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Jason Sugimura, an ESL teacher at the Rosalie Rendu Center, wraps up a class in East Palo Alto on Nov. 16.

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E ver since she was a young nun, Sister Trinitas Her-nandez wanted to follow

the path of Rosalie Rendu, a 19th-century nun of the Daugh-ters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Rendu had dedicated her life to helping the poor in French slums at a time of great human influx due to the Indus-trial Revolution. In East Palo

Alto, Sister Trinitas has been doing the same.

Small and energetic with sparkly eyes and a keen intelli-gence, Sister Trinitas joined the charitable order at the age of 18. When she arrived in East Palo Alto in 1997, she was looking for a project that would take her into the community. As in Ren-du’s time, many new immigrants

have come to the Bay Area in search of work and a better life. They often struggle to adapt and to grow into their new commu-nity, and a lack of fundamental language skills can keep them in poverty, she noted.

One day a woman asked for help learning English. Sister Trinitas, affectionately called Sister T, said she wasn’t a teach-er. The woman said that because

Sister Trinitas could speak and read English, that was enough. Sister Trinitas gained her first pupil. Twenty-three years later, she’s still teaching through the Rosalie Rendu Center, which she founded and leads as its ex-ecutive director.

The educational center helps Latino mothers and families to break the cycle of poverty through English as a second language, life skills and accul-turation classes. It serves 90 to 100 people per year through ESL classes, one-on-one con-versational English mentorships, educational outings and citizen-ship classes.

Student Gloria Del Rio said

Housing near Caltrain?

Stanford’s proposal nets mixed reactionBy Gennady Sheyner

F or decades, the transit center in downtown Palo Alto has served as a focal point in the

city’s ambitious plans for office developments, housing construc-tion and railway improvements.

Now, with the city drafting a plan to accommodate 6,086 new dwellings between 2023 and 2031, the site is once again in the spot-light. Stanford University, which owns the property, had identified it as one of three sites that could collectively accommodate about 1,000 apartments, along with a site on Pasteur Drive, near the Stanford University Medical Center, and the property at 3128 El Camino Real, which is near Palo Alto Square and which currently houses a McDon-ald’s restaurant.

Of the three, the University Ave-nue site that includes the Palo Alto Transit Center holds the most po-tential, given its role as a gateway between Stanford and downtown Palo Alto and its status as the city’s area most-laden with public transit. Yet it is also the biggest wildcard, given the city’s ever evolving plans for redesigning its rail crossings, an effort that may involve realign-ing the Palo Alto Avenue crossing so that the street would no longer intersect with the tracks.

“This site is like a gold mine for us,” Planning Director Jonathan Lait said at a recent discussion of adding housing to the transit center site. “It wants to do everything that we want to do in Palo Alto because of its proximity to transit. I think there are so many interests in how it might be developed -- not just from the housing standpoint but

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City’s new bike overpass to Baylands opens

A s a coalition of cycling groups, community mem-bers, city employees and

company representatives gath-ered on the Baylands side of the new pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 101 on Nov. 20, officials

from the city, county and state couldn’t help but repeat one mes-sage in their speeches before they opened the path with a ribbon cutting: Finally.

“After a year and a half of con-struction that included 13 million

pounds of concrete, 1 million pounds of structural steel and 7,000 feet of electrical and fiber optic cable ... we can definitely say now that the bridge is tangible and real,” Palo Alto Public Works Director Brad Eggleston said.

The new overpass will provide year-round access to the Baylands, the new Adobe Reach trail and other outdoor amenities. Span-ning 1,400 feet between the West

and East Bayshore Road landings with a 12-foot-wide pathway, the bridge replaces the Benjamin Lefkowitz underpass, which was only open six months a year, on average, due to seasonal flooding.

“I’ve been looking forward to this since last year,” said Jeff Shusterman, a Mountain View resident and longtime cyclist who brought his bike for the occasion.

That anticipation was tenfold

for the former and current city council members who came, in-cluding former Mayor Liz Kniss and Alison Cormack, to witness the city’s decadelong work finally come to fruition.

In his speech, Mayor Tom Du-Bois recognized that many years went into planning and gathering the funds — so much so that the



Path that crosses 101 in south Palo Alto was 10 years in the making

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Where learning English is ‘medicine for the people’Rosalie Rendu Center empowers immigrants by teaching language, acculturation and life skills

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DECK THE HALLS ... While many people send warm wishes to one another during the holidays, it’s also a time for some friendly competition, as seen through shows like “The Great Christmas Light Fight.” The city of Palo Alto is hosting a holiday decoration contest that’ll surely get folks into the spirit of the season. Community members are invited to deck out the outside of their home or business, front door and/or window with holiday decorations, such as the life-sized inflatable of Frosty the Snowman that’s been stored in the garage all year long or with ornaments and lights radiating from the front yard tree. Anyone interested in entering must apply by the end of the day on Dec. 15. Judges will vet the entries Dec. 16-20 in three categories: home, business and people’s choice. Along with bragging rights and photos of their decor shared on the city’s social media accounts, the winner in each category will be awarded a $50 gift card to a Palo Alto restaurant of their choice. The results will be announced on Dec. 23. For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/3xj0kzl.

PIECE BY PIECE ... Stanford Memorial Church is arugably one of the most mesmerizing places on the university’s campus, from the stone carvings to the mosaics that captivate both locals and visitors from around the world. People have also admired the church’s stained glass windows, which were restored last week. The “Lilies of the Field” window, located at the front of the church, had been damaged by multiple wine bottles that were thrown at the piece, breaking three layers of glass, engineer Mindy Dinhsaid in a Stanford News Servicearticle. The vandalism over the summer was found during a routine survey by the university’s Land, Buildings and Real Estate Maps and Records team. The windows had been reinstalled in 1912 following damage from the 1906 earthquake. Church conservator Lesley Bonesupervised the restoration project,

which involved a team taking all the glass to Helios Art Glass, a studio in Berkeley, and examining each piece with help from stained glass expert Connie Levathes. “It’s quite a complex color theory exercise that took place in making these windows,” Bone said in the article. “You’re sort of using light as the vehicle for mixing colors.” The project also led Levathes to travel to Los Angeles and find the right pieces. The reinstallation work took place on Nov. 16 and was timed around the Mass schedule.

AT YOUR SERVICE ... There can be something special about visiting a neighborhood grocery store, whether it’s finding your favorite baked good or striking up a conversation with the cashier as you bag your items. It’s even more special knowing that the grocery store has invested in the community. That’s the case with Mollie Stone’s Markets, which was recognized earlier this month with the Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Golden Gate Chapter. Founded in 1986, the family-owned chain runs nine locations in the Bay Area, including one in Palo Alto’s California Avenue business district, and has about 700 employees. “Our markets have been fortunate to grow within amazing communities and amongst wonderful neighbors,” the company said in a press release. The company has given back to a variety of places, including hospitals, food banks, schools, nonprofits and first response agencies in the form of finances, food, personal protective equipment, volunteer time and customer match programs, according to the release. “There is no greater need during one’s lifetime than to support our community,” owner and CEO Mike Stone said. “If I can make a difference in one persons’ life, what greater gift is there?” The award was announced on Nov. 18, which was National Philanthropy Day. The award comes amid AFP Golden Gate’s 50th anniversary. The association marked the milestone by honoring organizations and businesses in the region that have paid it forward to their communities.

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It’s earthy.—Roy Schnabel, managing principal at Biggs Cardosa Associates, about new pedestrian-bike bridge over Highway 101. See story on page 5.

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bridge has gone through a few City Council transitions, he noted.

“We actually approved this four years ago, next week, when we fi-nally gave it the final go-ahead,” DuBois said Saturday. “That was back when we had nine council members.”

Eggleston recalled when Kniss, a strong proponent of the project, once dubbed the overpass the “mythical bridge.”

State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, and Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian also shared their own anecdotes about the lengthy timeline for the bridge. Simitian suggested that the timeframe was really 10 years longer because the county pro-vided a $5.5 million grant from its Stanford Recreation Mitigation Fund that dates back to the year 2000.

“You’ve heard this described as a 10-year effort in the making,” Simitian said. “What I would say is that it’s actually a 20-year ef-fort in the making because those mitigation funds go all the way back to the year 2000, and they were set aside for a then not-yet-determined purpose.”

The final price tag of the bridge was $23.1 million, which became a sore point for some residents. Funding came from several sourc-es, including a $1 million grant from Google and a $4.35 million

investment the city is expected to receive from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s One Bay Area Grant Program.

Along with the higher-than-anticipated costs, some residents also began to view the bridge as yet another emblem of the bureau-cratic nightmare many developers have come to expect in Palo Alto. In 2015, the city scrapped a design by Moffatt and Nichol and even-tually ended up with a new firm, Biggs Cardosa Associates Inc.

