LOS GATOS MOM DEVELOPING HIGH-TECH BIKES FOR CUSTOM CYCLING MARKET
Anna Lindstrom acquires frame IP from supportive Olympic bike designer Serotta
Drew Penner, Editor
A 43-year-old Los Gatos mother of three, Anna Lindstrom, has teamed up with famed bike-maker Ben Serotta as she launches her new company, Kielo Cycling, Inc., aiming to make high-tech bikes accessible to more people.
This comes as a recent report from market research firm Technavio predicts the top end of the sector will grow by $6.5 billion over the next four years—a nearly 7.5% rate.
“The market that we’re trying to go into is, yes, premium, and I need to nail down the prices with the current tariffs,” Lindstrom said during an interview last week outside Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co.
She explains that, despite a potential $8,000 to $10,000 price tag, her bikes will be made to last: “I think it’s an option to enjoy your life instead of being stuck in traffic.”
Experts say interest in the sport has soared, in part because bike clubs offer a sense of community and because frame and brake designs continue to improve.
And Lindstrom is right at the forefront of this next wave of innovation.
She made the move to California from Finland after her
REINTRODUCING CALIFORNIA’S ‘OLDEST BARBERSHOP’
From his barber’s chair perch, new owner brings us up to date
Faizi Samadani, Contributor
In 1947, Jim Kooper started “University Ave. Barbershop,” which stayed in the family for three generations. After most recent owner
Clint Farris closed it down, Alper Yavuz purchased the business. He’d stumbled upon it, on Craigslist, and was instantly drawn to the spot. Yavuz is just 35 years old and has lived in the states for seven years. But he brings a wealth of industry knowledge with him, given that he’s worked in barbershops since he was 9.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Yavuz has had a pretty stable career as a barber, managing different locations throughout his life. This barbershop is the first that he’s owned by himself in America. He reopened the storefront in April.
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Vicky Wagner 71, retired communicator was the sole peaceful protester at Plaza Park when Dinah Cotton passed by on Saturday. Wagner had just returned from a river cruise that went through Germany, witnessing evidence from the World War II era, including the Holocaust. “We went through several places in Germany-Nuremberg,” she said. “We went into the courtroom where the trials were held and ended up in Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic…There were bronze plaques outside of the homes where people were forcibly removed by the Gestapo." Seniors who live at the Terrace of Los Gatos walked and wheeled to the Chevron gas station on Los Gatos Boulevard, Saturday morning, for their “No Kings” protest. The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department reported about 10-30 people demonstrated throughout their jurisdiction. “ICE has not been seen in town,” a spokesperson said. There was anti-Donald Trump graffiti left on the north wall of 122 N. Santa Cruz Ave., and spray paint on a fence on the east side of 175 Royce St. There was no video surveillance of the incidents, and no calls for service, police said.
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On Saturday, vandals participating in the “No Kings” protests graffitied the Loma Brewing alleyway.
As a community, we shouldn’t stand for our town to be treated this way by outsiders. I value the beauty and safety of this town, and will do everything I can to preserve it.
I am hoping there are some security cameras in the area with eyes on the alley, so we can try to identify the criminals who did this.
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FAITH AND FESTIVITIES: WEST VALLEY MUSLIM ASSOCIATION CONCLUDES EID CELEBRATIONS
Coming to a close on June 6, Eid al-Adha events brought South Bay Muslims together
Emma Solomon, Contributor
The West Valley Muslim Association recently concluded a series of Eid celebrations, with an event in Cupertino. Eid al-Adha, one of the top two events on the Islamic calendar, brought together members of the Muslim community from across the South Bay for a day of faith and festivities, June 6.
In an interview with the Los Gatan , WVMA Executive Director Lubna Shaikh reflected not only on the Eid gathering, but also on how the organization she recently began to lead has been developing.
“We're constantly trying to do programs for people to grow in their faith,” said Shaikh. “Our vision is to be a place of growth—spiritual, social and person-
al—so, we try to have our programs encompass all those things.”
She previously served on the board of the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara. Since stepping into her new role three years ago, she has emphasized the power that diversity and intergenerational connections play in strengthening ties within the WVMA community.
At a time when religious participation has declined amongst younger generations, Shaikh says she’s sought to bridge the gap—between active mosquegoers and the less devout—by creating a space where everyone is able to exist together.
“I think just growing up at the mosque, you see people from all different countries, all different ethnicities—and just the diversity alone that you see, especially in the Bay Areas, is beautiful,” said Shaikh. “Faith brings everyone together. I think that would be the one thing that stands out.”
Although relocating from the Los Ga-
tos Islamic Center on Farley Road, this year’s Eid observances featured a continued sense of excitement despite the venue change. After participating in a group prayer led by Imam Albaraa Basfar, celebrations included a Smashburger food truck, face painting, balloon art and more.
While Shaikh highlighted the beauty of the South Bay community, she also reflected on the somber tone this year’s Eid took amid Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and efforts by the Trump administration to restrict entry into the United States for people from Muslim-majority countries.
Many WVMA members are either from one of these countries, or have friends and family members currently in Palestine. Shaikh’s own father is from Libya, one of 12 countries subjected to a full entry ban.
“It's not like we celebrate and we forget them, but we celebrate because this is what we have to do,” Shaikh said. “Cel-
ebration, in and of itself, is a form of resistance, and is a form of being.”
