
Training (TNT) by attending a
meeting at 2:30 p.m., Saturday,
July 18, at the Danville Community
Center, 420 Front St. Call (800)
78-TRAIN or visit www.teamintraining.org/sf.
Sports
WRESTLING FOR YOUTH Danville
Youth Wrestling Club Inc. will
host drop-in wrestling for youth
of all levels with trainers Bill
Ramos, Dave Santos and Matt
Albinson from 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
every Wednesday until July 29,
at the San Ramon Valley High
School Wrestling Room. This
event is free.
COVER STORY
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SAVOD
“Thank God for the Internet,” says Sue Savod. She was able to research her symptoms and zero in on Lyme disease, then find a specialist who is treating her for Lyme and
for a co-infection, which is common with the disease.
LYME DISEASE
A swollen sore knee. Doctors said it was my crooked kneecap. One wanted to remove it. Hobbled to another who said,
“We have to clip the ligaments and that will do the trick.”
This one was a good doctor, so I had the operation. Didn’t
work. Had gel injected behind the kneecap along with a
Cortisone shot (the worst thing for Lyme). That didn’t work
either. Said I would need a knee replacement eventually. The
swelling came and went.
Lower back ache. Went to the doctor. Recommended
physical therapy. Went. Didn’t work.
I came home and got on the computer. Thank God for
the Internet. Lyme disease. It frequently came up when I
put in my symptoms. I read more. And more. Blogs, Web
sites. The light slowly went on as I saw myself described.
Things I didn’t even know were symptoms. Brain fog. No energy. Some joint pains. Swollen ankle. Heel pain. Sore neck.
Weight gain. Ribs sore. Lower back pain. Ocular migraines
(you get the sparklies without the pain). Calf leg cramps.
Did I have all that? Yes, some were infrequent symptoms I
hadn’t really even thought about until they were pointed out,
and they had appeared slowly over time. I wasn’t reading the
signals. I didn’t know the language of Lyme back then. I had ignored almost everything except the fatigue and the knee. In fact,
I push through most pain and discomfort without awareness.
This new information made me finally stop and take stock.
My dear boyfriend bought me two books on Lyme and
“The light slowly went on as I saw
myself described. Brain fog. No
energy. Some joint pains. Swollen
ankle. Sore neck. Weight gain. ”
Sue Savod, Lyme disease sufferer
their information just about convinced me. I was sure I had
Lyme. But where did I get it? When did I get it? I sent for
my records from my doctor to see if I could track anything
down. I never saw a tick and never had a rash that I could
remember. Then I saw that in January 2003, I had gone to my
doctor with a flu-like illness and a swollen knee.
Bingo! Those are classic Lyme symptoms. I had begun hiking in the Las Trampas hills right behind my home in Alamo
where I lived at the time. And ticks like to cling to grasses and
shrubs, so they can jump on any carbon dioxide-emitting
creature that comes by. Who knows how many creatures
carry Lyme. In California, Lyme is carried by the deer tick,
Ixodes pacificus, the Western black legged tick that starts
out the size of the period at the end of this sentence. As they
mature they grow to about the size of a sesame seed. Deer,
squirrels, rats and mice are carriers. They don’t get Lyme
symptoms. The rest of us do. Tick jumps on a carrier, tick
bites carrier, tick jumps off. If the carrier is a person, Lyme is
transmitted. And new evidence says it only takes four hours
of tick attachment for you to get Lyme. If you pull off that tick
five hours later, you could have Lyme disease.
One San Francisco doctor’s name kept coming up in the
blogs and on some Lyme Web sites. I made an appointment
and had to wait two months, until August 2008. I was nervous. Was it all in my head? I wasn’t that sick. Told him what
I thought and, without missing a beat, he agreed and suspected, from my descriptions, that I might have another tickborne disease as well. I asked to be put on antibiotics right
then. Sent my blood to a Lyme-sensitive lab in Palo Alto.