Some of those frustrations were palpable for Megha Bansal, the city’s senior engineer since 2015 and the project manager for the bridge. Most recently, she had to deal with the construction delays stemming from material transport issues and supply shortages due to the pandemic.

“Before COVID, the only thing we did was the removal of vegeta-tion,” she said.

Bansal said that the overpass came with many constraints be-cause it touched upon multiple jurisdictions. That point was made clear just by the ceremony’s attendees on Saturday. Represen-tatives from the county, Caltrans, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Valley Transportation Authority and even employees from Google made an appearance since part of the construction fell on the com-pany’s property.

“There were all these require-ments from all the agencies,” she said. “It was a multijurisdictional process.”

During broad daylight, the bridge’s most distinctive feature is its rust-brown steel trusses above the highway and Adobe Creek. According to Roy Schnabel, man-aging principal at Biggs Cardosa, the color can be attributed to the self-weathering steel. The materi-al is intended to rust over time, he said, so that a protective coating is created and prevents the bridge from further rusting.

“It’s supposed to look like that and it’s supposed to rust,” Schna-bel said. “It’s earthy.”

But at night, the frame of the bridge blends into the night sky and mostly appears as a criss-cross of faint, dotted lights. Egg-leston said that LED lights were installed in a way to reduce the amount of light pollution and avoid disturbing the surrounding wildlife. Throughout the walk-way, for example, the LED lights are pointed downward so that they will only serve to light up a pedestrian’s or cyclist’s path and nowhere else, Eggleston said.

The overpass will be a conve-nient access point for south Palo Altans, but its use will certainly extend to residents throughout the Bay Area. Multiple cycling groups including Bike Palo Alto, Western Wheelers Bicycle Club and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coali-tion, whose memberships span across the Midpeninsula and south bay, came to witness the opening Saturday.

Diana Crumedy, a member of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coali-

tion and a San Jose resident, de-scribed how it’s always a mental feat to “retrain” the mind to not be afraid of passing cars after participating in bike marathons with blocked-off roads or having protected bike lanes. But with the new bridge, she and many other cyclists from San Jose will have a safe route to look forward to in Palo Alto.

“This is the opportunity for people to have that same experi-ence — to feel that safety of being able to ride their bike without be-ing concerned with being hit by a car,” Crumedy said.

After the fanfare of the opening ceremony, which also came with free ice cream, the bridge became packed with pedestrians. Many cyclists had to resort to walking their bikes. Robert Neff, member

of the Palo Alto Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee, said the real test will be July 4, after the fireworks show in Moun-tain View that draws thousands of spectators.

But as the afternoon approached and the crowds died down, the bridge became a serene destina-tion for pedestrians to take in the view of the Baylands and for cy-clists to swiftly cross the highway.

A toddler on his bicycle led the way for his family — including the dad who rode his bike with his daughter in the front carriage — as he made his way up the access ramp, going west to east. Even Cormack took advantage of the bridge that Saturday, riding her bike down the bridge with glee.

Email Editorial Assistant Lloyd Lee at [email protected].

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A new bike overpass that opened in Palo Alto on Nov. 20 will provide year-round access to the Baylands, the new Adobe Reach trail and other outdoor amenities.

Palo Alto’s new bike bridge crosses U.S. Highway 101 at Adobe Creek, about a third of a mile north of San Antonio Road.

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City, state and county officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Palo Alto’s new bike and pedestrian bridge on Nov. 20.

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County supes pick new district boundaries In a tight 3-2 vote, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

agreed to move forward with new boundaries for the county’s five supervisorial districts, shifting the balance of power and signifi-cantly altering representation in the northern end of the county.

Redrawing the boundaries happens every 10 years following the U.S. Census, and helps preserve the voting power of residents by balancing population between the five districts. But supervisors opted to do more than that, taking extra steps to consider racial balance in each district and prioritize boundaries that don’t split cities into more than one district.

The map that ultimately prevailed on Nov. 16, dubbed the “yel-low” or “unity” map (see above), took steps to meet both those objectives, but it also faced significant criticism. Residents op-posed to the yellow map contested it was drawn with political motivations in mind and amounts to gerrymandering, with the south county district losing Los Gatos and Almaden Valley.

The yellow map will advance with only minor changes ahead of the state-mandated redistricting process. District 5, which includes Mountain View and Palo Alto, will no longer include any part of Sunnyvale. Instead, the district will creep farther south past Saratoga to include Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and part of San Jose.

The map won out against numerous other options, including one proposed by county Supervisor Joe Simitian that sought minimal changes over today’s boundaries.

Another hearing on the proposed redistricting map is expected on Dec. 7, followed shortly thereafter with final approval.

— Kevin ForestieriBurglars steal $50K in jewelry heist

Three people took an estimated $50,000 in gold and silver from a downtown Palo Alto jewelry store in a brazen smash-and-grab burglary early Thursday morning, police Lt. Con Maloney said.

The burglars smashed a glass front door at De Novo Fine Con-temporary Jewelry at 250 University Ave. at about 12:50 a.m. on Nov. 18. A nearby security guard heard the commotion and called the police. Two people entered the store while a third person wait-ed in a getaway car on Ramona Street.

Once inside, the burglars smashed three large jewelry cases and stole bracelets, earrings, rings and necklaces. They fled in what ap-peared to be a light blue minivan of an unknown make and model, Maloney said. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle and its passengers, Maloney said.

Police have obtained video of the heist. Investigators don’t know the gender of the two burglars.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the department’s 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413.

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the parents learn how to encour-age and support their children through parenting workshops.

“Most of the students are from Mexico and we have a different culture. The sisters help the moth-ers to learn life here and to get better educated,” she said.

Del Rio said the classes have taught her to manage stress and to listen to her children. The cama-raderie with other women builds a sense of shared community.

Before arriving at Rosalie Ren-du, she wasn’t interested in learn-ing English despite having lived in California for many years. There wasn’t much incentive since she could get by through inter-preters or her children. Then she partnered on school projects with mothers who came to the center, and it changed her life.

“Once I started, I couldn’t stop,” Del Rio, a dark-haired mother of four, said while sitting at the spa-cious dining room table at the center’s home, located at 2345 Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto.

Now in her third year, Del Rio speaks English fluently and un-derstands the language without hesitation.

“The teachers are kindly with us. They understand it’s a big ef-fort to come here, and some of the mothers work,” she said, noting that classes accommodate shift-ing schedules.

Before coming to the center, Del Rio often held back asking ques-tions at her children’s schools.

“I could only say ‘My name is Gloria,’” she recalled.

Now she feels more confident and she is an active part of the school community.

“I don’t have to ask for an in-terpreter at the school and at the doctor’s now. We don’t feel em-barrassed,” she said. “Before, I was hiding. I just did what I had to do.”

Del Rio said the center has helped her become less dependent on her husband and children. With her command of English, she is now free to get what she needs by herself, such as when shopping at the store.

“My family is proud. I’m doing something for me. Maybe it’s a good example for them to see me practice. They know I’m here and it teaches them to be brave and be a participant,” she said.

Del Rio’s example has helped inspire her children to be high achievers. One son attends Uni-versity of California Davis and is studying biochemical engineer-ing; her daughter is studying to be a dentist. Her other two sons are a sophomore and freshman attend-ing Menlo School.

Del Rio has also used her lan-guage powers to protect her com-munity and not be a victim.

“Once, there was an ice cream man and I saw two boys were try-ing to rob him in the apartments. I called the police,” she said.

Another time, Del Rio was in a car crash, and the other person

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left the scene when Del Rio asked to exchange driver’s license and insurance information. Del Rio again called the police. Officers traced the license plate number she managed to write down, went to that woman’s home and brought her back to give Del Rio the infor-mation, she said. Having such lan-guage abilities and understanding the system is empowering, she said.

Like its students, the center has gone through its own challenges. In late 2019, just as the pandemic began, the center lost its longtime location at the Carriage Manor Apartments.

Every day, Sister Trinitas prayed, asking God to help her find a new location, she said. One day in spring 2020, she learned that a student named Marina had moved to Nevada to be near her family after her husband’s death. She was selling her house and wasn’t coming back to East Palo Alto.

“Upfront, I asked, ‘Will you sell it to me?’ And three weeks later, we signed on the dotted line,” Sis-ter Trinitas said. “The good Lord sent us this house. I feel deep in my heart that it is a miracle.”

The center moved into its new home in June 2020. Pictures of Sister Rosalie Rendu, resplen-dent in the white, starched “gull wing” hat, or cornette, for which the Catholic order is known, grace the center’s living room walls.