While Eid was not held at the mosque, the Los Gatos Islamic Center remains open as a welcoming and reflective space for residents to pray and seek community. During Ramadan, WVMA regularly hosted daily iftar dinners and prayers at the Farley Road location, allowing members to use the space for smaller-scale events.
In addition to its location in a residential neighborhood, the Los Gatos mosque has not been fully utilized due to its closure during the COVID-19 pandemic shortly after its initial opening in 2018.
Shaikh expressed her desire to move back to the Los Gatos mosque for Eid, next year. Outreach via the NextDoor social media platform and hosting a thrift store are just a couple of the methods Shaikh has attempted to integrate the town into WVMA programming.
Although these efforts have yet to fully come to fruition, Shaikh says she remains focused on fostering peace and mindfulness across the Los Gatos community in the days ahead.
“I want the mosque to be a place that people can come, and see as a refuge— and as a sanctuary,” Shaikh said. “We should be here for one another.”
GATHERING The Los Gatos residents headed up to Cupertino to celebrate Eid al-Adha, despite challenging times being faced by many in the Muslim community.
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CONTINUING THE LEGACY
Barbershop, from page 1
Yavuz came to San Francisco in late 2018, following his friends to America, and began taking English classes. He says he’d tired of life in Turkey—mostly due to politics. Yavuz adds he found a more friendly business climate upon arrival stateside.
“When I was 9 years old, my father let me begin working at a barbershop after school— by just cleaning up the shop and collecting little tips from the customers,” Yavuz says. “I would hand customers coffee and tea, since I was too young to cut hair. But then at 11, I began acting as a barber.” By 15, he was becoming more hands-on with haircare, with a barbershop that he maintained for five years until he turned 20. That’s when he went to the Army for 15 months (a military stint is required for men in Turkey).
“Alper Man’s Hairdresser” was the name of Yavuz’s first shop that he opened in 2012 in Turkey, which he owned for six years.
Cutting hair has always been Yavuz’s passion. When he came to America in 2018, he worked as a valet to pay the bills. But he found a shop in Burlingame to work out of, and was soon promoted to manager.
When asked what’s so special about this location, Yavuz references a claim posted on the shop’s website: “because it’s the oldest barbershop in California, with a big history in the smallest spot.”
“I opened this spot not for money, believe it or not, but the history of it,” says Yavuz, as he goes on to say that he has grown to 2,000 clients. But is the shop really the oldest in California? We reached out to the Professional Beauty Federation of California to try to find out.
“I’ve heard that claim,” Marketing and Outreach Director Jeff Black tells us.
“But I don’t know anything specific. We don’t have information to validate one way or another that it’s the oldest barber shop in California.”
When asked about it on Tuesday, Google’s search AI reported the oldest one in the state “is likely Mike’s Barber Shop in Morro Bay, which has been in business for 75 years, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Established in 1942, it has served as a fixture in the community and a stop for travelers along Highway 1.”
When we reached owner Jon Elliott on Tuesday morning, he said that was totally wrong. “It opened the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor,” he says, meaning Dec. 6, 1941.
He says it doesn’t bother him that a Silicon Valley barber shop is claiming to be “the oldest.”
“There’s a lot of older barber shops,” he says, adding he knows of one that’s been around for a century. “It’s the second-oldest profession, next to prostitution.”
When we reached Steven Herder, owner of The Golden Rose Barbershop Co. in Stockton, he told the newspaper, having opened in 1917, he believes they are actually the oldest.
“We don’t claim it. I’m pretty sure we are,” he says, adding he’s okay with the Los Gatos businesses calling itself the oldest one. “There can be multiple older barber shops.” Whatever the case may be, the Los Gatos location has certainly made its mark on the town.
A Los Gatos Weekly Times article, written by Lisa Toth in 2004, notes it was Jim Kooper’s grandfather who originally purchased the property. “I don’t see a future in the barbershop business anymore,” comments a dismal Kooper in the piece.
Luckily for the legacy of the location, Yavuz does.
Inside the shop
The barber’s chairs here are each worth several thousand dollars. Yavuz says he scoped them out at a location in Oregon, because he likes their vintage quality. He promises “the best scissor cuts, best hot shave with straight razor, hot towels, which all begin with a warm steam, along with head massages and Turkish coffee and tea.”
His drive comes from the fact that he always chose work, even over school.
At just 14 years old, Yavuz dropped out of school in Turkey in order to work and take care of his family. He’s identified as a barber for most of his life now,
and he doesn’t see that changing any time soon. Yavuz says he’d like to retire in Los Gatos.
Two barbers operate in the space by the names of Azem, 35, and Ramazan, 26, who are also barbers originally from Turkey. They are known only by their first names.
Azem says he has been cutting hair for the last 15 years of his life—a decade in Turkey and several years in Paris. His passion for cutting hair began as his mother encouraged him by telling him it’s a good job to do.
“Los Gatos is very beautiful, the people are very polite and I am happy to be a barber here,” he says. Ramazan has been cutting hair for eight years and living in the states for two. His older brother is a barber who introduced him to this professional route. He received a license to cut hair in Turkey. Yavuz tells new customers if they aren’t satisfied with their cut, they don’t have to pay.
