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Published on 06/19/1996 All articles from this issue

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Looking to end mandatory garbage service

The Los Altos HIlls City Council decided at a May 20 special meeting

to eliminate mandatory garbage service in the town effective immediately.

City Attorney Sandy Sloan introduced an amendment to the Solid

Waste Ordinance that no longer requires mandatory solid waste

collection.

The council also discussed the mandatory baseline or universal

service. No changes were made to this program which includes four

cleanup days per year, the yard waste center, recycling, household

hazardous materials pickups, roadside and creek side cleanups

and compliance with state requirements.

LAH council seats open

The Los Altos Hills City

Council has approved a resolution calling for a general municipal

election to be held Nov. 5 to elect three council members. Nomination

period for this election is July 15 to August 9. Nomination packets

will be available July 15.

The seats of three council members, Bill Siegel, Elayne Dauber

and Robert Johnson, are up for election.

Girl raped in Los Altos

At a small Los Altos party near the Mountain View border, a 19-year-oldboy allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl, Los Altos police learnedJune 11.

The girl was intoxicated, she passed out, and she woke up duringthe rape, said Los Altos Police Sgt. Bob Lacey.

Four months elapsed before she told a counselor who reported theincident to police.

"The suspect was known to others at the party," Laceysaid. An investigation is under way, and "we will solve it,"he said.

Juvenile rape in Los Altos is rare, Lacey said. There is aboutone case per year.

"But it points out the dangers of juvenile alcohol parties,"Lacey said. "She passed out, she was drunk, inside a housewith no adults present."