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Local Scene: Students recognized at colleges nationwide
Camposano earns Lehigh University Dean's List honors
Max Camposano from Los Gatos achieved Dean's List status at Lehigh University in the Fall 2021 semester.
Dean’s List is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of...
Sempervirens Fund buys Castle Rock Hollow; Merit Scholarship semifinalists revealed; LGHS senior wins film contest (local scene)
Sempervirens Fund recently announced its purchase of Castle Rock Hollow to preserve the 51-acre property, which shares a boundary with Sempervirens Fund’s former Castle Rock West property that was recently added to Castle Rock State Park in Los Gatos.
The Castle Rock Hollow property, acquired...
Local Scene: Mads Tolling to kick off Jazz on the Plazz
What could be better than being outside, munching on gourmet foods and sipping fabulous wines under towering redwood trees, listening to cool jazz with musical greats, onstage and off?
With the long-awaited summer lineup for Jazz on the Plazz now announced, it’s time to plan...
CHoNC patients visited by performers; ArtNow exhibit honored; poet laureate search
Performers visit children’s hospital
Young residents at Children’s Healthcare Organization of Northern California (CHoNC) in Campbell, an inpatient facility for severely ill or catastrophically injured children, were treated to live, musical performances on Aug. 9.
The performance featured students from Starting Arts, a nonprofit that provides...
Los Gatos’ polygonal mountain lion entrance sign inspired by calligraphy
Matt Babcock touches the electrostatically-applied powder coating on the aluminum of the mountain lion, showing off the bends of the sculpture he created for Los Gatos’ newest entrance sign.
The Seattle artist drew on cubism and calligraphy, he said, explaining he didn’t want the piece...
Is your plate full this almost-fall? Well, how about a side of fun—or chili?
Monday was Labor Day, and you know what that means—BBQ time.
And helping to organize that annual Chili Cook-off was Town of Los Gatos Parks Commissioner Matt Ober, with the help of Jethro Bledsoe.
Bledsoe told me he’s just one of the guys that helps pull...
Burn ban lifted; students honored at Biola University; booster shots available
Local students honored at Biola University
Three Los Gatos residents were named to Biola University's Dean's List for academic excellence.
The students are:
• Alyssa Kwong, majoring in Business Administration
• Anna Gustafson, majoring in Intercultural Studies
• Jotham Ho, majoring in Biological Science
They joined approximately 1,700 students who...
Holidays Parade drenched in rain, smiles and optimism (GALLERY)
The rain returned in earnest Saturday, but the 66th Annual Los Gatos Children’s Christmas & Holidays Parade went ahead as scheduled. And what a spectacle it was.
“It’s fun,” said Eret Cresta, a 16-year-old Los Gatos High junior who was keeping dry under a tent....
The Gift of Vitality: Channeling Robert Louis Stevenson for the Los Gatos Blood Drive
In Los Gatos, history and community often intertwine. This March, that connection takes on a life-saving dimension. On March 21, the Rotary Club of Los Gatos is partnering with the Stanford Blood Center to host a community blood drive at St. Luke’s Church downtown....
Paws-to-Share receives $17,400 therapy dog contract; 4-H’er places second nationally; election workers needed (local scene)
Therapy dog coming to Los Gatos High School
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees approved a contract on Sept. 26 with Paws-to-Share, an organization that will provide a therapy dog to the Los Gatos High School Wellness Center.
Fully funded through a...
