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DA takes Brackish breakthrough

a risk
backing
Persky
Politically speaking — he is,
after all, a politician — Santa
Clara County District Attor-
ney Jeff Rosen did himself no
favors when he endorsed Judge
Aaron Persky to remain in of-
fice against a recall effort.
True, the DA has always
opposed the recall. He has
said that he doesn’t believe it’s
the right response to Persky’s
lenient sentence of ex-Stanford
swimmer Brock Turner in a
sexual assault case last year.
But al-
lowing his
name to be
used as an
endorser of
the embattled
Salty fix to water woes?
Discovery of vast underground reserves
holds promise for thirsty state, if managed
By Devika G. Bansal
dbansal@bayareanewsgroup.com
A new nationwide study
has unearthed the huge hidden
potential of tapping into salty
aquifers as a way to relieve the
growing pressure on freshwa-
ter supplies across the United
States.
Digging into data from the
country’s 60 major aquifers, the
U.S. Geological Survey reports
that the amount of brackish
— or slightly salty — ground-
water is more than 35 times the
amount of fresh groundwater
used in the United States each
year.
Supplies exist in every state
except New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, with the largest
Bunnies and Bonnets
reserves in the central U.S. In
the Golden State, the California
Coastal Basin and Central Val-
ley aquifers together contain
close to 7 billion acre-feet of
brackish water, which if desali-
nated could provide enough wa-
ter for the state’s needs for the
next 160 years.
Untreated brackish water
can replace fresh water for
some uses, but would have to be
desalinated for municipal use.
A recent study by the Oakland-
based Pacific Institute found
that the costs of doing that were
competitive with other methods
of adding water capacity.
“This is a big leap for the wa-
ter sector,” said Newsha Ajami,
director of urban water policy at
Stanford University’s Water in
the West program. “It’s amaz-
ing we have so much capacity
now to map and measure.”
Finding evidence of more
than 800 times the amount of
brackish groundwater the U.S.
currently uses, the study pro-
vides a starting point for more
in-depth local analyses.
“The use of brackish
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COLUMNIST
judge takes
SCOTT HERHOLD the political
import of the
DA’s stance
Sun shines on Campbell’s parade
to a different
level. It makes
the theoretical
more per-
sonal.
Of all the
names Persky
has assembled
Persky to back him,
Rosen’s
counts the
most. It will
probably not
be enough to
save Persky,
but it’s not
meaningless.
A story by
our reporter
Rosen Tracey
Kaplan called
Rosen the “granddaddy’’ of
endorsers.
What’s going on? Are
Rosen and Persky old pals who
happened to disagree on a big
case? Is the DA deserting the
cause of the victims of sexual
assault? Has he had second
thoughts about Brock Turner?
You can safely answer “no,
no and no” to those questions.
The DA has not changed his
position that Turner deserved
state prison. He’s worked to
change the law so that such
LIPO CHING/STAFF PHOTOS
lenient sentences won’t happen
again. He’s no buddy of the
judge.
Above: Kathryn Krull, center,
(For the record, I’m with dances with other members
Persky on Turner’s sentence. of the San Jose School of
Last year, when I endorsed Highland Dancing in the
the probation department’s
recommendation of six months’ 19th annual Bunnies and
jail time — shortened to three Bonnets Parade on Saturday
months with good behavior — I in downtown Campbell. Far
was drowned in criticism.)
It’s no surprise that Rosen’s left: Members and supporters
stance has brought criticism of Girl Scout Troop 62657
from the recall proponents. march at the event. Left: Evelyn
A statement from Michele
Kissinger, 6, of San Jose,
See Herhold on Page 11 reaches out to get some candy.

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that the upcoming conference at in which he boasted in graphic
Stanford University would feature language about groping women.
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website and poster. use it on the event website, In run-up to 2018 governor’s Wells Fargo takes back more Federal review clears former
So thought Michele Dauber, the university’s office of race, current lieutenant governor stock and pay — bringing total Yosemite superintendent of
the Stanford law school professor communications turned her has raised $11 million, far more to $69 million — from former charges of gender bias and
who organized the conference down, saying the image could be than Democratic rivals John bank CEO for his role in the bank discrimination, but concludes he
and is leading a recall movement seen as partisan. Chiang ($4.7 million) and Antonio fraudulently creating unwanted created toxic work environment
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a light sentence to a former image for the campus’ website customers. “stupid,” “lazy” and “bozo.”
Stanford athlete convicted of — a sea of women in pink hats
sexual assault. from the January Women’s
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Palo Alto

Paid parking could be a downtown boon, consultants say

Staff looks for answers
to growing parking
shortages, problems
By Jacqueline Lee
jlee1@bayareanewsgroup.com
PALO ALTO — Con-
sultants say there’s a cure
for downtown Palo Alto’s
parking shortage and traffic
congestion: It’s called paid
parking.
City Council members
had enough interest in the
idea to unanimously vote
last week to accept a study
by the consulting firm Dixon
Resources Unlimited, direct
city staff to evaluate ways to
charge for parking.
Julie Dixon, president
and founder of the firm, told
the council that switching to
a paid parking model would
best address the city’s goals
of freeing up parking spots
for shoppers and visitors
and deterring visitors from
traveling to the city by car.
But she acknowledged:
“One of those numbers
we really can’t forecast is
... how many people don’t
come downtown because
they can’t find parking.”
Paid parking would gen-
erate revenue for the city
within a couple of years,
Dixon said. But the amount
of revenue and how soon
the city can earn more than
installation and operating
costs will depend on the
type of paid parking system
it chooses.
City Manager James
Keene said the city should
use the revenue to help pay
for traffic management and
reduction efforts.
If the council chooses to
implement paid parking,
consultants recommend a
system in which the city di-
vides downtown areas into
tiers and charges more for
on-street parking in loca-
tions highest in demand.
Coupling this model with
time limits will ensure ve-
hicle turnover, she said.
Parking garages and off-
street parking lots would
A street sign spells out parking restrictions at Bryant Street and Forest Avenue in downtown
Palo Alto. The city plans to create preferential parking districts across the city.
charge a lower rate to en-
courage those seeking long-
term parking, Dixon added.
“You don’t want them cir-
cling your downtown streets
and causing traffic conges-
tion,” Dixon said. “You want
them to immediately go to a
surface lot or go to a garage
where they can park more
affordably and stay for a
longer period of time.”
On-street parking spots
are for those who go down-
town to grab a bite to eat or
run into a shop, she said.
“Use your time, spend
your money, go open up
that space so somebody else
can come and do the same
thing,” Dixon said.
The city also needs to
simplify how visitors can
get a day pass to park in a
garage, Dixon said. Pay sta-
tions in garages would allow
visitors to buy an all-day
pass for $24, for instance,
and remove the inconve-
nience of having to go to
City Hall to get a day pass.
In any case, council mem-
bers indicated it’s time for
the city to transition away
from its free color-coded
parking system that some
call ineffective and complex.
Parking areas currently
are divided into four color
KIRSTINA SANGSAHACHART/STAFF ARCHIVES
zones and motorists can
park for free in each zone up
to two hours per day.
Though the city first
implemented color zones
to encourage turnover in
the shopping district, the
system is no longer effec-
tive, according to the Down-
town Parking Management
Study.
Consultants found that
some who work downtown
would take advantage of
the free on-street parking
— instead of paying for a
parking permit in a garage
— by simply moving their
vehicles every two hours to
a different color zone.
Charging for on-street
parking could be what it
takes to get downtown
workers into garages so
that coveted spots in front
of storefronts would be
available for shoppers and
visitors, consultants said.
Council members asked
whether there was a way to
offer free parking for two
hours and allow the motor-
ist to pay a fee to stay lon-
ger, but Dixon said available
technology is not suited for
such a system. This “pay to
stay” model also wouldn’t
encourage much turnover,
she said.
Dixon suggested charg-
ing hourly rates of $2.50 for
Tier 1, and $1.50 for tiers 2
and 3. Motorists could park
in tiers 1 and 2 for two hours
maximum and three hours
in Tier 3.
The beauty of the system
is that the city has the flexi-
bility of tweaking the hourly
rates depending on parking
patterns, Dixon said.
The study found that
comparable cities with paid
on-street parking charge
50 cents to $1 per hour in
Alameda, San Mateo and
Sausalito on the low end and
$2 per hour in Santa Monica
and $3.25 per hour in Berke-
ley on the high end.
Palo Alto has long grap-
pled with how to solve the
parking shortage and traf-
fic congestion in its vibrant
commercial core.
Dixon said the study’s
recommendations are in-
tertwined and offer a com-
prehensive approach to
improve the experience of
those traveling to Palo Alto
while also tying into pro-
grams the city has initiated.
City leaders have a goal of
reducing the number of visi-
tors traveling to Palo Alto
by car. They also aim to add
parking where appropriate
and better manage existing
parking. This month they
approved two new parking
garages, one downtown and
one in the California Avenue
commercial area.
The city also launched
a Residential Preferential
Parking permit program
to help preserve parking
in neighborhoods for resi-
dents; it took away 1,600
spots previously available to
downtown workers.
Councilman Adrian Fine
and others said at Tuesday’s
meeting that continuing to
offer free parking in the city
undermines other efforts.
Motorists won’t pay for a
permit or seek alternative
transportation if parking is
free, Fine said.
Mayor Greg Scharff
questioned why the city
couldn’t just get rid of the
color zone system and en-
force two-hour free parking
throughout downtown. He
said he’s concerned that a
paid parking system will
drive up maintenance and
enforcement costs for the
city — and the system won’t
generate enough revenue to
pay for itself.
The cost is an esti-
mated $1.2 million if the city
chooses to go with a system
that uses both parking me-
ters and pay stations. The
cost increases to $1.5 million
if the city installs all meters.
Some council members
leaned toward having pay
stations, which are more
aesthetically pleasing and
which consultants say could
generate 10 percent more
revenue.
Drivers can park at sin-
gle-space meters with time
left on them and save money,
while pay stations typically
do not allow for that, consul-
tants said in the study.
Response from residents
and visitors on having to pay
for parking is mixed.
Some agree that charg-
ing for parking might dis-
courage people from coming
to Palo Alto and thus free
up spots for those who do
visit. Others say that some
visitors might feel more en-
couraged to come to Palo
Alto knowing they can find
a parking spot, even if they
have to pay.
Palo Alto resident Bob
Moss told council members
that charging for parking
would be a “lousy idea” —
one that didn’t work for the
city in the past.
The city installed on-
street parking meters in
downtown in 1947 but re-
moved them in the mid-
1970s to make its commer-
cial core competitive with
Stanford Shopping Center.
Paid parking would drive
Palo Alto shoppers to neigh-
boring cities that do not
charge for parking such as
Menlo Park, Mountain View
and East Palo Alto, Moss
said.
Moss, who frequently at-
tends meetings at City Hall,
also questioned whether the
new model would force him
to pay to attend City Council
meetings.
“All of the business is go-
ing to flow away,” Moss said.
“We did it before. It hurt the
city. It hurt the economy.
It’s going to be bad for busi-
ness. Don’t do it.”
Grant Dasher, who lives
about four miles from down-
town, told council members
he generally supports the
city charging for parking.
Dasher said he lives close
enough to bike downtown
when he’s not feeling lazy
and that paying a parking
fee could be enough to deter
him from driving.
“If other people behave
similarly, I think it would
achieve the reasonable pol-
icy goal of relieving traffic
downtown, but the problem
is I don’t know if that’s a
knowable outcome,” Dasher
said.
Though the city would
have to invest in a high
startup cost for such infra-
structure, doing so allows
it to put a price on parking
downtown, he said.
“We can ratchet (the
price) up or down,” Dasher
said. “We know that people
respond to incentives.”
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650-391-1334.

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History of rock music

50 years later, Monterey Pop Fest returns

Norah Jones, Jack
Johnson, more booked
for celebration

By Jim Harrington
jharrington@bayareanewsgroup.
com

MONTEREY — Break
out the tie-dyes, a three-
day concert event cel-
ebrating the 50th anni-
versary of the Monterey
International Pop Festival,
a watershed event in rock
music that helped kick-
start the fabled Summer
of Love back in 1967, is in
the works.
Multiplatinum crooner
Norah Jones, surfer-
turned-pop-star Jack
Johnson, Grateful Dead
alum Phil Lesh, guitar hero
Gary Clark Jr. and hipster
favorite Father John Misty
are among the acts who
will perform at the 50th
anniversary celebration of
Monterey Pop, according
to multiple reports.
Other acts on the bill
include indie-rocker Kurt
Vile, My Morning Jacket FRANK MICELOTTA/GETTY IMAGES ARCHIVES

