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PORTABLE SHADE - Los Gatos residents Laura Zhang and her daughter Ruya Song enjoy some relaxation during the Scotts Valley Multicultural Fair, Saturday. It featured booths where people of all ages could learn about different cultures. Children participated in a global fashion show, food trucks sold a...

Earlier this year, Bruce Richardson of Los Gatos saved the life of a man who had collapsed in a parking lot due to cardiac arrest. For his impressive actions, Richardson received the American Red Cross Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action in a ceremony in San...

With so many strange twists and turns to 2021, it was nice to stop by Town Plaza Park during the holidays to hear a familiar sound—carols played by talented local trombonists. According to manufacturer Yamaha, the instrument was likely invented in the 15th Century. It...

The morning of Dec. 30 was like an uplifting reggae song—as mysterious fog swept through the branches of the Santa Cruz Mountains, burning off in their upper reaches. We were still in that midpoint between Christmas and New Year's, where things seem quiet and peaceful...

Brett Heimlich’s road to winning the Stanley Cup began years ago in Los Gatos. He’d recently graduated from high school and was casting around for a policing or audio/visual job, when he went to a family barbecue at the home of a friend his mom...

The posh La Rinconada Country Club was the site of a dress-up meet-and-greet with Los Gatos' new top cop, who recently marked 100 days in the role. The public safety-focused gathering was put on by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Foundation. Attendees were given a...

These goats chomp away on brush that towers over them on the hillside behind the Los Gatos Library on Sunday. The library recently received a grant from the California State Library, allowing it the opportunity to design programming and educational opportunities focused on sustainability and...

Los Gatan contributor Faizi Samadani has been monitoring a growing hummingbird family in his backyard for the past several days. On April 8, he posted some photos on Next Door he'd taken on his Nikon digital camera, where you could see a mother and a...

Today we are "putting to bed" (as they say in the news biz) our second issue of the Los Gatan newspaper. That means you'll start seeing the second-ever edition of our community newspaper on stands tomorrow. So, what better time to remember how much fun...

The Houserockers brought a packed house down as they belted out their rendition of “Shout” by Otis Day and the Knights, along with plenty of other classics, Feb. 26. Venue owner Alex Hult couldn’t have hoped for anything more for his relaunch of the old...