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Volume 50, Number 8, Published on 02/24/1997

News

St. William site planning gets under way

Folks gathered and ideas flowed as people shared ways to develop the city's recently acquired 5.6-acre site on Rosita Avenue.

Adopting a new way of living

Town Crier Staff Writer

Cop car laptops are up and running

Town Crier Staff Writer

LAH council says rebuild home exactly as before

The Los Altos Hills City Council has determined that homeowners rebuilding after an earthquake or fire must conform substantially to the original footprint in the same location or risk being labeled a non-conforming structure.

Planning commission OKs day care project for 93 kids

Parents may rejoice. Day care, a precious, scarce commodity in Los Altos, received a boost last Thursday night from the city's planning commission.

Rosario sentencing, hearing delayed

Sentencing for the ex-Los Altos police officer convicted of 12 charges including sexual assault has been postponed until March 7, a court clerk said.

Increased revenues make for healthy LAH financial picture

With the California economy expanding, state and city governments are receiving increased revenues. Even small communities like Los Altos Hills are reaping the benefits of increased revenues. The town last week announced budget amendments necessary to reflect those revenues.

Comment

How many Uncle Sams do you have?

My brother and I always boasted that we had four Uncle Sams. (That's in addition to the sharp-eyed man with the tall red, white and blue hat.) Oddly enough, not one of these uncles was born into the family. In fact, they were in-laws. Kids don't really understand that difference; an uncle is an uncle.

Letters to the Editor

I am sorry to see that your correspondent Jonathan Wiener (Letters, Feb. 12 Town Crier) feels that Los Altos is an unfriendly place for bikers. My observation is that most of the anti-bike hooting and hollering arises from the unpredictable and therefore dangerous actions of a minority of bikers. These are the people who ignore (or are unaware of) vehicle law.

Decision reversals, good and bad

The Los Altos City Council's Feb. 11 reversal of an earlier decision to allow construction of a three-story condominium project at El Monte Avenue and Foothill Expressway seems appropriate.

Community

Unlimited Web space for info that may be missed

Special to the Town Crier

Library News

The next monthly meeting will be on April 2.

Community Briefs

The Junior League of San Jose, Inc. will hold prospective member orientation meetings today, Thursday and March 19. The league includes members from the Los Altos-Los Altos Hills area.

Socially Speaking

Local restaurateurs meet a master chef

Almanac

Los Altos Hills Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road.

Los Altos stock broker's license plate predicts Dow Jones

If you follow the stock market and check license plates on the back of cars in Los Altos, you will come across a personal license plate that reads: "DJII 7K," which says the Dow Jones Industrial Index is over 7000.

Speaker explores the pitfalls of federal welfare reform

Welfare reform was a hot topic in 1992 when president Bill Clinton promised to "end welfare as we know it." However, the issue gained its strongest momentum recently when victorious Republican candidates tapped into a groundswell of public frustration.

Los Altos Weather

Town Choir sings for St. Patrick's Day concert

It's back: The Los Altos Town Choir, fresh from its Christmastime performances, is again inviting local singers to join in a St. Patrick's-themed concert 4:30-5:30 p.m. March 16, the day before St. Patrick's Day. The concert will take place at the Community Plaza, at the intersection of Main and State streets in Los Altos.

Candid columnist Molly Ivins lets it fly at the Morning Forum

Town Crier Staff Writer

Bar & Grill hosts Chefs Who Care

The Los Altos Bar & Grill will host the next Chefs Who Care dinners benefiting the Community Services Agency (CSA) from 5-8 p.m. March 18 and 19.

ZYT's etching exhibition reveals artist's surprises

Special to the Town Crier

Naval Academy Glee Club will perform Saturday

The United States Naval Academy Men's Glee Club will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Avenue in Los Altos.

Next Los Altos Hills clean-up day is Saturday

The next "clean-up day" for Los Altos Hills is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. this coming Saturday.

Friday reception celebrates Woodland library renovation

The Woodland Library has a new look for the new year, and supporters plan to celebrate with a Friday reception at the library, 1975 Grant Road, in Los Altos.

Pages of the Past

The March 1, 1972, issue of the Town Crier reported that the Los Altos City Council, at its Feb. 22, 1972, meeting approved a use permit for a pet cemetery on a peaceful site at the junction of Cristo Rey Drive and Foothill Boulevard. The action led to a little research into the history of the acreage and to the discovery that Joaquin Murietta may have buried $30,000 in gold there.