frontman Jim James and
indie-folk act The Head
and the Heart. The full
lineup is set to be released
on Monday at monterey-
popfestival50.com. Ticket
information is also yet to
come.
The festival is set for
June 16-18 at the Monterey
County Fair and Event
Center — the same dates
and location as the original
Monterey Pop Festival.
The event is reportedly
a joint production between
local promoters Another
Planet Entertainment,
concert titan Goldenvoice
and Lou Adler, the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame
Over 20,000 people camped on the football field at Monterey Peninsula College during the
Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
musician, producer and
impresario who organized
the original event.
The original Monterey
Pop Festival turned out to
be a defining moment in
rock music. Jimi Hendrix,
who famously burned his
guitar, The Who, Jeffer-
son Airplane, Janis Joplin,
The Grateful Dead and
Otis Redding were among
the acts that performed at
the 1967 festival.
The event was cap-
tured on film by legend-
ary documentarian D.A.
Pennebaker in “Monterey
Pop.” Released in 1968,
“Monterey Pop” greatly
helped popularize many of
these acts — especially Jo-
plin and Hendrix — as well
as the whole rock festival
MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD ARCHIVES
concept that would result
in the mammoth Wood-
stock in 1969, and which,
50 years later, is reflected
in the many rock music
festivals — from Coachella
to Bonnaroo to the Bay
Area’s own Outside Lands
and BottleRock Napa —
that populate the warm-
weather concert season.
According to the New
Norah Jones is among the featured acts who will perform at
a special three-day event celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the Monterey International Pop Festival.
York Times, Pennebaker’s great sound system,” he
documentary will get a said, “but we don’t want
special theatrical release to have huge video screens
in June. and special effects and la-
Monterey Pop orga- sers.”
nizers have not disclosed
what steps they will take to Contact Jim Harrington
commemorate the original at jharrington@
festival at this summer’s bayareanewsgroup.com.
concerts. But Another
Planet head Gregg Perloff
told the New York Times
that the festival would
honor the spirit and sim-
plicity of the original per- Sal Pizarro’s
formances. column will
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March on Washington. Initially,
the communications office
rejected that too, but the
university’s general counsel’s
office eventually approved it.
Never one to be easily
muzzled, Dauber says she
thought she could use the Trump
screen grab for the event poster
instead, since the discussion had
solely been about using it on the
university website. But when an
email of the poster was circulated
Thursday, the communications
office ordered the event staff not
to print it.
Dauber then offered to
remove Stanford’s name as well
as the school’s cardinal color, and
to pay for printing the posters,
which were set to be tacked up
only around campus.
Once again, the
communications office rejected
the idea, saying she could appeal
to the general counsel’s office.
Worried that she wouldn’t
get an answer in time for the
May 1-2 conference, Dauber
gave up — and contacted The
Guardian newspaper in Britain,
thus ensuring that the poster,
the conference and her message
about the university impinging on
her academic freedom would get
far more play in the media than
they would have otherwise.
A spokeswoman for the
university noted in an email that
Dauber could have waited for a
decision by the general counsel’s
office, which had sided with her
on the women’s march image for
the website.
“She said she wanted to think
about it last night (Thursday),
and instead contacted the media
rather than seek a decision from
the final campus authority,”
spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said
in an email. “The university has
made no final decision in this
matter.”
Dauber denied Friday that
the photo was partisan, saying
that “challenging content” that
provokes discussion is not the
same thing as biased content.
“Difficult content and
difficult conversations about
controversial issues are what you
are supposed to be able to have
at universities,” Dauber said.
But Lapin said, “The law
school staff member is not
the final authority on political
activities.”
In raising concerns
“It takes a very special, enthusiastic and loyal
fan to paint their home teal. And obviously a
very supportive spouse.”
— Flavil Hampsten, San Jose Sharks executive vice president, on
the NHL team’s latest promotion in which fans agree to have their
homes painted the team’s teal color for a year.
about the Trump image, the
communications office may be
taking a practical path rather
than just a principled one. On
Thursday, the faculty Senate
met to discuss Trump’s budget
proposal, which some worry
could reduce the university’s
research funding.
San Jose taps its inner
geek
Self-professed sci-fi nerd
Councilwoman Dev Davis will
host the first-ever Silicon Valley
Comic Con flag-raising at San
Jose City Hall this month, days
Davis
before the mega-popular event
makes its second stop in the
city. And Davis is asking her
City Council colleagues to don
costumes from one of the most-
DAN HONDA/STAFF
Wozniak
beloved sci-fi classics of all time
— Star Trek.
“I’m hoping they will, but not
everyone has agreed yet,” said
the freshman councilwoman,
who grew up reading fantasy
books from the library. “People
love sci-fi because it’s futuristic
technology and what we do in the
valley is make that a reality.”
At least 100 people are
expected to stop by City Hall on
Tuesday for the flag raising, which
will include a special appearance
by the event’s founder, Steve
Wozniak. The sleek, black flag
— which will also fly above the
San Jose Convention Center
— salutes the convention that
merges pop culture, comics and
technology. This year’s event
runs April 21 to April 23.
“San Jose is the epicenter
of Silicon Valley, a place where
Diep
nothing is impossible,” Wozniak
said in a statement. “It just fits for
us to hold the convention here in
San Jose, the city where I grew up
and love.”
Last year’s convention drew
60,000 people and rivaled the
economic impact from Super
Bowl 50 to San Jose. This year,
organizers say, an appearance
by John Cusack and William
Shatner could boost attendance
even higher.
Longtime City Hall staffer
Shane Patrick Connolly, chief
aide to Councilman Johnny
Khamis, will sing the national
anthem at the flag-raising.
Connolly said he’ll dress up, but
isn’t sure what costume he’ll don.
While it’s unclear whether
other council members will
embrace Davis’ idea, here are
our tongue-in-cheek suggestions
about who could play each
character:
Mayor Sam Liccardo as Mr.
Spock. Like Liccardo, Spock is
the know-it-all. Ask a question
and you’ll get an immediate
answer. Not to mention those
eyebrows.
Vice Mayor Magdalena
Carrasco as Nyota Uhura.
Both Nyota and Carrasco have
a stately presence. And they
both occasionally wear striking
earrings.
Khamis as Capt. James T. Kirk.
OK, they have the same jaw. Like
Kirk, Khamis is beginning to buck
the system.
Lan Diep as Sulu. Diep has
already established himself as
Captain America at his swearing-
in, but his personality aligns with
Sulu: He’s adventurous, always
has a new hobby and wants to be
the chief helmsman.
Davis as Christine Chapel.
Christine Chapel is a smart
cookie. As a nurse, Chapel holds
several university degrees — like
Davis, a self-described data nerd.
Davis won’t say what costume
she’ll don on April 18.
Don Rocha as Leonard
not afraid of a little old-fashioned
bickering with Spock (Liccardo).
Sergio Jimenez as Scotty.
Because “Beam me up, Sergio”
works as well as “Beam me up,
Scotty.”
Captain America pokes fun
at Captain Obvious
During a mind-numbing San
Jose City Council discussion
about construction taxes
— it lasted nearly an hour
— Councilman Lan Diep found a
way to wake people up: by poking
fun at his predecessor.
Diep, who’s made waves
during his four months in office
by bringing a Captain America
shield and playing Rocky Balboa
videos, pressed his button to
speak right before the council
would vote on extending the
temporary suspension of a
certain tax rate for two years.
After Mayor Sam Liccardo
called on him, Diep offered with
a knowing grin, “I just want to
ask this ... if we go with this, is
it good for business or bad for
business?”
After an awkward silence,
Liccardo is heard chuckling. Diep
appeared to be mocking former
Councilman Manh Nguyen,
who often asked painfully
obvious questions during council
meetings that garnered eye-rolls
from colleagues and city staff
members.
Diep told IA his goal wasn’t to
make fun of Nguyen, who sued
him to overturn the election
results after losing his re-election
bid by 12 votes. Instead, he
quoted Abraham Lincoln: “Were
it not for my little jokes, I couldn’t
bear the burden of this office.”
“Half the things I do are for
my own amusement — I don’t
care if anybody gets them,”
Diep explained. “It’s to bring a
little levity to my day. If you’re
a longtime council-watcher,
it’s to reward you for following
the issues. Political junkies will
recognize the homage to my
predecessor.”
Nguyen was unavailable
for comment. His court case
challenging Diep’s election goes
to trial this summer.
Internal Affairs is an offbeat
look at state and local politics.
This week’s items were written
by Ramona Giwargis, Tracey
Kaplan and Paul Rogers.
Send tips to internalaffairs@
mercurynews.com, or call 408-
920-5782.
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Los Gatos

Orphaned bobcat wins release back to nature

Cub named Gato
stayed for 10 months
at Morgan Hill center

By Judy Peterson
jpeterson@bayareanewsgroup.com

LOS GATOS — The or-

phaned bobcat Gato found
wandering near Vasona
Park in Los Gatos last June
was released last week to
live the remainder of his
life in the wild. Gato’s new
home is deep into Sarato-
ga’s Sanborn County Park
in an area that’s only ac-
cessible by foot and four-
wheel drive vehicles.
Because Gato was found
in Los Gatos, he was named
the “cat from The Cats.”
When Gato was rescued
by a construction crew last
year, he was taken to San
Jose Animal Services. But
it wasn’t long before some-
one realized he wasn’t a
domestic kitten, so he was
transferred to the Wildlife
Education and Rehabilita-
tion Center in Morgan Hill.
There, bobcat “moms” like
Marianne Duvernay raised
him for release.
“We knew we would
release him, so we didn’t
bond with him on a hu-
man basis,” Duvernay said.
“He doesn’t associate with
us as humans because we
dressed in bobcat cos-
tumes. We couldn’t wear
perfume and had to rub
lavender on ourselves. We
couldn’t speak to him and
had to walk on all fours.”
Even so, Gato behaved
much like a domestic kit-
ten.
“He’d climb on my back
and swat at cat toys,” Du-
vernay said.
When Gato killed his
first squirrel last month,
Duvernay and the other
bobcat moms knew his re-
lease time was near.
Santa Clara County se-
nior park ranger Sean Ea-
ton picked the spot.
“I was trying to find
something off the trail,
Once the top of Gato's carrier was removed, he sat for a
few minutes taking in his surroundings. Finally, he took a
cautious step to freedom before disappearing deep into the
woods of Sanborn Park in Saratoga.
where there’s plenty of
game and water,” he said.
The spot Eaton chose
is deep in the woods, just
beyond Lake Ranch Res-
ervoir.
“If he roams, he’ll find
creeks that feed into the
reservoir,” Eaton said.
“We’ve had other bobcat
sightings up here.”
Gato, meantime, was
spitting and growling all
the way to freedom.
As Wildlife Education
and Rehabilitation Cen-
ter animal care director
Colleen Grzan worked to
remove the top of the pet
carrier that transported
Gato to Sanborn Park, a
volunteer called out, “You
guys ready?”
They were, but Gato
wasn’t. He just sat in the
topless carrier for about
three minutes, looking
around and growling some
more. Finally, Grzan ap-
proached with a stick to
prod him and he reluc-
tantly stepped out of the
crate.
Duvernay cried “happy
tears.”
“It’s like taking your
kids to daycare for the first
time,” she said.
Volunteer Paula Pyke
said, “It’s not quite what I
expected,” while volunteer
Betty Deluco was simply
“amazed.”
Within minutes of exit-
ing the carrier, Gato had
his forest legs and was
exploring nearby, his fur
blending perfectly into
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Los Gatos
Town Council avoids precedent,
upholds fines for demolitions
Improperly altering
and remodeling
historic homes illegal
By Joani Woelfel
jwoelfel@bayareanewsgroup.com
LOS GATOS — The Los
Gatos Town Council put
homeowners on notice that
it will not compromise the
town’s historic homes ordi-
nance in deterring property
owners from going too far
during a remodel, regard-
less of intent.
In a hotly contested split
vote at a recent public hear-
ing, council members up-
held decisions that fined two
property owners more than
$100,000 after their contrac-
tors improperly demolished
walls during the remodel of
their historic homes. The
council eventually agreed to
a compromise with one ho-
meowner by refunding half
of the penalty.
Following the Loma
Prieta earthquake in 1989,
the town adopted an ordi-
nance governing the de-
molition of historic homes
because developers were
demolishing the properties
under the guise of a “re-
model” and replacing them
with homes that didn’t even
resemble the original his-
toric structures.
By definition, any home
built in Los Gatos before
1941 is considered a historic
property and falls under the
ordinance. Homes within
the town’s five designated
historic districts—Almond
Grove, Broadway, Fairview
Plaza, University/Edelen
and the Downtown Com-
mercial Historic District—
also fall under the rules.
Town officials estimate
there are 2,500 historic
homes in Los Gatos.
Although council mem-
bers acknowledged the il-
legal teardowns were un-
intentional and the town’s
procedures that could have
111
prevented the demolitions
were flawed, they found set-
ting a dangerous precedent
was the real issue.
“We have to stand behind
the penalties for the demoli-
tion,” Councilmember Mar-
cia Jensen said.
Town attorney Robert
Schulz admitted neither
contractor was required to
sign the town’s demolition
affidavit confirming they
understood how to proceed
consistent with the historic
homes ordinance.
Dieter Schmidt appealed
a fine of $82,950 imposed
after his contractor tore
out a wall during the 2010
remodel of his home at 130
Massol Ave.
“Central to the town’s
levying a fine were allega-
tions that our contractor ig-
nored the town’s demolition
affidavit, which was never
presented by the town nor
signed by the contractor or
us,” Schmidt said in his ap-
peal.
David Plewa and Tami
Shoot changed contractors
before construction began
in the 2014 remodel of their
home at 205 University
Ave. While the contractor
who initiated the remodel
submitted the affidavit, the
contractor who did the work
did not. That contractor dis-
covered a rotting wall, so
he tore it out and replaced
it before the homeowners
were even aware it was not
permitted. The town fined
them $23,200.
A fine is punishment as
a deterrent for intentionally
violating the rules, Plewa
said. “We don’t feel that’s
what happened in our cir-
cumstance.”
Councilmembers Steve
Leonardis and Marcia Jen-
sen sided with the property
owners over concerns about
the process itself.
“It sounds as though
we might have been negli-
gent,” said Leonardis, who
also took issue with what
he described as the town
staff “bullying” Schmidt by
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City Council meeting
Campbell man recognized for
pulling woman out of creek
By Jasmine Leyva
jleyva@bayareanewsgroup.com
A 75-year-old Campbell
man has been recognized by
the city for his heroic efforts
in February.
George Bell was rec-
ognized at the April 4 city
council meeting for pulling
a woman from the Los Gatos
Creek’s rushing waters on
Feb. 9.
“Had it not been for the
heroic actions of Mr. Bell,
risking his own personal
safety, the outcome would
have been tragic,” Campbell
Police Chief David Carmi-
chael told the city council.
On that February morn-
ing a 77-year-old woman
cycling along the Los Ga-
tos Creek Trail fell into the
creek, which was rushing far
more than usual during the
significant winter storms
that battered the region
that month. Rains caused
the creek waters to rise high
enough to flood parts of the
trail, creating a rushing cur-
rent, according to Carmi-
chael. Parts of the trail were
closed off due to flooding.
Ainsley House
Museum covers flu pandemic of 1918
Disease killed 15 people
in area and more than
50 million worldwide
By Jasmine Leyva
jleyva@bayareanewsgroup.com
SAN JOSE — No flu shot
is needed to attend the Ain-
sley House’s History Happy
Hour event on April 21.
The evening discus-
sion—for residents ages 21
and older—will center on
the Great Flu Pandemic of
1918 and its impact on the
Santa Clara Valley.
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The woman, her bike and
some personal belongings
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rent.
Bell, who regularly walks
along the trail picking up
trash in his spare time, was
200 feet away from where
the woman fell into the
creek.
Bell waded into the creek
and reached out to the
woman with his trash grab-
ber. He was able to pull her
to safety and walk her to
Campbell Park, where police
officers met them.
Barret Scott, a passerby
on the trail who saw Bell res-
Museum staff member, will
discuss how the “three-day
fever” made its way to the
valley in November 1918.
According to the mu-
seum, 15 residents of the
Santa Clara Valley died
from the flu and 300 were
infected. The flu caused
the closures of many busi-
nesses, schools and institu-
tions.
Portions of the San Jose
Normal School — now
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Gin-Lu “Tommy” Shwe
Slain man’s legacy will be
remembered with award
Council votes to create
the annual ‘Tommy
Shwe Bridge Award’
By Kristi Myllenbeck
kmyllenbeck@bayareanewsgroup.
com
CUPERTINO — The
city is creating an award
to honor a slain man who
residents say was good at
building bridges between
communities.
The City Council voted
unanimously on April 4
to partner with the Asian
Pacific Islander American
Public Affairs Association
and the Cupertino Educa-
tional Endowment Founda-
tion to create the “Tommy
Shwe Bridge Award.”
Gin-Lu “Tommy” Shwe
served on the Cupertino
Union School District board
of education from 1985 to
1993, was a board member
for Cupertino Community
Services, the Cupertino
Chamber of Commerce, the
Foothill-De Anza College
Foundation and the Asian
Business League of Silicon
Valley, among many other
public service responsibili-
ties. He was also a member
of the Rotary Club for a
number of years.
Shwe’s life ended in Jan-
uary. He was reported miss-
ing on Jan. 18, and his body
was found five days later
buried in a shallow grave in
the Central Valley. Shwe’s
handyman, 38-year-old
Christopher Charles Elle-
bracht, was arrested on sus-
picion of murder. Ellebracht
is scheduled to enter a plea
Atherton
Committee vacancies abound
City is looking for
more than a few good
men, women to serve
By John Orr
jorr@bayareanewsgroup.com
ATHERTON — The
town is looking for more
than a few good men and
women to serve on various
committees and one com-
mission. Most of them have
terms that expire on June
30.
There are two vacancies
on the Audit and Finance
Committee, which advises
the City Council and the
city manager on financial
issues, and oversees the
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gala to a person in the
community who “demon-
strates leadership in bring-
ing harmony” to the school
district’s “spheres of influ-
ence,” according to the city.
One member of the coun-
cil will be asked to serve on
the award selection com-
mittee. The Asian Pacific
Islander American Public
Affairs Association will also
donate $2,500 to the district
annually in honor of Shwe.
Hsing Jung, a close friend
of Shwe’s, spoke to the coun-
cil about the importance of
honoring his contributions
to the community.
“We remember him in
our memory, but more im-
portantly we remember his
legacy,” he said. “Especially
today, we can see (that) to
bridge the community to-
gether is very important
in many different areas
because the community is
formed by different people.”
Huei-Saint Shwe, Tom-
my’s son, spoke to the coun-
cil about the “irony” of it
discussing the award after
four hours of contentious
discussion surrounding the
creation of a citizens advi-
sory committee to study the
Vallco Shopping Mall prop-
erty.
“The irony of this award
being presented today at
this meeting is actually
pretty interesting,” Shwe
town’s annual audit, includ-
ing helping to appoint out-
side auditors for the audit.
The committee meets every
other month.
The Environmental Pro-
grams Committee, which
has two vacancies, advises
the City Council, at its re-
quest, on all matters per-
taining to the town’s envi-
ronment, and its “regional
role and responsibilities as
one of the communities on
the San Francisco Bay Pen-
insula.” The committee usu-
ally meets once a month.
The Park and Recreation
Committee, which meets
once a month, advises the
City Council about all mat-
ters pertaining to Holbrook-
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Thousands take part in the “Free the People Immigration March,” to protest actions taken
by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles. Attorney General Jeff
Sessions' new guidelines on border crimes suggest prosecutors in California will be forced
to toe a narrow line, along with counterparts in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Prosecutors are geared
to target border crossers
U.S. attorney general
wants stiff, structured
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SAN DIEGO — long overdue, said Trump
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after people caught enter-
ing the U.S. illegally on
their first try and instead
targeted smugglers and
serial offenders.
That approach may
face a day of reckoning
under President Donald
Trump.
Attorney General Jeff
Sessions’ new directive
on border crimes suggests
prosecutors in California,
Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas will be forced to tow
a narrow line.
He says each should
consider felony prosecu-
tion for anyone convicted
twice of entering illegally
and develop plans to tar-
get first-time offenders
and charge them with
misdemeanors that could
send them to jail for up to
six months.
The president and at-
torney general typically
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Justice Department’s 94
appointed U.S. attorneys
and give them significant
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Arizona have taken a
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sions wants.
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ing about 140 miles (225
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ment prosecuted 639 cases
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who believes the change is
is the first president since
Dwight Eisenhower in the
1950s to make immigra-
tion enforcement a top pri-
ority and U.S. attorneys
“will not be able to ignore
that.”
Immigration cases al-
ready make up about half
of arrests in federal courts
and more along the 2,000-
mile border with Mexico.
Any increase is likely to
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tors in California.
James Stiven, a re-
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tencing Commission last
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A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey has revealed the enormous potential of tapping into
brackish acquifers deep below the Earth. The Oakland-based Pacific Institute recently found that
the costs of recycling the salty water were competitive compared with other ways to add water
capacity. Here's a look at the institute's estimates in dollars per acre-foot of water. One acre-foot is
325,851 gallons — roughly the amount of water a family of five uses in a year.

