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Published on 04/28/1999 All articles from this issue

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Los Altos receives award for seniors housing

Project Match, Inc., an organization helping seniors meet affordable housing needs in Santa Clara County, will honor eight cities, including Los Altos. Each of these cities has cooperated with Project Match over a period of years to improve affordable housing for seniors.

Awards will be presented at a Salute to the Cities event to be held from 6-11 p.m., May 21, at the Opera House in Los Gatos. Other cities being recognized include San Jose, Sunnyvale and Mountain View. The mayors of the cities, including Mayor Lou Becker of Los Altos, are hosting the event.

For more information, call (408) 287-7121.

Los Altos police offer Giants tickets

The Los Altos Police Department offers 100 $10 tickets to the San Francisco Giants vs. the Houston Astros for "Traffic Safety Day" at 3Com Park, 1:05 p.m., on May 22.

The San Francisco Giants and the Los Altos Police Department, along with several other law enforcement agencies from throughout the Bay Area, are hosting the event.

From each ticket, $5 will be donated to the California Police Activities League, which helps sponsor athletic activities for underprivileged children.

Tickets are available from the Los Altos Police Department. For more information, call officers Paul Arguelles or Matt Hartley at 948-8223.

New city position, assistant public works

The city of Los Altos is close to naming a new assistant public works director, a new city position, said Layne Long, assistant to the Los Altos city manager.

The person will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of the public works department's two divisions, engineering and maintenance. "It will bring a high level of expertise to the public works department," Long said.

And it will free up director of public works "Bruce's (Bane) time to deal with major issues," said Phil Rose, Los Altos city manager. The department has a staff of 38 and is responsible for a budget of about $8 million.

- Joanne Griffith Domingue