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March 15, 2026

Hundreds lend their hands to fantastic faux hair

making yarn wigs
More than 320 volunteers took part in the first local workshop hosted by the Magic Yarn Project, which seeks to provide cool wigs for children dealing with cancer and other conditions. From cotton candy colors to princess styles, the resulting creations were nothing short of...

3-way race confirmed for 16th District ballot

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Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian and State Assemblymember Evan Low each received 30,249 votes for the runner-up spot for California's 16th Congressional District, ensuring that both will be on the November ballot, alongside frontronner Sam Liccardo, San Jose's former mayor. That’s the report from election...

Commissioners recommend allowing lower-income builds in more areas

Los Gatos civic center
Planning Commission voted April 9 to recommend a General Plan amendment to allow 100% affordable housing projects in mixed-use commercial and restricted highway commercial zones. Commissioner Susan Burnett was the lone vote against. She said Los Gatos has been going further than it has to,...

Data shows slight decrease in number of unhoused people

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The number of unhoused people counted across Santa Clara County dropped slightly compared to last year, according to preliminary results of the 2023 Point-in-Time (PIT) homeless census.  The data, released May 30 by the County of Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, shows...

Los Gatos retailers join forces to help re-clothe victims of Los Angeles-area fires

Colin Noyes
On the second day of the Moss Landing battery fire to the south—as mask-clad shoppers along North Santa Cruz Avenue took in an especially colorful, if hazy, evening display—Raschel Archambeault, the assistant manager of East Kennedy, helped load about $60,000 in merchandise into my...

Dinah’s Event Log: Winter fire season

overcast Los Gatos
“All the leaves are brown / and the sky is gray. / I’ve been for a walk / on a winter’s day. / I’d be safe and warm / if I was in LA.” —the Mamas and the Papas For now, we are safe (enough) right...

Pollard and coppice during winter

horticulture
This is extreme dormant pruning. Pollard and coppice pruning involve complete removal of all new growth. They typically involve growth from a previous season annually. A two-year cycle involves growth from two previous seasons, and so on. This repetitive pruning to the same origins...

Ballet performer met his wife in Los Gatos

new ballet rehearsal
Many people can identify with being young and unable to find community in the world. For James Kopecky, ballet became a passion back in high school, when a mentor noted his dance skills. “When I was younger, I couldn’t do a lot of outdoor sports...

Family who says they need fence to protect against antisemitic violence told to tear it down

fence slide
A Los Gatos couple who said they needed their six-foot fence in part to protect themselves against antisemitic violence has been told they must tear it down. The Planning Commission unanimously refused to allow an exception to the three-foot-max rule for the property on Blossom...

Raising a glass to Alamitos Vineyards, named top new winery by USA Today

Alamitos Vineyards
The Wineries of Santa Clara Valley announced that one of its member wineries, Alamitos Vineyards, 23505 Alamitos Road in San Jose, has been voted the Best New Winery Experience in the nation by USA Today. Despite being open less than three years, Alamitos Vineyards has...

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