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Local food delivery service expands Locale, a food delivery company with a focus on local restaurants and farms, announced that a pair of Los Angeles restaurants have joined its service. Locale is the brainchild of Los Gatos natives and recent college graduates Chris Clark and Jonathan...

—This is the second in a two part series. Last month, I explored what traveling “over the hill” was like in the second half of the 19th century, when stagecoach passengers faced long, bone-rattling, and often dangerous trips along dusty or muddy dirt roads. Change came...

Spring is when most rodents are most active. Although they do not hibernate locally, they are a bit less active through winter.  Their activity increases with warming spring weather. Their progeny increases their population. Assorted fresh vegetation that sustains them is most abundant. Their activity...

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...

Michelle Todus (from right), Alison Brunsdon and Serena Yuen participate in a weekly knitting group at the Los Gatos Library. The casual group meets Mondays at 4:30pm. It's open to the public and—good news—is currently accepting new members. Even Bailee, the 6-year-old bernedoodle, joined. And thankfully, sources tell...

Home gardens are components of the homes that they serve. They are the exterior of the interior. They are the environments in which homes exist. Some provide vegetables and fruits. Many provide flowers. Ideally, gardens enhance domestic experiences. Therefore, their design is as relevant...

Several weeks ago, a dirt-manure mixture was spread—by hand—around Town Plaza Park. And while the blades are coming in thick and luscious with clover, it’s a different kind of bluegrass that will be the star of the show tomorrow. Los Gatos Music and Arts, the...

NUMU presents (Un)Familiar exhibit New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) announced (Un)Familiar, a group exhibition featuring three Bay Area artists, Jezrael Gandara, Kiana Honarmand and Chelsea Stewart, and guest-curated by Alyssarhaye Graciano, on view June 2-Nov. 5.  (Un)Familiar focuses on biases and assumptions around various stigmas including...

A ghastly celluloid extravaganza has reaped bloodcurdlingly impressive results, so far. The youth-led Scares For Cares film fest has attracted a long list of frightening contenders, and just days after launching has already brought in about $3,000 for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. “It’s crazy how...

What do you call a place where you can confidently raise a family and where growing older is an absolute pleasure? All of these benefits plus an annual stroll along Santa Cruz Avenue—without vehicles, while sampling a variety of tasty morsels, listening to live...