Getting through the COVID-19

pandemic while renovating the house and yard took time and many financial resources and vol-unteer help. The students needed to know how to download Zoom onto their phones in order to con-tinue learning English through re-mote classes. The first week was uneven but by the second week things were running smoothly, said Maria Lozano, program director.

The center created a remote tutoring program that matches college and high school students to the younger children of the center’s parents. The center pur-

chased a three-month subscription to Kiwi Kits, a hands-on science kit, for 22 children, which were delivered to the children’s homes, with classes continuing on Zoom this school year.

StreetCode Academy, another East Palo Alto nonprofit organi-zation, lent the center laptops to meet all of the student’s needs. The center’s volunteer computer teacher downloaded software on the laptops, put together an instructional video and helped students connect to their home internet networks.

Rosalie Rendu Center has pro-

vided emergency funding to fami-lies for food and rent who were without jobs due to the pandemic. It also contracted with One Life Counseling Center to offer coun-seling services to parents who need professional support and who are facing housing, health and jobs challenges during the pandemic, Lozano said.

The center used its $5,000 Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund grant to purchase indoor and outdoor furniture and accessories and classroom items for the new loca-tion and for equipment and a daily cleaning service to keep the cen-ter sanitized against COVID-19.

Recently, student Silvia Monaco and volunteer Susan Stulz sat at a backyard table in the verdant garden conversing mostly in Eng-lish. The one-on-one conversation sessions are beneficial to both women. Stulz, of Los Altos Hills, wanted to learn Spanish, while Monaco needed to improve her English to get a better job.

A hospital nurse in her native El Salvador, she now works in Bay Area senior congregate care communities. Finding a job has sometimes been difficult because she didn’t speak English well, she said, and part of caring for any patient involves communication.

As a hospital nurse, gently touching and talking to patients, together with medicine, helps them to heal faster, she said. Not speaking English restricted her powers as a healer — something she hopes to remedy.

“The medicine for the people is language,” she said.

Email Staff Writer Sue Dremann at [email protected].

The annual Holiday Fund char-itable giving drive is in full swing, with a goal of raising $500,000 for local nonprofits serving chil-dren and families. Read more about the Holiday Fund on page 12 of this edition or go to PaloAl-toOnline.com/holiday_fund.

Sister Trinitas Hernandez, executive director of Rosalie Rendu Center, and Maria Lozano, right, the center’s instructional program director and an ESL teacher, are photographed in front of the house the nonprofit operates out of in East Palo Alto on Nov. 16.

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the transportation and sustainabil-ity interests.”

Yet any new development is guaranteed to stoke familiar ar-guments over height, density and parking restrictions. In present-ing their concept for the transit center site, Stanford University leaders made it clear that any new development would go well above the city’s 50-foot height limit and would likely require the city to re-lax its density and parking regu-lations. The most conservative alternative presented by Stanford

calls for a seven-story building with a height of 75 to 85 feet, with the bottom two stories devoted to parking, and able to accommodate between 180 and 270 apartments.

A slightly more ambitious con-cept includes a 105-foot-tall build-ing — the same height as Hoover Pavilion — with between 360 and 425 apartments.

The most intense alternative would feature a 137-foot build-ing with between 465 and 530 apartments.

In making their case to the city’s Housing Element Working Group — a panel of citizens that is help-ing the city craft its new housing vision — Stanford leaders argued

that the site is ideally suited for greater height and density.

“It’s hard to imagine a more appropriate site for high-density housing,” Jessica von Borck, di-rector for land use at Stanford University, said during an Oct. 21 presentation. “It’s located at the train station, it’s next to downtown, it’s across the street from Stanford Shopping Center and the Stanford campus, which are two major em-ployment centers, and it’s a place where it also makes sense to ex-plore greater heights, potentially.”

Yet city leaders also recognize that any major development would inevitably encounter opposition. That was the lesson that they learned in 2012, when developer John Arrillaga proposed to build four office towers — some of them taller than 100 feet — along with a theater and a host of bike improve-ments near the transit center. The City Council quickly scuttled the plan after a public outcry about the scale of the project and the city’s lack of transparency in negotiating with Arrillaga.

In a decision that frustrated housing advocates, the panel vot-ed 9-4 on Nov. 18 not to include the transit center site in the city’s housing inventory for the 2023-2031 cycle. Members also agreed, however, that the city and Stanford should continue to collaborate on developing a longer-term plan for the site, which will likely involve housing.

The biggest issue for the ma-jority of the panel was parking. Stanford University is suggesting that for the development to be fi-nancially feasible, the city would have to lower its parking standards, which typically require one park-ing space for each studio and one-bedroom apartment and two park-

ing spaces for each apartment with two or more bedrooms. Stanford’s plan calls for limiting parking for all apartments, including those with two or more bedrooms, to one parking space each.

Several working group mem-bers, including Kathryn Jordan and Keith Reckdahl, questioned the premise that residents would not buy cars because of the proxim-ity to public transportation. Work-ing group member Randolph Tsien said he was concerned that adding housing to 27 University Ave. could require some of the transit services to relocate. Another working group member, Hamilton Hitchings, said the city should figure out its rail re-design plans before considering a significant housing redevelopment at the transit center.

“I don’t know how we can do this while we’re doing grade sepa-ration,” Hitchings said at the Nov. 18 meeting.

Others characterized the deci-sion of the group not to include the site in the city’s current Housing Element as a lost opportunity.

“Given the city’s environmental goals, this is such a perfect site for some sort of housing,” said Sheryl Klein, a working group member

who serves as chief operating of-ficer at the housing nonprofit Alta Housing. “We don’t have to com-mit to the height, but I think this is a great site for housing and it’s in a great location — people can walk to downtown stores and amenities. I can’t believe that we’re taking it off and we’re going to push it off into the future.”

While the panel also endorsed including the Pasteur and El Camino sites that Stanford owns in the new Housing Element, its decision to punt on transit center plans frustrated some residents and housing advocates. Robert Chun, a board member at the ad-vocacy group Palo Alto Forward, noted that the working group had endorsed at previous meetings the concept of building housing near Caltrain stations. Given that posi-tion, he urged group members to include the transit center in the city’s housing plans.

“No matter what this Caltrain site looks like, we can’t let Palo Alto’s most popular option for housing die so quickly,” Chun said.

The decision on whether to in-clude the downtown transit center in the city’s housing plans will ul-timately fall to the City Council, which is scheduled to adopt the Housing Element next fall. Early signs suggest that Stanford’s pro-posal will be a hard sell. A coun-cil ad hoc committee made up of Mayor Tom DuBois and council members Eric Filseth and Greer Stone has considered the univer-sity’s housing concept and gener-ally agreed that the city’s 50-foot height limit should remain in place, according to a report from Wong. While this position would effectively kill Stanford’s proposal, Lait suggested that the city and the university will continue discussing ways to increase residential devel-opment in the area.

“I think we’re all interested in seeing housing here,” Lait said. “It’s a great place for housing, but it might be a great place for other things too. So how well do those things come together? I don’t think we’re going to solve that immedi-ately.”

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Ted (Teruo) Noguchi, a long-time resident of Palo Alto, passed away on November 9, surrounded by family.

Ted was born in Acampo, a very small town outside of Lodi on February 13, 1929 into a very large family with nine children. He was the fourth son of Tokuichi & Tsukimi Noguchi. He spent his early years farming in Lodi harvesting grapes alongside his family. In his teenage years during World War II, he and his family were sent to Internment Camps at Jerome, Arkansas and Tule Lake, California.

After the war, he finished school and enlisted in the U.S. Army as an interpreter. He was fluent in Japanese but still attended language school in Monterey before being deployed to Japan with the Military Intelligence Service. General MacArthur recognized his natural athletic ability and was often asked to represent his unit in the friendly military bas-ketball and baseball games.

Following his military service, he moved to San Francisco where he met and married Fudge. They spent a wonderful 67 years of marriage and had two daughters, Gayle and Cathy. Ted earned an Electrical Engineering degree and worked for DeLeuw Cather, a Civil Engineering Consulting firm in San Francisco, obtaining expertise in Traffic Engineering. In 1967, Ted became the City of Palo Alto’s Traffic Engineer and the family moved to Palo Alto.

Among his top professional accomplishments was being the first city with designated bicycle lanes on city streets. Ted attended USF University and received a Master’s in Public Administration while also coaching and refereeing youth sports, raising a family, volunteering and working.

Quiet by nature, Ted would say, “you learn more by listen-ing.” He always found time to ride his bike, fish, golf, play catch with the neighbor’s kids, church, garden and watch sports on television. He loved maple donuts, french fries, 7-up, all breakfast foods, hot dogs and his black beanie.

