Happened to stop by after someone told me they remodeled and great community center for kids and…read moreseniors. Yes it is a beautiful place as I walked around it on a Sunday afternoon. Mixed used complex, with playground , picnic, senior center activities, kids activities, and clean and modern facilities which I wish my city would have. So pretty here except for the geese poo. lol Hey it's true! Replace the geese with birds with smaller poo.

This review is for my recent experience at the pottery studio…read more I was ostracized when I confronted a hypocritical and nosy Karen over her instigating criticism on my clean-up. I calmly told her that "If you criticize my clean up, you have to clean it for me." My polite way to ask her to mind her own business. She went berserk and told me off to the studio guy E, accusing me of being rude while she was the one who crossed my boundary. Being a poor mediator, the guy sided with her without investigating. That was because he spied on my clean up in the past too, which was uncool! It made me uneased. I felt picked on. His behavior of one-sidedly consoling the bully, instead of remaining neutral was off putting. There's a constitutional right of "freedom of movement " that no one shall obstruct your free choice. I was glad I stood up for myself. Clay, no matter how careful you are with, will be inevitably left a few traces in the sink, and it is not a big deal. Everyone does it and everyone has his/her way of cleaning. No need to nitpick and be pathetic. To be bullied and snitched by someone who thinks she has the right to tell others what to do is disheartening. Pottery making shall be a peaceful time to create without being disturbed. To instruct people what to do as if acting as a social warrior puts a damper on freedom and creativity. They should put a sign next to the sink, that reads, "Please mind your own business when cleaning, as people like to be left alone." The entire community center is funded by tax payers' dollars, government-operated meaning it's run differently than privately-owned ones, and is more authoritarian in my opinion. As a paying customer, I'd like to access to my creative outlet without being disturbed yet my experience was tarnished by busybody commie control freak and a biased worker. I don't meddle with other's business and others should not meddle with mine. I also found some of their instructors controlling. They need to respect personal autonomy. Clean up is a very personal thing. If everyone does exactly the same thing, they can move to North Korea. It was a dissapointing experience. Move on to other options for my creative pursuit.

My experience in Avenida was good, great food. Team members are very friendly and knowledgeable…read moreabout their food. The service was also good and I liked their ambiance.

Great support even in the middle of COVID. Paula from Avenidas provided critical guidance and…read moreresources when my mom was hospitalized and needed special care. First, great advice on how to manage the hospital care, who to talk to and how to be a great patient advocate. Later on when (unfortunately) hospice care was needed, critical guidance to a care facility that made my mother's last days as good and as peaceful as possible. I can't thank them enough.

They work so hard to take care of the elder ones in our family. We are so fortunate to have people…read morethat do this in our society. I did not feel good putting my father in a "home", but the staff and everyone there is so nice my dad whom had dementia towards the end of his life at 92 really did enjoy his time with them at villa siena!!! I highly recommend this senior care center. My Aunt Marie is at Siena now as well, and she misses her apartment that she loved, but she kept falling there and broke her hip. Then she fell again so we who weren't near her town needed to place her. She has good insurance so she was able to get in. She misses her apartment of course but she is safer now and loves reading scripture as well as many books they have in multiple libraries on site at Siena! This place just is one of the better places.

If you need an assisted living facility for your loved one, I can think of no better place than…read moreVilla Siena. My mom has been a resident here for 8-years and she loves it. The staff is OUTSTANDING. they truly CARE for all the residents. During the Covid outbreak they did an excellent job keeping the residents safe and healthy. Highly, highly recommend.

Hillview Community Center, and Hillview Park (both listed at the same address 97 Hillview Avenue)…read moreoffers many recreational and community programs for Los Altans, mainly kids and youth. These include music and dancing courses, art classes, fitness, and cooking. The Los Altos senior program is also hosted here. I walk these grounds almost every day. If your thing is walking, it's close to downtown, you just have to cross the San Antonio Rd. Best way is to cross at the intersection where Enchanté Boutique Hotel now stands. Or you can park by the library, and walk around to see it all. I have reviews for many of the individual listings described below. This complex is an 8.3 acre site, which consists of the following facilities surrounding the Los Altos library: - The administrative offices of the Recreation & Community Services Department - Little League baseball diamond - The "Whistlestop" children's playground near it - The parcourse exercise equipment - A soccer field that is, essentially, the Hillview Park (please see a separate review) - Los Altos History Museum - Gilbert Smith History House - Bus Barn Theater, or Los Altos Stage Company There are multiple facilities that are available for rentals, like celebrations, social gatherings, and kids birthdays: two bocce ball courts, a multi-purpose room with kitchen, and several classrooms and meeting rooms. These are mostly older facilities, and at the same time, they exude a certain old country charm and are full of history.

