Pear takes 'Steps' into new decade
Elizabeth (Betsy Kruse Craig, left) and her hard-drinking tycoon husband, Roland (Todd Wright, center), consider buying their rental home with help from their lawyer, Tristram (Max Tachis), in Pear Theatre’s production of “Taking Steps.” The play is slated to open this week.
Pear Theatre kicks off the decade with the farce “Taking Steps,” written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Troy Johnson. The play is slated to preview Thursday, open Friday...
Mountain View program emphasizes community building
As part of a continuing effort to live more sustainably, Palo Alto resident Sandra Slater began cooking with an induction hot plate and traveling by public transportation.
She was riding the train to Mountain View one day recently when she suddenly feared she had left her new appliance on. Slater’s go-t...
Los Altos Friends group petitions city to remain at civic center
Margaret Brooks, left, standing, asks for a show of hands last week on whether Friends of the Library of Los Altos should insist on remaining at the civic center.
Moving Friends of the Library of Los Altos operations off the city’s civic center campus is not an option, according to supporters who met last week to discuss the nonprofit group’s next steps. Friends also launched a petition drive to remain at a site they’ve called home for nearly 45 years.
At the occas...
World Affairs spotlights U.S. election interference
Alex Stamos discusses election meddling at last week’s World Affairs meeting in Los Altos.
A leading cyber-security expert believes the United States remains vulnerable to online attacks that threaten to undermine the integrity of its elections process.
Alex Stamos, speaking at the Jan. 8 meeting of the Peninsula Chapter of World Affairs at the Los Altos Youth Center, added that not much is being done about it.
Los Altos, Mountain View tie in boys & girls soccer
He has a way with words: Con-verse-ing with local poet Bob Simon
Bob Simon relaxes at his ...
Los Altos residents voice concerns at last neighborhood meeting
Residents attend Thur...
Stanford doctors discuss impact of Roe v. Wade on women's health
The Los Altos-Mountain View branc...
Baking the world a better place: Local resident opens gluten-free Sweet Diplomacy after long wait
Cupertino Union preschool program plans continued expansion
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Voters to decide on oversized vehicle parking restrictions
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Schools
Los Altos High construction faces weather-related delays
5 DAYS AGO | Zoe Morgan
Community
Museum presents photography of J. Gilbert Smith
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff - Special to the Town Crier
Courtesy of Los Altos History Museum
Sports
Eagles eke by Spartans
6 DAYS AGO | Pete Borello - Staff Writer/peteb@latc.com
Los Altos High’s Jamie Baum shoots over Mountain View’s Fiona Huang in Saturday’s game. Baum scored a ...
Comment
Other Voices: The evolution of the Los Altos History Museum
6 DAYS AGO | Elisabeth Ward
I was recently asked, “How did the Los Altos History Museum get land in the middle of the civic center?” This is a very relevant question amid...
Special Sections
Senior Briefs: Library access, bocce ball and more
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
LA Senior Program
The Los Altos Senior Center is located at Grant Park, 1575 Holt Ave. For more information, call 947-2797 or visit losaltosca.gov/re...
Business
Baking the world a better place: Local resident opens gluten-free Sweet Diplomacy after long wait
5 DAYS AGO | Melissa Hartman
People
Michael Len Mazor
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Report
January 13, 1969 Sunnyvale, CA. December 14, 2019 Brooklyn, NY Michael Len Mazor, son of Stan and Maurine Mazor of Los Altos, loving husband to Iwona ...
Magazine
Seasonal splendor: Cauliflower crowns a holiday meal
2 MONTHS AGO | Blanche Shaheen
Cauliflower “steaks” make a colorful and healthful seasonal dish.
As the low-carb lifestyle continues to grow in popul...
News
Voters to decide on oversized vehicle parking restrictions
The Mountain View City Council Tuesday night (Jan. 14) voted unanimously to place its ordinance restricting oversized vehicle parking on ...
I'm Just a Bill: 2020 laws intended to regulate employers
Several California Senate and Assembly bills traveled through the State Legislature and became law Jan. 1. The Town Crier is highlighting new legislation and its ramifications, categorized by topic. Part 1, which ran last week, focused on housing. Part 2 centers on workplace standards.
Schools
Los Altos High construction faces weather-related delays
Construction of new classroom buildings is underway in the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District, but recent ...
Cupertino Union preschool program plans continued expansion
The Cupertino Union School District’s preschool program expanded to Montclaire Elementary School in south Los Altos this school year and is set to grow to two more schools in the...
Community
Museum presents photography of J. Gilbert Smith
Courtesy of Los Altos History Museum
Before the dramatic black-and-white photography of Ansel Adams, local orcha...
Pear takes 'Steps' into new decade
Elizabeth (Betsy Kruse Craig, left) and her hard-drinking tycoon husband, Roland (Todd Wright, center), consider buying their rental home with help from their lawyer, Tristram (Max Tachis), in Pear Theatre’s production of “Taking Steps.” The play is sl...
