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Evan Low 4 votes ahead of Joe Simitian (16 ballots left)
In Santa Clara County, Evan Low gained eleven additional votes in the recount for a total of 25,093, while Joe Simitian gained seven votes for a total of 23,775. These results will be added to the recount results in San Mateo County to determine...
Students send Class of 2023 off with inspiring words (GALLERY)
After a winter that included an atmospheric river natural disaster, Los Gatos High School’s Class of 2023 was dispatched into the wider world in a June 9 ceremony held outdoors in pleasant conditions.
The event, broadcast live on public access station KCAT, gave student speakers...
Is our corner of Silicon Valley a budding ‘blue zone’?
Bob MacQuarrie, a lively nonagenarian who has called Los Gatos home for over six decades, has lived a long—and fulfilling—life. Ever since immigrating from Canada in 1957, MacQuarrie has left a mark on our small town, from contributing to the early development of computer...
Officials begin mailing ballots for June election
Election officials in Santa Clara County on May 9 began mailing ballots for the June 7 primary to the county’s one million registered voters, who will cast 2022's first ballots in local and state races and on some ballot measures.
The vote-by-mail ballots can be...
Los Gatos High’s Antonio Rodriguez caps off tremendous freshman season
Antonio Rodriguez’s Los Gatos High wrestling teammates refer to him as Ant-Man. Wildcats coach Greg Varela calls the freshman standout Mantonio.
Rodriguez lived up to those nicknames in the recently completed season, which culminated with a strong second-place finish in the 113-pound CIF State Championship...
How peer pressure and parents can influence college selection decisions
As a Bay Area high school student, the pressure to get ready to apply for college bothered me since my freshmen year. I picked extracurriculars with admissions officers in my mind, tailored my course load to my prospective major and spent hours ruminating over...
Court of Appeal considers whether to free ‘party mom’ again
California’s 6th District Court of Appeal heard arguments Oct. 13 about whether a Los Gatos woman charged with throwing alcohol-fuelled parties for teens should be released from jail.
A Superior Court judge denied bail for Shannon O’Connor earlier this year, but the State Supreme Court...
Man steals crate of cigarettes from a store on North Santa Cruz Avenue (Police Blotter, May 1-7)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 1-7, 2022.
May 1
• Petty theft was reported at a home on Kavin Lane.
May 2
• Someone stole a vehicle’s license plate on Ann Arbor Drive.
May 3
• Someone stole a package...
HEART OF OUR TOWN: Developer behind post office projects keeping options open
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
—motto associated with the United States Postal Service
But developers might?
Our little charming town of Los Gatos has had a post office since 1864. But...
Planning Commission agrees to reduction of Los Gatos’ housing numbers after initial impasse
Despite clear divisions in planning commissioner thinking over the critical question of future housing in town, on Monday they ultimately managed to agree—in a unanimous 7-0 vote—on how to reduce development targets.
In addition to removing 313 units of potential residential development from the office...


















