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An edition of the
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New zoning ordinance allows Village wine tasting rooms permitted use * page 8
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
NO ROOM AT THE INN—
FOR PARKING, THAT IS—
STATES LEE’S LAWSUIT
Saratoga Inn owner claims city took
away parking spots he was promised
BY BRIAN BABCOCK
The owner of The Inn at Saratoga is suing the city of
Saratoga, claiming the city took away parking spots promised for the inn’s use since 1984.
Kwan Lee filed the complaint on June 1 with the Santa
Clara County Superior Court. Lee claims the city took
away seven parking spots in one of the Village’s parking
districts that had been reserved for the inn’s guests for the
past 28 years.
“All he’s asking for is what was promised to him, what
was given to him and what he’s had for years and years,”
said Lee’s lawyer, James McManis.
According to the complaint, the city and the inn’s
developer agreed between 1982 and 1984 that 12 spaces in
one of the city’s downtown public parking districts would
be set aside for the inn’s exclusive use. The spots were
dedicated to the inn so that it could meet the city’s parking
ordinance, which stated that there had to be one parking
spot per room, the complaint states.
The claim goes on to state that the city ratified the parking agreement in 2000 when it installed two parking signs
Water
Works
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Vol. 57, No. 23
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of harvesting rainwater
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Inn, page 10
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Heinz Sights
Columnist bids a fond farewell after 15 years of sharing experiences
A
s Tony La Russa
said after he and
the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series,
it is time to quit.
Not that I’ve won the
World Series, but after 15plus years of writing this
CARL
HEINTZE
column I, too, have decided
it is time to stop. It’s not
because of illness or lack
of desire. It’s a decision
not made lightly. I love to
write. I especially love to
write about myself or about
things that have affected
me in some small way, and
that’s mostly what I have
been doing all these years.
But I am running out of
things to write about. I’m
also running out of time.
Next June I will be 90
years old. I don’t feel that
old, and some folks tell me I
don’t look that old. But like
Tony La Russa, I want to
quit while I am still ahead.
So I am hanging up my
computer, as it were, and
calling it a day or a week or
whatever.
I hope that will be a disappointment for at least
some of you. I’m sorry it’s
ending, too, but all good
things do come to an end.
And it has been good.
Starting to write columns
many years ago came about
in an odd way. I wrote what
I thought was an essay and
sent it by email to Dale Bryant, the editor of this and
other papers and a dear
friend of mine, mainly for my
own amusement—and, of
course, I hoped hers as well.
She wrote back, “I guess
you are submitting this as
a column.”
I wasn’t, actually, but I
welcomed the chance to
write something and see it
in print. I had just retired,
and so I started in. I’ve been
at it ever since and it has
been fun. But of late my field
of vision, the things about
which I have been writing,
has narrowed, I fear.
I have been writing too
much about World War II,
the great event in my life,
excepting, of course, my
marriages to two wonderful
women. I haven’t written
enough about either of them.
Both of them have made my
life simply an idyll.
I also have written a lot
about my family. That’s
because it keeps getting
larger and larger (counting great-grandsons, it
now numbers 30) and is the
blend of two families. I love
all 30 of them, but I ought
not to inflict them upon you,
my readers, so frequently.
So from now on they’ll have
to speak for themselves.
I also exerted one of the
privileges of those that
write, complaints about
things that bug me, dentists, for example, or golf
tournament announcers or
those who give us “color”
between innings in baseball
games. Better they should
shut up and let us watch
the action in silence.
There have been some
other things, but I won’t
list them all. I tried to stay
away from politics. It’s unfair to have a bully pulpit.
I’ve told you more than
you probably want to know
about the island of Kauai,
my sort of second home.
But it is a wonderful place.
I’ve tried not to complain
too often, but I may now
and then probably have
Anthony Lum
been overzealous. I apologize for that. I won’t be doing it any more.
Over the years people
have asked me how I managed to write something
once a week. For someone
who loves words as much
as I do, that’s never been a
challenge. Ever since I was
a kid words have come to
me easily, and it has been
easy to put them down on
paper. Indeed, I am among
the most fortunate of men.
I have spent all my working
life writing, I have made it
my profession and I have
never regretted it.
The times when it has
been difficult to find something about which to write
have been few and far
between. Of course, that
doesn’t mean everything
I have written has always
been of interest to anyone
else. But it has been to me.
So I close this chapter in
my life without regret, confident that a new one is about
to open somewhere, sometime soon. What that may be
is uncertain at the moment.
And even though I am giving up this space, I am not
through writing. I intend to
finish a novel on which I have
been working for a year or
so, and I am also contemplating a biography of Harry
Bridges, the iconic leader of
the International Warehouse
and Longshoremen’s Union.
If nothing else, these projects
will keep me occupied for
some time to come.
I will try to resist the temptation to come back now and
then to tell you what I’m doing. But whatever happens, it
will be something, you can be
certain of that.
So hail and farewell until
we meet again.
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community-newspapers.com.
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BRIEFS
Grant program
for local groups
The Saratoga City Council
has established a community
event grant program to allow
organizers to seek funding for
Saratoga events. The city will
accept applications until June
21, 5 p.m., at the city clerk’s
office at Saratoga City Hall,
13777 Fruitvale Ave.
Applications will be brought
before the council during its
public meeting on July 18 for
consideration and decision.
Applicants should plan to
attend the meeting to answer
council questions.
Contact city clerk Crystal
Morrow at 408.868.1269 or
[email protected].
Boy Scouts to
take e-waste
Local Boy Scout Troop 439
will collect unwanted e-waste
on June 30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at
the Saratoga Prospect Center,
19848 Prospect Road.
It will accept desktops,
laptops, monitors, televisions,
printers, cell phones, CDs,
DVDs and more. Visit www.
earthcarerecycling.com.
Youths join
commission
Saratogans Justin Lee
and Shefali Vijay have been
named to the Saratoga Youth
Commission. The two take
the positions vacated by
outgoing commissioners Kia
Fariba and Sokena Zaidi.
Six commissioners were reappointed by the Saratoga City
Council. They included Nihar
Agrawal, Jane Chang, Kaitlin
Finch, Somya Khare, Sierra
Smith and Anu Sreedhara.
Thirty-eight Saratoga youths
applied for the eight open positions. The council held interviews on May 21. The students
hold their positions until June
30, 2014, or until they graduate
from high school.
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News
Volume 57, Number 23
Saratoga, California
E-mail us at:
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June 12, 2012
Roth waiting to hear, ‘You have the floor’
Goal is to install
a wood floor
By BRIAN BABCOCK
S
tudents in the longest- running aerobic dance class
in Saratoga are hoping the
city will take the next step and
resurface the floor of the community room in the Joan Pisani
Community Center.
Switching from a concrete
floor to a floating wood floor,
which has greater give, would
be easier on people’s knees,
hips, backs and feet, said fitness teacher Elaine Roth. The
floor would be similar to the
one in Friendship Hall at the
Saratoga Prospect Center.
“The installation of a wood floor
would be an enormous advantage
to my students and to me,” Roth
said. “The existing floor is linoleum over concrete, a very unforgiving surface to perform an
aerobic activity of any kind.
“My primary goal has always been to provide a quality
exercise program within the
boundaries of our community.
Competitive classes in adjacent areas have all upgraded
their flooring surfaces to wood
over the years. This itself has
put my franchise at a serious
disadvantage.”
Roth, 62, is a 34-year Saratoga
resident. She’s now in her 27th
year of teaching aerobic dance
and step classes in the city. Her
classes have always been held in
the community room.
She said she has a total
of about 75 students in her
classes. Although the average student is in her 50s, they
range from teenagers to an 84year-old woman who attends
classes four times a week.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN MEDINA
Fitness instructor Elaine Roth, center, leads a group during an exercise class held at the Joan Pisani
Community Center. Roth is hoping the city will replace the concrete floor with a floating wood floor.
“For the most part, my students have remained loyal to the
program and to me in spite of potential health risks. The bottom
line is that I cannot expect the
status quo to continue forever.
All of our bodies are aging, and
a wood floor would profoundly
enhance the workout experience
with increased cushioning and
support,” she said.
Roth was just one person
who approached the Saratoga
City Council last month about
the idea. The issue is the estimated cost of the project,
which stands at $60,000. City
staff had believed the cost was
closer to $25,000 to $35,000
until asbestos was found in the
tile flooring.
But the Saratoga-Monte
Sereno Community Foundation has stepped in to pay for a
third of the projected cost.
Foundation president Terrie
Creamer said she met with city
manager Dave Anderson and
recreation and facilities director Michael Taylor last year to
discuss possible projects the
foundation could raise funds for.
That’s when the idea of replacing the floor came up, she said.
Creamer has taken Roth’s
classes and is a member of the
Saratoga Rotary Club, which
holds weekly meetings in the
community room. There are
cracks in the floor and the linoleum is old, she said.
The foundation has already
raised $2,000 toward the project. Creamer said she expects
foundation members will reach
their goal of $20,000 by the end
of August.
“When people hear about the
Saratoga-Monte Sereno Community Foundation, we’d like
them to feel that the foundation is doing good things in the
Floor, page 12
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Colleges celebrate passage of Measure C
Measure passes
by supermajority
By BRIAN BABCOCK
Staff, faculty and other
West Valley-Mission Community College District
supporters are celebrating after voters approved
the district’s $350 million
bond measure.
Measure C received
40,629 yes votes (60 percent) to 27,340 no votes
(40 percent), the Santa
Clara County Registrar of
Voters reported as of June
11. The measure needed a
supermajority of 55 percent to pass.
“We are humbled and
grateful for the tremendous support of voters who
saw the importance of updating aging buildings and
classrooms,” district board
president Adrienne Grey
said. “The entire community expressed its trust in
us through widespread endorsements, donations to
our campaign and countless volunteer hours.
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Possession of a controlled substance—On
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driver was arrested and
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Vandalism—Between
May 25 at 3:30 p.m. and
May 28 at 9:30 a.m. on
815 Pollard Road, Los Gatos
Saratoga-Los Gatos Road.
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“Voter passage of Measure C enables us to continue providing high quality, affordable education
to tens of thousands of
students for decades to
come.”
The district, with West
Valley College in Saratoga and Mission College
in Santa Clara, serves
residents from Campbell, Saratoga, Los Gatos,
Monte Sereno, San Jose,
Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, along with others.
The bond is expected to
help pay for building and
technology updates along
with basic maintenance
and repairs to facilities at
both colleges. Upgrades
will be made to outdated
classrooms, laboratories,
lecture halls and performing arts spaces.
Plans also include the
completion of the new
Mission College main
building and a renovation of the central campus
buildings at West Valley
College. The buildings and
classrooms will also be
given earthquake safety
upgrades and updated to
ADA standards, allowing
for access by people with
disabilities.
The measure passed
by a far narrower margin
than expected.
A survey of potential
voters by EMC Research
last November showed
that there was strong support for the proposed measure. The survey showed
that there was close to 66
percent support for the
bond.
But the difficult economic times led to tough
choices by voters, Grey
said.
“Still, we heard from
many, many voters who
feel strongly that investment in education is the
key to revitalizing local
economic strength. We
are pleased that sentiment
prevailed, and that the improved learning environments just approved will
make our work preparing
students for 21st century
jobs even more effective,”
she said.
The district’s use of the
bond will be monitored by
a citizens oversight com-
mittee, the district has
stated. An independent
financial audit will be held
yearly and none of the
funds can be used for administrators’ salaries.
Voters passed a similar
bond measure in 2004. The
$235 million bond, known
as Measure H, helped renovate West Valley’s campus
center, math and science
complex, along with the
language arts and social
science complex. The $97
million from the bond earmarked specifically for
West Valley also helped pay
for a new science building
and the M.E. Fox Center,
along with infrastructure
upgrades.
Funds from Measure C
will only help with further
progress on the campuses,
Grey said.
“Renovations completed
under earlier Measure H
funding provide a preview of
the transformation to come,”
she said. “The contrast between worn, outdated buildings and newly repaired,
technologically
modern
spaces is unmistakable.
“It’s an exciting time.”
Our Lady of Fatima Villa.
The damage was estimated at $40.
Driving under the
influence—On May 25
at 9:06 p.m. at Highway
9 and Horseshoe Drive.
Deputies stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation.
An investigation revealed
that the driver was under
the influence of alcohol.
The driver was arrested
and booked into jail.
Theft by false pretenses—On May 25 at 10
a.m. on Cumberland Drive.
The victim received a call
from an unknown person
in Spain asking for a $998
payment to bail out their
grandson from jail. The
victim sent the money.
Arson—On May 25 at
10:40 a.m. at Lumbertown
Lane and Haymeadow
Drive. Deputies responded to a call of a concerned
resident. Deputies found
that someone had set
schoolbooks on fire, which
spread to a nearby tree.
The person was cited and
released.
Residential
burglary—On May 25 between 10:30 a.m. and 7:30
p.m. on Farr Ranch Road.
An unknown person entered a home through an
unlocked door. A computer worth $3,000 was
stolen.
Driving under the influence—On May 25 at
2:11 a.m. at Saratoga Avenue and Kosich Avenue.
Deputies stopped a vehicle
due to a traffic violation.
An investigation revealed
that the driver was under
the influence of alcohol.
The driver was arrested
and booked into jail.
Grand theft—On May
24 between 6 and 6:30
p.m. on Herriman Avenue. A flute worth $5,000
was stolen from the concert hall at Saratoga High
School.
Possession of marijuana—On May 24 at 10:58
p.m. at Bucknall Road and
Paseo Presada. Deputies
stopped a vehicle for a
traffic violation. An investigation revealed that the
driver was in possession
of a controlled substance
and marijuana. The driver
was arrested and booked
into jail.
Identity
theft—On
May 24. A Saratogan’s
personal information was
used to file a tax return.
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Wine tasting rooms to be permitted
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“I think establishing Saratoga as a destination for fine
dining and wines is a natural scene. Using the tasting
rooms in this context feels
like a natural thing. They’re
able to support themselves
and bring people in, and it
seems to fit the lifestyle of
our residents,” Cummins
said.
But Paul Hernandez,
owner of the Saratoga Oaks
Lodge, said he was worried
about the hours.
“I’m concerned with a
wine tasting room being
open from 8 o’clock in the
morning to 11 o’clock at
night, especially being right
next to one,” said Hernandez, whose business is near
the Cinnabar tasting room.
“I don’t know of any other
area where wine tasting
rooms are open until 11 p.m.
It seems like we’re tipping
over into a bar area and not
a tasting area.”
He said the Cinnabar has
been a good neighbor, but
added, “I don’t want to see
Wine, page 12
Produce hubs improve delivery
and reduce overhead and labor
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Friday, June 22nd
The Saratoga City Council unanimously approved
a new zoning ordinance
on June 6, allowing tasting
rooms as a permitted use in
the Village. Businesses that
meet the city’s criteria will
no longer have to apply for a
conditional-use permit.
This comes at a time when
the city is also looking at allowing live music outside in
the downtown. These small
pieces are adding up to a
new and more defined Village that the city council
and Saratoga Chamber of
Commerce hope will make
Saratoga a destination city.
The term “tasting room”
refers to a business that
does not have a kitchen and
is devoted to the sampling
and sale of wine or beer, a
staff report to the council
stated. The tasting rooms
cannot exceed 4,000 square
feet and are allowed to be
open between 8 a.m. and
11 p.m.
The number of wineries
and wine-selling businesses
has slowly increased in the
city and is helping increase
business activity, planner
Michael Fossati wrote in a
May 18 staff report to the
planning commission. The
number of wine-related
businesses within Saratoga
exceeds that of neighboring cities, which could be a
competitive edge in attracting related businesses, he
wrote.
Mayor
Chuck
Page
thanked staff and the planning commission for their
work on the tasting room
ordinance.
“When you’re trying to
revive a downtown to bring
people in, and it’s still the
No. 1 question that I get
asked out in public, ‘What
are you doing to help the
downtown?’ This is something that becomes a draw;
it brings people in. People
think of it as a destination. I
think it’s a really good step.”
Deborah Cummins, a
Chamber member and
downtown resident, said
she supported the ordinance
change.
Sun 12-4pm
By M ARY GOTTSCHALK
It’s not exactly a farmers
market, but Second Harvest
Food Bank’s new method of
distributing fresh produce
is pretty close to it.
Partner agencies operating food pantries, soup
kitchens and other foodassistance programs now
have specific produce hubs
they can go to and select the
fresh fruits and vegetables
they want to work with.
In the past, these agencies had to order what they
wanted online and then wait
a day for delivery or pickup.
The hubs are also saving
Second Harvest some time
and labor. Now they can
take produce directly to the
hubs without the delay of receiving, sorting, boxing and
delivering.
In most cases, this means
produce is getting to clients
a day or two earlier than it
would under the old system.
Edita Cruz, executive director of Martha’s Kitchen
in Willow Glen, likes the
new method.
“The produce is delivered
to different neighborhood
sites at their peak quality,
and agencies can pick what
we want,” she says.
“It means we can provide
more fresh fruits and vegetables to our clients.”
Since launching the program in summer of 2011,
Second Harvest has distributed3.2million more pounds
of produce than it did in the
same period a year ago.
“This is part of a mission-driven business model
change that is streamlining
operations and improving
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a bit more attention.
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its annual “A Sidewalk Affaire” on June 23, 10 a.m.-5
p.m., in the downtown. There
will be sidewalk sales and
a scavenger hunt will take
place from 1 to 4 p.m. Guests
are asked to meet at the Blue
Rock Shoot, 14523 Big Basin
Way, before it begins.
“We’re hoping it will be
fun and that people will be
more knowledgeable about
the Village and what we offer there and what stores
are there. And we’re really
looking forward to people of
all ages participating,” said
Jill Hunter, president of the
SVDC and vice mayor.
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that read, “No Parking
Beyond This Point/Public
Parking Available Across
Fourth Street.”
However, after a “diligent
search,” the documentation
of the agreement could not
be found. It has been lost or
destroyed, the claim states.
In 2009, the city installed
seven “public parking” signs
in and around the 12 spots
without notifying Lee, who
had purchased the inn in
1993. Lee has asked that the
signs be taken down but the
city has refused, the claim
states.
The loss of parking spots
has negatively affected the
inn’s business, McManis
said, even if it would be dif-
events popping up in the Village due to increased efforts
by the Saratoga Chamber of
Commerce, the SVDC is going a different route, Hunter
said. The group’s events are
now geared more toward
children and teenagers, she
said.
The group will hold a
three-hour scavenger hunt
starting at the historic Grover House, set next to the
Blue Rock Shoot. Individuals or teams will be handed
a list of riddles they will need
to answer by the end of the
event.
Adults and teenagers will
need to answer 25 of the
riddles; those 12 years old
and younger will be asked
to do less. Participants are
asked to have a camera or
smartphone on hand to take
pictures of some answers.
Examples of the riddles:
“What runs around the
house but doesn’t move?”
Answer: A fence.
“Every day I need a walk,
which I could tell you if I could
talk. My hearing is sharp;
my smell is keen. I may look
fierce, but am rarely mean.
Take a picture of the answer.”
Answer: A dog.
“Small, brown and oh, so
sweet. A gift for a loved one
good to eat.” Answer: Chocolate.
