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On the Road Food & Wine Business & Mazda ups its game Serve up some aloha spirit Real Estate with MX-5 Miata with tasty dishes and Otter.ai makes a splash hardtop convertible wine pairings with speech-to-text software Page 18 Page 25 Page 28 Vol. 74 No. 31 • 50 cents losaltosonline.com WEDNESDAY • August 4, 2021 Community news for Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View since 1947 FAA decision County offers on flight expressway paths draws options for censure cyclists’ safety By Megan V. Winslow Staff Writer/[email protected] By Bruce Barton Staff Writer/[email protected] S. Congress members from California and ddressing cyclists’ safe- Ulocal elected officials ty concerns, Santa Clara alike expressed disappointment ACounty officials at a vir- following a recent Federal Avia- tual community workshop last tion Administration announce- week presented three alterna- ment indicating the agency will tive plans to improve a Foothill not change flight paths over the Expressway intersection that Bay Area to abate airplane noise has been referred to as a “death for many residents . zone ”. In a joint statement issued SHELLY BOWERS/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER Personnel with the county’s July 23, U S. Reps . Anna Eshoo Amanda Oakson (in magenta shorts) and supporters cheer the temporary reprieve granted the Roads and Airports Department, (D-18th District), Jackie Speier mature oak tree slated for removal by the town of Los Altos Hills. who oversaw recent completion (D-14th District) and Jimmy of the expressway improvement Panetta (D-20th District) noted project through Los Altos, of- how members of a local com- Pleas save Hills oak from the ax fered options for the problematic mittee tasked with making rec- By Megan V. Winslow southbound intersection at Foot- ommendations to the FAA about Staff Writer/[email protected] tion, a grantmaking organization named for the hill and El Monte Avenue, so- routes, or procedures, worked late co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co . and his liciting feedback and surveying “tirelessly” for nine months to wife . Its boughs tower over a dirt track leading to participants for their opinions on do so but to no avail . o, Amanda Oakson did not chain herself the Packard Pathway, and its upper branches inter- the best option . “It has taken the FAA 55 to a tree . But she considered it . twine with utility wires . The trunk is within inch- The intersection has drawn months to respond in full to the N By protesting, erecting signage and lying es of Elena, making it a frequent but unintended complaints from cyclists since recommendations,” the three at the base of Valley Oak No . 273 Thursday, the target of passing vehicles . the county added two right-turn representatives wrote . “There is Los Altos Hills resident attracted the attention of “The form of the oak is poor with two cavities lanes for auto traffic as part of no excuse for why it has taken Mayor Kavita Tankha and Councilmember Linda from apparent vehicle damage on the street side of the improvement project . this long, despite our best efforts Swan, who intervened and stopped arborists from the lower trunk,” according to a report from Kiel- “We have heard your con- to engage directly with multiple chopping it down . ty Arborist Services submitted to the town Public cerns and have collaborated to FAA Administrators spanning Tankha could not be reached for comment Works Department in October . develop some design concepts three Administrations ”. Thursday, but Oakson said the mayor told her Boasting a diameter of 51 4. inches, the tree’s and discuss them with you in The FAA made its announce- council members intend to discuss the tree’s fate girth is well above meeting the town’s 12-inch tonight’s workshop,” said Jim ment during two virtual work- during their Aug . 19 meeting . threshold for heritage oak protection, but its cur- Sandoval, Los Altos engineer- shops for Northern California “All we ask for in this is time to consider a third rent condition could arguably justify a removal ing services director, who was residents, one July 20 and the option instead of life or death,” Oakson said . “And permit; in addition to the cavities, which are vis- among a host of county and other July 21 . Panelists included the option that we’re looking for is some way to ible from the exterior, drilling and mallet tapping city officials involved in the representatives from the San safely preserve this historic tree and also keep it revealed a C-shaped section of decay within . discussion . Francisco, Oakland and San safe from hurting any human life or property ”. On a “hazard rating” scale between 1 and The chief concern involves Jose airports and employees of The 50-foot-tall oak is located near the inter- 12, in which 12 represents a high probability for the marked bike slot to the left See FAA, Page 6 section of Elena Road and Josefa Lane beside land owned by the David and Lucile Packard Founda- See TREE, Page 7 See CYCLISTS, Page 5 ALSO INSIDE – AUGUST 4, 2021 Business & Real Estate . 28 Food & Wine . 25 Public Notices . 38 Classified . 39 Letters to the Editor . 8 Schools . 22 Comment . 8 Obituaries . 39 Sports . 14 Community . 9 On the Road . 18 Stepping Out . 16 Datebook . 38 Pet of the Week . 11 Transactions . 29 14965 Page Mill Road, Los Altos Hills Expansive Single Level Home on ~3 Acres | Clay Tennis Court and Pool | Palo Alto Schools | $5,400,000 GARY CAMPI | CAMPI GROUP [email protected] | www.campi.com | 650 917 2433 #1 Team in Silicon Valley 2017, 2019, 2020 Lic. #00600311 | 195 S. 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