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November 3, 2026

Saratoga High teachers honored as Special Olympics Northern California ‘Teachers of the Season’

Special Olympics honor
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced today that two Saratoga High School Community-Based Instruction (CBI) teachers, Sara Buffey and Christine Carlos Quiggins, have each been recognized as Fall Semester 2025 “Teachers of the Season” by Special Olympics Northern California. The recognition honors educators who demonstrate exemplary commitment...

Heaps scores in San Jose, but Japan breaks American streak in Seattle

PayPal park goal by Lindsey Heaps
Less than three minutes into the second half, Lindsey Heaps put the ball into the net at PayPal Park in San Jose, in the 2-1 victory against Japan on Saturday. But when they played their second of three matches against the squad last night in...

Los Gatos High baseball repeats as SCVAL De Anza Division champs; CCS playoffs next

Three teams—Los Gatos, Los Altos and Palo Alto—entered the final day of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division season with an opportunity to share or win an outright championship.  In the end, it was the Wildcats standing alone at the top after...

Valley Water promotes incentive programs as drought continues

Homeowners and commercial property owners who want to cut down on their outdoor water use and landscape maintenance should consider starting now or in the spring if they want to install drought-tolerant lawns, according to conservation experts. Regardless of what time of year one is...

Opinion: Draft code of conduct policy raises concerns

Jeffrey Blum
In early May 2025, the Los Gatos Town Council introduced a proposed Boards, Committees, and Commissions (BCC) Code of Conduct Policy designed to set expectations for commissioners’ behavior, public communications and interactions with Town staff and the public. The intent is reasonable: to promote...

Utilitarian garden features are now aesthetic

horticulture orange flowers
Gardening is fun. Furthermore, gardens are pretty. Some gardens also produce fruits and vegetables. Not very long ago, production of fruits and vegetables was more of a priority for more gardens. Some big gardens generated firewood and a bit of forage for livestock. Contemporary...

Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad Steam Engine #2 turns 120 years old

Dinah Cotton
Engine #2 was hot and smoky, as the engineer opened the cast iron door carefully. To kick-off this, its 120th birthday celebration—held Sunday at Oak Meadow Park—a small bunt cake was placed directly into its firebox. “Woo-hoo!” belched its steam whistle in satisfaction. On board for the...

Rescuing Rocket, the cat stuck up a tree for several days

Kevin Gutierrez, of Tlalli Arborist, tried for hours to rescue Rocket the cat on Monday.
On Tuesday morning, an AT&T worker attempted to rescue Rocket, the orange and white cat stuck up an 85-foot-pine in Los Gatos, with his bucket truck. The 3-year-old male cat had come down quite a bit from where it had been the prior evening, when...

‘Cats roundup: Los Gatos boys on the fast track; golf team has strong finish in CCS Finals

After winning the Central Coast Section Championships by a convincing margin, the Los Gatos High boys track and field team continued to surge in the CIF State Championships May 26-27 at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High in Clovis.  The Wildcats finished 10th in the...

How Gen Z is shaping e-commerce and small business decisions

three Gen Z members
This holiday season, as members of Gen Z—the generation known for their affinity for convenience and endless personalization—pick out gifts for loved ones, they’re exerting an outsized influence on the overall shopping landscape, experts say. Members of Gen Z (born around 1995-2010), have been immersed...

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