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The bills breaking the partisan divide in California
In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much. That includes the members of the California Legislature.
Of the 2,278 bills lawmakers submitted by the deadline last week, only 11 had Republicans and Democrats as joint lead authors, according to a...
DA declines to charge Stanford student journalist for reporting on pro-Palestinian protest
The Santa Clara County District Attorney has declined to formally charge Stanford University student journalist Dilan Gohill for covering on a pro-Palestinian protest last year, after he faced allegations of committing multiple felonies.
The student, who was reporting for the Stanford Daily, a student-run newspaper,...
Los Gatos High School student’s wildlife photography earns him accolades
Parham Pourahmad stands in the hills of Ed Levin County Park in Milpitas, waiting for the perfect moment to snap a bird of prey in its natural habitat.
Suddenly, a Cooper’s hawk swoops down. It begins to claw apart a squirrel.
Pourahmad aims his Sigma 150-600mm...
Beware the Ides of March…for a blood drive!
Julius Caesar, a name synonymous with power, ambition and—ultimately—betrayal, met his fate on the Ides of March. While we remember this date for the fall of a Roman emperor, the Ides of March also offers us a chance to rise to a different kind...
LETTERS: Did Blum’s column fill a pothole?; readers decry discontinuation of Dinah’s Event Log
Did Blum’s comedic Los Gatan article fill a pothole?
My recent Los Gatan piece, a brief foray into levity after a series of my more usual serious columns, featured a few lines about the “Grand Canyon-sized pothole” on the Highway 17 north on-ramp.
I even mused,...
Dinah’s Event Log: End of a Chapter
“March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”
No predictions here, as March may come in like a lamb and leave like a lion.
After all, it is spring, and weather can change in a “New York minute.”
On the 9th, our clocks...
Lions fascinated by undersea mapping expert’s talk
The day after he received word he’d won another valuable grant from the US Navy to help America up its undersea exploration game—and a few days after meeting with Meta officials in London about their plan to lay $10 billion worth of fiber optic...
A visit to the pizzeria on the top of the mountain
The Highway 17 trek back and forth “over the hill” between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz—with its rush-hour chaos and treacherous turns on rainy days—is a route many are all too familiar with.
At the summit lies a reddish structure that has been seen by...
Council approves 155-unit Los Gatos Lodge housing development
Los Gatos Council has approved a 155-unit multi-family residential development for the site of the Los Gatos Lodge hotel tonight at their regularly-scheduled meeting.
After an official for San Ramon-based SummerHill Homes, LLC boasted it had received unanimous support for the project at Planning Commission,...
Los Gatos High School girls basketball team rolls to second CCS title in the last three years
The Los Gatos High School girls basketball team went 3-7 in the non-league portion of its schedule, a byproduct of facing a Murders’ Row of powerhouse opponents.
Was coach Sara Quilici Giles worried? Hardly.
Now we know why.
After the slow start, the Wildcats ripped off a...
