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I have reached an age where certain physical activities are no longer in my repertoire. You will not see me performing a somersault on the Town Plaza, nor will I be seen in a preppy, logo-laden sweatshirt attempting a cartwheel. I have decided, for...

A few weeks back, Planning Commission unanimously supported a CUP modification for the West Valley Muslim Association’s Farley Road mosque—concerning a proposed extension of hours for prayer and formalizing other regulations. Both the Islamic organization and a neighborhood group found things to dislike in...

On May 20, just months after plans for Phase 2 of the North 40 mixed-use development were approved, Harmonie Park Development announced it had finally inked a deal to bring two upscale Food & Bev brands—Manresa Bread and Mentone—to a commercial space in the...

A day after winning two individual events and running a leg on a first- and third-place relay team in the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships on May 23, Los Gatos High School senior Kaylee Cross was still on cloud nine.  “It feels so...

In late March, I made a stop at Lexington Reservoir to see if the lupin flower meadow I saw last year had bloomed again. I didn’t find the white flowers, but I stumbled upon a dead catfish next to the water. As I walked to...

In the USA, we call it soccer. The world calls it football. Los Gatos United calls it a way of life. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to Levi Stadium in less than a month, we thought it was time for the Los...

Leslie Collins, founder of the Jolly10k Fentanyl Awareness Fun Run, is inviting the community to join the fifth annual event on Saturday, July 18, to honor loved ones lost to Fentanyl and promote life-saving education. The race will begin at 8am at Balzer Field, located...

May 10 Four subjects were reportedly outside in the caller’s backyard and front yard on Elaine Court at 12:48am. Airbags deployed after an 18-year-old driver was involved in a single-vehicle accident at Daves Avenue and Via Caballero. Officers issued a cite-and-release for the driver at 1:37am. Two...

The boisterous Ukrainian folk, klezmer and Balkan swing sounds of Kommuna Lux are set to fill the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center this Sunday, May 24. We caught up with two of the members—via Zoom—who were hanging out in the sunshine near Sebastopol (in Sonoma County—not...

The bottom of Hicks road houses Venture Christian Academy and Church, where a Christ-centered preschool-to-8th-grade school teaches a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum. As the educational institution began in 1977, they’ll be celebrating their 50th anniversary next year. Venture Christian Academy has...