Police Blotter, May 6 - 8, 2021

Battery

May 6, 1:49 p.m.: 0-100 block of West El Camino Real, Mountain View
May 6, 3:46 p.m.: 500 block of Castro Street, Mountain View

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Housing project can go forward without troubled developer

The 196-unit, high-density housing project at 5150 El Camino Real, approved by the Los Altos City Council in 2019, can move ahead even if the original...

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County warns Bullis Charter School over enrollment disparities

Bullis Charter School is failing to adequately enroll certain underrepresented student groups, the Santa Clara County Board of Education warned las...

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Los Altos High earns national Green Ribbon for sustainability

Los Altos High School students and staff have long worked to make the campus more environmentally friendly, and last month the federal government recognized the...

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Fire alarm tests planned Friday, Monday at Community Center

Contractors with the city of Los Altos are scheduled to install new fire alarms at the Los Altos Community Center on Hillview Avenue Friday (May 14) and run tests Monday (May 17).

Residents can expect to hear some fire-alarm noises during the day Friday and at 9 a.m. Monday.

“This will be loud to ...

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Simitian telephone town hall fields COVID-19 questions

With vaccination rates on the rise and questions remaining, Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian – whose District 5 includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View – has scheduled a telephone town hall devoted to answering residents’ questions about COVID-19.

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Eagles get defensive: Undefeated LA girls limit last 4 foes to under 30 points

The Los Altos High girls basketball team is off to its best start of the millennium. With three wins last week, the Eagles improved to 7-0.

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Spartans rally late to edge Pioneers in boys hoops

The Mountain View High boys basketball team overcame a seven-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat host Cupertino 38-33 Friday night.

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Other Voices: What’s all this about RHNA?

You may have heard that Los Altos is required to build approximately 2,000 new homes in the next 10 years. You may have been hearing about the state-mandated Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA. What the heck is all this? It sounds like a lot.

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Letters to the Editor: Help for council conflict, renewable energy

Group offers to help with council conflict

On behalf of Los Altos Community Voices, the statements of the Los Altos City Council members at the April 27 meeting convince us that it is past time for the council to accept responsibility and act with a sense of urgency to take concrete steps to resolv...

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Nutrient-rich dandelion greens hark back to grandmother’s kitchen

While health food enthusiasts sing the praises of kale, transforming the plant into smoothies and chips or adding the greens to casseroles and burgers, there is one medicinal plant t...

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Eats on State Street

When the Downtown Los Altos Farmers’ Market returned Thursday, familiar vendors reappeared, a few were missed in their absence and a few new faces debuted.

Menlo Park-based newcomer Little Sky Bakery’s reput...

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Before going on vacation, be sure to protect your home

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, many people are turning their thoughts to a long-awaited trip away from home, where they have been sheltering, Zooming, studying, working and playing for more than a year now.
If you are considering a trip away from home, here are some answers to questions yo...

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FTB pushes the extension to claim refund for tax year 2016 to Monday

The California Franchise Tax Board has pushed the extension to Monday for individual state taxpayers to claim a refund for tax year 2016.

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Nora Evans Buys

Nora Evans Buys left 'this veil of tears', as she used to say, on April 11, 2021. She spent her final months in the Sequoias Health 

Center in Portola Valley. After almost 10 years at the Sequoias, making friends, hosting family visitors, and serving as the Vespers coordinator, 

Nor...

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Donald “Duane” Ellison

Donald “Duane” Ellison, 90, passed away on April 27, 2021 at Sunrise Senior Living in Burlingame, a Loving & Caring community.

Born in San Francisco, beloved son of Earl Ellison Sr. (deceased) & Maxine Ellison (deceased), brother of Earl Ellison Jr. (deceased) & Pauline Peck (deceased)...

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TheatreWorks livestreams Felder’s ‘Anna & Sergei’ Sunday from Italy

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will offer viewers the world premiere livestream of Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff in “Anna & Sergei...

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PA Players presents first in-person show of year

Palo Alto Players returns to in-person theater for the first time since being shuttered in March 2020 with an outdoor staged production of “Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty,” scheduled to run today through May 23.

The play offers a look at life in the White House for three first ladies: La...

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Local parishes celebrate indoor services after conflicting court rulings

Local churches are again breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed its position Feb. 26 allowing indoor worship.

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Experiment in syncing lets worshippers sing together from isolation

In the annals of holiday Zoom events, the 60-church “The Bay Area Blessing”...

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The ABCs of ADUs: Homeowners share tales of downsized but luxurious living spaces

With apologies to Charles Dickens, this is “A Tale of Two ADUs” – accessory dwelling units – one built from the ground up, the other dropped from the sky.

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Relaxing retreat: Create a peaceful refuge in your own backyard

With the weather warming up, you don’t need to go far from home to create your own outdoor oasis. Spring is the perfect time to ready your porc...

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