Brackish water
desalination
Brackish water desalination in California
$950-$1,300
per acre-foot
The state’s largest brackish desalination plant is
located in Corona. Twenty-three plants are up and
running, three are under construction and at least
Delaine Eastin
17 others are proposed. Former Director of the Calif. Dept. of Education
Recycled water
Desalination plants
& State Superintendent of Public Instruction
$1,600-$2,000 Existing
Under construction

Seawater Newark
desalination
$2,100-$2,500
Sand City

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Water water resources,” Stanton

said.
The report is expected
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— the Central Valley being
a prime example. Aquifers
in the highly productive

groundwater has been

growing since the 1970s,”
said Jennifer Stanton, a
USGS hydrologist and
to spark more discussion
because it lays out the
depths at which the water
exists, salt concentrations,
water volumes and aquifer
features that make them
agricultural region have a
lot of clay. “When we take
water out of layers that are
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lead author of the study.
“Our goal was to determine
the data gaps so we know
enough about the resource
to use it sustainably.”
Brackish water contains
dissolved minerals ranging
from 1,000 to 10,000 mil-
ligrams per liter. But the
salinity doesn’t matter too
much for the mining and oil
and gas industries, which
have been the biggest us-
ers of untreated brackish
groundwater. The salty
cousin of fresh water also
finds favor with many live-
stock species that can drink
brackish water in the lower
concentration range, as well
as with carefully managed
salt-tolerant crops. When
it comes to using brackish
water for municipal use,
however, the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency
follows higher standards
that entail treatments to
remove salts.
Texas, California and
Florida lead the pack with
the most number of brack-
ish groundwater desalina-
tion plants.
In the Bay Area, the Al-
ameda County Water Dis-
trict has one such facility
in Newark that has been
desalting about 14,000
acre-feet of water annually
since 2003 — about 40 per-
cent of the water supplied
by the district. There are
currently two dozen brack-
ish desalination facilities in
California producing a total
of 80,000 acre-feet of water
annually. That’s a year’s
worth of water for 400,000
people. The dry state of
Texas has 46 inland brack-
ish desalination facilities
producing similar amounts
— and hopes to develop
more.
“The thing that sur-
prised me is just how much
interest there is in obtain-
ing updated information
about brackish ground-
easy or difficult to tap.
Although California just
had one of its wettest years
on record, experts warn
that the situation could
quickly change. “Yes, we
have had one year of flood-
ing and a lot of rain, but it
doesn’t mean that in a year
or two we’re not going to
go back to drought condi-
tions,” Ajami said.
That means local and
regional water agencies
must continue to develop
a variety of water supplies
to make themselves more
secure during the drought
years, said Rich Mills, chief
of the water recycling and
desalination section at the
California Department of
Water Resources. “You
want to make sure different
regions have diverse water
supply portfolios, which
means that if one falls
short, you have another one
to rely on,” added Ajami.
In that light, water
agencies will continue to
look to California’s vast
salty aquifers to make their
overall water supply more
resilient, Mills said. Three
new brackish desalination
plants are under construc-
tion in the state, and at least
17 more are being planned
— one of which will be lo-
cated in an unincorporated
area of Monterey County
just north of Marina.
All of the other projects
will be located in Southern
California. Also, an alliance
of Bay Area water agencies
has plans for a large plant
in Pittsburg, with the po-
tential to desalt brackish
water from the Delta and
deliver 23,000 acre-feet of
water a year.
Despite the interest,
however, it is unclear how
sustainable it will be to
pump the vast resource
because of real concerns
about groundwater over-
use and land subsidence
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is also an issue. Deeper lay-
ers contain ancient water
that can take hundreds of
thousands of years to re-
fresh naturally, so using the
resource would be highly
unsustainable.
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artificially by injecting
water into them or by al-
lowing water to trickle
down through ponds and
trenches. “There’s an op-
portunity to do more man-
aged recharge in California
to capture some of the run-
off water and store it un-
derground for use and also
to recharge the aquifers,”
Jackson said.
The USGS report, he
and other experts say, is a
promising start in pinpoint-
ing areas where brackish
water could become a sus-
tainable resource for many
communities.
“There’s a lot of usable
groundwater under our
feet in California,” Jackson
said, “as long as we’re care-
ful about where and how
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Robert W. Taylor, 85, was computer pioneer

Associated Press
WOODSIDE — Robert
W. Taylor, who was in-
strumental in creating the
internet and the modern
personal computer, has
died. He was 85.
Taylor, who had Par-
kinson’s disease, died
Thursday at his home in
Woodside, his son, Kurt
Taylor, told the Los An-
geles Times and the New
York Times.
In 1961, Taylor was a
project manager for NASA
when he directed fund-
ing to Douglas Engelbart
at the Stanford Research
Institute, who helped de-
velop the modern com-
puter mouse.
Taylor was working for
the Pentagon’s Advanced
Research Projects Agency
in 1966 when he shep-
herded the creation of a
single computer network
to link ARPA-sponsored
researchers at companies
and institutions around
the country.
Taylor was frustrated
that he had to use three
separate terminals to
communicate with the re-
searchers through their
computer systems.
ARPANET, as it was
known, evolved into the
internet. As Taylor pre-
dicted, the limited com-
munications tool morphed
into a system that supplies
people with fingertip ac-
cess to everything from
encyclopedias to invest-
ment advice.
A few years later, Tay-
lor went on to work at the
Xerox Corp.’s famous Palo
Alto Research Center, or
PARC, where he was over-
saw a team that helped
create the Alto, a pioneer-
ing personal computer.
The Alto supplied each
researcher with an indi-
vidual workstation instead
of sharing time on a room-
sized mainframe. It was
designed to use a graphi-
cal user interface, which
enabled the user to com-
mand the device through
icons, windows and menus
instead of typing text com-
mands in computer lan-
guage.
The technology inspired
Microsoft’s Windows soft-
ware and the Apple com-
puters.
Taylor’s engineering
team also helped develop
the Ethernet and a word
processing program that
became Microsoft Word.
“Any way you look at
it, from kick-starting the
internet to launching the
personal computer revo-
lution, Bob Taylor was a
key architect of our mod-
ern world,” Leslie Berlin,
a historian at the Stanford
University Silicon Valley
Archives project, told the
New York Times.
In 1999, Taylor was
awarded the National
Medal of Technology and
Innovation. In 2004, he and
other PARC researchers
were awarded the Draper
Prize from the National
Academy of Engineering
for development of “the
first practical networked
personal computers.”
In the 1990s, Taylor
ran the Systems Research
Center in Palo Alto for
Digital Equipment Cor-
poration. The lab helped
create AltaVista, one of
the first internet search
engines.
Taylor retired in 1996.
In addition to Kurt, he
is survived by his sons
Erik and Derek and three
grandchildren.

