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Volume 51, Number 31, Published on 08/03/1998

News

A love of the land

Special to the Town Crier

Corrections

Last week's story about the Tree Farm project was incorrect in stating developers installed a 12-foot perimeter fence around the project.

High bids delay Los Altos Hills pathway project

Special to the Town Crier

News Briefs

Citing declining use and other available sources of food, the Community Service Agency Board of Directors, serving Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, served its last meal at the Community Kitchen July 31.

City says it again: Sunkist unit is legal

Special to the Town Crier

Resolution in sight over county housing

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian sees the light at the end of the tunnel in the controversy over new housing development in the county's unincorporated areas outside Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.

Comment

The benefits, drawbacks of anonymous sources

Media Watch

Letters to the Editor

The residents of (the Los Altos Country Club area) have been made aware of preliminary proposals that county staff plans to offer the Board of Supervisors as their recommendation to help alleviate problems second generation homes are imposing on these neighborhoods.

A lesson in gratitude

The Living Experiment

Community

Pages of the Past

As reported in the Aug. 15, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, Los Altos residents were generally satisfied with their community and wanted the quality of life in their city either maintained or enhanced.

Seniors Briefs

Aug. 17, 10 a.m.: UCSF Mobile Mammograph Van is scheduled to do screening from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sign-ups are required.

Library News

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

Volunteers give Hillview center a needed face lift

Special to the Town Crier

Police Report

Aug. 9, 10:02 a.m., 1000 block of Grant Road: A caller reported that someone vandalized a church sometime during the night.

Almanac

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

Community Briefs

The Campaign for the Education Center at Los Altos History House officially kicks off its public campaign Aug. 30 to raise money for a $1.65 million building to house city archives and other historical resources. The event, running 3-6 p.m., is at the home of Bob and Susan Wayman, former site of the Adobe Creek Lodge and Country Club, in Los Altos Hills.

Schools

Briefs

The Pacific Ballet Academy, directed by Marion Chaeff and Rima Cooke, is now accepting registration for fall classes, which begin Sept. 8.

Two children's centers to open in Los Altos

Los Altos Parent Preschool

Listening is key to dealing with aloof adolescent

Keys to Parenting

Let's Perform Theater takes on Los Altos

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Sporty, hip, and sleek clothes - back to school essentials that you can't go without

Town Crier Editorial Intern

My college search: What the guidebooks don't tell you

Town Crier Editorial Intern

School bond supporters choose Tramutola as campaign manager

A campaign to support the Los Altos School District's $94.7 million construction bond, which will be on the Nov. 3 ballot, kicks off next month with campaign manager Larry Tramutola at the helm.

Students learn workplace lessons through NOVA

Special to the Town Crier

Business

Business Profile

Noteworthies

Margaret Bennet, Joanne Miyahara and Nancy Parella of Los Altos High School were recently awarded an 1997-98 Internet Innovator Award by the Santa Clara County Office of Education's Technology Institute for their "Service Learning" project for grades 7-12.

Experts make college search easier

Returning to school can also mark the beginning of the college search for many high school students. Fall is typically a busy time at college prep centers, said Carolyn Watson, co-founder of Achieva College Prep Center in Cupertino.

Tutoring takes many faces, as Los Altos example shows

Special to the Town Crier

Sports

Sports On The Side

EXPRESS EXCELS: The Los Altos Hills Express 18-and-under softball team wrapped up its season by winning the Joe Tufo/Diane Moss Memorial Softball Tournament Aug. 2 in Santa Cruz. The Express, comprised of players from Gunn and Palo Alto highs, edged the San Ramon Stompers 4-3 to take the tourney title. The Express went 6-0 on the weekend.

LA Yankees claim Pony League title

For the second straight year, the Los Altos Pony League Baseball Yankees captured the North Santa Clara County Pony Division, which is comprised of 13 teams from five cities.

Coaches are in demand at local public high schools

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Los Altos Flying Tigers dominate year-end awards

In sports, success is usually measured by wins and losses. But success can also be determined by awards. Just ask the Los Altos Flying Tigers.

