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April 10, 2026

Use of digital surveillance tech by Los Gatos police questioned

Flock Safety camera
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department has promoted its network of the license plate readers it’s set up around town to monitor traffic and alert it to vehicles deemed suspicious, handing out awards to officers who’ve used the cameras to crack cases and highlighting...

Hercules Draft House and Cantina opens

Reyes with his family
After a few years working at Shepherd & Sims, Beltran Reyes, 36, says he’s excited to launch a restaurant in the Los Gatos space where Flights used to occupy. While his previous employer offered American cuisine, Hercules Draft House and Cantina, where he’s one of...

O’Connor reportedly being offered 17-year sentence by judge to plead

courthouse Santa Clara County by Drew Penner
Next week, Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mother currently detained on 39 charges including child endangerment and sexual battery, will officially hear what her punishment would be if she pled guilty to all those crimes. A parent the Los Gatan is not naming to protect...

Biggest haul yet for Afternoon Rotary at Crab Fest ‘24 (VIDEO)

Suzanne Boxer-Gassman
For the second-year running, the Rotary Club of Los Gatos’ Crab Fest has been held on one of the rainiest days of the year. Yet on Saturday night, there was a sell-out crowd at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hall in Saratoga, as community members...

Builders prepare Old Town’s soon-to-be Salt & Straw interior as founder digs into the “Vault”

Salt & Straw contractors
As ice creamery Salt & Straw prepares its Los Gatos launch, the company is rolling out a new slate of flavors from co-founder Tyler Malek harkening back to its earliest days. The new menu items, which it's calling “the Vault Series,” will be released ahead...

State Parks to burn hundreds of piles in the mountains

preparing a pile to burn in Big Basin
California State Parks announced yesterday it has begun burning hundreds of piles of dead sticks, leaves and branches at various locations in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This work will be dependent on dry weather and conditions that allow for smoke dispersal. Burning will continue as it...

Environmental prosecutor shares details of illegal medical waste probe

Bud Porter
Last week, as the country’s attention was transfixed on the manhunt for the person who gunned down a health insurance executive—which resulted in an outpouring of personal stories about patients being mistreated by the nation’s medical care system—the Santa Clara County DA’s Office held...

Letter to the Editor: A plea to disrespectful dog owners

dog pooping in a field
Hello, fellow Los Gatos residents and visitors, We have a wonderful town. But dog owners who do not pick up their dog’s droppings (poop), please do not leave it on our sidewalks. Unhealthy, unkind, just wrong. So many of you do pick up after their pets...

Where to celebrate the New Year in Los Gatos and the South Bay

New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday in 2022, providing an extra day to recover before the work week begins. Clubs and venues around Los Gatos and the South Bay have planned accordingly. All events are on Dec. 31, unless otherwise noted. The focus is...

Dinah’s Log: Roof problem at Safeway, Pink Friday, ‘Wicked’ for MMMM

holiday decor
Wow, did we ever get a downpour last week! Part of the ceiling at the Safeway fell in and they were briefly closed. Seems like it might be a wet winter. Git out those galoshes, an atmospheric river is incoming. Now, where did I...

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