Arts + Entertainment

Instead of simply gearing up for another one of their Memorial Day sales, this year, Los Gatos’ NC Boardshop decided to try something more creative. But Mike Allen, co-owner of the apparel and hard goods shop that serves the skateboarding, surf and scooter communities, said...

Before Kyla Zhao became a talented adult fiction author in Silicon Valley, she was a young chess player in Singapore. Starting at age six, she played throughout her childhood before leaving the chess world after middle school. In her newly released novel May the...

The Soul Soldiers led by Tony Lindsay and Janice Maxie Reid closed-out this year’s Jazz on the Plazz series. Lindsay and his group blew the sap right off the redwood trees. Some felt it was the perfect end to a summer lineup that was off-the-charts. Then,...

Vice Mayor Maria Ristow became mayor, and Councilmember Mary Badame vice mayor, during the Dec. 13 Council meeting, while Rob Moore was sworn in for the first time and Rob Rennie started his next term. The evening also marked an end to Marico Sayoc’s tenure...

Community calendar from the pages of the Sept. 21, 2022 edition of the Los Gatan newspaper. Discovery Shop anniversary Discovery Shop Los Gatos, 39 E. Main St., will celebrate its 57th year with a storewide sale on Sept. 24. Benefiting the American Cancer Society, the shop...

Jessica Kashian, the program manager of Los Gatos Music & Arts, Inc., says while Jazz on the Plazz may be wrapping up this week, that doesn’t mean summer musical gatherings are over. And while the exact location of the upcoming “Sunshine of Love” festival she’s...

Designer Christina Cree premiered a unique collection Saturday, during the 2nd Annual Scotts Valley Alfred Hitchcock Festival. The sartorial celebration of the silver screen unfolded at the site of a former roller rink, which was recently turned into a 284-seat performing arts center by the...

Mayor Mary Badame and Los Gatos Library Director Ryan Baker joined other local officials to thank fifth-grade Blossom Hill Elementary student Bradley Hall for raising hundreds of dollars for the library, Monday. He attended a traveling trivia game show, in Santa Cruz, called "The No Brainer...

District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and submit original art that helps the DA's Office fight online crimes like fraud, catfishing, and cyberbullying. The winner will receive $1,500. The second-place winner will receive $1,000. The third-place winner will...

One of the incentives of living, or visiting, a small town is getting to experience unique community events. Each year, Los Gatos hosts “Taste of Los Gatos,” where it closes off the main downtown strip of North Santa Cruz Avenue for several blocks, for...