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April 29, 2026

Officials begin mailing ballots for June election

santa clara county ballot drop box
Election officials in Santa Clara County on May 9 began mailing ballots for the June 7 primary to the county’s one million registered voters, who will cast 2022's first ballots in local and state races and on some ballot measures. The vote-by-mail ballots can be...

Fanny pack stolen; mystery individual enters business, takes shower; mail taken (Police Blotter, July 30-Aug. 5)

Fanny Packs
July 30 • A fanny pack was reported stolen on Terreno De Flores Lane. • A man who was reportedly “banging on the door” told the resident to buy some candy on Winchester Circle at 8:17pm. • A man was arrested for driving under the influence of...

Several residents implore Town to raise Pride Flag

Pride Flag advocates
After eleven people spoke at the June 17 Council meeting in support of Los Gatos raising the Pride Flag, Vice Mayor Rob Moore called for the Council to discuss a flag policy revision to allow the LGBT+ symbol to fly above the Civic Center...

Teen software entrepreneur launched app to help students with their studies

Sulaiman Kaamil
At just 18, Sulaiman Kaamil is changing the way students access and share knowledge worldwide. The Gilroy-based founder of Selnotes Technologies launched the education startup while still in high school, and says it’s already grown to over 5,000 users across 70 countries. The idea was...

Time to turn your mind to your “warm season vegetable” plans

corn
Warm season vegetables, or summer vegetables, can occupy a garden systematically. A few lingering cool season vegetables may continue production for a while. Warm season vegetable plants can replace them as they finish. Several warm season vegetable plants should start as early as possible....

To ease back-to-school blues, therapy dogs pay visit to high school

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Emotional support dogs from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department and the nonprofit Canine Companions joined high schoolers for lunch on Los Gatos High School’s front lawn, Aug. 24. Organizer Esha Bagora, a junior at the school, said the idea was to provide stress relief...

Letters: Historian clarifies John W. Lyndon’s story; Nestldown story brings up old memories

letters
I am writing concerning your article about town father John W. Lyndon, which appeared in the April 2-8 Los Gatan. John Lyndon was not born in Vermont, even though he often said that was the case. He was actually born circa 1836 in St....

Cover ground with ground cover

horticulture
Within the outdoor rooms of home gardens, shade trees are ceilings, shrubs and hedges are walls, and turf and ground cover plants are floors. That is why the selection of plants for such purposes is as important as the selection of paint and carpet...

Council introduces ordinance to outlaw hidden guns in ‘sensitive’ places

Heidi Owens
On June 20, Los Gatos introduced an ordinance that would prohibit concealed carry permit holders from bringing their firearms to specific places around town. But in contrast with the hardline positions staked-out on both sides of the gun debate across the United States—with National Rifle...

The bills breaking the partisan divide in California

Sacramento
In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much. That includes the members of the California Legislature. Of the 2,278 bills lawmakers submitted by the deadline last week, only 11 had Republicans and Democrats as joint lead authors, according to a...

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