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San Jose Water donated Safeway gift cards to families in need this year as part of its annual Operation Gobble program. The California Water Association established Operation Gobble with the purpose of partnering water utilities with elected officials and non-profit organizations across the state to...

In 1965, Los Gatos obstetrician Dr. Ethel Dana and a group of locals conceived of the Museums of Los Gatos, believing every town should have a museum that conserves its art and history. Two years later, the Los Gatos Museum Association non-profit was formed...

Community calendar from the pages of the Sept. 21, 2022 edition of the Los Gatan newspaper. Discovery Shop anniversary Discovery Shop Los Gatos, 39 E. Main St., will celebrate its 57th year with a storewide sale on Sept. 24. Benefiting the American Cancer Society, the shop...

Ilana Baird, 48, who works at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, knows firsthand how traumatizing war can be for children. Back in 2006, she was living in Haifa, Israel, finishing her studies to become a rabbi, when a war with Lebanon broke out. “My...

Little is known about the life of late local photographer Ted Sahl. He was born in 1927 and grew up outside of Boston. He served in the Navy in 1947 and later moved to the Bay Area, where he began taking pictures in the...

A tree is a woody perennial plant with a single tall trunk and branches. Banana trees and tree ferns lack both branches and wood. Arboriform yuccas develop branches but are not woody. Palm trees are no better. Some develop a few trunks but without...

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and Los Gatos community members have played key roles in getting the word out about the disease, helping secure critical funding for lifesaving research in the process. Eighty-two-year-old Diane Borrison, a 15-year survivor, says pancreatic cancer is one of...

Jason Shiuan, the music director at Saratoga High School, is this year’s recipient of the California Music Educators Association’s Byron Hoyt/Don Schmeer Band Educator of the Year award. Congratulations! After several emails and calendar checks, I caught up with Shiuan on the SHS campus. I...

The imminent reopening of the Los Gatos Theater is the perfect time to take a look back at the history of this major downtown site. The Los Gatos Canning Company occupied most of the block for 30 years before the construction of a movie theater....

The “Hanukkah on Main” gathering at sundown on Main Street, Sunday, for the ceremonial lighting of the menorah, was a peaceful event. The first candle was lit, representing divine light and the miracle of Hanukkah. The menorah symbolizes Jewish identity, history and core beliefs. The news...