The Los Altos-Mountain View chapters of the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women are co-sponsoring a candidates' forum, scheduled for 7 tonight, at the Los Altos City Hall Council Chambers, 1 N. San Antonio Road.
The evening's program will begin with the introduction of the new trustees of the Los Altos School District board, Margot Harrigan and David Casas; and of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District board, Mary Mason, Judy Moss and Dolores Sandoval. The schools' candidates will fill these seats because there are no challengers.
All of the candidates for the Los Altos City Council election, Nov. 2, are scheduled to appear: Kris Casto, Francis Albert La Poll, Louis Becker, Ron Knecht and Noah D. Mesel.
The forum's format includes presentations by the candidates, followed by questions from the audience and ending with summary statements by the candidates.
For more information, call the local League of Women Voters at 941-4846.
Harvest festival in Los Altos
A harvest festival, featuring hot dogs and other refreshments, is slated for 4:30-7 p.m., Saturday at Union Presbyterian Church, 858 University Ave., Los Altos.
Children are encouraged to wear a non scary costume. The event will include kids' entertainment and trick-or-treating around the church.
For more information, call 917-1210.
HEALTH Magazine tour visits Los Altos area
Time Inc.'s HEALTH Magazine tour will visit Mountain View and Los Altos with its 30-minute free stress-busting seminar designed to help women take charge of their lives. Seminars will be at 10 a.m., noon, 1, 4 and 6 p.m., Thursday at Lucky's/Sav-on Drugs at 715 El Camino Real in Mountain View; and on Friday at Lucky's, 2175 Grant Ave., in Los Altos.
From Gen-Xers to Boomers, women are invited to take the 30-minute Solutions Seminar held inside the magazine's state-of-the-art traveling classroom. They will receive information about stress management and their emotional and physical well-being.
For more information, call Robyn Mait, HEALTH Magazine, (212) 522-9723.
Library offers databases through its home page
The Santa Clara County Library System, which includes the Los Altos and Woodland libraries, offers useful reference databases through the library home page.
These include: biography resource center, which is biographical information on more than 150,000 people; Books in Print; EBSCO, a magazine and newspaper index with some full text; Encyclopedia Britannica Online; Information Access Info Trac 2,000, a magazine and newspaper index with text.
Others are: Los Angeles Times; Novelist, a reader's advisory aid to find fiction; Rand California, an extensive database on California, including economy, crime rates and school test scores; and Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage, which offers investment information.
For more information, call 948-7683, ext. 3519.
MV library looks at WW I
Mountain View library hosts a panel discussion by members of the Great War Society on the "Impact of World War I into the 21st Century." The event is at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9, in the library's community room, 585 Franklin St. The event is free.