Business

It traces its roots to North Santa Cruz Avenue. Its second studio was on Royce Street. And even after moving its air room to San Jose, Los Gatos has remained 95.3 KRTY’s home, as far as the Federal Communications Commission is concerned. The independently-owned station...

The engine of the hospitality industry is powered by the youthful energy of its workforce, guided by the wisdom of the veterans, who call the shots and funnel talent into position. In the restaurant world, those who've served in the back-of-house as well as the...

The Black Watch, at 145 N. Santa Cruz Ave., is located in what used to be a Greyhound bus station. Until the early ’40s, behind that long bright green tile facade, buses would drive into what is now Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop to pick...

Big wigs from gourmet ice cream chain Salt & Straw gathered in Los Gatos for the launch of their latest location in Old Town, last week. After an official ribbon-cutting June 1, the storefront opened to the public on June 2. You can now grab icy...

LOCAL SCENE Manresa Bread readies for opening of second Los Gatos location Manresa Bread opened its new flagship location on Oct. 27 while expanding its original location. Founder and co-owner Avery Ruzicka is expected to debut a new concept in the original Los Gatos space at 276...

The developer behind the first project in Los Gatos to fall under the SB330 law designed to streamline housing production statewide says it’s adding 26 homes to its mixed-use project at 405 Alberto Way after Los Gatos introduced a new overlay zone. Randy Lamb, a...

The day after its lease expired, downtown linen boutique The Maids' Quarters continued to offer its pillows, antique goods and high-end button-up shirts for sale. It's the latest development in a bitter feud where the long-time Los Gatos independent retailer claims it was duped into...

Los Gatos has been intensely focused on surveying its population and making plans for the days to come, whether that's through the General Plan update that's underway, the community survey released this week at Council or the study of senior preferences that was recently...

While perusing the wares at many local retailers this past chilly weekend, I was joined by throngs of shoppers, out looking for holiday gifts. There were gaggles of young women, and the usual senior citizen couples, with the wife dragging the husband in and...

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...