He says he really wants to become a part of the community of Los Gatos. Yavuz plans to sponsor school sports, and dreams of hanging a token of a team’s success on the wall.
University Ave. Barbershop, at 606 University Ave., in Los Gatos, California, is open from 8am-6pm Monday-Saturday. Walk-ins are always welcome. Contact: 831-419-3706.
HISTORY FAN Owner Alper Yavuz says he’s proud to continue the legacy of the University Ave. Barbershop.
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LED BY HINE, WILDCATS ARE A HIT ON THE COURT
Boys tennis team wins first CCS match since 2019
Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
In a stroke of genius, Los Gatos High School boys tennis coach Justin Stenger decided to schedule Robert Louis Stevenson School of Pebble Beach as an add-on for the final regular-season match of the 2025 season.
Unbeknownst to Stenger, the decision ignited a series of events that ultimately led to the Wildcats advancing to their first Central Coast Section tournament since 2021. Los Gatos edged RLS—the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division champion–4-3, a result that Stenger said put the Wildcats into the CCS tournament.
Before the CCS seeding meeting, Stenger wasn’t terribly optimistic Los Gatos—which finished as the runner-up in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s lower-tier El Camino Division— would receive an at-large berth.
“The CCS typically only takes the league champ from the El Camino, but this year the committee got us in, deservingly so,” he said. “The competition in the El Camino was tough this year with four really good teams.”
The outcome came down to the No. 3 doubles match, where the freshmen tandem of Luka Fustar and Ryan Shahab— who played the majority of the season on the junior varsity squad—proved clutch to seal the outcome.
“Every match counts, but it did come down to them as the last ones on the court,” Stenger said. “Both teams were watching and our young guys came through and got us the win.”
Incredibly enough, Los Gatos and RLS wound up playing each other two weeks later in the first round of the CCS tournament, with the Wildcats prevailing again by the same score, 4-3. Freshman Alex Fador and junior Oliver Nigen won their match at the No. 1 doubles slot, giving the Wildcats their first CCS tournament victory since 2019, when they beat—you guessed it—RLS by the identical 4-3 score.
Los Gatos (11-5) saw its year end in the next round against Saratoga High, but Stenger couldn’t have been more pleased with how the season turned out.
“It means so much for our seniors to get a win in CCS,” he said. “I don’t think any of them had played in CCS as a team, so it was just a great way to cap an amazing run.”
Wildcats ace Michael Hine won the SCVAL El Camino Division singles tournament, Ethan Beal took third place and brothers Omri and Yoav Manor placed third in the league doubles tournament. Beal was the team’s No. 2 singles player and is projected to play No. 1 singles next year.
“Ethan went from No. 1 doubles as a sophomore to No. 2 singles as a junior, which tells you something,” Stenger said. “He’s going to be a really good one for us at the top spot next year.”
Hine qualified for the CCS individual singles tournament, advancing all the way to the semifinals.
Stenger was effusive in his praise for Hine, who will attend USC in the fall.
“I was really lucky and privileged to have coached Mike these last two years,” Stenger said. “I’ve coached a lot of different sports and a lot of different players over the years, and he’s definitely one of the best ever. He’s a phenomenal tennis player but better captain and a sportsman, and really embodied everything Los Gatos High School is all about.”
Stenger brought up situations in which coaches and parents from opposing teams came up to him—during the
middle of matches, no less—to highlight Hine’s sportsmanship.
“Often times Michael would give close line calls to his opponent and then just go on to the next point,” Stenger said. “We had multiple coaches and parents from the other team say how classy we were and how good we were in calling lines. That’s a reflection of Mike because that's how he led the whole team.”
It’s commonplace for high school coaches to spout hyperbole when highlighting their star players, but Stenger probably can’t praise Hine enough given the dynamics of high school tennis—an arena entirely different from other sports.
Whereas the vast majority of the top-rated recruits from sports such as basketball, football, volleyball and wrestling compete for their high school, that’s not necessarily true for tennis. And when the top-ranked tennis athletes do play for their high school, the coaches know they need to cater to the player’s schedule.
Top-rated junior players have the freedom to practice with the high school team or their own private coach, usually choosing the latter. In Hine, Stenger had a player who valued the high school game with immense appreciation.
“A lot of No. 1 players don’t come to practices, but Mike was at all of them,” Stenger said. “He set the tone for everyone else, he made everyone better and made me better. He would come to practice, kind of run it and make everyone better. Just a wonderful and amazing kid.”
Stenger vividly remembers Hine and Matt Mitchell—the team’s 2024 No. 1 player—pairing up doubles players for matches.
“Mike is going off to USC on the premed path and going to play club tennis there,” Stenger said. “He’s going to be a great doctor one day. But, if he ever wants to be a coach, he can do that, too.”
While Hine’s intangibles were off the charts, Stenger said the ace’s athleticism was no less spectacular.
“I saw him do some things on the tennis court that I might never see again,” Stenger said. “In the league tournament, he hit an absolute rocket between his legs for a winner. And in one of the matches against Stevenson, he started with four aces in a row. I’ve never seen that happen before. I remember thinking, ‘Did that just happen?’ Mike really put this program on a good path for years to come.”
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Kielo, from page 1
husband, Jan, got to golf with John T. Chambers, the then-CEO of Cisco (where he worked), as a performance reward back in 2012.
