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January 30, 2026

LITERALLY TIED: Low + Simitian each score 30,249

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This article was updated at 5:05pm April 3. It's all tied up. Evan Low and Joe Simitian each garnered 30,249 votes for the runner-up spot on the November ballot, for California's 16th Congressional District. That’s the report from the California Secretary of State from the final...

Gift Guide: Santa’s favorite shopping spots in Los Gatos

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While perusing the wares at many local retailers this past chilly weekend, I was joined by throngs of shoppers, out looking for holiday gifts. There were gaggles of young women, and the usual senior citizen couples, with the wife dragging the husband in and...

Scammers dupe PG&E customers

Electrical towers and lines
The power company is raising the alarm about a seemingly ever-present danger that has nothing to do with arcing, downed wires or electricity surges, but sparked nearly seven-dozen reports in Los Gatos last year. Pacific Gas & Electric, Co. says it counted 43,000 customers being...

Teenaged organizer of California’s first Starbucks unions eyes Assembly seat

Joe Thompson at Starbucks in Santa Cruz
Union organizer Joe Thompson is fresh off the May 11 news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California—something that seemed unlikely just a few years ago—was successful. The 19-year-old, who’s running for Assembly District 28, says the drive for workers’ rights...

New York Times bestselling author Bonnie Garmus to appear at Los Gatos Library (calendar)

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From a "Chemistry" writer, to a dazzling holiday display to an art exhibit, there's plenty on tap in this week's calendar... Online author talk The Los Gatos Library will host an online author talk with Bonnie Garmus on Nov. 10 at 11am. Garmus will discuss her...

A survivor who thrives

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As she was calling out my name at Jazz in the Plazz, I was wondering just who this woman was, wheeling her chair toward me over the dirt, grass and tree roots. I still did not recognize the blonde woman with determination on her...

Woman accused of throwing alcohol-fueled parties for teens extradited to Santa Clara County

O'Connor / Amaral residence
The woman who threw alcohol-fueled parties for teens at her Los Gatos mansion, where sex was encouraged, arrived back in Santa Clara County yesterday after being extradited from Idaho, authorities said. Shannon O’Connor is scheduled to be arraigned today at 1:30pm. On Oct. 9 police...

Horticulture: Vines are aggressive social climbers

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Regardless of how appealing many of them are in home gardens and landscapes, vines are flagrantly exploitative. They rely on shrubbery, trees or anything they can climb on for support. As they reach the tops of their supports, they extend their foliar canopies above....

Los Gatos High field hockey team on track to contend for league, CCS titles

A 1-0 loss to Mitty High on Oct. 6 did little to dampen the spirits of the Los Gatos High field hockey team. After all, the Wildcats will see the Monarchs again at least one other time in the regular season and quite possibly...

Beat figure remembers childhood friend who died of COPD

Cassady family photo
John Allen Cassady, a well-known figure in the Beat and Psychedelic scenes, last week took a moment to share his thoughts about friend Chris Gies, who died June 15 of COPD at the age of 73. The son of Neal Cassady—aka the model for Dean...

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