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10/11/2023

When Julia Ernsting, now 16, was in fifth grade, she was stressed out with more than just the daily grind of homework and tests. That's because she was frequently traveling up the peninsula to San Francisco to check on an …

10/05/2023

While multiple Housing Element Advisory Board members took issue with some of the more progressive language in the latest draft of the Housing Element, Sept. 28, everyone but Councilmember Matthew Hudes ended up voting to make no changes to the …

10/04/2023

Margaret Smith, a Los Gatos resident who recently ran for Town Council and helped establish the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), was sad to hear that Rural Supply, the Los Gatos’ Ace Hardware …

10/04/2023

An approved Swenson Builders memory care and assisted living facility, planned for Los Gatos, survived a challenge that featured two mayoral voices from neighboring Monte Sereno, during the Sept. 19 Town Council meeting. Former mayor and recent State Assembly candidate …

10/04/2023

In August, Visit Health celebrated a milestone with the opening of its first residential rehabilitation facility and Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOP) in Los Gatos, where the company is based.  The IOP, located at 16400 Lark Ave., Suite 240, provides a …

09/25/2023

Sept. 10 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Stacia Street at 12:50am. • A caller said their neighbor reportedly refused to remove road cones from the street on Caldwell …

09/21/2023

Bay Area and statewide Covid-19 infections rates are up over the past couple of months and health officials are advising people to get the updated vaccines when they become available.   In California, 13.7% of people who took Covid tests reported …

09/18/2023

Sept. 3 • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Cherry Blossom Lane and Shannon Road at 1:32pm. • A man reportedly stole eight bottles of liquor from a store on Blossom Hill Road at 2:51pm. …

09/14/2023

Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan said Sept. 5 in her closed session report that the Town Council had met in private to discuss a legal threat from the gun lobby, which asked Los Gatos to delay enforcing its new concealed carry …

09/11/2023

Aug. 27 • A woman was arrested for trespassing on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:12am. • Someone stole a vehicle’s catalytic converter on Cypress Way. • A man was reportedly following a woman on S. Santa Cruz Avenue and …

09/06/2023

Niku Sedarat, who is just starting her senior year of high school at De Anza College, has been building a mental health organization called Unité over the past year that’s helping West Valley youth who are going through tough times. …

09/06/2023

Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell lived in Los Gatos and was slapped with a restraining order a year before a Oct. 9, 2021 meltdown in Bethel, N.Y., in which he flipped off and threatened to kill audience members and …

08/31/2023

In an Aug. 22 letter to Los Gatos’ Community Development Director Joel Paulson, the Los Gatos Community Alliance asked for more properties to be added to—not erased from—the list of sites where residential development is encouraged. It was a different …

08/31/2023

Over the last decade, Valley Water has continued to spend more money on cleaning up homeless encampments around Silicon Valley. In fiscal year 2013-14, the regional water wholesaler put $786,085 into the initiative. That grew to $1.5 million just a …

08/31/2023

Two people were killed when the car they were in collided with a commercial van yesterday, just before 5pm, according to the Scotts Valley Police Department. The crash occurred along Mount Hermon Road just past Skypark Drive towards Felton. The …

08/26/2023

In the 30 days leading up to Nov. 9, 2022, in order to find 23 vehicles that might have been involved in a crime, the Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system scanned 458,411 plates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation …

08/24/2023

Aug. 13 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road at 12:22am. • A man was reported as suspicious because he kept looking at someone and “playing with …

08/24/2023

California State Parks and the Sempervirens Fund announced permanent additions to expand Castle Rock State Park in Los Gatos on Aug. 15.  The $4.21 million in acquisitions for six properties by State Parks are the first for the agency in …

08/24/2023

A San Jose drug dealer will be sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted last week of selling fentanyl-laced pills to a group of Los Gatos High School students. Several students carried Narcan with them in case they …

08/24/2023

The current mayor of Monte Sereno hails from the Greater Toronto Area. And now, adding to the ranks of Canucks turned Silicon Valley leaders is the new executive director of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce—as she is also from …