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Camposano earns Lehigh University Dean's List honors
Max Camposano from Los Gatos achieved Dean's List status at Lehigh University in the Fall 2021 semester.
Dean’s List is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of...
Planning Commission agrees to reduction of Los Gatos’ housing numbers after initial impasse
Despite clear divisions in planning commissioner thinking over the critical question of future housing in town, on Monday they ultimately managed to agree—in a unanimous 7-0 vote—on how to reduce development targets.
In addition to removing 313 units of potential residential development from the office...
Spring is a time of new life
Los Gatan contributor Faizi Samadani has been monitoring a growing hummingbird family in his backyard for the past several days.
On April 8, he posted some photos on Next Door he'd taken on his Nikon digital camera, where you could see a mother and a...
Los Gatos High School cross country teams on the run
After a five-year stretch which resulted in multiple league championships and berths in the CIF State Meet, the Los Gatos High School boys and girls cross country teams are in a rebuilding phase this season.
Both squads were hit hard by graduation, especially on the...
Dormant pruning exploits winter dormancy
Bare root season begins as the year ends for a simple reason. That is when deciduous plants are dormant. They are unaware of the otherwise distressful process of relocation. This is also why winter is the season for dormant pruning. Such pruning would be...
Jewish couple requests solidarity from Los Gatos Council after Boulder attack
Dorene Kastelman, 68, a member of local “Run for Their Lives” groups, which advocates for the safe release of Jewish hostages in Gaza, appealed to Council, via comment period, for solidarity.
Several members of the organization’s Boulder chapter were hospitalized during a march, when a...
Alliance: Leaders need to do better job on housing plan
I mentioned in the article, “Group says Town needs to add more sites to housing list” (Los Gatan, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2023), that I thought the leadership, two mayors and the Town Manager have failed us for the past two years. They had to...
Los Gatos girls lacrosse look to join CCS elite
Talented, deep and with plenty of experience, the Los Gatos High girls lacrosse team is off to another fast start this season.
That should come as no surprise given the Wildcats advanced to the Central Coast Section playoff semifinals last year where they lost to...
Los Gatos artist presents solo exhibit
Whitney Modern Contemporary Fine Art Gallery presents “Reminisce,” a solo exhibition featuring a new body of work by Los Gatos artist Gordon Smedt. The exhibition will be on view through May 28 at the gallery located at 24 N. Santa Cruz Ave., second floor...
Teenaged organizer of California’s first Starbucks unions eyes Assembly seat
Union organizer Joe Thompson is fresh off the May 11 news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California—something that seemed unlikely just a few years ago—was successful.
The 19-year-old, who’s running for Assembly District 28, says the drive for workers’ rights...


















