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Former Peninsula Symphony executive arrested on embezzlement, other charges

Former Peninsula Symphony executive arrested on embezzlement, other charges

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to the Town Crier Wednesday (March 5) that the former head of Peninsula Symphony has been arrested on a slew of charges that include embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Los ...

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Schools

LAHS named 2013 Honor Roll school

The California Business for Education Excellence 2013 Honor Roll included Los Altos High School on its list of high-performing public schools.

After analyzing student achievement data for every public school in California, the organization recognize...

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Community

Exhibit to help pay for heart surgery

Exhibit to help pay for heart surgery

A charity art exhibit, “Horses” by He Yuanming, is scheduled this weekend at Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road. Donations help Little Red Scarf sponsor the 1000th child suffering from congenital heart disease in China's poor, rural Gansu ...

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Business

Don't overlook the risk in your investments

Investment companies and the financial media generally spend most of their time focused on returns and other benefits of the various investment opportunities they recommend.

Yet when it comes to communicating the risks associated with those investme...

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JOHN F. SCHUCK

John Schuck passed away on February 20, 2014. He was born on April 10, 1929 on Long Island, New York. He was the oldest of six siblings.

John attended Rutgers University in New Jersey and played football for four years while studying for an engineer...

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Travel

Literary landmarks: Independent bookstores reveal cities' character

Literary landmarks: Independent bookstores reveal cities' character


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Locally owned and operated bookstores – like Shakespeare and Company in Paris – offer insight into a city’s vibe.

Travel writer Arthur Frommer, who founded the “Europe on $5 a Day” guidebooks more than a half-century ago, suggests t...

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A student succeeds and so do I: A Piece of My Mind

I was watching a PBS documentary on the Old West – you know the type. Lots of historical photographs, lots of historical documents and some expert talking heads explaining it with their names and credentials briefly headlined.

Suddenly I shouted in ...

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Stepping Out

Foothill's 'Horrors' an entertaining romp

Foothill's 'Horrors' an entertaining romp


DAVID ALLEN/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER
Seymour (Adam Cotugno) feeds Audrey II in “Little Shop of Horrors.”

Foothill Music Theatre’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” – scheduled to close Sunday in Los Altos Hills – is a fun, if perverse, mus...

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Children cha-cha: Marti’s, San Juan offer dance classes for kids

Children cha-cha: Marti’s, San Juan offer dance classes for kids


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Instructor Hristo Minev, front, instructs twin brothers Dexter and Ryan Quisol in a ballroom dance class at Marti’s Dance Studio.

Lily Quisol and her sons Ryan and Dexter danced the conga from the family car to the st...

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Letters to the Editor

Participate – for the sake of art

Last weekend, my wife and I enjoyed touring several of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “Project Los Altos” exhibits.

We found the most interesting part in the back room of 359 State St., exploring the exhibit “Everything Is Perfect.” We talked at length with charming Czech artist Katerina Šedá. She is becoming widely known on both sides of the Atlantic for her installation art – she has done work at the Berlin Biennale, the Tate Modern, the University of Chicago and numerous other sites. She has brought to Los Altos a similar social artwork.

Her exhibit is a web-based framework in the form of a contest that challenges Los Altos residents to write what makes them exceptional.

Everyone is best at something – what is it? She creates a game that may be comfortable for children but can be a challenge for competitive adults. And what a great challenge it is to come up with something humorous and out of the ordinary! (One child claims to have the largest collection of roly-polys.)

Šedá asks us to share that uniqueness with others and complete the project by submitting a listing. The final artwork is created by residents, but only if we participate.

Mike McCusker

Los Altos

Spotlighting another ‘Festival of Lights’

Put down that turkey leg! Stop checking that list! The Lively Foundation’s “Festival of Lights” is here to remind you of the reasons for the season.

Lively’s “Festival of Lights” is a concert featuring songs, dances, theater and storytelling, all related to light in many holidays at the end of the calendar year.

After 15 years of applause from a dedicated following in San Francisco, The Lively Foundation will brighten the mid-Peninsula with the “Festival of Lights” 3 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Mountain View Masonic Center, 890 Church St.

Guest artists include elves, ribbon dancers, a dragon, Jonathan Clark on bass and dancers Julia Canavese, Amity Johnson, Vanessa Nudd and Etta Walton. I am the production’s choreographer and writer.

Forget about searching for parking – there is a lot of free parking around the Masonic Center and its own lot right behind the building – just let your little light shine. The “Festival of Lights” will renew your personal energy source.

Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 over age 65 or under 10.

For tickets and more information, visit livelyfoundation.org

Leslie Friedman Artistic director

The Lively Foundation

Mountain View

‘Master Tech’ offers valuable advice

One of my favorite Town Crier features is “Ask the Master Tech.” Warren McCord’s pragmatic advice is very useful to all drivers. We are indeed fortunate to benefit from his expertise.

I never miss reading his column, and I remind family members to do likewise.

Judy Fimmel

Los Altos Hills

‘Prime Time Dads’ available at Linden Tree Books

Thank you for that wonderful article on Len Filppu’s appearance at Linden Tree Books to discuss his book “Prime Time Dads: 45 Reasons to Embrace Midlife Fatherhood” (“Author touts joys, advantages of ‘prime time’ fatherhood,” Nov. 20).

Our only wish is that you could have mentioned that “Prime Time Dads” is available at our lovely brick-and-mortar independent bookstore!

Los Altos Town Crier readers can buy and order books at Linden Tree rather than going online to help keep a great children’s independent bookstore in Los Altos.

Dee Ellmann

Linden Tree Books

Los Altos

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