Ted was proud of and loved the many additions to the fam-ily. He thoroughly enjoyed all the activity and energy. Ted will be missed by his wife, Fudge; daughters, Gayle Narimatsu (Glen), Cathy Koubek (Andy); grandchildren, Matthew Olmo (Tara), Kelly Garcia (Michael), Katie Goldstein (Nicholas); and, great-grandchildren, Trevor and Aly Olmo, Liam, Jeremy, and Aubrey Garcia, Casey and Ari Goldstein.

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a small session to discuss the status of the city’s labor negotiations with SEIU, Local 521, Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Peace Officers Association, Palo Alto Police Management Association, International Association of Firefighters, Local 1319 and Palo Alto Fire Chiefs Association. The council will then consider adopting policies to assist renters and discuss their preferred design alternative for the Churchill Avenue rail crossing. The closed session will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. or as soon as possible after the closed session. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 362 027 238. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to accept the audit of the city’s financial statements, consider approving the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for fiscal year 2021 and budget amendments for fiscal year 2021. The virtual meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 992 2730 7235. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update about preliminary utilities financial forecast for fiscal year 2023 and hear an update about permit processes for various energy technologies. The virtual meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 966 9129 7246. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to review revisions to Castilleja School’s proposal to reconstruct its campus at 1310 Bryant St., including the school’s proposed garage designs and tree-protection plan. The virtual meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 965 6189 1491.

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POLICE CALLSPalo AltoNov. 17-Nov. 22Violence related Middlefield Road, 10/21, 7:46 p.m.; simple battery.Ben Lomond Drive, 11/4, 8:10 p.m.; sexual assault.East Meadow Drive, 11/10, 4:19 p.m.; elder abuse/physical.El Camino Real, 11/16, 6:38 a.m.; domestic violence/battery.Pasteur Drive, 11/16, 11:43 a.m.; simple battery.Grant Avenue, 11/19, 8:40 a.m.; child abuse/sexual.Bryant Street, 11/19, 4:13 p.m.; elder abuse/physical.Theft relatedCommercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Shoplifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Vehicle relatedAuto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Catalytic converter theft attempt . . . . . . 3Driving w/ suspended license . . . . . . . . 2Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Theft from auto attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . 6Vehicle accident/prop damage . . . . . . . 2Alcohol or drug relatedDriving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Menlo ParkNov. 17-Nov. 22Violence relatedEl Camino Real, 11/18, 7:17 p.m.; battery.Theft relatedEmbezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle relatedAbandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Auto theft attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Driving w/ suspended license . . . . . . . . 1Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Stolen catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Alcohol or drug relatedDrunk in public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . . 1

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A list of local residents who died recently:

Jack P. Barrie, 96, a for-mer civil engineer and branch facilities manager at NASA Ames Research Center and a Palo Alto resident, died on Aug. 31. John Robert Mc-Dougal, 73, a former Palo Alto resident and former employee at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, died on Oct. 10. Ted “Teruo” Nogu-chi, 92, a longtime Palo Alto resident and former traffic engineer for the city of Palo Alto, died on Nov. 9.

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OBITUARIES

Of all the things Eric was involved with,

accomplished and enjoyed – and there were

many of each – his role as father and husband

was, for him, by far the most important and

fulfilling. He met his wife, Jean, on a blind

date in 1989. They married August 3, 1991,

and built a partnership and family that was

absolutely at the core of their 30+ years to-

gether. Their son, Ryan was born in 1994, and

Connor followed in 1997. Nothing brought

Eric more joy or pride than this foursome.

Eric loved the role of teacher and mentor

across his life, and particularly with his sons.

He shared and instructed Ryan and Connor

in the outdoor activities he loved so much,

and the family spent much of their spare

time fishing, hunting, skiing, hiking and

traveling. He taught them golf, the etiquette

and mechanics, analyzing swings and hole

play and providing tips for improvement.

He shared his love of music with live con-

cert attendance starting when the boys were

very young, evolving from jazz, ZZ Top and

Earth Wind & Fire concerts to Metallica and

AC/DC. He also loved all things fast, riding

motorcycles and racing cars, and introduced

dirt biking to his sons.

Like everything else his boys showed an

interest in, Eric embraced Boy Scouts, be-

coming a Troop 57 Assistant Scoutmaster,

leading annual backpacking trips to the

Sutter Buttes, and guiding fishing expedi-

tions. He taught the shotgun merit badge

for years and helped in the development

of a rifle range at BSA’s Camp Oljato. A

former Scout himself, Eric was incredibly

proud of his two Eagle Scout sons. He also

traveled to many, many sports matches in

which his boys played, always serving as an

informal “team photographer.” A SJ Sharks

season ticket holder since their inaugural

season and hockey player in his youth, Eric

especially loved watching Connor in goal

for Bellarmine College Prep and his club

team.

Born in Michigan to Gerald and Shirley

Lund Young, Eric grew up in the Midwest

and western New York with his parents and

sister, Heidi. The family moved seven times

in five states as his father pursued a steel

industry career, after which Eric lived in six

more cities before settling in Palo Alto in

1987. Eric attended high school in Ohio and

New York. At Cornell University, he earned

a BS in Mechanical Engineering and was

a proud member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Then, knowing he was interested in a more

broad-based business career, Eric attended

Northwestern’s MBA program.

At Northwestern, Eric was recruited by

General Electric, initially working in sales,

marketing, and as General Manager for one

of their Bay Area turbine companies. When

offered a role in GE’s brand-new venture

capital group, Eric jumped at the chance. He

opened their West Coast office, returning

him to the Bay Area he loved, and Silicon

Valley, which held so many tech-based

investment opportunities. Five years later,

he and three partners spun out of GE and

founded Canaan Partners, where he was a

General Partner for 32 years.

At Canaan, Eric loved helping build or-

ganizations and developing leaders – both

internally at Canaan, and with the firms in

which they invested. Culture was incredibly

important to him, and he fostered organiza-

tions built on positive values and a belief that

every person should be listened to, respected

and appreciated. He set a standard of excel-

lence and integrity. Per his colleagues, “Eric

was and will always be the heart and soul of

Canaan.”

Eric’s passion for entrepreneurship, ex-

periential education and mentoring along

with his venture capital mentality informed

a broad range of involvements – including

many for which he saw a need, developed a

plan and provided seed funding to get the

opportunity going. At Bellarmine, where he

regularly spoke to students about venture

capital, he identified a need for more techni-

cal education and hands-on experience, so

worked with school administration to create

an Innovation and Design Program with

both curriculum enhancements and a stu-

dent Innovation Lab.

At his and his son Connor’s alma mater,

Cornell, Eric was a pillar of the entrepreneur-

ship community for 25+ years. He served

as an active Advisory Council member to

the Entrepreneurship at Cornell program,

most recently as vice-chair. His input was

deemed invaluable, and he helped lead

the fundraising efforts to build a new co-

working space for student entrepreneurs.

Noting that PhD students often lacked op-

portunities to get out of the lab and do real

customer discovery on their inventions, Eric

also helped define and establish the Cornell

PhD Commercialization Fellows program

to directly address this deficit. He served on

several other advisory boards including the

College of Engineering Council and Red

Bear Angels. Eric was also a top-rated guest

lecturer on entrepreneurship for two decades

and mentored undergraduate and gradu-

ate students through six different Cornell

programs.

At Northeastern University, where his

son, Ryan, studied, Eric was introduced to

Scout, a student-led design studio providing

design services to early-stage ventures in the

university’s entrepreneurship program. Eric

believed Scout’s designers should think of

themselves as entrepreneurial leaders, not

just great designers. Over many years, he

mentored Scout’s leaders on using an entre-

preneurial mind-set to drive their organiza-

tions as they helped clients develop distinctive

brands and take products to market. The stu-

dents responded with great innovation and

energy. Eric always delighted in their personal

growth; they were honored by the keen inter-

est he showed in them. Eric was also one of the

founders of Mosaic, the network of student-

led organizations bringing innovation and

entrepreneurship across Northeastern. He

served for many years on the Mosaic Council

and the President’s West Coast Council.

At both universities, as well as Stanford

and Northwestern’s Kellogg, Eric showed

clearly how much he loved to interact with

students-- often staying well past a scheduled

talk to answer questions and discuss their

business ideas both ad hoc and via structured

programs. He continued to actively mentor

individual students after they graduated col-

lege as they became successful entrepreneurs.

Across his involvements and successes,

Eric was known for his kindness, gener-

osity, humility and integrity. Colleagues,

entrepreneurs and students alike uniformly

commented on the genuine interest he took

in projects, opportunities and hurdles, giving

generously of both time and knowledge. He

listened intently and respectfully, absorb-

ing and analyzing information until the

end, then offered insightful comments and

always-constructive feedback. He was honest

without judgment, and made people feel like

valued equals. These were the key attributes

that made people seek him out.

