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Exactly a year ago this time, Yuri Tanaka was near the bottom of the Los Gatos High School football team depth chart at defensive tackle entering the 2025 season.  “I didn’t really have any expectations to get into games,” Tanaka said. “I was never really...

Gone was the potato motif of years past. In were the colorful puppets, hat gags and alien lore. But what was the same—at this year’s edition of the KCAT Film Fest, which caps nine weeks of summer camps where children learn silver screen techniques and...

“With great power comes great responsibility.” This iconic line, popularized by Spider-Man is widely known, and rings even more true for members of the Los Gatos Heroes Martial Arts Studio, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu school that equips students with their very own “superpowers.”   And with every...

Aug. 2 Airbags were deployed in a vehicle accident at Los Gatos Almaden Road and Howes Drive and minor injuries were reported at 3:41am. A caller reported damage to their kitchen window on Vason Court at 11:50am. Aug. 3 Someone was arrested on a misdemeanor after taking photos...

Warm sun beating down on clean sidewalks, the bustle of shoppers pushing in and out of doors,  and the muffled live music drifting from inside a restaurant create the lively scenes that typify downtown Los Gatos.  This historic walkable downtown sets Los Gatos apart from...

The Farley Road Neighborhood Coalition (FRNC) has appealed the Los Gatos Planning Commission’s approval of the West Valley Muslim Association’s (WVMA) conditional-use permit modification. When WVMA was granted a CUP in 2020, the Town already made accommodations for Ramadan. The current modification goes substantially...

On Tuesday in Los Gatos' Town Plaza Park, the annual National Night Out event was held. The best attraction—in addition to the therapy dog, batting game, mini motorcycles, ice cream, coffee and SWAT officer—was the dunk tank. Yep, attendees stood in line to throw...

As code enforcement pursues an investigation into Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s horse stable in Los Gatos, there’s a party that’s remained out of the loop—the public. However, the County says the probe’s been hidden because of a “technical problem,” not subterfuge. At press time,...

On Aug. 11, the Los Gatos Town Council is holding a Special Meeting to determine the fate of one of its last remaining rural hillsides—one that has been held as Resource Conservation Space since 1975. A luxury home development is being proposed for the...

The City of Scotts Valley announced today that City Manager Mali LaGoe has submitted her resignation after more than four and a half years leading the municipality. She will remain in her role through September.  LaGoe helped the City make significant progress on the Town Center project, replacing...