Architects unveil town hall remodel plan
A rendering shows the latest proposed design for the Los Altos Hills Town Hall expansion. Features include an expanded Parks and Recreation Department, left, that connects to the main town hall structure through an interior door, and a fire truck turnaround, center, with disabled parking. Constructing the addition as shown would cost an estimated $1.5 million.
Preliminary architectural drawings for the Los Altos Hills Town Hall expansion hav...
Santa Clara Valley Lives: An apricot orchard serves as a sign of the times
The Los Altos Heritage Orchard on San Antonio Road sports a new sign, erected at the end of June after a long, citizen-led effort. The Los Altos History Museum has scheduled a formal dedication ceremony at the end of July.
The Los Altos Heritage Orchard finally has its sign. The tale of how it happened has elements of a quest and a treasure hunt.
Google funds MV shuttle for 5 more years
Google Inc. is set to extend funding for the Mountain View Community Shuttle for another five years.
Google Inc. officials revealed plans June 26 to extend funding for the Mountain View Community Shuttle for five years, enabling Phase 2 of the program to begin.
During Phase 1, Google totally funded the free shuttle service, operated by the company as part of an initiative to provide daytime transit options for Mountain View residents. Phase 2 will transition the opera...
Striking a new pose: Olivia Boutique moves down Main
Olivia Zinoni owns clothing shop Olivia Boutique, which has relocated down the street to 315 Main St.
It’s been 19 years since Olivia Zinoni opened her clothing boutique in Rancho Shopping Center, a vision she created with her younger brother after the native Italians decided to stay in the U.S. following college. This week, after moving twice, she officially opens the doors to her third storefront in Los Altos.
“I wouldn’t change anything,” Zinoni said of her j...
Berman meeting to air bill on homeless students
Los Altos Hills residents curious about the effect...
Los Altos launches web page tracking new developments
The Los Altos City Council...
Los Altos council rejects staff proposal to move chambers
At a study session prior to the June 25 Los Altos ...
Two MVLA soccer teams headed to nationals this week
A pair of teams from the Mountain View Los Altos S...
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Berman meeting to air bill on homeless students
6 DAYS AGO | Megan V. Winslow - Staff Writer/meganw@latc.com
Los Altos Hills residents curious about the effects of a proposed bill that would allow homeless community college students to sleep overnight on camp...
Schools
Architecture camp engages kids in world around them
6 DAYS AGO | Zoe Morgan - Staff Writer/zoem@latc.com
Cris Chai, top, works on painting part of his design at DesignX’s summer camp.
Last week, a group of 16 kids managed ...
Community
Community Briefs – Week of July 10
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
Schola Cantorum’s Summer Sings continues
Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley’s Summer Sings Program is scheduled to continue 7:30 p.m. Monday at Los Altos...
Sports
Sports on the Side
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
Pathways golf tourney tees off Monday
Pathways Home Health & Hospice’s seventh annual Links to the Heart Golf Tournament fundraiser is slat...
Comment
From the Mayor's Desk: Los Altos citizen efforts take root
6 DAYS AGO | Lynette Lee Eng
In the last few years as I have served on the Los Altos City Council, and now as I serve as mayor, one of the most satisfying parts of the job to me h...
Special Sections
Summer specials: soup, sauce and smoothie
6 DAYS AGO | Rita Held
It’s time to indulge in the abundance of summer produce. My “Cooking Simply” column means just that – simple and easy. Following are three ways ...
Business
Striking a new pose: Olivia Boutique moves down Main
6 DAYS AGO | Melissa Hartman - Staff Writer/melissah@latc.com
Olivia Zinoni owns clothing shop Olivia Boutique, which has relocated down the street to 315 Main St.
It’s been 19 ye...
People
Merry B. Stephenson
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Report
Merry B. Stephenson (October 2, 1939 – May 29, 2019)
Our beautiful and beloved Merry, retired Los Altos primary grade teacher, succumbed to cancer on...
Magazine
Jazz ConneXion brings its groove to the festival
6 DAYS AGO | Angie Wang - Town Crier Editorial Intern
Dale Nesbitt leads the Los Altos-based Jazz ConneXion.
Los Altos-based Jazz ConneXion is set to perform at the Los Altos...
News
Berman meeting to air bill on homeless students
Los Altos Hills residents curious about the effects of a proposed bill that would allow homeless community college students to sleep overnight on campus have an opportunity next week to interface with the bill’s lead author, State Assemblyman Marc Berman.
Berman and Los Altos Hills Mayor Roger Spre...
Workshop scheduled as Los Altos Hills residents sort through waste collection changes
Los Altos Hills’ new agreement with GreenWaste Recovery Inc. includes increased rates and a requirement that residents push their own yard-trimmings containers to the curb.
Los Altos Hills’ waste collection provider has scheduled a public workshop 1-3 p.m. Sunday at town h...
Schools
Architecture camp engages kids in world around them
Cris Chai, top, works on painting part of his design at DesignX’s summer camp.
Last week, a group of 16 kids managed to plan and build an entire neighborhood from scratch.
Granted, that neighborhood was only a 12-foot-by-12-foot model, but it was made to scale and c...
Schools Briefs: Volunteers and contest entrants sought
Schola Cantorum runs teen poetry contest
Mountain View-based Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley launched a poetry contest for high school students, with the winning poem set to new music and performed by the 75-voice ensemble.
Young poets are asked to submit work under the theme “California’s Natural ...
Community
Community Briefs – Week of July 10
Schola Cantorum’s Summer Sings continues
Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley’s Summer Sings Program is scheduled to continue 7:30 p.m. Monday at Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave.
Attendees can sing along as a “drop-in” choir as Lou De La Rosa, director of Choral and Vocal Studies at...
