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Los Gatos approves budget with $30K surplus
After some juggling on the accounting front, Los Gatos says it’s managed to come up with a budget that boasts a $30,000 surplus.
The Town Council approved the yearly financial plan on June 6.
The Town plans to spend slightly more from its General Fund ($54.5...
Hometown gal makes good
Los Gatos resident and Assistant Winemaker at Testarossa, Katie Abelson, has called Los Gatos home since she was 8 years old. She’d lived in Switzerland and Belgium prior until her engineer father moved the family to the Bay Area town she has grown fonder...
To ease back-to-school blues, therapy dogs pay visit to high school
Emotional support dogs from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department and the nonprofit Canine Companions joined high schoolers for lunch on Los Gatos High School’s front lawn, Aug. 24.
Organizer Esha Bagora, a junior at the school, said the idea was to provide stress relief...
The chanterelle just got enshrined in California law (+ other bills that made it over the finish line)
Every year, California’s legislators send a flurry of bills to the governor in hopes he or she will sign them. And that’s before the byzantine legislative process that leaves most proposed laws on Assembly and Senate curtting floors.
In 2023, the lawmakers sent off 1,046...
3 tequila bottles stolen; children playing ‘too loudly’ outside on Towne Terrace sparks argument (Police Blotter, Jan. 14-20)
Jan. 14
• A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on the 100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 3:02am.
• A caller reported a group of people in two vehicles for “blasting music” and “talking loud” on N. Santa Cruz Avenue...
Sophie Takeuchi knows how to fly when it comes to cheer competition
The last month and a half can only be described as a whirlwind for Los Gatos High senior Sophie Takeuchi.
In early April, she was considering three great options for college: Clemson, Penn State and a university in Paris, France. That’s when an opportunity of...
Taste of LG draws hungry crowd to closed street
The first-ever Taste of Los Gatos, held on Saturday, Sept. 14, proved a resounding success.
The street food festival, which closed down North Santa Cruz Avenue from Main Street to Bachmann Avenue, transformed downtown Los Gatos into a bustling crowd of hungry attendees. Locals and...
Weekend vegetation fire reminds Los Gatans wildfires are an ever-present threat
A vegetation fire grew to devour just over a quarter-acre of grass, oak and shrubs in unincorporated Santa Clara County on Saturday afternoon.
Around 3:40pm, a passerby spotted smoke rising above Weaver Road and reported it to the Santa Clara County Fire Department, which initially...
As Biden visits, local reps plead for disaster aid
The Bay Area Congressional delegation—Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-16) and Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)—wrote to President Joe Biden on Jan. 19 to request that relief for Santa Clara County be included in the Presidential Major Declaration for...
