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Police Calls: Window Smashed, Bikes Taken in South Los Altos

The Los Altos Police log for the past weekend include a petty theft of two bicycles on Fallen Leaf Lane, plus auto burglaries get really petty: the thief stole sunglasses in one—and $8 in quarter in another.

 

The Los Altos Police Bulletin for Dec. 15 to 16 reveals a quiet weekend, but lots of watchful eyes, and some construction noise disturbing the peace on both days. 

Dec. 15

Construction Noise

  • 8:22 a.m., 900 block of San Antonio Road; construction causing noise disturbance outside of permitted hours, warning given

Suspicious Person / Circumstances/Vehicle

  • 8:30 a.m., 4856 El Camino Real; suspicious subject, subject contacted, no crime, field interview completed
  • 11:31 a.m., 500 block of Camellia Avenue; suspicious person, subject contacted, no crime, out for a walk
  • 12:12 p.m., 800 block of Lockhaven Avenue; suspicious circumstances, no indication of a crime, information only
  • 12:37 p.m., Fallen Leaf Lane and Victoria Court; late-reported suspicious subject, information relayed to patrol and nearby agencies
  • 12:56 a.m.200 block of Covington Road; suspicious occupied vehicle, vehicle gone on officer’s arrival
  • 1:14 p.m., Oak Avenue and Marinovich Way, suspicious occupied vehicle, gone on officer’s arrival
  • 8:04 p.m., Alvarado Avenue and Panchita Way; suspicious circumstances, no report taken

Driving on a Suspended License

  • 9:21 a.m.; St. Joseph Avenue and Foothill Expressway; driving with a suspended license, driver Armando Baena 49 , of San Jose, was cited to appear and released, according to Los Altos Police Sgt. Cameron Shearer.
  • 11:03 p.m., San Antonio Road and Fayette Drive, M.V., driving with a suspended license, subject cited

Theft

  • 9:29 a.m., 300 block of Arboleda Drive; petty theft, cold report, theft of sunglasses and miscellaneous items from an unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway, said Shearer. A report was taken. 

Sewer Call

  • 10:43 a.m., 1000 block of Los Altos Avenue; possible sewer backup, Municipal Services advised

Identity Theft

  • 12:08 p.m., 1400 block of Miravalle Avenue; identity theft, information only. The suspect attempted to open multiple accounts and made fraudulent charges on victim’s credit card, Shearer said.

Solicitor

  • 1:04 p.m., Warec Way and Cypress Drive; possible unlicensed solicitor, officer checked area and was unable to locate

Burglary Attempt

  • 8:13 p.m., 2100 block of Fallen Leaf Lane; attempted residential burglary, report taken. According to Sgt. Shearer, a sliding glass door was smashed and two bikes of unknown value were taken. The burglary occurred between 8:00pm Dec. 14 and 8:00pm Dec. 15.

 

Dec. 16

Subpoena Service

  • 10:17 a.m.,  200 block of Cherry Avenue; subpoena service, successful

Theft

  • 10:35 a.m., walk-in, 700 block of Woodstock Ln, $8 in quarters were takend from an unsecured vehicle overnight, said Sgt. Shearer. No report was desired, and police were called simply to report the incident had occurred.

Construction Noise

  • 11:59 a.m., 1000 block of Seena Avenue; construction noise causing a disturbance, warning given

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Joan J. Strong May 22, 2013 at 11:21 am
Corrections: 1. Straw man attack: nobody is blaming BCS for district-wide growth. Nobody. 2. BCSRead More does not get "half the funding" of LASD. BCS gets about 6500 and LASD gets about 9500. The BCS program for typical children costs about twice as much as the comparable LASD program. BCS is simple an expensive hybrid public/private school, nothing more. 3. Mr. Roode pointed out that there are about 100 or so special ed. students at LASD (I cannot verify this but it seems very low). LASD calls out an annual expense of $7.5 million for special ed. meaning each of these students cost LASD $75,000, not $1,000 as he implied. 4. The law and the courts have ALREADY compelled LASD to give reasonably equivalent facilities and they have. BCS has a lower student/teacher ratio meaning that they have more classrooms for the same number of kids. This is not, legally speaking, LASD's problem. 5. Mr. Roode has yet to explain how the Covington campus could be 16 acres. Further, he continues to spread the fallacy that campuses ACREAGE is even remotely relevant to its student capacity. Campuses are limited by their location and traffic, not how many acres of grass there is in the back. 6. Were it not for BCS, we would have passed a bond in the last election, as the polling shows. BCS litigation has ripped our community apart and has left it with a mountain to climb when it comes to operating in a normal fashion.
L.A. Chung (Editor) May 22, 2013 at 10:37 am
@David R. I think Homestead uses EarthCare Recycling, based on its April 6 E-Waste collection dayRead More publicity (http://bit.ly/10mIV14) : www.earthcarerecycling.com "Recycle FREE your old electronic equipment - working or not! Anything with a plug or PC board inside. Also accepted are non-household batteries, VHS tapes and other media, and scrap metal. Visit www.earthcarerecycling.com for a list of accepted items. "
David R. May 21, 2013 at 10:26 pm
What kind of bins are there? Do you take used CDROMs? How about VHS tapes? Cables and wire?
David R. May 20, 2013 at 01:18 pm
I saw a public report that said most of the discussion related to carpooling and so forth, sinceRead More Blach is separated so much from the rest of the school. You know, things like dropping off both kids at Egan, and then a group of kids headed for Blach share a ride or vice versa. I don't see how any nonparents can really help with that.