Normal lab testing rarely catches Lyme, which is difficult to
catch with a blood test anyway. One month later—yes, I had
Lyme disease and Bartonella, one of the many co-infections
common with Lyme. I was almost relieved. At least it had a
name. I had no idea the severity of this disease. I was beginning the journey I am on now.
What they test isn’t the Lyme bacteria in your blood, but
the antibodies your system creates against it. As you are
treated and your immune system gets stronger, you put out
more antibodies. So if a test doesn’t show Lyme right away,
that doesn’t mean you don’t have it. It may just mean your
immune system hasn’t produced measurable antibodies. Doctors have to go on what patients describe for now. It’s called
clinical evidence. Eventually it shows up in the tests.
Met a lady from San Ramon the last time I went to my doctor. She had it—hers was manifested in stomach symptoms as did her college age daughter, who had two co-infections as
well. Hers was Neuro Borrealis—she couldn’t retain anything
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When Savod read books on Lyme disease, she became convinced this was her problem but was still puzzled as to
how she had contracted it. A look at her medical records led her to the probable date, a time when she lived in
Alamo and frequently hiked in Las Trampas.
she was learning. San Ramon! Alamo! It’s right here.
In fact my doctor currently treats hundreds—that’s
HUNDREDS—of Lyme patients, most from here in
the Bay Area.
Every parent should be aware of ticks and Lyme;
25 percent of Lyme patients are kids. If you live
where deer and squirrels live, then you can get
Lyme. Kids should be checked after playing outside. One author described her two sons’ bouts
with Lyme, both now cured. One was ill for seven
years. Couldn’t even go to school. They thought he
had all kinds of diseases—childhood arthritis, mental problems, eye problems, flu. We need to know!
If I got it, you can get it.
Centers for Disease Control says one has to have
a bulls eye rash, but more than 50 percent of Lyme
patients never see one. This disease is the No. 1
vector-borne disease in the U.S.; we have five times
the number of Lyme sufferers as AIDS patients.
Why don’t we know about it? And why didn’t my
doctors know about it?
CDC’s official line on Lyme long has been controlled by a group of doctors, Infectious Disease
Society of America (IDSA). They have a narrow
definition of Lyme—just rashes and joint problems
—completely ignoring the brain symptoms, the
stomach problems, the rest of the Lyme symptoms
that masquerade as other diseases. Lyme is a very
difficult disease to diagnose, but if I could diagnose
myself off the Internet, then why isn’t my doctor
getting the information he needs? Doctors now
doing research are too few and far between, and are
mostly doing it without financial help. I’ve found
that these doctors had Lyme at one time and that’s
how they became interested.
One M.D. was diagnosed with advanced multiple
sclerosis. He read about Lyme, went to a Lyme-literate
doctor and is now cured and doing research. Lyme
mimics a lot of diseases—multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Lou Gherig’s disease, fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue, lupus—my doctor said I would be surprised
at the number of cases of “lupus” he has cured. There
was even a test of cadaver brains from the Alzheimer’s
Association and seven out of 10 had the Lyme bacteria. Mine masqueraded as an autoimmune disease.
How many other “diseases” are Lyme? Without
informed doctors and better tests we will never know.
This is a huge problem that keeps thousands of
Americans ill and out of work. Insurance companies
won’t pay for Lyme, but go along with doctors who
deny that chronic Lyme exists. Lyme disease doesn’t
go away. It grows and debilitates. And it can kill. I was
lucky to find mine after only five years. Most patients
go seven years and to scores of doctors before they are
diagnosed—if they are diagnosed at all. Lyme caught
right away takes only about two months of antibiotics
to cure. But most Lyme is misdiagnosed. So chronic
Lyme can take years to treat. Why don’t the insurance
companies realize this?
Because Lyme is a bacteria, albeit a virulent one,
antibiotics work against it. You start treatment,
you get worse, you get better, you get worse—the
bacteria’s cycle seems to be every four weeks. It’s
a nasty bug. Some people, not knowing, start the
antibiotics and get really sick within a few days—
it’s called the Herxheimer effect—so they stop their
antibiotics. Big mistake. Because Lyme is intracellular and extracellular, it is often treated with two
different antibiotics. Some people who don’t have
a good immune system are critically ill right away.
