The peace sign menorah. The "Got Latkes?"a Sapron. The Maccabees board game. There are plenty of innovations in the world of Chanukah gifts this year, and local storeowners say they are eager to display the new products.

Portrait of Sofia Dumitru with brother Andrew Dumitru, who made Romanian style coffin for his father per his request at Los Altos, Calif.

The $1.5 million project on the 20,000-square-foot Westwind Barn in Los Altos Hills will include seismic strengthening measures as well as solar panels, bicycle racks and water-conservation efforts.

Not all grandparent groups focus specifically or exclusively on Judaism or interfaith families.

Palo Alto Online A&E * Theater: 'My Sister Eileen' Two sisters from Ohio move to the '40s big city in "My Sister Eileen," a play being performed at Foothill College's Lohman Theatre tomorrow through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Nov.

A meeting to promote ending the death penalty in Santa Clara County will be held tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills.

Palo Alto Online A&E * Science talk: Life at the Edge Lynn Rothschild has gone from the Bolivian Andes to the Rift Valley of Kenya searching for the hardiest of organisms in extreme environments for life.

Brian King, who has served as president of Cabrillo College for five years, is one of two finalists for the chancellor's position at Foothill-De Anza Community College District, he confirmed Wednesday.

Amber Richard, 23, won the 'Best of the West' competition conducted by the United States Pole Dance Federation.

World War II Navy veteran Carl E. Clark in his home in Menlo Park, Calif. on Monday, October 26, 2009.

Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District are headed to court Monday, for the latest legal development in their ongoing dispute over the charter school's facilities.

In Los Altos Hills, some voters can't elect council members, go to City Hall for building permits or hook up to the city's sewer system.

A billionaire hedge fund manager and five executives with blue chip companies are in jail.

The annual fall native plant sale by the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

In this age of global warming and climate change, what can you do to help the environment? Go native! By planting native plants in the garden, you reduce your consumption of water, energy, and chemicals, and you create a garden attractive to humans as well as birds and butterflies.

Professor Paul Kalas of the University of California at Berkeley will give a non-technical, illustrated talk on the Hubble space telescope at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

InnVision Announces an innovative way to offset State and Local government slashes to human services funding.

Booking suspects is normally a breeze because jails count on computers to read fingerprints and quickly compare them to state and local records.

Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills community members joined together last Friday morning to honor the Community Services Agency's Hometown Heroes for 2009, Mary Lou De Natale and El Camino Hospital.

Don't think that the fun ended with Labor Day's Begonia Festival. Santa Cruz County's "summer for locals" offers plenty of options to get out and enjoy the traditionally glorious weather.