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The Los Gatos High School field hockey program is certainly challenging the proverb that all good things must come to an end. The Wildcats are coming off a 22-1 season that was capped by an ongoing record 18th Central Coast Section championship. They outscored...

About 300-400 Monte Sereno residents headed down to Vasona Lake County Park on Sunday around noon for the annual city picnic—a record turnout. Ismael Candelas was there representing the Santa Clara County Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency’s Weed Abatement Program. “We’re just educating the community on...

Libraries are one of the few places in Silicon Valley where people enter for free and leave the richer for it. And I’m not just talking about the knowledge found between the covers of a book. Discreetly located in the entrance of Los Gatos Library...

A carport fire in the Fern Ridge neighborhood near the Santa Cruz Mountains summit that spread to surrounding vegetation was stopped in its tracks today before it could devour any homes or become an out-of-control wildland blaze. But as firefighters flipped charred building remains hunting...

This year in footwear, I spy a maximalist style, as Los Gatos’ very own Flor de Maria continues to stun on red carpets and award show afterparties. And now she’s preparing for a popup event on Main Street, in partnership with upstart retailer Mélodie...

It was a warm, breezy day as my intrepid history-loving guide, Cosimo Linstadt, adroitly piloted the electric ATV past a riot of yellow Scottish broom that swept into the roadway. The sun’s rays released their heady perfume into the summer air. Linstadt, a retail...

On May 10, Monte Sereno resident Kim Simon was making last-minute arrangements ahead of a quick trip to Los Cabos, Mexico with her husband. She figured they better catch up with their general contractor, who was midway through the construction of their pool house. She dashed...

Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan has announced she’s stepping down. “I am retiring because I have served as a municipal lawyer since 1995 and it is simply time for the next chapter,” she told the Los Gatan in an email on Monday. “Los Gatos is obviously...

By Jeffrey P. Blum, Contributor When you walk down North Santa Cruz Avenue, it is easy to feel insulated from the harsher realities of Silicon Valley. But every so often, the contrast hits close to home. You might see an unhoused neighbor pushing a shopping...

Over the last four seasons, the Los Gatos High School boys water polo program has proven itself to be  one of the best in the Central Coast Section, qualifying for the premier Open Division playoffs in each year—the only public school to do so.  In fact,...