The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

The student news site of Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California

The Talon

A map of the Los Altos downtown area.  The  Courtesy of Los Altos City Council.

Los Altos Considers Halting Development Along First Street

By Spencer Dembner, News Editor | March 29, 2015

On Tuesday, March 10, the Los Altos City Council failed to pass an urgency moratorium, or a temporary postponement order, that would have halted development along portions of First Street pending review...

Winter Percussion Concludes Successful First Season

Winter Percussion Concludes Successful First Season

By Emily Terada | March 28, 2015

The Los Altos High School winter percussion team successfully wrapped up its 2015 season on Saturday, March 21, placing fourth out of 10 in its final competition at Fremont High School. Both performers...

Boys Lacrosse Sees Comeback Fall Short Against Paly

By Cole Hanson | March 28, 2015

On Friday, March 27th, the boys lacrosse team lost a nail-biter, 9-10, to Palo Alto High School (Paly) at home. The first quarter started off quickly with an early goal by Paly. Both teams came out...

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ASB Cancels Annual Kickball Tournament

By James Sun | March 28, 2015

On Friday March 27, the Associate Student Body (ASB) announced that the annual kickball tournament was cancelled due to a lack of sign ups. Instead, ASB will focus on planning the upcoming dodgeball tournament...

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Boys Basketball Vanquishes Top-seeded Leland in Overtime Thriller to Seize CCS Title

By David Wu | March 8, 2015

A nail-biter, a roller coaster. Stomach-churning, down to the wire, thrilling. Make what attempt you will to describe yesterday’s boy’s basketball’s CCS game against the Leland Chargers–you’ll...

Boys Basketball Pours It On Against Santa Clara, Advances to CCS Finals

By David Wu | March 4, 2015

The third time really is the charm. Boys basketball rewrote the school’s record books tonight, triumphing over Santa Clara High School in CCS semifinals in no uncertain terms. Los Altos took the game...

Water Project club hosts book drive for San Francisco Book Project

By Kevin Yen | January 21, 2015

[media-credit name="Courtesy The Water Project Organization" align="aligncenter" width="702"][/media-credit] From Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 23, the Water Project club is hosting a book fundraiser...

District refinances $3 million in debt

By Spencer Dembner | January 21, 2015

At its January 12 meeting, the MVLA board of directors approved a deal with Umpqua bank to refinance $3 million in debt, expected to save approximately $450,000. The debt was accumulated when the district...

Girls basketball loses to Paly

By Josh Kirshenbaum | January 18, 2015

The girls varsity basketball team lost to the Palo Alto High School (Paly) Vikings Friday, January 16, by a score of 50-43. The Eagles started off strong. Co-captain junior Meg Enthoven’s eight first...

Varsity boys basketball loses to Paly in overtime on odd finish

By Josh Kirshenbaum | January 18, 2015

The boys basketball team lost an overtime thriller to the Paly Vikings on Friday, January 16, by a score of 58-57. The game had the craziest ending of the year and still has Eagles fans scratching their...

Amnesty International club hosts human rights talks

By Sitara Sriram | January 15, 2015

On Thursday January 15, Cephus Johnson, a prominent human rights activist and uncle of Oscar Grant, and Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco Chapter of the American-Islamic relations council,...

District approves increase in substitute pay

By Spencer Dembner | January 14, 2015

On Monday, January 12, the Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) Board of Directors approved an increase in the pay rate for substitute teachers effective February 2. Currently, MVLA pays its substitutes at...

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