“That is the single time that I’ve been playing golf,” Lindstrom said of joining them on the course in Hawaii that day.
That’s when the tech titan popped the question.
“He was asking, What would you do if I offered you a position in California?”
They said yes.
“That was December,” she recalled. “By February, we’d sold our place.”
Early love of bikes
Lindstrom grew up in Joensuu, on the eastern side of Finland.
“I loved riding bikes as a kid,” she said. “I learned to ride bikes before my neighbor’s boy.”
While the boy, named Antti, would do better in competitive cross-country skiing races, she would beat him in cycling.
“We had helmets on, and we were serious, but nothing more than this,” she said, adding she was also a good computer coder in her early years. “I am a problem-solver.”
Like many Silicon Valley tech founders, she, too, dropped out of college— from the University of Maryland—because she was working two jobs at the same time.
“I learn much more when working,” she said, adding she returned to Finland and met her husband eight years later.
Despite the good public transportation, Lindstrom enjoyed skateboarding and cycling as a way to get around.
But her serious love affair with bikes kicked off when her husband proposed.
“He offered to buy me a bicycle and take me for a honeymoon around the Alps,” she said.
Lindstrom had just crashed her motorcycle and was considering buying a new one.
Instead, they tied the knot and went on their honeymoon a year later.
“I had a knee injury that prevented me from sports before,” she said. “Having my body tolerate a sport, that was good.”
They travelled about 1,000 miles over two weeks.
The legendary bikemaker
Ben Serotta is a name that looms large in the bike world.
He’s been making bikes used in the Olympics dating back to the 1976 Games. He was contracted by US teams 7- Eleven (1984-1988) and Coors Light (1991-1994). And he developed proprietary “size-specific” bicycle frame tubing, known as the “Colorado Concept.”
“Around here, I see all Serottas on the road all the time,” Lindstrom said. “He is one of the biggest bicycle builders in USA.”
A few years ago, Lindstrom had invest-
ed in a hub company that hadn’t exactly worked out.
She’d ordered a custom bike from Serotta to do some design testing.
“I believe all the failures are teaching you a lot,” she said, clearly in a place where she can laugh about it now. “Everything had gone wrong by the time I was picking up my bike.”
She ended up delaying her flight back from New York City for several hours, so they could continue chatting.
“I was like, ‘Okay, why aren’t you building with your own name?’” she recalled, noting he was then under the Serotta Design Studio label. “‘How much would you need to start titanium production?’”
At the time he was focused on steel and aluminum bikes, she explains.
“Titanium is superior,” she said. “My steel bike rides well—for a steel bike. But it’s like a train.”
For his part, Serotta says he was struck by Lindstrom’s passion for innovation.
“My first impression of Anna is that she’s a remarkable person all on her own,” he said. “Her interest went beyond just trying to be in business.”
Lindstrom decided to invest.
“Ben’s thesis for the bike is that the fit is more than just the frame. So, the whole bike makes the fit,” she said. “The first bikes (were) supposed to be ready in May 2020, in our optimistic estimation. But they were not.”
The Covid-19 pandemic had thrown a torque wrench in their plans.
“I think they say all the best companies were launched in hard times,” Lindstrom said, noting they were able to get their first bike out by the fall.
But, in the end, she discovered that a path to profitability is easier said than done in the handmade bike market.
“It really taught me a lot and gave me good connections,” she said. “But it also gave me frustration, because I did want to build something to sell. Handbuilding bikes is art. “So, now I want to build something scalable.”
Looking for scale
Undeterred, Lindstrom set out to find a way that she could achieve this goal while continuing to work with Serotta in some capacity.
“I got the IP,” she said. “We agreed that I have the full right to produce the tubing.”
Kielo Cycling (named after the Finnish national flower) will start taking preorders this summer. Lindstrom hopes they’ll have the first bikes ready by August.
“We’ll do pre-launch this year,” she said. “I’m always optimistic. That’s a quality, not a fault, as I always say.”
As one of the founders of Oura, a ring you wear on your finger that tracks your sleep, Lindstrom also wants to optimize the bike for the AI age.
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She’s hoping that the ability to scan and analyze body types will help to break down barriers when it comes to allowing more people to get their very own Olympic-caliber custom bike.
Serotta says Lindstrom seems to be approaching her business launch the right way.
“It really amounts to, who has something to offer the cycling population that’s unique—and uniquely better? ” he said. “And from the conversations we have, I think Anna understands that clearly.”
Lindstrom is hoping she’ll be able to get one of her bikes into the hands of Finnish president Alexander Stuff— someone she knows personally from her racing days. (She’s earned multiple national championships).
“I was riding bikes with him when he was prime minister of Finland,” she said. “How cool is it that your president is actually riding bikes? Imagine that.”
INNOVATIVE The tubing is based on technology invented by Ben Serotta.
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LIVES
Audrey Jeanette Gilbeau
October 23, 1930 – May 12, 2025
Born in Vernon, Texas, to Walter August Barnes and his wife, Chloe Edna Huff, Jeanette was one of four children whose early years were spent on the family farm. The hardships of the Depression motivated Jeanette to seek a better future. A move to California in her early teens set the stage for what would become a meaningful and prosperous life.