Engineer displays art at festival to evoke emotions
The artwork of Anne DeGheest is set for display at the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival this weekend.
Anne DeGheest didn’t grow up as an artist. She moved to the U.S. from Belgium to pursue a career as an engineer studying health-care companies, and the idea of draw...
Sports
Sports on the Side
Pathways golf tourney tees off Monday
Pathways Home Health & Hospice’s seventh annual Links to the Heart Golf Tournament fundraiser is slated Monday at Stanford Golf Course. Registration and a putting contest will begin at 10 a.m., followed by an 11:30 a.m. shotgun start. Registration is ...
Two MVLA soccer teams headed to nationals this week
A pair of teams from the Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club have qualified for the national semifinals.
MVLA 04G Barcelona ECNL and MVLA 05B Pumas NPL are scheduled to begin play in the final four of their respective age groups this week.
Comment
From the Mayor's Desk: Los Altos citizen efforts take root
In the last few years as I have served on the Los Altos City Council, and now as I serve as mayor, one of the most satisfying parts of the job to me has been working with so many engaged residents. I’m proud that people in our city have been willing to persist in their goals to work with their neigh...
Editorial: Assessing the festival 40 years later
The 40th anniversary of the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, scheduled this weekend, gives us an opportunity to weigh its impact on downtown Los Altos.
Decades later, the festival remains Los Altos’ most popular event. Each year, we gather to celebrate sunny summertimes and enjoy a weekend escap...
Special Sections
Summer specials: soup, sauce and smoothie
It’s time to indulge in the abundance of summer produce. My “Cooking Simply” column means just that – simple and easy. Following are three ways to indulge without drama.
A top crop: Finding valley's heritage fruit
Lisa Price Newman showcases the versatility of apricots in her cookbook.
When Lisa Prince Newman demonstrated apricot recipes at the Los Altos History Museum’s Apricot STEM Fair June 30, she pulled fruit from a lug just harvested down the road in the Sunn...
Business
Striking a new pose: Olivia Boutique moves down Main
Olivia Zinoni owns clothing shop Olivia Boutique, which has relocated down the street to 315 Main St.
It’s been 19 years since Olivia Zinoni opened her clothing boutique in Rancho Shopping Center, a vision she created with her younger brother after the native Italian...
What's in a name? : Explaining types of homeownership
I am asked often about the differences in homeownership. The answer is fairly straightforward if you think in terms of two distinct categories: what the building looks like and how it’s owned.
Q: I saw a house for sale that looked like a townhome, but they called it a single-family home. How can th...
People
Merry B. Stephenson
Merry B. Stephenson (October 2, 1939 – May 29, 2019)
Our beautiful and beloved Merry, retired Los Altos primary grade teacher, succumbed to cancer on May 29, 2019, passing away peacefully with her children by her side.
Born Merolyn Lou Bovee in Inglewood, California, she surprised her parents Hele...
Margaret (Peggy) Jean Urband Curry
Margaret (Peggy) Jean Urband Curry, age 86, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Sunnyvale after a brief illness. She was born June 12, 1933, in Ithaca, New York, to Harold “Red” and Florence (McKenzie) Urband.
She was a 1951 graduate of St. Rose Academy, San Francisco, and a 1955 graduate of...
Obituaries
Merry B. Stephenson
Merry B. Stephenson (October 2, 1939 – May 29, 2019)
Our beautiful and beloved Merry, retired Los Altos primary grade teacher, succumbed to cancer on May 29, 2019, passing away peacefully with her children by her side.
Born Merolyn Lou Bovee in Inglewood, California, she surprised her parents Hele...
Margaret (Peggy) Jean Urband Curry
Margaret (Peggy) Jean Urband Curry, age 86, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Sunnyvale after a brief illness. She was born June 12, 1933, in Ithaca, New York, to Harold “Red” and Florence (McKenzie) Urband.
She was a 1951 graduate of St. Rose Academy, San Francisco, and a 1955 graduate of...
Stepping Out
'Language' launches TheatreWorks' season
Linguist George (Jomar Tagatac) is so focused on preserving dying languages that he fails to communicate with his wife, Mary (Elena Wright), in “The Language Archive,” a comedy presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley today through Aug. 4 at the Lucie Stern Th...
PYT performs 'Princess' Friday night
Peninsula Youth Theatre’s annual Theatre in the Park series continues with “Princess Who,” scheduled 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ outdoor ParkStage, adjacent to Pioneer Park.
The play is about a young girl who wakes in the forest and can’t remember anything....
Spiritual Life
Bet on it: Christian author says 'yes' to God's unexpected path
Popular author Bill Myers grins for the camera as a winged friend photo-bombs him.
With titles like “My Life as Alien Monster Bait,” it’s no wonder that Bill Myers’ books are popular among Los Altos students in elementary school. His books and animated series, including “...
Foothills Congregational hosts Zen presentation, book signing Saturday
Foothills Congregational Church is scheduled to host a presentation and book signing with authors Les Kaye and Teresa Bouza 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday in the church’s Parish Hall, 461 Orange Ave., Los Altos.
Kaye and Bouza are authors of “A Sense of Something Greater: Zen and the Search for Balance in Si...
Magazine
Jazz ConneXion brings its groove to the festival
Dale Nesbitt leads the Los Altos-based Jazz ConneXion.
Los Altos-based Jazz ConneXion is set to perform at the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival for the first time, taking over the Community Plaza Stage 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The group was established 19 years ago, a...
Array of musical acts perform at festival
Take 2 takes the festival’s Main Stage at 6 p.m. Saturday. The band performs regularly throughout the Bay Area, covering songs from a wide array of genres and artists.
Town Crier Staff Report
Performing classic rock to dance music, a range of Bay Area artists and bands are s...
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