Opinion

Stupid. Plain stupid.If it hadn’t been Christmas, I wouldn’t have moved my “office” from the corner of the living room to the kitchen table. That corner is where the Christmas tree always goes, so I did this move every year.If our housekeeper hadn’t been...

Gardeners pay price for gas leaf blowersThank you for informing the community about the recent change in Los Altos code enforcement (“Los Altos dealing with myriad challenges of code enforcement,” March 1).It is important for everyone to know that gas leaf blowers do not...

The myth about how Watsonville’s original Chinatown (1870-1888) moved from the corner of Maple and Union to a new site across the river in Monterey County began even before the move was completed in September 1888.  The story of the delicate negotiations and the Chinese...

In football, if a defensive player moves across the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped, the referee calls an offsides penalty.Hills 2000-Friends of the Hills suggests that Los Altos Hills resident and property owner Sasha Zbrozek is offsides in jumping to invoke...

Cuesta speed bumps info inaccurateI found the Town Crier’s article on the Cuesta Drive speed bumps to be inaccurate (“City dumps the humps – at least for time being,” Feb. 22).First, it said Cuesta was a residential “cut-through” when it has been the main...

On Jan. 24, Los Altos city staff presented a new and “improved” plan for the Los Altos Outdoor Dining program to the city council. They requested to extend the current parklet program through June, at which time, if approved, restaurant owners are supposed to...

ALPRs should collect data for fix-it ticketsRe the Feb. 9 article “Los Altos Police looking to implement automated license plate reading tech”:Crime-fighting versus privacy rights, eh? If the Los Altos Police Department does install automated license plate readers, the “objective data” could immediately take...

Los Altos Hills is viewed as a relatively safe town, yet we are particularly vulnerable to home burglaries. The odds of a residence in Cupertino being burglarized in 2022 were 0.4%, Saratoga and Atherton were 0.6% and Portola Valley came in at 0.3%. Los...