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Even though football players are used to injuries—from minor ones to those of the catastrophic variety—nothing could prepare Los Gatos High School senior Rowan Merrick for what he experienced in the days leading up to last year’s league game against Sacred Heart Prep.  During a...

Measure B increases margin The latest results released Nov. 8 for the Nov. 2 election showed Los Gatos Union School District’s Measure B increasing its lead slightly, with 75.95% of voters saying “yes” to the tax. The parcel tax needs two-thirds voter approval to pass.  Measure B...

During the grand opening of Opelia in mid-November, on East Main Street, Los Gatos welcomed its newest locale for Mediterranean cuisine to the sounds of Turkish music. With a surrounding of faux olive foliage and blue artwork on the wall, this new business has...

Local food delivery service expands Locale, a food delivery company with a focus on local restaurants and farms, announced that a pair of Los Angeles restaurants have joined its service. Locale is the brainchild of Los Gatos natives and recent college graduates Chris Clark and Jonathan...

Over the last decade, Valley Water has continued to spend more money on cleaning up homeless encampments around Silicon Valley. In fiscal year 2013-14, the regional water wholesaler put $786,085 into the initiative. That grew to $1.5 million just a few years later, then...

On an overcast spring day—20 years after planning began—a new prefabricated pedestrian, bicycle and ADA-compliant bridge was dedicated at Highway 9. It links Highway 9 to the Los Gatos Creek Trailhead, and is located beside an existing bridge. At this brief dedication were the visionaries who...

There’s no shortage of live entertainment for us to take in this time of year, from Jazz on the Plazz and Music in the Park to Chamber of Commerce street festivals. Los Gatos has a long history of outdoor summer entertainment. On June 21, 1919,...

California’s Department of Housing and Community Development seemed on the verge of approving Los Gatos’ residential plan, its Housing Element (now more than a year overdue), when the backpedaling began. On Feb. 6, Council voted to introduce a new measure to defend single-family and moderate-density...

Los Gatans will be rocking New Year’s Eve long before the clock strikes midnight, so plan to get your glitter on for an early dinner followed by some late night revelry. Many restaurants, including Steamers, the Wine Cellar, Shepard & Sims, Loma Brewing Company and...

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged Chaparral Ranch, the former manager of Bear Creek Stables in Los Gatos, with criminally failing to care for a horse that died from malnutrition and heat stroke last year. Honey the horse was found unable to...