They may require intravenous antibiotics and medical support. And if you have a co-infection, it has to
be killed before the Lyme can be treated effectively.
If I got another tick bite, I would find myself
a doctor who would treat me immediately, THAT
DAY. I fully intend to be cured. After I started treatment, I was fairly sick for a time but just recently I
have had the best three weeks in several years. This
reminded me how I can feel again. I was lucky to
find a doctor who is a member of the International
Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).
These wonderful, true scientists are a growing
group of Lyme-literate doctors who keep in touch
with each other to combine their acquired knowledge gained through experience to recommend
treatment for Lyme.
I know way more than I ever wanted to about
Lyme and this is just the short version. I have been
researching and reading and learning. I know this:
If we don’t start paying attention to this disease, it
can become an epidemic—or has it already?
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Sue Savod is now living in Diablo and taking her
antibiotics. She is focusing on her career in animal
portraits while regaining her health. Contact her at
[email protected].
Living
PEOPLE AND LIFEST YLES IN OUR COMMUNIT Y
CHUCK HERRMANN
THE GOLDEN NOTE
Teen-agers create music camp to earn top award in Scouting
T
BY CHUCK HERRMANN
hree Monte Vista High School seniors
ended up using one of their own interests - music - to reach the pinnacle
of Scouting.
In order to earn their Girl Scout Gold
Award, Nicole Cooper, Corinne Cooper and
Rachel Sweet were looking for an idea that
would bring young teens together and help
spark their creative juices. They did a needs
assessment for the community and realized
there were not enough enrichment activities
offered for young people who are interested in
music and band.
The entrepreneurs, who are all musicians,
came up with the idea of offering middle
school students the opportunity to hone their
musical skills at a camp designed specifically
for them.
“We sat down and realized that there were
plenty of camps for high school students, yet
the middle schoolers didn’t have as many opportunities. We wanted to give them a camp
they could call their own,” recalled Corinne.
The three, from Girl Scout Troop 30677, began
the process of planning and developing a camp
for young teens who wanted a musical outlet and
a chance to learn this summer.
And Camp Allegro was born.
“They set the whole camp up,” said Leslie
Vilhauer, the girl’s troop leader. “The girls are
the ones who deserve all of the credit.”
They held their own interviews, set up all
the meetings, and booked the multi-purpose
room at Diablo Vista Middle School. They
handed out flyers to middle schools in the
area to advertise the weeklong camp in June,
which cost $150. Camp Allegro was open to
any middle school student who was interested
in learning and playing music or being a part
of an orchestra or band.
The three created the camp with an interesting twist: They brought in fellow high school
musicians to act as counselors to teach and
play music with the younger students. They
hired Chavonta Edington, music teacher at
Diablo Vista, to teach the sessions.
Nicole, Corinne and Rachel set up the
camp to be fun and educational. Each musical
camper had one-on-one time with a counselor,
plus there were fun activities to introduce
them to new and unexpected experiences. For
instance, one day the campers had the chance
to learn about the didgeridoo, the famous
northern Australian aboriginal wind instrument.
“We wanted to create this camp because we
have a passion for music, and we love the fact
that we can use that passion to have kids learn
music,” said Corinne.
The camp had some workshops where the
students went outside to play music, as well as
marching band practice.
“This camp was such a wonderful thing,”
said Vilhauer.
This project of the three Girl Scouts provided a service for the community, taught the
organizers a lot, and also earned them the
prestigious Gold Award.
They hope Camp Allegro, which ran one
week from Monday through Friday, will continue in years to come. They hope other
Scouts will take it over when they leave for
Chavonta Edington,
music teacher at
Diablo Vista Middle
School, teaches
at Camp Allegro,
which was organized
by three Monte Vista
seniors to earn their
Gold Awards.
COURTESY STACY WINETT
college but if no one steps forward, the three
founders will continue to run it each summer.
