Los Altos Town Crier

12/03/2025

A 75-year-old Los Altos man died after a solo car collision in the area of Foothill Expressway and Grant Road last week, according to a post on the Los Altos Police Department’s Instagram page.

A 75-year-old Los Altos man died after a solo car collision in the area of Foothill Expressway and Grant Road last week, according to a post on the Los Altos

11/04/2025

The winners of this year’s Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s photography contest include residents of Los Altos and Mountain View.

11/04/2025

Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District Superintendent Eric Volta said the student who drew a chalk sw****ka at the Los Altos High School campus Oct. 20 was 14 years old and did not have a history of discriminatory behavior.

Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District Superintendent Eric Volta said the student who drew a chalk sw****ka at the Los Altos High School campus Oct. 20 was 14

11/03/2025

After three years of trying, a pair of Los Altos siblings have won KQED’s Science is a Piece of Cake bake-off.

11/01/2025

October is a month of memory-infused cooking for me. It is harvest season in the fields and in my heart as I bring loved ones and past times to life through food. A recipe’s capacity to hold events and lives is a primary reason I so love cooking. There are times when I feel myself moving my hands just as my mom would have when making one of her recipes. These moments fill me with deep connection and comfort.

October is a month of memory-infused cooking for me. It is harvest season in the fields and in my heart as I bring loved ones and past times to life

11/01/2025

Local non-profit Community Services Agency is preparing for a potentially large increase in food demand due to the federal government shutdown, having recently purchased an additional $30,000 in food items.

10/31/2025

Local cities are reaffirming their dedication to local immigrant communities after media reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents being deployed at the US Coast Guard Base in Alameda.

10/31/2025

The St. Francis football team (3-5, 3-2) won its most convincing game yet in an up-and-down season, a 28-7 over St. Ignatius (2-6, 1-4).

10/30/2025

October may be Breast Cancer Awareness month, but El Camino Health is encouraging and helping women to get mammograms regardless of insurance status year-round.

10/30/2025

Plans to convert some of the tennis courts at Los Altos High School into a parking lot have been postponed.

10/29/2025

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s world premiere of “A Driving Beat” will take audiences on a dramatic mother-son road trip. The play opens Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 23 in Mountain View.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s world premiere of “A Driving Beat” will take audiences on a dramatic mother-son road trip. The play opens Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 23 in Mountain

10/28/2025

As a nonprofit organization specializing in music education for students, Music For Minors requires strong leadership to carry out its vision, according to its interim executive director Marcy Straw. This is personified in incoming executive director Valerie Meyer.

As a nonprofit organization specializing in music education for students, Music For Minors requires strong leadership to carry out its vision, according to its interim executive director Marcy Straw. This