Sports
Eagles eke by Spartans
Los Altos High’s Jamie Baum shoots over Mountain View’s Fiona Huang in Saturday’s game. Baum scored a game-high 13 points.
The Los Altos High girls basketball team scored only two points in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, and that was just ...
Los Altos, Mountain View tie in boys & girls soccer
In what Mountain View High boys soccer coach Jim McGuirk described as a “very defensive game,” his Spartans played host Los Altos to a scoreless tie Friday....
Comment
Editorial: New ownership means bright future for Town Crier
The age of the internet and social media has not been kind to newspapers. It seems a week doesn’t go by without a newspaper closing or merging into something less than what it was.
For most of its 72-year history, the Los Altos Town Crier has operated in the black. Thanks to its historically strong...
Letters to the Editor, Friends of the Library
Friends of Library makes clarifications
I very much appreciate Friends of the Library of Los Altos receiving such extensive coverage in the Town Crier (“Friends of the Library asks to stay at civic center after committee fails to agree on long-term plan,” Jan. 1). However, I need to correct some er...
Special Sections
Senior Briefs: Library access, bocce ball and more
LA Senior Program
The Los Altos Senior Center is located at Grant Park, 1575 Holt Ave. For more information, call 947-2797 or visit losaltosca.gov/recreation/page/senior-program.
• Los Altos Library’s Go Go Biblio. The bookmobile visits the senior center 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Bring yo...
Reviewing Medicare costs for 2020
As we head into the new year, let’s review how much your Medicare premiums, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs will total in 2020.
Business
Baking the world a better place: Local resident opens gluten-free Sweet Diplomacy after long wait
Six months after Mountain View resident Melody Hu planned to open the doors of her gluten-free patisseri...
Nest Egg Briefs: Understanding the new SECURE Act’s impact
The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump recently passed the bipartisan Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act as part of another spending bill needed to keep the federal government operating for a few more months. The SECURE Act represents one of the biggest changes ...
People
Michael Len Mazor
January 13, 1969 Sunnyvale, CA. December 14, 2019 Brooklyn, NY Michael Len Mazor, son of Stan and Maurine Mazor of Los Altos, loving husband to Iwona Mazor and father extraordinaire to Willow Mazor succumbed to brain cancer December 14, 2019. Michael attended Montclaire Elementary School. He went on...
David Clark Loudy
David Clark Loudy passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 10, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. David was born on January 19, 1946 in Oakland, CA to Marjorie Wise Loudy and Francis Howard Loudy. He was raised in San Leandro, CA and attended San Lorenz...
Obituaries
Michael Len Mazor
January 13, 1969 Sunnyvale, CA. December 14, 2019 Brooklyn, NY Michael Len Mazor, son of Stan and Maurine Mazor of Los Altos, loving husband to Iwona Mazor and father extraordinaire to Willow Mazor succumbed to brain cancer December 14, 2019. Michael attended Montclaire Elementary School. He went on...
David Clark Loudy
David Clark Loudy passed peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 10, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. David was born on January 19, 1946 in Oakland, CA to Marjorie Wise Loudy and Francis Howard Loudy. He was raised in San Leandro, CA and attended San Lorenz...
Stepping Out
PYT serves 'Tacos' this weekend in Mtn. View
Peninsula Youth Theatre’s production of “Dragons Love Tacos” is set to run Friday and Saturday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.
The play is based on Adam Rubin’s best-selling children’s book about a taco-loving dragon who isn’t the ideal party guest after being se...
'Pianist' honors star Golabek's mother
In the music-filled narrative “The Pianist from Willesden Lane,” opening this week in Mountain View, Mona Golabek tells the story of her mother, Lisa Jura, a young Jewish musician enduring the plights of World War II and the Holocaust.
Golabek traces her mother’s escape from Vienna to a children’s ...
Spiritual Life
Prophetic healer van Veelen visits local churches
Gordon van Veelen, European Healing Rooms Ambassador for the International Association of Healing Rooms, is scheduled to visit InSpirit Healing Rooms in Los Altos and Saratoga.
Spiritual Life Brief - LAUMC support group
LAUMC launches grief support group
Los Altos United Methodist Church has scheduled a six-week Good Grief Support Group 7-8:30 p.m. beginning Sunday and continuing Sundays through March 2 in the church’s Redwood Room, 655 Magdalena Ave.
In a culture that often avoids talking about loss, the Good Gr...
Magazine
Seasonal splendor: Cauliflower crowns a holiday meal
Cauliflower “steaks” make a colorful and healthful seasonal dish.
As the low-carb lifestyle continues to grow in popularity, cauliflower has become the superstar vegetable of the culinary movement, morphing into cauliflower rice, pureed as a replacement for mashed pot...
Up with the roosters: Pre-dawn Masses celebrate Advent
It’s 5:30 a.m. Most people are home asleep or brewing coffee or perhaps starting their commute. Others are in church.
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