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Volume 52, Number 3, Published on 01/18/1999

News

Partners for better learning

Town Crier Staff Writer

City council says no to underground garage

The Los Altos City Council said no to plans for an underground garage at a home in the 2000 block of Crist Drive.

LAH council agrees to streamline, clarify development review process

The Los Altos Hills City Council reached a compromise on the often contentious issue of housing development when members voted last Thursday to keep the planning commission in the mix, yet streamline the process.

News Briefs

Even the city needs a permit to pull out a protected tree.

Ten candidates for seat on El Camino district board

Special to the Town Crier

City OKs environmental declaration for 401 Rosita

Even though Los Altos City Council members and staff agreed that the master plan they have for 401 Rosita may change, they took steps to go forward with it.

Comment

'Live' TV coverage - limited, fleeting and replayed

Media Watch

Letters to the Editor

My name is George Edmonds and I was a K-9 police officer for the city of Lincoln Heights, Ohio.

Afloat in the midst of luxury and limitless food

Reflections

Community

In early Los Altos, fire carts, grasshoppers and poison oak

Olive Swete Spencer's parents met aboard a ship traveling from England, which arrived at Ellis Island in 1893. They eventually arrived in Los Altos in 1920, when her father went to work at the Durst family prune and apricot orchard. Olive shared the following account with Laura Cline, during a 1998 interview at her Mountain View home.

Library News

"Impressionists in Winter" is the topic for the 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 presentation by Carol Nelson, a docent for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. She will be discussing the exhibit scheduled to open Jan. 31 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.

Calendar

Los Altos Architectural and Site Control Committee, 4 p.m., City Hall, 1 N. San Antonio Road.

Community Briefs

Parents of children who will be attending kindergarten in the Los Altos School District in fall 1999 are invited to attend an informational meeting at 7:30 p.m., Thursday or next Tuesday at Springer School, 1120 Rose Ave., Mountain View.

Police Report

Jan. 11, 1700 block of Hawkins Drive: A man reported the theft of his wife's jewelry and the contents of her savings account.

Expert: U.S. limiting itself in fight against terrorism

Special to the Town Crier

Sports

Fall all-league selections announced

Boys Cross Country

Sports On The Side

A pair of St. Francis High football players have been honored by Cal-Hi Sports, a publication devoted to California high school athletics. Defensive lineman Benard Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound junior, was voted second team All-State Underclass. Offensive lineman Gabe Garcia, a 6-foot, 235-pound senior, earned special recognition for the All-Northern California team.

Alta Vista starts basketball league, now hopes to win it

When its bid to join the Central Coast Section failed, the Alta Vista High boys basketball team did the next best thing.

This week's lineup of local high school and college sports

Boys Basketball

Los Altos subdues Saratoga; Cupertino up next for Eagles

Prep WrestlingWrap-Up

Seddiqui conquers England on foot

Daniel Seddiqui clearly recalls that fall day when he received the letter.

Los Altos, Homestead fit to be tied

Town Crier Staff Writer

Mtn. View boys whip Monta Vista; Lancer girls still perfect in league

Special to the Town Crier

Foothill storms back to beat De Anza by 20

Town Crier Staff Writer

Business & Real Estate

Continuation of Loyola Corners business district up for a vote among merchants in south Los Altos

Special to the Town Crier

Genderflexing and moving beyond the sexual stereotypes

Jean on the Job

Business Briefs

Weather permitting, carriers will be back at the new Miramonte postal facility in mid-March, according to officer-in-charge Lana Forney.

The chill from Brazil not enough to deep-freeze the stock market

Special to the Town Crier

Steve Young commercial, Los Altos on national TV

If you're tuned to CNN, ESPN or CNBC and see the San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Steve Young running on a treadmill, you may be surprised to know that much of the commercial was filmed in and around downtown Los Altos last month.

Transactions

1555 Ernestine Lane - C. & K. Hensey to P. & S. Sferra for $490,000.00

GET Manufacturing opens new Mountain View headquarters

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

Weddings

Jennifer Sharp and Ashley Stirrup were married May 16, 1998, at the Kohl Mansion in Burlingame.

Obituaries

Zaphne Mamie Sellers died Dec. 28 in Mountain View. A native of Arkansas, she was 93.

Celebrating 10 years with Jim Manley

Special to the Town Crier

CYS to perform free concert Saturday

The California Youth Symphony's Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dr. Kenneth Piascik, will perform a free concert at 2:30 p.m., Saturday in the Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.

Bus Barn takes over 'Heathen Valley'

Bus Barn Stage Company's production of Romulus Linney's "Heathen Valley" opens this week at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

Dooley set to play with Nova Vista Symphony

Nova Vista Symphony will present trumpet virtuoso James Dooley in a concert at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.

FDA OK's cellulite therapy

Local doctor offers Endermologie, a treatment for that dimply patchwork of skin and fat

Program offered on viral hepatitis

Family-based class for over-weight kids

Boot camp: Participant gains muscle, confidence

If someone had asked me four months ago if I thought I could drag myself out of bed at 5 a.m. every week day for five weeks to run up and down hills, jump rope, lift weights and maneuver through an obstacle course for an hour in the dark, cold and sometimes wet morning, I would have said, no way. I don't like mornings or the cold.

El Camino Hospital debuts new look

El Camino Hospital offered a peek at its new look Jan. 7 with a ribbon cutting on the first of its newly remodeled nursing units, 5 East.

Just for kicks

Town Crier Staff Writer

Ciana Day Spa offers relaxation, rejuvenation

Special to the Town Crier

Placement concerns and Alzheimer's

Children share what they see as their parents' values

There are two challenging, and fun for me, questions I pose to parents during a parenting session.

Alzheimer's Association offers support groups

The group will meet for open discussion from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 4 and March 4, at the Older Adult Resource Center, 2400 Hospital Drive, behind El Camino

Breast-feeding: Why many women have some trouble

I have worked with more than 2,000 breast-feeding moms over the past 12 years. Time and time again I hear, "Why is this so hard? I thought it was natural."

Free subscription for Alzheimer's newsletter

This 16- to 20-page publication offers information on caregiving, research, public policy and community resources.

Lyme disease support group

The Health Library: Finding support on Internet sites

As more people find themselves in a support role caring for aging and often ailing parents, the need for support resources has increased. The Internet is a good place to find them.

New in town: A personal trainer who helps you become fit

Special to the Town Crier