The true riddles will relate
to local businesses and the
Village, Hunter said. The
SVDC received help on the
riddles from the Saratoga
Youth Commission, she
said.
Village business owner
MaryAnn Serpa, owner of
Skin Prophecy Boutique,
said she will be participating
in the event. Although there
aren’t always immediate results as far as sales, the exposure is what counts.
“It brings in that foot traffic we really need. It’s always
a win-win,” Serpa said. “People don’t always purchase
anything, but we’re getting the awareness that we
need.”
For more information
on the Saratoga Village
Development Council, visit
http://saratogavillage.info.
ficult to quantify its losses.
“Parking is at a premium
in that area, as everyone
knows. And it’s a very busy
inn. If parking’s too inconvenient maybe people don’t
stay, or maybe they won’t
stay the next time,” he said.
He and his client have never
received a satisfactory explanation for why the city
made the change, he added.
The city has received the
complaint and is reviewing
it, city attorney Richard
Taylor said.
“There’s been an obvious
disagreement with the inn,
which is unfortunate. The
city respects and values the
inn for everything it’s given
and done for Saratoga in the
past,” Taylor said.
There is no evidence of
there ever being a parking
agreement between the city
and the previous and current owner of the inn, he
said. Parking spots in the
city’s parking districts are
a benefit for everyone, and
there is no special allocation
for any one business, Taylor
said.
There were discussions
between the lawyers before
the claim was filed but no
agreement was reached,
both lawyers said.
“The courts will have to
figure it out,” Taylor said.
McManis predicted his
client would win.
“Unless the city comes
to its senses, they’re in for
a big battle,” he said. “And
frankly, we’re going to end
up wasting a lot of money
for everyone involved. It’s a
big waste of time. But our attempts to reason with these
folks went to no avail.”
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Council members seem
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Mayor Chuck Page said
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“Upgrading the floor
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a bunch of bars open. So 11
p.m. seems to be too late.”
Community development
director James Lindsay said
staff chose those hours of
operation because that has
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son, CEO of Second Harvest.
“Market forces are requiring us to work smarter
and do more with less. For
example, the cost of food
has skyrocketed over the
last year,” she says. “In addition, the rise in gas prices
has seriously impacted our
business. Because we are
one of the few food banks
that doesn’t charge our
partner agencies for the
food we provide, we can’t
pass these costs on to our
“I suspect that our staff,
with their ‘do more with
less’ way of thinking, can
probably come up with
some additional ways to
enhance the ambiance of
the room if a new floor is
put in, at a very low cost.
That would increase the
benefit of the room to all
who want to use it.”
Page said creating a
healthier community is
just one reason why he
supports the project. He
also sees it as an opportunity to form a cohesive and
better community.
“Once this floor goes in,
there are more opportunities for other types of
gatherings and classes,”
he said. “The possibilities
are much greater with an
upgraded facility.”
Although she said it’s not
just about her, Roth said
she’s been waiting a long
time for a new floor.
“I really think I’ve paid my
dues,” she said. “I’d like to see
this done in my lifetime.”
ilar businesses in the past.
Councilman Manny Cappello said the tasting rooms
blend in nicely with the overall vision of what Saratoga is
and what it will become as a
destination city.
“Encouraging wine tasting rooms in our Village is
something that is consistent
with that overall objective,”
he said.
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Oh, the things people do while driving—besides driving!
T
here was a time long,
long ago when cars
were simple transportation. They were all
black, and they all had very
basic interiors. There were
no radios or tape players,
no make-up mirrors on the
sun visors or cupholders on
the console … heck, there
weren’t even any consoles!
They were the cars like
DICK
SPARRER
those mass-produced by
HenryFord,andherolledout
his very affordable Model T’s
to serve one basic purpose—
to provide transportation for
the common folk.
But, oh Henry, how times
have changed!
For a variety of reasons too
complicated to explain here,
I’ve spent a considerable
amount of time on the road
over the past week or so. And
if ol’ Henry knew what folks
would be doing behind the
wheel of those cars today,
why, no doubt he’d have
never thrown the switch to
start that first assembly line!
The car is no longer
merely transportation … a
vehicle for getting from here
to there. It has evolved to
become anything from an
office on wheels to a rolling
dressing room.
The women are the worst.
Hey, ladies, I don’t mean to
stereotype here, but if the
false eyelashes fit …
I can’t tell you how many
women I see putting on
their faces while rolling
through commuter traffic
in the morning. Frankly,
ladies, if we were meant to
get dressed in the car on the
way to work, General Motors would have equipped
every vehicle with a basin
and vanity mirror!
Why, I was telling my wife
about one very attractive
young woman putting the
finishing touches on her face
while doing about 75 in the
fast lane of the freeway.
“She was going so fast, I
could hardly keep up with
her,” I explained.
“Attractive, huh? Young?
And exactly why did you
have to keep up with her?”
she asked sternly.
“Uh, well,” I stammered.
“She was … well, that’s not
the point. The point is, um …
“And, you know, it’s not
justwomen,”Iadded,quickly
trying to change the subject.
(Pretty smooth, huh?)
“There was a guy in the
middle lane shaving with his
cordless razor,” I said. “Must
have been pretty tough to
get those sideburns straight,
huh?” She just glared.
“And despite the new
law, everybody’s still on the
telephone,” I continued, pretending not to notice her icy
stare. “One lady I noticed
actually had her day planner
resting against the steering
wheel as she chatted on the
phone … doing about 70!”
“Then there was the lady
with the phone in one hand
and her checkbook in the
other,” I added. “Balancing
the checkbook at 70 miles
per hour? Heck, you can’t
even balance our checkbook
sitting at the kitchen table!”
I laughed. She didn’t. So I
quickly went on.
“And then there was the
lady with a drink in one hand
and a cigarette in the other,”
I said. “It looked more like a
cocktail party than the commuter lane of the freeway!”
“Seems to me that maybe
you should have been watching the road a little bit more
and the ladies a little bit less!”
she snapped.
“Well, it wasn’t all ladies,”
I said in my defense. “There
was this one guy who was actually playing the flute. He had
both hands on the flute and he
was steering with his knees!”
“Soletmegetthisstraight,
instead of minding your own
business and just driving to
work, you were spying on all
of the passing cars,” accused
my wife.
“I wouldn’t call it spying,” I said, feebly trying to
defend myself. “I was doing
research for this column.”
“Oh, so were you making
notes?” she asked in her best
Marcia Clark direct examination voice. “Did you have your
clipboard propped up between the gearshift knob and
console like you usually do?”
“Well, not after the barbecue sauce from the Chicken
McNuggets spilled onto my
tablet,” I explained.
“You were writing your
column and eating McNuggets in the car while driving
on the freeway?” she asked
indignantly.
“Yeah, but only until the
phone rang.”
She just shook her head.
I suspect that somewhere
Henry Ford did, too.
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restaurants, for banks and cannot regulate the type
of music. In fact, some
for certain other types of
types of music may be
businesses that are not
dependent on foot traffic. It incompatible with the
will never be Santana Row atmosphere that makes
the Village so attractive
or downtown Los Gatos.
for some current uses.
Restore Saratoga However, city councils
There were multiple
have, over the years, tried
opposes music
suggestions from Chama variety of measures to
ber supporters during the
improve the Village busiin the Village
meeting that Village resiness climate.
The May 29 article deBeginning some 20 years dents should have known
scribing the meeting called ago, city councils have apthe Village was going to be
by the city of Saratoga to
proved mixed use projects noisy when they bought
discuss allowing outdoor
in the Village so that there their properties and that if
music in the Village missed may be, for example, a
they don’t like things like
a number of key points.
outdoor music, they should
wine tasting business on
move to the mountains.
Representatives from
the same parcel of land as
Unfortunately, no one from
two Village restaurants in
several residential condothe Chamber expressed
attendance described with miniums or townhouses.
any concern with these
some glee how they have
The city has not been
undemocratic, bullying and
been using outdoor music
successful in changing the
in violation of the city’s
business climate, but it has offensive sentiments.
For all of the reasons
current ordinances and
changed the nature of the
above, and particularly
how they circumvented at- Village. It is no longer a
since the city has not
tempts by the city and the
commercial district; it is a
solved its enforcement
sheriff’s office to enforce
mixed use district, but too
problems with current
the current ordinances.
often the city, the Village
illegal music in the Village,
A Village resident
merchants and the Chamand since the Chamber
described in great detail
ber that supported those
that a bar in the Village
mixed use projects want to has been unconcerned
with those of its members
pretend Village residents
has such loud music that
who do not respect their
her walls vibrate and she is do not exist.
residential neighbors, the
Music is just one of the
unable to talk on the phone
steering committee of Reramifications of this probor hear her own television
set even with her doors and lem in the Village. Still, how store Saratoga has voted
unanimously to oppose the
is it fair to families with
windows closed.
proposed changes allowing
infants
or
young
children
The Chamber of Commerce, which is advocating to have them awakened by seven day a week outdoor
music in the Village.
outdoor music seven days
for an ordinance change
JEFFREY A. SCHWARTZ
a week, or hours after their
allowing outdoor music in
San Marcos Road
bedtimes? Village residents
the Village seven days a
deserve the same peaceful
week until 10 p.m., argued
Jeffrey Schwartz subthat Village businesses are enjoyment of their homes
as do other Saratogans.
mitted this letter for the
at a competitive disadvanThe city can regulate
Restore Saratoga Steering
tage compared to other
the volume of music and
Committee.
commercial areas of the
the hours of music, but it
city.
However, the locations
are not comparable. ResiCorrections
dents on Oak Street facing
the Village and condominIn the May 29 edition of the Saratoga News, Saraium residents in the Village
toga High School’s Matthew Opatrny’s name was
are—literally—within 25
misspelled. He received the Saratoga Foothill Club’s
feet of wine tasting rooms
Fine Arts Award for excellence in visual and perand restaurants that might
forming arts.
host outdoor music.
• • • • •
This is a part of a larger
In the May 29 edition of the Saratoga News, a
problem. For the more
letter written by Peter Knight should have read,
than 35 years we have lived
“Since the city receives only about 1 percent of sales
in Saratoga, we have heard,
revenues in the form of sales taxes, that means mer“The Village is dying.” Like
chants’ businesses would have to increase by $0.8
Mark Twain, rumors of its
million for the city just to break even. And if that
demise seem to have been
were to happen, why do the merchants need taxgreatly exaggerated.
payer subsidies?”
The Village remains an
exceptional venue for fine
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on their big black and white
TV console. Cary Grant,
Marilyn Monroe, David
Niven and Rita Hayworth
called to me to enter their
world.
Now I have … at the Arizona Biltmore (www.arizo
nabiltmore.com).
When you walk into this
Phoenix resort, you’re not
walking into a hotel; you’re
walking into the past. With
the art deco architecture
and the Frank Lloyd Wright
Aztec room topped off by a
gold filigree ceiling, it’s easy
to imagine Carole Lombard
and Clark Cable dancing on
their honeymoon and Frank
Sinatra, after a few drinks,
crooning with the live orchestra.
The stories are endless:
Clark Gable lost his wedding ring on the golf course,
and a caddy found it and
returned it, no doubt receiving a large tip; Irving Berlin
visited in July and it was so
hot he wrote the hit song
“I’m Dreaming of a White
Christmas”; and out of the
resort’s eight pools, Marilyn
Monroe preferred the more
discreet Catalina pool for
swimming laps. That was
in the days when William
Wrigley Jr. owned the resort and bought Catalina Island in order to have rights
to the name.
Current old-style movie
stars such as George Clooney and Nicole Kidman now
favor the resort, but to me
there is nothing like the legacy of the 83-year-old hotel’s
glamour days when movie
stars truly were larger than
life.
The Biltmore is a playground for the rich and
famous, which anyone can
pretend to be, at least for a
few days. This flight of fancy
is only about two hours
from the Bay Area, and the
Biltmore is only 15 minutes
away from the airport.
It’s hard to leave the Biltmore, a city by itself, but you
must visit the Frank Lloyd
Wright museum in nearby
Scottsdale.
Taliesin West is both an
architecture school and
the former residence of the
Wright family during the
winter. When there was
nothing in Arizona but desert, the architect knew the
exact spot to build his home.
It’s located on 500 acres,
above the rain showers in
the valley with a spectacular
view of the mountains.
Everything Wright did
was based on simplicity,
the sign of a true genius.
His buildings, constructed
in 1937, are made of colored
rocks set in concrete, and
now concrete counter tops
and floors are all the rage.
Even if you’re not an architecture groupie you’ll be
wowed by his use of light,
water and local materials to
create an oasis in the desert
(www.taliesinwest.com).
Keep your wallet handy,
the gift shop is addictive,
and maybe the clerk will
give you two free brochures
like he did me in case I was a
“scrapper.”
Another day excursion
is the Musical Instrument
Museum. The latest exhibit
is jazz, with a coronet played
by Louis Armstrong, Benny
Goodman’s former clarinet
and unreleased footage of
Stanley Turrentine, Herbie
Mann and Lewis Nash from
the Manchester Crafts-
men’s Guild.
When you return to the
Biltmore, enjoy the “Hollywood & Wine” festival. For
this special event, the hotel
is offering its lowest room
rates of the year through
Labor Day weekend. Activities include celebrity bands,
wine tasting, winemaking
classes, wine barrel painting, live theater productions and a kids program
with dive-in movies at the
pool, and cooking classes for
youngsters.
A new attraction for both
adults and children is the
wine studio painting class.
(You pay less for kids because they’re served soft
drinks.) For the art-impaired like me, the instructors provide tracing paper
for your artwork, in my
case “Starry Night.” When I
made a mess of my “masterpiece,” I fixed it by adding a
wine bottle—it was a wine
and painting class after all!
The Biltmore is a great
place for romance and families. Kids love the Paradise
pool with a waterfall and
adults can have fun at the
swim up bar or visit my
fave, the saltwater pool. If
you get the lounge package
it includes free breakfast
and wine with hearty appetizers after 5 p.m.
Adventurous souls will
head to CHAR’s House of
Blues, a tiny, crowded dive
bar with music that brings
out your inner groove.
Therearealsochallenging
hikes in nearby mountains,
but I couldn’t tear myself
away from the pool.
The Biltmore still treats
everyone like royalty, and I
don’t know about you, but
I’m sure I was a princess
in a former life. The only
downside: It’s hard to adjust
to reality when you leave.
But you can always return!
Contact Ruth Carlson at
[email protected].
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Saratoga resident
Brad Daniel, owner of
Rainsavers, hooks up a
hose to one of his rain
water collection barrels.
‘Rain is free and it’s pure.
You get it every winter
and spring. The list of
reasons to get it just
keeps getting longer and
longer,’ he says.
Rain Powered
With California facing a drought season,
rainwater may be the next alternative
By A LIA WILSON
W
ith the summer season about to heat up,
theNationalWeather
Service is already
predicting a drought, as water resources continue to be tapped.
Water costs are also expected
to increase this coming year for
Santa Clara County residents,
making conservation alternatives
more attractive.
And now, some locals have
turned to rainwater harvesting.
Aside from the financial benefits
of using rainwater, locals are
finding more benefits when they
make the switch.
Silicon Valley may not beknown
for receiving heavy rainfall compared to areas such as the Santa
Cruz Mountains—where rain
collection systems may be more
common—but one Saratoga man
hopes to change that.
Saratogan Brad Daniel, owner
of Rainsavers, started his rain
barrel installation company when
his wife began placing pitchers
and pots on the front porch while
it was raining to collect water for
her potted plants.
“Here, everyone was raised
with municipal water,” Daniel
said. “For everyone, everywhere
else it’s the other way around.”
Since 2009, he has installed
more than 40 systems throughout the Bay Area.
Daniel said he is disappointed
with water companies because
they do not promote water conservation measures as much as
he would like. He argues that the
more people conserve on their
own, the less money the companies
make, so in some cases the companies don’t even mention things like
rainwater collection systems.
And yet, such companies are expected to reduce storm runoff into
the bay by 80 percent in the coming years, he said. Erosion control,
runoff and fire prevention, and
electricity and energy savings are
among the benefits Daniel listed.
“Government agencies are
slowly getting on board and recognizing the benefits,” Daniel added.
“With 20 percent of electricity in
California going toward transporting water, it just makes sense.”
Rainwater harvesting appears
to be one of the most promising
alternatives for supplying fresh
water with increasing water
scarcity and escalating demand,
Daniel added.
“Rain is free,” Daniel said, “and
Rainwater, page 19
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Rainwater
it’s pure. You get it every winter
and spring. The list of reasons to
get it just keeps getting longer
and longer.”
Sunnyvale resident Jennifer
Collins transformed her Oriole
Avenue back yard into an oasis
of sustainability. Across from
her children’s playground and
the family’s chicken coop, an
eco-lawn sprinkled with wildflower seeds and a robust vegetable garden are fueled by three
600-gallon slimline tanks that sit
along the side of her house.
Thanks to a first flush device,
the water is filtered before it
goes into the tank. With every
inch of rain on a 1,000-squarefoot roof, 600 gallons of water
can be collected.
“Roofs are our biggest source
for rainwater,” Collins said. She
had the tanks installed in February and didn’t run out of fresh
water until May 3.
“I think plants prefer rainwater,” Collins said. “Our drinking
water is filled with chlorine and
fluoride and other additives;
flowers and plants are not looking for that.”
Native plants and flowers
flourish in the Sunnyvale yard of
Diane Gleason and her husband,
John Cordes, who buried their
rainwater tanks underground.
An electric pump in each cistern
moves the water to an irrigation
system, but it can be switched
back to city water at any time.
The couple was about to embark on a remodel of their entire
home when they decided to install the cisterns. By burying the
tanks, they were able to plant
their garden on top, disguising
the set-up completely.
The two 1,700-gallon cisterns
capture water from the roofs
and back patio. Last spring, both
tanks were full, and Gleason said
she was able to water all summer using only rainwater. In
September, the front tank ran
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF DIANE GLEASON
John Cordes stands in the
hole that was dug to fit the
1,700-gallon rainwater tank
that he and his wife, Diane
Gleason, had installed at their
Sunnyvale home.
dry, but the brief rain later that
month refilled the tank enough
that they didn’t run dry again
that year.
“Our city water usage used
to peak in the summer; now it
remains flat all year,” Gleason
said. “California is a drought
state. People came over from
Europe and New England and
assumed we all needed green
lawns. We should be modeled
after Mexico with drought-tolerant landscapes.”
The couple has enjoyed the
benefits of using rainwater so
much that they also created a
graywater system running from
the washing machine to their
orange tree, and a manual water
diverter in the master shower
sends the cold water outside to
a small, above-ground tank.
Even with the benefits, rainwater installations come with
some trial and error. After
spending a lot of time doing research online, Collins found a
Brad Daniel of Saratoga waters his backyard plants using water collected in one his rain collection barrels.
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PHOTOGRAPH BY JACQUELINE RAMSEYER
Sunnyvale resident John Cordes lifts the lid to the 1,700-gallon
rainwater tank under his front lawn. Cordes says that one inch
of rainfall will fill the tank.
Rainwater
supplier and had her landscaper
help with the installation. She
found that landscapers knew
more about installing the systems than roofers.
“No one knew it was going to
be such an uphill battle,” Collins said. “Finding where to
get the barrels to gutter installation—no one had a clue.”
addictive. I’ll see water going down the drain, thinking I
should be collecting that. I hope
by next winter, every downspout is going to have a barrel.
