A man who hid his identity beneath a straw hat alegedly robbed the Bank of America on Fremont Road in south Los Altos July 8 during peak business hours. Police earlier this week were trying to locate the lanky, six-foot, four-inch black man who escaped with approximately $9,000.

Los Altos police officer John Hughmanick said the man pushed past customers at around 3 p.m. and scaled the counter while announcing, “This is a robbery.”

“The bank was loaded with customers,” Hughmanick said. “He was very brazen.”

No one was injured. He appeared to be unarmed, Hughmanick added.

Witnesses said the man was wearing a straw hat, white T-shirt, baggy blue jeans and white sneakers. He looked about 30 years old.

A second bank robber with Los Altos ties struck in a different city just days after the Bank of America incident.

The woman dubbed the “Bag Lady Bandit,” who robbed the Bank of America branch at Alberton’s last March, struck again at a Wells Fargo Bank in Livermore July 12.

Witnesses said she gave the teller a note and then carried out the cash in a red bag, similar to the one used in Los Altos.

Witnesses saw her leave the bank in a green convertible used in earlier robberies.

She is wanted for several bank robberies throughout the Bay Area.