“These girls did an amazing thing for the
community and set up a very well run, interactive and fun camp for everyone here,” said
Vilhauer.
The camp was the sixth step in the seven
step Gold Award program for the three camp
founders.
The weeklong camp of music and fun ended
in a celebratory concert at the end of the week,
with both counselors and campers perform-
Corinne Cooper
(left), Rachel Sweet
and Nicole Cooper
founded a fun
camp for middle
school students
to learn and enjoy
music for one week
during the summer.
LIVING
PRESENTING THE PAST
BY BEVERLY LANE
EPICURE
BY JACQUI LOVE MARSHALL
Sweetie, what
a peach you are
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“SAN RAMON VALLEY: ALAMO, DANVILLE, AND SAN RAMON” BY BEVERLY LANE AND RALPH COZINE
The Danville Hotel was originally a white building facing east on Railroad Avenue, built across from the Danville railroad station land after the Southern
Pacific train arrived in 1891.
Danville Hotel
remembered with
a monument
T
he Danville Hotel is one
Danville building that is recognized as historic by everyone. The old hotel is now painted
red and houses the Sideboard
Neighborhood Coffeehouse and
Kitchen. North of the Sideboard
is the San Ramon Valley Historical
Society’s brass plaque, placed on a
brick pedestal.
The Hotel itself was originally a
white building facing east on Railroad Avenue, built across from the
Danville railroad station land after
the Southern Pacific train arrived
in 1891. As historian Irma Dotson
wrote, the Contra Costa Gazette
repeatedly called for a hotel near
the depot and then reported that
the Hotel Danville was ready for
business in 1892.
Irish immigrants George and
Mary McCauley had moved to
the valley in 1868 and began the
hotel. They purchased four lots
from John Hartz, built the hotel,
and served railroad passengers and
personnel for decades. Their large
family helped run both the hotel
and a 162-acre family farm.
Originally the Danville Hotel
faced west. A two-story building, it had eight to 10 rooms and
one bathroom shared by guests
upstairs. Mrs. McCauley prepared
meals and was known as a good
cook; her pies were highly regarded. The Gazette wrote Nov.
3, 1892, that “Danville can at last
boast of a restaurant. Travelers can
be lodged and fed.”
Patrons and locals called the
hotel by other names over the
years, including the Railroad
Hotel, the McCauley Hotel and
Restaurant, and the McCauley
Hotel and Grill.
Danville’s main downtown was
located on Front Street during the
19th century. As San Ramon Creek
eroded one side of Front, and
businesses and homes were built
on Hartz Avenue, Hartz became
the main thoroughfare.
In 1911 Mary Jane and Sarah
Ellen McCauley (Parker) bought
two lots on Hartz Avenue. These
two daughters were deeded the
Railroad property in 1920, and
in 1927, the hotel and McCauley
house were moved to the Hartz
lots, facing east. The sisters managed the hotel until the 1930s
when they leased the property to a
German chef, Paul Zeibig.
Zeibig opened a restaurant,
which advertised fine dining
and served liquor as well. He
publicized the Danville Hotel
Restaurant as the place to go and
drew patrons from as far as San
Francisco. But World War II and
gas rationing ended easy drives
for those who wanted to come to
Danville for a rural excursion and
good meal.
In 1952 the lively Russel Glenn
leased the hotel, buying it in 1956.
He worked to make the hotel a
tourist attraction, painting it red
and white and adding a Ghost
Town patio. He had some success
and lived upstairs at the hotel .
After trying to sell the property, he
decided instead to expand, purchasing the entire block.
The next owners were Jerry and
Aileen Carter, who renovated the
property, dubbed it the Danville
Hotel Territory and decorated in a
19th-century theme. They turned
the large restaurant into the popular
Danville Hotel Restaurant and Saloon, which re-opened in 1976. The
Historical Society point of interest
plaque No. 5 was dedicated in 1977.
For the past 30 years the Danville Hotel Territory has provided
a well-regarded retail, office and
restaurant space in Old Town Danville, as ownership has changed
several times. Today many of the
buildings are vacant and plans for
new development are in the works.
