Changes are ahead for downtown Los Altos outdoor dining after the city council last week approved a new program for downtown restaurants, a move that assigns fees and allows for
Changes are ahead for downtown Los Altos outdoor dining after the city council last week approved a new program for downtown restaurants, a move that assigns fees and allows for
Downtown parklets are here for the foreseeable future. Los Altos City Council members Nov. 30 approved a new parklet program for continued outdoor dining once the current program under a
Local salons, restaurants take another shot at reopening
An employee of Essence Salon in Mountain View shampoos a customer’s hair Sunday.
It took repeated shutdowns for Sarah Zebb, owner of Therapy Salon in Los Altos with her husband, Todd, to fully understand the popularity of her industry. Since the most recent shelter-in-place orders were lifted earlier this week, allowing personal care services to open at 20% capacity, Zebb’s phone has been ringing off the hook.
“I never knew hair was so important,” she said, joking that the personal care industry will never be taken over by robots.
Zebb’s salon has been closed more than six weeks, since the Bay Area shut down again due to the winter COVID-19 surge. Even when she opens next week, things will be different. Eight of her stylists have left; only three remain. Zebb can’t book too many people, because she has to sanitize the stations, and capacity restrictions limit the salon to having six people inside at a time,