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We hear it constantly. Talk to someone. Tell a counselor. Text a friend. Don’t bottle it up. It’s on posters in school hallways and in every assembly about mental health. But here’s what I kept noticing: The availability of someone to talk to was rarely...

By Sasha Ryu, Contributor On Sept. 15, the Town Council held a special study session to share an overview of the plans to redesign the often congested Highway 17/Highway 9 interchange near downtown Los Gatos.  The plan comes as part of a joint initiative between the...

Every team’s worst nightmare is to have the lead for the majority of the game only to lose it at the end. But that’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High School girls flag football team was facing in its non-league matchup at Sacred...

Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung pleaded guilty today to two felony bribery charges, the DA's Office said.  Sung, who was second-in-command to former Sheriff Laurie Smith, was charged with participating in a scheme to leverage his Office’s rarely issued gun permits to get...

The Los Gatos High School football team is used to playing under the Friday Night Lights. But this time, the players and coaches had reason to look skyward. As part of the pregame ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks,...

There is something fitting about spending my year of “lasts” grappling with so many “firsts.” My fellow seniors and I have already started counting down: our last-first day, our last spirit rally and many more lasts to come. Yet, surprisingly, my final year in...

The West Valley Muslim Association’s effort to secure extended hours for worship at its 16769 Farley Rd. mosque, particularly during Ramadan, has now reached the highest court in the land—in the form of a reference cited multiple times in a case that’s poised to...

A docent is a person who acts as a knowledgeable guide or educator, most commonly as a trained volunteer, teacher or lecturer at a museum, art gallery, zoo or historical site—or even at a Los Gatos-area school. The word comes from the Latin docere,...

Nibbling on strawberry shortcake bites to the sounds of ethereal music, bidding on auction items, and watching a male octopus jet across a tank while a female of the ultra-intelligent species broods, it was all part of making a difference at the Monterey Bay...

Dusty travelers trickle in from their surreal voyages to Black Rock City, but this particular couple traded sandstorms for seating charts as they shifted their focus from Burning Man to their impending wedding. Just one year ago, Jordan Henderson got down on one knee,...