Retirement was prime time for Eric to do

all the things he loved: spending time with

their black lab, Maverick, taking numer-

ous fishing and hunting trips every year,

and traveling, all with Jean, their sons, and

friends. Eric’s face beamed with unmitigated

joy as he shared his passions with those most

important to him.

Eric’s sons have benefited from a lifetime

of lessons and love and will always remember

his teaching the importance of a strong work

ethic, being accountable, and, again, acting

with integrity. When asked about his accom-

plishments, Eric replied “proud father of two

fine young men.”

Eric is survived by his love, partner, and

wife of 30 years, Jean, his sons, Ryan and

Connor, his sister, Heidi Young Nash (Tim),

and nephew and nieces Sean, Kristen, and

Meredith Nash. He will be remembered and

missed by many friends, colleagues, and oth-

ers who had the chance to interact with him

across his many involvements.

The memorial service will be private,

by-invitation only due to space constraints.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests dona-

tions to one of his favorite causes: Cornell

University [Entrepreneurship @ Cornell],

Northeastern University [Scout Fund],

BSA Camp Oljato [Fund #1442 through

Silicon Valley Community Foundation] or

California Wildlife Foundation [Wetlands

Fund- Lower Klamath Refuge Project].P A I D O B I T U A R Y

Eric Anderson YoungFebruary 3, 1956 – October 23, 2021


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The Thanksgiving Play & Eight Nights The Pear Theatre presents two nontraditional holiday plays running in repertory: Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play,” a sat-ire about a group of white people trying to plan a school Thanksgiving pageant that isn’t offensive to Native American people and Jen-nifer Maisel’s “Eight Nights,” which follows a woman who survived the Holocaust through eight decades of Hanukkah celebrations.When: Through Dec. 12.Where: The Pear, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View.Info: thepear.org.

Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra Holi-day Sing-along The Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra (TACO) performs Christmas and Hanukkah music. The Community Women’s Chorus will join TACO and lead a free public singalong.When: Nov. 28, 3-4:30 p.m.Where: Mountain View Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.Info: tacosv.org.

Pacific Ballet Academy’s “The Nutcrack-er” Pacific Ballet Academy presents its 30th annual performance of “The Nutcracker.” This production offers a shortened perfor-mance for children, featuring just Act I, and a sensory-friendly performance of Act II with scaled-down lights and sound.When: Nov. 26, 6 p.m.; Nov. 27, 1 and 6 p.m.; Nov. 28 children’s performance, noon, and sensory-friendly performance, 2 p.m.Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain ViewInfo: mvcpa.com.

The Christmas Ballet Smuin Ballet pres-ents its Christmas-themed performance, incorporating classical ballet and contem-porary dance with traditional carols and pop favorites.When: Dec. 2-3, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 4, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 5, 2 p.m.Where: Mountain View Center for the

Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain ViewInfo: smuinballet.org.

Every Brilliant Thing Los Altos Stage Company presents a one-person show that celebrates the things that make life worth liv-ing, in a surprising, personal story that delves

into depression, suicide, grief, healing and falling in love. When: Dec. 3-19. Where: Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Info: losaltosstage.org.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is ringing in the season with a classic more commonly seen on screens than on stages — though right now, the same could be said for many holiday shows. That’s because, unlike the Zoom-only festivities of December 2020, in-person plays, concerts and events are back.

TheatreWorks is among the many companies that have recently been welcoming audiences back to theaters, though it’s also continuing to offer a virtual option. For the holidays, the company is staging “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” which reimagines the classic film as a 1940s radio broadcast. The play offers both the heartwarming holiday tale and a fun, behind-the-scenes look at an old-time radio show.But still at the crux of the story: When good-hearted everyman George Bailey despairs that he’s let everyone down, he gets a chance to learn how much his family, friends and town need him. He gets a peek at the alternate world that could have been had he not existed and it’s bleak (except for the part where his would-have-been-wife becomes a librarian, because librarians actually seem pretty cool.)Like George, local arts groups and cultural institutions — including libraries — rallied heroically during the last 19 months, shifting to online and other creative ways to safely reach people. These new options continue to give groups

the ability to expand audiences and make their offerings more accessible. But now that we’ve all seen what life is like without in-person theater, concerts, galleries

and other cultural spaces, this is our collective George Bailey moment for the arts: a chance to come back together in long-missed spaces with renewed joy and appreciation.Read on for a collection of holiday performances and events — most now presented in person, as well as some virtual options. Many venues require proof of vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours; as always for in-person events, check for COVID-19 protocols before you go.

Left to right, Todd Cerveris, Sarita Ocón, Moses Villarama, Luisa Sermol and Phil Wong provide live sound effects and play dozens of roles in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.”

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Friends of Music at Stanford Holiday Musicale 2021The Friends of Music at Stanford present their annual holiday showcase with per-formances by Department of Music solo-ists and ensembles, including the Stanford Philharmonia and the Stanford Chamber Chorale.When: Dec. 4, 2:30-4 p.m.Where: Stanford Memorial Church, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford.Info: music.stanford.edu.

California Bach Society A performance of the seldom-heard “Weinachtshistorie” (“Christmas Story”) by 17th-century composer Heinrich Schütz for six-part choir, soloists and Baroque ensemble. The concert also features a retrospective of favorites from the society’s “Christmas Around the World” concerts, with songs, carols, and choral works.When: Dec. 4, 8 p.m.Where: All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo AltoInfo: calbach.org.

Holiday Traditions ConcertThe Bay Choral Guild performs modern

settings of carols from Britain, Central and South America, a choral ar-

rangement of Tchaikosky’s Nut-cracker Suite and Christmas

compositions, including the premiere of Sanford Dole’s “Peace on Earth.”When: Dec. 4, 8 p.m.Where: First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto.Info: baychoralguild.org.

Holiday HandbellConcert Bell Appeal, a group sponsored by Bethany United Meth-odist Church in San Francisco, performs a variety of holiday music.When: Dec. 4, 1 p.m.Where: 2200

Broadway, Redwood City.Info: historysmc.org.

Ballet America’s NutcrackerA shortened production of the favorite holiday ballet, coming in at one and a half hours, aims to keep the youngest audience members engaged. Featuring a cast of 75 local dancers. When: Dec. 4, 2 and 6:30 p.m.; Dec. 5, 1:30 and 4 p.m.Where: Carrington Hall, 1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City.Info: americanballet.com.

Three Bachs of Christmas Bay Area choir Soli Deo Gloria presents Christmas music written by Johann Sebastian Bach and two of his sons, including cantatas by J.S Bach, a short oratorio by J.C.F. Bach, and a Magnificat by C.P.E. Bach.When: Dec. 4, 3:30 p.mWhere: Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto.Info: sdgloria.org.

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productions: “Nutcracker Sweet,” an abridged production for young audiences; “Hip-Hop Nutcrack-er,” which mixes iconic pieces of the story and Tchaikovsky’s score with hip-hop dance; and a full-length production of “The Nutcracker.” When: Nutcracker Sweet Dec. 4-5 and Dec. 11-12, 11:30 a.m., 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.; Hip-Hop Nutcracker Dec. 17, 7 p.m. and Dec. 18., 2 p.m.; The Nutcracker Dec. 18, 7 p.m. and Dec. 19, 2 p.m.Where: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City.Info: peninsulaballet.org.

Christmas at the Fox Singer-songwriter Brandon Pasion per-forms an evening of Christmas songs and original music. The night includes signature Christ-mas drinks and caroling.When: Dec. 5, 6:30 p.m.Where: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City.Info: brownpapertickets.com.

Selected Shorts Stanford Live presents a series of short sto-ries hosted by Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) with performances by Jason Dirden (“American Soul”), and Kim-berly Guerrero (“Reservation Dogs”).When: Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m.

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Gil Shaham Stanford Live presents a solo program by violinist Gil Shaham featur-ing pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Scott Wheeler, and Max Raimi.When: Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.Where: Bing Concert Hall, Stanford.Info: live.stanford.edu.

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performs Bach’s Christ-mas Oratorio, with the Philharmonia Chorale.When: Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m.Where: Bing Concert Hall, Stanford.Info: live.stanford.edu.

Western Ballet Nutcracker The company presents the beloved holiday ballet.When: Dec. 10, 7 p.m., Dec. 11 at 1 and 7

p.m.; Dec. 12, 1 p.m.Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.Info: westernballet.org/.

A Jazz Tribute to the Music of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Stanford Jazz Workshop

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Above, Mountain View’s tree is lit up during the Community Tree Lighting Celebration in 2019. The 2021 event takes place Dec. 6 at Civic Center Plaza. Below, decorations and lights outside of a house on Christmas Tree Lane in Palo Alto.

