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With colder weather arriving, swimwear brands can face a chilly business climate. But West Main Street retailer Palapa Lounge Beachwear has proven resilient, staying open consistently for almost 17 years. Owner Karen Jensen, has survived the highs and lows of temperature-shifts, a global pandemic and rent...

Karen Joy Fowler, the author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Recalling Cinderella, spoke in Saratoga on Saturday to over 50 attendees. Fowler, who lives in Santa Cruz, encouraged the writers in attendance to focus on making their settings interesting.  She told them to “set...

After winning the Central Coast Section Championships by a convincing margin, the Los Gatos High boys track and field team continued to surge in the CIF State Championships May 26-27 at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High in Clovis.  The Wildcats finished 10th in the...

Recreational activities offered during break LGS Recreation is offering various programs for children during the school break from Feb. 21-25. Programs include robotics, dance, art, gymnastics, sports, LEGO building and more. For information, visit bit.ly/3sClRAO. National mortgage lender opens Campbell branch Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, a national direct mortgage...

At around 4:45am today, firefighters learned of a fire at a small fire station in the Santa Cruz Mountains—at the intersection of Empire Grade, Ice Cream Grade and Felton-Empire Road in Bonny Doon, authorities said. The response to the McDermott Fire Station, located at 7276...

LGS Recreation will hold a ceremony in honor of Veterans this Saturday at the Los Gatos Adult Recreation Center at 208 E. Main St. "We encourage you to bring in photos or memorabilia on the day of the event to display on the Memory Table,"...

Point guards at the high school level need to see the floor well, anticipate things before they happen and be strong with the ball.  If they can shoot the ball and get to the basket off dribble penetration, that’s a bonus. Junior Max Houghton has...

Eighty-year-old olive trees border the front yard of this single-story Mediterranean estate near downtown. Located at 16699 Kennedy Road in Los Gatos, the 3,398-square-foot home built in 2013 includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Inside, the home features six-inch-wide plank walnut floors throughout, as well as...

Californians infected with Covid-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.  California’s top public health official, Dr. Tomás Aragón, last week...

As tariffs against goods from Canada, Mexico and China were announced Sunday and Republicans hit national political television shows to slam our neighbor to the north, local winemakers braced for impact. But John Clerides, the owner of Marquis Wine Cellars—a Vancouver importer of Californian wines...