Herhold grants, Rosen was critical,

Continued from Page 1
Dauber, the leader of the
recall effort, said it was
“unfortunate to say the
least that DA Rosen is
not standing with women
voters.’’
In a written state-
ment, the DA responded
by stressing his efforts
to strengthen the law,
saying “my allegiance is to
Emily Doe (the victim in
the Turner case) and the
victims of campus sexual
assault.’’ He did not men-
tion Persky.
The DA did not
elaborate on this when I
asked his office for com-
ment. But a few clues in
his background and past
statements help explain
the Persky endorsement.
A couple of things are
worth mentioning. One
is that Rosen has shown
himself critical of scape-
goating.
That comes in large
part from his family
background: Rosen’s
relatives were victims of
Nazi Germany. His father
and grandmother were
held in the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp.
When Arizona enacted
a law saying that police
could ask for papers from
suspected illegal immi-
saying it reminded him PROBLEM
of what his family went
through.
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National Park Service
Interior Secretary: No workplace
harassment allowed, tolerated
By Scott Smith
Associated Press
KINGS CANYON NA-
TIONAL PARK — U.S.
Interior Secretary Ryan
Zinke is personally encour-
aging National Park Ser-
vice employees to report
any forms of workplace ha-
rassment they experience
or witness, he said Friday
during a two-day swing
through parks, including
Yosemite, where the for-
mer superintendent retired
following complaints of bul-
lying.
Zinke underscored that
he will not put up with any
workplace harassment, an
issue last year and part of
the reason for his visit to
California. Rangers should
feel good coming to work,
he said.
“I don’t expect them
to cry on the way home,”
Zinke told reporters gath-
ered inside a grove of trees
at Kings Canyon National
Park, calling for a cultural
shift in the entire parks
system. “If you see it, you
know, stand up. Let’s all
correct it together.”
Investigations began
last year when employees
at Yellowstone National
Park complained about a
pervasive “men’s club” en-
vironment that encouraged
the exploitation and abuse
of female workers. A day
earlier at Yosemite, famous
for stunning granite rock
formations and plunging
waterfalls, employees had
complained that the super-
intendent created a toxic
work environment. The is-
sue became the subject of
congressional hearings.
The Interior Depart-
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last week released reports
Fremont
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won’t recoup all their money
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yellow light times were
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In February, the city ad-
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contributed to a spike of
tickets issued at the Mowry
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Mowry/Farwell Drive inter-
sections after yellow lights
were shortened without city
management’s knowledge.
Hans Larsen, the city’s
public works director, said
that month Fremont in-
tended to work with the
Alameda County Superior
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burse drivers who received
the tickets.
“We’re recommending
that we waive tickets for a
two-month period, so basi-
cally an adjustment period,”
Larsen said in February.
But in an interview last
week, Alameda County Su-
perior Court Executive Of-
ficer Chad Finke said the
court system will not join
the city in trying to pay
back some of the ticketed
drivers.
“Institutionally or glob-
ally, we’re not doing any-
thing,” Finke said. “If people
still feel they were incor-
rectly assessed that amount,
they can always come in
and get in front of one of our
traffic commissioners and
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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visits Kings Canyon
National Park of Friday and encouraged rangers to report
workplace harassment and intimidation.
revealing that Yosemite’s
former superintendent
belittled employees, using
words such as “stupid,”
“bozo” and “lazy,” and was
biased against women.
Former Yosemite Su-
perintendent Don Neu-
bacher denied harassing
employees or creating a
hostile work environment.
He told investigators he
was very busy, and that if
he seemed dismissive, it
was not intentional.
“At Yosemite, you work
at a fast pace, and I do
think some people want to
ponder things for a long
time, which we don’t have
time for,” he said.
Yellowstone National
Park instituted new sexual
harassment training that’s
ongoing for employees and
managers long before gov-
ernment investigators be-
gan looking into the claims,
park Superintendent Dan
Wenk said.
“We started dealing
with this situation even be-
fore we had the allegations
and not because of any spe-
The city of Fremont is admitting fault in a mixup with yellow light timing that resulted in a
significant spike of tickets issued by a few automatic red-light cameras and is proposing a
reimbursement to some drivers who were ticketed.
make their case, and seek to
have a traffic commissioner
order a refund.”
Larsen had stressed that
although yellow lights at
the two intersections were
shortened from 4.7 to 4
seconds over a nine-month
period and the number of
tickets spiked during that
time, all were legal under a
state law that regulates the
timing of yellow lights.
“But we recognize that
there is, and I think look-
ing at the data, in terms of
ticket issuance, that there is
an influence that a sudden
change in yellow time can
have an impact on ticket is-
suance,” Larsen said.
Though drivers who
contest their fines in court
may end up paying different
amounts, red-light camera
tickets in Fremont typically
cost $490, of which $147
goes to the city. The rest of
SCOTT SMITH/ASSOCIATED PRESS
cific knowledge of things in
Yellowstone,” Wenk said
Thursday. “There were
issues throughout the na-
tional park system last
year.”
Zinke on Thursday
emailed park service em-
ployees and managers, out-
lining the responsibility for
creating an environment
free of “hostile, intimidat-
ing, or offensive” behavior,
and instructing them on
steps to take to report dif-
ferent levels of harassment
that could include criminal
behavior.
In his California trip,
Zinke also met in Sacra-
mento with Gov. Jerry
Brown, where the two
talked about the state’s ag-
ing water infrastructure
and challenges providing
water to a growing popula-
tion and its vital farmland.
Zinke said he’s not a
proponent of selling off
public land, but he said
the country must produce
more energy domestically,
an issue of national secu-
rity. Zinke said he won’t al-
the money is distributed to
various local and state enti-
ties, including the courts.
“That money has already
been distributed,” Finke
said. “At least from the
court’s perspective, I don’t
see any way that we would
be able to recall that money
back.
“It’s already been sent
out to all these different en-
tities and I’m not sure how
we’d possibly get it back,”
he added.
Larsen and the Fre-
mont Police Department
both declined to elaborate
on details of the city’s plan
for reimbursing drivers, in-
cluding how much money
they’re willing to shell out to
drivers deemed eligible.
“It’s still an issue, a work
in progress,” Larsen said.
“We’ve not decided inter-
nally how this is going to
roll out.”
low the parks to be closed
in any future budget fights
that could shut down gov-
ernment.
A former military com-
mander, Zinke wore a yel-
low hardhat, leather gloves
and firefighter garb in a
visit to Kings Canyon Na-
tional Park, joining a hot-
shot crew of firefighters to
light piles of dead trees on
fire. He looked at the gi-
ant, 2,000-year-old sequoia
trees and areas recently
blackened by wildfire dur-
ing California’s five-year
drought that killed millions
of trees.
Joining a hot-shot fire-
fighting crew, Zinke light
small piles of dead trees
that turned red-hot and bil-
lowed smoke through sur-
rounding treetops.
Woody Smeck, super-
intendent of Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National
Parks, said his parks have
not been ensnared in con-
troversy revealed else-
where. Zinke made his ex-
pectations clear that he is
set to change the culture,
Smeck said.
“It’s an expectation I
share,” Smeck said. “I try
to push with employees
that it’s about respect-
ing individuals, respecting
each other, valuing our dif-
ferences.”
Yosemite Ranger Jamie
Richards said Zinke — in
his first ever visit to Yo-
semite — toured the park
and met with the interim
superintendent. Zinke also
met briefly with 150 of Yo-
semite’s workers, answer-
ing questions.
“He gave a very strong
message of his zero-toler-
ance for any form of ha-
rassment,” Richards said.
“We are a team.”
JOSEPH GEHA/STAFF ARCHVIES
On the police depart-
ment website, a statement
about the yellow lights
says, “Any motorist who is
determined to have been
affected by an automated
red-light citation at these
intersections between Feb-
ruary 1, 2016, through April
7, 2016, will be contacted by
the City of Fremont via US
mail.”
Last week, police spokes-
woman Geneva Bosques
said in an email “it would
be premature for us to give
a statement about ongoing
matters.
“We are hoping to wrap
this up soon, possibly by
next week. Once we finalize
everything, we will make it
known and anyone affected
will receive notification
from the city,” she added.
Contact Joseph Geha at 408-
707-1292.
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ALVES, RICHARD L. "DICK"
BIGGI, JOSEPH Isobel Taylor
BROWN-JONES, CLARA M. July 27, 1936 - April 2, 2017
CORREA, MICHAEL Resident of San Jose
EASLEY, BARBARA Isobel Taylor passed away
FARETTA GONZALES, peacefully at home with
MAUREEN ELAINE her children and husband
FIFE, LORRAINE ANN near her side. Isobel was a
GINGERESKY, HARRY child of Leslie and Winifred
Thompson of Wrexham,
GOULARTE, LIONEL B.
Wales. She is preceded in
HUSKEY, HARRY D. death by her son David
JEDDA, CHRISTOPHER and is survived by her hus-
MATTHEW band Peter, her children
KUBO, MARY Rachel and Miles and her
LARSON, DDS, OLAF OLIN sister Susan Yates. Isobel
NELSON, CYNTHIA grew up in Wales and was
OCONNOR, THOMAS P. a student at the University
OHANNESON, GREGORY of Liverpool and San Jose
RICE GOULD, ANN State. Her careers included
social work, runway model,
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM P.
editor and florist. Isobel en-
ROWEN, BEVERLY
joyed travel, reading and
SCARPELLI (BIGGLES),
Jeopardy. She played golf
ANNE SHIRLEY
with the Tuesday Toppers
SOUZA, JANET MARIE and was an active mem-
SOUZA, SHIRLY ber of The Welsh American
TAIT, LOIS ANN Society and the British
TANIMOTO, TONY TSUGI American Club. Isobel had
TAYLOR, ISOBEL a quiet, gentle manner and
TAYLOR, JACK F. was a centered and dedi-
TRIPLETT, SHIRLEY cated part of her family and
JEANNE KOENIG the community. Isobel was
VANDERBOSCH, THOMAS a good mother and a loyal
WHITTAKER, MICHAEL friend to many. She will
be deeply missed. Services
WORTH, GREGORY have been held.
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all obituaries published.
Obituaries may not ap-
Scarpelli (Biggles)
pear in alphabetical order Resident of Rocklin
On April 6, 2017 Anne
Shirley Scarpelli (Biggles)
entered into Heaven. Anne
had fought a brave battle
with cancer and had been
in remission for over six
years; but at the age of 72
this warriors heart just gave
Life Stories out. Anne was born on
Live On June 15, 1944, the day that
her Father was in the battle
of the Marianas, for which
he later received the Bronze
Star. Her parents Orrie and
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two daughters, Tracy and
Heidi.
She leaves behind her two
daughters Tracy Western
and Heidi Malone, her
three grandchildren Emma
Western, Bradley Weiss,
and Chloe Weiss, her sister
Kathleen Chiappari, brother
in law Michael Chiappari,
lots of nieces and nephews,
and her beloved husband
Dante Scarpelli.
A Celebration of Life will
be held at Deerpark Villa,
367 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, CA
at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday,
April 23, 2017.
Beverly Rowen
Dec. 26, 1924 - April 3, 2017
Resident of Palo Alto
Beverly, a proud fourth generation Californian, died April
3 in Palo Alto. Beverly was born to Mildred and Monte
Griffiths in Beverly Hills, CA in 1924. She attended the
University of Southern California where she graduated first
in her class in Chemistry. She married Henry S. Rowen
in 1951. Their life together took them to live in England,
Washington, DC, Boston, Los Angeles and Stanford and to
travel for study and vacation in exotic places, especially in
Europe and Asia. She worked at North American Aviation,
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the U.S.
House of Representatives, the U.S. Trade Representative,
and the Port Authority of Redwood City.
She is survived by her six children, Hilary, Michael,
Chris, Sheila, Diana and Nick, their spouses and her nine
grandchildren. Countless guests, from foreign dignitaries
to graduate students, enjoyed her hospitality and cooking
and she was universally loved for her lively conversation,
wisdom and warmth.
A funeral service will be held at the Church of the
Nativity 210 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park, CA at 11 a.m.
Thursday, April 27, 2017. There will be a reception imme-
diately following the service. In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to St. Elizabeth Seton School, 1095 Channing
Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301.
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Clara M. Brown-Jones Jun. 30, 1935 - Apr. 1, 2017 Resident of Sunnyvale, Ca
Loving Clara Brown-Jones, passed away on Tuesday Willow Glen Age 70, died March 17th.
April 11th at Stanford Hospital, just a few days short of Passed peacefully April He was a body and fend-
her 78th birthday. At the time of passing Ms. Clara was 1st, 2017 at the age of er man. Memorial services:
surrounded by her baby daughter, and sisters at bedside. 81. Loving mother to 7PM April 20th at funeral
She was born in Kingston Jamaica, and is the middle child Scott (Linda) and Gretchen home below, and Mass
of nine siblings. She settled in Northern California in the (Tom) and grandmother to April 21st, 10AM at St Leo
1970’s, where she then worked as a nurse at Stanford Megan and Brad. Ann was Church in San Jose.
Hospital for over a decade. a tremendous friend and
Ms. Clara was a very considerate and loving person, al- an example of grace and
ways thinking of others. In fact, even while battling ill- strength to all who knew
ness she shared her concern to the nurses for their lack her. Services will be pri- LIMA FAMILY
of sleep working in the wee hours of the morning ask- vate. Donations:Hospice of ERICKSON MEMORIAL CHAPEL
ing them to please get rest and apologizing to the doctor the Valley, San Jose (408) 295-5160 • FD128
for having to care for her. On behalf of the doctors and www.limafamilysanjose.com
Shirly Souza nurses at Stanford Hospital that treated my mom during Janet Marie Souza
July 6, 1927 - April 3, 2017 her illness, I would like to thank them dearly for giving Nov. 4, 1931 - April 10, 2017
my mother the best care, and for extending sincere kind-
Shirly Souza was born ness and patience to her. Quoting my dear mother “The San Jose California
in El Centro, CA on July nurses are so loving.” And yes everyone was truly loving Janet Marie Souza peace-
6, 1927 and passed away to my mother and our family, that extended love was in- fully passed into the arms
peacefully on April 3, 2017 strumental with helping us get through that difficult time. of her heavenly Father on
while surrounded by her Ms. Clara had a heart of gold, she always made sure April 10, 2017, at the age
loving family. She raised her her family and closest friends were taken care of. She of 85. Janet is survived by
children in Santa Clara, and was a care giver to everyone. She loved to cook, travel, her husband, Joseph Pereira
the last 20 years her home and work in her garden, and was deeply devoted to her Souza.
was in San Jose. A loving family. In addition to her deep love for her family she Janet was born on
wife, daughter, sister, mom, also had an intense love for god. She worked as a mis- November 4, 1931 to Eva
aunt, grandma, and great sionary for many years, and remained loyal up until her Karlavicius in Lawrence,
grandma. To know Shirly last breath. My sweet mother had an infectious smile and Massachusetts. Janet
was to love her, she had a laugh. She lightened a room with her warm smile and married Edward Francis
heart of gold. Shirly leaves greeting. Anyone who met my mother always adopted her Lionel B. Goularte Minicelli and later moved
behind her 5 children, 7 as their own. She will be truly missed by her two daugh- Oct 5, 1925 - March 28, 2017 to San Jose. She is the
grandchildren, & 11 great- ters, three grandchildren, five great grandchildren, three Life Long Resident of mother of four – Debbie,
grandchildren & Tia. Shirly’s sisters, and a host of nieces, nephews, and many loving Fremont Scott, Sandy (deceased) and
life was a blessing, her friends. Darlene, grandmother of
memory a treasure, she’s Friends and family are invited to attend a quiet view- Lionel B. Goularte en- five, great-grandmother of
loved beyond words and ing at Spangler Mortuaries located at 399 S. San Antonio tered peacefully into rest seven, step-mother of five,
missed beyond measure. In Rd, Los Altos on April 19th 4:30pm – 8pm. Her memorial March 28, 2017 in Fremont and is an aunt to numerous
lieu of flowers, please make service will be held on April 22nd at the Kingdom Hall of Barbara Easley CA. Born October 5, 1925 nieces and nephews.
a donation to your local Jehovah’s Witnesses located at 429 High Street, Palo Alto. June 20, 1936 - April 8, 2017 in Warm Springs, CA he On February 14, 1993,
Humane Society in Shirly’s Los Gatos was 91 years old and the Janet married Joseph Souza.
name, and the family re- last surviving child of Jack Joseph owned and operat-
Life Stories Live On Barbara Ann Easley passed and Adelaide Goularte’s 15
quest that you spend time away peacefully on April 8, ed Stanley Jeweler’s in East
with your loved ones. For Find current & past obituaries online at MercuryNews.com children. He was a long San Jose and Janet would
Sign a guest book • View photos 2017. She was a lifelong time Teacher, Counselor
condolences to the family, Read stories and special remembrances resident of Los Gatos. The greet and assist customers.
please send to Gaylynne and Administrator in San Janet enjoyed accompany-
daughter of the late Thomas
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Menlo Park, CA 94205. joyed traveling and pub- tures to include motor cycle
Myers, she was predeceased lishing and was an avid
by her husband Tom Easley riding, fishing, and being a
historian and member of member of the American
and brother, Thomas Myers P.F.S.A. #16, St. Anthony’s
Jr. The mother of six chil- Legion Post 791. During
Society in Half Moon Bay, her illness, Janet was lov-
dren, John (deceased), and Portuguese Historical
Stephanie, Lisa, Troy, ingly cared for by her step-
Museum. He played a big daughter Dolores Souza
Christina and Todd, as well role in helping raise money
as 11 grandchildren and 8 Hernandez.
for scholarships at San Jose A Celebration of Life is
great-grandchildren. State University.
Barbara lived her entire scheduled for April 20, 2017
He is survived by many at Oak Hill Funeral Home
life on the family property nieces, nephews and god-
in Los Gatos. She will al- and Memorial Park, located
children and was preced- at 300 Curtner Avenue, San
ways be remembered for ed in death by his wife
her love of animals and her Jose, at the Chapel of Roses
of 41 years, Bernadine M. (Room A) from 9-4 with
keen sense of fashion. For Goularte.
over fifty years she enjoyed Rosary service at 7:00 pm.
Family and friends are Burial will be on Friday,
bowling at Cambrian Bowl. invited to attend a Funeral
Weekends were often filled April 21, 2017 at 11:00 am.
Mass on April 21, 2017 at The family wants to
with boating at the Delta 4:30 p.m. held at Holy Spirit
with family and friends. “Thank” Heartland Santa
Catholic Church, 37588 Clara, the Hospice care pro-
She will be missed. Please Fremont Blvd, Fremont,
Harry D. Huskey, Computer Pioneer keep her in your prayers. CA. Private burial will take
fessionals that provided lov-
Jan. 19, 1916 – April 9, 2017 Plans for a memorial service ing and compassionate care
place at Holy Sepulchre to Janet during her most
Resident of Santa Cruz are pending at this time. Cemetery, Hayward, CA.
Please direct donations giv- difficult days.
Harry Douglas Huskey, a computer pioneer who was part of the famed ENIAC engi- en in Barbara’s memory to Donations may be made
neering team during World War II, worked with Alan Turing, and designed the Bendix your local Humane Society. to PFSA Scholorship
G15, died on Palm Sunday morning at his home in Santa Cruz. He was 101. Fund, 1120 E. 14th St., Oak Hill
Harry Huskey was born in a small farmhouse on Connolly’s Creek near Whittier, N. San Leandro, CA 94577 or
Jack Hearts Fund U.C.S.F. Funeral Home
C., close to Smokey Mountain National Park on January 19, 1916. Harry received his & Memorial Park
bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Idaho (1937) and a Benioff Childrens Hospital,
masters and doctorate in mathematics from Ohio State University (1943). While getting 220 Montgomery St, 5th (408) 297-2447 !"##$
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Velma Roeth, married him a few years later. 94104.
Harry’s first job was teaching mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. With two
small baby girls he heard there might be extra work opportunities at the Penn’s Moore
School of Engineering, but the work was classified, so he could not find out anything
about it. He applied anyway, and after some weeks was cleared to enter through
the locked gates to the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) project
(1945). This was the first large scale electronic computer ever built, containing 18,000
vacuum tubes. Once the ENIAC was working in 1946, Harry left the project and ac- Gregory
cepted an offer of a 1-year appointment at the British National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Ohanneson
without knowing what it was. Arriving in England in January 1947, he worked on a Dec. 17, 1929 - March 14, 2017
new computer prototype called the Pilot ACE. Alan Turing led the project and the com- San Francisco
puter was a smaller version of the ACE (Automatic Computing Engine) built by Turing
some years later. This was an early instance of the idea of the stored-program. Being Greg Ohanneson passed
able to store its own program is one of the defining characteristics of computers today. away on March 14 with
In December of 1948, having returned from England to work at the National Bureau family members present.
of Standards, Harry moved to Los Angeles to design and lead the building of the SWAC Cause of death was com-
(Standards Western Automatic Computer) at UCLA. The machine was intended to sup- plications from Parkinson’s
port mathematicians at UCLA and the Air Force, since there still were no commercially Disease.
manufactured computers available. The computer when completed in July 1950, was the Greg earned his un-
fastest computer in the world, and was finally retired in 1967. During his SWAC work, dergraduate degree at
Harry appeared on You Bet Your Life, a live television show hosted by Groucho Marx, UC Berkeley. He was a
in which Harry tried patiently to explain what the SWAC does. Groucho paired Harry Lieutenant (junior grade) in
up with a junk dealer. Asked how much he thought the SWAC would be worth, the the Navy and served on a
junk dealer asked how much it weighed. destroyer in the Pacific dur-
In July 1954, Harry took a faculty position at UC Berkeley, teaching mathematics and ing the Korean War.
electrical engineering. During this period he also worked independently on the design Greg farmed in the San
of a computer that did not require a computer center, or computer operators, but could Joaquin Valley for twelve Jack F. Taylor
be run by a single person. The computer was sponsored by Bendix computer and was years before getting his February 10, 1925 - March 30, 2017
introduced as the Bendix G15 in 1956. The G15 was the first computer that could be Masters at Cal Poly San Luis Resident of Pebble Beach
called a “personal” computer, in that one person could run it. It could be installed in Obispo and his PhD. at
a home or small business and was roughly the size of a refrigerator. At that time the UCLA. “Jack” (John Felton Taylor Jr) passed away peacefully
only computers were large professionally managed systems in computer centers. The Greg then became Dean at the age of 92 on March 30th, 2017. Born February 10,
G15 cost just under $50,000 or could be rented for $1,500 a month. Harry had one in of Vocational Education for 1925 to John Felton Taylor Sr, M.D. and Mary Madeline
his home office in Berkeley. Santa Clara County colleges Sicocan, Jack was the eldest son of four siblings; Mary-
In the 60’s the U. S. Agency for International Development worked with the Indian for 25 years. Margaret, Bud, Betty, and Joan. Jack’s father passed away
Government to set up an Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, U.P., India. In After retiring, Greg was at a very young age...his mother courageously raised and
1963, Harry Huskey left for India to spend a year at IIT Kanpur overseeing the installa- active in his retirement supported the family as a nurse.
tion of the first computer in India, an IBM 1620. During the year he helped establish community, serving many Jack attended St. Ignatius High School, then served as
the computer center and computer engineering department there. During the 60’s and terms on the finance com- a 1st Lieutenant in the Air Force, earning his wings at
70’s he taught and advised other universities around the world on setting up their own mittee and advocating tire- 19 years of age. He later graduated from San Jose State
computer centers and computer science programs, including the University of Yangon lessly for residents rights College with a degree in Business Administration. Jack
(Rangoon), Burma with UNESCO support. for seniors in assisted living met Wilbi Prather in 1947...they were married October 23,
In 1967, Harry left Berkeley to join the faculty at the newly formed UC Santa Cruz cam- facilities. 1948. Together they had 7 children: Stephanie, Sharon,
pus. He was the founder and initial director of the UCSC Computer Center and helped An avid hiker, Greg Suzanne, Stacie, John Jr, Saundra, and Shelby. Jack had
establish the computer and information science programs there. climbed Mount Shasta and an incredible 50-year long career with Farmers Insurance,
Later in his career, he and his wife, Velma, became very interested in the history of Mount Whitney (twice). personally helping build the company into the 3rd largest
computing. They were some of the first people to research and write about Lady Ada He loved California litera- in the country. Jack retired in 1997 and spent 20 years en-
Lovelace. They spent many weeks in England reading her letters. He retired in 1986. ture and history, especially joying Indian Wells and Pebble Beach. Jack has joined his
He received the 1984 Centennial Award from the IEEE, the 1982 Computer Pioneer of San Francisco, and was daughters, Sharie and Stacie in Heaven. He will be dearly
Award from the IEEE Computer Society; he was honored at the Pioneer Session of the a member of the fraternal missed by his wife Wilbi, children & spouses, 19 grand-
National Computer Conference in 1978 and received the Founding Faculty Award from historical society E Clampus children & spouses, 7 great-grandchildren, sister, Betty
UCSC in 2015. He wrote books and many articles on computing. Vitus (Yerba Buena #1) Pardens and many nieces and nephews.
In 1991, Harry’s beloved wife of 52 years passed away. Harry moved to Salt Lake City Married 57 years to his Memorial Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Church,
to be nearer his eldest daughter Carolyn. He spent some time visiting his aunts in South late wife, the writer Joan 13716 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070, Thursday, April
Carolina and in 1994 he married Nancy Whitney of Spartanburg, S. C. Spending much Delmonico Ohanneson, he 20th, 2017 at 11am, reception Immediately following.
time travelling, eventually they settled in Hilton Head, S.C. and later in Spartanburg. is survived by his daugh- Please rsvp to http://jacktaylor.rsvpify.com
In 2011, Harry returned to Santa Cruz with his wife Nancy. In 2013, the Computer ters Kim, Beth, Jill and Condolences may be written to the family and additional
History Museum named him a Museum Fellow “for his seminal work on early and im- Erin, their partners, his photos and details at www.bermudezfamilyfunerals.com
portant computing systems and a lifetime of service to computer education.” Nancy five grandchildren, and his In lieu of flowers, and in honor of Jack’s life, please
Huskey passed away in 2015. first cousin Mary (Bebe) make donations to the Jack F. Taylor Memorial Fund:
Harry is survived by daughter Carolyn (Joe) Dickinson of Aptos, daughter Roxanne Anderson and her husband http://igfn.us/1ak2/n
Dwyer in Scotts Valley, son Doug (Anna) Huskey in Santa Cruz and daughter Linda Dave of Shafter, CA.
(Jerome) Retterath in Santa Clara. He is also survived by 5 grand children, Ann Dickinson,
Jeff Dickinson, Phil Dwyer, Jacob Huskey, Noelle Huskey-Mullin, and great grandchild