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presents a tribute to Vince Guaral-di’s soundtrack album to “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the classic 1965 TV special.When: Dec. 10, 7 p.m.; Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12, 2 p.m.Where: Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center, Stanford.Info: sto.stanfordtickets.org.

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal: A Ceremony to Celebrate BeingTogether The Peninsula Women’s Chorus presents a holiday concert featuring Alice Parker’s setting of “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” as well as works by Brahms, Britten, other choral favorites such as “Ave Maria,” carols and seasonal songs. When: Dec. 11, 2:30 p.m.Where: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto.Info: pwchorus.org.

CSMA Merit Scholars Holiday Concert The Community School of Music and Arts Merit Scholar-ship Student Ensembles perform favorite selections to celebrate the holidays.When: Dec. 11, 5 p.m.Where: CSMA’s Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View and streaming on CSMA’s YouTube channel.

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Fire & Ice Silicon Valley Boychoir presents a winter concert.When: Dec. 12, 3:30 p.m.Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto.Info: svboychoir.org.

Pink Martini Holiday Spec-tacular Fronted by vocalist China Forbes, the band plays a mix of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.When: Dec. 12, 4 p.m.Where: Bing Concert Hall, Stanford.Info: live.stanford.edu.

Stanford Holiday Organ ConcertStanford University organist Robert Huw Morgan presents a concert of seasonal music.When: Dec. 12, 1:30 p.m.Where: Memorial Church, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford.Info: events.stanford.edu.

Ragazzi Boys Chorus The chorus performs “Mysteries and Miracles,” a program of yuletide favorites and contemporary festive pieces. Per-formed in person in San Francisco and livestreamed.When: Dec. 12, 4 p.m.Where: LivestreamedInfo: ragazzi.org

A Chanticleer Christmas San Francisco’s men’s choir presents its annual holiday celebration.When: Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m.Where: Memorial Church, Stanford.Info: live.stanford.edu.

Holiday Concertos: Bach, Corelli & More Voices of Music presents their signature holiday program of concertos, including the Bach violin concerto in A Minor BWV 1041 performed by Rachell Ellen Wong.When: Dec. 17, 7 p.m.Where:First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo AltoInfo: voicesofmusic.org.

The Gingerbread Man Palo Alto Children’s Theatre presents a sto-

ryteller-style play for young audi-ence members, suggested for ages 2 to 6.When: Dec. 18, 10 a.m. and noon; Dec. 19, 10 a.m. and noon; Dec. 20, 10 a.m.Where: 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.Info: cityofpaloalto.org.

The Snow Queen Bayer Ballet Company presents a ballet danced by young artists about a child who embarks on a magical journey to save their best friend from the spell of the Snow Queen.When: Dec. 18, 7 p.m. and Dec. 19, 3:30 p.m.Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.Info: bayerballet.com.

Woodside Village Band The band performs a holiday concert.When: Dec. 18, 3 p.m.Where: Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside Info: windband.org/woodside.

A Celtic Christmas Irish storyteller Tomáseen Foley leads a cast of dancers and musicians in a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the west of Ireland in the 1940s, where neighbors would gather to dance and play music. When: Dec. 22, 7 p.m.Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain ViewInfo: mvcpa.com.

Community Gatherings and Special Events

Ernie’s Trains John Bianco is continuing his late father’s tradition of putting on a holiday model-train display. When: Weather permitting, five tracks will run trains every evening (except Mondays) Nov. 25

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Smuin Ballet artist Tessa Barbour blows a kiss in Rex Wheeler’s “Christmas Tree Rock,” part of Smuin’s “The Christmas Ballet,” coming to the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts Dec. 2-5.

through Dec. 25, 6:30-9 p.m.Where: 2387 Adele Ave., Mountain View.

Holidays at Filoli The Filoli estate celebrates the holidays with deco-rated gardens and holiday decor in-side the historic mansion. Activities include Santa Weekends (Dec. 4-5, 11-12 and 18-19); Monday theme nights, including everything from Hanukkah Lights to a Holiday PJ Party, and a chance to relax on the terrace by a fire with refreshments such as spirits and cider.When: Open daily, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (except Dec. 24-25) through Jan. 2.Where: Filoli Historic Home & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside.Info: filoli.org.

IluminOdyssey CuriOdyssey offers a winter light display for children

and families, with laser art, hands-on exhibits and a forest of touchable, glowing sculptures.When: Through Jan. 9Where: CuriOdyssey, ??1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.Info: curiodyssey.org.

Los Altos Festival of Lights ParadeDowntown Los Altos’ annual Festi-vawl of Lights Parade features floats, marching bands and more. Down-town Los Altos will also hold a tree lighting celebration Dec. 3, 6-8 p.m. When: Nov. 28, 6 p.m.Where: Downtown Los Altos.Info: losaltosparade.org; downtownlosaltos.org.

Sharing the Healing Light of Ha-nukkah Jewish Family and Chil-dren’s Services offers a program of stories, teaching, song, humor and ritual that explores the meaning of

995 Fictitious Name StatementLUXILY THE LABELFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No.: FBN679957The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as:Luxily The Label, located at 1654 Burdette Dr. Unit 160, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County.This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are):JADE KRISTEN LEYNES FAVIS5568 Lexington Ave. 304San Jose, CA 95123SARA NAM282 Ridge Vista Ave.San Jose, CA 95127Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 27, 2021. (PAW Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021)

GUZMAN AND SONS TRUCKINGFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No.: FBN679883The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as:Guzman and Sons Trucking, located at 1570 Almond Way, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are):ABONFILIO E. GUZMAN1570 Almond WayMorgan Hill, CA 95037Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/14/21.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 25, 2021. (PAW Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021)

BODY WISDOM BALANCINGFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No.: FBN680196The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as:Body Wisdom Balancing, located at 965 Elsinore Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are):SUSAN LENORE USMAN965 Elsinore DrivePalo Alto, CA 94303Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/01/2021.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 8, 2021. (PAW Nov. 12, 19, 26; Dec. 3, 2021)

NOAH’S DESK TUTORINGNOAH’S DESKFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No.: FBN680153The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as:1.) Noah’s Desk Tutoring, 2.) Noah’s Desk, located at 1333 Tasso Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are):NOAH MLLER1333 Tasso StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/01/2021.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 4, 2021. (PAW Nov. 12, 19, 26; Dec. 3, 2021)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHAT CHATTERTON aka LYNNE A. CHATTERTONCase No.: 21PR191188 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CHAT CHATTERTON aka LYNNE A. CHATTERTON. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on 01/19/2022 at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for Petitioner:Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel373 W. Julian Street, Suite 300,San Jose, CA 95110(408) 758-4217(PAW Nov. 12, 19, 26, 2021)

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Hanukkah Celebration at Stan-ford Shopping Center A celebra-tion that includes music and a pup-

pet show by Octopretzel, crafts for kids, dreidel games and a candle lighting ceremony.When: Dec. 2, 5-6:30 p.m.Where: Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto.Info: paloaltojcc.org.

City of Palo Alto Tree Lighting Live entertainment, tree lighting and a toy drive are featured at this

city celebration.When: Dec. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Where: Lytton Plaza, University Avenue and Emerson Street, Palo Alto.Info: cityofpaloalto.org.

BayLUG Holiday Show The Bay Area LEGO User Group and Bay-LTC, the Bay Area L-Gauge Train Club, will showcase their annual

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holiday miniature scene, this year with a jungle theme.When: Dec. 4-Jan. 9 (Sat.-Sun, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m, closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1)Where: Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.Info: baylug.org.

Gamble Garden Winter Won-derland A European-style mar-ketplace, arts and crafts for kids, free ice cream, arrangements and wreaths for sale, a vintage house-ware collection sale and holiday trees for auction. Santa, the Grin-ch and the Snow Queen will also be on hand.When: Dec. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Where: Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.Info: gamblegarden.org.

Caltrain Holiday Train Cal-train’s festive Holiday Train will make nine stops along the Penin-sula, with lights, entertainment, characters and a chance for locals to donate a new, unwrapped toy to the annual toy drive.When: Dec. 4-5Where: The train will stop in Redwood City, 6:10 p.m., and Mountain View, 6:50 p.m., on Dec. 4 and in Menlo Park at 7:25 p.m. on Dec. 5.Info: holiday-train.org.

Hometown Holidays Redwood City’s annual celebration includes a community parade, a snow lot, holiday vendors, and performanc-es from local entertainers, culmi-nating in a tree lighting.When: Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Where: Downtown Redwood City.Info: hometownholidays.org.

Gamble Garden Festival of Trees Visitors can stroll among holiday trees decorated by cre-ative individuals, groups, and organizations. The event also

includes wreath sales, holiday arrangements, a bake sale and music. All trees are available for purchase by silent auction to ben-efit Gamble Garden.When: Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Where: Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.Info: gamblegarden.org.

