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Local blood drive combats shortage The American Red Cross has faced a “concerning” drop in blood and platelet donations this summer, according to the organization, and donors are needed to make an appointment to give in August to help prevent a blood shortage. The decline in...

Police Blotter for the week of Jan. 16-22, 2022. Jan. 16 • A portable pitching mound was stolen from a field on Blossom Hill Road. Jan. 17 • A business was vandalized on the 300 block of Village Lane. • A man was arrested for being in possession of...

OneOncology, a physician-led national platform supporting independent oncology practices, and its Monterey-based partner, Pacific Cancer Care, announced July 1 they’d inked a deal to acquire the radiation oncology clinic in Los Gatos from Good Samaritan Hospital. The parties anticipate that Pacific Cancer Care will begin...

The following Silicon Valley restaurants are participating in Bay Area Burger Week, which runs June 18-29. Download the Burger Week app for Apple and Android devices at wklys.co/burgers to check in, rate meals, post photos and win a burger, plus find additional participating restaurants...

The Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative was awarded a $6,336,790 Cal Fire Forest Health Grant to continue work in the watershed, incorporating new treatment areas with Aldercroft Heights Firewise and Lupin Lodge, the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council announced May 2.  This forest health project...

Los Gatos voters don't have to wait until November to learn municipal election results. At Council on Aug. 20, Council voted not to hold one—and appointed Councilmember Maria Ristow and Vice Mayor Matthew Hudes—because no one stepped up to challenge the two incumbents. "In a way,...

Ilana Baird, 48, who works at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, knows firsthand how traumatizing war can be for children. Back in 2006, she was living in Haifa, Israel, finishing her studies to become a rabbi, when a war with Lebanon broke out. “My...

Amid the minutiae of General Plan deliberations on Monday, the Los Gatos Town Council voted to move forward with a plan to consider a tax break for owners of historic properties. Mayor Rob Rennie—who said the Mills Act provision “seems like a subsidy for rich...

Longtime Los Gatos councilmember and newly sworn-in Mayor Rob Rennie announced Dec. 23 that he is delaying his campaign for county supervisor after the redrawn districts forced him out of contention in District 1. In a letter to supporters, Rennie said he plans to run...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of (July 24-30). July 24 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Blossom Hill Road and Union Avenue at 1:02am. • A vehicle was burglarized on the 100...