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Former Los Altos Mayor Jane Reed recalled how a road trip to Sacramento in 1983 led to an event that is still being held 40 years later.

Some might have thought Roberta Phillips was joking when she showed up in her flowery bathrobe during the Nov. 14 Los Altos City Council meeting.

Incumbents in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View are running for city council in the fall, but only those in Los Altos and Mountain View will face competition.

Whether in person or, more recently, virtually, Carl Cahill attended more than 180 Los Altos Hills City Council meetings as the town’s top executive. Following last week’s meeting, however, his

No, Amanda Oakson did not chain herself to a tree. But she considered it. By protesting, erecting signage and lying at the base of Valley Oak No. 273 Thursday, the Los Altos Hills resident attracted the attention of Mayor Kavita Tankha and Council member Linda Swan, who intervened and stopped arborists from chopping it down. Tankha could not be reached for comment Thursday, but Oakson said the mayor told her council members intend to discuss the tree’s fate during their Aug. 19 meeting. “All we ask for in this is time to consider a third option instead of life or death,” Oakson...