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Piper Willis poses with a large bear in the Veterans Community Plaza last month. The bear, created by Morgan Bricca for sponsor Rotary Club of Los Altos, is titled Can you see yourself in California? Â According to Bricca, the grizzly bear sports a garland of poppies and redwood sprigs, as well as apricot blossoms representing Los Altos. The Santa Cruz mountains featured on the grizzlyâs chest provide a breathtaking backdrop to our bustling town and an easy escape into the redwoods, she said. Our community is blessed by the cultural diversity of our immigrants, represented by the different fabric patterns featured in the cape. . I hope this bear serves as a reminder that it is the diversity within our community that makes us beautiful.
Written by By Stephen Wyer/Special to the Town Crier
Los Altos Public Arts Commission members hope to have a bronze sculpture of Walter Singer relocated from the Los Altos History Museum to the Chamber of Commerce property by the end of the year.
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A bronze sculpture of Walter Singer graces Veterans Community Plaza in 2014, above. The bust was removed and put in storage in 2015. The Public Arts Commission plans to display it once again.
The bust of the late downtown Los Altos businessman, known by local residents as “Mr. Los Altos,” has remained in storage at the museum since 2015. The sculpture had previously been on display in Veterans Community Plaza since 1993, but it was removed when city leaders wanted to create more open space in the plaza.
AAUW commemorates Roe v. Wade ruling
The Los Altos/Mountain View branch of the American Association of University Women is scheduled to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion with a Zoom presentation 2-3 p.m. Jan. 22.
Laurie Bertram Roberts, executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization focused on the Deep South, will discuss the impact of anti-choice restrictions. An AAUW press release said the Yellowhammer Fund’s approach to abortion funding and practical support is “one prong in alleviating the governmental and economic coercion placed on the bodies of people of low income – especially those who are people of color.”