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If you open tourist brochures for Los Gatos, you are likely to see the historic Town Plaza, a Victorian porch in the Almond Grove district, or a parade of shoppers on North Santa Cruz Avenue. It is a highly cultivated, frozen image. However, while downtown...

July 5 Juveniles were reportedly using a speaker to blast loud music and talk in a car at Harwood Road and Harwood Court at 1:29am. Someone reportedly stole a couple of bottles of champagne from Whole Foods on Los Gatos Boulevard at 10:27am. A driver reportedly ran...

Pacific Mambo Orchestra is one of the most electrifying Latin bands around today. This Grammy Award-winning big band from San Francisco is a leading force in keeping the unique style of mambo alive. It is intricate and enticing music. Mambo is known to get...

On Memorial Day weekend in 2003, after attending a convention, my husband Carman L. Smith and I toured our nation’s capital. My last visit was in 1962 a brief one at the White House graciously hosted by then President John Kennedy for young Red...

It was 2008 and the British Conservative Party was ascendant after a decade of losses. Steve Hilton, a top adviser to future Prime Minister David Cameron, was a source of great curiosity for the British press; he eschewed suits, rode a bike to work,...

On a beautiful Saturday—that looked straight out of a Pixar or Disney movie—Town residents gathered together at Oak Meadow Park to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Oak Meadow Park was established and opened to the public in 1958. As you begin digging into its history, you...

June 28 A bike was reported stolen at Tamarack Apartments on University Avenue. The theft occurred June 27, but was reported on June 28 at 2:32pm. A caller reported loud music playing for hours on Castlewood Drive at 7:58pm. A caller reported that four men attempted to...

The Los Gatos Rowing Club (LGRC) delivered one of the strongest performances in club history at the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Florida, capturing four national titles, winning multiple additional medals and placing more crews in championship finals than any other club...

Local realtors say they’re already seeing the housing market heat up as multiple artificial intelligence startups race to join the stock market.  Anticipation for initial public offerings from companies based in the area, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, has hit a fever pitch, and employees...

It wasn’t an artistic masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but at this point in the season, style points don’t count for much.  That’s why the Los Gatos Little League 12-and-under All Star team felt satisfaction after pulling away for a 10-4 win over...