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Town Manager gets 3% raise; Town Attorney gets 1.5% bump
Two of the Town’s top brass—the Town Manager and Town Attorney—secured raises during the Dec. 6 regularly scheduled Council meeting.
Town Manager Laurel Prevetti, got a 3% ($8,033 base salary) increase, bringing her pay up to $275,783 a year—as well as “a one-time pandemic-related bonus”...
Hats off! (Photos)
Los Gatos High School’s Class of 2022 celebrated their graduation on June 3.
From dry grad party plans to studying for finals, the community had been looking forward to this for months.
Principal Kevin Buchanan said the school is very proud of graduatesand staff “who have...
Mountain residents protest PG&E power outages
About 30 Santa Cruz Mountain residents made their way to downtown San Jose on Sept. 9 and bunched up on the concrete steps of the Pacific Gas & Electric office at 111 Almaden Blvd.
They held signs that read “UN PLUG PGE / NOT US”...
Recyclers face off on hard-to-reuse pick-ups
Startups are constantly thinking of new ways to solve old problems, and recycling is an area ripe for reinvention.
That’s the picture painted by Ridwell, a waste-diversion company based in Seattle, Washington.
This supplementary recycling “B Corp” wants to give Silicon Valley consumers another method of keeping...
Officials urge Covid-19 vaccines for youngest children
With the first day of school rapidly approaching and Covid-19 circulating at a high rate, health officials are urging parents to get their youngest vaccinated against the virus.
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized vaccinations for children ages 6 months to 5...
Neysa Fligor achieves early lead in Assessor’s race, with Rishi Kumar in 2nd; residents supportive of tax hike + redistricting
*Updated Nov. 4 at 9:35pm
Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor roared out to an early lead in the race to become the next County Assessor (and fill the position left vacant by Larry Stone's retirement) Tuesday night.
In early results she had 39.93% of the...
Rare snowfall hits region
A rare snowfall has dusted the Greater Bay Area and the National Weather Service is predicting more on its way over the weekend.
The agency posted a photo on Twitter today of the Santa Cruz Harbor that showed snow even landing nearby boats at sea...
Jewelry stolen, vandalism and public intoxication (Police Blotter, Oct. 12-18)
Sunday, Oct. 12
An ongoing parking violation has been occurring at the intersection of Victory Lane and West Main Street. A gold Honda Accord has been occupying two spots, instead of one.
At 4:14pm, an individual was reported for public intoxication at the Walgreens on North...
Grosvenor eliminates 14 more affordable units from North 40 Phase 2
The parade of residents who spoke at Planning Commission on April 30—cheering the developer for setting aside 16 units for people with mental disabilities—partially masked the reality that 14 affordable units had been erased from their North 40 designs since Grosvenor Americas submitted its...
Pandemic-era startups flourish in Los Gatos
You can’t control what you can’t identify. Four years ago, Los Gatos entrepreneur Tarun Thakur used this insight to build Veza, a cybersecurity company that maps access to a company's knowledge and tools, so businesses can keep track of who’s allowed to do what....
