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April 13, 2026

As league play hits home stretch, Wildcats’ winter sports teams look to finish strong

The Los Gatos High School boys basketball team enters this week’s play at 14-4 overall and 5-1 in the SCVAL De Anza Division, a game back of first-place Milpitas—which beat the Wildcats in their first league meeting, 58-52.  The rematch is set for Jan. 30,...

Doug Brent: Self-driving ‘hype’ becoming reality

Self driving in the snow
Back in 2015, Elon Musk made this pronouncement about the future of self-driving cars, “We’re going to end up with complete autonomy, and I think we’ll have complete autonomy in about two years.” At that time, I was a technology leader at Trimble, a...

History Club plans to open up membership to a wider audience

new History Club members
When Emma Jewell packed her bags in Buckinghamshire, England for a new life in Los Gatos, she landed in a whole new world. She wanted to connect with the people around her, while giving back at the same time, and she decided becoming a member...

How the Palms swayed its way through the pandemic

fish dish
While Tuesday is frequently a day off for restaurant industry workers, April 5 was actually quite a hectic one for Tony Loeffler, general manager of the Palms restaurant. The day’s schedule included deep cleaning in the kitchen, and manifesting an Easter buffet brunch—among myriad other...

Los Gatos to duke it out with Paly for title

Every time Los Gatos High boys basketball coach Nick Ward drives home after a game—especially the tough, gut-wrenching losses—he pulls down the sunvisor in his car to read a three-word note.  “Turn it off,” Ward said moments after the Wildcats’ 71-41 win over Gunn High...

The great wardrobe change

colorful hats in Los Gatos
For nearly half a century, my identity was topped by a piece of headgear: the Attorney Hat. It was a fedora of authority. As a divorce lawyer for over 47 years, I was the one who asked the questions to command the room, the...

Man arrested for injuring roommate; $4,000+ worth of facial products stolen; tire slashed on Santa Cruz Ave (Police Blotter, Nov. 5-11)

cosmetics
Nov. 5 • Two men were arrested for battery on W. La Chiquita Avenue at 10:57am. • A man reportedly shattered a business’ window with a rock on N. Santa Cruz Avenue. • Items were reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Belwood Lane. • A man was...

Doctor says Valley Physicians Group helped her survive pandemic

getting her 1st vaccine
Just as the world was shutting down with the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, a Brazilian doctor named Carlos R. Degrandi Oliveira, penned an article in a peer-reviewed journal that sounded the alarm about a little-discussed at-risk group—anesthesiologists.  On top of day-to-day dangers, such as ionizing radiation,...

A survivor who thrives

ski patrol recruiting
As she was calling out my name at Jazz in the Plazz, I was wondering just who this woman was, wheeling her chair toward me over the dirt, grass and tree roots. I still did not recognize the blonde woman with determination on her...

Request for transients be ‘moved along’ from Alberto Way spot; gasoline siphoned; business’ window smashed (Police Blotter, Jan. 21-27)

LGMSPD SUV
Jan. 21 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting an officer on University Avenue and Boyer Lane at 1:02am. • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 600 block of N. Santa Cruz...

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