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The Los Altos History Museum will offer a guided tour of the J. Gilbert Smith House, above, May 10.

The Los Altos History Museum is scheduled to commemorate May as Preservation Month with the opening of the exhibition “Dormers to Doors: A Look at a California Bungalow,” on display May 10 through June 17 in the museum’s J. Gilbert Smith House, 51 S. San Antonio Road.

The exhibition will explore the California bungalow style, and how aspects of the house were inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement of the 20th century.

Courtesy of Gary Hedden
Linda Ziff, far left, and Gary Hedden, center holding blue bike, lead GreenTown Los Altos’ Lawn Be Gone walking and bicycle tours.

GreenTown Los Altos hosted Lawn Be Gone bicycle and walking garden tours April 21 in the Dos Palos neighborhood.

Attendees included a contingent of walking residents from The Terraces at Los Altos.

Imagine this: If all people on our precious planet consumed food, clothing and goods at the rate Americans consume, we would need more than 5.1 Earths to sustain us. The problem is, we have only one.

The products we consume impact people and the planet throughout their lifecycle: from extraction, production and distribution to consumption and disposal. Businesses are producing products to maximize profits. Consumers are purchasing to minimize costs. But the costs to the environment and our future are often not included on either side of the equation.

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Jaydev Bhateja of Los Altos Hills, center, placed 22nd at the national Brain Bee competition March 18 in Maryland.

While Jaydev Bhateja was disappointed not to win the Brain Bee national neuroscience competition, the high school junior won’t let it deter him from his ultimate goal.

“I would like to pursue neuroscience in the research or the clinical field,” said the Los Altos Hills resident, who placed 22nd out of 54 competitors at the Brain Bee in mid-March. “I really like asking questions, and neuroscience is the place that has the most questions to answer. Neuroscience is the field that needs the most exploration.”

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Rotary Club of Los Altos president Frank Verlot, from left, Stanford University professor Peter Koltai and Nature Gallery owner Carol Garsten admire a Shona sculpture on display at Garsten’s downtown Los Altos shop.

The Rotary Club of Los Altos is raffling off two Shona sculptures made by artists from Zimbabwe, a fundraiser for its Polio Plus campaign to eradicate polio worldwide.

The sculptures are on display at Nature Gallery, 296 State St. in Los Altos, through May 18, and then will be exhibited at the Rotary Club’s Fine Art in the Park event, scheduled May 19 and 20 in Lincoln Park.

The Rotary Club of Los Altos sponsors the annual Young at Art contest for rising student artists from six local high schools. This year’s winning artwork is on display through May 18 at Los Altos’ Boston Private Bank, Bank of the West and Nature Gallery.

Nature Gallery owner Carol Garsten is scheduled to host a reception for the artists, their family members and their teachers 5-8 p.m. Friday at her shop, 296 State St. The reception is open to the public.