Renowned artist to speak in Los Altos

Thomas Kinkade, a Bay Area artist known as a painter of light, will be the featured speaker at the third annual Los Altos Community Prayer Breakfast March 28, which is Good Friday.

Easter egg hunt among upcoming LAVA events

Easter egg hunt: The Los Altos Village Association's 24th annual Easter egg hunt will be held 10 to 11 a.m. March 22 in downtown Los Altos along Main and State streets. The egg hunt features thousands of eggs filled with candy and gift certificates in front of all participating stores. Children's entertainment will be held in the Community Plaza beginning at 10:15 a.m.

Community Foundation to receive DiMartini house

The DiMartini house on the Parc Regent senior housing property that had been donated to the city of Los Altos will be turned over to the Los Altos Community Foundation, members announced at last week's foundation meeting.[See correction to this story below].

Youth rec trips for skiing, Disneyland

Rec organizers are planning a March 22 excursion to Kirkwood. The cost for this trip is $65, which includes a lift ticket, chartered bus transportation and supervision. The trip are open to anyone in junior high or high school.

Sports

Boys, girls teams set for CCS

Town Crier Staff Report

St. Francis' Olmos pins 145-pound title

Town Crier Staff Report

Jacob freestyles into Foothill; Chisam named co-honor coach

Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Lisa Jacob has jumped from the pool in Atlanta to the water at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.

Senque Carey

This 6-foot-3 junior guard/forward for the St. Francis High boys basketball team has averaged 23 points and 14 rebounds this season.

This Week in Sports

Girls Soccer

Gunn cranks up volume, kicks through to playoffs

Soccer spotlight

Lancers win league title, earn top CCS seed

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos drives into CCS playoffs

Town Crier Staff Writer

Sports Shorts

A panel of veteran sportswriters will select the winners, and scholarships will be awarded in the spring. The deadline for submitting articles is April 15. For more information, call 352-8835.

St. Francis advances, Los Altos loses

CCS girls soccer

LA's Lodge takes first in league

SCVAL wrestling

Business & Real Estate

Rancho Shopping Center filling open retail spaces

Andronico's Market personnel celebrated their first anniversary in Rancho Shopping Center this month, capping a lot of changes that occurred in the retail lineup during the past year at the Los Altos center.

California Water splits stock and raises dividend

California Water Service Company, supplier of water to Los Altos and part of Los Altos Hills, reported a banner year for earnings and gross revenues.

Transactions

Los Altos

Economists to discuss local real estate market Monday

Leslie Appleton-Young, economist for the California Association of Realtors and Silicon Valley Economist, Richard Carlson, are the keynote speakers at a lively forum on the current and upcoming real estate market.

Is the local real estate market still hot?

Town Crier: How's real estate looking these days?

Business Briefs

The Los Altos Village Association (LAVA) has named Shelly Potvin as membership coordinator in a new position that will focus on implementing the goals for the 1997 membership campaign.

Weekly Special

CYS to feature guest conductor from Japan

Now, Maestro Takeda and several of his musicians from Japan will participate in joint concerts with the California Youth Symphony 2:30 p.m. March 9 at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center at Delaware and Bellevue in San Mateo, and again 2:30 p.m. March 16 at the Flint Center, De Anza College, in Cupertino.

Obituaries

Ruth E. Contzen, a longtime Los Altos resident, died Dec. 31 in Idaho of complications due to lung cancer. She was 73.

Births

A son, Shaun Christian, was born Dec. 2 to Christiana and Peter Kelly. His grandparents, Frank and Jean Kelly, are Los Altos residents.

Senior Briefs

Today: 10:30 a.m., a 60-minute workshop involving the learning process and problem solving. Held in Room 12.

Engagements

Susie Fakhari and Guenter Werner recently announced their engagement to be married Sept. 20 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos with a reception to follow at the Radisson Inn in Sunnyvale.

Foothill Music Theater takes on 'Allegro'

Foothill College's Music Theater continues its practice of presenting rarely produced but worthy musicals with its production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece "Allegro," which opens 8 p.m. this Friday and runs through March 23 in the Studio Theater, 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills.

How to create an indoor fountain

Special to the Town Crier

Bix: A beauty spa for ailing furniture

Special to the Town Crier

Heirloom seeds preserve genetic diversity

Special to the Town Crier

Home Briefs

The 15th annual Peninsula Home and Garden Show runs Friday through Sunday at the San Mateo Expo Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo.

Rosalind Creasy's Los Altos garden of edible delights

Special to the Town Crier

Personal coach helps clients set and meet goals

Special to the Town Crier