Sources: Irma and Jim Dotson,
“Downtown Danville”; Irma Dotson,
“San Ramon Branch Line of the
Southern Pacific”; Contra Costa
Gazette; “The History of the Danville Hotel and McCauley House,”
brochure produced by Nearon Enterprises); museum archives
Beverly Lane is curator of the Museum of the San Ramon Valley and
co-author of “San Ramon Valley:
Alamo, Danville, and San Ramon”
and “Vintage Danville: 150 Years of
Memories.”
hy do I love peaches?
Let me count the
ways—a wonderful
subtle scent that epitomizes summer, a delicate and velvety (or, in
the case of nectarines, smooth)
skin, luscious white or yellow
flesh and flavors and textures that
are unlike any other.
If you’re a peach lover, you
just hit the jackpot. Lucky for us,
65 percent of peaches (and 175
different varieties) produced in
the U.S. are grown in California.
Even luckier, this seems to be an
especially good season for peaches of all kinds. Depending on
conditions, peach harvest occurs
late May through August. I have
discovered some super-sweet
peaches (particularly the white
ones) at various local grocers—
the Danville and San Ramon
farmers markets, Safeway, Costco,
Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and
Ranch 99.
Peaches, native to China, are
considered the oldest cultivated
fruit and are stars among the single-stone fruits, or drupes, which
also include cherries, plums and
apricots. Although peaches and
nectarines are often treated as different fruits, they belong to the
same species as peaches. Nectarines are often erroneously seen as
a cultivated mix of peaches and
plums because of their smooth,
often redder skin. In reality, the
history and first appearance of
nectarines are unknown. The
peach is significant in Chinese
culture: The peach tree is considered to be the tree of life and
peaches are symbols of immortality and unity.
The flesh of peaches and
nectarines is delicate and easily bruised but can be firm in
some varieties. Peaches are either clingstones or freestones,
depending on whether the flesh
sticks to the stone or not; both
varieties can have white or yellow flesh. White-fleshed peaches
are generally very sweet with low
acidity (most popular in Asian
countries) while yellow-fleshed
peaches usually have greater
acidity coupled with sweetness
(more popular in Europe and
North America).
Peaches are a good source of
vitamins A, B and C. More good
news: A medium peach contains
about 30 calories. A peach’s
sweetness is set at the time of
picking so select carefully. For
maximum flavor, peaches should
be purchased from a reliable
farm source, where they have
been recently picked. The most
important indicator of ripeness
is a sweet, heady peach aroma.
Also, the peach will have a yellow ground color, below the
blush color and medium-soft
flesh. Once home, peaches
should be stored at room temperature and eaten soon, as
refrigeration robs them of their
flavor.
While peaches are in the
prime of their season, buy them
often to eat fresh, to cook on the
grill and serve with ice cream or
to make some wonderful recipes,
like this Peach Kuchen (a German torte-like cake, pronounced
koo-hen). Better yet, consider
canning a supply of them to
break open during the off-season
(see box). Your family will thank
you for extending the love all
year.
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Small Plates, $5 Martini/Wine
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PIZZA
Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria
720 Camino Ramon, (in the Rose
Garden), Danville, 925-837-9800.
