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Best of Los Gatos 2025: Families & Pets
                    
Best Animal Hospital
Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital
Silver
Whole Pet Vet Hospital & Wellness Center
Bronze
Adobe Animal Hospital South Bay
Best Dog Friendly Restaurant
Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza
Silver
Telefèric Barcelona
Bronze
Enoteca La Storia
Best Elementary School
Blossom Hill Elementary School
Daves Avenue Elementary School
Bronze
Yavneh Day School
Best Family Restaurant
Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza
Silver
Oren's Hummus
Bronze
Italian Brothers...                
                
            Best of Los Gatos 2025: Arts & Entertainment
                    
Best Charity Event
Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival
Silver
Los Gatos Rotary Crabfest & Auction
Bronze
Powering Hope, Jewish Silicon Valley
Best Event
Los Gatos Children’s Christmas/Holidays Parade
Silver
Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival
Bronze
Music in the Park (Los Gatos)
Best Festival
Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival
Silver
OktoberFest Los Gatos
Bronze
The Makers Market Local Artist...                
                
            In the wild, wild West of collegiate sports, relaxation of transfer rules, social media are historic gamechangers
                    
The college sports landscape has changed so much in the last several years, it’s hard to keep track of all the rule-swiching and court decisions. These have sent ripples throughout the NCAA. 
In last week’s Los Gatan, Camryn Whitfield detailed the Division I five-year regulation,...                
                
            AP students at LGSUHSD beat national average in standardized tests (board meeting update)
                    
At the Oct. 9 Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board meeting, Associate Superintendent Deepa Mukherjee presented an overview of the district’s Advanced Placement (AP) program, showing that overall, students tended to outpace learners from around the country in last Spring’s AP exams.
The District...                
                
            Local athletes race against time thanks to new eligibility restrictions
                    
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of college eligibility, especially due to the NCAA Division I five-year rule. It is one of the biggest obstacles student-athletes face, and, for some, more challenging than the sport they play itself. 
However, change is unfolding...                
                
            Man attacked at VTA station has died
                    
Authorities have shared a tragic update to a story we brought you in this week's newspaper.
The man who was brutally attacked at a Valley Transportation Authority light rail station in late September has died from his injuries.
And because of this, the attempted murder case against Brandon...                
                
            Los Gatos High School cross country teams on the run
                    
After a five-year stretch which resulted in multiple league championships and berths in the CIF State Meet, the Los Gatos High School boys and girls cross country teams are in a rebuilding phase this season. 
Both squads were hit hard by graduation, especially on the...                
                
            Opinion: Vote No on Measure A—it’s time to tighten our belt
                    
This November, Santa Clara County voters will decide on Measure A—a countywide 5/8 sales tax hike beginning April 2026. It would raise the base rate from 9.125%, with even higher rates in San José, Milpitas and Campbell.
A regressive sales tax hits struggling families hardest...                
                
            POLICE BLOTTER (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4)
                    
Sunday, Sept. 28
An approximately five-minute-long honking began on Ridgecrest Avenue at 11:56am. A Porsche Cayenne and an Acura MDX were involved. 
The reporting party was riding his bike before 8pm, when he said he was hit by a car. The driver and the reporting party...                
                
            Opinion: Here’s why we need Measure A
                    
They say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. We hope that won’t be the case for the West Valley of Santa Clara County, where many of us who rely on private insurance don’t realize how much the County’s hospital system does...                
                
            

