To Jeanette, San Jose was a paradise compared to the Dust Bowl conditions in which she grew up. While completing her secondary education at San Jose Evening High School, she enrolled in a history class taught by famed local historian, Dr. Clyde Arbuckle, who would become her mentor and change Jeanette’s life by instilling in her a love of education and inspiring a lifetime passion for both San Jose and California history. After achieving her teaching credentials at San Jose State College, Jeanette taught primarily fourth grade in the Union School District, first at Vineland Elementary and then at Lone Hill Elementary. Popular with both students and their parents, Jeanette loved being in the classroom engaging her students and sharing her love of history through animated storytelling especially and unique field trips to local cemeteries and historic sites throughout Santa Clara County. She was famous for her multiplication flashcards, passionate about the California Missions, and fondly remembered for the fun she brought to both teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom. After moving to Saratoga in 1970, Jeanette expanded her interests in sports, and the culinary and decorative arts. She became an avid tennis player, golfer and runner, discovering her love for all three, and finding in sports both pleasure and reward. When running gave way to distance walking, she began goal-setting and recording her mileage in her daily journal. She recorded an astonishing 40,000 miles over four decades -- mileage equivalent to walking around the world more than once -- an outstanding accomplishment for which she was featured in The San Jose Mercury News! Many of those miles included daily walks into downtown Los Gatos, enjoying early morning coffee at Starbucks (sometimes twice) and the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company. Her culinary skills earned her both a Blue Ribbon for her Apple Pie at the Santa Clara County Fair and a featured article for her Crunchy Walnut Pie in Sunset Magazine. She loved canning apricots and applesauce with the fresh fruit from her trees, and homemaking cobblers and preserves from the wild blackberries growing alongside the creek. Her Gravenstein applesauce remains legendary to this day, and her pie crust recipe, one-of-a-kind, aptly fitting for a woman most memorable in all of our hearts and minds.
Jeanette and her husband Ken were generous supporters and benefactors of the San Jose Museum of Art. Following her public-school retirement, Jeanette spent 20 years as an art docent and teacher through Let’s Look At Art, the museum’s program focused on bringing art appreciation into public schools. She also served as a member and docent of the San Jose Historical Museum, founded by her teacher and mentor, Dr. Clyde Arbuckle.
Socially adept and enjoying a wide range of activities, Jeanette was a friend and inspiration to many. She enjoyed enduring friendships with former students many years after her retirement, and her wide range of friends spanned her various hobbies and interests, including raising a cheery glass of wine at Happy Hour.
She was a seeker and an adventurer, from first on her own as a child, throughout her adulthood, and well into her later years. She loved spending time outdoors and on her own terms. Jeanette both relished her independence and cherished togetherness with people she befriended and those she had just met. A day without laughter for her was lost...she loved parties, playing games, taking road trips and enjoying life to the fullest. Her spirit was buoyant and bountiful, always grateful for all the wonderful experiences she shared with all the people she loved.
Jeanette is survived by her husband of 57 years, Kenneth Gilbeau, her daughter, Janis Lassner, granddaughter, Maren, and son-in-law, Dale. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her honor to individually favored charities.
GADFLIES, FREE SPEECH AND THE FUTURE OF CIVIC DIALOGUE HERE IN LOS GATOS
Blum, a Town commissioner, shares his personal thoughts on a current policy debate
Jeffrey P. Blum , Contributor
While serving on the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, I became familiar with many regulars who engaged with local government. One man stood out for his persistence. He wasn’t a crank. He was sharp, well-prepared and articulate. Yet, despite his constructive contributions, he became known by an unfortunate label: a gadfly.
If you’re like me, you may need a quick refresher on what “gadfly” means. Most dictionaries define it as “a persistent, irritating critic; a nuisance,” or “one that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad.” It’s not flattering—but not necessarily an insult. Socrates was labeled a gadfly for challenging the status quo. Still, in small towns, the label can stick.
That’s the nature of civic discourse in many communities. Residents who take a stand—especially on controversial issues—can quickly be labeled as “anti-this” or “pro-that,” or as rabble rousers. It becomes easy to dismiss those who challenge the norm. That’s why I approach this latest local debate with caution—but also with clarity.
I’ve spent my professional life mediating conflict, teaching mediation and promoting respectful dialogue. I’m active in organizations like Rotary aiming to strengthen our town. My goals are civic, not personal. Yet, as Los Gatos contemplates a new Code of Conduct and continues using a problematic Civility Policy, I’m concerned about a chilling effect on free speech and public participation.
Last year, I wrote about a Massachusetts Supreme Court decision involving a woman who expressed frustration at a meeting by saying to a board member, “You are a Hitler.” The court held unanimously, it was protected speech, emphasizing that “civility cannot be required,” because allowing only supportive speech while banning harsh criticism amounts to viewpoint discrimination, a violation of the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court similarly held in Snyder vs. Phelps in 2011, that even offensive, hateful speech on public issues is protected.
Los Gatos’ Civility Policy warns that “anti-social behavior, slander, hatred and bigotry… will not be tolerated.” This language is constitutionally risky. Vague terms like these could be used to suppress speech based on tone or content— exactly what courts warned against. Subjective interpretations of “hatred” or “anti-social behavior” shouldn’t become tools to silence dissent.
