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June 22, 2026

The Wildcats’ Zach Otoupal and Leighton Ozawa win Ed Howell Award as three-sport standouts

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May is just around the corner, which means league championship races for the spring sports teams will be decided and the Central Coast Section playoffs are on the horizon. Several of the Los Gatos High School sports teams are primed for postseason competition and...

Los Gatos Buzz: Online author talk, Lincoln Trio concert, and Valentine fun run

The Lincoln Trio
Los Gatos has a variety of events and activities on tap including: an online author talk, the Lincoln Trio concert, the Mystery Lover's Book Club, the Valentine Fun Run/Walk, the Los Gatos Farmers Market, and meetings of the Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos, the Rotary Club of Los Gatos, the Los Gatos Morning Rotary Club, the Los Gatos Lions Club, the Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees.

HORTICULTURE: Color outside the spectral lines

Zonal geraniums
Green is the most common floral color. It only seems to be rare amongst flowers because almost all green bloom relies on wind for pollination. Thus, neither color nor fragrance is useful to get the attention of pollinators. Actually, green flowers do not get...

Local Scene: Nightly closures scheduled on Highway 9

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Nightly closures scheduled on Highway 9 On Dec. 4, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform full nightly closures of Highway 9 Big Basin Road at Sanborn Road for the Saratoga Creek Bridge Rehabilitation project in Saratoga.  The overnight closures are needed so that crews...

Los Gatos boys soccer look to play physical and rise to the top of the El Camino

A last-place finish in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division last year sent the Los Gatos High boys soccer team to compete in the league’s lower El Camino Division this season.  However, the Wildcats intend for their stay in the El Camino...

Assessor’s Race: We’re in the home stretch…

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More than a million ballots are in the mail. The first votes will be counted in less than a week. The Santa Clara County Assessor’s runoff off election is jogging into the homestretch toward Election Day: Dec. 30. December 30? That's right. An election cycle...

Fanny pack stolen; mystery individual enters business, takes shower; mail taken (Police Blotter, July 30-Aug. 5)

Fanny Packs
July 30 • A fanny pack was reported stolen on Terreno De Flores Lane. • A man who was reportedly “banging on the door” told the resident to buy some candy on Winchester Circle at 8:17pm. • A man was arrested for driving under the influence of...

State: Los Gatos has more soul-searching to do on Housing Element

Bellaterra at Los Gatos Grand Opening
While it wasn’t as scathing as it could have been, the long-awaited review from California's top housing agency found Los Gatos’ Draft Housing Element does not pass muster, as its strides toward addressing the income and racial disparities don’t go far enough. The Housing and...

Car strikes 4 bicyclists on Hwy 9

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An 85-year-old woman from Boulder Creek plowed into four bicyclists Tuesday on Highway 9 in the San Lorenzo Valley. Israel Murillo of the California Highway Patrol said CHP responded to a report of a crash at 6:21pm, south of Glengarry Road.  The woman was driving a...

Lyndon Bailey makes his mark on rugby pitch

Similar to one of his bone-jarring hits on the gridiron and on the rugby pitch, Lyndon Bailey never saw it coming.  In early June, a couple of weeks after an impressive performance in the Boys Rugby High School Club National Championships, the 2024 Los Gatos...

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