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14 Jun 2019 |
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Historic Bike Ride of Los Altos
A bike around Los Altos where you can discover the history of our most interesting town. We meet at the Los Altos History Museum, bike 8 miles around town to […]
Continue Reading25 Mar 2019 |
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Try This: Make America…..Rake Again!
Did you know that Los Altos was the first city in the Bay Area to ban gas-powered leaf blowers? The ordinance has been in Los Altos’ municipal code since 1991, […]
Continue Reading30 Aug 2018 |
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Los Altos Historic Bike Tour
Please join us Sept. 23 for an 8 mile bike ride around town to see the best historic sites and homes in Los Altos and hear some stories. We finish […]
Continue Reading26 Nov 2017 |
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Lawn Be Gone Bike Tour
Join GreenTown Los Altos on a bicycle tour of Los Altos to see for yourself how good drought-tolerant landscaping can look. We start at a private home in north Los […]
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09 Dec 2012 |
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Margie Suozzo Receives Recognition as Outstanding Volunteer
Margie Suozzo, GreenTown Los Altos co-founder and outgoing Leadership Chair was a recipient of a Los Altos / Los Altos Hills Community Volunteer Service Award on Friday, December 7, 2012, […]
Continue Reading08 Sep 2012 |
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PARK(ing) Day Comes to Downtown Los Altos September 21st!
For the first time ever, downtown Los Altos will be a participant in a worldwide annual event called PARK(ing) Day, which this year falls on Friday, September 21! Click here for more […]
Continue Reading22 Aug 2012 |
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Los Altos Cleans Up – Businesses and Residents Join City’s Effort to Reduce Waste
While participation in recycling/organics collection programs is a vast improvement over simply throwing everything in the garbage to be landfilled, it’s even better to implement policy and programs that eliminate waste. For example, many local grocery stores reward shoppers for bringing their own bags rather than using disposable ...
Continue Reading29 Jun 2012 |
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LEED Platinum Packard Foundation Building: An Inspiration!
The property will generate 100% of its energy requirements and will harvest 100% of the rainwater that falls on it. These characteristics, among other design elements, are what has earned the Packard headquarters a platinum level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) designation by the U.S. Green Building Council. It ...
Continue Reading09 Feb 2012 |
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Los Altos resident shares solar story
By John Bigler, Los Altos resident In April 2006, we decided we were ready to “Go Solar” at our 2900 square foot Los Altos home. Our goal was to reduce our […]
Continue Reading26 Jan 2011 |
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Los Altos City Council Discusses the Lehigh Cement Co. Issue
On January 25th, the Los Altos City Council met to discuss the Permanente Quarry/Lehigh SW Cement Company in the hills south of Los Altos. According to the group NoToxicAir.org, this cement factory releases various chemicals including 1,284 pounds of mercury/year which is the 2nd highest of any cement plant in the US and is over ten ...
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