I reviewed the Town’s draft Code of Conduct policy, which is to be considered in a special study session on June 17th, after this article was written. I saw similar concerns. So, I looked at how other nearby cities handle this. Many of them strike a more thoughtful balance between decorum and constitutional protections. This issue isn’t just about public commenters. It’s also about appointed volunteers like me. Lately, there’s been confusion and, in some cases, pressure about how freely commissioners can speak or act without prior approval.
Legally, that pressure is misplaced. Under First Amendment cases—Bond v. Floyd and Pickering v. Board of Education, for example—appointed commissioners:
• Retain the right to speak publicly on matters of public concern.
• Cannot be silenced to maintain a unified city message.
• May seek information from the public or experts, if they don’t misuse resources or falsely claim to speak for the city. Cases, like Sprague v. Spokane Valley and Zilich v. Longo, affirm that commissioners can conduct outreach and engage third parties. This isn’t a luxury—it’s essential to democratic governance.
Blanket pre-approval requirements for communications—however informal— risk becoming unconstitutional prior restraints on speech. Worse, they undermine the civic spirit that makes local government thrive. Requiring permission to engage the public turns advisory bodies into echo chambers.
We can adopt an approach that protects civic integrity and constitutional rights:
“Commissioners may speak publicly, including to the media, and are encouraged to support informed civic dialogue. They must clearly indicate whether they are speaking in a personal or official capacity and may not represent the commission’s views unless formally authorized by the Commission, Town staff, or the Town Council. Commissioners shall not commit Town resources without prior approval. Staff coordination is encouraged and may be required for communications involving legal, financial, or policy matters. Outreach and fact-finding within the commission’s scope are permitted, provided they are conducted professionally.”
That’s fair. It respects volunteers’ roles while safeguarding their rights.
If, in the end, I’m called a gadfly for raising these points, so be it. But I’d like to be an effective one who speaks with respect, challenges ideas and defends shared values.
Democracy depends on thoughtful, sometimes uncomfortable, conversation. Let’s make room for that.
LOCAL STUDENTS COMPLETE RIGOROUS WATER QUALITY TESTING COURSE
Poseidon Education’s curriculum provides glimpse into important career path
Drew Penner, Editor
Rolling Hills Middle School 7th-graders and Louis Van Meter Elementary 5th-graders have completed an in-depth water monitoring educational course that highlighted what life as a professional H20 monitor would be like.
As part of the Poseidon Education’s Stormwater Quality Leadership Program, the kids took samples, learned about toxic substances, gained presentation skills and earned a certificate of completion. “The kids actually took stormwater samples when it rained,” said Patti Zachary, the president and CEO of Carlsbad-based Poseidon. “The samples got sent to a certified lab. And then they got results back, as if you were in a stormwater management program in a city.” The Van Meter Students presented to representatives from the Town and Los Gatos Union School District, sharing their vision to protect waterways like the Los Gatos Creek and Guadalupe River.
“They actually had a slide presentation,” Zachary said. “It was really entertaining. They presented better than most adults I’ve seen.”
The Rolling Hills students also hit it out of the park, too, when they spoke at the City of Campbell, she added.
“They had a lot more technical solutions,” she said. “It was just really great to see.”
This educational opportunity falls in line with the latest science standards.
“Kids are doing exactly what the adults are doing,” Zachary said. “They’re doing it specifically on their school campus.”
That means looking for the downstream effects of fertilizer and petroleum products on the ecosystem.
The learners test for PH balance, nitrates, turbidity, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and coliform.
“Nitrates and phosphates in a waterway can cause a lot of problems; they can cause algal blooms and they can suck up a lot of oxygen from the aquatic life,” said Zachary, adding the students often begin to ask questions, such as, “Is our groundskeeper putting a lot of fertilizer on the grass?…Are they putting too much of it?”
Both programs were made possible via a $50,000 West Valley Stormwater Authority grant.
For these Silicon Valley youth, it was a chance at tactile learning.
“You’re actually doing something with your hands,” Zachary said. “It’s kind of a step back into reality, instead of just the virtual.”
The Van Meter pupils came up with plenty of awareness ideas. They created a mural, made educational video games and ran a trash collection
program where other kids could earn handmade stickers.
They even went class-to-class educating the peers on environmental issues.
Zachary says these sorts of activities help to inspire confidence.
“They really engage; and it’s not just, Oh, we’re learning something that we’re going to forget later,” she explained. “For them to be able to put their ideas out there and actually see them come to fruition, it just develops a stronger sense of value in them—that AI’s not just going to solve everything for them.”
Plus, the course emphasizes the central role of water in our lives, she adds.
“It’s one of our most precious resources,” Zachary said. “But, it gets overlooked on so many levels.” One of those levels: the employment front.
“People are forgetting that we do need these careers built,” she said, adding the industry is facing a “silver tsunami” of the old guard nearing retirement. “We don’t have that many people coming in behind them. The idea is to invigorate students...And it’s a good stable career. We’re always going to need water.”
SUCCESSFUL Louis Van Meter Elementary 5th-graders hold up the certificates they received following the completion of a water quality monitoring course.
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Prospect High School Senior Emily Tang took home the award for “Best of School” for this piece, at the Campbell Union High School District Art show, May 31. The AP Drawing student says her goal with her art is to “inspire other artists to create pieces that fully express themselves.”
