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Published on 08/25/1999 All articles from this issue

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Second robbery at local B of A

A bank robber got away with an undisclosed amount of cash following a noontime robbery last Thursday at the Bank of America branch on San Antonio Road in Los Altos.

A Hispanic male in his mid-20s approached a teller with a note asking her "to empty both cash drawers," said Detective Mark Laranjo with the Los Altos Police Department. The suspect was carrying a black day planner.

Police said no weapon was seen and the suspect left the bank "without incident."

The suspect is described as about 6 feet tall, 220 pounds, brown eyes, short black hair, pasty complexion, no facial hair, large nose and no noticeable accent.

He was wearing a black and gray Windbreaker, police said.

This is the second robbery at this branch in less than two months.

At 10:12 a.m. on June 29, a black female suspect handed a note to a teller and then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

For any information relating to this recent robbery, call Detective Laranjo at 948-8223 ext. 110.

1-story overlay zoning workshop tonight

The Los Altos Residential Design Guidelines Task Force is hosting a community workshop at 7 tonight, at the Los Altos United Methodist Church, Creekside Center, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos.

A city-hired facilitator will be leading the workshop that will focus on one-story overlay zones.

The workshop is a chance for the public to present their comments on overlay zoning. This is an option where a neighborhood would be able to elect an overlay zone to limit the homes in that neighborhood to one story.

Palo Alto has had such an option since 1993. Currently there are nine neighborhoods in Palo Alto that have elected to be one story.

For more information, call 948-1491.