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Dinah’s Event Log: February’s hint of spring
We have a very active service club scene that I can hardly keep up with.
We also have a Community Emergency Response Team, known as “CERT,” and Disaster Aid Response Team, or “DART.”
We will be featuring these organizations in upcoming issues.
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Owners of Nestldown—a hidden world in the redwoods that hosts weddings and other events—looking forward to the next chapter
The engulfing redwoods that surround Los Gatos are a bit of an enigma. You can’t help but wonder what lies beyond the greenery.
And not too far out of town, there’s a unique venue on 180 acres, known as Nestldown, that’s played upon this sense...
Congregations come together for Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
They may not have packed a room the way they did in pre-Covid-19 times—when around 1,000 people turned up for the community’s Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service—but the around 125-strong in-person crowd was augmented by additional attendees participating remotely.
Jeffrey Hall, the senior pastor at Los...
Students featured in ‘Be-You-tiful’ contest exhibit (incl. poem by Saratoga student)
On May 18, the Triton Museum in Santa Clara opened its new digital art gallery with poetry, video, essays and visual art from the Eating Disorder Resource Center’s “Be-You-tiful” contest.
Students were invited to submit pieces exploring how social media and the world around them...
Jewish Silicon Valley hosts Community Challah Bake
A recent Community Challah Bake drew neighbors from across the South Bay for an evening of tradition, connection and hands-on baking in celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
On Sept. 18, community members came together at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, powered by Jewish Silicon Valley for...
Embattled Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District supervisor quits post
After weeks of tension between parents and the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, Superintendent Bill W. Sanderson announced he’ll step down, effective immediately.
The news was announced by Board of Trustees President Misty Davies in an email as the school day wrapped up on...
Los Gatos raccoon rescue shows humane approach to uninvited animals
On Friday morning, Rebecca Dmytryk, CEO of Humane Wildlife Control, got sad news from Santa Cruz County officials.
A cougar had been reported dead in the Santa Cruz Mountains near a creek, and they wondered if she could look into it.
“I’m dealing with a dead...
Local students complete rigorous water quality testing course
Rolling Hills Middle School 7th-graders and Louise Van Meter Elementary 5th-graders have completed an in-depth water monitoring educational course that highlighted what life as a professional H20 monitor would be like.
As part of the Poseidon Education’s Stormwater Quality Leadership Program, the kids took samples,...
Ballroom dancer prepares for Redwood City competition
When Karlis Treijs migrated from Latvia to the United States in 2016, he had dreams of making it big.
And while he ended up in Silicon Valley, those aspirations weren’t about the tech world.
Treijs instead was seeking success in the field of dance, something he’s...
Los Gatos High field hockey team poised to win league, CCS championships
The beat goes on for the Los Gatos High field hockey team, the all-time winningest program in Central Coast Section history.
The Wildcats put themselves in the pole position to win another outright Santa Clara Valley Athletic League championship after earning a 1-1 draw with...