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TACKLING EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER
Suzanne DeLorenzo, San Jose Water
Emerging contaminants, also known as “contaminants of emerging concern,” are substances in the environment that may be detrimental to wildlife and/or human health.
Some emerging contaminants are chemicals and compounds entering bodies of water like lakes and rivers, which are identified, tracked, studied, and ultimately regulated by agencies such as the US Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the California State Water Resources Control Board.
And thanks to improved capabilities, some of these emerging contaminants are also showing up in drinking water. That sad fact has been making headlines lately — and understandably so. It’s unsettling to hear that man-made chemicals like perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) have been detected in rainwater across the globe. Such reports raise valid questions about what’s in our drinking water and what that means for our health.
Emerging Contaminant Challenges
Emerging contaminants can come from a lot of places: firefighting foam, nonstick pans, lawn chemicals, even the disinfection process itself. Some classes of chemical contaminants, like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are manufactured and stick around in the environment far longer than anyone expected — giving rise to the term “forever chemicals.” Others, such as hexavalent chromium, can be industrial byproducts, but can also show up naturally in groundwater as the result of erosion. And then there are the ones we’re just beginning to understand, like microplastics or new disinfection byproducts formed during routine microbial treatment. Water quality challenges aren’t new, but science keeps getting better at spotting them. And the water utilities that deliver drinking water to communities must use that science to meet those challenges. This means investing in research, expanding monitoring, and building treatment systems designed for what’s coming, not just what’s already regulated.
Combating Emerging Contaminants
So what can water utilities do about emerging contaminants? Compounds like PFAS are created with some of the strongest bonds in chemistry and they don’t break down easily. At present, PFAS filtration is an extremely expensive endeavor and there are only three effective treatment processes available to utilities: granular activated carbon (GAC), ion exchange, and high-pressure membrane systems.
• GAC material has a lot of surface area and many types of PFAS stick to it, GAC treatment processes typically use large filtration bed installations to pass water over this highly porous material to trap contaminants.
• Ion exchange PFAS filtration systems are generally more compact and use a hydrogel resin, which essentially works like a magnet, pulling PFAS molecules out of the water at the molecular level.
• And high pressure membrane systems use reverse osmosis and/or nanofiltration technology that allows water molecules to pass through specialized membranes, but captures larger molecules like PFAS.
Each of the processes come with benefits and drawbacks, as well as differences in filtration efficacy under particular circumstances and huge variance in infrastructure and operating cost. Emerging contaminant treatment investment and implementation at utilities across the country are also highly influenced by regulatory requirements and policy shifts.
Local Approach
I can’t speak for every water utility, but at San Jose Water, we’re not waiting for regulations to kick in. On PFAS, we’ve already piloted ion exchange systems at several groundwater stations and are actively building out full-scale treatment. We’re also continuing to evaluate other filtration options like activated carbon and new adsorbents to match the right technology to each water source.
On microplastics, we’ve teamed up with Rutgers University and the Water Research Foundation to study where these particles come from, how they behave in drinking water, and how best to remove them. These partnerships help build the scientific foundation that utilities across the country will eventually rely on.
Of course, context matters. Today’s lab tools can detect substances in parts per trillion. That’s like finding a single drop of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Just because something shows up on a test doesn’t always mean it poses a health risk. But we don’t ignore it either. Our job is to stay ahead of science, even when the health effects aren’t fully understood yet.
Drinking water is one of the most regulated resources in the country. But San Jose Water goes above and beyond those standards. We run thousands of tests each year, continuously monitor our system, and invest in technology that helps us adapt to new challenges. We also work closely with regulators, researchers, and other utilities to share knowledge and shape smart policies.
Here’s the bottom line: water quality isn’t static, and neither are we. We treat every emerging issue as a chance to learn, improve, and lead. Not just because we have to, but because it’s the right thing to do. Delivering safe, high-quality water isn’t just our job. It’s our responsibility. And when the headlines raise tough questions, you can count on us to have real answers.
Suzanne DeLorenzo is the director of water quality at San Jose Water, the regulated private utility that supplies most of Los Gatos with drinking water.
SAMPLING San Jose Water quality inspector David Villa out in the field.
