Class of 2021 Triumphs Amid Challenges
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Community Graduation Food & Wine Jon M. Chu, film director Read the complete Show some dad-itude with local roots, follows list of local high school with Father’s Day food ‘Crazy’ success with graduates and wine adventures ‘In the Heights’ Page 12 Page 22 Page 29 Vol. 74 No. 23 • 50 cents losaltosonline.com WEDNESDAY • June 9, 2021 Community news for Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View since 1947 Class of 2021 triumphs amid challenges Staff turnover By Zoe Morgan Staff Writer/[email protected] debate widens s seniors graduated from Mountain View divide among Aand Los Altos high schools last week, the occasion Hills residents had many of the hallmarks of By Megan V. Winslow a traditional commencement Staff Writer/[email protected] ceremony, from students giving speeches to graduates lining up he volume of emails is over- to receive their diplomas. whelming, missive after for- In other ways, though, the Twarded missive either con- graduations reflected the un- demning or supporting Los Altos precedented year the seniors Hills City Manager Carl Cahill. have experienced, with ceremo- Although residents have debated nies held off-campus to give the rate of town staff turnover for more room for students and months, some as part of an attempt families to social distance. to demonstrate how Cahill’s manage- The celebrations were held at ment style has forced employees to PayPal Park, the soccer stadium leave, the barrage of emails intensi- where the San Jose Earthquakes fied when town planning and build- play. Students and families ing director Zach Dahl sent the city were spread out throughout the council an email explaining his deci- stands. sion to resign and accept a position “As we sit beside each other to- with the city of San Mateo. day, it’s hard not to be reminded The storm of emails that fol- See GRADUATION, Page 10 lowed, each magnifying the division between two competing factions in For a list of the town, include at least two from town graduates, check residents who announced they are out page 22. To read part of an effort to remove newly profiles highlighting elected Councilmember Linda Swan from office because they believe she individual students’ is essentially serving as a puppet for achievements, see TOP PHOTO BY MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER; ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT PHOTOS BY ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER her husband, John Swan, a fierce crit- page 19. Mountain View High School, top, and Los Altos High School, above left and right, students ic of Cahill’s. graduated June 4 in outdoor ceremonies at PayPal Park, where the San Jose Earthquakes play. “Discussions are underway about how to recall Linda Swan since her Permanente Flood Protection Project deemed complete husband is directing her to enable his agenda,” Bridget Morgan wrote in an By Bruce Barton completed. includes creek channel im- nio work, which features two email to the Town Crier. Staff Writer/[email protected] Officials with Valley Wa- provements and two detention of the basins, brought the proj- Former town Planning Commis- ter (formerly the Santa Clara basin areas, covers a 10.6-mile ect over the finish line. sioner Jim Basiji sent a similar mes- fter nearly two de- Valley Water District), the stretch from north of Highway The fact that a flooding sage. cades of planning and lead agency on the project, 101 to Rancho San Antonio prevention project was taking Within his May 28 resignation let- Aconstruction, the $93 held a virtual ribbon-cutting County Park and Open Space place in the middle of the dry ter, Dahl said he planned to remain million Permanente Creek event Friday to celebrate the Preserve. The completion in season was not lost on Gary at town hall for at least three to four Flood Protection Project is occasion. 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