Carey takes his game to the Pro-Am league

Town Crier Staff Writer

Five Foothill football players headed to the next level

Foothill Update

LaVaute's voyage to Europe is all aces

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Business & Real Estate

Plan your retirement wisely, CPA society advises

of CPAs

Briefs

Los Altos resident Steven Chazen has been appointed chief information officer at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation in San Jose. He will be responsible for all of Cypress's information systems, including those in finance, marketing and manufacturing.

Internet Tax Freedom Act passes unanimously in state Assembly

Assemblyman Ted Lempert (D-Palo Alto), who represents the 21st district that includes Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, said the California Internet Tax Freedom Act passed unanimously in the state Assembly last week and now awaits the signature of Gov. Pete Wilson.

Transactions

Los Altos

Plenty of choices in local real estate market

Special to the Town Crier

Bay Area home prices up 17 percent

DataQuick Products reported that the number of homes sold in the nine-county Bay Area reached a new high in June, up 10.8 percent over May. In June, 7,710 homes were sold, a 30.3 percent increase over June 1997.

How to recognize a mid-career crisis

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

'Raisin' is an emotional musical

Special to the Town Crier

Barbecuers, beware: This is prime season for food poisoning

Summer is traditionally a time for barbecues, picnics and backyard dining. It's also peak season for food poisoning.

Put kids to work in the kitchen

School is out and kids are looking for summer fun. Since we all know that kids love food, why not put some of their time and energy to good use in the kitchen? Not only can junior chefs help make dinner preparation easier for you, but they can learn valuable lessons and skills that will serve them for a lifetime.

The torta tradition

Town Crier Staff Writer

Prima Strada fills the bill for upscale lunching

A group of Town Crier staff restaurant reviewers, known as "The Lunch Bunch," descends upon unsuspecting lunch-time haunts in Los Altos once a month and critiques their offerings in the Food & Wine section. The bunch visited Prima Strada 127 in downtown Los Altos recently.

The Rhone Ranger: Randell Graham created varietal market

The original Rhone Ranger of California was Randall Graham. His Bonny Doon winery has been producing these French varietals since the late '80s. He actually should be called his pseudonym, the Lone Ranger, because he definitely was all by his lonesome for many years. His time may be coming as there are now many other wineries in this country that are planting and producing Rhone varietals; Preston, La Jota, Gregory Graham, Beaulieu, Edmunds St. John, Alban, Sarah's Vineyard, Cline and Phelps to mention just a few of the locals.

UC Davis offers wine-making class

Local wine enthusiasts need not head off to the Santa Cruz Mountains or Napa Valley to learn the latest wine-making techniques.

Food Bites

The Pacifica Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Wine, Art & Entertainment festival from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 29 at Nick's Restaurant on Rockaway Beach. Tickets are $15 and include entertainment and food samples from 12 local restaurants.

Preparing a traditional Italian Torta Pasqualina Di Asparagi (Asparagus torta)

Crust:

Melon mania filling up the summer

Melons are just now arriving at the farmers' markets. Fresh from the San Joaquin Valley and as far north as Hollister, this crop is the perfect centerpiece of high summer.

Anniversary

Ed and Charlotte Winguth of Los Altos will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with family and friends.

Obituaries

Luciano Salayon died July 24 in Mountain View. A native of the Philippines, he was 88.

Births

A son was born June 15 to Los Altos residents Marilyn Clemo and Albert Biggerstaff.

Engagement

Robyn Piontek and Erik Schraga recently announced their engagement to be married in the summer of 1999.

'Fiddler' coming to a close at Foothill

his is the last week to catch Foothill Music Theater's production of "Fiddler on the Roof."

Aspiring pharmacists, take heart: Foothill has prescription for you

Foothill College in Los Altos Hills will launch the peninsula's only Pharmacy Technician Program this fall.

Briefs

The University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, is offering a new course at its Cupertino location, called "How to Become a Project Leader."

Watch for high school equivalency testing ads in mail

Students interested in taking the state-sponsored General Educational Development test in order to earn an official California High School Equivalency Certificate, should be cautious of any agency or organization claiming to offer testing services through the mail, warned Delaine Eastin, state superintendent of public instruction, in a press release recently.