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Authorities on Monday confirmed the first death in Santa Clara County attributed to a dangerous animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed with opioids such as fentanyl and heroin. A 36-year-old man who was found unresponsive in San Jose and died in late February tested positive...

Gracie Garcia, a lifelong collector, world traveler and longtime manager of the Main Street Exchange in Los Gatos in the 1980s, died on Feb. 10 following a stroke she suffered in December. She was 82. Tika Burns, one of Garcia’s four children, said her mother...

Along a Highway 101 frontage road near San Juan Bautista there’s a discrete wrought iron sign proclaiming, “FREEDOM REIGNS.'' You may have driven by many times and never noticed it, or the keypad located just below to the left. We slowed down to enter...

A man who sexually abused students while teaching in the Los Gatos Union School District has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars. Joseph Brian Houg, a long-time teacher at Blossom Hill Elementary School, received no probation time Nov. 29, but will face parole of...

After Josephine Grant McCreery bought out her siblings’ interest in a property in the Mt. Hamilton foothills, she lived in its main house until she died in 1972. When she died, according to her will, Save the Redwoods League got half of the ranch, with...

Keon Saghari, a Los Gatos High School graduate, has found success in the world of rollerskating, performing with Usher, Pink and Harry Styles, and is now choreographing a ballet piece for New Ballet's upcoming show in San Jose.

The Los Gatos Town Council held its first meeting, closing out summer break, this past Tuesday, Aug. 5. In the two hour convening, among other things, Council members discussed local events that happened during the recess, debated the impact of federal funding cuts and...

Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion for a love story But even though Los Gatos was the setting of a legendary romance that once captivated the nation, the story of Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Sara Bard Field has largely been forgotten by our community. C.E.S....

Linda Jones Austin, born on Oct. 21, 1943 in Great Falls, Mont. passed away peacefully on Feb. 1, 2025, in Los Gatos—in the beauty of the Santa Cruz Mountains that she loved so much. Linda’s life was marked by grace, beauty, elegance, love and kindness. A...

Halloween seems to be an appropriate time to bury early spring bulbs in shallow graves. The season begins about now, and continues until about the end of the year. Installation of new bulbs might initially be ungratifying. There is nothing to show after their...