Business

Just the other day, I’d driven across the Golden Gate Bridge for an evening—and maybe more—away. There I was sitting at a quaint little Marin County bar, after having ordered wine and ceviche. I’d been carting around the prior weekend’s T Magazine, from the New York...

On Monday, Oct. 20, along with the assistance of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce and our mayor, Arms Cyber Defense, Inc. held their ribbon-cutting ceremony at their new international headquarters. From the Los Gatan’s observations, Mayor Matthew Hudes is getting quite good at operating...

Despite waves of consolidation in the surfing and skateboarding industries, and the challenges faced by brick and mortar retail with the growth of digital shopping, Los Gatos’ NC Boardshop has stood as a steadfast presence. The storefront at 16203 Los Gatos Boulevard is as unassuming...

Surfnet Communications, Inc. announced Sept. 12 it had received three new grants totaling $4.3 million in partnership with the nonprofit California Broadband Alliance (CBA) to extend fiber broadband to communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grants were awarded to the CBA by the...

The Los Gatos Town Council voted to support increasing—to 40 units-per-acre—the number of homes the developer of the North 40 mixed-use project can build, during a milestone General Plan debate, Monday. But the elected officials opted not to require a floor of 30 units-per-acre, as...

In 1947, Jim Kooper started “University Ave. Barbershop,” which stayed in the family for three generations. After most recent owner Clint Farris closed it down, Alper Yavuz purchased the business. He’d stumbled upon it, on Craigslist, and was instantly drawn to the spot. Yavuz...

For many, the name Charlie Palmer is immediately associated with his eponymous steak houses—and his Michelin star gem Aureole—in Manhattan. But, it’s also synonymous with Sonoma Wine Country and Dry Creek Kitchen, a pioneering restaurant that helped establish Healdsburg’s status as an international culinary destination. His...

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...

crestled in a microcosm to Los Gatos known as Redwood Estates, you find a charming little town with a post office, a bodega, and what the area has known for the last 30 years as Nonno’s. Whether it was with the intention of escaping the...

Thousands of people across the Greater Bay Area experienced electrical outages today, with more than 10,800 customers in Santa Clara County and more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County losing power, according to the utility. The Santa Cruz County disruptions were mostly weather-related, including...