The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District has struck a deal with the teachers’ union to bring students and teachers back to campus for in-person classes using a hybrid schedule beginning in mid-April.
As we round the horn of a full year under pandemic protocols, local restaurants continue to experiment with new menus and even a few bold debuts.
Aurum has been drawing rapturous interest since the Town Crie...
I have been writing this column for three years, and my topics have moved from advice on how an expert cyclist can blend with traffic safely and without antagonizing drivers to discussions of state-of-the-art accommodation of riders of all skill levels and training for novice cyclists.
Prior to Los Altos Hills’ goal-setting meeting Friday, moderator Nancy Hetrick privately met with city council members to suss out topics and projects each considered priorities for 2021. She said all five members led with fire safety and emergency preparedness.
The Los Altos High girls cross-country team is so ...
Bruce Barton
A Los Altos City Council member remains at the center of controversy over alleged racist remarks made last November, with calls for her apology growin...
Zoe Morgan
The Friends of the Los Altos Library launched a website in October and then had to temporarily shut it down for lack of access to the library. The sit...
Pete Borello
Mountain View ...
Town Crier Editorial Board
Los Altos City Councilmember Lynette Lee Eng may think silence is golden when it comes to her now very public dispute with local Black youth leader Ke...
Mike Hagerty
Small businesses in Los Altos have through March 10 to apply for additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s office and...
Los Altos Town Crier Report
Mary Ellen Kindt McKenzie (Ellen), died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 24, 2021, age 92, while in hospice in Chico, CA.
Ellen was born on...
Mary Larsen
With the family working and studying at home, and vacatio...
A Los Altos City Council member remains at the center of controversy over alleged racist remarks made last November, with calls for her apology growing louder as her silence on the matter continues.
Mountain View residents can take advantage of two free waste disposal events this week, one for electronic items and the other for paper products.
The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District has struck a deal with the teachers’ union to bring students and teachers ...
Blach and Egan junior high schools are set to reopen next week, almost exactly one year after they closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Friends of the Los Altos Library launched a website in October and then had to temporarily shut it down for lack of access to the library. The site – folbookshelf.org – is back in action beginning Friday.
When guest “Jeopardy!” host Mike Richards announced the categories for “Double Jeopardy,” Natalie Tyson was instantl...
Mountain View High senior Tai Nguyen’s athletic background should serve him well in college, whether he joins a team or not. That’s because the three-sport athlete ...
The Los Altos High girls cross-country team is so far making the most of its shortened season, winning its first two league meets – both at the expense of rival Mountain View.
Los Altos City Councilmember Lynette Lee Eng may think silence is golden when it comes to her now very public dispute with local Black youth leader Kenan Moos. But for the rest of us, the silence is deafening.
The Feb. 17 Town Crier article “‘A lot of damage done’: Council members spar over dubious housing report” shows how little progress we are making in improving transparency in city government.
Three months after my review of the remarkable Genesis G90 sedan (Dec. 2 Town Crier), we now have more evidence that the lu...
As you walk to your car on a winter morning, you notice there is frost on the front windshield. This isn’t a big deal for most car owners – just start the car, let the engine heat up the coolant and turn on the defroster.
Small businesses in Los Altos have through March 10 to apply for additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s office and the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce have announced. The new, limited application period applies to businesses of 20 employees or fewer.
Tucked in a corner at State and Third streets, in between a law office and a skincare center, sits a cozy space full of plants.
“Not a l...
Mary Ellen Kindt McKenzie (Ellen), died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, January 24, 2021, age 92, while in hospice in Chico, CA.
Ellen was born on June 24, 1928 in Kenosha Wisconsin. She is predeceased by her parents, George Marcus (Mark) Kindt and Nettie Titania (Tanie) Hill Kindt, brother, Ori...
Captain Edward Donald Clark, age 86, passed peacefully in his Los Altos, California home on August, 22, 2020. He was proceeded to his heavenly estate by his devoted wife, Barbara Jean DuBois, and his parents, Edward Clark and Mary Boshek. With fondness, Edward, recalled his experiences during the wa...
Mountain View’s Community School of Music and Arts this weekend presents a free livestream concert featuring its merit scholars performing family duets.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and The Getty Villa Museum are co-producing a virtual play reading of Laurel Ollstein’s “Pandora,” the story of Pandora’s Box, that is scheduled to be streamed for free through March 19.
In the annals of holiday Zoom events, the 60-church “The Bay Area Blessing”...
Baha’i writings offer the following reflection.
With the family working and studying at home, and vacations pretty much on hold, the pandemic-induced lockdown may seem like the perfect time for an addition – of the four-legged variety – to the household.
Volunteering is at the heart of many local nonprofit organizations, which often rely on those willing to give their time and resources back to the community. However, the coronavirus pand...