Amici’s offers authentic, thin, crispcrust Pizza and a casual Italian
menu of freshly made Pastas and
Salads, all available for takeout and
delivery as well as dine-in at this
new Danville location. Check out
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Real Estate
OPEN HOME GUIDE AND REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
SALES AT A GLANCE
Alamo
Total sales reported: 1
Lowest sale reported: $1,025,000
Highest sale reported: $1,025,000
Average sales reported: $1,025,000
Danville
Lowest sale reported: $450,000
HOMES TODAY
Average sales reported: $856,458
Walnut Creek
BY JOE COMBS
Lowest sale reported: $125,000
Average sales reported: $539,292
Source: California REsource
HOME SALES
This week’s data represents homes sold during
June 2009
Alamo
75 Bunce Meadows Drive M. & L. Profit to
D. & P. Nelson for $1,025,000
Danville
897 Dolphin Court A. & L. McMahon to G.
Shenkar for $1,003,500
1636 Fountain Springs Circle A. Crisp to N.
Ghata for $535,000
134 Gil Blas Road P. & J. Smalley to B. & M.
Cooley for $611,000
125 Merano Street N. Frauwirth to C. & D.
Festo for $920,000
2108 Oneida Circle SJZ Limited to E. & C.
Mahoney for $600,000
70 Panorama Court Bavelock Trust to Diehl
Trust for $1,310,000
242 Portola Drive S. Slusser to A. Verdura for
$450,000
6 Red Birch Court A. & R. Kirsininkas to M. &
K. Batross for $1,610,000
1236 Robyn Drive W. & B. George to R. & J.
Mahoney for $980,000
127 Siena Place Stamates Trust to T. & K.
Vargas for $765,000
119 Tivoli Lane J. & L. Cambier to J. Tade for
$635,000
446 Woodbine Lane Osuna Trust to N. Elder
for $858,000
Walnut Creek
1800 Alma Avenue #104 L. Kaplan to Brown
Trust for $700,000
1781 Almond Avenue YV Homes to J. Keane
for $335,000
817 Appaloosa Drive S. & M. Duchene to J. &
S. Welch for $850,000
322 Beacon Ridge Lane S. Brink to Hieta
Trust for $700,000
3434 Briertown Court L. Kleinsmith to M. &
J. Paknejad for $575,000
1789 Countrywood Court Federal National
Mortgage to N. & N. Kawar for $374,000
1310 Creekside Drive #209 Iron Horse Place
Limited to K. Morin for $419,000
72 Del Hambre Circle Harborview Mortgage
to B. Crowley for $488,500
890 Minert Road Harborview Mortgage to M.
& A. Undeen for $425,000
572 Monarch Ridge Drive Myers Trust to S.
Myers for $619,000
2033 Norris Road H. & A. Shaner to N.
Bevilacqua for $540,000
2709 Oak Road #Q S. Friday to A. Zafra for
$285,500
603 Red Wing Court Reynolds Trust to T. &
M. Lu for $1,130,000
923 Reddington Court S. Lee to J. & A. Cheng
for $650,000
2621 Saklan Indian Drive #2 Richards Trust
to C. & C. Liu for $492,500
1688 San Miguel Drive L. Tudela to S. Manes
for $435,500
1544 Siskiyou Drive M. Winthrop to L.
Demaria for $501,000
639 Sitka Drive R. Erickson to S. & A.
Talmage for $645,000
1532 Sunnyvale Avenue #4 CCRD Limited to
D. Ybarra for $470,000
732 Tampico D. & C. Theal to J. Sullivan for
$528,000
1840 Tice Creek Drive #2436 Rosow Trust to
Campini Trust for $125,000
1246 Walker Avenue #115 Ownit Mortgage
to J. Butterfield for $170,000
1301 Whitecliff Way Sheehah Trust to T. Seng
for $710,000
803 Wiget Lane S. & D. Pate to C. & P. Lloyd
for $775,000
Source: California REsource
OPEN HOMES THIS WEEKEND
Pleasanton
4 BEDROOMS
1608 Cindy Way
Sun 1-5
Alain Pinel Realtors
1624 Cindy Way
Sun 1-5
3737 Nicole Avenue
Sun 1-4
J. Rockcliff Realtors
4162 Remillard Court
Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 Alain Pinel
2801 Gray Fox Court
Sun 1-4
J. Rockcliff Realtors
5769 San Carlos Way
Sun 1-4
$1,119,000
463-2000
$1,249,000
463-2000
$1,550,000
251-2585
$1,595,000
577-1944
$2,795,000
251-2585
$699,900
463-2000
5 BEDROOMS
1632 Cindy Way
Sun 1-5
$1,349,000
463-2000
1436 Irongate
Sat 1:30-4:30
$1,375,000
621-4064
4 Eaglet Court
Sat/Sun 1-4
$1,995,000
846-6500
9116 Olson Court
Sun 1:30-4:30
$2,095,000
621-4064
San Ramon
2 BEDROOMS
145 Copper Ridge Road
Sat/Sun 11-5
Coldwell Banker
$200,000
847-2200
4 BEDROOMS
5400 Canyon Crest Drive
Sun 1:30-4:30
Alain Pinel
$798,500
577-1944
High End Market
64 Months of
Supply
N
ancy and I are getting lots of
inquiries about how the High
End Market is holding up in the
face of challenging economic times, so
we decided to write about the High End
Market this month. In the combined
markets of Alamo, Blackhawk, Danville
and Diablo there are currently 97 active
listings for single family homes priced at
$2 million and above. Only 8 High End
homes have sold and encouragingly a
total of 10 homes are currently pending.
