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Scares for Cares raises nearly $15K
A youth-run spooky film festival shattered its $10,000 fundraising goal by raising $14,975 this year.
Created by brother-sister team Nolan and Quinn Harr, Scares for Cares encouraged youth to get creative and film hair-raising short films each October. Viewers voted...
Horticulture: Soil saturation distresses roots
Saturation of the soil should be a rare problem within the local chaparral climates. Water is a limited resource. That is why plants that are not native or endemic to other chaparral or desert climates rely on supplemental irrigation. Many exotic species would not...
Council OKs $136K Rec Center flooring renovation
It came with a price tag Councilmember Matthew Hudes at first said looked “out of balance,” but in the end the flooring rework slated for the Adult Recreation Center was approved unanimously.
At the Sept. 21 town council meeting, Hudes pulled the item from the...
El Camino Health earns HeartCARE Center honor; high school district plots course; event supports African farmers (local scene)
El Camino Health nationally recognized
El Camino Health’s Norma Melchor Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI) has earned the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence based on meeting stringent accreditation criteria, and through their ongoing performance registry reporting.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized HVI...
Weemaes accepted to Fulbright Program; Fin chosen for Italian National Lacrosse Team; FireSafe Council seeks comments on wildfire plan
Los Gatos student to play with Italian National Lacrosse Team
Los Gatos High School junior Agata Fin has been selected to join the Italian U21 National Lacrosse Team, in preparation for the European U21 Lacrosse Tournament 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic the first week in...
Los Gatos guitarist to rock San Jose as a Beach Boy this weekend
The Beach Boys came on the scene in 1961, straight outta Hawthorne, California. The group’s songs embodied the myth of a youthful and carefree Southern California existence, one filled with surfboards, cars and pretty girls.
The core group—bassist and primary songwriter Brian Wilson, his brothers...
Wildfire protection planning; National Night Out; Suburban Bliss to play Music in the Park (calendar)
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...
‘Tis the season for scams
I started my holiday season by getting hacked. The hacking was a product of my foolishness rather than a case of my supposed diminishing faculties due to my age (71 1/2) getting the better of me. Something was fishy (no pun intended) in the...
Having an impact at the Super Bowl + the Grammys; pet toys promote ‘fixing’; ballet school funding (local scene)
Locals make their mark during Super Bowl LVIII
Los Gatos High School grad and recent Los Gatan cover star “Neon” Keon Saghari made a big impression while performing during the afterparty for halftime singer Usher, racking up thousands of likes on an Instagram video of...
John Bean and the Valley of Heart’s Delight
Spring has finally arrived! As beautiful as it is today, imagine what spring was like when thousands of acres of fruit and nut trees were in full bloom in the “Valley of Heart's Delight.” Did you know that many of those orchards might not...
