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Tasty fundraiser held to support mental health programs
Saratoga resident and Momentum for Health Board Chair Kathryn Williams graciously opened her home and redwood-ringed yard to welcome guests for the eighth annual Star Chefs Fundraiser on a perfect end-of-September afternoon.
“Mental health is a critically important cause, and Momentum (for Health) has been...
Building houses and setting up solar power in Baja
In the span of 24 years, a group from Los Gatos that rallies helpful high schoolers to assist impoverished families in the northern Mexican province of Baja California Norte has built more than 50 houses and installed upwards of 100 micro solar power systems.
Retired...
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...
Brubeck Brothers Quartet performed Friday and educated the next morning
During Friday night’s Brubeck Brothers Quartet performance at the Montalvo Arts Center’s intimate Carriage House theater, the quartet played original as well as historical jazz. There was precise drumming by Dan Brubeck. His brother Chris, on bass and trombone, kept the rhythm going talking...
Rotary’s 22nd Annual Crabfest sure was a tasty affair
Not only did the annual Los Gatos Rotary Crabfest feature delicious food, it also raised a record amount of funds to be administered through the LG Rotary Charities Foundation.
First you get those wonderful high school students smiling and serving, and you have Lissa Kreisler...
Community memorial held three years after death of George Floyd
Michael Popoola, who currently lives in Morgan Hill but used to live along Blossom Hill Road, arrived in Town Plaza Park, May 25, for a community memorial three years after the death of George Floyd.
The volunteer with social justice nonprofit AWỌ Center said he...
Carlota Roa receives Honorable Mention at International Latino Book Awards
Local author Carlota Roa was recognized with an Honorable Mention at the International Latino Book Awards, one of the most prestigious competitions dedicated to Spanish and English literature in the United States.
This year’s event was held at MiraCosta College on Oct. 25.
“This was amazing,”...
The man who killed Sherlock Holmes and believed in fairies
May 22 marks the 165th birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—the man who gave us Sherlock Holmes…and then tried to get rid of him.
He was never particularly fond of his most famous creation. Holmes, he once said, was “a thinking machine without a heart,”...
Hanukkah event at Plaza Park celebrated volunteers
When it was time to gather the speakers for Hanukkah festivities at this year’s event at Town Plaza Park on New Year's Day, organizer Tami Segal didn’t see elected official Matthew Hudes.
“Where’s the mayor?” she wondered. “He’s supposed to be here.”
Segal, the PJ Library...
Boat dock being demolished to build a disabled-accessible self-launching one at Vasona Park
This week's "local scene" items touch on updates for boating enthusiasts, an LGHS alumni fundraiser and info about an environmental gathering.
Boat dock project underway at Vasona Lake
The construction of a new boat dock at Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos is slated to...


















