LASD unveils 10th school site deal
The Los Altos School District recently completed a deal to purchase a 10th school site at the corner of Showers Drive and California Street in Mountain View. The 11.65-acre parcel encompasses the land where, from left, Kohl’s, 24 Hour Fitness and Joann fabrics currently sit.
After years of negotiations, the Los Altos School District is set to buy a 10th school site at the corner of California Street and Showers Drive in Mountain View.
The district pubicly...
Pre-emptive PG&E outages could cut power for up to a week
Scheduled PG&E power outages that left thousands of customers in the Sierra Foothills and North Bay in the dark earlier this month as part of a wildfire prevention measure could be coming to Los Altos Hills and surrounding towns in the future.
In the aftermath of the devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfire seasons, the local utility has started implementing so-called public safety power shutoffs, a component of its Community Wildfire Safety Program. A PG&E representative met May 2...
Mtn. View council to ban RV parking – gradually
Note: This story has been updated to include additonal statements in reaction to the council's action that came in after the Town Crier's print deadline.
Over numerous protests, the Mountain View City Council last week forged ahead with a rollout of parking restrictions on RVs and other oversized vehicles.
In a June 11 meeting that lasted until 3:23 a.m., council members directed city staff to return in the fall with a modified ordinance addressing health and safety issues surrounding such veh...
Apricot STEM event features family-friendly activities
The Los Altos History Museum’s Apricot STEM Fair, scheduled 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 30, includes activities that highlight the science-fair-meets-state-fair vibe.
Designed for all ages, the free event will feature science-themed games, interactive exhibits, an appearance by a NASA scientist and apricot tasting. Local education nonprofit groups and vendors will present hands-on STEM activities, NASA Ames Research Center will provide a live link-up to the space station and the Los Altos Environmen...
'Alpha Girls' author highlights successful Silicon Valley women
Julian Guthrie, author of the new boo...
Redefining 'The Longest Day': Local hairdresser works to shed light on Alzheimers disease
Eric Ringo, pictured ...
Don't worry, be happy: Five ways to leverage positive psychology
According to the recently released Gallup World Em...
'Mummy tummy': The postpartum problem no one wants to talk about
Physical therapist...
Committing to 'gift with meaning': local moms kick-start venture featuring work of stay-at-home artists
An assembled BIZIBOT, ...
Pickleball picking up steam on new courts at Rengstorff Park
Mountain View Mayor ...
Los Altos voters defeat proposed tax for storm drain work
Los Altos residents have soundly defeated a city t...
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Los Altos voters defeat proposed tax for storm drain work
4 DAYS AGO | Town Crier Staff Report
Los Altos residents have soundly defeated a city tax proposal to fund storm drain maintenance and repair work over the next 30 years.
City officials ...
Schools
FHDA board initiates process for replacing De Anza’s Flint Center
5 DAYS AGO | Bruce Barton
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees voted to permanently close the Flint Center.
While s...
Community
Morning Forum season ends with ode to George Gershwin
6 DAYS AGO | Nancy Ginsburg Gill - Special to the Town Crier
Dr. Richard Kogan gets a warm reception from the Morning Forum of Los Altos audience following his June 4 ...
Sports
Sports on the Side
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
Inkster wins golf event in Washington state
Los Altos resident Juli Inkster won the Suquamish Clearwater Legends Cup June 9 at White Horse Golf Club ...
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Letters to the Editor - Week of June 19
6 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
Student pinpoints dangerous intersection
My name is Alex and I am 14 years old. I am writing to you to tell you my feelings about the Fallen Leaf Lan...
Special Sections
Redefining 'The Longest Day': Local hairdresser works to shed light on Alzheimers disease
6 DAYS AGO | Melissa Hartman - Staff Writer/melissah@latc.com
Eric Ringo, pictured at his salon in downtown Los Altos, has raised approximately $4,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association....
Business
Committing to 'gift with meaning': local moms kick-start venture featuring work of stay-at-home artists
6 DAYS AGO | Melissa Hartman - Staff Writer/melissah@latc.com
An assembled BIZIBOT, designed for kids by Virginie Manichon of San Francisco, is among The White Mulberry’s selections fe...
People
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
-1 DAYS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Report
June 17, 1921-July 1, 2018 First Anniversary of her Death Mary Epler was born in Eaton, Colorado on June 17, 1921. She was the oldest surviving child ...
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Let’s get busy: Caregiver workshop and trip to Gamble Garden
1 MONTHS AGO | Los Altos Town Crier Staff
The following events are scheduled through the Los Altos Senior Program and Avenidas.
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Los Altos voters defeat proposed tax for storm drain work
Los Altos residents have soundly defeated a city tax proposal to fund storm drain maintenance and repair work over the next 30 years.
City officials announced results today, reporting 2,570 voting no (56 percent) and 2,039 voting yes (44 percent) of the total 4,609 mailed-in ballots received.
The ...
Police Blotter: residents assist in arrest
LAH residents help nab burglary suspect
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office credits Los Altos Hills’ “diligently alert and aware community” with helping apprehend a potential burglar earlier this month.
Multiple residents called the Sheriff’s Office June 6 to report a man knocking on multiple ...
Schools
FHDA board initiates process for replacing De Anza’s Flint Center
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees voted to permanently close the Flint Center.
While supporters lament the loss of the Flint Center, leaders in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District are moving ahead with a plan for replacing t...
LASD budget strives to boost reserve funds
The Los Altos School District’s 2019-2020 budget aims to tighten spending and shore up the district’s reserves to prepare for a possible recession.