Hanukkah Party of Lights The Jewish Baby Network hosts a vir-tual Hanukkah celebration with dancing, singing, puppets, bless-ings and a community menorah candle lighting.When: Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m.Where: Online.Info: tinyurl.com/f844z2sc.

Menorah Lighting at Palo Alto City Hall A Hanukkah celebra-tion in front of Palo Alto’s City Hall, sponsored by Chabad Palo Alto, with crafts and activities, a chocolate gelt drop, latkes and donuts. When: Dec. 5, 4:30 p.m.Where: Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.Info: chabadpaloalto.com.

City of Mountain View Tree Lighting Local performances, tributes to multicultural and di-verse traditions, free refreshments, a train ride, the lighting of the community tree and a visit from Santa.When: Dec. 6, 5:30-8 p.m.Where: Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.Info: mountainview.gov.

Christmas Tree Lane Since 1940, Fulton Street (off Embarcadero Road) in Palo Alto has transformed into “Christmas Tree Lane,” full of lights and decorations. For safety, the 2021 edition will be a drive-thru and visitors must remain in their vehicles at all times.When: Dec. 11-31, 5-11 p.m. each night.Where: 1700 and 1800 blocks of

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ics, statues, jewelry, and cards by lo-cal artists.When: Through Jan. 1Where: 320 S. California Ave., Palo AltoInfo: galleryhouse.art/.

Christmas at Our House St. Fran-cis High School hosts a gift bou-tique with over 40 new and return-ing artisans selling gourmet foods, vintage and specialty gift items and holiday decor. Also featuring a student art showcase and a special

happy hour evening of shopping at the boutique.

When: Dec. 3, 3-5 p.m. (happy hour 5-8 p.m.) and Dec. 4,

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.Where: Burns Pavilion,

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Paly Winter Glass Sale Palo Alto High School Fiery Arts holds a sale featuring handcrafted ornaments, candy canes, pumpkins and other items. Proceeds benefit the Paly sculpture program.When: Dec. 3, 3-6 p.m. and Dec. 4, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.Where: Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto.Info: sites.google.com/site/palyglass.

Christmas Market at Allied Arts Guild Handcrafted goods such as knitted sweaters, soap and lotion gift packs, belts and bags from local ven-dors and artists. The event also of-fers a silent auction featuring themed Christmas trees, activities and treats and a chance to visit Santa.

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Bethlehem A.D. Bethlehem A.D. is a free, family-friendly experience recreating the town of Bethlehem on the night of the first Christmas, including live animals and a large cast of costumed, community vol-unteer actors.When: Dec. 21-23, 6-9:30 p.m.Where: Rise City Church, 1305 Middlefield Road, Redwood City.Info: bethlehemad.com.

Holiday Markets & Galleries

FabMo Holiday Artisan Show-case An online showcase of cre-ations by local artisans that features unique clothing, fine art, accesso-ries, jewelry, home decor, gifts, toys and holiday items, all crafted at least in part from FabMo’s stock of discontinued designer samples.When: Through Dec. 23Info: fabmo.org.Gallery House Paintings, ceram-

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When: Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Where: 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.Info: alliedartsguild.org.

Palo Alto Art Center Studio Holiday Sale Jewelry, ceramics, paintings, prints and other artwork created by local artists working in the Art Center’s studios at the Palo Alto Art Center. Proceeds benefit the artists, studios, and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation.When: Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.Info: paacf.org.

German Holiday Market German International School of Silicon Val-ley’s annual Germany holiday mar-ket is back in person this year, offer-ing an array of traditional German

holiday treats, gifts, food and music. Proceeds benefit the school.When: Dec. 11, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.Where: Mountain View Caltrain station, 600 W. Evelyn Ave., Moun-tain ViewInfo: germanholidaymarket.org.

Email Arts & Entertainment Editor Heather Zimmerman at [email protected].

Actors, from left, Max Mahle, Maria Marquis, Skylar Rose Adams and Chris Mahle play misguided organizers of a school pageant in the comedy “The Thanksgiving Play,” running in repertory with “Eight Nights” through Dec. 12 at the Pear Theatre.

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ociologist and author PriyaFielding-Singh’s “How theOther Half Eats: The Untold

Story of Food and Inequality inAmerica” is one of the books I’vebeen waiting for.

Fielding-Singh distills complex social threads and weaves theminto a singular, compelling tap-estry, giving insight into differentBay Area families’ experiences as they navigate what to eat. Much of this is related to access, and Fielding-Singh’s work asks society

to take a broader view of what ex-xxactly it means to create a societywith nutritional equality.

“Let’s reframe what accessmeans,” Fielding-Singh said in aninterview. “Let’s talk about it in aholistic way that takes into accountpeople’s lived experiences, their en-vironments, their stress levels, theiremployment, their housing — andtalk about how those things cometogether in impacting diet.”

Access to food is not just abouthaving a supermarket nearby, or

the financial means to buy food.In fact, a lot of solutions aren’t di-rectly related to food at all. In thebook, Fielding-Singh advocates forlivable wages, child care support and affordable housing that free up families to dedicate more energyto food.

“These are all things that don’tseem related to food, but are deeply, intimately related to food,”Fielding-Singh said. “Those are some of the many family policiesthat I think would go a long way.”

With that in mind, the book alsoreframes perceptions about howfamilies across the social spectrum care for children through food anddiet. “Especially in America, a country largely rooted in the ideathat people get what they strive forand deserve, it can be difficult to accept that the parents of kids with‘poor’ outcomes work just as hard as the parents of kids with ‘good’outcomes. It doesn’t seem fair,”Fielding-Singh writes.

In illustrating these points andmuch more, Fielding-Singh focuseson four Bay Area families: All haveteenagers, but their experiencesdiffer based on income, educa-tion and ethnoracial backgrounds.Fielding-Singh’s approachable and thoughtful pages give space to ex-xxplore: How do we choose between a Nabisco Oreo and a Trader Joe’s Joe-Joe cookie, kale and collardgreens, a lentil soup and a fast-food burrito? What food makes us feelgood and why? How do we handlepickiness, scarcity, abundance? How do we use food as a signal of status or cultural assimilation, as a demonstration of love?

Fielding-Singh’s approachablesynthesis of interviews and obser-rrvations — carried out with parentsand children in 75 families dur-rring her doctoral research at Stan-ford University — is an engagingprimer on a critical topic. It leavesme hungry for more accounts likethis, that factor in people’s lived ex-xxperiences in shaping policies about how to ensure people get the nutri-tion they need.

Diving into some of these com-plexities, Fielding-Singh, a Univer-rrsity of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies assistantprofessor, recently joined the Pen-insula Foodist in conversation

about her book, which is out nowin bookstores, or may be orderedthrough the Hachette Book Group.Peninsula Foodist: I’m in-

terested to learn more about your journey ... You have such exten-sive expertise in the subject (of nutritional inequality). That comes through in your education, your training, your work, and it felt likeethere was an underlying passionn just from personal experience.Priya Fielding-Singh: I thinnk

my interest in the topic really cammefrom a broader long-standing iin-terest in inequality that was seeddedwhen I was pretty young. Growwingup in Tucson, Arizona, my fammilydecided to become a foster ffam-ily. Pretty much all my middlee andhigh school years, we fosteredd chil-dren from different backgroounds,many of whom had beenn borninto poverty, had experiencced dif-ffferent forms of traumas, reesultiveof being raised in really ddifficult circumstances.

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Top: Priya Fielding-Singh’s book, “How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America” argues that increasing access to food requires addressing underlying structural problems. Courtesy Little Brown Spark. Above: Priya Fielding-Singh, author of “How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America,” did research with 75 Bay Area families during her doctoral studies at Stanford University. Courtesy Vero Kherian.

Priya Fielding-Singh’s book ‘How the Other Half Eats’ looks at how Bay Area families put food on the table

By Sara Hayden



In sociology, there was definitely work on food, but very little work connecting food to diet to health. I felt like a lot of the conversation around diet, nutrition and inequal-ity tended to be dominated by folks in the fields of public health and medicine who don’t necessar-ily always have the on-the-ground experience, really seeing how these behaviors play out in people’s lives and what food means to people. That was my hope as a sociologist: to be able to bring that into the con-versation in a way that would nu-ance and deepen our understanding of where these dietary disparities come from and what we can actu-ally do to reduce them.Foodist: Thinking about all the

structural inequities, it feels daunt-ing to even start to unravel. Diet seems so key to that, and you write about “nutritional equality.” What is “nutritional equality”?Fielding-Singh: The way that I

think about “nutritional equality” is that every individual, every fam-ily, has the means to eat a diet that will promote their health, instead

of undermining it.This is often talked about in

terms of access. I think about it that way too, but I think about it less in a sense of being able to afford food or being able to geographically ac-cess food. I think about: How do we create a society in which every person lives a life in which eating nutritious food is easy, it’s the de-fault, it isn’t something that’s an up-hill battle that has to be fought for, or is a privilege to which an elite few are entitled?