Name Changes
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. Case No. 25CV465547. Notice of Petition of Maya Maxine Garcia. Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Maya Maxine Garcia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. Maya Maxine Garcia to Proposed name: Maya Maxine Teofan. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: August 5, 2025, Time: 8:45 AM, Room: Probate . The address of the court is: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Downtown Superior Court. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Gatan 107 Dakota Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Date: May 12, 2025. /s/ Le Jacqueline Duong /s/, Judge of the Superior Court, Filed by /s/ D. Bueno /s/, Deputy Clerk. (Pub LGN: 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. Case No. 25CV466560. Notice of Petition of Virginia Guadalupe Cervantes Fernandez. Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Virginia Guadalupe Cervantes Fernandez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. Virginia Guadalupe Cervantes Fernandez, b. Virginia Pankevitch to Proposed name: Victoria Cervantes. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: August 26, 2025, Time: 8:45 AM, Room: Probate . The address of the court is: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Downtown Superior Court. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Gatan 107 Dakota Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Date: May 27, 2025. /s/ Le Jacqueline Duong /s/, Judge of the Superior Court, Filed by /s/ D. Bueno /s/, Deputy Clerk. (Pub LGN: 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statements
File Number: FBN715469. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. QRICS STUDIO, 2. QRICS 2108 N St Ste N, Sacramento, CA 95816. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company, QRICS LLC, 2108 N St Ste N, Sacramento, CA 95816. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 04/16/2025 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Nina Khamphilath /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. QRICS LLC, Article/Reg # 20250056097, Above Entity was Formed in the State of California. /s/ Minwoo Kim /s/ CEO. (Pub LGN: 05/28, 06/04, 06/11, 06/18/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716286
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lee’s Parts Supplies, 6469 Almaden Expy, Suite 80-445, San Jose, CA, 95120, Isael Marquez. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Isael Marquez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/15/2025. (pub LG 05/28, 06/04, 06/11, 06/18/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716173
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Evergreen Home Upgrades, 2071 Ringwood Ave., San Jose, CA, 95131, Nijah Investments Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/16/2024. /s/Derar Hawari. Owner. #3729271. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/12/2025. (pub LG 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #715951
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Rina Leang Bagels, 838 Blossom Hill Rd Suite 5, San Jose, CA, 95123, Rina Leang. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Rina Leang. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/02/2025. (pub LG 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #715886
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Spark by Hilton San Jose Airport, 2585 Seaboard Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95131, Chic Hospitality, LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/17/2011. /s/Roshni Patel. Managing Member. #BZ20250847617. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/01/2025. (pub LG 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
F ile Number: FBN716765. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. EVERYDAY HEROES REAL ESTATE, 2. EVERYDAY HEROES REAL ESTATE TEAM 3. EVERYDAY HEROES REAL ESTATE GROUP, 16780 Lark Ave, Ste A, Los Gatos, CA 95032. This business is conducted by: An Individual, BEN DODGE, 1057 Cochrane Ste 160 #213, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/30/2025 and 05/30/2025 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ FDominguez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Ben Dodge /s/. (Pub LGN: 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716663
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Grout Specialist, 4637 Fort Royal Place, San Jose, CA., 95136, Nga Tran. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/18/2019. /s/Nga Tran. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/27/2025. (pub LG 06/04, 06/11, 06/18, 06/25/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716681
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vela, 346 E. William St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Jaroen2025 LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/22/2025. /s/Sirirat S Wongpakansanti. Owner. #B20250093450. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/28/2025. (pub LG 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #715682
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mission RFG, 20671 Almaden Rd., San Jose, CA, 95120, Mission RGF LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/23/2025. /s/Arath Avila. Manager. #B20250063184. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/23/2025. (pub LG 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02/2025)
File Number: FBN716746. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Social Bar, 2048 Mcdaniel ave #2, San Jose, Ca 95128. This business is conducted by: An Individual, Lisa Riojas Carvalho, 2048 McDaniel Ave #2, San Jose, Ca 95128. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 05/30/2025 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ FDominguez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Lisa Riojas Carvalho /s/. (Pub LGN: 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716945
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Colin Drake Photo, 894 S. 2nd St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Colin Drake Jaramillo. This business is being conducted by a Individual. Registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Colin Drake Jaramillo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/05/2025. (pub LG 06/11, 06/18, 06/25, 07/02/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #717012
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vital Waterscapes, 1507 Brookvale Dr, Apt 1, San Jose, CA, 95129, Dennis L Britton. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/2025. /s/ Dennis L Britton. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/09/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716936
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Casuga Photography And Design, 1053 Summerwind court, San Jose, CA, 95132, Sandy Casuga. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/12/2025. /s/Sandy Casuga. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/05/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #717008
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Studio Gloss Autostyle, 385 Umbarger Road, San Jose, CA, 95111, SG Auto Styling LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/30/2025. /s/Vu Minh Le. Owner. #B202501436550. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/09/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #717114
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pars Coins, 155 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos, CA, 95030, Siamak Ahghari. This business is being conducted by a Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/11/1986. /s/ Siamak Ahghari. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #714599
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lovers Of The Holy Cross Of Cai Mon San Jose, 1341 Cotterell Dr., San Jose, CA, 95121. This business is being conducted by a Corporation Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/09/2025. /s/ Van P Nguyen. President. #BA202505077. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 003/14/2025. (pub LG0 5/07, 05/14, 05/21, 05/28/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #715734
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Plants’ Charm, 2805 Glen Decker Ct., San Jose, CA, 95148, Tram On. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Tram On. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/24/2025. (pub LG 05/07, 05/14, 05/21, 05/28/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #716290
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: After Five Creative, 140 Gilman Ave., Campbell, CA, 95008, EC Corporation. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Chris Salazar. President. #3899431. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/15/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #717126
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ironlocksmithsolutions, 150 Palm Vallley Blvd., APT 2173, San Jose, CA, 95123, Andriy Kulyani. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Andriy Kuliani. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2025. (pub LG 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
File Number: FBN716187. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ICOMPASS EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION CONSULTING , 16790 Stevens Canyon Road, Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is conducted by: An Individual, SANDY BABA, 16790 Stevens Canyon Road, Cupertino, CA 95014. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/11/2014 and 05/12/2025 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Elaine Fader /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Sandy Baba /s/. (Pub LGN: 06/18, 06/25, 07/02, 07/09/2025)
