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Soil is more than dirty
All weeds are plants. Not all plants are weeds. Weeds are a specifiable subset of plants. Specifically, weeds are plants that grow wildly where they are undesirable. Similarly, dirt is likely soil, although it could be anything that is dirty. Soil is not merely...
As scooter-rental industry matures, Los Gatos warms to shared mobility
While town officials have thought about introducing electric scooters (and other) shared mobility devices, it never quite felt the time was right to embrace them.
But now, that’s changing—as an e-scooter company comes a-knocking.
“We did have outreach from one company, from Bird,” Matt Morley, Los...
Discover LOST Gatos: How the ‘Almond Grove Historic District’ emerged from a scary chapter in our history
Strolling through the Almond Grove neighborhood is a real treat this time of year, when you can see carefully restored Victorian homes adorned with elaborate Halloween decorations. Yet these charming tree-lined streets once faced something even more menacing than ghosts and goblins. Progress.
During the...
Singing group marks 65 years
Entering Nordahl Hall in Los Gatos on a Tuesday night, you’ll most likely be greeted with the sound of harmonizing voices working together to create beautiful music. Women fill the rafters, possibly waving colorful flags around as a part of their warm up, dancing...
A pleasant 73-year-old man
As a resident of Los Gatos, I’ve come to appreciate the town’s unique blend of charm, tranquility and a certain...let’s say, pleasantness. It’s a place where everyone seems to be on their best behavior, a land of smiling faces and polite conversations.
But as I’ve...
Gallery celebrating Community Day on Sunday
Our NUMU has a lot going on. For starters, this is the 10th year at its current location, and a celebration has been planned. In 2015, two existing museums combined into this one museum. So, this is actually the 60-year anniversary of museums in...
$2.2M for College of Adaptive Arts; new admin at LGSUHSD; theater major makes Dean’s List at Montclair State (local scene)
College of the Adaptive Arts receives $2.2M funding boost
Senator Dave Cortese joined with leaders of special education on Friday to announce a $2.2 million state investment into the College of the Adaptive Arts (CAA) in Saratoga.
This funding will expand on CAA’s efforts in delivering...
Sold-out Spring Wine Walk featured more than 30 local producers (photo)
Bill and Doris Cooper of Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards in Saratoga pour wine for attendees of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Wine Walk on April 22.
The sold-out event featured more than 32 wineries stationed at various businesses throughout downtown.
Credit: Arnold Breit
Stakes and binding for trees
Few trees that inhabit home gardens begin their residency as nature intended them to. Most are exotic, from other ecosystems, regions and climates. Almost all initially grew in nurseries, with their roots confined to cans of soilless media. Most rely on pruning and binding...
YMCA recognizes LGHS English teacher; famous pianist to play benefit show in Saratoga (local scene)
From the (organization formerly known as the) Young Men's Christian Association honoring a local high school teacher, to champagne, chocolate and a famous ivory-tickler planning an event to support an area football club, to students making the grade elsewhere, this week's LOCAL SCENE is...


















