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Town Seeks Calmer, Safer, More Bike-Friendly Shannon Road
Los Gatos is moving ahead with roadway improvements for Shannon Road. Residents questioned the merits of some proposals.
Tree falls on car at Saratoga Farmers’ Market
A large tree slammed into a blue Tesla parked at the site where the Saratoga Farmers' Market was being held, earlier this morning.
Onlookers gathered to survey the damage as a rainbow emerged from the clouds overhead.
A frost advisory is in effect from late tonight...
Los Gatos High girls volleyball team remains in the upper echelon
The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team has already been involved in three five-set matches this season, and it prevailed each time.
That’s always a good sign for any squad that has aspirations to win a league and section championship. So it is for the...
Council introduces ordinance to outlaw hidden guns in ‘sensitive’ places
On June 20, Los Gatos introduced an ordinance that would prohibit concealed carry permit holders from bringing their firearms to specific places around town.
But in contrast with the hardline positions staked-out on both sides of the gun debate across the United States—with National Rifle...
Tales of the Town: How a local weekly came to be
The needle on my dashboard’s voltmeter gauge dropped suddenly like a tossed rock, and the VW shook to a halt on the upper deck of old Cypress freeway, the one that would collapse eight years later in the 1989 earthquake. With cars and trucks...
Sheriff candidate charged with perjury
A 48-year-old Cupertino woman who ran for the position of Santa Clara County sheriff in the June 7 primary election has been charged with perjury for allegedly saying she had the law enforcement experience required to qualify for the job, prosecutors said.
Anh Colton, who...
Los Gatos company Venova Medical secures $30 million
This week, a Los Gatos medical start-up announced it had secured new funding to develop technology involved in the filtering of blood, to improve care for people with chronic kidney and end-stage renal diseases.
Venova Medical, Inc. was co-founded by Erik van der Burg and...
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police blotter, Sept. 19-24, 2021
Sept. 19
• A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on the 16300 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at midnight.
• Police were unable to locate a suspicious vehicle reported on Belvue Drive at 2:26am.
• A vehicle was burglarized at a hotel...
As copter departs, forest health showcase proves its point
There wasn’t a specific address, just a crossroads.
A good 20 minutes out of town, the intersection of Sears and Wright Station roads is definitely somewhere in the middle of nowhere. The hills were looking dry and not so green, even after the rain of...
Beer + chicken theft; Christmas lights cut; bolted-down tables removed from East Main Street (Police blotter Nov. 28-Dec. 3)
Nov. 28
• Two unknown suspects stole an electric bicycle from a driveway on College Avenue at 7:32am.
• A van was spotted driving on the grass near town hall on E. Main Street at 5:13pm. A caller reported that the driver then got out of...