“It’s about doing the right
thing,” Collins added. “It’s ecological and it gives us the cleanest water. It’s worth all the effort.”
Collins spent about $5,500
total, but encourages anyone to do it on any scale. The
smallest level could be a $50
rain barrel from Sears.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JACQUELINE RAMSEYER
Jennifer Collins, with her son, Jack, explains how the first flush pipes installed in her yard help to
keep bird poop and other debris out of the four rainwater tanks she’s installed in her back yard.
Together, the four tanks can collect 2,400 gallons of rainwater that are used to take care of the front
and back gardens. When they run dry, Collins simply switches to using city water.
‘Rain is free, and it’s pure. You get
it every winter and spring. The list
of reasons to get it just keeps getting
longer and longer.’
—Brad Daniel
Once ordered, however, the
barrels took only two to three
days to install.
Gleason said she had to redo
their deck in the back yard
that was put on top of one of
the tanks after it settled and
the bricks became uneven.
Despite the challenges, the
residents agreed it was all
worth it and happily give tours
to neighbors.
“I want everyone to do this;
I’ve become a huge proponent
for it,” Collins said. “It’s a little
Meanwhile, Cordes said there
were no incentives from the city
to install rainwater tanks specifically and would like to see that
change. Cities such as Palo Alto
offer a rebate of 15 cents per gallon. Other cities with incentives
include San Francisco, Oakland
and Santa Clara.
“The most important thing is
to change the rules and codes to
regulate in a way so people can
do more,” Cordes said. “We hope Brad Daniel switches a valve on his house gutter system to collect rain water in barrels. Daniel
to encourage others to try to be started his rain barrel installation company when his wife began placing pitchers and pots on the
front porch while it was raining to collect water for her potted plants.
more self-sufficient.”
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The 'City Beneath the City' exhibition includes more than 60 artifacts found in
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In the 'City Beneath the City' exhibition, the display of historical objects in a
contemporary gallery space is meant to raise questions about how the viewer
may perceive the artifacts.
isitors to the San
Jose Institute of Contemporary Art may
be surprised by a new exhibition. The gallery, after all,
emphasizes contemporary
work, but is currently offering a look at local history.
“City Beneath the City”
is an exhibition of more
than 60 artifacts unearthed
from San Jose’s former
Chinatown, which occupied
the area near Market and
San Fernando streets.
The spot, a short walk
from the ICA gallery, is
now home to the San Jose
Museum of Art, the Fairmont Hotel—and in the
winter, even an ice skating
rink—but in the 19th century, the area was home to
the United States’ largest
Chinese community outside of San Francisco.
“City Beneath the City,”
which runs through Sept.
16, will be highlighted at an
opening reception June 15,
6-8 p.m. at SJICA, 560 S.
First St., San Jose.
The apparent contradiction of historical pieces in
a contemporary gallery
space may be surprising, but that’s the point,
prompting the viewer to
consider what these nowdisplaced objects may represent to them, as well as
larger questions about immigration, labor and urban
development.
Admission is free. For more
information,call408.283.8155
or visit www.sjica.org.
Mother and daughter go head to head in ‘Leenane’
By HEATHER
ZIMMERMAN
PHOTOGRAPH BY DANA GROVER
Lillian Bogovich, left, and Alika Spencer star in
Northside Theatre Company's production of 'The
Beauty Queen of Leenane.'
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The Irish countryside
conjures up idyllic images
of rolling green hills and
storybook cottages, but the
saying about still waters
running deep may never be
truer than it is in the rural
Ireland portrayed by playwright Martin McDonagh
in his “Leenane Trilogy.”
Northside Theatre Com-
pany presents one of McDonagh’s well-loved trio of
plays, The Beauty Queen of
Leenane, June 14 through
July 8 at 848 E. William
St., San Jose.
As in any small community, there’s more going
on in the village of Leenane than a casual visitor
might guess. Here, in a
lonely cottage, Maureen
and her senile mother,
Mags, go head-to-head in
daily battle. Maureen, who
is close to 40, has been
caring for her mother her
whole life and would like
the chance to build a life
for herself—which seems
more of a possibility when
she begins to spend time
with a village man, Pato.
But the mere suggestion
of Maureen moving on
seems to worsen Mags’
condition.
Trouble is always afoot in
a darkly comic way in McDonagh’s “Leenane” plays,
which are known for delving into family drama and
long-held secrets, as well as
memorable language that’s
sometimes nearly as roughhewn as those famously picturesque stone cottages.
Tickets are $20 adults/$15
seniors and students. For
more
information,
call
408.288.7820 or visit www.
northsidetheatre.com.
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October 22, 1920 - May 5, 2012
rank/Woody Riley died peacefully on May 5,
2012. He was predeceased by his loving wife,
Barbara J. Riley and his sons Robert Martin
and James Francis. He is survived by his sister Ana Fran
Pettersen, children Jack, Tom , Barbara(Craig), Chuck, Mary
Ann and Joan (Ed), 11 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
He was Uncle Woody to numerous nieces and nephews,
great nieces and great nephews and he loved them all dearly.
Woody was an avid runner, golfer, winemaker, fisherman,
chef and master gardener. He completed 15 marathons and
countless 10K runs. He had a zest and enthusiasm for life
which he shared with all. He was an engineer at Lockheed
until his retirement when he pursued his many other interests
with such enthusiasm it was hard to keep up with him!
A memorial service will be held at Church of Ascension in
Saratoga on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
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irates,
cowboys,
angst-ridden teens,
florists, dentists, silent film stars, cross-dressers both extraterrestrial
and human, and of course,
zombies, are headed to
downtown San Jose this
summer in the latest installment of the Starlight Cinemas outdoor movie series.
This favorite summertime event takes place in locations almost as diverse as
the films featured.
The series offers a total of eight movies, showing in four downtown San
Jose areas. All screenings
begin at dusk. The San
Jose Downtown Association and Cinequest are the
series’ producers, and as
always, each film includes
pre-show entertainment
that draws on the theme
of the movie.
The series kicks off on
June 14 with Hook, Stephen
Spielberg’s tale about a
grown-up Peter Pan who
must once again face his
pirate nemesis, Captain
Hook. The film shows at
St. James Park, Second
and St. James streets,
and will be preceded by
pirate-themed games and
a costume contest
The new San Pedro Market, near San Pedro and St.
John streets, hosts movies
on the third Thursday of
the month. Screening at
San Pedro Market:
-Tony Curtis and Jack
Lemmon are two musicians who, as witnesses
to a major crime, need to
go incognito. What better disguise than as two
members of an all-girl
band that also happens
to star the lovely Marilyn
Monroe, in Some Like It
Hot (June 21)
-The Good, the Bad and
the Ugly, a classic Western
starring Clint Eastwood,
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The B-movie spoofing musical ‘Rocky Horror
Picture Show’ screens July 26 at Post Street.
brings together a gunslinger, a hit man and an
outlaw in a search for hidden gold (July 19)
-As her distracted family prepares for an older
sister’s wedding, a high
school sophomore nurses
a crush on a dreamy senior, and hopes someone
remembers her upcoming
16th birthday in Sixteen
Candles (Aug. 16)
Post Street, between
First and Market streets,
will host screenings on the
fourth Thursday of the
month. Showing at Post
Street:
-Rick Moranis is Seymour, a florist shop worker
who creates a bloodsucking beast of a plant, while
carrying a torch for beautiful co-worker Audrey.
Soon Seymour finds himself plotting to get rid of
Audrey’s sadistic dentist
boyfriend, with help from
his pet plant in Little Shop
of Horrors (June 28)
-Tim Curry dons corset,
pearls and fishnets as the
leader of a cross-dressing
alien race visiting Earth
with a plan to ... make everyone wear fishnets and
gaudy makeup? It doesn’t
really matter because the
singable songs, quotable
quotes and the B-movie
spoof silliness are what
The Rocky Horror Picture
Show is known and loved
for. (July 26)
-The advent of talkies
brings plenty of worry for
popular onscreen duo of
Gene Kelly and Jean Hagen—the latter has a face
for film and a voice like
nails on a chalkboard. But
with perky Debbie Reynolds around, Kelly has
plenty to sing about, in Singin’ in the Rain. (Aug. 23)
Campy zombie comedy
Shaun of the Dead shows
Aug. 31 in the SoFA district (S. First Street between William and Reed
Streets). The film, which
closes the series, will be
part of the fourth annual
Zombie-O-Rama, a festival
that invites guests to dress
up as zombies. Guests can
get zombie makeup done
(bring a donation of canned
food for Second Harvest
Food Bank). The ‘o-rama
fun also includes live music, a family-friendly zombie parade, a costume contest, and zombie crawls
both before and after the
movie. For information,
visit www.zombieorama.
com.
No matter whether
you’re there to see pirates
or zombies (or dress like
one), it’s best to arrive
early for Starlight Cinemas to snag a good spot
(seating is on a strictly
bring your own chair or
blanket basis).
Admission is free. For more
information, call 408.279.1775
or visit www.sjdowntown.
com/starlight or www.
cinequest.org.
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BRIEFS
A hometown
rally for Walsh
The city of Saratoga and
Acer, Inc., are hosting a
hometown rally for beach
volleyball champion and twotime Olympic gold medalist
Kerri Walsh. The event will
be held on June 19 at 10:30
a.m. at Wildwood Park, 20764
Fourth St.
Guests will be able to join
Walsh in some volleyball
activities and hear her speak
about her Olympic journey.
Style
Covering the arts and local features
‘Let’s Walk
Saratoga’
Saratogans hoping to keep
their New Year’s resolution
of getting healthier now have
some help.
The city of Saratoga’s
Parks and Recreation Commission will kick off its first
“Let’s Walk Saratoga” guided
walk on June 16 at 9:30 a.m.
at Joe’s Trail at Saratoga De
Anza trailhead in Congress
Springs Park, 12940 Glen
Brae Drive.
The event will include a
family friendly two-mile flat
walk. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable
clothes, sunscreen and a pair
of walking shoes.
Museum shows
off Montalvo
The Saratoga History Museum is hosting a new exhibit,
“A Day in the Hills—Senator
Phelan and His Home Villa
Montalvo.”
James Duval Phelan, who
donated his home as a park
after his death, spent his life
collecting art and supporting
and entertaining noted poets,
authors, musicians, politicians
and others at his home in
Saratoga, museum staff said.
Photos, artifacts and memorabilia will be on display. The
museum, 20450 Saratoga-Los
Gatos Road, is open FridaySunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF 123CHEESE PHOTOGRAPHY
The Saratoga-Los Gatos Chapter of the National Charity League, Inc. honored members who will graduate in the class of 2012.
Pictured are, front row from left, Christine Bancroft, Lindsay Cellar, Nicole Fetsch, Nicole Kaiser, Kendall Milton, Kelley Chaffin,
Emily Williams, Michelle Cummins and Katherine Cummins, and back row from left, Karilyn Clark, Cecilia Hollenhorst, Megan
Benzing, Isabel McPherson, Katie Tedford, Sloan Lewis, Megan Swanson, Sheila Brodnik and Alexandra Vent. Not pictured are
Natalie Berg, Sofia Chang, Ashley Fiance, Kristen Hench, Nandita Krishnan and Connie Lun.
Charity League honors members of class of ’12
Seniors recognized
for their service
T
he Saratoga-Los Gatos
Chapter of the National
Charity League, Inc. honored members who will gradu-
ate in the class of 2012 at its annual Senior Recognition Event,
held at The Opera House in Los
Gatos.
The young women were recognized for their six years of
community service, along with
the development of their leadership skills and social/cultural
enrichment.
They
also
strengthened
mother-daughter bonds through
philanthropic endeavors, combining for 10,500 hours of volunteer service to local charities,
including: Sacred Heart Community Services, Emergency
Housing Consortium, Saratoga
Library and Book-Go-Round,
Villa Montalvo, Special Olym-
pics, American Cancer Society,
San Jose Family Shelter, Nike
Animal Rescue Foundation,
American Red Cross/Operation
Care & Comfort and Our Lady of
Fatima Villa Retirement Home.
The young women attend
Saratoga, Los Gatos, Archbishop Mitty, Presentation and
Harker high schools.
Style
The Community Newspapers
(Los Gatos Weekly Times, Saratoga News, Cupertino Courier,
Sunnyvale Sun, Rose Garden Resident, Almaden Resident,
Cambrian Resident, Willow Glen Resident, Campbell Reporter)
will be expanding our
Religious Directory
What: It will be a page that will be dedicated to publishing religious
service times and dates for local churches and other places of
worship.
When: Tuesday or Friday
Cost: Display Ad
2x2 (3.45”x2”) = $35.00 per week
Line Ad
12 lines for $50.00/month
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF HELEN HE
Pricing for other sizes is available upon request.
For more information please Call Vicki Cha at
408-200-1025 • email [email protected]
Save lives.
Redwood Winners
Saratoga Redwood Middle School students Candace Chiang, left, and
Michelle Xu were given an honorable mention for their work in the 2012
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. Their team, ‘Plants Water
Purifier,’ was one of 29 from across the country given the award. Under
the guidance of their mentor and science teacher, Susan Germeraad,
the students were asked to identify a natural and cost-effective way of
cleansing contaminated water in parks and creeks. By planting metalabsorbing plants, the students found, the amount of toxins can be reduced
in the water and make creeks healthy.
Milestone
Betty Hunter
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Elizabeth
“Betty”
Hunter, who lived in Saratoga for more than 60
years, celebrated a milestone birthday recently
when she turned 100 years
old on June 4. A small family celebration was held in
La Quinta, where she now
lives with her daughter
Mary Anderson.
She was born on June
4, 1912, in Chicago and
moved to California with
her family a few years
later. She married Gordon
Hunter in 1941 and they
moved to Saratoga in 1945.
Her husband died in 1967,
but Mrs. Hunter remained
in the family home until
2008 when she broke a leg
in a fall and moved in with
Betty Hunter
her daughter and her husband, David Anderson.
The Hunters raised
two children in Saratoga,
Mary and her brother
Gordon Hunter, who lives
in Georgia with his wife
Brooke. Mrs. Hunter has
five grandchildren and 15
great grandchildren.
While living in Saratoga, Mrs. Hunter was active with the Foothill Club,
AAUW, Senior Center,
Book-Go-Round, Saratoga
Federated Church, volunteer work, Brownies and
Girl Scouts, and she used
to teach at the Saratoga
Nursery School when it
was in the Saratoga Federated Church.
“My mom misses Saratoga and all her friends
that she met through those
60-plus years in Saratoga,”
says her daughter, adding
that her mother “is doing
amazingly well.”
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Gardening
The forest may appear peaceful, but
there’s a lot of competition going on
W
hy do forests
seem to be so
peaceful?
Perhaps it is because most of
what goes on there happens in slow motion—very
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slow motion. It is difficult
to see how violent and
competitive the various
plants are to each other as
they grow. Ironically, by
bringing the serenity of a
forest into our own gardens, we also bring in a certain degree of the natural
violence that we are not so
aware of.
Vines are some of the
nastiest of plants in the
forest. Only a few, like bougainvillea, manage to climb
to considerable heights by
simply leaning harmlessly
onto taller trees for support. However, the various
ivies and creeping fig grip
tightly to the trunks of the
trees that support them.
Once such a vine reaches
the top of a tree, it develops
its own supportive trunk
while simultaneously strangling and shading out the
tree that supported it.
Some acacias and willows have figured out how
to take out some of their
competition simply by clobbering them. For example,
Acacia dealbata grows fast
and big, but is innately unstable and does not live
very long. Old trees invariably fall onto other trees,
which clears patches of forest for their own seedlings.
All sorts of cypress, pine
and walnut, as well as many
eucalypti control their competition by overwhelming
seedlings of other plants
with foliar debris that
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Tree- ripened
The strong fragrance of the inch-wide, star shaped
flowers of star jasmine gets attention from quite
a distance. Whether they bloom lightly in partial
shade, or profusely enough to obscure nearly half of
the foliage below, their crisp white blossoms show
up nicely against the rich waxy green leaves.
leaches herbicidal chemicals into the surrounding
soil. Their own seedlings do
not seem to mind much, so
are able to germinate and
grow where space allows.
Monterey cypress, Monterey pine, California fan
palm and Mexican fan palm
use an even nastier technique, incinerating their
competition during forest
fires. They retain as much
of their own foliar debris
as possible, so that during
a forest fire, they burn hot
enough to kill other plants
and their seeds. Their own
seeds though, survive the
fire in protective fruiting
structures. Monterey pine
cones merely get cooked
in a fire, and then open to
disperse their seed as they
begin to cool after a fire.
Like it or not, most gardens include at least some
plants that are not as
peaceful as they seem to
be. Some have the potential to be downright violent.
That is why it is important
to know how the various
plants behave and what
they are capable of.
For example, although
bougainvillea can be trained
up into arbors and trellises,
creeping fig should not be allowed to climb into trees or
anystructuresthatmightget
damaged by its gripping and
strangling habits. Beards
of dead fronds should be
pruned from fan palms that
are close enough to structures to be hazardous if they
burn. Knowing our plants
and maintaining them accordingly will promote the
sort of harmony that we all
want in the garden.
Vine of the Week:
Star Jasmine
The strong fragrance of
the inch-wide, star shaped
flowers of star jasmine,
Trachelospermum jasminoides, gets attention from
quite a distance. Whether
they bloom lightly in partial
shade, or profusely enough
to obscure nearly half of
the foliage below, their
crisp white shows up nicely
against the rich waxy green
of the simple 2 or 4 inch
long, and inch wide leaves.
Star jasmine is among the
more complaisant of vines,
so only climbs or creeps
along the ground to about
10 feet, perhaps twice as
much when very mature.
Horticulturist Tony
Tomeo can be contacted
at 408.551.9931 or
[email protected].
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Calendar
Special Events
Saratoga Village MarketPlace: The Saratoga
Chamber of Commerce
and the Saratoga-Monte
Sereno Community
Foundation present a new
farmers market featuring
locally sourced produce,
meats, fish and breads, as
well as prepared foods,
gourmet Kettle Corn, plus
handmade craft items. EvCOMPLIMENTARY COSMETIC
ery Wednesday, 2:30-6:30
SERVICES SEMINAR
p.m. Blaney Plaza. www.
saratogachamber.org.
Los Gatos Food Fest:
Join dermatologist Dr. Diana Ho for a free
Gourmet food trucks,
seminar about the wide range of cosmetic and
outdoor seating, live music,
skin care services available at Kaiser Permanente
craft beers and wine.
Cosmetic Services, including a live demonstration
Fridays, 5-9 p.m. through
Sept. 28. La Hacienda Inn
on cosmetic fillers.
Hotel, 18840 Saratoga-Los
To register, call (408) 851-8200.
Gatos Road, Los Gatos.
Free admission. 408-354Thursday, June 21, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
0300, http://facebook.
Kaiser Permanente Cosmetic Services—San Jose
com/LGfoodfest.
2440 Samaritan Drive, #2
Annieglass Cupcake
Crazy Event: Come meet
kpcosmeticservices.com
Annie Morhauser, founder
of Annieglass. Enter your
homemade cupcake in a
contest judged by Annie.
