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🌱 Patch AM: How the new city-run crossing guard program affects your child’s route
Coming up: Grandparents Day on the Los Altos Patch calendar
Hey hey Los Altos! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How the new city-run crossing guard program affects your child's route
- How a Mountain View club helped create Los Altos' beloved Pet Parade
- What long‑hidden Los Altos artifact reveals about a teenage Steve Jobs
Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Day and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 83 and low of 58 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 81, low: 60.
- Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Los Altos brings crossing guards in-house (losaltosonline.com) — Los Altos is now directly hiring and supervising all school crossing guards through its police and HR departments, shifting away from a private contractor just as classes resume. A new cost-sharing deal with Los Altos School District and other districts sets how much each pays per crossing, while the city keeps final say on where guards are posted. Coverage includes key intersections serving Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and nearby Mountain View schools. 
• Kiwanis Club of Mountain View celebrates 100 years of service (losaltosonline.com) — Mountain View's Kiwanis Club just marked 100 years, and one of its biggest legacies is right in Los Altos: the long-running Los Altos Pet Parade, turning 80 in 2027. The gala highlighted decades of support for local kids, seniors and nonprofits, and even how the parade helped inspire the Kiwanis Club of Los Altos itself.
• Steve Jobs' Forgotten School Science Project Could Become a Priceless Piece of Apple History + Video (undercodenews.com) — A rare Steve Jobs eighth‑grade science project that sat for decades at his family's Los Altos home is now headed to a high‑profile Apple 50th‑anniversary auction. The plywood display, hand‑drawn circuits, and handwritten safety notes offer an unusually personal glimpse of Jobs before Apple, joining a functional Apple‑1 and a stealth iPod prototype in a sale expected to draw serious collectors.
📸 Around Los Altos
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Los Altos
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★ Featured events ★
- Grandparents Day →
Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
9:30 am
Sunday September 13
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Other local events
- Junipero Serra and 1776: The West and East Coasts →
Los Altos History Museum, 51 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
5:30 pm - Principal and Friends Coffee
Los Altos High Mountain View, CA 94040
8:30 am - Downtown Los Altos Farmers' Market →
Los Altos Chamber of Commerce Downtown Los Altos along State Street.
4:00 pm - Back to School Night ESN Classes
Covington Elementary Los Altos, CA 94024
5:00 pm - Back to School Night
Covington Elementary Los Altos, CA 94024
5:00 pm - Back to School Night
Gardner Bullis Elementary Los Altos, CA 94022
5:30 pm - Instant Play Festival
Los Altos High Mountain View, CA 94040
6:00 pm - The Rounder Circle plays at Foothills →
Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
10:00 am - Sunday Worship →
Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
10:00 am - Widow and Widowers Association Meetings; Visitors Welcome →
460 S El Monte Ave, Los Altos
7:30 pm - Train Day →
Los Altos History Museum, 51 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
11:00 am
Wednesday August 19
Thursday August 20
Sunday August 23
Tuesday August 25
Sunday August 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Are you missing a kitten?
I found this kitten last night. Very sweet. It has a black spot near its mouth. (Nextdoor Los Altos Town House City)
- InnVentures posted a job opening for Houseperson in Los Altos. Apply here.
- SGA Dental Partners posted a job opening for Front Office Associate - Peninsula Center of Cosmetic Dentistry in Los Altos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Altos here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mountain View
- Palo Alto approves 8-story housing complex on Mountain View border (mv-voice.com)
- Made in Mountain View: The True Story of the Apple Porsche 935 Livery (petrolicious.com)
- EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001959173-26-006137 (sec.gov)
Palo Alto
- Palo Alto City Council approves 8-story housing complex (sanjosespotlight.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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