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At various points during the Los Gatos High School girls water polo team’s non-league match against Menlo-Atherton on Oct. 2, the Wildcats’ coach had his hands full—literally.  Don Appleton demonstrated the balancing acts of all balancing acts: exhorting his team with instructions while holding his...

By Sasha Ryu, Contributor On Oct. 1, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting and voted 4-0 to join a lawsuit against Instructure over a recent data breach of its learning management system, Canvas. Both of the District’s...

By Tom Herbert Los Gatos prides itself on disciplined municipal oversight, with officials highlighting strict data limits and deliberate council approvals for Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) operated by private vendor Flock Safety. Yet behind this polished image lies an administrative breakdown, a lack of...

By Sasha Ryu, Contributor In June, instead of attending her college graduation alongside her classmates and friends, Hazel Gerson was in Los Angeles, auditioning for the 30th season of NBC’s “The Voice.” A month earlier, she’d made the bittersweet decision to move out of her...

*Jak VanNada is responding to this Op-Ed by Jeffrey Suzuki Jeff Suzuki, president of the Los Gatos Anti-Racism Coalition and a candidate for Town Council, has published an op-ed entitled “A view inside LGARC’s Rental Assistance Program.” Billed as a response to our questions, it...

By Ruslan Kraynov When equipment fails and then starts working again a few minutes later, there is a very tempting thought: “Maybe it fixed itself.” But those intermittent failures can become some of the most expensive. That’s not necessarily because an expensive component has failed, but...

There is something quiet and restorative about early morning in Los Gatos before the town fully stirs. The air bites, the blue sky stretches uninterrupted and the green ridgelines of the Santa Cruz Mountains stand in the distance. On Sept. 26, that scenic backdrop framed...

By Renee Young As a naturopathic doctor—since 2002, and in Los Gatos since 2004—I have always operated outside traditional insurance models, avoiding chaining my practice to a "sick care" system that treats preventive wellness as unnecessary. I love medicine, and I deeply care for my...

The annual St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception School and the adjacent parish held their three-day Country Fair fundraiser in the sweltering heat this weekend. If you were in town, you know how it can bake in the downtown areas. The Hydration Station was busy...

Tyler Brunner, Contributor Housing policy dominated a Thursday night forum hosted by the League of Women Voters. Five of Los Gatos’ Town Council candidates participated (Mary Badame was unable to attend). The moderator posed questions to the candidates that covered topics ranging from traffic and capital...