The winner will receive
a 20 percent discount on
their Annieglass purchases that day. June 22,
4 p.m.The Butter Paddle,
33 N Santa Cruz Ave., Los
Gatos, 408-395-1678. www.
butterpaddle.com.
Float Night Pool
Party: Pool admission is
free to the public. Flotation
devices such as inner tubes
and rafts are allowed (but
no water wings, please).
Barbecue dinner available
for $5 JCC members/$8
non-members/children
under 4 free. June 20, 5-8
p.m. Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of
Silicon Valley, 14855 Oka
Road, Los Gatos. www.
svjcc.org.
Montalvo Summer
Luncheons: Reservations
are now being taken for the
popular summer luncheons
at Montalvo Art Center.
Catered by Pat Smith’s
Extravaganza of Saratoga, these weekly events
feature appetizer, gourmet
salads, desserts, tea or cof32 SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS JUNE 12, 2012
sascc.org.
Senior Night at Bell
Tower Bistro: Seniors are
invited to enjoy live music,
card games and backgammon, Tuesdays starting at
4:30 p.m. $10 meals include
panini, soup and salad or
burger and coffee or glass
of wine or beer. 20490
During the
Saratoga-Los Gatos Road,
month of
Saratoga. 408-741-1104.
June, Gallery
Westhope Senior AcSaratoga
tivities Center: Come for
will feature
family-style lunch, Mon‘Travel
days, noon, small donation.
Adventures,’
Other activities include
an exhibition line dancing, Mondays,
of nature
9:30 a.m. All seniors are
photography
welcome. Westhope Presby Judy
byterian Church, 12850
Bingman.
Saratoga Ave., cross street
The gallery
Cox Avenue.
will also be
LGS Recreation’s 55
showing
Plus Program: The center
paintings
offers day trips around
by Dorothy
the Bay Area and CenAtkins.
tral Coast. The “Sizzling
fee. Fashion shows by local parents “shop” with the
Seniors” is an ongoing
boutiques are presented
tickets they earn through
non-impact aerobics class
at every luncheon. At 10
the program. Visit www.
that encourages active
a.m each week, there is
SundayFriends.org or call
seniors to improve endurcard playing in the Span408-793-0441.
ance, muscular balance,
ish Courtyard. WednesVolunteers for The
flexibility and coordination.
days, July 11-Aug. 29, with
Butter Paddle: The ButClasses meet Monday,
seatings at noon, 12:30
ter Paddle is accepting
Wednesday and Friday,
and 1 p.m. $38 per person.
applications for volunteers 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the Los
Sponsored by the Monto work in its store, which
Gatos Youth Recreation
talvo Service Group, which benefits EMQ Families
Center. Class fee is $30
supports the Montalvo Art First. To find out more
per month/$2.50 drop-in.
Center by holding several
about the organization,
Caregiver United Support
fundraising events during
visit www.butterpaddle.
Group, a free therapeutic
the year. Funds are used
com. For those interested
support group for caregivfor the restoration and
in volunteering, members
ers, meets every Thursday,
preservation of the historic will be hosting an informal 4-5 p.m. Call 408-356-9478
villa, built in 1912 by U.S.
coffee soon and can discuss if you plan to attend.
Sen. James Phelan, and the opportunities. Contact Lau- Unless otherwise noted,
center’s arts education pro- ra at [email protected] or programs take place at the
grams. To make reservastop by the store to fill out
Adult Recreation Center,
tions, call 408-961-5823 or
an application. 33 N. Santa 208 E. Main St., Los Gatos.
email msg@montalvoarts.
Cruz Ave., Los Gatos.
408-354-1514.
org.
El Camino Hospital’s
Sunday Friends
OATS Program: El
Seniors
Volunteer Program:
Camino Hospital announcSaratoga Senior
Families, adults and teens
es the opening of the Older
Center: The center ofare invited to volunteer
Adult Transitions Services
fers social activities and
for Sunday afternoon
(OATS) program in Los
services, weekly lunches, a Gatos. OATS is a 16-hourprograms in downtown
caregivers support group
San Jose that allow local
per-week, Medicare-covand classes, including
families in need to make
ered treatment program
seniors-only computer
contributions to our comspecifically designed for
courses. The center is
munity while they earn
adults 55 and over who are
basic necessities and learn located at 19655 Allendale
dealing with depression,
Ave., Saratoga. Tours are
practical life skills. Help
anxiety and other mood
with writing, cooking, craft available for new members. problems as well as life
For more information, call
or educational activities,
Calendar, page 33
408-868-1257 or visit www.
or help children and their
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Calendar
LIFE IS A JOURNEY
Calendar
information, visit www.
stewarttartan.com.
Reunions
transitions. This eight- to
12-week program provides
group and individual
therapies, psychiatric care,
nursing support and a
range of interventions designed to help elders regain function and resume
full living. Call Kathleen
Condon at 408-866-4028
or 408-866-4042 for more
information or to schedule a screening.
Class of 1982 Reunion: The Los Gatos
High School class of
1982 will hold its 30th
reunion on Aug. 4, 6:30
to midnight, at La Rinconada Country Club. www.
lghs1982.myevent.com.
Family/Youth
Westgate Mommy
& Me Club: Meets the
second Wednesday of each
month, 10 a.m.-noon. Meetings take place at Center
Court near Ross Dress
For Less. Westgate Mall,
1600 Saratoga Ave., San
Jose. Free. 408-551-4660,
www.shopwestgatecenter.
com/index.php?id=87.
YSI Summer Science
Camp: Registration for
summer science camp is
now open. With new camp
offerings, including an
extended morning session
for pre-K campers. Camps
are offered June 18-Aug. 17.
Youth Science Institute at
Vasona Lake County Park,
333 Blossom Hill Road,
Los Gatos. For information on camps offered and
registration information,
visit www.youthscience.
org. for other questions,
call summer science camp
administrator Kimberly
Yancey at 408-356-4945,
ext. 14, or email kimberly@
ysi-ca.org.
Theater/Arts
Aegis Gallery: Works
by local artists. 14531 Big
Basin Way, Saratoga.
408-867-0171 or www.
aegisgallery.com.
Gallery Saratoga:
Wildlife photographer
Judy Bingman and painter Dorothy Atkins team
up to share their works in
the gallery’s June exhibition. Bingman’s show
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The Joe Sharino Band opens the Music in the Park
series on June 17 in Los Gatos.
“Travel Adventures” documents scenes of wildlife
and landscapes from her
trips around the world,
including polar bears and
lynxes in Canada and
Alaska, hummingbirds
in Costa Rica and more.
Dorothy Atkins will be
exhibiting her colorful
paintings celebrating the
lives of women. The gallery is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Tuesday through Sunday.
Gallery Saratoga, 14435A
Big Basin Way, Saratoga.
For more information,
call 408-867-0458, or visit
www.gallerysaratoga.
com.
Los Gatos Plein Air
Fine Art Exhibit &
Sale: Presented by Los
Gatos Morning Rotary.
Featuring 41 nationally
acclaimed juried artists,
who spend four days
capturing the beauty of
the valley on canvas. Proceeds support art education for more than 20,000
children annually. A silent
auction of originals takes
place at a VIP artists
choice reception. Featuring fine wine tasting,
savory cuisine and live
music. June 15, 7-10:30
p.m. Tickets are $75. California Café, Los Gatos Old
Town, 50 University Ave.,
Los Gatos. Wine tasting,
live music, an exhibition
of the works and a silent
auction take place June
16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Los Gatos
Town Plaza. For tickets,
visit www.lgpleinair.org.
Music in the Park:
The annual summer
series opens with favorite
local group the Joe Sharino Band. June 17. Every
Sunday, 5-7 p.m., through
Aug. 26. Civic Center lawn,
110 E. Main St., Los Gatos.
http://lgmip.com.
Saratoga History
Museum: Exhibits focusing on local history.
Admission and parking
are free. Museum is open
Friday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos
Road. 408-867-4311 or www.
saratogahistory.com.
Saratoga’s Got Talent:
An opportunity for Saratogans to share their talent
and have a good time.
There is no entry fee. Live
musical performances,
stand-up comedy, karaoke,
poetry, blog reading—just
about anything goes. Every
month is a different theme,
held the first Saturday of
each month at Blue Rock
Shoot, 14523 Big Basin
Way, Saratoga (7-10:30
p.m.). For event information visit www.facebook.
com/SaratogaTalent or
subscribe to the email
group http://groups.
google.com/group/Sara
togaTalent/.
Stewart Tartan Pipes
and Drums Practices:
The band practices in the
South Bay to accommodate
its significant local membership and to recruit new
members at intermediate
level and above. Practices
are being held on the first
and third Tuesdays of the
month from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, 13601 Saratoga
Ave., Saratoga. For more
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Genealogy Treasure
Trove: Rose Mary Kennedy
of the National Archives will
talk about how to use the
newly released 1940s census
data and how to search
immigration and naturalization data. June 18, 7 p.m.
Saratoga Library, 13650
Saratoga Ave., Saratoga.
Genealogy for Beginners: A class for the true
beginner. No sign-ups
required. June 12, 11:30 a.m.
Los Gatos Library Tech
Lab, 100 Villa Ave., Los
Gatos. 408-354-6896 www.
library.losgatosca.gov.
Tai Chi for Beginners:
LGS Recreation presents
classes in Tai Chi, an
internal energy martial art.
An ongoing class for beginners is held Wednesdays,
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m., June
20-Sept. 12. $90 10-week
series/$14 drop-in. Los
Gatos Recreation Center,
123 Main St., Los Gatos. For
schedule and more information, contact 408-3548700, ext. 221, or visit www.
lgsrecreation.org.
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or send an e-mail to cal@
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com. Deadline is noon, eight
days prior to Tuesday’s
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publication.
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NAPA — Do you crave
a little red-blooded adventure along with your
red wine? The Napa Valley may have just what
you seek.
Sure, you can indulge
such standard bro behaviors as golf and biking. But hotels and other
businesses in the popular
wine region are kicking
things up a notch.
Get behind the wheel
and unleash some serious
horsepower, fulfill your
Davy Crockett fantasies
by bagging some game
for supper, or live the life
of a vintner, briefly, as you
blend and bottle your own
wine. And at the end of a
long day, what could be
more relaxing than chilling out with your own special “man-spa” session?
Here’s a rundown of
activities aimed at the
testosterone travel set.
DRIVE, HE SAID: Try
the Chris Cook Performance Driving Experience offered by Auberge
du Soleil and get behind
the wheel of an exotic car
to enjoy back road cruising or the chance to drive
on a real race track at
Infineon Raceway. Price
is $2,500 for a half-day
or $6,000 full day; prices
vary depending on car
and experience selected.
GET GAME: Guests
at Calistoga Ranch can
participate in a pig or
fowl hunt, go fishing or
dive for abalone. They’ll
finish the day learning
to clean, prep and barbecue the day’s catch.
A private guide service
is hired to lead the hunt,
pig or fowl, a guest must
have a California hunting license. Prices start
at $300 for fowl. If you’d
rather meet your meat
already slain, the Fatted
Calf charcuterie in Napa
offers classes in how to
break down a whole hog,
duck or goat as well as
other animals.
SEE WHAT’S BREWING:Tourthe NapaSmith
Brewery; enjoy a pint;
play a little darts. Catch a
game at the Norman Rose
Tavern, a casual bar and
restaurant in downtown
Napa. And the annual
Blues, Brews & BBQ festival in downtown Napa
takes place on Aug. 25
with three musical stages,
20 microbrewed beers, a
rib eating contest, and a
lot of barbecue.
GET CORKING: Sometimes a guy shouldn’t
bottle things up. But not
when you’re talking about
delicious Napa cab. Take
your DIY side out for a spin
at the Judd’s Hill Winery’s
Bottle Blending Day Camp
where you craft a blend
from four barrels under
the advice of an expert.
Bottle, label and take home
your liquid asset.
TRY SOME GOOD,
CLEAN FUN: The Man
Space Guys Getaway at
Spa Villagio features a
private spa suite with
fireplace, infinity soaking tub, steam shower
and 50-minute massage.
You have a choice of one
of three different types of
facials, a spa refreshment
platter—and the suite
comes equipped with a
flatscreen TV with Bose
surround sound. Or try
the Gentleman’s Facial
at the Calistoga Ranch
Bathhouse Spa.
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BRIEFS
Giants race
The first-ever San Jose
Giants race is coming to San
Jose Municipal Stadium on
June 16. The 5-mile and 5K
courses will be begin and end
on the field at Muni and circle
in and around Happy Hollow
Park and History San Jose.
Runners will receive a race
shirt, a ticket to the Giants’
5 p.m. game that day and a
finisher medal. A tailgate expo
on the field will follow the race.
Visit www.sanjosegiantrace.
com.
Sports
Complete coverage of area schools, recreation and youth leagues
Saratoga’s Uyehara wins tennis coaching award
Local players help
Stanford to polo third
By MIKE BARNHART
Adult sports
S
LGS Recreation is taking
registration for adult kickball, basketball and volleyball
leagues that will play on Thursday evenings beginning June
28. The registration fees: $500
for coed and men’s kickball;
$600 for men’s basketball; and
$400 for coed volleyball.
Each league will play a sixgame season with top teams
qualifying for the playoffs. The
deadline for priority registration is June 15. Download a
registration form at www.
quickscores.com/lgsrecre
ation. Call 408.207.4903 or
email [email protected].
Tennis classes
Registration is under way
for spring adult and junior
tennis classes and summer
classes. Classes are held at
Blossom Hill Park and Los
Gatos High School and all
instructors are Todd Dissly
Athletics certified. For more
information, visit www.lgta.
net or www.lgsrecreation.org.
WG coaches
Willow Glen High School
is looking for a coach for girls
varsity and junior varsity field
hockey and for girls JV volleyball. Contact athletic director
Peggy Booth at 408.535.6330,
ext. 533, or Peggy_Booth@
sjusd.org, or fax a résumè to
408.535.2353.
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Saratoga sophomore Kial Kaiser, slamming a backhand in a match against Monta Vista, led a
group of underclassmen to a solid spring season. The Falcons reached the semifinals of the CCS
playoffs.
aratoga High School tennis coach Tom Uyehara
recently received Coach of
the Year awards from the California Coaches Association and
the Northern California Division
of the United States Professional
Tennis Association, specifically
for his work with the girls team at
the high school.
But Uyehara’s coaching and
leadership abilities were perhaps even more evident during the boys season this spring,
when his young Falcons squad
reached the semifinals of the
Central Coast Section team
tournament. The final result was
the same as in 2011—a semifinal
defeat at the hands of eventual
runner-up Bellarmine. But this
year’s journey was much more
remarkable.
Last year Saratoga featured
superb singles play and leadership from a pair of outstanding
seniors en route to the championship in the De Anza Division
of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, regarded as the
toughest in the CCS.
But this year, with Nikhil Jayashankar and Deepak Sabada graduated and playing collegiately,
Saratoga’s singles ace was a
sophomore, Kial Kaiser, and the
supporting cast consisted primarily of underclassmen. The Falcons
worked hard to just finish in a tie
for second place in league play
and entered the CCS tournament
with an overall record of 13-6.
“This season was one of the
most rewarding seasons I have
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had being a coach,” Uyehara
said, “because we far exceeded the expectations that
were set for us by coaches,
parents and players.”
Each match was a battle
for Saratoga, including a
pair of 4-3 league losses to
eventual De Anza champion
Monta Vista, but the Falcons
kept improving and turned
the tables on the Matadors
with a 10-8 triumph in the
CCS quarterfinals.
“As usual, the Monta
Vista match was very close,”
Uyehara said. “After the
first two rounds the overall
match score was 6-6 and
pretty much a toss-up.”
The Falcons won two
of the last three doubles
matches and prevailed on
the strength of singles wins
by Kaiser and fellow sophomore Zach Hewlin.
“The doubles were the
key to this win,” Uyehara
said. “Each of our doubles
teams went 2-1, grabbing us
six wins in total. The team
of Henry Shen and Sanjay
Kalliyur was the biggest
surprise since it was a newly
formed team for this CCS
format.”
Saratoga lost to Bellarmine in the semifinals, as the
Bells captured five of six sets
ineachofthefirst two rounds
for an insurmountable 102 lead. With the match no
longer in doubt, both teams
played some substitutes and
Saratoga won five of the six
third-round contests.
“I am proud of the way
the boys fought and how
they battled every single
round regardless of score,”
Uyehara said. “It shows a
lot about their individual
character to never give up,
even if the odds are stacked
against them.”
Cho, Hegde, Welch
play for Stanford
Three boys from local
high schools were part of
the Stanford Water Polo
Club’s 16-and-under team
Water polo standouts, from left, Steven Cho of Saratoga High School, Rishabh
Hegde of Lynbrook and Shawn Welch of Archbishop Mitty were members of the
Stanford 16-and-under team that placed third in the Cal Cup State Championships.
that finished third in the Cal
Cup State Championship
June 1-3 at UC -Davis.
Steven Cho (Saratoga),
Rishabh Hegde (Lynbrook)
and Shawn Welch (Archbishop Mitty) helped the
Stanford squad place third
out of 16 teams from around
the state. Stanford won four
ofsixgamesonthe weekend,
including a 13-12 triumph in
the third-place contest over
a team from Chino Hills.
Cho and Hegde both
were all-league performers
as sophomores last fall during the Santa Clara Valley
Athletic League El Camino
Division season. Cho was
the Most Valuable Player
of the division and Hegde
was a first team selection.
Welch also was a first team
all-leaguer as a sophomore,
in the West Catholic Athletic League.
Verceles-Carr is a
gymnastics star
Megan Verceles-Carr
of Monte Sereno capped
her first season as a Level
9 competitor for the West
Valley Gymnastics Club
with an outstanding showing at the Western National Championships in
Boise, Idaho, in May.
In a competition that
featured gymnasts from 25
states west of the Missis-
sippi River, Verceles-Carr
placed seventh in the allaround out of 48 girls in her
age group. Under the guidance of coaches Paul Duron
and Judy Zhou, she posted
third-place finishes in the
vault (9.525) and floor exercise (9.45) and tied for sixth
on the balance beam (9.35).
Bunce a Brine
All-American
Being recognized for
athletic talent as a senior
in high school is quite an
honor, but being noticed
as a freshman is something else entirely.
Chase Bunce of Los
Gatos, a lacrosse player
at Bellarmine Prep, was
named to the 2012 Brine
All-American High School
Lacrosse Team from the
West, and he was the only
freshman
defenseman
chosen to the team.
The Brine National Lacrosse Classic will be held
in Boyds, Md., on June 30July 3. The tournament
calls together the top 400
high school underclassmen in the country to play
for the national championship. The 16 regions will
compete not only for the
2012 national title, but also
for the right to take part
in an international championship later in the year.
Bunce will also be part
of Team NorCal in the under-15 national championships at ESPN in Orlando,
Fla., in July. He was nominated to the Elite BlueChip
225 which takes 225 of the
tophigh school lacrosse players to Rhode Island where
they will train under college
coaches from Syracuse,
John Hopkins, Duke, Notre
Dame, Loyola and more.
Hunter-Washer
going to JO camp
Tyler Hunter-Washer, a
13-year-old Miller Middle
School student and a club
wrestler for the Creighton
School of Wrestling, will
attend a Junior Olympic
Training Camp in Colorado Springs in July.
