Annoying Sign Disappears!

The annoying sign that blocked the view of our orchard. I've had nightmares about it for some months.

I had to run a few errands before going out to dinner for my birthday.  As I drove by the City Hall, I almost had an accident.  The sign that has been there for two years, that has annoyed me every time I've driven by it?  Yes, that sign. (see above).

Vanished.

"One of the Few Remaining Apricot Orchards of Santa Clara Valley"

Los Altos City Hall, looking across the apricot orchard to the Youth Center and the Police Station.

At late as the 1970s, the Santa Clara Valley was still economically dependent upon agriculture. According to the Santa Clara Valley Historical Society most of the County's orchards of apricot, prune, cherry and almond were small and family owned. Cooperatives helped the region's families sell and distribute their products.

California still produces 95% of America's apricots. Most, however, come from the San Joaquin Valley, inland from Los Altos, Mountain View, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale--little towns where the lovely climate and proximity to San Francisco and Stanford University transformed orchards into suburbs.