Erin Dickinson as well as one Huskey-Mullin due in June.
If you would like to offer your condolences to Harry’s family, share your memories and
light a candle in his honor, please visit www.scmemorial.com
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Thomas J.
Vanderbosch
Jan. 31, 1927 - Apr. 6, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Thomas Jude Vanderbosch,
90, passed away on
Thursday, April 6, 2017 in
Santa Clara, CA. He was
born on January 31, 1927 in
Mishawaka, IN, the eldest
son of the late Amandus
and Louise (DeGroote)
Vanderbosch. He had lived
in San Jose since 1966. In
April 16, 1955, he married
Mary Louise Reiter of South
Bend, IN, who survives.
Along with this wife of 62
years, he is survived by his
six children: Thomas (Judy)
Vanderbosch of Denver CO,
Patrice (Philip) Micciche
of Los Gatos, CA, Beth
(Dennis) Leary of San Jose
CA, Susan (Erik) Iseman of
San Jose, CA, Jill (Sandy)
Vanderbosch of Saratoga,
CA, and James (Amy)
Vanderbosch of Los Gatos,
CA, grandchildren Vincent
and Alyssa Micciche,
Sean, Dylan, and Kevin
Leary, Gabrielle and Jaclyn
Iseman, and Molly and Kate
Vanderbosch. His broth-
ers Phillip Vanderbosch
of Matthews, NC, Richard
Vanderbosch of Loveland,
CO and his sister, Virginia
Powers of Pittsburgh, PA,
also survive him. Along
with his parents, he was
preceded in death by his
grandson, Nolan Iseman.
He was employed by the
Bendix Corporation in South
Bend, IN and in 1966 took a
job with Lockheed Missiles
and Space Corporation in
Palo Alto, CA in Contract
Management. He retired in
1992 after 25 years of ser-
vice.
After retirement, Tom and
Mary Louise spent summers
at their second home on
Eagle Lake, in Edwardsburg,
MI. Tom often said his days
at the lake with Mary Louise
were the happiest times of
his life.
A memorial service will
be held at St Christopher’s
Catholic Church, 1576
Curtner Avenue, San Jose,
CA at 11:00 am on Tuesday,
April 18, 2017. Online con-
dolences may be sent to the
family at the link below.
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Michael Whittaker
Feb. 6, 1976-Apr. 9, 2017
Resident of Campbell
Michael Whittaker passed
away unexpectedly at home
on April 9, from DVT in
his leg that passed into his
heart.
Born in San Jose, he was
the youngest son of John
and Carol Whittaker. He
graduated in 1994 from
Westmont High School. He
was an alumni of Campbell
FFA. Following in his be-
loved father’s footsteps,
Mike was a proud employ-
ee of the City of San Jose,
and took great joy in car-
ing for San Jose parks, the
Japanese Friendship garden
in particular.
He enjoyed fishing, watch-
ing old movies and playing
video games. He will be
remembered for his love
of gardening, vintage cars,
and his sense of humor
and kind heart. Friends
and family knew that Mike
would give them the shirt
off his back if they were in
need. From car batteries to
sprinkles to stubborn teen-
agers Mike eagerly provided
help and support.
Mikey was a treasured
son, brother, uncle, hus-
band, father and friend. He
is survived by his mother
Carol Whittaker, brother
John Paul Whittaker, sister
Jaine Whittaker Davies, wife
Evelyn Whittaker and his
dear 13 year old son who
he adored above all else
Paul Anthony Whittaker.
He had many friends but
none better than Roger
Gray.
There will be no memorial
service, but I know we will
all keep him in our hearts
forever. Donations in lieu
of flowers may be made
to the Japanese Friendship
Garden Fund at https://do-
natenow.networkforgood.
org/DirectProgramFunding.
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Harry Gingeresky
Aug. 1, 1943 - Apr. 10, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Harry James Gingeresky,
73, of San Jose, CA died on
April 10, 2017. Harry James
was born to Harry and
Anna Gingeresky on August
1, 1943 in Cohoes, NY.
Harry graduated from Troy
High School in Troy, NY in
Thomas Patrick 1961 and received his BA/
OConnor BS from Syracuse University Lorraine Ann Fife
Oct. 2, 1928-Apr. 4, 2017 in 1966. He married Cheryl 1924 - March 6, 2017
Resident Of Sunnyvale Lois Ann Tait Reis in 1973 and they lived Sunnyvale
May 21, 1923-Feb. 16, 2017 in the Santa Clara and San
Thomas Patrick OConnor San Jose Jose area during their mar- Beautiful Intelligent Creative Wise Original Wit.
passed away peacefully on riage. Lorraine, who loved reading, led an adventurous and
April 4th after battling a After close to 94 years, accomplished life. She strongly supported husband, CDR
lengthy illness. He was 88 Lois Ann (Jones) Tait M. E. Fife USN, in his life and work. Lorraine proudly
passed away on February
years old. He touched many
lives with his welcoming 16th, 2017. Lois Ann was Beddingfield created a loving family. She mentored children in Girl
Scout troops and in the community.
beloved by all for her quick Funeral Service
smile and gentle sense of Lorraine, a native Californian, was predeceased by her
humor. wit, sharp mind, warm Serving the Entire Santa Clara Valley
husband of 64 years, Gene Fife, and sister Helen Berg.
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www.BeddingfieldFuneralService.com She is survived by loving daughters Joan Fife and Carol
Francisco and attended love of chocolate. Fay (Michael), grandchildren Megan and Patrick Fay, and
Galileo High School be- Born in 1923 near sister Barbara Durbin.
fore his family moved to Colorado Springs, Lois A memorial service will be held at 2 pm on May 6, 2017,
Sunnyvale in 1946. He at- Ann was the youngest of at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sunnyvale.
tended San Jose State three daughters of Louise
College for a year before (Laubmann) Jones, a school-
being drafted into the teacher, and Rev. William
Army. After military ser- Jones. When the family
relocated to California, Lois
vice, he became a salesman
in the wholesale food and Ann thrived in the sun-
shine, excelling in her stud-
beverage business, working
throughout the Bay Area. ies, music, and sports.
After graduating from Vista
He enjoyed hiking and
big band music. Friends High in 1941, she attended
San Diego State, majoring
knew him for his love of
Airedales which he always in Physical Education and
minoring in Music. When
introduced to the neighbor-
hood children. Most of all World War II ended, she
married Owen Franklin Tait,
he enjoyed the company of
family and friends. taught at Corona High, and
had three children, Kathy,
Tom is survived by his
loving wife Beth, niece William, and Jean. In 1962,
Lois Ann became something
Barbara Corbett (Thad) of
Santa Cruz, great nieces rare in those times — a sin-
gle mom.
Mary Horlebein of Santa
Cruz and Tina Corbett of With fierce determina- Olaf Olin Larson, DDS
tion, she returned to San
Los Gatos and great neph- December 1, 1931 - April 1, 2017
ew Thad Corbett (Amy) of Diego State to acquire a
Master’s Degree in counsel- Resident of Los Gatos
San Jose.
Friends and family are ing. Her first job as a High It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Olaf O. Larson, DDS.
School Counselor brought
invited to visitation at 6:00 Surrounded by his wife, Nancy Larson, son David Larson (Cheryl), daughter Kimberly
p.m. and a rosary at 7:00 her to northern California Larson (Cam Myers), and his cherished dog, Rylee, Olaf died at his beautiful Los Gatos
and Westmont High where
p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 mountain home, as he wished.
at Darling-Fischer Memorial she remained until her re- Olaf burst into the world in Oshkosh Wisconsin on Dec.1, 1931. His parents Raymond
tirement in 1985, helping
Chapel, 231 E Campbell and Madeline welcomed the 2nd of their three children.
Ave., Campbell, and buri- thousands of students while A child of the Depression, Olaf used his imagination and indefatigable energy to ex-
raising her own kids.
al at Gate of Heaven plore the world around him. His expansive, inquisitive mind and his curiosity about
Cemetery, 22555 Cristo Rey In retirement, Lois Ann everything led to many adventures and an occasional misadventure!
enjoyed travel, cultural
Drive, Los Altos, at 11:00 After graduating from Marquette University School of Dentistry, Olaf was one of five
a.m. on Wednesday, April events and women’s sports, dental students to have won a dental internship offered by the Army. They were chosen
especially the San Jose
19th. on the basis of academic standing and professional and personal qualities. Olaf served
The family requests that Symphony, San Jose Lasers as an intern at Madigan Army Hospital in Tacoma WA. From there he came to practice
and Stanford Women’s
in lieu of flowers, dona- at the Oakland Army Terminal Dental Clinic.
tions may be sent to St. Basketball. She also en- After discharge Olaf and his then wife (Rachel) moved to Monte Sereno where Olaf
joyed volunteering with
Anthony Foundation, 150 had their home built (with much oversight from Olaf!). Olaf set up his dental practice in
Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. the Lasers and the wom- Los Gatos and raised son David and daughter Kimberly.
en’s sports magazine Real
Box 39000, San Francisco, Olaf could never be content with doing just one thing well. He became a church
CA 94139-5719. Sports. leader, involved himself in the Dental Board of Santa Clara County, bought and sold real
She is survived by her
estate up and down California, and travelled extensively with his young family.
family: daughter Kathy Tait He loved scuba and free diving, skiing, biking and hiking the high Sierra.
Jakel, her husband Jim and
He delighted everyone with his stories and anecdotes of his many feats and adven-
his brother, David; son Bill tures. Olaf was bold, brave and daring. He lived a life rich, unbridled and uninhibited
Tait, his wife Lisa and their
by conventionality. He relished the pursuit of pleasure with great joie de vivre.
sons Alex and Bradley; and Olaf is predeceased by his father Raymond, mother Madeline and older brother Lloyd.
daughter Jeannie Tait. He is survived by his wife Nancy, son David, daughter Kimberly, his sister Esther
At Lois Ann’s request, in Alston (of Austin Texas), nieces Andrea and Erica, and his beloved dog Rylee.
lieu of flowers, donations A celebration of Olaf’s life will be held in the coming weeks.
may be made to Symphony Our heartfelt thanks to the hospice team at Pathways Home Health and Hospice.
Silicon Valley.
A Celebration of Life will
be held on April 22, 2017 at
the Dolce Hayes Mansion,
200 Edenvale Ave, San Jose,
starting at 1:30pm.
Christopher Matthew Jedda aka “Mongo”
November 7, 1977 - March 17, 2017
Joseph Biggi Resident of San Jose
August 17, 1958 - April 6, 2017
Christopher Matthew Jedda, known both as Chris and Mongo to his friends and fam-
Resident of Campbell ily, passed away on March 17, 2017 in Palo Alto surrounded by his immediate family.
Joseph Anthony Biggi passed away on April 6, 2017. His Chris died from complications during a hospital stay after aortic surgery. Chris was born
life was filled with family, friends, and exuberant opti- in Mountain View, CA on Nov. 7, 1977 to parents Max and Lorraine (nee Swaja) Jedda,
mism. He is remembered in many wonderful ways, es- grew up in Sunnyvale and lived his entire life in the South Bay.
pecially his generous and kind heart, his genuine love of Chris was a 1995 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View. He attended
people, and his infectious laugh. West Valley College studying technical theater while helping found a haunted attraction
Joe was born in Alberta, Canada, graduated from Jesuit company. He would work with various haunted houses for 15 years both as a terrifying
High School in Sacramento, and earned a degree in 6 foot, 6 inch tall lead actor and as a technical and design guru. Later he would use
Finance from Santa Clara University. He had a successful his expertise in the AV field to stage manage for local theatrical productions as well as
career as an Operations Director in the high tech industry. manage the logistics and technical aspects of a local event company alongside his wife
His ardent passion for all sports especially the LA Dodgers PJ, who managed the creative side with him until his passing.
and LA Lakers was undeniable, as was his devotion to his Inseparable in life, Chris and PJ created and sold various artistic works. With his love
family and friends. He left an indelible mark on everyone of spreadsheets and technical expertise he was an unparalleled asset to every business
he came in contact with because of his friendly and en- he assisted. He had a mind that could overcome any problem and a sense of humor and
gaging personality. He made every person feel warm and presence of character that would imprint itself deeply on everyone he met. He was an
welcome. independent learner, in love with computers and computer games and all things tech-
Joe is survived by his loving children, Britney Folena nical, and never to be beaten at a game of trivia. True to his Italian heritage he loved
(Louie) of San Jose, and Scott Biggi of Monterey; his Italian food. He loved animals and they took to him. He kept many pets from tarantulas
parents, Ann and Anthony Biggi of Gold River, CA; his and snakes to dogs and cats.
sisters, Gina McEwen (David) of Sacramento, Roberta Words cannot express the depth of loss his absence will create. He was unique in
Sheridan (David) of Sunnyvale, and Debbie Rapp (Bill) of every way and loved by so many. Mongo will live on in the love he gave and in the
Carlisle, PA; his brother, John Biggi (Jane) of Sherwood, memories of those who, once meeting him, could never forget him. We will miss his
OR; his nieces and nephews, Amiana, Gabriel, Alexandra, intelligence, razor wit, and remarkable sense of humor and will remember him always.
Samantha, Anna Marie, David, Robby, Megan, and Maria; He is survived by his beloved wife Pamela Jean Jedda (nee Simmons), his loving par-
his former spouse, Kelly Cape of Saratoga; and his former ents Max and Lorraine Jedda, grandmother Reeda Niksich, mother-in-law Gail Poulos,
spouse, Gail Kepler of Saratoga. brother-in-law John Simmons, aunt Susan Cacatian (Ken), uncle Daniel Niksich, numer-
Joe’s family and friends will always remember his kind- ous cousins and his newborn, honorary niece.
ness and generosity, as well as his passion for life, and his There will be an outdoor Celebration of Life for Mongo on Wednesday, April 19th,
warm and cheerful smile. starting at noon, in Oak Meadow Park, 233 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos. Bring some
Friends and family are invited to a Funeral Mass on food or drink and, especially, your favorite Mongo stories to share to Hillside Picnic
Saturday April 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Lucy Catholic Areas 7 and 8, near the bandstand.
Church, 2350 Winchester Blvd, Campbell. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Christopher Jedda can be made to the
National Marfan Foundation, www.marfan.org, Northern California German Shephard
Rescue www.savegsd.org, to the Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org, or to a
Beddingfield charity of your choice.
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Mary Kubo
November 27, 1921 - February 28, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Mary passed away peacefully on February 28, in
Broussard, Louisiana, where she lived with her daughter
Jacquie Kubo. Wife of the late Bob Kubo, she leaves
behind her children Jacquie Kubo, Larry Kubo and his
wife Carmen, sister Alice Kubo, brother Al Komatsu, and
grandchildren Michelle, Eric, and Jason.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Mary grew up in nearby
Portland, Oregon, living there until 1942, when she was
relocated to the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. With
the help of the YWCA, she eventually left camp and went
to work for a sponsoring family in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
There, she met her husband, Bob Kubo, who was training
with the Army’s Military Intelligence Service before assign-
ment to the Pacific. After the War, Mary and Bob started a
family in Hawaii, and then moved to San Jose where she
lived for 50 years. A loving and gracious mother, sister,
grandmother, aunt, friend, and neighbor, she enjoyed the
simple pleasures of family and friends, crossword puzzles
and word games, and an occasional visit to the horse rac-
es. She will be dearly missed.
Private services will be held at the Oak Hill Memorial
Park on April 29.
Maureen Elaine Faretta Gonzales
April 6, 1934 - March 6, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Being Italian, nothing made Maureen happier than cook-
ing delicious meals for her hard-working husband Bob
and their wonderful children Mary Alyce, Bob, and Rick.
It got even better as three delightful granddaughters came
along- Kristen, Erin and Andrea. Maureen adored her fam-
ily. As “Nonna”, she combined food, wit, and her infec-
tious laughter to make them happy.
Born to Louis and Sarah Faretta, Maureen was raised in
Fresno with her devoted brothers Robert and Stan. At a
young age, Maureen met Bob Gonzales who was visit-
ing from San Jose. From the first moment, she knew she
was going to marry him. When Bob fought in the Korean
War, Maureen was featured in the military paper “Stars
and Stripes” for the number of letters she wrote. They
married after he returned in 1952, and were man and wife
for 63 years until Bob sadly passed away in January 2016.
A very devout Catholic, Maureen was comforted that her
children had a strong start attending Catholic elementary
schools, especially St. Victor’s, before each moved on to
later graduate from college.
In her almost 83 years, the world changed greatly.
Maureen did not- she simply cherished her faith and fam-
ily. Maureen and Bob are together again…with our Lord,
as they hold the gentle hands of Jesus.
The family would like to thank Dr. Landsverk and the
Silverado Memory Care Team for their professionalism and
kindness.
Inurnment will be at 11:00am on Friday, April 21st, at
Calvary Cemetery in San Jose. A Reception will follow at
Maggiano’s in Santana Row.
Richard L. “Dick” Alves
Sept. 13, 1923 - April 11, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Richard L. “Dick “ Alves entered into heaven on Tuesday
April 11 at 93 years of age passing peacefully at his home
in San Jose.
Papa was born and raised in San Jose, graduated from
San Jose HS served in the Army Air Corp. and began his
work career at the United States Post Office. He joined
Big Blue IBM and spent his next 28 years at the Cottle Rd.
plant as a Project Manager.
Being very civic minded Dick was involved with St.
Elizabeth’s Day Home and continued upon retirement
from IBM by serving a long tenure on the Board of the
Meriwest Credit Union, ultimately serving as Chairman of
the Board.
During his lifetime he was a proud member of American
Legion Memory Post 339 and even more proud and in-
volved with San Jose Elks Lodge 522, at the local level
and rising to the position of State President.
Papa is preceded in passing by his son Randall and
his daughter in law Susan Alves. He is survived by the
love of his life of 73 years Katherine “Kay”, sons Rick
(wife Nancy) Ron (wife Sandy), grandsons Chad (Gina)
Ryan (Ashley) Josh, and great granddaughter Emma and
Addison.
There will be an evening service Tuesday April 18 7pm
at Lima Erickson mortuary on Willow St. and a funeral
mass at St Christopher’s church Curtner Ave and Booksin
Ave, Wednesday April 19 at 11am.
Reception immediately to follow at the San Jose Elks
Lodge 444 Alma Ave. Donations can be made to :California
/Hawaii Elks Major Project address 5450 E. Lamona Ave.
Fresno. Ca. 93727-2224, which serves children with dis-
abilities.
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Tony Tsugi Tanimoto
Resident of Campbell
Tony Tsugi Tanimoto, 72, passed away peacefully at his
home on April 8th after losing his battle with lung cancer.
Tony was born to Muneyasu and Haruko (Kobayashi)
Tanimoto on October 6, 1944 while the family was in-
terned in the Gila River internment camp, Arizona.
The family eventually settled in Morgan Hill in 1959.
After high school, Tony worked for IBM as a Senior Tool
Maker, where he worked for 33 years until his retirement.
He met Gail in 1979 and they remained happily together
ever since.
Tony was an avid fly fisherman, always in search of the
perfect rod and reel and other gear. He was an excellent
cook and enjoyed traveling on vacations, watching old
movies and most of all spending time with his family.
In his later years, Tony struggled with Parkinson’s dis-
ease, but he always maintained his wry sense of humor
that never failed to bring a smile to others.
Tony is survived by his wife, Gail; sons Scott Numoto,
Steve Numoto (Elizabeth); siblings Yas (Grace), Bess
Yoshikawa (Paul), Iris Gorzolla (York), Sam, Rick, Janice
(Joe); grandchildren Piani Tongson, Violet Numoto, Sam
Numoto, Terra Numoto and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sister Betty Ichikawa.
Funeral services will be held at 7:00pm on Monday, April
24, 2017 at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 640 N.
5th Street, with reception to follow.
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Cynthia Nelson
March 20, 1969 - April 12, 2017
Resident of San Jose
Cynthia “Cyndy” entered Heaven on April 12, 2017. She
was born Cynthia Marie Wilson in San Francisco, CA at the
Letterman General Hospital in the Presidio on a Thursday
evening at 8:16 PM. Even at birth she was a rare individ-
ual, a fourth generation San Franciscan. Her family moved
to San Jose in 1976. Cyndy graduated from Oak Grove
High School and San Jose State University. She received
a Teaching Credential from Mills College and a Masters
Degree from San Jose State University. Cyndy chose to
teach in the Special Education Field. Cyndy brought more
than her education to her students. Cyndy brought a car-
ing, loving, and deep affection for each and every one of
her students.
Cyndy married Zack Nelson on September 13, 2003,
They bought a house and made a home out of it by filling
it with two handsome boys, Samuel (age 10) and Caelan
(age 5). She will be deeply missed by her parents William
(Bill) and Diane Wilson.
Cyndy loved and was deeply loved, by her family,
friends, and students. The universe is just a little darker
without her light shining on us.
The night sky has the brightest new star. “OUR” sweet
angel rests in God’s embrace. With pride and love,
Cyndy’s Daddy.
Services will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 with
a viewing from 5-7 PM and a Service at 7 PM at Alameda
Family Funeral Chapel, 12341 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd.,
Saratoga, CA 95070. At the family’s request, please wear
light and bright colors to the Viewing and Service.
In lieu of flowers, you are asked to donate online to the
Cyndy Nelson “Go Fund Me” account.
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William P. Robertson
Jun. 19, 1919 – Mar. 31, 2017
San Jose, CA and Portland, OR
A man of exceptional integrity, honor, and faith. Beloved
husband to Ruth (d. 2001) for 63 years; dedicated father;
eldest brother of four; and steadfast student of scripture.
Bill inspired friends, family, and extended communities
with his humble optimism, unwavering faith and generosi-
ty, and endearing sense of humor throughout his 97 years.
A rich and meaningful life saw Bill in teen years assist-
ing father Milton to create and test the first aerial crop
spraying methods used in California in the ‘30s. Bill mar-
ried his high-school sweetheart and fathered 2 beloved
children. He served his country in WWII aboard the SS
Crockett; then, became a partner at Cascade Metals. Bill
was a longtime member and church elder at Westminster
Presbyterian, then at Church of the Chimes, and finally at
Lake Grove Pres. in Lake Oswego, OR.
Bill is survived by his extended family (2 children Bruce
and Kathy, and their families, including 3 grandkids and
3 great-grandkids); as well as 2 sisters, Charlotte and
Margaret, and families. Bill’s life will be celebrated on
Wed. Apr. 19, 11am, Church of the Chimes, SJ. Memorial
gifts to Pacific Island Ministries, www.piministries.info
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Gregory Worth
Jun. 17, 1970 - Apr. 5, 2017
San Jose
Gregory Charles Worth, 46, departed this life in the arms
of his loving parents who provided his care. Greg was
born at Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara, the youngest of
3 children. He suffered physically and developmentally
throughout his life, living the last 11 ½ years on dialy-
sis. He dearly loved his siblings and they always loved
to make him laugh. His favorite pastime was building
fires in the fireplace and barbecuing on his own grill. He
loved his 2 Lab puppies, Smokey and Sparky, and listen-
ing to his music tapes, especially Little Drummer Boy, and
watching TV. He also loved watching Giants baseball and
participating in Special Olympics softball as catcher, bas-
ketball and track.
Greg’s special education began at age 3 at Hope
Preschool, continuing elementary school at Idylwild,
Anderson and Fammatre, Price Middle School, Blackford
H.S. and 3 years at Foothill College, graduating in 1991.
He learned to use VTA transit for school and his part time
job at Club One until April 2004. He had a remarkable
memory for dates and events. He loved everyone and
everyone loved him. Greg was the most kind, innocent,
loveable soul we have ever known, in spite of his pain
and suffering and never wanted to give up. He was our
hero and goodwill ambassador. Our sweet angel is surely
resting in Jesus’ loving arms.
Greg is survived by his parents, Rick and Darleen Worth;
sister Patty Priestley (Clint) of Camino, CA., brother Rich
Worth (Kerri) of Salem, OR; nephew and niece, Jonathan
and Julie Priestley, and niece Ruby Schwarz-Worth; aunts,
uncles and many cousins all over the U.S. and Canada.
We want to thank Greg’s teachers, doctors, nurses and
all the many people who interacted with him and our
family over the years, especially the staff at FMC and
DaVita Dialysis clinics.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Special
Olympics or Packard Children’s Foundation at Stanford,
400 Hamilton Ave., #340, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Celebration
of Life is planned for Greg at St. Frances Cabrini Church,
15333 Woodard Rd., San Jose, 95124 on Friday, April 21,
2017 with Rosary at 10:30am, Mass at 11:00am. Reception
will immediately follow.
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Shirley Jeanne Koenig Triplett
March 31, 1921 – April 5, 2017
Resident of Monte Sereno, CA
Shirley Triplett passed away peacefully at home, sur-
rounded by her loving family. She was married for 64
years to her high school sweetheart, Raymond F. Triplett,
founder of Triplett Financial in San Jose. Shirley was born
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she and Ray met and
married. They later lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1951
moved to the Santa Clara Valley.
Hers was a life filled with faith, learning, love, and ad-
venture. Devout Catholics, Shirley and Ray prayed the ro-
sary every night with their five children. An avid reader,
Shirley valued education highly, and constantly sought
learning opportunities for herself and her family.
Shirley was a smart, funny, gracious, and elegant woman.
She was the life-long caring confidante of her husband,
and supported him in business, sailing, and his many hob-
bies. Shirley was truly the wind that filled Ray’s sails. In
the early years, Shirley and Ray hunted and fished togeth-
er in Minnesota. They were also excellent dancers, and
loved playing tennis together. Later, her hobbies included
sewing, growing rhubarb, baking cobblers, canning, and
studying Spanish and French. She was especially inter-
ested in fashion, had a flair for dressing elegantly, and
taught her daughters how to sew. Shirley loved flowers,
and knew the names of many. She was known for her
magnolias on the dining table, and for wearing fresh gar-
denias in her hair. Shirley also read widely in the fields of
self-improvement, healing, and spirituality.
Shirley was an uncommonly brave woman, evidenced
by her joining her husband in an eight-year sailing trip
around the world. She displayed great skill and presence
of mind by rescuing Ray when he fell overboard in the
middle of the ocean. Their adventures are chronicled in
the book “Voyage of Commitment.”
She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great
grandmother. Her sense of humor and practical common
sense were assets in raising her large family. She valued
hard work and commitment. Her deep belief in the axiom
“use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without” inspired
her to come up with original solutions to many kinds of
problems.
Shirley is preceded in death by her husband Ray (2006)
and her sister, Audrey Strohm. She is survived by her chil-
dren Kathleen (Allen) Hayes, Barbara (John) Sullivan, Joan
(Michael) Noyes, Therese (Michael) Corman, Raymond
(Susan Gilbaugh) Triplett, 33 grandchildren, and 39 great
grandchildren.
Shirley will be sorely missed. Her faith, her quiet and
gentle spirit, and her underlying strength are qualities that
will influence generations far into the future. The world
was made a better place for having had Shirley Triplett
grace its paths.
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, May 20 at 12:00
noon at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 219 Bean
Avenue in Los Gatos. In lieu of flowers, please consider
making a donation in Shirley’s name to Sisters of the Holy
Names, www.snjmca.org or St. Clare’s Retreat House, 2381
Laurel Glen Road, Soquel, CA 95073.
B16 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP 111 SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017

TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Cooler again with plenty of Cloudy to perhaps partly Intervals of clouds and sun- Some sunshine to start, then A nice day will prevail across
clouds and some rain for the sunny; a shower or two can- shine with the slight chance mostly cloudy with an after- the area with a mostly sunny
afternoon not be ruled out of a shower noon shower sky
East Bay: 59-65/53-57 East Bay: 64-69/51-56 East Bay: 65-70/42-49 East Bay: 65-72/47-53 East Bay: 66-71/44-52
South Bay: 62-66/55-58 South Bay: 68-72/55-56 South Bay: 67-71/45-48 South Bay: 68-71/49-52 South Bay: 68-70/46-50
The Peninsula: 59-64/54-56 The Peninsula: 63-70/52-55 The Peninsula: 63-70/43-48 The Peninsula: 63-70/47-53 The Peninsula: 63-70/46-50
The Coast: 56-60/53-56 The Coast: 60-63/52-54 The Coast: 60-65/44-48 The Coast: 60-65/48-53 The Coast: 60-65/47-49
Central Valley: 60-68/51-53 Central Valley: 61-69/51-54 Central Valley: 67-72/39-46 Central Valley: 68-74/42-48 Central Valley: 66-71/37-49
Bay Area 14-day trend
Temperatures Normals Records Surf and sea report Calistoga Sacramento
Yesterday’s high 70 69 89 (1966) Location Sw. W.W. Per. Dir. 55/50 63/52
Yesterday’s low 44 48 30 (1896) Stinson Beach 4-7 2-4 15 WNW
Past 7 days Forecast Golden Gate 1-2 1-2 9 W
Pacifica 4-7 2-4 15 WNW
Santa Rosa Davis How to read this map
56/50 61/53 City name Today’s
Half Moon Bay 3-6 1-3 15 W
Monterey Bay 3-5 4-8 15 WNW 75/43 High/low forecast
Surf forecast valid until 6 p.m. today. Swells (Sw.) Vacaville
and wind waves (W.W.) given in feet, period (Per.) 60/52 65° Water temperature
given in seconds and (Dir.) is Direction. Napa
58/54
Tides Fairfield Galt
Time High Time Low Petaluma Sonoma 60/54 64/52
56/55 56/54
Alameda
3:18 a.m. 5.8 ft. 10:07 a.m. 0.4 ft. Wind: SW 4-8 kts
(5-9 mph)
5:26 p.m. 4.7 ft. 10:23 p.m. 3.0 ft. Wind: SSW 6-12 kts Rio Vista
Vallejo Waves: 0-1 ft.
Antioch (7-14 mph) 61/53
Point Waves: 0-1 ft. 59/56 Pittsburg Lodi
6:01 a.m. 3.6 ft. 12:42 a.m. 1.2 ft. Reyes Benicia 58° 62/55 66/52
Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa 8:53 p.m. 2.7 ft. 2:35 p.m. 0.2 ft. 57/55 Novato 60/55
Benicia 59/56 56° Martinez Antioch
Air quality 4:36 a.m. 5.1 ft. 12:21 p.m. 0.3 ft. 60/55 Pleasant Hill 63/54 Oakley Stockton
Spare the Air: No alert today. When 7:26 p.m. 3.8 ft. 11:51 p.m. 2.4 ft. Hercules 61/55 63/54 67/52
unsafe ozone levels are predicted a Golden Gate Bridge Stinson San Rafael 60/56 Concord
Spare the Air alert is issued. 61/55 Clayton Brentwood
2:57 a.m. 5.0 ft. 9:41 a.m. 0.2 ft. Beach 59/55 Lafayette 64/53
Region Today Index 5:03 p.m. 4.0 ft. 9:47 p.m. 2.9 ft. 57/55 61/54 62/53
Coast/Central Bay ............................... Good ........ 46 Mare Island
Richmond Berkeley
60/55 Walnut Creek Discovery Bay
Eastern District .................................... Good ........ 42 60/56 63/55 Alamo
4:06 a.m. 5.1 ft. 11:46 a.m. 0.1 ft. 64/53
Merced County .................................... Good ........ 47 6:51 p.m. 4.2 ft. 11:40 p.m. 2.5 ft.
Orinda 63/54
North Counties .................................... Good ........ 42 Alameda 65/54 Moraga Danville
San Joaquin County ............................ Good ........ 50 Monterey Harbor San 62/57 65/53 63/54
Santa Clara Valley ............................... Good ........ 42 1:36 a.m. 4.5 ft. 9:09 a.m. 0.4 ft. Francisco Oakland Manteca
51° 59/55 San Ramon Tracy 67/53
South Central Bay ............................... Good ........ 40 4:18 p.m. 3.2 ft. 8:16 p.m. 2.7 ft. 63/57 Castro V. 63/54 Livermore 66/53
Wind: S 8-16 kts
Stanislaus County ....................... Moderate ........ 58 Richmond 63/56 Dublin 61/53
(9-18 mph)
What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 3:13 a.m. 5.2 ft. 10:11 a.m. 0.2 ft. Daly City 56° 63/54
101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people (Usg); 151+: Waves: 2-4 ft.
5:19 p.m. 4.2 ft. 10:17 p.m. 2.8 ft. 59/55 Wind: S 7-14 kts Hayward Pleasanton
Unhealthy for all. Source: sparetheair.org (8-16 mph) 62/56
San Mateo Bridge Pacifica 62/55
SFO Waves: 1-2 ft. San Leandro
Allergy report 3:31 a.m. 6.8 ft. 10:43 a.m. 0.5 ft. 60/56
62/56 Union City 62/57
Index rating as of Saturday 5:45 p.m. 5.8 ft. 10:53 p.m. 3.1 ft. 64/54
Santa Cruz San Mateo San Lorenzo
Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau 61/56 Fremont 62/56
1:30 a.m. 4.4 ft. 8:58 a.m. 0.4 ft. 63/56
Grass ................. Low Weeds ......... Absent 4:12 p.m. 3.1 ft. 8:05 p.m. 2.7 ft. Half Moon Bay Palo Alto Newark
Trees ............... High Mold ................. N.A. 56/53 63/54 63/54
Redwood City
Water levels (in thousands of acre-feet) 63/56
Mountain Milpitas
Today’s UV index Location Yest. Cap. 2017 2016 View 64/56
62/56 Santa Clara
*Monthly readings
4
11+: Extreme East Bay Los Altos 64/56
8-10: Very high Briones 55 61 90% —— 63/55 San Jose
Highest at 11 a.m. 6-7: High
Camanche 289 417 69% 50% 54° Cupertino Sunnyvale 63/55
(The higher the num- Chabot 10.4 10.4 101% —— Wind: S 7-14 kts 66/58 63/57
3-5: Moderate *Del Valle 39 77.1 51% 52% (8-16 mph) San Jose (south)
ber, the faster skin
damage will occur.) 0-2: Low EBMUD 619 767 80% 70% Waves: 1-3 ft. Saratoga 62/54
Lafayette 4.1 4.3 97% —— 63/56
Sky watch L. Vaqueros 146 160 91% —— Los Gatos
Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset
63/56
Pardee 189 204 93% 92%
Today 6:32 a.m. 7:44 p.m. none 10:15 a.m. San Pablo 36 39 93% —— Morgan Hill
Mon. 6:30 a.m. 7:45 p.m. 12:45 a.m. 11:02 a.m. Upper S.L. 35 37 91% —— Boulder Creek 61/54
San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
64/54
Hours of sunlight *Calaveras 34.4 100 34% 35% Satellite
13 hr., 12 min. *Crystal Spgs 55.5 57.9 96% ——
Apr 19 Apr 26 May 2 May 10 Hetch Hetchy 281 360 78% 78% Through 2 p.m. yesterday Gilroy
61/54
California today Santa Clara County
Almaden 1.5 1.5 96% ——
Santa Cruz
59/54
Anderson 62.3 90.3 69% ——
Watsonville
Eureka Calero 4.2 9.9 42% —— 60/54
59/51 Chesbro 8.0 7.9 101% ——
Coyote 23.4 23.2 101% —— Hollister
Guadalupe 2.1 3.4 63% —— 63/54
Ukiah Lexington 19.0 19 100% ——
56/48 Tahoe Stevens Creek 3.1 3.1 99% —— 54°
50/38 Uvas 9.9 9.8 101% —— Wind: SSW 4-8 kts
Vasona 0.4 0.5 81% —— (5-9 mph)
Sacramento Total 133.9 169 79% —— Waves: 4-8 ft. Salinas
63/52 Yosemite Santa Cruz County (weekly readings) 64/55
59/45 Loch Lomond 8.7 8.7 100% —— Weather fact
Statewide Monterey
Monterey Fresno Don Pedro 1,687 2,030 83% —— 61/54
78/56 Mike Nicco/weather anchor, KGO-TV
61/54 Folsom 702 977 72% 79% mike.nicco@abc.com
McClure 667 1,025 65% ——