Hunter-Washer,
who
completed his second
season of middle school
wrestling last winter, has
earned eight medals in
club tournaments the past
two months. His most recent success, a bronze
medal in freestyle at the
Santa Clara Valley Wrestling Association Championships in Santa Cruz on
May 26, raised his medal
count to two golds, four
silvers and two bronzes.
Kevin Sparrer contributed to
this story.
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Sports
Summer sports camps coming for soccer,
for field hockey, gymnastics and more
Gymnastics camp
The West Valley Gymnastics School will hold summer
camps for children ages 3-12
through Aug. 17. The cost is
$40 for the half day camps (9
a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m.) or $80
for the full day camps (9 a.m.4 p.m., not available for children under 5) at the school,
1190 Dell Ave., Unit I, Campbell. Campers learn skills on
floor, bars, beam, vault and
trampoline. For more information, visit www.wvgs.com
or call 408.374.8692.
Soccer camps
The Saratoga High School
summer soccer camps return on July 9-13 and July 1620, 9 a.m.-noon each day, at
the high school. Camps are
open to boys and girls ages
6-17 and the cost of $200 includes a camp T-shirt. The
daily camp rate is $50. Register at www.adamclarkesoc
cer.com or call 650.787.3934
for more information.
Prospect hockey
The
Prospect
Field
Hockey Camp for girls in
grades 6-9 will be held July
16-20, 9 a.m.-noon, at Prospect High School. Prospect
varsity field hockey coach
Jason Potmesil is the camp
director and current members of his squad will assist.
The camp covers beginning
and intermediate skills for
all skill and the cost of $125
includes a camp T-shirt.
Equipment is provided.
For more information, visit
www.prospect.cuhsd.org/
athletics or contact Jason
Potmesil at 408.421.7052 or
[email protected].
Del Mar hockey
The 13th annual Del Mar
field hockey camp returns
to the high school’s San Jose
campus on June 18-21. The
camp is open to beginning
players in grades 5-9 and the
cost is $70 per player for the
camp that runs daily from
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9 a.m. to noon. Equipment
will be provided. For more
information, contact Del
Mar coaches Gene Sampson
or Stacey Chase at 408.6910263 or delmarfieldhockey@
yahoo.com, or register at
www.delmarfieldhockey.
com.
Camp for Kids
legood at 408.306.3309.
Giants camps
Former San Jose Giants
pitcher Taylor Wilding will
head up the staff for two
youth baseball camps being
held by the Giants on July 1013 and Aug. 6-9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
each day, for boys and girls
ages 9-14. Camps will focus
on baseball skills and will be
held at San Jose Municipal
Stadium.
In addition to baseball instruction, the $295 registration fee includes a camp Tshirt, San Jose Giants camp,
tickets to a future game and
lunch each day. For more
information, visit sjgiants.
com, call 408.297.1435, ext.
4502, or email TaylorWild
[email protected].
The second annual Camp
for Kids returns to the Westmont High School football
field on July 23-27. The cost
for the weeklong football
camp is $120 and hours are 8
a.m.-noon each day.
Westmont head varsity
football coach Eric Buran is
the director of the camp that
will focus on fundamentals
and skills development with
instruction, games, football
drills and a combine. For
more information, contact Warriors camps
Buran at 408.626.3406, ext.
The Golden State War4449 or [email protected]. riors will host summer basketball camps for boys and
Volleyball camp
girls ages 7-15 on June 18-22
The Los Gatos High at Evergreen Valley High
School boys volleyball pro- School in San Jose and on
gram will host a camp on July 16-20 at West Valley
July 16-20, 9 a.m.-noon each College in Saratoga. Camps
day, for boys high school will focus on individual
and middle school volleyball skill development and the
players. For more informa- importance of fundamention, contact Travis Register tals. For more information,
atlosgatosvolleyballcamps@ visit warriors.com or call
510.986.5310.
gmail.com.
Fremont camp
Piraro Camps
The 31st annual Fremont
Basketball Camp returns to
the gym at the high school’s
Sunnyvale campus this summer. The camp, led by Fremont coach Jason Townsend
and Cupertino coach Craig
Ellegood, is open to boys and
girls ages 5-14 and stresses
fun and fundamentals.
Camps are slated for June
18-22 and July 23-27, 9 a.m.4 p.m. each day. The cost is
$215 per player. Day camps
will be held July 9-13 and
July 16-20, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The cost is $150 per player.
Visit
www.fremontbas
ketballcamp.com, email [email protected] or call El-
The annual Sam Piraro
Baseball Camps return to
San Jose State University
this summer. Camps for
players ages 6-12 will be held
June 18-22, June 25-29 and
July 16-20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each
day, at Blethen Field on the
college campus. The cost
of $150 per player includes
a camp T-shirt. For more
information, visit www.sjsu
spartans.com, click baseball,
then camps.
Vision camps
The Vision Volleyball Club
will hold camps for girls in
Camps, page 38
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for the fall season on June rocketmail.com.
19, 7-9 p.m., at Argonaut
Elementary School. For Cyclone tryouts
The De Anza Cyclones
more information, visit
97G, a girls under-15 Division
saratogasoccer.org.
3 soccer team, is holding tryU-13 soccer
outs for girls born after July
A girls under-13 com- 31, 1997. For more informapetitive soccer team in the tion, contact Jon Marlin at
West Valley Youth Soccer [email protected] or
League is looking for play- 510.719.6080.
ers (born from Aug. 1, 1999,
to July 31, 2000). The team WV Legends
The West Valley Legends,
will hold workouts weekly
throughout the summer. a girls under-18 soccer team
For more information, call coached by Mehdi Siadat, is
looking for high school soph408-835-6202.
omores and juniors to play
Youth volleyball on its highly competitive
The
United
States squad. For more informaYouth Volleyball League tion, contact Andrew Hadidis holding registration for ian at ahadidian@sbcglobal.
the eight-week fall season net or 408 896-7298.
that runs from September
through November at the Brazil 94
Brazil94,aboysunder-17B
library field in Cupertino.
Players ages 7-15 are eligi- soccer team representing
ble. For more information, the Portugese Athletic Club
visit www.usyvl.org or call in San Jose, is looking for impact players to compete in
1.888.988.7985.
the NorCal Regional AcadStrikers tryouts emy League this spring. For
more information, contact
The West Valley Strikers, Michael Bustamante at mkt
a girls under-12 select soccer [email protected].
team, is holding tryouts (for
players born between Aug. WV Pop Warner
1, 2000, and July 31, 2001).
West Valley Pop War-
ner is holding online signups for football players
ages 7-15 and cheerleaders ages 5-15. Visit www.
wvpw.com. Contact league
president Ched Fowler
at 408.688.4731 or [email protected].
Camps
Visit www.visionvolleyball.com or contact Joe
Ripp at jripp@visionvolley
ball.com or 408.356.9181.
H o o p S t a r z B a s k e tb a l l .
com or call Adam Dallas at
408.384.8570 or visit www.
hoopstarzbasketball.com.
Hoops Starz
Wrestling camps
Hoops Starz Basketball
will hold camps for players
ages 8-14 on July 2-6, July
16-20 and July 23-27 at
Fisher Middle School. The
cost for the full day camp
(9 a.m.-3 p.m.) is $285 or
$150 for the half day camp
(9 a.m.-noon). There will
also be a three-day clinic
on Aug. 15-17. Campers
will receive a Hoop Starz
T-shirt and bag. For more
information, visit www.
The Wildcat Wrestling
Camps return to Los Gatos
High School this summer.
Sessions, led by high school
coaches and former Wildcats, will be held July 9-13,
8:30 a.m.-noon, for beginners to intermediates (ages
5-11); July 9-13, 1-4:30 p.m.,
for intermediates (grades
6-9) and July 16-20, 9 a.m.-4
p.m., for advanced (grades
9-12). Contact Jim Doss at
[email protected].
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grades 2-12 this summer at
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will learn the basics of team
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(12:30-3:30 p.m. for grades 58 and 9-12, $225; 5-7 p.m. for
grades 2-4, $150) and Aug.
6-9 (9 a.m.-noon for grades
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grades 9-12, $225; and 5-7
p.m. for grades 2-4, $150).
Under-12 girls
A new girls under-12
competitive team in the
West Valley Youth Soccer League is looking for
players (born from Aug.
1, 1999, through July 31,
2000). Call 408.835.6202.
Inferno tryouts
The Inferno, a 14-andunder girls softball team,
is looking for players at all
positions for the coming
season. Tryouts will be
held at Monta Vista Park,
corner of Foothill and
Voss in Cupertino. Call
408.718.0228.
Jumpstart
The Jumpstart Volleyball Club is looking for 12
and under age group players (born on Sept. 1, 1999
or later). The club also has
openings in 14s and 16s age
groups. Call Ed Mattson at
408.504.0682 or visit www.
jumpstartvolleyball.com.
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Memorial
he long, full life of our beloved patriarch ended on
June 2 after a brief illness. Healthy and active at age
92, Marty was still gardening, serving at Mass, and always
helping people in need. Liked by everyone he met, he provided
a positive role model for his family and the community at large.
T
Martin E. Schibler
Resident of Saratoga
Marty grew up in Springfield, MO, sixth of ten children. He
served in the Coast Guard in the Pacific during WWII, then
earned a business degree in transportation at Northwestern
University. He worked for Swift and Co. in Cambridge, MA
where he met Joan, the love of his life. They wed just a few
weeks later. After their 5th child was born, Marty then took
a job with Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, PA, and transferred
to Sunnyvale, CA in 1958 where he was promoted to
supervisor then transportation manager. Marty and Joan
enjoyed over 52 years together, weathering the tragic death
of daughter Mary in 1966. After Joan was severely disabled
by two strokes in 1996, Marty visited her three times daily at the nursing home a few miles
away, until her death 5 years later. He continued to deliver homemade bread and Communion to
infirmed people in the community. At age 86, he began volunteering for HELPS International
serving the people of Guatemala. He cooked for over 100 people on each of 6 medical missions
and also went on 3 stove trips (and planned 2 of them), just concluding his 9th trip on a medical
mission in April 2012. When he wasn’t in Guatemala, he was promoting and fundraising for
HELPS. He truly reveled in the joy of being able to do so much good for the less fortunate, and
served humbly and selflessly.
Marty is survived by his sister Anna and brother Ken; by his children Matt, Dan, Jeannie, Michael,
Joseph, Jim, and Laura; and by his grandchildren Catherine, Marty, David, Jessica, Jeanine, Jonathan,
Christina, Jennifer, Darren, Becca, Sarabeth, Ben, and Zoe.
Rosary 7:30 pm Friday, June 15; Memorial Mass and reception 10:00 am Saturday, June 16;
both services at Sacred Heart Church, Saratoga. Memorial donations to HELPS (helpsintl.org)
or Foster Parents Mission Club (pimeusa.org/fosterparents).
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Real Estate in Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno and the West Valley
Police chief proud of PD’s accomplishments
WATCH OUT Seaman speaks to
Realtor group
FOR THOSE
‘IMPOSTER’
BY ROSE MEILY
RENTAL ADS
os
Gatos-Monte
The Silicon Valley Association of Realtors is warning
consumers about a scam by
individuals fraudulently posing as landlords and misrepresenting vacant properties
for lease.
The local trade association, which represents
more than 4,000 members
engaged in the real estate
business on the Peninsula
and in the South Bay, has
received reports of the scam
by “impostor landlords.”
Using various websites,
the scam artists advertise
a home for rent when the
property is actually for
sale. Prospective tenants
who call the phone number provided in the false
rental advertisement are
then directed to provide an
application fee and rental
deposit immediately if they
wanted to lease the unit.
The scam was discovered
once prospective tenants
contacted the actual listing
agent to gain access to view
Real Deal, page 46
L
Sereno police Chief
Scott Seaman is very
proud of his department. He
said at a Silicon Valley Association of Realtors meeting
that the law enforcement
officers in these communities “are doing many things
overtly, but there are many
other things they do that are
invisible to residents.”
“The consistent presence of officers, knowing
them on a first-name basis, adds a considerable
dynamic to living in these
towns,” said Seaman.
Seaman, who was installed in March as president of the California Police
Chiefs Association, said he
is especially proud of the
department’s new resident
outreach program.
Established four years
ago, the program has
helped police maintain
a close relationship with
residents. Each month the
police department receives
a list of newly sold homes.
The department then sends
out welcome letters to the
new residents.
The letter is followed
with a visit to each home by
a member of the police department. The officer per-
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROSE MEILY
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Chief Scott Seaman,
who is also president of the California Police Chiefs
Association, said he is especially proud of the local
department’s New Resident Outreach Program
because it has helped police maintain a close
relationship with residents.
sonally welcomes the new
homeowners to the community and presents them
with information about the
town, as well as gift certificates from merchants.
Since the program began,
Seaman said, officers have
visited about 800 homes.
Seaman also spoke about
the department’s victim services unit, which responds to
victims of crime, in addition
to the regular law enforcement officers. Members of
the unit help victims any way
they can to ease the stress
the victims experience, from
contacting relatives of victims to keeping them company in the hospital.
Real Estate, page 46
Local Home Sales and Property Listings
These home sales recorded
approximately six weeks ago. The
information is obtained from the
Recorder’s Office and the sales price
is computed from the transfer tax.
LOS GATOS
233
Belmont
Ave.,
$2,700,000, 05-11-12, 2,442 SF, 3
BR; 2010:$2,600,000
311 Blossom Valley Drive,
$784,500, 05-15-12, 1,705 SF, 3 BR
158 Calle Larga, $1,070,000,
05-14-12, 2,166 SF, 3 BR;
2007:$880,000
248
Carlester
Drive,
$856,000, 05-10-12, 1,094 SF, 3
BR
66
Ellenwood
Ave.,
$4,657,500, 05-11-12, 6,444 SF, 5
BR; 2000:$3,000,000
16120
Jasmine
Way,
$1,449,000, 05-16-12, 2,101 SF, 4
BR; 2002:$1,237,500
16252 Los Gatos Almaden
Road, $1,045,000, 05-10-12, 1,613
SF, 3 BR; 2006:$900,000
18400 Overlook Road #22,
$761,000, 05-10-12, 1,507 SF, 2
BR; 2002:$585,000
17080 Pine Ave., $1,280,000,
05-11-12, 2,051 SF, 4 BR;
1991:$440,000
15300 Winchester Blvd. #6,
$659,000, 05-16-12, 1,895 SF, 2
BR; 1991:$360,000
SARATOGA
21027 Bank Mill Road,
$1,710,000, 05-10-12, 2,742 SF,
2 BR
12563 Cambridge Drive,
$1,400,000, 05-10-12, 1,999 SF,
4 BR
14451
Chester
Ave.,
$2,665,000, 05-15-12, 4,338 SF, 5
BR; 1991:$1,300,000
20647 Oak Creek Lane,
$935,000, 05-11-12, 1,885 SF, 3
BR; 2006:$902,000
12522
Palmtag
Drive,
$1,614,500, 05-15-12, 3,398 SF, 4
BR; 2000:$1,110,000
18313PurdueDrive,$840,000,
05-10-12, 1,492 SF, 3 BR
12255
Saraglen
Drive,
$1,199,000, 05-16-12, 2,321 SF, 4
BR
Listings, page 46
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situated on quiet, and private Monte Sereno street. Formal entry, extra large formal living room with glass French doors
leading towards the expansive backyard. Formal dining room with access to backyard patio with built-in barbecue
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Real Deal
the property. Law enforcement authorities have been
notified.
“It is tragic that people
continue to prey on consumers who are in need of a
place to rent,” said Suzanne
Yost, president of the local
group. “Potential renters
are convinced to pay deposits and rent to unscrupulous
people who take the money
and run, with the tenant left
wondering what happened
and with no funds to rent
another property.
“We are asking consum-
Real Estate
Seaman acknowledged
that, despite the vigilance
of law enforcement officers, the communities are
ers to always verify the
owner of the property you
intend to rent and heed guidance issued by the California
Department of Real Estate.”
The DRE last year issued
a warning about “impostor
landlords” and provides the
following guidance to protect consumers from this
type of scam:
• Ask anyone offering a
house for rent to provide
you with proof that they
own the house, and to show
you their governmentissued picture identification.
Then scrutinize the proof of
ownership, as well as the
identifications, since there
is also the risk that their
identifications can be false.
not free from crime. He
said the stabbing that occurred in downtown Los
Gatos last month as a rare
occurrence, as downtown
is usually very peaceful.
“The incident is indicative that crime can happen
anywhere to anyone, especially when it involves alco-
• If you think that you are
dealing with an owner’s/
landlord’s representative,
you should check with the
DRE to see if that representative or agent is licensed.
This is because a real estate
license is required, with
some narrow exceptions,
for a person to offer a house
for rent as an agent of the
owner. Check the license
records on the DRE website
(www.dre.ca.gov) and make
sure you are working with
legitimate licensees.
• If you are an existing tenant, you should check with
thecountyrecorder’s officeto
verifytheproperty’s owner of
record. If the house has been
foreclosed upon, you should
hol,” said Seaman. “Most
times in Los Gatos, crime
is kept at a low level.”
Seaman said that thanks
to the attentiveness of
residents, officers are able
to catch the criminals. A
good example is a recent
daytime burglary that took
place in Los Gatos. Sea-
Listings
19383
Vendura
Court,
$1,735,000, 05-15-12, 2,319 SF, 5 BR
20485
Williams
Ave.,
$1,240,000, 05-15-12, 1,470 SF, 3
BR; 2004:$1,016,000
20232 Williamsburg Lane,
$1,275,000, 05-14-12, 2,438 SF, 4
BR
CAMBRIAN
1304 Ashcroft Lane, $616,000,
05-11-12, 1,286 SF, 3 BR
1629 Blossom Hill Road,
$506,000, 05-15-12, 1,598 SF, 4
BR
observant of happenings in
their respective communities. Do not hesitate to call
police and report any suspicious incident, said Seaman.
Seaman also issued a
friendly warning to residents. Officers are cracking down on unlawful
1309 Bottle Brush Lane,
$400,000, 05-15-12, 1,318 SF, 2
BR
14825
Bronson
Ave.,
$1,360,000, 05-11-12, 3,573 SF, 5
BR; 2002:$1,210,000
3180 Calzar Drive, $415,000,
05-10-12, 1,140 SF, 4 BR;
2002:$400,000
5033 Camden Ave., $531,000,
05-11-12, 1,396 SF, 4 BR
4783 Capay Drive #2,
$221,000, 05-16-12, 903 SF, 2 BR;
1997:$117,000
2051 Cirone Way, $805,000,
05-10-12, 1,965 SF, 3 BR;
2005:$775,000
1725 Coralee Drive, $555,000,
05-10-12, 1,246 SF, 3 BR;
Listings, page 47
tinted windows and on cell
phone use while driving.
Information
in
this
column is presented by the
Silicon Valley Association of
Realtors at www.silvar.org.
Send questions to rmeily@
silvar.org.
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contact the new owner and
verify with the current owner
the person to whom you
should be forwarding your
rental payments.
If you feel you have dealt
with a scammer in the area
of a housing rental or have
been defrauded in connection with rental of a house,
contact the DRE at the following numbers: For Spanish-speaking
consumers
call 1.877.DRE.4321; for consumers in the Bay Area, call
510.622.2552.
