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Kelsey Zhang doesn’t usually get too excited after winning a swimming race. After all, the Saratoga High School senior has notched hundreds of first-place finishes since she started swimming competitively at age 5.  However, when Zhang won the girls 100-yard butterfly in the CIF State...

If the West Valley Muslim Association had proposed a by-right high-density housing development (and it could have)—instead of a slight extension of hours—the build would’ve already been approved by now. That's because, in California, certain housing projects receive an automatic green light if it takes...

The Salvation Army does so much more than ring bells during the December holidays. Throughout the year, the Salvation Army of Silicon Valley Women’s Auxiliary functions as a fundraising and volunteer service contingent, sponsoring initiatives that enrich the lives of area residents by meeting...

A former jail guard was sentenced to jail today for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate and then covering it up, authorities said. Morgan Hill resident Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role in a jailhouse...

The Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees announced at the May 14 board meeting in a unanimous vote that Dan Deguara will be appointed as the new Superintendent of Schools for LGUSD. After an extensive search process that included receiving in-person and online...

Muse Markets arrives in Los Gatos Muse Markets is a vibrant new outlet for local artisans, makers and small businesses. It allows vendors to meet with attendees to buy directly from them. And the items are quite unique. This is not your typical farmers market,...

Mental Health First Aid was created in the 2000s in Australia by Betty Kitchener and her husband Anthony Jorm with the USA chapter established in 2008. MHFA is designed to use the concept of first aid training in mental health and substance-influenced emergency situations. This...

You relax with faux-fur blankets in the geodesic dome as the blue sky daubed with little cloud tufts exists somewhere out there beyond the towering trees. Here somewhere above Summit Road, the storms of life evaporate, as Liliya Goldie, 48, constructs a symphony of ambient...

On Tuesday morning, an AT&T worker attempted to rescue Rocket, the orange and white cat stuck up an 85-foot-pine in Los Gatos, with his bucket truck. The 3-year-old male cat had come down quite a bit from where it had been the prior evening, when...

A year after finishing in second place in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division, the Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team ended the regular-season with an emphatic finish, dominating Palma 11-4 on May 7.  The Wildcats (13-6 overall, 8-0 league) earned the No....