Santa Barbara
Needles
95/67
Melones
Millerton
1,898
234
2,400
520.5
79%
45%
27%
58%
An unsettled pattern develops today
and lingers through much of the week.
National forecast
Oroville 3,021 3,538 85% 92% The chances of rain look impressive, Shown are
63/54 Los Angeles today’s noon
San Luis 1,972 2,041 97% 50% but the amount of rain they produce is positions
75/53
Shasta 4,379 4,552 96% 91% not. No atmospheric rivers this week. of weather
San Diego Trinity 2,299 2,448 94% 58% systems and
precipitation.
70/57 Temperature
bands are highs
North Coast: Periods of rain today. Yesterday’s temps/rain Readings as of 2 p.m.
Season runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 for the day.
Normal Normal
Tahoe: Mostly cloudy today; cool in the Past Season Season Season Past Season Season Season
Hi/Lo 24 hours to date to date normal Hi/Lo 24 hours to date to date normal
morning, then breezy with a shower or two.
Alameda 69/41 0.00 36.26 22.16 23.97 Orinda 66/42 0.00 42.71 24.77 26.74
Central Valley: Cooler today; afternoon Antioch 69/46 0.00 20.87 12.20 13.24 Pacifica 75/42 0.00 61.64 29.15 31.93
rain. A shower or two this evening. A pass- Benicia 66/44 0.00 24.87 18.78 20.24 Palo Alto 69/41 0.00 24.16 15.04 16.16
ing shower or two tomorrow and Tuesday. Berkeley 62/45 0.00 30.95 24.77 26.74 Pittsburg 74/45 0.00 21.53 10.50 NR
Big Sur: Mainly cloudy and cool, a little rain Boulder Cr. 76/37 0.00 88.16 47.34 50.48 Pleasanton 68/41 0.00 21.53 13.97 15.23
Castro Valley 71/41 0.00 30.74 16.09 17.78 Redwood City 67/44 0.00 31.37 19.11 20.33
this afternoon. A shower tonight. Concord 67/42 0.00 24.70 15.18 16.47 Richmond 74/46 0.00 30.38 23.18 24.95
Yosemite: Mostly cloudy today with spotty Cupertino 68/41 0.00 17.57 14.29 15.82 Sacramento 67/41 0.00 32.35 16.80 18.52
showers during the afternoon. Mostly Danville 70/35 0.00 41.17 22.77 25.04 Salinas 74/42 0.00 16.02 14.26 15.46
cloudy tonight. Dublin 69/40 0.00 27.82 14.41 15.71 San Francisco 66/46 0.00 31.35 21.93 23.65
Warm Cold
Fremont 65/45 0.00 23.74 15.39 16.68 S.F. Airport 66/46 0.00 30.51 19.35 20.65 T-Storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice
Southern California: Sun and clouds today; Gilroy 68/39 0.04 29.70 19.17 20.54 San Jose 70/44 0.00 17.88 14.50 15.82
Stationary Jetstream

