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The publicly traded company that provides Los Gatos with water recently got the go-ahead to fire up two solar power generating stations—one in Los Gatos and one in Saratoga. Together they’ll help keep about 21 tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere each year,...

While the primary race for second-place in the 16th Congressional District has been nothing short of riveting—with Assemblymember Evan Low and Supervisor Joe Simitian separated by a single vote at times—less attention has been paid to the top vote-getter, 53-year-old Sam Liccardo, who grew...

California’s Department of Housing and Community Development seemed on the verge of approving Los Gatos’ residential plan, its Housing Element (now more than a year overdue), when the backpedaling began. On Feb. 6, Council voted to introduce a new measure to defend single-family and moderate-density...

About 43,000 former patients of Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) will soon receive notice of possible billing corrections and refunds as part of a settlement between Santa Clara County and some past patients of the public hospital system. The county said in a news release...

After being born in Los Gatos, Tony Borgese Jr. relocated to the East Coast at the age of two. He often wondered about the place he left behind at such an early age. Then, one day in his late 20s, he headed full-steam ahead...

On Friday afternoon, Coskun Abik, 48, inspected the flooring work underway at the site of his new venture in Los Gatos. The Kurdish chef from Cypress behind such Bay Area eateries as Blind Butcher SF, Dunya Bistro and Moka Coffee SF is opening a Greek-Anatolian...

Earlier this month, a representative for a UC Berkeley research project set up a booth in Town Plaza Park in hopes of connecting with locals in a key sector of the Los Gatos economy—food service. In partnership with the County of Santa Clara, contractor Ming...

Three hits in an eight-inning game isn’t normally a recipe for success, but it was for the Los Gatos High baseball team on March 30 against Los Altos High.  The Wildcats’ 3-2 win was exactly what they needed as it snapped a three-game league skid...

Flor de Maria Rivera, a Los Gatos shoe designer, has been staying in Carmel-by-the-Sea in recent days, spending time with family. The power outages she’s been dealing with there have reminded her of growing up in South America. “I feel like I’m back in Peru,” she...

Now that federal authorities have issued specific guidelines for “booster” shots for some people, public health officials, healthcare providers and volunteers are in the midst of a renewed push for vaccination against Covid-19 in Santa Clara County. More than 95 percent of eligible Los Gatos...