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Starting a Business in Los Gatos: A Guide Los Gatos offers entrepreneurs a supportive business environment where small town charm meets Silicon Valley innovation. The town's commercial districts each present different personalities, while its affluent customer base and ample amenities make it a supportive location...

Housing Element update meeting scheduled The Town of Los Gatos is starting to update the 2023–2031 Housing Element of the General Plan, and the public is invited to participate. The Town’s Housing Element is a strategic plan for housing the Town’s present and future residents.  A virtual...

"Extraordinary acts on behalf of ordinary people," reads the plaque at the 9/11 Memorial in Los Gatos that commemorates the actions of hometown heroes Todd Beamer and Mark Bingham. They were two of the people responsible for helping bring down Flight 93 in the...

First question—what to wear? This year, the 5th Annual Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Foundation Police Officers Ball was held in the historic and beautiful Cask Room at Testarossa Winery, located in the hills overlooking Los Gatos. Here Los Gatos bravest and finest moved and grooved...

Wow, did we ever get a downpour last week! Part of the ceiling at the Safeway fell in and they were briefly closed. Seems like it might be a wet winter. Git out those galoshes, an atmospheric river is incoming. Now, where did I...

Indian Summer complicates autumn. It is an imposition of pleasant weather that delays inevitable chill. Gardening is a bit more enjoyable while the weather remains summery. However, late warmth confuses a few species that should decelerate growth for autumn. Deciduous species delay dormancy. This...

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...

Christmas trees and associated items are no imposition for nurseries. They are seasonal while not much else is appealing to a retail market. They occupy retail area that summer and autumn commodities relinquished earlier. Then, they relinquish their same space as bareroot stock becomes...

New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) last week unveiled “Ebb & Flow,” its newest exhibition, featuring three artists—Cheiko Shimizu Fujioka, Moekoa Machida and Margaret Luo—who worked with museum curators to create four distinct artworks, including one collaborative piece titled “Interwoven Elements.” Located just by the entrance to...

The Youth Citizen of the Year ceremony was held Saturday morning at the Scout huts, behind Los Gatos High School. Mayor Mary Badame presented to Bradley Hager, Grace Murray, Olivia Bermholz (absent) and Johann Jacob. Boy Scout Troop 539 provided the opening flag ceremony. (Photos courtesy of...