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Halloween seems to be an appropriate time to bury early spring bulbs in shallow graves. The season begins about now, and continues until about the end of the year. Installation of new bulbs might initially be ungratifying. There is nothing to show after their...

Before you pull up any more “weeds” in your garden, you may want to consider what Alrie Middlebrook has to share about native edible plants and trees. This past Saturday and Sunday, 50 or so gardens around the San Francisco Bay participated in the...

The latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades show a mixed picture for South Bay hospitals, with several facilities earning B or C grades as the rating system itself faces scrutiny over its methodology. After a federal judge in South Florida ruled in March 2026 that Leapfrog’s...

A year after finishing in second place in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Gabilan Division, the Los Gatos High School boys lacrosse team ended the regular-season with an emphatic finish, dominating Palma 11-4 on May 7.  The Wildcats (13-6 overall, 8-0 league) earned the No....

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...

When the Los Gatos High football team beat Wilcox 24-21 on Oct. 27 in the penultimate game of the regular-season, the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division championship was on the line.  Now, another—perhaps even greater—prize is at stake when the two rivals match up again,...

Student named to Dean's List at Puget Sound for fall 2023 Alex Rossmeissl, of Los Gatos, made the Fall 2023 Dean's List at the University of Puget Sound for achieving at least a 3.7 grade-point average, completing all of their enrolled courses without withdrawals, and...

The following reports are sourced from the police blotter files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 20-26, 2022. Feb. 20 • Three unknown suspects stole catalytic converters from two vehicles parked on Littlefield Lane. • A bicyclist reportedly kicked a mirror...

As radio commentators on Silicon Valley airwaves analyzed the latest mass shooting in Texas, local officials gathered outside a mental health facility in San Jose to mark the year that’s passed since the one that happened on Valley Transportation Authority property. On May 26, 2021,...

I had the good fortune of sitting next to Patrick Rohan, the CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital, at the Police Foundation fundraiser. As a former Good Samaritan League volunteer I was very interested in learning about what’s going on there these days. Rohan assured me there...