Information provided in
this column is presented by
the Silicon Valley Association
of Realtors at www.silvar.org.
Send questions on any topic to
[email protected].
man said a resident immediately reported a person
suspiciously lurking by a
house in the neighborhood.
The police were able to immediately respond and
catch the burglar.
The Los Gatos-Monte
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Listings
2011:$432,000
1978 Curtner Ave., $500,000,
05-16-12, 1,461 SF, 3 BR
1933 Harris Ave., $755,000, 0516-12, 2,262 SF, 4 BR
3278 Hilary Drive, $635,000,
05-15-12, 1,281 SF, 3 BR;
2009:$550,000
5620 Holland Lane, $442,000,
05-10-12, 1,198 SF, 3 BR
5194 Howes Lane, $560,000, 0511-12, 2,016 SF, 5 BR
4673 Jarvis Ave., $560,000, 0516-12, 1,428 SF, 3 BR
3793 Justine Drive, $570,000,
05-11-12, 1,357 SF, 3 BR
2914 Lexford Ave., $550,500, 0515-12, 2,233 SF, 5 BR
2881 Meridian Ave. #109,
$530,000, 05-10-12, 1,383 SF, 2 BR
4132PaladinDrive,$608,000,0511-12, 1,240 SF, 3 BR; 1979:$76,000
14780 Ronda Drive, $695,000,
05-11-12, 1,410 SF, 4 BR;
2000:$270,000
5634
Strawflower
Lane,
$430,000, 05-15-12, 1,318 SF, 2 BR;
1995:$169,500
2360 Venn Ave., $701,500,
05-10-12, 1,734 SF, 3 BR;
2003:$565,000
1314
Weathersfield
Way,
$615,000, 05-15-12, 1,176 SF, 3 BR;
2001:$419,500
1568
Willowgate
Drive,
$600,000, 05-10-12, 1,284 SF, 3 BR;
2004:$575,000
1539
Willowmont
Ave.,
$598,000, 05-14-12, 1,688 SF, 4 BR;
1986:$160,000
CAMPBELL
2227 Fazeli Court, $401,000,
05-11-12, 1,359 SF, 3 BR
1071
Longfellow
Ave.,
$599,000, 05-16-12, 1,184 SF, 3
BR; 2003:$505,000
1178
Longfellow
Ave.,
$580,000, 05-11-12, 1,285 SF, 4
BR; 2003:$515,000
114 Monte Villa Court,
$350,000, 05-11-12, 1,188 SF, 2
BR
82 Redding Road, $475,000,
05-15-12, 1,385 SF, 3 BR;
2004:$460,000
92 Redding Road, $530,000,
05-14-12, 1,753 SF, 3 BR
CUPERTINO
10355
Beardon
Drive,
$1,160,500, 05-11-12, 1,008 SF, 3
BR; 2010:$900,000
10220
Bonny
Drive,
$1,250,000, 05-11-12, 1,959 SF, 5
BR; 1980:$179,700
10037 Bret Ave., $1,190,000,
05-11-12, 1,323 SF, 3 BR;
2000:$625,000
7493 De Foe Drive, $1,150,000,
05-14-12, 1,265 SF, 3 BR;
2002:$765,000
10522
Esquire
Place,
$1,430,000, 05-15-12, 2,611 SF, 5
BR; 1986:$350,000
20167 John Drive, $1,232,000,
05-16-12, 2,022 SF, 3 BR
21067
Red
Fir
Court,
$563,000, 05-16-12, 914 SF, 2 BR;
2006:$537,000
743 Stendhal Lane, $1,005,000,
05-16-12, 1,516 SF, 4 BR;
2003:$650,000
765 Stendhal Lane, $936,000,
05-11-12, 1,499 SF, 4 BR;
2006:$868,000
WEST SAN JOSE
4691
Albany
Circle
#109,
$256,000, 05-14-12, 751 SF, 1 BR
1259
Arabica
Terrace,
$350,000, 05-16-12, 1,127 SF, 2 BR
375 Boynton Ave. #15,
$286,000, 05-14-12, 882 SF, 2 BR
1081 Boynton Ave., $311,500,
05-14-12, 1,509 SF, 5 BR
88 Bush St. #1148, $480,000,
05-10-12, 1,275 SF, 2 BR
88 Bush St. #1155, $490,000,
05-11-12, 1,275 SF, 2 BR
88 Bush St. #2140, $375,000,
05-15-12, 841 SF, 1 BR
88 Bush St. #4114, $490,000,
05-15-12, 1,275 SF, 2 BR
4708 Campbell Ave., $725,000,
05-11-12, 1,751 SF, 3 BR
913 Carola Ave., $635,000,
05-15-12, 1,253 SF, 3 BR;
1996:$215,000
4771
Castlewood
Drive,
$900,000, 05-15-12, 1,382 SF, 3
BR; 2002:$580,000
1567 Clarita Ave., $635,000,
05-11-12, 1,346 SF, 3 BR;
1984:$143,000
1707 Fallbrook Ave., $610,000,
05-15-12, 1,185 SF, 3 BR
1323 Glen Haven Drive,
$1,147,000, 05-14-12, 1,641 SF, 3
BR; 1991:$349,000
1040 Happy Valley Ave.,
$855,000, 05-11-12, 1,880 SF, 4 BR
1492 Hartley Court, $830,000,
05-11-12, 1,548 SF, 4 BR;
1998:$364,000
282 Kentdale Place, $325,000,
05-16-12, 1,581 SF, 4 BR
4749 La Pinta Way, $665,000,
05-11-12, 1,496 SF, 3 BR
1203 Lenor Way, $768,000,
05-15-12, 1,993 SF, 4 BR;
1978:$104,000
2036 Mardel Lane, $520,000,
05-15-12, 1,206 SF, 3 BR;
1999:$345,000
1194 Martin Ave., $960,000,
05-16-12, 2,568 SF, 3 BR
1489Merry Lane, $695,000, 0516-12, 1,919 SF, ; 2009:$575,000
4870MoorparkAve.,$780,000,
05-15-12, 1,456 SF, 3 BR
52 Muller Place, $495,000, 0516-12, 1,588 SF, 3 BR
557 Papac Way, $590,000, 0516-12, 2,016 SF, 4 BR
3588 Payne Ave. #7, $285,000,
05-16-12, 1,032 SF, 3 BR
857
Pinewood
Drive,
$670,000, 05-11-12, 1,107 SF, 3 BR;
2005:$614,500
1312 Poe Lane, $920,000,
05-15-12, 2,576 SF, 4 BR;
1996:$424,000
905 Raintree Court, $968,000,
05-15-12, 1,984 SF, 4 BR;
2006:$920,000
1390 Saddle Rack St. #330,
$200,000, 05-16-12, 790 SF, 1 BR
2131 Sonador Commons,
$365,000, 05-11-12, 1,811 SF, 3 BR
2174 Tulip Road, $500,000,
05-14-12, 1,317 SF, 3 BR
299 Wabash Ave., $509,000,
05-11-12, 1,512 SF, 5 BR;
1992:$158,000
2258 Walnut Grove Ave.,
$340,000, 05-16-12, 1,134 SF, 3
BR
3371 Yuba Ave., $776,000,
05-11-12, 1,603 SF, 3 BR;
2002:$525,000
WILLOW GLEN
1438 Alma Loop, $275,000,
05-16-12, 1,071 SF, 2 BR
837 Apple Valley Drive,
$490,000, 05-11-12, 1,270 SF, 3
BR
2411
Azevedo
Parkway,
$523,000, 05-15-12, 1,894 SF, 3
BR
2646
Barbara
Way,
$980,000, 05-11-12, 1,882 SF, 3
BR; 2011:$690,000
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The Baha’i Faith
www.bahai.org
“Let your vision be world
embracing” ...........................................Bahá’u’lláh
San Jose Regional Center
945 Willow St. San Jose, CA 95125
Call for weekly adults, children &
Family Classes...............................408-277-0510
Baha’is of Los Gatos
In the garden of Thy Heart plant not But the
Rose of Love
www.LosGatosBahai.org..............408-399-1967
Baha’is of Saratoga
[email protected] .................................
.....................1-800-22UNITE (1-800-228-6483)
A newly-enrolled Baha’i: “The Baha’i religion
has made my life feel so much more sensible and
I can only hope that it does the same for many
more.”
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment
An Interfaith Oasis of Peace
www.csecenter.org • [email protected]........................
..................................................................(408) 283-0221
Sunday Services • 9 and 11 am, Children’s
program concurrent
Worship services serve seekers from all faith
backgrounds with a message of hope, faith, and
the essential harmony of the world’s religions.
Morning Meditation • Monday Friday, 6:30 am, and Wednesday noon
Awaken to the One Truth known by many names
Center for Spiritual Living
An Omnifaith Spiritual Community
All that we ask is that you remain open to the
possibility of changing your entire life, by
changing your mind.
Dr. David Bruner, Minister
1195 Clark St. Willow Glen area of San Jose
2 blks East of Bird off Willow ... (408) 294-1828
Sunday Service..................... 9:30 and 11:00AM
Infant & Toddler care provided at both
Sunday Services
Youth Education and Teen Ministries .11:00AM
Wednesday Spirituality ...........................7:00PM
Website: www.CSLSJ.org for activities, classes
and special events
Christian Science: First Church of Christ,
Scientist
238 E. Main St., Los Gatos ....... (408) 354-3844
Sunday Service...........................................10 am
Sunday School (Up to Age 20)..................10 am
Wednesday Night Testimony Meeting ........8 pm
Reading Room (building at rear
of church) ................................... (408) 354-3820
Monday thru Friday .................12:00 to 4:00 pm
Saturday....................................11:00 to 2:00 pm
All are welcome. Email [email protected]
www.christiansciencelosgatos.org
Christian Science: Second Church of
Christ, Scientist
2060 Cottle Avenue, SanJose .... (408) 269-4570
Sunday Service......................................10:00 am
Sunday School (up to age 20)...............10:00 am
Wednesday Night Testimony Meeting .. 7:30 pm
Christian Science Reading Room
2034 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose. (408) 265-1661
Monday thru Saturday .............12:30 to 4:30 pm
Thursday night .................... 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
All are welcome
www.secondchurchsjca.org
Los Gatos United Methodist Church
Living God’s Love in the World. All Welcome
(Next to the High School)
111 Church Street ...................... (408) 354-4730
Pastor Jennifer Murdock
Traditional Worship Service...................9:15 am
Open House Contemporary
Worship Service .............................. 11:00 am
Sunday Celebrate Recovery Service ..... 6:00 pm
Sunday School.........................................9:30am;
Open House for Kids ............................11:15 am
Youth Group Sunday nights................. 6 to 8 pm
Home of Grace Pre-school
Small Group Ministries and Adult Education
www.lgumc.org
Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Reverend David Bowman, PhD.
Ph: (408) 356-5055
16548 Ferris Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95032
(off Kennedy Road east of Los Gatos Blvd.)
Website: www.lutheransonline.com/
faithlosgatos
E-mail: [email protected]
Sunday Worship Service ........................9:30 am
Please call the church office for more
information.
New Life Covenant Church
http://newlifesanjose.org
Worship service – Sunday ....................10:00 am
Children’s Church for ages 4 yrs through 5th grade
Nursery care provided for 0-3 yrs.
Senior Pastor – Kevin Budd,
[email protected] (408) 978-1658
Willow Glen Middle School
2105 Cottle Ave. San Jose, CA 95125
Come experience New Life with us!
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Saratoga
14103 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga ...(408) 867-0822
www.ilcsaratoga.org
Pastor Derek Engfelt
([email protected])
“Our vision is to be recognized and valued
in the community as a loving family of faith
that passionately responds to the grace we’ve
received by joyfully serving others in the name
of Jesus.” Sunday Worship Services Traditional
(organ, choir, and bells) ..........................8:30 am
Adult Education .........................................10 am
Children Sunday School ............................11 am
Contemporary w/Mikey Day Band
(piano, guitar, drums)............................11:00 am
Bible Studies, Community Service, Weddings,
Funerals/Memorials
Holy Cross Lutheran Church (LCMS)
15885 Los Gatos-Almaden Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Phone: (408)356-3525
www.holycrosslosgatos.com
Pastor: Scott D. Perry
Sunday worship: ................8:30 am (Traditional)
and..............................10:45 am (Contemporary)
Sunday school/Bible study for all ages:......9:45 am
Join us to learn more about the God who loves
you. Everyone is welcome!
Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos
16575 Shannon Rd, Los
Gatos 95032 ...................................... (408)356-6156
Rev. David G. Watermulder, Pastor
Website: www.pclg.org
Adult Education Bible Study Sunday .....8:45am
Nursery Care Sunday from..................... 9-11am
Worship Sunday .....................................10:00am
Education Preschool - 5th Gr. Sunday ..10:00am
Coffee Fellowship Sunday.....................11:00am
Men’s Bible Study Wednesday ................6:30am
SRHI Youth Group Wednesday .............. 7:00pm
Men’s Bible Study Thursday................... 7:00pm
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church (ECUSA)
The Rev. David R. Breuer, Rector
20 University Avenue,
Los Gatos, CA 95030 ................ (408) 354-2195
http://[email protected]
Sunday Worship:
Holy Eucharist..............................................8 am
Sung Eucharist .............................................9 am
(Sunday School coordinates with 9am service.)
Solemn Eucharist .......................................11 am
(Childcare is provided 9am - 1pm on Sundays.)
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist and Healing 10 am
Thursdays: Holy Eucharist .................... 6:30 pm
Please call the church for Holy Days and Feasts
Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church
13601 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga (at Fruitvale)
(408) 867-3493; [email protected]
Sat.Eucharist (Casual; 3rd Sat. Teen Svc). . 5:30 pm
Sunday Eucharist.....................................8:00 am
Young at Heart(families w/ children 0-8). ..9:00 am
Sunday Eucharist with Choir................10:00 am
Sunday School ( 3 yr olds – 6th grade) .10:00 am
Youth Fellowship (Jr. and Sr. High) .....11:00 am
Choral Evensong, 2nd Thurs................... 7:00 pm
Childcare provided for Sunday.....10 am service
www.st-andrews-saratoga.org
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
219 Bean Ave, Los Gatos............ (408)354-3726
Bean at Tait off Santa Cruz Ave.
Saturday Mass ..............................................5 pm
Sunday Mass ............. 7:30, 9, 11:15 am & 5 pm
Community Outreach, Faith Formation
Sessions, St Mary’s School, Youth & Young
Adult Ministry
Daily Mass (M-Sa)……………..7:30 am
Inquiry Into Catholicism
For time and location call (408) 354-4061
www.stmaryslg.org/parish
Saratoga Federated Church
An interdenominational community church
Gabe Gilliam, Teaching Pastor
20390 Park Place........................ (408) 867-1000
Worship Service Times...8:00, 9:00 & 10:30 am
Nursery & Children’s Sunday School
(thru 5th grade): .......................9:00 & 10:30 am
Student Sunday School (6th - 12th grade):10:30 am
Adult Sunday School:.............................9:00 am
www.saratogafederated.org
Saratoga Presbyterian Church
20455 Herriman Ave. (Corner of
Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd)
(408)867-0144 www.saratogapres.org
Join us at our
Traditional service....................................9:00am
Contemporary service............................10:30am
Willow Glen United Methodist Church
1420 Newport Avenue (corner of Minnesota)
Office .......................................... (408) 294-9796
Website www.wgumc.org
Pastors Rebecca Irelan and Susan Grace Smith
Contemporary
Service ....................... 8:45 am in Kohlstedt Hall
Traditional
Service at ........................11 am in the Sanctuary
Woodhaven Preschool @ Willow Glen United
Methodist: 2yrs 4 months to pre-K.
Jr. & Sr. High Youth Groups:
Sunday ............................... 5:00 pm & 7:30 pm
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”
To advertise your listing in the Religious Directory, email listing to [email protected].
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SUPERIOR COURT OF panied by bidder’s seTHE STATE OF CALIFOR- curity in accordance
with California Public
NIA
Contract Code Sections
FOR THE COUNTY OF 20170 et seq.
SANTA CLARA
Following the closure of
the bid submittal periIn the Matter of:
od, bids will be publicly
FAMILY opened and read for
RILEY
THE
performing work as folTRUST
dated September 5, lows:
1991
1-12-PR- Furnishing all labor, maNO.
CASE
terials, equipment, and
170749
performing all work
NOTICE TO CREDITORS necessary and incidenOF FRANCIS ELWOOD RI- tal to the construction
of the project known as
LEY
Highway 9 Safety Im(Probate Code §19050 et provements Phase II,
according to drawings
seq.)
Notice is hereby and specifications as
given to the creditors prepared by BKF Engiand contingent cred- neers and according to
Contract
Docuitors of the above- the
named decedent, that ments. The work to be
all
persons
having done consists of supclaims against the de- plying all labor, methcedent are required to ods or processes, imfile them with the Supe- plements, tools, machirior Court, at 191 N. First nery, equipment and
Street, San Jose, Califor- materials to construct
nia 95113, and mail or concrete sidewalks, asdeliver a copy to Bar- phalt pathways, curbs,
bara E. Riley, as Trustee gutter, berms, retaining
of The Riley Family walls, fences, roadway
roadway
Trust dated September medians,
pavement,
5, 1991, wherein the de- widening,
cedent was the settlor, solar-powered pedesat 14625 Big Basin Way, trian embedded flashP.O. Box 2039, Saratoga, ing crosswalks, flashing
signs,
California 95070, within overhead
the later of four months signage, striping, lightafter May 29, 2012 or, if ing and other work not
notice is mailed or per- specifically mentioned
sonally delivered to herein, but which may
you, 60 days after the be required as directed
date this notice is by CITY or its designatmailed or personally deed representative.
livered to you, or you
must petition to file a CITY hereby notifies all
late claim as provided Bidders that this project
in Section 19103 of the is federally funded and
particular
attention
Probate Code.
should be paid to the
A claim form may Federal and State rebe obtained from the quirements for concourt clerk. For your struction. All required
protection, you are en- federal and state inforcouraged to file your mation must be providclaim by certified mail, ed in order for the bid
with return receipt re- to be considered conforming. These sections
quested.
are provided in the back
portion of the bid docuDated: May 23, 2012
ments.
The
DisadTHOMAS W. DAVIES, At- Underutilized
vantage Business Entertorney for
prises (UDBE) goal for
Barbara E. Riley, Trust- this project is 3.1%.
ee
Project is to be completed within one hun14625 Big Basin Way
dred and twenty (120)
calendar days from the
P.O. Box 2039
date specified in the
Saratoga, CA 95070-0039 Notice to Proceed. The
(PUB SN 5/29, 6/5, 6/12) Contractor shall pay to
the City of Saratoga the
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
Highway 9 Safety Im- sum of $300 for each
and every calendar
provements Phase II
day’s delay in finishing
SEALED BIDS will be re- the work in excess of
ceived by the CITY OF the calendar day comSARATOGA (CITY) until pletion time.
Tuesday June 19, 2012
at 10:00 a.m. for High- Bidders may obtain
way 9 Safety Improve- copies of the bid documents Phase II. Sealed ments at City of Saratobids shall be submitted ga Public Works Departaddressed and noted as ment, 13777 Fruitvale
Avenue, Saratoga, CA
follows:
95070. A set of the bid
Public Works Director
documents may be obCity of Saratoga
tained via the mail upon
13777 Fruitvale Ave.
request at the same adSaratoga, CA 95070
dress,
attn.
