Tag: los altos
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A hole in Los Altos (continued)
The city clerk got back to me this morning. (Thanks much for the prompt response!) The hole in the map is also a hole in the ground — a reservoir belonging to the City of Mountain View. We happened to be in the area after checking out Tom’s Depot Cafe yesterday so I snapped a…
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A hole in Los Altos
Looking at the Census page for Los Altos, something funny caught my eye: there’s a hole in the map for Los Altos: https://data.census.gov/profile/Los_Altos_city,_California?g=160XX00US0643280 Returning to the data from https://lab.data.ca.gov/dataset/california-city-boundaries-and-identifiers, we see the same thing: > library(ggplot2)> library(sf)> cities <- read_sf(“~/Downloads/California_Cities_and_Identifiers_Blue_Version_view_-6943741225906831761.gpkg”)> losAltos <- subset(cities, CDTFA_CITY == “Los Altos”)> ggplot(losAltos) + geom_sf() What’s in that hole? >…
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“Growing Up in Los Altos”
Recently, I finished a little book that I enjoyed: “Growing Up in Los Altos” by Barbara Collins Callison. One thing that catches my attention is mention of playing in Adobe Creek during the summer. In more recent times, it dries up before making it through what is now Shoup Park (although the section in the…
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Mr. Los Altos
Passing by the Chamber of Commerce on the way to Shoup Park, I’ve sometimes wondered about the statue with the big glasses near there. Reading Robin Chapman’s wonderful “The Valley of Heart’s Delight: True Tales from Around the Bay”, I found the answer. The chapter on Walter Singer begins: Walter Singer died in 1992, which…
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Los Altos council candidates on native plants in city plantings
I e-mailed the five candidates for Los Altos city council the following question on September 8, 2024: Per Doug Tallamy’s work, using locally native plants in landscaping is important in restoring ecosystem health, rebuilding the food chain. Using natives also reduces the risk of introducing new invasives and diseases into surrounding wild areas. They require less water and…