By City celebrates 'Thurber Day'

In celebration of Los Altos’ 50th anniversary as a city this month, the Los Altos City Council designated June 3, 2002, Jim Thurber Day, honoring the former mayor who served from 1962 to 1966. That date is Thurber’s birthday. Thurber served the most consecutive years as mayor in the city’s history. Today’s laws require the mayoral position to rotate among the council every year.

The city council plans to honor different past mayors at its council meetings throughout next year as part of the 50th anniversary celebration activities.

Septic tanks, high-density development along San Antonio Road and the placement of I-280 were some of the city’s hot topics during Thurber’s term. He helped replace the city’s septic tanks with a sewer system.

Santa Clara County

Kniss supports new trail plan

Los Altos

Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss last week publicly praised Stanford University’s newest trail proposal that opens the cow tunnel that runs under Interstate 280 for public use, providing a link to Palo Alto’s Arastradero Preserve Trail. Environmental groups have urged the opening of the tunnel since Stanford first proposed a trail plan that ended at I-280.

Kniss said the new proposal “significantly moves us in the right direction.”

The county board of supervisors was scheduled to decide on whether to accept Stanford’s latest trail proposal late last week. Kniss represents District Five, which includes Los Altos.

-Town Crier Staff Report