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Santa Clara County is considering sweeping changes to its rural zoning ordinances that would impose new building limits and require mitigation when farmland is converted to non-agricultural uses. If approved by county supervisors, the new rules could significantly affect wineries and other agricultural operations that...

Yesterday, before 1pm, the sound of sirens and the smell of burning trash enveloped the Towne Terrace area of Los Gatos. A Green Team SJ (Waste Connections) garbage truck was driving along when the trash in the back of the vehicle ignited. "In order for the...

Many thanks, Los Gatos, for inspiring us for 15 years and counting. Thank you for being our creative sanctuary when the world, writing, life and our dreams needed the kind of grounding and encouragement that could only come from the kind of solace we’ve...

On the 143 acres that make up West Valley College campus, there is a single building that houses the College of Adaptive Arts (CAA). Last week I arranged a tour with Nicole Kim, the executive director at CAA. As she welcomed me in, I...

The last time the Los Gatos High School girls volleyball team won a league championship, Portia Zeidler was in the eighth grade.  Now in her senior year, Zeidler would love nothing more than to lead the Wildcats to a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De...

Our NUMU has a lot going on. For starters, this is the 10th year at its current location, and a celebration has been planned. In 2015, two existing museums combined into this one museum. So, this is actually the 60-year anniversary of museums in...

Happiness is something we all pursue, but sometimes we take it too seriously. Some people treat happiness as a goal to be achieved, while others treat happiness as if it is a key business performance indicator. But in doing so, we miss the things...

While this year’s Taste of Los Gatos will feature Rush cover band R50 and Livewire headlining the main stage, with Chain of Fools, Identity Problem, Phill & Rob and Sam Marshall scattered throughout the one-day street party, make no mistake, the essence of the...

Santa Cruz band Slow Gherkin's members might be in their late 40s and early 50s but that doesn't mean they can't pick it up where they left off.  KPCR 92.9FM station manager Daniel Roberts was in awe, seeing one of his favorite bands from his...

An alert parent walking his kids to school around 8am Thursday detained a man outside Los Gatos’ Louise Van Meter Elementary School after he spotted the individual following girls with a smartphone in his hand. By 8:15am, 63-year-old Los Gatos resident John Alan Hale...