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Longtime Los Gatos journalist Dick Sparrer died Saturday, according to family members, after a long illness. He was 72. He worked in newspapers for 45 years before retiring at the end of 2016 after 15 years as the Los Gatos Weekly-Times’ editor.  “It seems like only...

When Steamer’s Grillhouse announced it was going to close on Christmas Eve, there were more questions than answers. We soon learned, from one of the owners, that an arduous negotiation over the lease had ultimately not borne fruit. The lauded seafood restaurant made the...

Back in the 1970s, then–California Governor Jerry Brown earned the nickname “Governor Moonbeam” for his forward-thinking and unconventional ideas. Among them was a now-famous mantra: “Small is beautiful.” Brown’s vision championed conservation, thoughtful planning, and development that respected the natural landscape and community character. Los...

On Oct. 9, Testarossa staff, supporters and many Novitiate alumni and their caregivers gathered around a bin of La Rinconada pinot noir clusters for the 137th Blessing of the Grapes held at the historic Novitiate property in Los Gatos.  You know it better as Testarossa...

You might have thought that passing the budget (approved unanimously)—or perhaps the signing-off on new housing units—would've proved the most intense part of the June 3 Los Gatos Council meeting. However, a little after 9pm, during an intermission, Councilmember Rob Rennie made a comment in...

After months of community meetings, formal and informal studies, and tens of thousands of dollars invested, Council chose to walk away from paving the way for cannabis sales within Los Gatos’ borders, Tuesday. It made the decision at its regularly-scheduled meeting on the recommendation of...

Last night, all but one Los Gatos Town Councilmembers voted against allowing another person who doesn't live in the community to serve on a body meant to make life in town more multicultural and open to people of all backgrounds. And even Councilmember Rob Moore—the...

On the second day of the Moss Landing battery fire to the south—as mask-clad shoppers along North Santa Cruz Avenue took in an especially colorful, if hazy, evening display—Raschel Archambeault, the assistant manager of East Kennedy, helped load about $60,000 in merchandise into my...

Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell lived in Los Gatos and was slapped with a restraining order a year before a Oct. 9, 2021 meltdown in Bethel, N.Y., in which he flipped off and threatened to kill audience members and flashed a Nazi salute. The petition...

The Los Gatos lobbying firm that proudly touts its “environmental, social, and governance” credentials on its website—that’s Canyon Snow, which recently announced it was adding a former San Jose City Council member to its roster—says it’s not worried about the scorched-earth anti-woke policies President...