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Celebrating the Los Altos Library Endowment’s 12th year of service, the board of directors posed recently for an official portrait. The endowment’s contributions include The Virginia Whipple Collection, honoring the library’s most generous benefactor. The collection features the complete set of Great Courses offered...

February 1, 1927 – April 28, 2026Betty Jane (West) Costales Liddicoat passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her home in Los Altos, California on April 28, 2026, after a brief illness at the age of 99.She was born on February 1, 1927, in Terre...

October 14, 1928 – November 14, 2025Marian Christensen, a longtime resident of Los Altos, passed away after a very short stay in the hospital, Nov. 14th, 2025, peacefully at the age of 97.Born in Sacramento, California, on October 14, 1928, to Doyle and Helen...

June 19, 1953 - March 14, 2026Sarah Ann Gilligan was born to Lorrie and Gene Gilligan on June 19, 1953 in San Francisco, California. She spent much of her youth in the Greenmeadow neighborhood of Palo Alto attending local schools and forming lifelong bonds with a...

November 22, 2006 – March 8, 2026It is with profound sorrow that we share the passing of our beloved son, Chase Stewart Kokernak, who died on March 8, 2026, from a tragic ski accident in Alta, Utah.Born on November 22, 2006, in Palo Alto,...

Stacey Blasing and Alan Spearot were married May 22 at Seascape Beach Resort in Aptos.The bride is the daughter of Bob and Karen Blasing of Los Altos.She graduated from Los Altos High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from UC Davis.She is...

Jennifer Costa and Robert Ligeti have announced their engagement to be married Oct. 5. The ceremony and reception are scheduled at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dick and Madelyn Costa of Los Altos and Donna and Colin Winter of Campbell....

Jennifer Shepherd and Ken GunsbergerJennifer Shepherd and Ken Gunsberger were engaged to be married during a trip to Paris in August. Gunsberger proposed on one knee on the Pont de la Concorde at sunset.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Steve and Bev Shepherd of...

May 10, 1935 – April 18, 2026Always one to go the distance, Jerome (Jerry) Carter Lewis’s passing at age 90 on April 18th in his home in Mountain View, California brings to close another remarkable run in a life defined by endurance, purpose and devotion.Jerry...