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By Sasha Ryu, Contributor On Sept. 1, the Town Council adopted changes and additions to its objective design standards for multi-family and mixed-use housing projects in Los Gatos. The updated standards focus on two main categories: site standards and building standards. The changes establish the...

San Jose Police have arrested eight suspects—including five teenagers—in connection with a fatal shooting that happened June 28 near the main entertainment zone for World Cup festivities in San Jose. Six of them (including a 17-year-old minor) were charged with murder; two others (including an...

The Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation (VMSF) will host “9/11 at 25: Keepers of the Flame,” a community tribute honoring the heroes, victims and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, on Friday, Sept. 11, beginning at 9:30am. The ceremony will take place at...

Sasha Ryu, Contributor This August, the Los Gatos Town Council came a step closer to meeting its state-mandated goal of creating 1,993 new housing units by 2031. Progress on two housing proposals drew mixed reactions from the public, with one receiving more support than the...

Walk into almost any high school classroom today, and you will find students asking variations of the same transactional question: "Is this going to be on the test?" or "Does this count toward my diploma requirements?" In a rapidly changing world, adolescents are under...

Aug. 23 A large tree reportedly fell down on Shannon Road and Surview Drive and took out the power at 1:44am. Aug. 24 Someone who resides on Brooke Acres Court reportedly lost their driver’s license at 10:52am. A caller’s son’s mountain bike was reportedly stolen from the front...

Youth athletics is outside my usual subject matter when writing for the Los Gatan. I generally prefer local politics, planning debates and the town's quieter corners. What follows will likely ruffle feathers, particularly for the faithful, my wife, Lissa, included, who treat football like...

The annual “Endless Summer” fundraiser, which takes its name from the quintessential 60s surf film, was created after the pandemic in 2023 by Los Gatos Morning Rotary to benefit Counseling And Support Services for Youth. CASSY is a nonprofit founded in 2009 that provides...

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced Aug. 27 that Los Gatos High School, and the Town would be partnering for an unforgettable remembrance on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The ceremony, which will honor alumni Mark Bingham and Todd...

Libraries are one of the few places in Silicon Valley where people enter for free and leave the richer for it. And I’m not just talking about the knowledge found between the covers of a book. Discreetly located in the entrance of Los Gatos Library...