Alamo accounts for the bulk of the
High End Sales with 5, which is down
from 7 High End homes sales in 2008.
The 53 homes listed as active pending
and sold spent an average of 232 days
on market and carried an average list
price of $3,297,799. For those 5 that
sold, the average selling price was just
below $3 million at $2,947,000. That
represents a discount of about 6.5%
below final list price. Four Alamo High
End homes are currently listed as pending. Somewhat dismaying for all High
End Home owners is that average pending list price sits at $2,658,750. That’s
about 11.7% less on a square foot basis
for current pending sales than homes
already sold in 2009.
Although there are 23 Blackhawk
Homes listed for sale at $2 million
and above there are, unfortunately, no
reported sales at this price point. The
23 homes listed as active have been
sitting on the market for an average of
162 days. They carry an average list
price of $3,441,608. Two homes are
currently listed as pending sales with
an average list price of $2,653,944.
This number is potentially misleading
as they are separated in price by nearly
a million dollars.
Danville reports 3 High End home
sales. The 26 homes listed as active,
pending and sold spent an average of
97 days on market and carried an average list price of $2,915,999. The 3 that
sold averaged $2,683,333, or about 8%
below average list price and carried a
per square foot price of $560, surprisingly about 16% higher for similar
homes sold in Alamo during the same
time period. There are 4 pending High
End Home Sales in Danville with an
average list price of $2,774,750. This
is about 6% below the price paid for
homes sold so far this year.
Diablo, like Blackhawk has seen zero
High End Home sales in 2009, not a
surprise considering the community’s
size. Surprisingly there aren’t any pending sales above $2 million in this community of homes either. Currently there
are 11 High End homes for sale in
Diablo. The average list price in Diablo
is $3,756,990 and the average price per
square foot at list price is $764 which
is significantly overstated by 2 homes
whose square foot prices exceed $1000.
Adjusted for outliers, the average price
per square foot is probably closer to the
$600 mark.
Year to date, a total of 8 High End
homes have sold in the combined markets of Alamo, Blackhawk, Danville and
Diablo. In 2008 a total of 18 homes
sold in this price range for about a
56% decrease in unit sales. There are
currently 97 active listings above the
$2 million mark which represents 64
months of supply at the current sales
rate. Concerned with the economy, yet
encouraged by the 10 additional properties now pending, it’s not easy to predict
if this represents a market bottom for
the High End. This will be an exciting
market to watch.
If you would like to receive a copy
of our “High End Analysis” including
the raw data, please send me an email
[email protected]. Please
include “High End” in the subject line.
We’ve started a Web Blog and we are
including timely market data not elsewhere available on it. To access the blog
type http://thecombsteam.blogspot.com/
into your web browser and become
blogging buddies with me.
Data presented in this column is based in
whole or in part on data supplied by the
Contra Costa and Alameda Multiple Listing
Service and other quoted sources. Joe and
Nancy Combs, Remax and the MLS Service
do not guarantee the accuracy of this
information.
