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Hope stepping back from day-to-day café operations
A message in a window along Main Street has been turning heads in recent days, as locals wondered whether it spells change for Los Gatos’ quaint downtown.
The sign announced an opening for a general manager position at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co., and shared...
AP students at LGSUHSD beat national average in standardized tests (board meeting update)
At the Oct. 9 Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board meeting, Associate Superintendent Deepa Mukherjee presented an overview of the district’s Advanced Placement (AP) program, showing that overall, students tended to outpace learners from around the country in last Spring’s AP exams.
The District...
Vehicle hit by paintballs on Thomas Drive; man throws rocks at windows on Vista Del Monte (Police Blotter, June 4-10)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 4-10, 2023.
June 4
• A woman was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 15500 block of Union Avenue at 1:55am.
• A man was arrested for driving...
Los Gatos High football team firing on all cylinders
Seven touchdowns on 14 plays.
No, that’s not a typo. That’s what the Los Gatos High football team did in its Oct. 28 Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division game against Mountain View before most of the starters were pulled in the third quarter...
Teacher partners with Stanford for virtual reality classroom
Los Gatos High School Social Studies Teacher David Homa is partnering with Stanford University’s Human Virtual Reality Design Lab on the use of virtual reality (VR) in schools.
On a team with a Stanford University professor and two graduate students, Homa is collaborating with global...
Town re-ups with TruePoint on Community Development software subscriptions
The Town Council on May 17 unanimously voted to approve a sole-sourced $104,605 contract with software company TruePoint Solutions DigEplan (LCT Software) to provide services to the Community Development Department over the next five years.
According to staff the funds are already available in its...
Councilmember stonewalls efforts to workshop Code of Conduct
During last week’s hour-long Policy Committee meeting to address issues with Los Gatos’ rules for Council members and commissioners, Councilmember Matthew Hudes refused to allow Councilmember Rob Moore to have a hand in improving guidelines his partner was recently found to have violated.
And Hudes...
An afternoon meeting with a prospective Congressman
-Updated with a statement from a spokesperson for Sam Liccardo on Aug. 1, 2024
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, I was sitting inside Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co., waiting for State Assemblymember Evan Low to appear, when I received a text informing me he...
Los Gatos finally manages to get a thumbs-up for its Housing Element from Sacramento
It only took six tries.
Unlike neighboring Scotts Valley, which was able to get its residential housing plan approved on its very first submission, Los Gatos today announced that its sixth attempt at a Housing Element had finally won-over State housing regulators.
“The Town of Los...
Planning Commission sides with homeowner in dispute with County Fire
A homeowner who sought an exception to new fire-safe rules recently rolled out by the State won over Planning Commissioners and was granted development approval.
Despite Santa Clara County Fire Department representatives appearing in the special Zoom meeting on Nov. 21 to argue against allowing...
