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Thriving with Age: How Santa Clara County’s older adults are defying expectations
We live in a society that often views aging through a lens of decline. From advertisements promising to “reverse the aging process” to assumptions that older adults are disengaged or deteriorating, the cultural script is clear—and frequently wrong. But a growing body of research...
Los Gatos High School boys basketball team displays grit, energy and tenacity amid fast start
On a cold winter night in a packed gym, the scoreboard told only part of the story.
Even though the Los Gatos High School boys basketball team couldn’t deliver a victory in front of an electric home crowd in the Lions Club Wildcat Shootout championship...
The games people play
Was it Monopoly, Scrabble, backgammon or chess?
According to Fun.com the board game market grew by 20% in 2020 (the Covid lockdown era), and revenue from board games sales was expected to hit $12 billion in 2023. Chess “is the best-selling board game of all...
Officers, civilians honored for crime-fighting efforts
Radio Chatter: “Unit 2-4, respond Code 3—to the scene of the crime…luncheon...10-20 is Addison-Penzak JCC...There are many suspects, most well-dressed. A few uniforms. Everyone looks guilty—ETA 11am…An APB has been issued for Jonathan Knowles. Cuffs may be needed as this is a Hot Call!...
Pandemic-era startups flourish in Los Gatos
You can’t control what you can’t identify. Four years ago, Los Gatos entrepreneur Tarun Thakur used this insight to build Veza, a cybersecurity company that maps access to a company's knowledge and tools, so businesses can keep track of who’s allowed to do what....
Heather White coming to the Los Gatos Library Feb. 1 for environmental talk (Calendar)
For more events, visit the online calendar at losgatan.com/events-calendar
Author Talk
Friends of Los Gatos Library welcome Heather White, author of “One Green Thing,” for a conversation around climate change and what each of us can do to make an impact. White is a nationally recognized...
Ecstatic dance company back in-person with Los Gatos events
A boutique Bay Area "ecstatic dance" company is emerging from the pandemic with a series of in-person events in Los Gatos and the surrounding region.
ALIXIR DANCE, an Oakland-based wellness brand focused on using free-form movement to build community, has set Tuesday nights at 7:30pm—beginning...
9 athletes earn their way into LGHS Hall of Fame
Nick Kalpin couldn’t believe his former football coach, Butch Cattolico, was on the other line.
The two are all-time greats in the storied Los Gatos High School football program—Cattolico as a coach and Kalpin as a running back. When Cattolico called Kalpin last December to...
High schoolers get dramatic with Santa Cruz Shakespeare; El Camino Health earns top marks (local scene)
Los Gatos High School drama students have partnered with Santa Cruz Shakespeare to be a model for their educational outreach program; Assembly committee on mental health meets in Los Gatos; El Camino Health earns top hospital award.
Mental health app encourages mindfulness
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have a reputation of reinventing the tried and true, from how we communicate and socialize, to how we consume entertainment. And now founder and CEO Nima Yazdani wants to reintroduce meditation to a new generation with his meditation app called myMentalPal,...


















