In surprise move, LA council postpones visioning process
In a move some saw as a setback to the downtown revitalization process, the Los Altos City Council Feb. 23 voted 3-2 to postpone a downtown visioning process until the 2010-2011 budget cycle, which begins July 1.
Tightening the knob: Efforts under way to curb Los Altos Hills’ excessive water consumption
Los Altos Hills residents are accustomed to seeing their town near the top of impressive nationwide rankings: eighth-priciest zip code, fourth-highest median home price for a city of less than 10,000 people and third-highest median income.
Lancers get defensive in win
The St. Francis High boys basketball team never trailed in Saturday’s Central Coast Section Division II quarterfinal game, building an insurmountable lead by halftime and setting a school record for fewest points allowed.
Yet after the 44-16 rout of Leland at Foothill College, coach Mike Motil was far from satisfied with the performance of his top-seeded Lancers (26-2).
Early Los Altos Hills City Council candidates promote positive platforms
Most local residents who closely follow the actions of the Los Altos Hills City Council seem to agree: The town has been more productive over the past decade than at virtually any other time in its 50-plus-year history.
Under council direction, the town has improved the town’s pathways system, built a new town hall, improved cell-phone coverage, built Little League fields and assumed management of the historical Westwind Community Barn.
What's not to like in a lick?: Los Altos Creamery scoops out the sweets
Shopping just got a little sweeter at Rancho Shopping Center with the soft opening Feb. 15 of this town’s coolest place to be. The hard-core grand opening for Los Altos Creamery is scheduled this weekend as Kathy and Elliott Dahan prepare to celebrate in style – a la mode.
Last home to Lappert’s Ice Cream, the little shop tucked in between Starbucks and Just For You Florist has undergone a cheerful transformation since the Dahans took over Dec. 1.
LASD board looks to resolve budget problems
With the March 15 deadline looming for notifying teachers of imminent layoffs, the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees plans to spend the next two weeks devising a strategy to address the $900,000 shortfall in the 2010-2011 budget.
“Dealing with (the budget issue) is a two-step process,” said Superintendent Tim Justus. “We will be dealing with 2010-2011, but we need to be aware that the problem will continue and maybe get a little worse.”
Playing for time: No grownups allowed in these modern-day tree forts
Long gone are the days when we played on aluminum swing sets placed on gravel or concrete that skinned our knees when we fell off. Remember those metal slides that roasted our legs in summer and how tree forts were usually homemade and full of splinters? And we carved our own “No grownups allowed” signs.
Today’s children have it made by comparison. Even in backyard playgrounds, first comes safety, then comes creativity, said David Coleman, manager of Terra Teak and Garden, 1064 W. El Camino Real in Mountain View.
A trio of high-performers for different tastes: Ford Taurus, Audi S4 & Jaguar XFR
Last month we drove three sedans – the Ford Taurus SHO AWD, the Audi S4 quattro MT6 and the Jaguar XFR – and each is the high-performance version of its manufacturer’s bread-and-butter sedan.
These cars vary in price, performance and especially overall driving experience, but when we take into account the type of driver for whom each of the sedans is designed, we can appreciate what there is to like about each one.
Many pastoral problems we face have to do with forgiveness. Some kind of forgiving is involved in overcoming childhood neglect or abuse, substance addiction, extramarital affairs or family conflict. We all face challenges to our powers of forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not simply accepting another person’s bad behavior, or denying that something has hurt us when it has. Forgiveness does not mean sweeping everything under the rug or merely forgetting what hurt us.
Local author publishes book on living a fuller romantic life
Los Altos resident Catherine Athans, Ph.D., has published “Just Imagine” (Angels Island Press, 2010), a pocket-sized book she said is designed “to inspire that special someone to live a fuller, more romantic, passionate life.”
Filled with thoughts on how to activate the imagination and accompanied by colorful and whimsical illustrations, the New Age, motivational book attempts to show readers the power of the imagination and provides insight on why using the imagination is vital to a person’s existence, Athans said.
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