Community

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...

After five years of meetings, proposals, compromises, and design revisions, the Town Council has unanimously approved the new Los Gatos Meadows development. It’ll be situated on an 11 acre property that was the home of one of our earliest and most prominent citizens, John Weldon...

Bob MacQuarrie, a lively nonagenarian who has called Los Gatos home for over six decades, has lived a long—and fulfilling—life. Ever since immigrating from Canada in 1957, MacQuarrie has left a mark on our small town, from contributing to the early development of computer...

With all the controversy surrounding California’s mandated housing bill, let’s take a look back to a time when our very own Town Council considered making an even more draconian move. During the 1960s, downtown businesses were losing customers to the popular new concept of shopping...

Many people can identify with being young and unable to find community in the world. For James Kopecky, ballet became a passion back in high school, when a mentor noted his dance skills. “When I was younger, I couldn’t do a lot of outdoor sports...

When long-time downtown Los Gatos businessman Ed Stahl is asked if he’ll ever retire, he shakes his head no and says, “I’m having too much fun.” Stahl owns Travel Advisors of Los Gatos, which opened at 56 N. Santa Cruz Ave. in 1961. If he’s not...

As she was calling out my name at Jazz in the Plazz, I was wondering just who this woman was, wheeling her chair toward me over the dirt, grass and tree roots. I still did not recognize the blonde woman with determination on her...

The weather this year has been a cold hot mess! Both the worst frost since 1990 and the worst storms since 1982 occurred in one winter. Then, cold wintry weather lingered into spring to inhibit spring bloom. Now, cool and mild weather of spring...

Treat yourself to some culture and enjoy the local museum. An afternoon at NUMU might help to beat the mid-winter blues. There’s lots more to do here than just wander around. And in case you did not know, located right next door is Friends...

On Oct. 22, to get into the holiday spirit, Los Gatos Kiwanis headed to Campbell for a “Trunk or Treat” event at CHoNC Pediatric Hospital, dressing up the back portions of vehicles with spooky decorations. It all went down in the parking lot of...