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Local Scene: Prevent fires on Thanksgiving; General Plan commenting period reopen
Prevent fires and injuries this Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving near, Cal Fire is warning residents about the many dangers that the holiday can pose.
Thanksgiving remains the leading day for home cooking fires with three times as many cooking fires as an average day, according to statistics...
After 11th-hour tweaks, contentious senior living project nearly wins over Council
Despite the Planning Commission’s 7-0 push for the denial of Covia Communities’ Los Gatos Meadows senior living project, the developer’s initial reluctance to heed calls to include affordable units and Town staff’s own recommendation that Council reject the proposal, elected officials nearly approved it,...
Suspension of outdoor burn permits set to take effect
Cal Fire announced Monday the suspension of all burn permits for outdoor residential burning in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa counties as well as western portions of Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties that will take effect Friday.
The agency said an abundant grass crop resulting...
A man carrying a guitar and a sack knocked on Daves Avenue door, asked to come in and play music (Police Blotter, Dec. 26-Jan. 1)
It was another week where a variety of reports were made to local police...
Dec. 26
• An RV was burglarized on Winchester Circle.
Dec. 27
• Someone threw a rock through a window of a business on the 900 block of University Avenue.
• A vehicle was burglarized...
Parade’s grand marshals are community icons
Wearing his trademark Stetson hat, George Shannon grabs a doughnut in the Billy Jones “Wildcat” Railroad workroom, jawing with the many volunteers who keep the Oak Meadow Park attraction safe for children.
Shannon says he’s been a railroad volunteer for 20 years but people who...
Los Gatos High field hockey looks to continue dynastic run this season
Down 2-0 at halftime to one of the top field hockey programs in the Central Coast Section, Los Gatos High wasn’t exactly in the best position to pull out a victory.
But the Wildcats did just that, rallying for a 3-2 win in a Santa...
Design pros offering free 15-minute consultations to encourage toy donations
According to the Marine Toys for Tots organization, its goal is to spread joy and hope to America's less fortunate children at Christmas by collecting and distributing—you guessed it—toys.
Now a local company, JAS Interior Designs, has come up with a unique way of...
Cal Fire donates more money to improve Los Gatos Creek watershed
The Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative was awarded a $6,336,790 Cal Fire Forest Health Grant to continue work in the watershed, incorporating new treatment areas with Aldercroft Heights Firewise and Lupin Lodge, the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council announced May 2.
This forest health project...
In first meeting back in person, Council agrees to delay decision about housing-focused referendum
Los Gatos’ first in-person Council meeting in a year brought out a full house on Oct. 18, as members debated what to do about a referendum brought by a group concerned with an increasing pace of residential development.
While there was disagreement over how to...
PG&E admits recent service ‘unacceptable’
Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas.
During a Thursday evening webinar,...