What that means to me is, how do we create a society where people earn enough money where they can afford the food, they live in neigh-borhoods where there’s access to that food, and also they work hours that are reasonable so there’s time to cook the food and they’re treated well by their employers? So that they don’t experience the stress and trauma of economic exploita-tion, and they have access to health care and providers that give them guidance and support in meeting a nutritious diet, they live in safe neighborhoods where their kids can run around and get physical activity. How do we create environ-ments that are health-promoting?

To me, that’s what being able to have access to nutritious foods is, and structural changes that I think are really important if we’re going to have nutritional equality in this country.

Foodist: You were saying that every single one of us deserves the means to eat healthfully. You also have entire chapters on (topics like) pickiness. How can we ensure that we have access to healthful foods, and also meet individual prefer-ences? I’m also thinking about “ac-culturation” and the dietary choices that might be informed by cultural contexts and cuisines.Fielding-Singh: One argument

of the book is that the food and bev-erage industry has really created a situation in which our preferences are really fundamentally shaped by their interests in profits. So you go to the grocery store, you look on your phone, you watch TV, you open a magazine and there is just so much advertising and marketing of unhealthy food that also happens to be really cheap and engineered to be really delicious.

It creates a situation where it’s extremely difficult, especially for parents who are trying to teach their kids some healthy eating hab-its and to eat some fruits and veg-etables. It’s really difficult for par-ents to do that, because their kids are so exposed to these products that parents’ desires for what their children eat become secondary. It becomes a situation where parents have to fight against the food and beverage industry to secure it.

I talk about this in the book in part in the context of dietary ac-culturation — that part of what it means to emigrate to this country is that your kids are going to be exposed to lots of unhealthy pro-cessed foods.

When I think of different cul-tural preferences, different class preferences — just different prefer-ences around what families eat — I think the food industry has actually taken away a lot of that, because it’s created an environment that’s so saturated by certain types of prod-ucts that it’s undermined parents’ ability to feed their kids the food that they grew up with, the food of their countries of origin, the old family recipes.

Getting kids to eat that becomes a challenge, rather than something that’s really easily and beautifully passed on.Foodist: How can we curb Big

Food?Fielding-Singh: I think about it

on a spectrum. I don’t think we’re ever going to be a country where Big Food doesn’t have a lot of pow-er and a lot of reach, but I think we can do more than what we’re doing.

I talk in the book about at least furiously regulating marketing to children. We know that kids don’t have the ability to tell what is an advertisement and what is the truth. They’re extremely impressionable ... and kids’ preferences matter a lot in what families eat.Foodist: With the people that

you wrote about, there’s a judg-ment that comes through: There’s a double standard in how society perceives what affluent moms are able to provide versus lower-in-come moms. Fielding-Singh: This goes to

“intensive mothering” a bit, and societal definitions of what “good”

mothers are.Foodist: I had never heard of

some of these terms before, like “intensive mothering.” It’s de-scribed as ideology that arose in the 1980s and 1990s as a means to redomesticate women through motherhood. As more women in North America became more edu-cated and increasingly entered the workforce, it placed the onus of raising kids on individuals rather than community or society.Fielding-Singh: (laughs) That’s

a very sociological term.Foodist: Having those terms

defined and outlined, it was so eye-opening.Fielding-Singh: When we

picture in the U.S. what a “good” mom is, we picture Julie (in the book), someone who is affluent, who’s white, who’s devoted to her children in a way that manifests in her being a stay-at-home care-giver, someone who’s really vigi-lant about what her children eat and someone who devotes a lot of time and energy to making sure her kid has a healthy diet.

Julie represents a certain type of privilege — she has all the resourc-es at her disposal to feed her kids a healthy diet. And even Julie has a hard time. Even she struggles, and often feels like she’s letting herself and her kids down and she’s not liv-ing up to these societal standards ...

Nyah, a lower-income Black mom, starts at a disadvantage. With the very limited resources that she has, she knows that the food that they’re getting isn’t always healthy, but in the midst of incredible, long-standing scarcity and a lot of adver-sity that her kids were experiencing because of growing up in poverty, food was one of those things she could give her kids every single day to bring a smile to their face. And it also reassured Nyah that she was a good mom, that she could provide for them, that she was competent, that she was loving and caring.

I think it’s so interesting how something that for lower-income mothers is so meaningful and powerful and a testament to their devotion to their children is pretty much always read externally as negligence, or carelessness or bad motherhood. There’s such a discon-nect there about what it means to mother, to raise children in such dramatically different circum-stances in this country.Foodist: Do you have some con-

crete examples of how that plays out? I’m thinking about the judg-ment (and example) ... when you take your daughter in for a checkup and the nurse says, “Let’s see how good of a job Mom is doing,” that’s tied to things like BMI charts and quantitative outcomes.Fielding-Singh: I think (judg-

ment) manifests for a lot of moth-ers in the pediatrician’s office. The thing that I don’t mention in the book is that even though that comment was insensitive and em-blematic of the way that we think about mothers’ responsibility for children’s weights and health out-comes, I was still probably given the benefit of the doubt.

If my daughter’s weight had

turned out under or over on the growth curve, I would’ve felt some judgment, but I don’t think under any circumstances that I would have experienced as much judgment as someone like Nyah would have.

Moms like Nyah would describe this tension with going to the pe-diatrician’s office where you don’t want your kids to be too thin, be-cause that could could signal neg-ligence, and you also don’t want them to be overweight, but showing these health care providers, show-ing your caseworker, showing the

person who works at the WIC of-fice, you’re trying to show that you can keep your kid fed, versus that your kid is going hungry.

Nyah always wanted to err on the side of them being fed more than less, because being fed less could be grounds for her kids being taken away.

Low-income moms, especially low-income moms of color, I’m specifically thinking of Black and Latina moms, always lived with the threat that their kids could be taken away.

That kind of judgment, that kind of real repercussion, also shapes how their kids’ dietary choices are read, and how they prioritize mak-ing sure their kids have enough ver-sus too little.Foodist: I think about one of the

examples in the book where a high-er income mom “flips the script” in terms of pickiness, with the Taco Bell incident, where her kid rejects fast food.Fielding-Singh: Something

that is the source of pride for a higher-income mom — that her kid threw out a fast-food burrito — is an extreme source of stress for a lower-income mom. So you see how the different resources and privileges fundamentally shape what a burrito means in the context of raising children.

I thought that was an interesting example, taking something that many parents experience, where their kids are really picky, and how that plays out for high- and lower-income moms.Foodist: The focus of your re-

search was in the San Francisco Bay Area. You’re now in Utah, you grew up in Arizona — was there anything especially unique about the Bay Area?Fielding-Singh: Because I was

interested in nutritional inequality, the Bay Area actually seemed like a really strategic place to study, be-

cause you have the opposite ends of the pole in one region.

I make the argument in the book, and I stand by it, that I think this is the direction that a lot of major metropolitan areas are go-ing. Even being in Salt Lake City, which for pretty much ever has been a pretty small town with pretty affordable housing prices, the rents and prices and housing prices are shooting up. It’s one of the hottest housing markets. With that, you’re also seeing increases in homelessness. So I think the Bay Area is really a trendsetter in that regard.

Studying food in the Bay Area is also interesting because there’s such a rich diversity of cuisines and cultures, and the Bay Area is also the hub of many food move-ments. If anything, families in my study were more aware of alter-native food movements, an inter-est in farmers markets and local foods that are spreading across the country.

The Bay Area is definitely one of the leaders in that space. I think I saw that in mostly middle, upper middle class families, in the sense that a lot of lower-income families were not participating in those movements, which is not overly surprising. ... One of my motiva-tions for writing the book was to change the conversation about where nutritional and food inequal-ity come from.

When I mention my research and what I’m studying to strangers, the first thing that they say is “food desert.” I feel like we really need to move beyond that. They exist ... But in most parts of the country that’s not the primary driver of nu-tritional inequality.

It’s so much more complex. It’s so much more deeply related to and embedded in our families and in our feelings and our emotions and in the way we think about food.

Opening a supermarket in the neighborhood, that’s not going to do the trick. That’s not going to solve the problem.

We need to do so much more work, and a lot of it is elevating families out of poverty and bring-ing families into financial security.

Then I think we’ll have a chance at achieving nutritional equity.

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