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Disputed Los Altos Hills trash talks terminate Marie Godderis/Town Crier File Photo GreenWaste garbage cans lined up on a Los Altos Hills street. Although it certainly won’t preclude complaints going forward, the epic saga of Los Altos Hills’ garbage collection contract seems to have concluded – officially, at least. City Manager Carl Cahill, at the Hills’ Feb. 18 city council meeting, announced the end of attempts to convince San Jose-based GreenWaste Recovery to provide adjustments lowering residents’ monthly rates. “We’re not getting anywhere with GreenWaste,” Cahill s...

Megan V. Winslow/Town Crier Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters workers conduct a manual recount of the Los Altos Hills and Mountain View city council Nov. 3 general election races on Dec. 8. Last week, the ROV announced the results of the Hills recount, and the results of the Mountain View recount are expected this week. New Los Altos Hills City Council members Stanley Q. Mok, Lisa Schmidt and Linda Swan, like so many newly elected officials before them this year, took the oath of office virtually Thursday, each raising a right hand from their respective Zoom panel. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo,...

Schmidt wins Los Altos Hills council seat by one vote Yes, every vote truly does count. Following a manual Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters recount of the Nov. 3 election results, business owner Lisa Schmidt won the third and final seat on the Los Altos Hills City Council, beating competitor Jay Sutaria by a single vote. Schmidt Schmidt described her excitement after hearing the announcement via an email from Virginia Bloom, assistant registrar of voters, at approximately 12:15 p.m. Monday (Dec. 14). “I’ve tried to take a Zen-like approach to this,” Schmidt said. “I really...