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June 25, 2026

This day belongs to the moms

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Alongside Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day is one of the highest-volume days of the year for many local businesses. And this year did not disappoint. From Friday to Sunday, downtown Los Gatos and Saratoga Village were packed with festive folks. Many restaurants offered a special brunch...

‘Key to the Community’ bestowed on LGS Recreation

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LGS Recreation honored for efforts On May 5, at the California Park and Recreation Society (CPRS) District 4 Awards & Volunteer Recognition Dinner, LGS Recreation received the Key to the Community Award for the contributions of the 55 Plus Program and the Award of Excellence...

Agata Fin shines bright for Italian national team in U20 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship

Agata Fin was the ripe old age of 8 when she set a lofty goal to one day play for Italy’s women’s lacrosse national team. The Cal Berkeley freshman and 2024 Los Gatos High graduate achieved her goal in the summer of 2023, playing for...

Los Gatos’ rainfall roughly average in 2021

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Fueled by two wetter-than-normal months, Los Gatos’ rainfall total in the 2021 calendar year was more than double that in 2020. But even with an atmospheric river soaking the region in the year’s final weeks, and with the town at its 30-year average, the region...

This week’s cover shot: Oktoberfest

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KCAT TV & Radio turned the Los Gatos Civic Center Lawn into a Bavarian village last Saturday for their Oktoberfest fundraiser. This included live music, traditional food, dancing and games. All proceeds go to support KCAT’s year-round media programs that "uplift, educate, and connect our...

Los Gatan wins first CNPA award at 2024 California Journalism Awards gala for sports photography

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Over the weekend, the 2024 California Journalism Awards were handed out in Los Angeles, with the Los Gatan winning second place for an impressive high school football freeze-frame. It's the newspaper's first-ever CNPA win. It was nominated last year in a design category. The photograph...

Local high school string quartet to join the pros

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When the touring show “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown” returns to the Campbell Heritage Theatre on Nov. 17, Prospect (Saratoga) High School String Quartet will join the professional musicians on stage to lend some local talent to this homage to the British...

Hometown tech giant Netflix chills on password-sharing: Here’s how locals feel about it…

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Editor: With Netflix in the process of rolling out new password-sharing rules in Latin America—and as digital TV and movie viewers have been criticizing the company for the impending crackdown—we sent our newest journalist, Don Le, on assignment to suss out how Los Gatans...

Judge rules former mayor’s husband not a threat

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A woman who tried to get a permanent restraining order against the husband of a current Los Gatos Council member lost her legal bid April 22. And despite testimony from multiple people claiming they heard Jeffrey Scott, who is married to former mayor Marico Sayoc,...

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

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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....

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