Public
Sealed Bid for Highway Works Director. All bid
documents
are
also
9 Safety Improvements
available for downloadPhase II
ing on the City of Sarawebsite
All bids must be accom- toga
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under What’s New Bids and RFPs. There is
no fee for the bid documents in any form.
Pursuant to California
Labor Code Section
1771, the successful
and
all
bidder
subcontractors
shall
pay not less than the
prevailing rate of per
diem wages as determined by the Director of
the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of such
prevailing rate of per
diem wages are available for view at the City
of Saratoga Department
of Public Works.
Public Contract Code
Section 22300, the Contractor may, at its option, choose to substitute securities for monies earned by the Contractor and retained by
CITY to ensure the performance of the Contract.
Public Contract Code
Section 3300, City has
determined that the
Contractor shall possess a valid Class A
(General
Engineering
Contractor) License at
the time that the bid is
submitted. Failure to
possess the specified license shall render the
bid non-responsive.
The successful bidder
will be required to furnish a payment bond in
the amount equal to
one hundred percent
(100%) of the Contract
Price, as well as a faithful performance bond,
in the amount equal to
one hundred percent
(100%) of the Contract
Price. The bonds shall
be on the forms included in the Contract Documents.
The successful bidder
shall insure that employees and applicants
for employment are not
discriminated against
on the basis of age, color, race, national origin,
ancestry, religion, sex,
sexual preference, or
marital status, and shall
comply with the Americans with Disabilities
Act.
Bids will be examined
and reported to the City
of Saratoga City Council
(Council) at a meeting
within sixty (60) days of
the bid opening. CITY
reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or
to waive any irregularities or informalities in
any bid or in the bidding
procedure, or to postpone the bid opening or
award for good cause.
No Bidder may withdraw its bid for a period
of [insert number] calendar days after the
date of opening of the
bids. Each bidder will
be notified of award of
contract, if award is
made. Contract Docu-
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any questions concerning this bid should be
Iveta
to
addressed
Harvancik, Senior Engineer, Public Works Department, City of Saratoga, (408) 868-1274 or
[email protected]
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CITY OF SARATOGA
Office of the Clerk
Pub:
5/29/2012,
6/5/2012, 6/12/2012
NOTICE OF HEARING
BEFORE
PLANNING
COMMISSION
CITY OF SARATOGA’S
PLANNING COMMISSION
announces the following public hearings on
Wednesday, the June
27, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in
the City Council Chambers located at 13777
Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070. Details
and plans are available
at the Saratoga Community
Development
Department,
Monday
through Thursday, 7:30
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. If you
have questions, Planners are available at the
public counter between
the hours of 7:30 a.m.
and 12:00 noon.
All interested persons
may appear and be
heard at the above time
and place. If you challenge a decision of the
Planning Commission
pursuant to a public
hearing in court, you
may be limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else
raised at the public
hearing(s) described in
this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the Saratoga
Planning Commission
at, or prior to, the public
hearing. In order to be
included in the Planning
Commission’s information packets, written
communications should
be filed on or before the
Tuesday, a week before
the meeting.
A site visit will be held
on the day preceding
the hearing date listed
above as part of the
standard Site Visit Committee agenda. Site visits occur between 3:30
and 5:00 p.m. The site
visit is open to the public. The Site Visit Committee will convene at
the City Hall parking lot
at 3:30 p.m. on the day
preceding the hearing
and visit the site listed
above and may visit
other sites as well. For
more
information
please
contact
the
Community
Development Department at 408
868-1222 or review the
Site Visit Agenda on the
City
Website
at
www.saratoga.ca.us.
APPLICATION
PDR12009;
14875 Baranga
Lane (397-18-039) Howell - The applicant is
requesting Design Review approval to replace an existing home
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g
with a new single-story
home less than 24 feet
in height. The proposed
floor area of the home
is 5,957 square feet and
the proposed lot coverage is 12,275 square
feet. The lot is 47,287
square feet in area and
the site is zoned R-140,000. The project has
received Arborist review to remove sixteen
trees.
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ga, approve a Development Agreement and a
Conditional Use Permit
for the entire property
as part of the City recognizing all existing
structures and uses as
conforming on the basis
that the development
which has occurred
complied with County
even
requirements
though exceeding some
City impervious coverage and floor area limiPDR12- tations.
APPLICATION
0008; 19227 San Marcos
ZOA12(394-13-004) APPLICATION
Road
Howell- The applicant 0008 - ZONING CODE
(CITY
is requesting Design Re- AMENDMENT
view approval to re- WIDE): - Application by
place an existing home the City of Saratoga to
Section
15with a new two-story amend
home. The proposed 19.050(j) [Enclosure of
floor area of the home Uses] of the Municipal
is 5,721 square feet and Code to allow live music
the proposed lot cover- outside of an enclosed
age is 7,600 square feet. structure. Current reguThe lot is 47,453 square lations require all uses,
feet in area and the site including live music, to
is zoned R-1-40,000. No be conducted entirely
an
enclosed
trees have been re- inside
structure.
quested for removal.
(Pub SN 6/12)
APPICATION
GRE10- CITY OF SARATOGA
0001; 15269 Bohlman
Road
(517-14-003) SUMMARY
OF PROCampagna - The appli- POSED ORDINANCE
cant is requesting grading exception for the ON JUNE 6, 2012, THE
combined cut and fill CITY COUNCIL OF THE
associated with a land- CITY OF SARATOGA INslide and erosion repair TRODUCED AN ORDIto exceed 1,000 cubic NANCE AMENDING CITY
yards in the Hillside CODE SECTIONS 15Residential zoning dis- 06.370, 15-11.080, 15trict.
12.080, 15-13.080, 1517.070, AND 15-20.080,
CONCERNING IMPERVIAPPLICATIONS ANX10- OUS SURFACE DEFINI0002,
ZOA09-0009, TION.
CUP10-0005;
22541,
22600, and 22627 Mount Comprehensive
SumEden
Road;
Garrod mary:
Proposed
Trust (including Garrod changes to City Code
Farms and Cooper- Section 15-06.370 would
Garrod Winery) amend the definition of
The Project consists of impervious
surface.
an integrated package Proposed changes to
of actions related to the City Code section 15Garrod Trust property 12.080, 15-13.080, 15generally known as 17.070, and 15-20.080
22600 Mount Eden Road, would provide a site
Saratoga, California, in- coverage credit for pocluding : 1) Annexation; rous materials used in
2) reentry into a com- specific design feabined Williamson Act tures.
Proposed
Contract; 3) Agricultural changes to Code SecPreserve/Open
Space tions
15-11.080,
15Overlay Zoning Amend- 13.080, and 15-20.080
ment; and 4) Develop- would provide a consisment Agreement; and 5) tent exception process
Conditional Use Permit. to exclude some driveAll actions are subject ways from the calculato review and recom- tion of site coverage.
mendation by the Planning Commission and fi- The definition of impernal review and approval vious surface would be
by the City Council. amended to mean any
Fifty-one) acres of the structure or constructGarrod Trust property is ed surface that prelocated in the City of vents the passage of
Saratoga and is zoned water into the underly"HR" Hillside Residen- ing soil or otherwise
tial with an "AP/OS" Ag- significantly increases
ricultural
Preserve/ runoff and disrupts the
Open Space overlay. An aesthetic of the landadjacent 68 acres is lo- scape; the definition
cated in an unincorpo- would include examples
rated area of Santa of impervious surfaces
Clara County and pre- and note that porous
zoned R-OS (Residential materials may be subOpen Space), to which ject
to
exemptions
an "AP/OS" Agricultural specified elsewhere in
Preserve/ Open Space the City Code. Additionoverlay is being added. ally, the site coverage
The project would an- allowance in R-1, RM,
nex the County parcel HR, and R-OS zoning
into the City of Sarato- districts
would
be
ga, rezone the annexed amended to provide for
County acreage to be 50% coverage credit for
consistent with the solid surfaces and comlands located in Sarato- pacted surfaces made
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p
of porous materials
used for walkways,
driveways, and patios
for determining compliance with impervious
surface limitations. The
ordinance would also
standardize site coverage exemptions in the
HR, R-OS, and A districts for driveways and
emergency
vehicle
turnaround areas when
an
exemption
is
deemed necessary by
the Planning Commission to meet one or
more of the following
design objectives: avoid
placing structures in
geologically
unstable
areas or major or minor
ridgelines; preserving
trees; reducing any visual impacts; meeting
public safety or emergency vehicle access
requirements; or reducing overall project grading or changes in slope,
as determined and approved by the Planning
Commission, subject to
specific findings.
The ordinance was introduced on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 and
will be considered for
adoption on June 20,
2012 at the regular Saratoga
City
Council
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in
the Civic Theater located at 13777 Fruitvale
Avenue. The full text of
the ordinance is available for review in the office of the City Clerk at
13777 Fruitvale Avenue,
California
Saratoga,
during regular business
hours.
/s/ Crystal Morrow, City
Clerk
PUB: 6/12/2012 Saratoga News
390384.2
(PUB SN 6/12)
CITY OF SARATOGA
SUMMARY
OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ON JUNE 6, 2012, THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SARATOGA INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY
CODE SECTIONS 15-06
AND 15-19
CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "TASTING
ROOM"
Comprehensive
Summary:
Proposed
changes to the City
Code Sections 15-06 and
15-19 would add a definition of the term "Tasting Room" and would
permit "Tasting Room"
use
within
the
Commercial-Historic
(CH-1 and CH-2) zoning
district without a conditional use permit.
"Tasting Room" would
be defined as a commercial establishment
that does not contain a
kitchen and is devoted
to sampling and sales
of wine or beer produced on or off the
premises.
Tasting
Rooms under four thousand square feet in area
and providing direct
customer service onsite between the hours
Legal Notice
of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00
p.m would be added to
the list of permitted
uses in the CH zoning
district.
The ordinance was introduced on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 and
will be considered for
adoption on June 20,
2012 at the regular Saratoga
City
Council
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in
the Civic Theater located at 13777 Fruitvale
Avenue. The full text of
the ordinance is available for review in the office of the City Clerk at
13777 Fruitvale Avenue,
Saratoga,
California
during regular business
hours.
/s/ Crystal Morrow, City
Clerk
PUB: 6/12/2012 Saratoga News
390385.2
(PUB SN 6/12)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE TS # CA-12-1821CS Order # 120066459CA-GTI
Loan
#
9800937840 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF
TRUST
DATED
12/23/2005. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY,
IT MAY BE SOLD AT A
PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash,
cashier’s check drawn
on a state or national
bank, check drawn by
state or federal credit
union, or a check drawn
by a state or federal
savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank
specified in Section
5102 to the Financial
code and authorized to
do business in this
state, will be held by
duly appointed trustee.
The sale will be made,
but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title,
possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum
of the note(s) secured
by the Deed of Trust,
with interest and late
charges thereon, as
provided in the note(s),
advances, under the
terms of the Deed of
Trust, interest thereon,
fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee
for the total amount (at
the time of the initial
publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably
estimated to be set
forth
below.
The
amount may be greater
on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO
BID LESS THAN THE TODUE.
AMOUNT
TAL
Trustor(s): LEXIE A.
SMITH, AN UNMARRIED
Recorded:
WOMAN
1/5/2006 as Instrument
No. 18756785 in book
xxx, page xxx of Official
Records in the office of
the Recorder of SANTA
CLARA County, California; Date of Sale:
6/21/2012 at 11:00 AM
Legal Notice
6/21/2012 at 11:00 AM
Place of Sale: At the
North Market Street entrance to the County
Courthouse, 190 North
Market Street, San Jose,
CA 95321 Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges:
$664,854.19
The purported property
address is: 14611 OAK
STREET SARATOGA, CA
95070 Assessors Parcel
No. 517-09-052 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the
property address or
other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address
or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of
the property may be obtained by sending a
written request to the
beneficiary within 10
days of the date of first
publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey
title for any reason, the
successful bidder’s sole
and exclusive remedy
shall be the return of
monies paid to the
Trustee, and the successful bidder shall
have no further recourse. If the sale is set
aside for any reason,
the Purchaser at the
sale shall be entitled
only to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no
further
recourse
against the Mortgagor,
the Mortgagee, or the
Mortgagee’s Attorney.
Date: 5/23/2012 SUMMIT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 16745 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92127
(866) 248-2679 (For NON
SALE information only)
Sale Line: (714) 730-2727
to:
Login
or
www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: (866)
IDS
User,
248-2679
Trustee Sale Officer If
you have previously
been
discharged
through
bankruptcy,
you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in
which case this letter is
intended to exercise the
note holder’s rights
against the real property only. As required by
law, you are hereby notified that a negative
credit report reflecting
on your credit record
may be submitted to a
credit report agency if
you fail to fulfill the
terms of your credit obligations. NOTICE TO
POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If
you are considering bidding on this property
lien, you should understand that there are
risks involved in bidding
at a trustee auction.
You will be bidding on a
lien, not on the property
itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free
and clear ownership of
the
property.
You
should also be aware
that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the
highest bidder at the
Legal Notice
auction, you are or may
be responsible for paying off all liens senior to
the lien being auctioned
off, before you can receive clear title to the
property. You are encouraged to investigate
the existence, priority,
and size of outstanding
liens that may exist on
this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title
insurance company, either of which may
charge you a fee for this
information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be
aware that the same
lender may hold more
than one mortgage or
deed of trust on the
property. NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: The
sale date shown on this
notice of sale may be
postponed one or more
times
by
the
mortgagee, beneficiary,
trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g
of the California Civil
Code. The law requires
that information about
sale
trustee
be
postponements
made available to you
and to the public, as a
courtesy to those not
present at the sale. If
you wish to learn
whether your sale date
has been postponed,
and, if applicable, the
rescheduled time and
date for the sale of this
property, you may call
(714) 730-2727 or visit
this Internet Web site
www.lpsasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA12-1821-CS. Information
about postponements
that are very short in
duration or that occur
close in time to the
scheduled sale may not
immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The
best way to verify postponement information
is to attend the scheduled sale. THIS NOTICE
IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A
DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT ON BEHALF OF
THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY
INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE
CREDITOR WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. A4242169
05/29/2012,
06/05/2012, 06/12/2012
SVSA#4431001
5/29/12, 6/5/12, 6/12/12
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Painting
Vintage Painting
Quality Interior, exterior. Drywall, stain,
lacquer finishes.
W/paper removal.
EPA Cert. lic#345028.
408/371-5529
Personal Services
& Schools
Real Estate
Transportation
Attorneys,
child care,
career
training.
Homes,
office space,
income
property,
land.
Cars, trucks,
motorcycles,
SUVs,
aircraft,
boats.
KCP
Kevin Copley
Painting
Interior & Exterior
Deck Refinishing
EPA Certified
408/370-2496
cell phone:
408/210-5579
Lic. #473523
Roofing
Roof Repair Experts
Dry rot/termites,
missing shingles,
broken-tiles, flat
roof repair. Reroofing/Gutters.
Specialty Roofing
License #747650
408/374-5140
Tile and
Installation
Home
Improvement
Plumbers,
carpenters,
house
cleaners.
Construction
KITCHESN/BATH Remodels, Termite &
Water damage re pairs & General
Construction Serv ices by folks at Lit tle Fish Enterprises!
415/308.2173
littlefishenterprises
@yahoo.com
GREEN
Remodeling
Decks, Fences
& Gazebos
Clean & Refinish
Decks, Fences, etc.
Lic. #473523
408/370-2496
cell phone 408/210-5579
Electrical
* Personalized Service
Asphalt & Paving
All American
Pave, Patch, seal,
concrete. Free estimates. No job too
small. Lic#718148
* Major Remodels
and Additions
* Kitchen, Baths +Trim Work
* ADA + Universal Designs
* 30-Years of Experience
408/280-1530
Gardening &
Landscaping
Cement/concrete
LOS Gatos Concrete
driveway, sidewalks, aggregate,
stamp, paving
stones.
license#716800.
408/264-9218.
Construction
DRIVEWAYS
PARKING LOTS
ASPHALT CONCRETE
Install, repair, seal
Free estimates
Lic#935122
408/665-6166
Northwest
Construction
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Southwest Electric
Local family owned
business. 200 amp
service upgrades, recess lights, solar
systems, new circuits, spa hookups,
swimming pool, ceiling fans and trouble
shooting. Lic#710041.
www.sowestelectric.
com. 408/506-6421
Peter Lyon
General Contractor
408/871-8665
www.Peterlyon.com
License# 497952
Dale Brooks Irrigation
Serving Bay Area
since 1993.
Sprinklers, drip systems, landscape
lighting. Repairs,
additions, modifications, installations.
CA#727932.
408/942-0712
Flower Gardens
Beautiful, colorful
gardens. Custom
designed and planted with care.
Brenda 408/2554381.
Gardening &
Landscaping
GLOBAL LANDSCAPE
& IRRIGATION
Installations,repairs
maintenance,
hardscapes, patios,
courts.
bocceball
Lic#751325
Sprinkler Doctor
408/859.2055
PERFECT
LANDSCAPING
Prune, trim, weeds,
mow, sod, sprinklers,
barks, rocks. Senior
discounts.
State Lic#674562
408/770-6936.
GREENWAY
GARDEN
SERVICE INC.
Gardening &
Landscaping
edenmyst
design
Landscape Design
and Installa?on
Pa?os, Plan?ngs,
Lawn Alterna?ves,
Low Water
Solu?ons
Call Tina at
(408) 731-0073
[email protected]
Moving Storage
Since 1985
Complete landscape
maintenance. Automatic
and manual sprinkler
installation and repair.
1 time yard clean ups.
Sod, lawns, shrubs,
and tree installation.
Free estimates.
408/246-3372
Fully insured • License #688767
NOTICE to Readers:
California law re quires that contrac tors taking jobs
that total $500 or
more (labor or ma terials) be licensed
by the Contractors
State License
Board. State law al so requires that
contractors in clude their license
number on all ad vertising. You can
check the status of
your licensed con tractor at
www.cslb.ca.gov
or 1-800-321-CSLB.
Unlicensed contrac tors taking jobs
that total more
than $500 must
state in their adver tisement that they
are not licensed by
the Contractors
State License
Board.
Handypersons
Handyman
No job too small/big.
Electrical, Plumbing,
construction, pool
repairs, senior discounts. Rich
408/966-7908
MIKE’S TOTAL
HOME SOLUTIONS
Handyman, electri cal, plumbing
+capentry
Repairs+new
installs.
No job too small
408/781-3602
Roger’s Repair
Plumbing, roof,
raingutters, decks,
downspouts, fences, landscaping &
dump runs. 408/3540603.
ANYTIME
MOVING
We Care!
Honest, reliable.
Relocation Specialist
Professional Organizing
Packing/unpacking
CLASSIC TILE &
MARBLE
New & Remodeling
Tile Installation
650/678-4320
Lic# 791507
Bonded and Insured
Tree Service
Woodpecker
Certified Arborist
"Where the arborist
does the work, not
just the bid." Contractor’s license
#770742. 408/2982948
EXPERIENCED DOG
TRAINER
B.W.P. CERTIFIED
"Aggression Special ist" Private and
Group Lessons.