hot in the deserts. Partly cloudy tonight. H. Moon Bay 64/39 0.00 31.52 26.22 29.00 San Leandro 69/45 0.00 35.04 17.49 19.46
Hayward 66/45 0.00 19.17 16.42 18.05 San Mateo 64/44 0.00 33.02 19.35 20.65
Hollister 69/37 0.00 15.35 13.11 14.20 San Rafael 64/45 0.00 63.40 33.16 35.24
Sat. Today Sat. Today Sat. Today
Lafayette 64/39 0.00 43.11 16.84 18.13 San Ramon 73/39 0.00 31.57 14.87 16.54
City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W
Livermore 66/38 0.00 24.75 13.97 15.24 Santa Cruz 68/42 0.00 49.92 29.15 31.35
Los Gatos 70/41 0.00 26.92 21.70 23.08 Santa Rosa 66/37 0.00 59.31 33.35 36.28 Akron OH 77/54/Tr 72/49/t Detroit 83/49/0.23 74/46/c Oklahoma City 80/63/0.00 76/61/c
Sat. Today Manteca 69/45 0.00 19.16 16.18 17.77 Sonoma 68/41 0.01 50.09 29.07 31.44 Albany NY 71/33/0.01 81/52/c Duluth 69/47/0.00 60/32/pc Omaha 76/58/0.08 69/46/s
City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Martinez 69/42 0.00 28.72 18.78 20.23 Stockton 71/39 0.00 20.95 12.74 14.07 Albuquerque 75/45/0.00 78/48/s El Paso 86/62/0.00 88/56/s Orlando 84/63/0.00 85/60/pc
Anaheim 77/50/0.00 75/53/pc Monterey 68/43 0.00 23.98 19.38 21.10 Sunnyvale 69/41 0.00 17.03 14.40 15.71
Anchorage 48/27/0.00 45/32/pc Fairbanks 40/26/0.00 39/18/s Philadelphia 66/46/0.00 85/63/pc
Auburn 64/39/0.00 60/50/r Moraga 65/39 0.00 42.77 17.61 NR Tracy 66/45 0.00 17.20 11.55 13.06
Morgan Hill 66/41 0.00 27.05 19.17 20.54 Travis AFB 66/39 0.00 32.66 23.10 24.82 Asheville 78/58/0.00 77/53/pc Fargo 66/47/Tr 64/31/pc Phoenix 85/61/0.00 91/64/s
Bakersfield 74/44/0.00 85/56/pc Atlanta 80/61/0.00 81/61/pc Flagstaff 64/25/0.00 66/34/s Pittsburgh 81/49/0.01 76/52/t
Mtn. View 68/43 0.00 18.08 15.04 16.16 Union City 65/43 0.00 27.57 15.39 16.68
Barstow 81/45/0.00 89/57/pc Atlantic City 58/48/0.00 74/62/pc Grand Rapids 80/50/0.21 66/41/pc Portland ME 63/30/0.00 75/51/pc
Napa 68/38 0.00 35.97 18.55 20.39 Vacaville 69/39 0.00 46.20 24.46 26.13
Bishop 73/35/0.00 74/43/c Newark 65/43 0.00 26.92 15.39 16.68 Vallejo 70/42 0.00 29.40 23.18 24.95 Austin 83/66/0.00 84/65/pc Great Falls 50/36/0.00 54/31/pc Portland OR 57/38/0.00 64/46/pc
Calistoga 69/38/0.00 55/50/r Novato 65/42 0.00 44.96 33.16 35.23 Walnut Creek 66/37 0.00 31.13 16.84 18.13 Baltimore 73/52/0.00 85/62/pc Greensboro 81/60/0.00 82/61/pc Providence 66/37/0.00 81/58/pc
Chico 65/39/0.00 60/53/r Oakland 67/45 0.00 27.85 19.08 20.81 Watsonville 70/41 0.00 39.74 21.82 23.50 Billings 53/36/0.00 59/39/pc Hartford 69/33/0.00 81/57/pc Raleigh 84/61/0.00 84/62/pc
Cloverdale 71/39/0.00 54/51/r Birmingham 82/62/0.00 85/63/pc Honolulu 83/72/0.00 83/71/pc Rapid City 60/36/0.00 64/33/pc
Columbia 67/36/0.00 65/47/r STATEWIDE Modesto 71/45 0.00 16.09 11.66 13.11
Eureka 54/34 0.00 65.53 41.57 49.15 Redding 69/42 0.00 45.43 29.97 34.67 Bismarck 60/41/0.11 62/26/s Houston 82/63/0.00 81/66/pc Reno 59/32/0.00 65/44/c
Crescent City 54/39/0.00 56/51/r Boise 54/31/0.00 68/44/c Indianapolis 80/61/0.00 74/52/t Richmond 84/53/0.00 89/64/pc
Fresno 71/44 0.00 16.74 10.26 11.50 San Diego 70/56 0.00 11.70 9.66 10.34
Death Valley 96/64/0.00 98/75/pc Los Angeles 74/53 0.00 18.67 13.92 14.93 Santa Barbara 68/44 0.00 23.88 16.55 17.76 Boston 69/42/0.00 84/55/pc Jackson MS 83/60/0.00 82/62/pc St. Louis 84/66/0.00 75/56/c
Eureka 54/34/0.00 58/51/r Brownsville 87/71/0.00 87/72/pc Jacksonville 81/56/0.00 82/56/pc Salt Lake City 56/37/0.00 70/56/s
Fresno
Grass Valley
71/44/0.00
63/38/0.00
78/56/sh
58/46/r
World Sat.
forecast
Today Sat. Today Sat. Today
Buffalo 72/45/0.08
Burlington VT 68/32/0.04
64/44/t
73/46/t
Juneau
Kansas City
51/32/0.00
81/63/0.00
51/30/c
70/53/c
San Antonio 81/68/0.06
San Juan PR 84/75/0.12
82/65/pc
83/76/sh
Lakeport 64/36/0.00 52/48/r City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Casper WY 56/31/0.00 65/31/pc Las Vegas 80/59/0.00 88/66/s Santa Fe 73/41/0.00 76/41/s
Los Angeles 74/53/0.00 75/53/pc Charleston SC 81/57/0.00 82/61/pc Little Rock 81/60/Tr 82/62/pc Seattle 56/41/0.00 62/48/pc
AFRICA/MIDEAST AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND London 59/48/0.12 58/43/r
Long Beach 73/51/0.00 72/55/pc Algiers 77/52/0.00 72/49/pc Auckland 66/56/0.12 67/57/sh Madrid Charlotte 81/59/0.00 82/60/pc Louisville 83/67/Tr 79/62/t Shreveport 84/60/0.07 86/64/pc
81/50/0.00 79/48/c
Mammoth Lakes 54/25/0.00 37/36/sn Baghdad 76/64/0.01 84/59/s Melbourne 66/46/0.00 70/47/pc Moscow Cheyenne 61/39/0.00 67/39/pc Medford OR 63/34/0.00 62/43/r Sioux Falls SD 70/57/0.36 67/43/s
37/25/0.00 39/25/c
Modesto 71/45/0.00 69/54/r Beirut 68/57/0.32 70/59/s Sydney 73/57/0.00 77/62/pc Munich Chicago 82/61/0.00 72/47/pc Memphis 82/60/Tr 82/65/c Spokane 49/32/0.00 59/42/pc
57/39/0.19 49/37/sh
Morro Bay 72/44/0.00 62/55/c Cairo 79/62/0.00 81/62/s Cincinnati 81/62/0.07 74/54/t Miami 84/74/Tr 82/73/pc Syracuse 71/36/0.09 74/44/t
CANADA Oslo 40/21/0.00 41/32/sh
Mt. Shasta 59/27/0.00 53/38/r Damascus 72/48/0.10 73/47/pc Calgary 39/27/0.02 45/29/pc Paris Cleveland 82/54/0.02 74/48/t Milwaukee 82/49/0.04 68/43/s Tampa 86/66/0.00 87/67/s
59/43/0.10 59/44/sh
Needles 89/59/0.00 95/67/pc Jerusalem 62/48/0.00 67/49/pc Edmonton 30/27/0.18 34/19/pc Prague Colorado Sprs 71/45/0.00 67/43/s Minneapolis 71/58/1.01 65/45/pc Topeka 81/65/Tr 70/53/c
56/45/0.17 51/36/c
Nevada City 64/39/0.00 57/46/r Johannesburg 70/49/0.00 68/47/pc Montreal 66/39/0.01 61/42/r Rome Columbia SC 84/58/0.00 84/61/pc Myrtle Beach 79/59/0.00 78/63/pc Tucson 88/54/0.00 90/57/s
68/48/0.00 71/50/pc
Palm Springs 92/58/0.00 94/67/pc Riyadh 100/76/0.00 94/69/pc Ottawa 63/32/0.08 63/37/r Stockholm Concord NH 71/26/0.00 78/54/pc Nashville 84/60/0.00 84/62/pc Wash DC 76/55/0.00 87/65/pc
40/16/0.04 36/21/pc
Paso Robles 75/34/0.00 67/49/sh Tel Aviv 70/55/0.00 74/54/pc Toronto 59/41/0.27 70/41/pc Vienna Dallas 81/66/0.00 82/67/c New Orleans 80/66/0.00 80/66/c Wichita 78/63/Tr 65/56/r
63/39/0.00 54/39/pc
Redding 69/42/0.00 59/48/r ASIA Vancouver 53/45/0.02 57/44/c Warsaw Denver 67/37/0.00 72/43/s New York City 65/51/0.00 82/61/pc Yakima 59/30/0.00 64/45/pc
52/41/0.20 45/27/sh
Riverside 83/37/0.00 80/44/pc Amritsar 108/66/0.00 108/72/pc Winnipeg 61/39/0.00 47/24/sh Zurich Des Moines 78/63/0.20 70/48/s Norfolk 82/59/0.02 84/65/pc Yuma 89/58/0.00 92/63/pc
62/48/0.15 53/40/sh
Sacramento 67/41/0.00 63/52/r Bangkok 96/81/0.00 96/80/pc CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA
San Bernardino 80/49/0.00 81/50/pc California extremes National extremes
Beijing 89/55/0.00 83/56/pc Barbados 86/81/0.00 87/78/pc Asuncion 91/73/0.18 79/67/t
Yesterday for the 48 contiguous states.
San Diego 70/56/0.00 70/57/pc Hanoi 83/72/0.00 85/73/c Havana 86/63/0.00 84/65/pc Bogota 66/48/0.05 68/51/r Thermal ........................... 92 Tuolumne Meadows ....... 13 Thermal, CA .................. 92° Stanley, ID ....................... 9°
San Luis Obispo 80/49/0.00 68/55/c Ho Chi Minh 97/79/0.00 98/80/s Nassau 84/73/0.01 84/70/pc Buenos Aires 71/62/0.00 69/54/pc
Santa Barbara 68/43/Tr 63/54/pc Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries,
Hong Kong 81/73/0.00 82/74/c San Juan 84/75/0.12 83/76/sh Caracas 88/77/0.68 87/79/c
sn-snow, i-ice, Prec.- precipitation
S. Lake Tahoe 50/21/0.00 50/38/sh Islamabad 100/68/0.00 101/72/s La Paz 61/36/0.00 58/35/pc
EUROPE
Stockton 71/39/0.00 67/52/r
Truckee 55/23/0.00 50/35/sh
Jakarta
Kabul
90/78/0.04
86/51/0.00
89/77/t
83/52/s
Amsterdam
Athens
53/46/1.24
74/50/0.00
50/39/sh Lima 79/69/0.00
72/58/pc Panama City 90/76/0.00
79/68/pc
95/71/pc Recent quakes Snowpack Snow April 1
Ukiah 67/36/0.00 56/48/r Kuala Lumpur 91/77/0.32 93/77/sh Berlin 52/41/0.16 51/34/sh Rio 86/73/0.00 88/75/s Largest in past 24hrs up to 3:00 p.m. Saturday Location Elevation (ft.) depth average
Yuba City 66/40/0.00 60/52/r Manila 95/80/0.01 93/80/pc Brussels 53/39/0.57 51/37/r Santiago 72/50/0.00 74/48/c Magnitude, time & location Donner Summit 6,900 127.5” 164%
Yosemite Village 68/36/0.00 59/45/sh Mumbai 91/81/0.00 95/81/pc Budapest 61/36/0.00 59/37/pc MEXICO 1.6 - 4:00 p.m. 5 mi WNW of The Geysers (largest of Heavenly (Freel Bench) 7,300 44.0” 189%
New Delhi 109/77/0.00 108/78/pc Copenhagen 46/36/1.21 43/36/sh Acapulco 89/74/0.00 87/75/pc 15 earthquakes) Mammoth Pass 9,300 178.5” 195%
Osaka 71/60/0.14 76/57/pc Dublin 54/37/0.02 56/40/r Cabo S.L. 88/64/0.00 83/64/pc 1.2 - 3:34 p.m. 2 mi WNW of Cobb (largest of 6 Mt. Shasta 6,800 110.0” 97%
earthquakes) Sequoia (Panther Mead.) 8,600 142.0” 169%
Seoul 75/50/0.00 71/51/c Frankfurt 57/43/0.12 53/37/r Cancun 84/72/0.00 84/73/s
Forecasts and graphics for 4/16/2017 S.Lake Tahoe (Echo Sum.) 7,450 102.5” 155%
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Shanghai 89/61/0.00 81/67/c Geneva 67/45/0.07 60/37/pc Guadalajara 89/55/0.00 88/51/s
Singapore 90/79/0.02 89/79/c Helsinki 34/21/0.05 35/24/c La Paz 93/64/0.00 88/61/pc Squaw Valley 7,700 157.0” 173%
For feedback, please contact Taipei 86/66/0.00 85/72/t Istanbul 68/55/0.02 70/54/pc Mazatlan 88/54/0.00 82/64/s Tioga Pass 9,800 122.5” 197%
weather@bayareanewsgroup.com Tokyo 75/52/0.00 76/56/s Lisbon 72/55/0.00 76/53/pc Mexico City 78/54/0.05 76/52/pc http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Maps/122-38.html Yosemite (Peregoy M.) 7,000 74.5” 139%

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