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Last month, Los Gatos 14-year-old Dhiya Padmanabhan and her friend Anithra Shradha Narayanan, who is going into Grade 12 at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, held a dance fundraiser based on classical South Asian dance forms to raise money for people who need...

Julia Anderson lives a sweet life. Under the banner of Blue Canary Sweets, the former restaurant owner, culinary professional, pastry chef and chocolatier, gets to create chocolates for a living, without the stress of a brick-and-mortar operation.  You might remember Anderson from her time as...

Of the more than 180,000 votes cast in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for candidates for the 16th Congressional District, about 1% were mailed ballots that were missing signatures. Those ballots now hold the key to the final outcome of the 16th District race. Two...

Every time Aydon Stefanopoulos runs, he questions whether the workout he’s doing is going to get him faster.   Judging by Stefanopoulos’ results this season, the answer is a resounding yes. The Los Gatos High sophomore has been remarkably consistent in 2022, with a first, second,...

Updated: 11:58 am, Oct. 21, 2022 Los Gatos' public elementary school system has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two men who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher Joseph Brian Houg, the lawyers for the victims said...

Santa Cruz has terminated its contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader operator that the Town of Los Gatos uses, over data privacy concerns. On Jan. 13, the Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 to exit their deal, after it was discovered the...

Los Gatos Council last night approved $60,000 for homeless services next year—$10,000 more than staff had requested—citing the effectiveness of the pilot year’s efforts. The elected officials and public commenters lauded the roll-out by Town Manager Laurel Prevetti and Assistant Town Manager Katy Nomura, while...

*Updated Sept. 6, 2022 Daniel Reyes, the founder of Project Gasmask Entertainment (PGM), says he’s excited to be part of a Los Gatos rebirth. Though he lives in Oakland, and grew up in the Fairfield-Suisun area, the promoter says he’s pretty familiar with the community from...

Over the past week in Santa Clara County Superior Court, jurors at the Shannon O’Connor trial listened to closing arguments about the Los Gatos mother who’s accused of hosting parties for local teens and encouraging them to hook up with one another for her...

Nov. 12 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the Municipal Lot 2 at 2:59am. • Grand theft was reported on N. Santa Cruz Avenue. • A man was reportedly “acting weird” in a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at...