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March 19, 2026

DINAH’S EVENT LOG: Momentous February

Belgatos Lunar New Year
“February is the perfect time to plant the seeds of gratitude and watch them bloom throughout the year.” —Sarah Ban Breathnach February is also the month of love, Presidents Day, Black History Month and the start of Ramadan. Girl Scout cookie sales have started. I don’t...

Summertime means Jazz on the Plazz, with Ren Geisick set to perform

Ren Geisick
At 6pm Wednesday, this week’s Jazz on the Plazz will swing into action with The San Jose Jazz High School All Stars, followed by Ren Geisick and her band at 6:30pm. Geisick, who grew up in Los Gatos, says playing at Jazz on the Plazz...

Belmont University honors locals; Holocaust survivor to speak at Yavneh Day School; Silicon Valley reads celebrates 20-year anniversary (local scene)

Joan Sparks presentation Jan 24 2023
LOCAL SCENE - Here's a round-up of some local happenings that recently occurred or are on tap for the days ahead... Holocaust survivor to speak in Los Gatos Yavneh Day School, 14855 Oka Road, Suite 100 in Los Gatos, is hosting a talk with Yetta Kane,...

What’s your favorite thing to do on a ‘night out’?

Easter Questions
This week we get the low-down on what people around town like to do for an evening of fun... Karen Vincent, early 60s (with “Bowie”) Los Gatos Asked along Main Street “I like to watch Netflix with my cat—a peaceful evening at home.” Natalie Pavlovic, 23 Cupertino-Montreal Asked at Los Gatos...

NC Boardshop dips its toes into the art world

fish and bird art - blue
Instead of simply gearing up for another one of their Memorial Day sales, this year, Los Gatos’ NC Boardshop decided to try something more creative. But Mike Allen, co-owner of the apparel and hard goods shop that serves the skateboarding, surf and scooter communities, said...

Gallery celebrating Community Day on Sunday

NUMU postcard
Our NUMU has a lot going on. For starters, this is the 10th year at its current location, and a celebration has been planned. In 2015, two existing museums combined into this one museum. So, this is actually the 60-year anniversary of museums in...

First Buyer at North 40 is Relishing Her Triumphant Return to Los Gatos

Mary at Home
She used to live just up the road, but was forced to leave Los Gatos by circumstance. But now, Mary McLean, 55, has returned triumphantly.  She played a guessing game with this reporter, during the recent Chamber of Commerce Wine Walk. The rhetorical question: “Who was...

Palm trees are specialized trees

palm leaf
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...

A whole latte love: fundraiser for damaged cafe tops $30,000

cleaning Los Gatos Coffee Roast Co. after the crash
At the 114 Royce St. newspaper office, we sometimes worked until midnight in the startup days. One warm night, I walked outside to the distinctive smell of freshly roasting coffee beans. A column of smoke rose over Main Street, three blocks away.  I followed it...

What a shoebox full of old papers taught me about my grandparents

composite of old photographs and documents
When I was a child in the 70s, Los Gatos was filled with Italians. I remember seeing the older women walking in town, dragging behind them their wire utility carts filled with groceries down Santa Cruz Avenue. My grandparents, Adam and Albina Contardo, were...

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