Danville
Weekly
PRIN T & ON LIN E
To have your open home listed here, please contact
Nancy Taresh at (925) 837-8300 ext. 110
or e-mail [email protected]
Sports
Parent photographers
Send a jpeg to [email protected] of the best action shot from
your child’s game for consideration for our Sports page. Remember to
include caption information: who, what, when, where—and the score.
Starring the All Stars
Tassajara Valley 11-year-old American Little League All Stars played in the Brett
Slinger Memorial Tournament Championship game hosted by Danville Little
League and placed second to Livermore American. Team members are (back,
l-r) Coach Tom Davis, Manager Steve Doyle, Coach Ken Hare, (middle) Mikey
Maul, Colton Gering, John Nejedly, Ryan Davis, Joey DePetrillo, Jason Hare,
(front) Poochie Stemmler, Michael Collari, Connor Doyle, Eddie Kudey and Alexander Brown. Not pictured, Chad Akabane.
Danville 10/11s take District title
In a “do or die” game the Danville 10/11s won the District 57 crown, defeating San Ramon 9-7. San Ramon took off
to an early lead with a home run, but Danville rallied to take a 3-1lead by the end of the first inning. Despite intense
pressure from San Ramon, the Danville team was able to maintain that lead for the rest of the game. Four Danville
players, Ryan Murphy, Riley Moore, Joe Vranesh and Greg Polosky blasted home runs out of the park to fuel the victory. The Danville 10/11s begin Sectionals play Saturday with the first game in Tracy.
Team members are (top row) Ryan Murphy, Nick Moroney, Coach Mike Lloyd, Joey Spears, Manager Brent Hughes,
Joe Vranesh, Brian Barcellona, Riley Moore, Jake Hughes, Coach John Spears , Jake Lloyd. (bottom row) Greg Polosky, Clayton Tennant, Joey Matulovich, Conor Maloney.
A Morgan Stanley Company
JEFFREY WEIL
Moms and daughters at bat
Danville and Alamo mothers and daughters from the San Ramon Valley
Girls Athletic League played their own softball game after the regular contest held at John Baldwin Elementary. No record was kept of the score but
fun was had by all. Mothers are (l-r) Lisa Weil, Mary Rodrigues, Jo Ann
Rivas, Sheri Ambrose, Michelle Elissiry and Suzy Volpe; daughters, who are
either 5 or 6 years old, are Madison Weil, Megan Rodrigues, Gabby Rivas,
Sammy Ambrose, Nicole Elissiry, Grace Volpe, and Maddy Hunt.
Colt 45s clinch wood bat
tournament in Tahoe
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney congratulates Taryn Sievers, who has
been named to Barron’s list of Top 100 Women Financial Advisors.
Taryn Sievers
Senior Vice President
Wealth Advisor
One Kaiser Plaza, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
510-891-0567
[email protected]
Source: Barron’s “Top 100 Financial Advisors,” June 8, 2009, as identified by Barron’s magazine, using quantitative and
qualitative criteria and selected from a pool of over 450 nominations. Advisors in the Top 100 Women have a minimum
of seven years of financial services experience and $200 million in assets under management. Qualitative factors include
but are not limited to compliance record, interviews with senior management and philanthropic work. Investment
performance is not a criterion. The rating may not be representative of any one client’s experience and is not indicative
of the advisor’s future performance. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor its financial advisors pay a fee to Barron’s
in exchange for the rating. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company, L.P. All rights reserved.
Investments and services offered through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, member SIPC.
© 2009 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
NY CS 6036973 06/09
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The Colt 45 13U baseball team recently won the North Lake Tahoe Wood
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This was the team’s first wood bat tournament. Colt 45 13U team
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Henderson, Justin Doerr, Austin Chauvin, Reid Gratsch, Chris FrambesWheeler, Alexander Trautner, and Zach Goldblatt.
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2002 John Deere 5205 Diesel, price
$4300, Mower, Loader, 4WD, pictures
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barbecue. 10 minute walk to private
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Rates starting at $200 per night (Rates
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contact us for available dates and more
information at(415)333-4063 or [email protected].
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Sunday. Call 479-9670 and visit www.eastbayspca.org to see
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