These reports are compiled from publicly-available information released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
July 7
At 6:30pm, a man was reported for being close to the roadway while asking for money on the median at Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road.
A group of minors on the creek trail by Vasona Lake was reported at 8:53pm for throwing rocks at passersby by someone who said they were almost struck. “You can’t hit us, we’re minors,” one of the group reportedly stated.
July 8
Four subjects on e-bikes were reportedly following a caller as he walked his dog on Las Miradas Drive. He said they appeared to be teenagers. They rode around him and got in his way, he added around 8:30pm.
A San Benito Avenue resident reported a burglary had occurred at their home within the previous approximately 24 hours.
July 9
At 6am, two small jackhammers worth about $700 were stolen from a side yard on Dover Street.
A manhole cover by Gardino’s Ristorante on North Santa Cruz Avenue was not properly fixed in place, a reporting party advised.
Four middle school-aged boys were reportedly doing jumps off the front steps of Los Gatos High School on their e-bikes around 5pm.
Three minors were reported at 5:47pm for driving around Bachman Park on their e-bikes and “tearing up the grass.”
July 10
Gardeners were reported for using gas-powered leaf blowers at Oak Meadow Drive and Roberts Road at 7:24am. The caller said it was an ongoing problem.
Multiple vehicles were reportedly parked in 30-minute zones for an hour at Montebello Way and Main Street, police were informed at 1:14pm.
July 11
At 3:36pm, a man was reported for loitering at Lunardis Market on Blossom Hill Road. A caller said the man was making people fearful, though no weapons had been spotted. He was later arrested.
A caller who purchased a 2024 BMW on Facebook Marketplace said Los Altos Police had advised the vehicle was stolen.
A suspect was reported for being “extremely” inebriated at 2:36pm in a vehicle at Trader Joe’s on Los Gatos Boulevard.
At 4:23pm, a power line was down and the end of it was “on fire” at Spectrum Eye Physicians on Monterey Avenue, a witness said.
July 12
A caller, at 3:43pm, said they’d found the gates to the pool at Los Gatos High School open. The report states there were “beer cans and trash left behind” and “tables and lifeguard stand were thrown in the pool.” The reporting party said there were cameras but stated school officials hadn’t been cooperative in providing access to the footage.
At around 3:10pm, a man in his late 40s or early 50s was reportedly “pulling (his) pants down and waving his penis at people” at North Santa Cruz Avenue and West Main Street. He “keeps running into traffic” and “running at people” the caller said. The incident resulted in a misdemeanor arrest.
July 13
A white 40-something man with dark colored sunglasses was reportedly sitting under a tree along Garden Hill Drive beside a bicycle “yelling racial epithets at (an) Asian lady and her mother” at 12:15pm.
A group was selling Trump merchandise at the corner of Blossom Hill Road and Los Gatos Boulevard at 4:57pm. The caller “thinks it’s highly offensive” but didn’t make contact with the vendors.
