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My North Santa Cruz Avenue business, Beyond Text Bookstore, has now been open for over six months. That’s six months the place has been filled with real people—not just my dreams and hopes. Upon reflection, I wanted to share a little about what I didn’t know...

Does anyone go to the malls anymore? Then again, not all is as it appears online. So, why not get your luxury fix here in town? Luxurious has many meanings: extremely comfortable, elegant, enjoyable—and especially in a way that involves great expense. Let’s take a stroll along Santa...

Simitian’s gratitude Thank you for the opportunity to serve in public office for more than 40 years at five different levels: as a local school board member, city council member and mayor, county supervisor, state assemblymember and state senator. At the end of next month, by...

Back on Jan. 13, 2022, when Covia Communities’ Los Gatos Meadows senior living community redevelopment proposal came before Planning Commission, it faced unanimous opposition. Since then, the company merged with Glendale-based Front Porch Communities and Services—which agreed to pay a $1.125 million settlement over asbestos...

District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and submit original art that helps the DA's Office fight online crimes like fraud, catfishing, and cyberbullying. The winner will receive $1,500. The second-place winner will receive $1,000. The third-place winner will...

Adriana Boas interviewed for a position to represent luxury cars in 2015 not knowing much about cars. Months earlier, in Aptos at the shoe and purse shop where she was working, a regular customer presented her with her business card and asked her a...

One day before its regular-season finale against Monta Vista High School on Oct. 28, the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball team met after practice to praise the seniors who have made an impact this season, on and off the court.  “We’re sitting in a...

Bundle up; take a walk; enjoy the cool fall weather; head to the heated library; or perhaps our cozy movie theater…Mayor Mary Badame will cut the Chamber of Commerce welcome ribbon for CǠRNICO Tools & Provisions, at 501 N. Santa Cruz Ave., #1, on...

The Discovery Shop in Los Gatos is now open at their new location, 150 W. Main Street, in the former Joseph A. Banks space, adjacent to Breaking Dawn. It’s a far cry from their smaller former location on East Main Street near the Garden...

Erwina Kwan started playing basketball in 1st grade. Now 35, she just finished playing in a tournament this past weekend. She grew up to be a sports physical therapist and says she wants to make sure the next generation of athletes can enjoy the sport...