Issue date: September 15, 1999

First cut to the El Camino First cut to the El Camino (September 15, 1999)

(This caption ran with a photo by Carol Ivie in this week's edition of the Almanac.)

Stanford work crews make the first curb cut connecting Sand Hill Road to El Camino Real through the Stanford Shopping Center parking lot. But don't plan on driving through it any time soon: The connection isn't expected to open until early 2001.