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2nd-ever Scotts Valley Hitchcock Festival; Cat’s Hill Classic (CALENDAR)
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Alfred Hitchcock Film Fest in SV
From March 8-10, the Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild will host the Alfred Hitchcock Festival at the new Cultural and Performing Arts Center in Scotts Valley. It will feature a talk...
Local Kitchens raising $$$ for Daves Avenue; Severe Thrill plays The Cats; Breaking Dawn opening (Calendar)
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Severe Thrill prepares “dance party pop” for The Cats
The Cats presents “Severe Thrill, a musical salute to chart topping ladies” on Friday, Feb. 9 at 6pm. No Cover. Call ahead 408-354-3060 to make a reservation for...
Campo di Bocce turns 27; high school teacher publishes book; funding for affordable housing (local scene)
Campo di Bocce returns after January renovation
In December, longtime Campo di Bocce customers opened their Facebook feeds and saw construction workers in hi-viz outfits stretching sheets of translucent plastic across the popular Los Gatos eatery and sporting hall.
But the facility, one of the community’s...
History Club open house draws new faces
After the throng exited the Jan. 25 History Club of Los Gatos open house, organizers Lisa Harris (the event chair) and Emma Jewell (co-chair) finally had a moment to take stock of the whirlwind event.
“We had a sign-in sheet and a lot of people...
Citrus fruit ripens through winter
Winter is bare root season, which is the best time for installation of deciduous fruit trees. It is also the best time for dormant pruning of deciduous fruit trees. Evergreen fruit trees do not get much attention. Installation and any pruning of evergreen fruit...
Fixing traffic snarls at Sanborn County Park; KCAT’s summer media program accepting applications; property taxes due (local scene)
Supervisors’ decision aims to improve traffic flow at park trailhead
To improve traffic flow for area residents and visitors at Sanborn County Park, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a set of resolutions restricting parking on Black Road, an unincorporated County road...
Documentary highlighting benefits of green eating draws over 100 people
Plant-Based Advocates hosted a screening of environmental documentary Eating Our Way to Extinction at the Los Gatos Theatre, urging people to shift to a plant-based diet to address environmental destruction and improve human health.
Pollard and coppice during winter
This is extreme dormant pruning. Pollard and coppice pruning involve complete removal of all new growth. They typically involve growth from a previous season annually. A two-year cycle involves growth from two previous seasons, and so on. This repetitive pruning to the same origins...
Heather White coming to the Los Gatos Library Feb. 1 for environmental talk (Calendar)
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Author Talk
Friends of Los Gatos Library welcome Heather White, author of “One Green Thing,” for a conversation around climate change and what each of us can do to make an impact. White is a nationally recognized...
Los Gatos designer’s shoes hit Golden Globes red carpet in Beverly Hills
It had been a year since Janelle James got in hot water for interrupting a co-star during last year’s Golden Globes, and she wanted to make sure her look was on-point for this year’s edition.
And thanks to the insights of one of her stylists,...