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During a walk along North Santa Cruz Avenue, it is easy to take for granted the stack of newspapers sitting in Los Gatos Roasting Company and in other local coffee houses. In a town like ours, where debate over housing developments, Town Council budgets...

Living in our midst we have some very interesting folks. One of these is Rudy Rucker, living quietly, painting away, in his outdoor studio in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills. His studio consists of a plastic chair, a table, brushes and paints in a...

(Re: July 29 article, “69-year-old man claims LGS Rec rescinded job offer because of his age”) We are surprised and disappointed that this article was published on the front page of our  community newspaper, especially because Los Gatos-Saratoga Community Education and  Recreation (LGS Recreation) remains...

For Nicole Ciari and the rest of the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball coaching staff, the 2025 season was filled with difficulties but also opportunities for growth. Never before had Ciari entered a season with such few returners, a big reason why the...

A 44-space parking lot—with room for an additional eight horse trailers—is being built by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District on Bear Creek Road to increase access to hiking and equestrian trails. Joseph J. Albanese Inc. won the contract with a bid of $1,904,963. Construction...

The BentPeter seven-piece band cranked things up as the mercury finally began to drop on Sunday. Dedicated Los Gatos music lovers and their families assembled later than usual. It’s no surprise the crowd was thin at first, what with the temperature above 90° around the...

Bear Creek Stables, a horse boarding facility that was recently at the center of a criminal animal-cruelty case, is now being probed by the County for possible code violations. But in an interview with the Los Gatan this week, the property owner, Midpeninsula Regional Open...

Ask most coaches and parents, and they’ll gladly scrap their annual summer destination travel plans if it meant their team would advance far in the postseason.  So it is for the Los Gatos Little League 12U All Star baseball team, whose riveting run finally came...

July 19 Someone who was reportedly involved in a vehicle accident was lying on the side of the road, conscious and breathing at Austin Way and Quito Road at 2:25pm. A caller reported a vehicle accident where they said they believe the driver is drunk at...

Like many municipalities, the Town of Los Gatos constantly wrestles with how to manage a complex, high-stakes legal landscape without draining public coffers. As State mandates on housing tighten, and land-use and California Environmental Quality Act issues become more prevalent, the cost of legal counsel...