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Los Gatos has named the person who will be in charge of the human clockwork that makes the local government tick. Salina Flores, the acting HR manager for the City of Campbell, will become the Town's new human resources director, since Lisa Velasco, who is...

For the past several years, I have served the Town of Los Gatos as a volunteer commissioner and code enforcement hearing officer. Throughout that time, my goal has been to contribute constructively, help resolve problems, and support the town I call home. Nothing in that...

In Morgan Hill, there are no roads looking like a pockmarked moonscape and no tumbleweed rolling across the open spaces. The city’s drama level is lower than the cost of living (although perhaps not by much). The downtown area is vibrant, filled with restaurants,...

In most sports at the prep level, the top athletes and college prospects play for their high school.  Tennis happens to be one of those sports where it’s hit and miss, depending on the player. For Wildcats’ sophomore ace Kayla Mitchell, playing in high school...

When Amanda Brown, author of "Legally Blonde," describes your book as “charming, compelling, and unapologetically fun,” and Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Reese Witherspoon book club selection “Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows,” calls it “a page-turner that brims with humour, snappy dialogue, and sharp...

After heading to SoCal about a year ago, following a decade in the Cupertino city manager’s office, Katy Nomura is returning to Silicon Valley, to fill the vacancy left by Los Gatos’ former Assistant Town Manager Arn Andrews’ departure. She’s set to start work in...

Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas. During a Thursday evening webinar,...

There is a girl on the ice whose halo hair follows her as she glides around the rink. Her sparkling gold dress highlights every jump as she flies into the air. Just like her iconic dress, Alysa Liu holds up her gold medal. Liu, now...

A day after winning two individual events and running a leg on a first- and third-place relay team in the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships on May 23, Los Gatos High School senior Kaylee Cross was still on cloud nine.  “It feels so...

Longtime Los Gatos resident Joe Kapp, who played quarterback at Cal and led the Minnesota Vikings to the Super Bowl, died May 8. He was 85.  Multiple media reports confirmed Kapp’s death came after a long battle with dementia. A private service will be held...