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Early spring is an ideal time to visit Almaden Quicksilver County Park and the adjacent village of New Almaden, for the wildflowers and a reminder of the region's 19th century history. The 4,000-acre park is set against the mountains that mark San Jose’s southern...

CALENDAR Live Oak Adult Day Services ribbon cutting On June 1, the reopening reception of the Live Oak Adult Day Services will be held from 4-6pm, with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Mayor Maria Ristow at 5pm. The reception, with light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments, will...

Los Gatos Names Assistant Principal The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced Thursday the appointment of Michael Lozano as the new Assistant Principal of Los Gatos High School. His first day is July 1. Michael served as assistant principal of Leland High School, principal of...

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...

A modern picture frame’s function is simply to provide a border for a painting or photograph—to be inconspicuous. In Holly Lane’s hands, however, frames play anything but second fiddle. “Holly Lane—Not Enough Time to Love the World,” a new exhibit at NUMU (New Museum Los...

When San Jose-based artist Tomas Wisper Talamantes learned that New Museum (NUMU) wanted him to paint a mural about Los Gatos inside the museum, he had a lot of questions. The first one was where, exactly, this museum was. “It’s not small, but it’s hidden,”...

Pirate Cat Radio, at the 92.9 FM frequency, is the “work in progress” of Los Gatos resident Daniel Roberts. KPCR was switched on in 2020 and relocated here this past December, as first reported by the Los Gatan. For Pirate Cat Radio founder Roberts,...

For more events, visit the online calendar at losgatan.com/events-calendar Music in the Park Since 1988, Music in the Park has been a free public summer concert series held on Sunday afternoons, from 5-7pm on the Los Gatos Civic Center Lawn, 110 E Main St. This year’s...

Los Gatos has a deep literary legacy stretching from Jack London and Ambrose Bierce to John Steinbeck. The thread took an even more curious twist when, in the early 1950s, Southern Pacific brakeman Neal Cassady bought a home in then-unincorporated Monte Sereno with money...

For more events, visit the online calendar at losgatan.com/events-calendar 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...