Dog walking.
Tanya 408/660.9488
Notice to Readers:
All Real Estate ad vertised in Silicon
Valley Community
Newspapers is sub ject to the State
and Federal Fair
Housing Act. which
makes it illegal to
advertise any pref erence, limitation,
or discrimination
based on race, col or, religion, sex,
handicap, family
status (the pres ence of children).
or national origin,
or the intentions to
make any such
preference, limita tion, or discrimina tion. State and lo cal laws forbid dis crimination in the
sale, rental, or ad vertising of real es tate. We will not
knowingly accept
any advertising for
real estate which
is in violation of
the law. All per sons are hereby in formed that all
dwellings adver tised are available
on the equal oppor tunity basis to the
best of our knowl edge.
Automobiles
Important
Information:
No refunds after
submission. Canceled ads will receive credit for future advertising,
not a refund. Ads
must be canceled
before deadline for
that issue.
Advertisements
are accepted upon
the representation
that the advertiser
and/or its agency
have the right to
publish the contents thereof. In
consideration of
such publication,
advertiser and its
agency agree to indemnify and hold
the publisher harmless against any expense or loss by
reason of any
claims arising out
of the publication.
The publisher reserves the right to
edit, alter, omit, or
refuse any advertising submitted.
For policies con cerning specific
categories, please
refer to the para graph at the begin ning of the catego ry or call us at
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Cleaning
S.C.V
Complete Services
Window
Cleaning
Other Services Offered
@ Power Washing Services
@ Rain Gutter Cleaning
@ Bird Control/Spikes
@ Carpet Steam Cleaning
@ Licensed/Insured
Since 2002
Free Est./Free
Consultation.
Bus. Lic# 31404
408/857-0255
(408) 269-8646
REAL ESTATE
3595 Forest Avenue, Santa
Clara
“YOUR
ADVERTISE YOUR
REAL ESTATE
LISTING HERE.
CONTACT US AT
(408).200.1030
[email protected]
NEIGHBORHOOD
REAL ESTATE
CONSULTANT”
RANDALL
RAMIREZ
Gardeners Delight, Charming Bohannon
Home with White Picket Fence New Double
Paned Windows, Hardwood
Floor
(408) 886-8989
Open Saturday and
Sunday 1:00-5:00pm
[email protected]
www.3595ForestAve.com
Visit me:
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Arima
650-888-411
6 Real estate
RandallRamirez
LOS GATOS
SPACE FOR LEASE
$12,000 MOVE-IN BONUS*
STOREFRONT SPACE
Mixed Use/Retail Center
Close to Downtown
‘SHOWERS PARK’
Office/Retail Space Available
Approx. 1,906 SF
Move-In Ready / Flexible Terms
(*Restriction may apply)
Call Jon or Larry to Tour
408-453-4700
jon@borelli / [email protected]
Nature At Her Best, Boulder Creek, $1,600,000
Acres and acres of meadow enveloped by gorgeous Redwood trees. Pristine acreage. Easy
commute to Silicon Valley and just 10 minutes to Boulder Creek. No rock out of place in
this magnificent parcel. Spring fed pond. This is a must see. Approx. 50 acres.
Qualified buyers only. Shown by appointment only.
Donner Land & Homes, Inc.
408-395-5754
www.donnerland.com
Ridge Top Log Cabin, Morgan Hill, $595,000
40 Acres of mountain land with about 2 acres cleared around the house. Charming log house,
2,000 SF., 2 story, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Beautiful view to the East Mountains, canyons
and far off city lights of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Show by appointment only.
Donner Land & Homes, Inc.
408-395-5754
www.donnerland.com
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Local Bulletin
Announcements, Events and Youth Sports
Science Camps for Grades 2 to 12 starting June 18
through August 3.
Choose from Junkyard Wars, Water World, Project
Seahorse, Good Eats, Advanced Molecular Biology,
Barbie Smash Labs and more!
At History San Jose in Kelley Park
Reserve your spot today at VacationScience.com!
Fathers we thank you for your love, and care. Grads
we congratulate you! You both make the world a
better place!
We recommend these Special Gifts for you both:
Organic Dark Chocolate, Mate Teas, Camu Powder,
Amazon Powder Shake and much more! From the
Rainforest of Peru.
www.AmazonNutrients.Amazonherb.net or Grinchos.
Amazonherb.net,
[email protected]
“A world without poverty through socially responsible
enterprises”
Studio Theatre of California (STOCtet) presents:
“Cafe Cabaret: Up, Up, and Away!”
Join us as we fire up the Wayback Machine, stopping
to sing music of The Beatles, The Monkees, Simon
& Garfunkel, TV shows, Broadway, and folk tunes,
directed by Kevin Cormier. Campbell United Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall, 1675 Winchester Blvd. in
Campbell. Saturday, June 16th at 8 p.m. Tickets: Adults:
$15, Students/Seniors: $12. $2.00 off for advance
reservations. Includes dessert and beverage! Be there or
be square!!
Summer Music Lessons!
Interested in Piano, Guitar or Voice lessons locally?
My name is Jessica and I started Willow Glen Music
School. I am a home based business in the Willow
Glen Ranch neighborhood. This summer we are
offering guitar, voice and piano lessons! We accept
children ages 5 and up. Rates are $40 per thirty
minute lesson. We have qualified teachers who are
skilled musicians and great with children. Our goal
is for your child to have fun while learning and
exposing them to music. Summer is a great time
to get your child started on an instrument. Please call
408-455-8043 or email Jessica@WIllowGlenMusicSchool.
com for more information.
Weekly Wednesday Farmer’s Market in Downtown
Saratoga Village: 2:30 pm til 6:30 pm
Catch The Drumming Fever
We provide quality one on one and small group assistance
for leisure and recreation activities for older adults.
Our goal is to enhance quality of life while promoting
independence, keep you involved in things that make you
happy, and provide new experiences. Services include:
Community Involvement, Companionship, Day Trips,
Errands, In Home Leisure & Recreation, Outings,
Personal
Appointments,
Recreation
Therapy,
and Special Events. Call (408) 568-6436 or visit www.
enjoyactiveliving.com.
Do you want to explore the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music
or take part in a high-energy, dynamic Brazilian percussion
ensemble? The Music School is excited to offer two special
summer workshops - Afro/Cuban Drumming or Brazilian
Percussion. You won’t want to miss out on these fun and
interactive ensemble-based classes. The Music School,
Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church, 728 W. Fremont Avenue
in Sunnyvale. To register, call 408.739.9248 or visit
www.themusicschool.org
Blaney Plaza, intersection of Hiway 9 and Big Basin Way.
Gourmet foods, fresh produce, locally caught fish, fresh
flowers, gluten-free items, tomato seedlings from Love
Apple Farms, Italian-style biscotti, chic Nepalese apparel,
hot food to go, face painting, balloons, on-site childcare.
Serving older adults with and without disabilities
Vacation Bible School at Sunnyvale Presbyterian
Church 728 West Fremont Ave.
June 18th – 22nd from 9:30 am - 12:00
Youth Sports
For children 4 years old (by 12/2/12) through entering
4th Grade.
In this year’s program, children will have a great
time learning about events in Joseph’s life through
stories, songs, crafts, music and worship. We will
discover how the lessons Joseph learned still apply to
our lives today. On top of that, your child will have
an opportunity to be part of a fellowship of loving
and caring people committed to the children of in
our community. The cost for the week is $50.00 per
child. Register at: Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church.
Contact us for more information (408) 739-1892 or
[email protected] or www.svpc.us
Looking for a full-time goalie with experience.
Please contact Jana 408-813-2589
Central Valley U13 Girls Team (Select)
Athena Camps – Sports & Craft Summer Camps for
Girls in Willow Glen and Sunnyvale
Athena Camps build the courage and confidence of
girls, ages 6 to 11, through self-expression and personal
connections. Small camp and ratios connect strong female
role models with girls through sports and creative art.
This creates a powerful positive energy – magic happens.
Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, and Basketball day camps
are offered June 11 – August 3, 2012, Monday-Friday,
9-4pm. Full Day, Half Day and Extended Care available.
For more information go to www.AthenaCamps.com.
Deadline: 3pm Wednesday a week prior to publication date. • Cost: $20 each event, each newspaper, 75 words. .35 each additional word.
Publicize community or promotional events in our new Local Bulletin page.
Call 408.200.1030 for more information • Email your listing to [email protected]
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Refined European Ambiance
Saratoga
4
5.5
$9,988,000
Executive Custom Home
Saratoga
5
3.5
4
Beautiful Home
$3,799,000
Saratoga
2.5
$2,199,000
Enjoy Serene Living
Saratoga
5
3.5
$2,150,000
4 BR 5.5 BA Escape from the demands of Silicon Valley to your
own quiet, private, convenient French Chateau, featuring all the
modern luxuries you would expect, including over 8,000 sq. ft. of
quintessential quality with an excellent floor plan. Saratoga schools
5 BR 3.5 BA This home is in prestigious Montalvo neighborhood.
Professionally landscaped near half acre lot. 5 bed, 3.5 Ba, Approx
4,200+/-sf located just moments from the upscale shopping & fine
dining of Saratoga village. S’toga schls.
4 BR 2.5 BA Elegant single-story home surrounded by beautiful
landscape is situated on expansive lot of one acre (45,302sf) in one of
Saratoga’s most desirable neighborhoods. This charming home offers
4bd/2ba, one half-bath, and 3,260 +/- sf of comfortable living space.
5 BR 3.5 BA Call to see this beautiful hillside home on an acre lot w/
serene mountain views. Formal living room and dining room. Dream
kitchen with slab granite counters. 4 bedrooms plus private in-laws
quarters. 1,000 SF finished basement. Saratoga Schools.
Bill Gorman
Eppie Lum
Anthony Lum
Susan Perry & Joe Long
408.996.1100
Charming Home
Monte Sereno
4
4
$2,149,000
Lovely Saratoga Home
Saratoga
408.996.1100
3
2.5
408.996.1100
Lovely Family Home
Cupertino
$1,398,000
5
2.5
$1,338,888
408.996.1100
3
Saratoga Beauty!
Saratoga
2.5
$1,198,000
4 BR 4 BA Gorgeous one-story 2 year new home located on a
sought-after Monte Sereno cul-de-sac featuring an excellent floorplan,
gourmet kitchen w/quality appliances. Close to Daves Avenue Elem.,
walk to Vasona Park & downtown LG. Guest house. 3,300 sf total.
3 BR 2.5 BA Expanded & Remodeled w/High Ceilings • Cathedral Ceiling
Mstr BDRM & Bath • His/Hers Walk-in Closets • Chef’s Kitchn, Sub-Zero
Refrig, Gas Cooktop, Hrdwd flrs • Hughe LR w/Gas Fireplace • Small Alcove
for Home Office • Garage w/Bonus Rm for Hobbies/Workshop • Sara Schls
5 BR 2.5 BA Beautiful home in and out, come see write an offer
5br 2.5ba hardwood floor, double paned windows. Freshly painted,
remodeled Kitchen and bathrooms. Home is lovely w/hardwood
flrs,bk yrd has floral & vegetable gardens. Appointment only.
3 BR 2.5 BA Best value in Saratoga’s highly covered “Prides Crossing”
Neighborhood with Award Winning Cupertino Schools! Lynbrook HS!
Miller Middle! Blue Hills Elementary! Dual Pane windows! Hardwood
Floors! Copper plumbing! Separate Family and Living RMS! & More!
Bill Gorman & Lorraine Boeggeman
408.996.1100
Susan Sullinger
Joanne Alvord & Dorine Alvord
408.996.1100
Steve McCarrick & Roy Cook
408.996.1100
ALMADEN VALLEY
FIRST CLASS BEAUTY
$1,275,000
LOS GATOS
PREMIUM 2.43 Acre Parcel
$1,795,000
SARATOGA
Almost 1/2 AC, Nice Home
$1,399,000
408.996.1100
$2,900,000
4 BR 2.5 BA located in a private neighborhood of Almaden, close to
expressway, shopping, w/high scoring schls. Features state of the art
kitchen, formal dining, separate media rm & wine rm temp controlled
for 350+ bottles. Huge bkyard w/deck.
2.43 acre parcel ready for your dream home! Dramatic city lights and
valley views. Rare opportunity to create a custom estate of grand
proportions. Excellent location with a lot of privacy. Plans for 5,900
sq. ft home available. Los Gatos School District.
Elaine Motekaitis
408.996.1100
Rochelle & Garrett Alhadeff
Gorgeous Home
$678,888
Valley Views
408.996.1100
$1,299,000
3 BR 2 BA 1,423 Sq. ft. 3bedrm/2full Ba Excellent flr plan. Upgraded
kitchen, family Rm opening to a huge yard, perfect for entertaining.
Separate living room, hrdwd flrs, conveniently located to freeway,
retail stores restaurants and award winning schools.
5 BR 3.5 BA WOW! Incredible Multi-Million Dollar Views Of The Valley
& City Lights! Formal Dining! Separate Family & Living RMS! Fabulous
High Ceilings! Seperate IN-LAW Or GUEST UNIT With It’s Own Bath &
Family Rm! 3 Car Garage! Huge Lot! AND So Much More!!!!!!
Prakash Desai
Steve McCarrick & Roy Cook
ALMADEN MEADOWS
Beautiful with Views
408.996.1100
$889,800
LOS GATOS MOUNTAINS
Luxury Home, Views
408.996.1100
$1,899,000
3 BR 2.5 BA 1,971 sq. ft. home, 7,841 sq. ft. lot. Traditional style
home ready to move in. Travertine Marble & hrdwd flrs solar panels
new driveway & walkways, large mster bedrm, Chef’s kitchen, SS
appliances & granite slab, open bkyrd w/stone patios & views.
5 BR 3 BA Beautiful home on a spectacular knoll top setting w/
sweeping views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Excellent floorplan
w/open kitchen/family room looking out onto pool & spa. Sunny,
private, quiet w/level land. Luxurious spa-like master suite. LG schls.
Scott Petters
Bill Gorman & John Valenti
CAMBRIAN
Custom Built Home
408.996.1100
$1,495,000
5 BR 5.5 BA On a huge 1,7000 sf lot! 5bed, 51/2ba. Custom finishes
include granite counters, maple cabinets, wire for network cat
5, oversized bedrms, customs bathrms, dual a/c and heat, alarm
system, room for RV on side, outdoor kitchen, built in 2007,
Great Schools!
John Faylor
EVERGREEN
The Villages Home
MORGAN HILL
Home with View’s
408.996.1100
ROSE GARDEN
Luxurious Home
5 BR 3 BA Fabulous DeMattei Contruction. 5Bed/3Ba. LV Rm w/
Gorgeous FP, Custom Ktchn. 6-Burner Gas rnge, 2-Ovens, Built-in
Refrig. Breakfast Alcove, Butler’s Pantry, Great Rm w/FP Opens to
Kitchen. Luxurious MSTR Bed/Ba Suite, Lrg Walkin closet. Custom
Sound System.
Jan De Carli
408.996.1100
SARATOGA
Beautiful, Nearly Flat AC
Bill Gorman & Rebecca Gorman
Outstanding Location
408.996.1100
$1,899,000
4 BR 2 full BA + 2 half Beautiful home,excellent floorplan w/open
kitchen, breakfast, family “Great Room” opening to a spectacular
backyard perfect for entertaining. Lovely chef’s kitchen w/granite
slabs, quality custom cabinets. Desirable west of 9 location. Sara
schools.
Bill Gorman & Jean Rekittke
$1,199,000
$2,699,000
4 BR 3 BA Beautiful home, wonderful setting, desirable neighborhood,
quiet & peaceful cul-de-sac close to Argonaut/Foothill Elem & Sara
Hi, excellent flrplan, large, sun-filled, gourmet kitch/brkfst/fam “Great
Rm” opening to huge, park-like bckyrd. Sara schls.
Breathtaking Home
408.996.1100
$1,898,000
5 BR 5 BA Twice the home,with spectacular views, at half the cost.
Serene, quiet setting just twenty minutes to San Jose. Convenient to
public transportation and 101. 5Bdrms, 5Baths, Two master suites.
Gourmet Kitchen, 3 Car garage, High speed Internet access.
5 BR 3 BA Fantastic one level custom design 3,300 sq. ft. home
with 5 bedrooms & 3 baths. 5th bedroom has bath & separate
entrance. Outstanding Saratoga school district. Breathtakingly
beautiful gardens!
Dorine Alvord
Lorraine & Suzanne Boeggeman
408.996.1100
$1,455,000
SARATOGA
Traditional Family Home
Bill Gorman & John Valenti
Gorgeous Home
408.996.1100
$1,268,000
4 BR 2.5 BA Beautifully enhanced home in what’s considered
Saratoga’s most friendly neighborhood, large lot w/private backyard.
Lovely kitchen w/granite slabs & quality appliances that opens to
the breakfast & family rms. Luxurious master suite. Excellent schls.
Bill Gorman & Beirne Shuffle
SAN JOSE
Phenomenal Views
408.996.1100
$1,299,999
3 BR 3.5 BA Very rare 4 acre property with over an acre of nearly
flat land featuring views to SF and the Bay. Conveniently located to
shopping & schools. Spectacular city light views. Wonderful open
floorplan. Excellent for entertaining with extensive parking.
Bill Gorman & John Valen ti
Updated Beautiful Home
408.996.1100
$800,000
3 BR 2 BA An inviting, gorgeous West San Jose home! 3 bedrooms
and 2 baths plus one bedroom, one bath and living room with
separate entrance perfect for rental or in-law quarter. move-in
condition. Fully updated.
Manisha Jain
408.996.1100
408.996.1100
SUNNYVALE
Pristine Property
408.996.1100
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Premier Home
4 BR 2.5 BA Wonderful 1-level home on almost 1/2ac, quiet soughtafter neighborhood w/excellent flrpln including a large open kitchen,
breakfast, family “Great Room” opening to a park-like backyard
perfect for entertaining w/huge lawn area & pool. Xlnt schls.
$1,598,000
$940,000
3 BR 2 BA Single Level Corner unit, town home in ”The Villages” A
55+ Golf and Country Club Resort Community. 1,735sf, 12 yrs old,
well maintained and very secure. A Must See!
3 BR 2 BA “Gest Ranch“ prime neighborhood. Large living room w/
cathedral ceiling & flr to ceiling fireplace. Fam kitchn. Formal dining
Rm. Extra sized master bedrm. Lrge yard w/solar pool plus play area
for children. Generous sized garage. Walk to excellent school.
5 BR 3 BA Stop by to see this large traditional style family home on
a beautiful wooded acre lot. Desirable floorplan with the kitchen
open to the family room plus a formal living room and dining room.
Saratoga Schools.
4 BR 3 BA Gorgeous family home, recently updated. Excellent
schools; Cherry Chase Elementary, Homestead High. Wonderful
kitchen with breakfast nook looks to the beautifully manicured
backyard with a fantastic wood deck, perfect for enjoying summer
evenings.
Nalini Aiyagari
Jan De Carli
Susan Perry & Joe Long
Bill Gorman & Michael Majchrowicz
$539,000
408.996.1100
408.996.1100
408.996.1100
408.996.1100
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