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Local Scene: Los Gatos officials tell residents to prep for traffic heading towards the Pacific
Here are an assortment of items that made their way across the Los Gatan's desk this week highlighting the goings-on around town—and beyond...
Meeting set on Highway 17 bridge project
The Town of Los Gatos will host an online community meeting on June 29 at 6pm...
9 athletes earn their way into LGHS Hall of Fame
Nick Kalpin couldn’t believe his former football coach, Butch Cattolico, was on the other line.
The two are all-time greats in the storied Los Gatos High School football program—Cattolico as a coach and Kalpin as a running back. When Cattolico called Kalpin last December to...
There’s a lot to know about toxic plants in home gardens
Oleander that inhabits freeway medians is poisonous enough to be hazardous. Two tons of Buick cruising at 65 miles per hour past such oleander has more potential to be hazardous. The risk associated with toxic plants within freeway medians is as limited as their...
Local Kiwanian helps deliver 5,000 lbs of aid to Ukraine
On a cold morning in April, a cargo van overflowing with about 2,500 pounds of humanitarian aid crossed the Polish border into Ukraine.
The two-person team operating the van consisted of a “navigator” and a driver.
Ian Russell, a formerly homeless UK man who has set...
Youth reported to police for riding bicycles and shooting Nerf guns at each other (Police Blotter, Feb. 6-12)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 6-12, 2022.
Feb. 6
• A drunk, “mumbling” man reportedly walked into a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue a couple of times at 1:26am.
• A man smoking on a campus...
Planning Commission approves memory-care and assisted-living facility
The Planning Commission recently agreed to support a memory-care and assisted-living facility proposal from Swenson Builders.
The 7-2 decision (commissioners Susan Burnett and Melanie Hanssen were opposed) came after company representative Jessie Bristow confirmed they’d be willing to drop the height by a foot on...
Tree damage on Highway 17
On Nov. 13, at around 5:40pm, California Highway Patrol officers responded to a crash on Highway 17, south of Summit Road.
A female driver from Los Gatos was driving a black 2013 Audi Q5 southbound on Highway 17, south of Summit Road at an undetermined...
Los Gatos girls basketball team continues to roll even after long Covid layoff
It’s not often when Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici’s game plan for her team is simply about effort.
Then again, these were no ordinary circumstances. Playing for the first time in 15 days after 10 of the 12 players on the roster...
Jake Ripp’s perseverance pays off
When Jake Ripp was attending a half-dozen football camps and doing solo workouts in front of college coaches this past summer, he didn’t have to look far for advice.
His mom, Katy, played college and professional volleyball and knew everything her son was going through....
(VIDEO) 20th Anniversary of 9/11 ceremony honored Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham + first responders
"Extraordinary acts on behalf of ordinary people," reads the plaque at the 9/11 Memorial in Los Gatos that commemorates the actions of hometown heroes Todd Beamer and Mark Bingham.
They were two of the people responsible for helping bring down Flight 93 in the...


















