Business

What do you do when you are growing too much of something everyone used to want, and now, suddenly, consumers want something else? Santa Clara Valley once boasted 100k acres of prune plums, apricots, peaches and cherries, post WWII. By 1960, those orchards were...

Andrea Swan bought The Old Adobe Hair Shop just over 31 years ago after working as a hairdresser at the salon for eight years. March 1, 1995 was Swan's official purchase date for the salon and barbershop. She says that despite being located in...

In connection with the start of Wildfire Awareness Month, Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced its Continuous Monitoring Center, which it's calling a "first-of-its-kind centralized hub" to "detect risk early, prevent wildfires and strengthen reliability for customers." The CMC in San Ramon uses "advanced machine...

If you visit San Francisco's Union Square to shop in 2026, you may be surprised by the mass vacancy in that retail district. From the nine-story mall on Market Street that once housed Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom, to North Face and Williams Sonoma, about half of...

Winegrower Dave Moulton, of Burrell School Vineyards, was clearly concerned. He was experiencing the earliest bud break, flowering and fruit set in his chardonnay and pinot noir vines he’s seen in all his years of growing grapes. “Our roses gave us a clue that mildew...

Melaney Crees, the founder of a Savannah-based botanical skincare brand called Aureterra, will be visiting Ethos in Los Gatos ahead of the day we honor our mothers, and the mother figures in our lives. Organizers say “Reset the Ritual: A Mother's Day Experience” is an...

On April 15, Los Gatos welcomed its latest supermarket, a brand new Whole Foods, a couple blocks north of its previous location on the corner of Los Gatos Boulevard and Los Gatos Almaden Road. The much larger location is at the site of a former...

Bay Area Pizza Week is a 12-day celebration of everyone's favorite food: Pizza. From April 22 through May 3, participating restaurants all over the Bay Area put together Pizza Week menus which include specialty pizzas and/or comb meals for their guests and pizza lovers...

The Butter Paddle, a nonprofit gift store in Los Gatos, has announced it is expanding its collection of local artisans and American-made brands on offer. The organization behind the shop says this is part of a thoughtful response to changing retail costs. Among the newest...

When entering Greg Wachala's second-story music school, don’t be surprised if a feeling of nostalgia instantly overwhelms you, if you’ve ever been a professional—or even a novice—musician. A plethora of instruments adorn the room, including electric and acoustic guitars, drums, piano, and a microphone, which...