Community
Morning Forum season ends with ode to George Gershwin
Dr. Richard Kogan gets a warm reception from the Morning Forum of Los Altos audience following his June 4 appearance.
The Morning Forum of Los Altos’ 69th year ended on a musical note June 4 with Dr. Richard Kogan’s presentation on “The Mind and Music ...
Apricot STEM event features family-friendly activities
The Los Altos History Museum’s Apricot STEM Fair, scheduled 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 30, includes activities that highlight the science-fair-meets-state-fair vibe.
Designed for all ages, the free event will feature science-themed games, interactive exhibits, an appearance by a NASA scientist and apri...
Sports
A Chapman champion
Mack Cheli proudly hoists the national championship trophy his Chapman University baseball team won this month.
Those championship dogpiles are starting to pile up for Mack Cheli.
Three years ago, the Los Altos native celebrated winning the Central Coast Section Op...
Pickleball picking up steam on new courts at Rengstorff Park
Mountain View Mayor Lisa Matichak, center, cuts the ribbon on the new pickleball courts at Rengstorff Park. Mountain View resident Monica Williams, standing at right of Matichak, played an integral role in the project.
It has been two months since the opening of the...
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Haugh About That?: In her last Town Crier column, Jackie Madden Haugh offers thanks
“Hi, Jackie, this is Bruce Barton of the Los Altos Town Crier. I want to talk to you about this piece you just wrote.”
The year was 2010. My first book, “My Life in a Tutu,” had recently been published and for some strange reason, the powers that be at the Relay For Life cancer fundraiser thought I...
Letters to the Editor - Week of June 19
Student pinpoints dangerous intersection
My name is Alex and I am 14 years old. I am writing to you to tell you my feelings about the Fallen Leaf Lane/Homestead Road intersection.
I live on Fallen Leaf Lane and I use this intersection every day. It is not safe whatsoever. There aren’t lights. Ther...
Special Sections
Redefining 'The Longest Day': Local hairdresser works to shed light on Alzheimers disease
Eric Ringo, pictured at his salon in downtown Los Altos, has raised approximately $4,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Los Altos hairstylist Eric Ringo remembers a day in 2012 when things took a turn for the brighter for his family. It was the day his parents, whom...
Don't worry, be happy: Five ways to leverage positive psychology
According to the recently released Gallup World Emotions Report, Americans are among the most stressed and worried people in the world at 55% and 45%, respectively. Causes for these negative emotions include workplace pressures, especially for women and working moms; increased competition within com...
Business
Committing to 'gift with meaning': local moms kick-start venture featuring work of stay-at-home artists
An assembled BIZIBOT, designed for kids by Virginie Manichon of San Francisco, is among The White Mulberry’s selections featured in their customized gift boxes.
Los Altos resident and The White Mulberry co-founder Mansi Bhatia hands me a plastic bookmark to decorate, b...
Why try to beat the market?
I attended a large foundation’s investment committee meeting the other day to learn about its investment strategy.
One of the active fund managers the foundation uses for large-cap U.S. stock investments attended to discuss their methodology for achieving better returns than the Standard & Poor...
People
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
June 17, 1921-July 1, 2018 First Anniversary of her Death Mary Epler was born in Eaton, Colorado on June 17, 1921. She was the oldest surviving child of Albert Allen Epler and Susan E. Leadbetter Epler; five years later, she was joined by her sister, Ruth. Like all American families of the time, her...
William Jackman Schatz II
October 20, 1934 – June 5, 2019 Bill Schatz passed away peacefully at home in Los Altos after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. The family moved a few months later to Indianapolis, Indiana where Bill was raised. He attended local schools, as well as Culver Military Academy ...
Obituaries
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
June 17, 1921-July 1, 2018 First Anniversary of her Death Mary Epler was born in Eaton, Colorado on June 17, 1921. She was the oldest surviving child of Albert Allen Epler and Susan E. Leadbetter Epler; five years later, she was joined by her sister, Ruth. Like all American families of the time, her...
William Jackman Schatz II
October 20, 1934 – June 5, 2019 Bill Schatz passed away peacefully at home in Los Altos after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. The family moved a few months later to Indianapolis, Indiana where Bill was raised. He attended local schools, as well as Culver Military Academy ...
Stepping Out
'One Man' takes the stage at Lucie Stern
Palo Alto Players’ “One Man, Two Guvnors” stars, from left, Brad Satterwhite (as Stanley Stubbers), Doug Santana (Francis Henshall) and Katie O’Bryon Champlin (Rachel Crabbe).
Palo Alto Players closes its 2018-2019 season with the British farce “One M...
'Archduke' plays on in Mountain View
Nedeljko (Adam Shonkwiler) and Trifko (Jeremy Kahn) are insurgents in “Archduke.”
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is slated to present “Archduke” through June 30 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.
Written by Pulitzer Prize fina...
Spiritual Life
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...
Exploitation of Asian women topic of May 10 discussion at Union Presbyterian Church
Union Presbyterian Church of Los Altos has scheduled a luncheon featuring a presentation by Bernadette Ashby on the exploitation of women in Asia noon May 10 in the church’s Fellowship Hall, 858 University Ave.
Ashby, who travels each year to Bangkok and Pattaya in Thailand to oversee vo...
Magazine
Let’s get busy: Caregiver workshop and trip to Gamble Garden
The following events are scheduled through the Los Altos Senior Program and Avenidas.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Chuck Baker!: Local senior takes to the skies
Chuck Baker prepares for his skydiving adventure last month. The World War II pilot never had to deploy his parachute during the war.
To celebrate his 100th birthday earlier this year, World War II B-17 pilot Charles "Chuck" Baker took flight above Hol...
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