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December 5, 2025

The holiday events season has arrived

The Butter Paddle
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...

Gift Guide: Santa’s favorite shopping spots in Los Gatos

Shop Remi B shopping
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...

Assessor’s Race: We’re in the home stretch…

woman voting in America
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...

SJ Police arrest teen in Valley Fair Black Friday shooting investigation

handout photo of suspect and quote
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 WITH CRASH VIDEO: Los Gatos driver, 90, injured as car smashes into Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. on Thanksgiving

car crash at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co.
*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...

Water company donates Safeway gift cards to help struggling families have a happy Thanksgiving

Senator Dave Cortese speaks
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...

Peacock Flock (photo)

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Nonprofit aims to eliminate pesticide use, impose buffer

pesticide protest
A state nonprofit that aims to reduce and eliminate the use of dangerous pesticides on agricultural fields in California plans to sue the agency tasked with regulating them. The announcement came Nov. 18 during a press conference convened in Watsonville by Californians for Pesticide Reform. Mark...

When Brazil took over Los Gatos in the ‘90s

Randy Attaway with Brazil jersey
Classical music played throughout the home of former Los Gatos mayor Randy Attaway, last Thursday afternoon, as he prepared to sit down with the Los Gatan to recount one of the most thrilling moments in modern Los Gatos history. He spent two terms in...

High schoolers get ‘perfect’ score on state exams

Los Gatos High School wing
The California Department of Education released the 2025 California School Dashboard earlier this month, providing schools and families with information on school and district progress in improving student learning and outcomes. The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District calls it “a defining moment of...

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