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A group of Los Gatos and San Jose children, aged 6-12-years-old, had the rare chance to operate a high-end surgical robot last month, sparking curiosity and a whole lot of excitement about science and technology. During an interactive visit to Intuitive Surgical, the kids stepped...

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...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is seeking to transfer the case of the Valley Fair Mall shooter from juvenile court to adult court. The District Attorney’s Office today formally charged a San Jose 17-year-old with attempted murder and assault with a semi-automatic firearm...

The elves are running around in their puff jackets preparing for the slew of seasonal events that are about to unfold. This year's holiday kicks-off in earnest this Friday with “Los Gatos in Lights,” at the Los Gatos Town Plaza Park. The event will begin...

While perusing the wares at many local retailers this past chilly weekend, I was joined by throngs of shoppers, out looking for holiday gifts. There were gaggles of young women, and the usual senior citizen couples, with the wife dragging the husband in and...

More than a million ballots are in the mail. The first votes will be counted in less than a week. The Santa Clara County Assessor’s runoff off election is jogging into the homestretch toward Election Day: Dec. 30. December 30? That's right. An election cycle...

The San Jose Police Department announced today on social media they had arrested a suspect in the Nov. 28 shooting at the Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall. Police had indicated there was only one suspect in the shooting, which they said Saturday might have...

*Updated at 4:25pm Nov. 28, 2025, with info from police and fire officials *Updated at 12:26pm Nov. 28, 2025, with surveillance video of the crash On Thanksgiving night, a car crashed through the front of Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. in Los Gatos along West Main...

San Jose Water donated Safeway gift cards to families in need this year as part of its annual Operation Gobble program. The California Water Association established Operation Gobble with the purpose of partnering water utilities with elected officials and non-profit organizations across the state to...