The Los Altos Town Crier has won a California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) award for its editorial page coverage in 2005. The Town Crier received top honors in the annual Better Newspaper Contest for overall quality of its Comment section including editorials. The editorials in the September 2005 issues that were judged focused on local relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina and public education in Los Altos Hills.

The Crier also received a blue-ribbon committee honor, amounting to an honorable mention, for front-page design.

The presentation of the award will occur at CNPA’s annual convention, scheduled for July 13-15 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City.

The Town Crier was judged in the weekly, 11,000-25,000 circulation category.