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April 16, 2026

Los Gatos cancels Screen on the Green, drops Harvest Fest idea

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As the threat of cuts to millions of dollars in federal government funding looms over the Town of Los Gatos, Council cancelled plans for a new Harvest Festival this fall, during its regularly scheduled meeting April 1. The Town had been considering getting rid of...

Farmers Insurance extends CZU claim deadline for resident

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It was on Aug. 11 that 69-year-old Lexington Hills resident Sidney French reached out to Farmers Insurance to gain more information about the “Additional Living Expense” coverage on her home insurance policy. That’s the section that’s meant to help customers get reimbursed for costs incurred...

O’Connor considering pleading to all charges

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As Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mom charged with throwing illegal parties for teens and facilitating sexual assault, sat in Department 39 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice talking to her lawyer, Monday, it wasn’t for the start of the two-week preliminary...

Housing developer tries to back out of union-hiring rule

Quito Village
From the parking lot, there's nothing to suggest that Quito Village is the California housing policy equivalent of a unicorn, or that the seemingly low-key project is sitting at the center of one of this year's biggest political fights. Peek through one of the gates...

Nepotism allegations and a peeing puppy (CalMatters)

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To really understand the whole mess in San Mateo County, you have to start with the overtime logs. Or maybe it was the urinating puppy. Or perhaps it was the $1,200 boots. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is facing removal by the Board of...

3rd Tushar Atre killing verdict: 18-year-old driver convicted of felony murder

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Kaleb Charters, the 18-year-old accused of dropping three people off in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz, in 2019, to rob and kidnap tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre, then driving up to the marijuana farm in Los Gatos where he'd worked...

Town pursues ex-staffer in court over computer stolen from Westin Ka’anapali hotel room in Maui

Hawaii hotel room
The Town of Los Gatos’ former top engineer WooJae Kim is appealing an order to repay money for a town-issued laptop he reported stolen while in Hawaii. Kim left his post in Los Gatos in December 2022 and became Public Works Director/City Engineer in Los...

County blocked homeowner’s attempt to access CZU insurance money before two-year deadline

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The Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development has been preventing a homeowner in the Lexington Hills area of Los Gatos from accessing public documents needed to fix damage caused by the storm that sparked the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire. A Department of...

County to close mass Covid-19 vaccination, testing sites

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Santa Clara County will close its mass Covid-19 vaccination and testing sites by the end of the month as they are no longer essential to the county’s pandemic response, officials said Feb. 1.  While county health officials emphasized that the pandemic is not over and...

Local Scene: Recall election certified, Housing Element update begins

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Recall election certified The Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election has been certified in Santa Clara County, Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey announced Oct. 14. The majority of voters within Los Gatos voted against the recall, according to county election data, with precincts reporting between 57-74...

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