Silicon Valley Real Estate Info

Whole Foods Market, Los Altos (4800 El Camino Real near Showers Drive) is donating 5% of all NET SALES on Tuesday, May 25th to the Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF)  to help generate funds to put towards next year’s budget cuts. Just shop at Whole Foods - Los Altos on May 25th anytime from 8AM-10PM and 5% of the [...]

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Proponents of Measure A will kick off their campaign tomorrow morning at 8:30 at the Garden House in Shoup Park (400 University Avenue – see map).  The Los Altos High School Jazz band will perform and there will be speakers including Julia Rosenberg, chair of BEST (Building Education for Students Together) and Barry Groves, the [...]

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On Tuesday, the Mountain View-Los Altos School District approved placing a 41.3 million dollar bond on the upcoming June 8th ballot.  What is the bond about? The district is estimating that enrollment will increase by approximately 25% (900 students) in the next 10 years.  That is about 450 new students per high school.  According to the [...]

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Friday night was the Springer Elementary School Auction at Michael’s at Shoreline.  The theme…Caddyshack!  I have attended numerous Springer Auctions and based on my un-official estimates (number of attendees, donations, and the level of frenzied bidding) the auction was a huge success! All of our local schools do some sort of fund raising during the year.  [...]

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If you haven’t purchased your Christmas tree yet, I suggest that you go to the Mountain View/Los Altos High School Christmas Tree Lot.  The lot is located at 350 S. San Antonio Road and sells Noble Fir trees from 4 feet to 12 feet.  The net proceeds from the tree sale help support both high school’s [...]

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The high winds and rain of the storm on Tuesday created some havoc for Los Altos residents.  My son, a Mountain View High freshman, got to go home early because power was lost to the school.  Numerous branches and trees came down as well.  The largest damage (that I am aware of) occurred in the [...]

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Sweet Shop in Los Altos is now open, originally uploaded by David Blockhus. The Sweet Shop, located at 994 Los Altos Avenue, has opened.  I stopped by this morning while on the Friday real estate broker’s tour to check out the place.   It looks like a nice north Los Altos neighborhood handout and a great kid friendly place. An interesting [...]

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Satake Estates is one of Summerhill Homes newest developments.  Located in Mountain View on the old Satake Nursery site (at the end of Marilyn Drive), Satake Estates is a higher end development of 30 single family homes.Currently, prices range from $1,537,000 to over $2,013,000 plus options.  Home sizes range from approximately 2238 square feet up to approximately 3358 square feet [...]

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Image via WikipediaPalo Alto and Los Altos were in the top ten on Forbes list of America’s most educated small towns.  Palo Alto was ranked third and Los Altos was ranked fifth.  Saratoga  also made the list at number sixteen and Cupertino at number eighteen. Forbes pulled data from the U.S. Census 2005-2007 American Community Survey.  [...]

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In results released last week, the Los Altos Elementary School District’s Academic Performance Index (API) increased 5 points from 954 to 959.   API Scores are used to determine the academic performance and improvement of a school and/or school district.  Below is the break down of the Los Altos school’s API scores: Elementary School         2007 Base        2008 Growth    Improvement Almond Elementary                          968                          964                         [...]

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