Currently closed for renovations…read more I've been attending a keep fit class here for a few weeks and would say that the building is tired, old and in need of some love. It's like they read my mind, because it's currently closed so that they can renovate the place!! I'm excited to see how these will improve the site and its facilities for the local community, and hope to update my review to a more positive one once the work is complete

I came from China a few years ago. I stay at my daughter's house to take care of her kids. Now that…read morethey are all in school, I do not have much to do. One day I hopped on the Palo Alto free shuttle. I heard two Chinese people talking about La Comida. They said that seniors , those over 60, are welcome to go there for lunch. I joined them, and went to their lunch program at Masonic center, in downtown Palo Alto. I am so happy to meet some other Chinese speaking diners. The food is full of nutrition, freshly prepared daily. It includes salad, main dish ,side dishes and dessert, plus coffee/tea, and milk. The helpers are all volunteers, they are so kind and caring. I am going there often now. There is live music , movie day, line dancing on Wednesdays, and games to play. Please encourage your parents to come and join the lunch program.

After eating at La Comida last week and having a wonderful meal I was impressed by the fresh…read moreingredients used. The quality of the salad, main course and dessert were all yummy. I have eaten at Stevenson House and Masonic and both had nice placemats and flowers that set a nice feeling. I recommend you try it.

Unprofessional. Do not donate to these people…read more CSA advised me to get a 3-day pay-or-quit notice from my landlord. They said they'd put me on a waitlist for rental assistance. So I did that. Three months later, CSA hadn't even contacted my landlord. My landlord refused to accept my offer for partial rent and has proceeded with eviction. One of the women there, Jocelyn (or Jacklyn?), is always neurotic and hostile to me. I have no idea why.

Amazing agency with professional staff who are kind and hard working. They have a great food pantry…read moreand have great volunteers. They have amazing events for their clients and aim to provide as much as possible

This one is really nice !!! Clean! Very Affordable!…read moreLots of activities and lots of space! Complete meals even and very, very affordable! One of the few true values and appreciation for getting older! I can see you can make friends and go here daily if you live in Santa Clara!

Very clean and nice environment…read more Open at 7am. That's really good for morning exercise. Computer room opens at 8 am. There is no breakfast. Lunch is $8 for age 50 - 59; $3 for age 60+ You can take a shower after exercise. There's a locker room inside the bathroom. Ping pong tables are outside in the courtyard. This is not very convenient.

Couple of my relatives over 80 years old come here daily for over 10 years. They look forward to…read moregoing daily. The staff is so caring and takes good care of them. They are happier ever since they started here since they get to see friends and have daily exercises including walking on trails nearby. They also provide transportation for them. They highly recommend to their friends and neighbors. They also have staff fluent in mandarin Chinese and Russian.

My mom has been going to golden castle since 2015. They were ok for people with no serious health…read morecondition. This supposed to be an Adult Health Day Care, now with my mom having more health condition (heart failure and limited mobility), we have issues which we tried to address with them and they just won't address the issues or very slow to address the issues: 1. The food provided in the day care are salty, especially the soup and the oatmeal. When I reported that the food is salty for people with heart failure, they simply ignore and repeatly said they didn't add salt to the food. It's true, they don't add salt to the food, but if they are using salted butter for the oatmeal and using can soup broth for the soup, how much sodium those has. I even presented my mom's doctor's note that my mom need to have low sodium diet, it took several complaint before this issue was address. 2. The driver who pickup my mom is very rude. When he is late, he pulled my mom's walker and my mom almost fell if i didn't held her at that time. Today, he is supposed to come at 8:30 am. We were waiting outside since 8:28 am. He didn't show up till 8:37 am. THen my mom needs to go pee and we went back to the house to go to the restroom. In the mean time, he showed up. He probably was waiting less than 5 min, and when we were almost at the end of the ramp, he simply left without waiting for my mom. This kind of attitude toward elderly is simply an elderly abused. After several call, they sent another driver to pickup my mom. It should not have to be this way. 3. Health hygiene. As an adult health day care, they should scan everyone's temperature to prevent elderly people contracted illness. Last december, my mom got the covid-19 from the daycare, and our whole family got the covid-19 as well. The only person going out at that time was my mom attending this daycare. I was working from home. I ended getting the covid-19 as well from my mom. I am really disappointed with the level of service they have provided. The service has been good and degraded so much.

Looks like a nice community center. We were just passing through on the way to the museum next door…read moreand the lady at the info desk was helpful. I saw a number of residents sitting at the various desks and couches in the lobby areas on both sides of the building, most were on their devices or laptops working or relaxing. So there's free Wi-Fi and people can just hang out there. It's a pretty new and nice looking building with clean bathrooms.

This is a wonderful park and community center with lots of amenities, activities, and special…read moreevents. A great place to hangout for a couple of hours, mingle with neighbors, or lay on a blanket, look up at the sky, and lose yourself in some nice daydreams.