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Artificial tree industry no match for local farmers
The mountains of Los Gatos have housed several Christmas Tree Farms for decades. It can be tricky to keep the business afloat when sales are concentrated around one month each year, particularly given the rise in popularity of artificial trees. So, how have these...
With a bride, comes a bustle
Stumbling upon one-of-a-kind places is a perk of a town like Los Gatos. On North Santa Cruz Avenue, there is a unique bridal store with a swing that pedestrians can see through the glass as they walk their dogs while holding a morning coffee....
Los Gatos shoe designer’s creations land on Sex and the City reboot—and in Sabrina Carpenter’s closet
Scarcely a week goes by without Los Gatos women’s footwear designer Flor de Maria Rivera’s creations for her namesake company making a splash on one of the world’s biggest stages.
Last September, Nicki Minaj was photographed performing in Pittsburg, Penn., on her Pink Friday 2...
Los Gatos Luxury Cars expansion wins approval from Planning Commission
Los Gatos Luxury Cars is the sort of place you might go to score a 2022 Rolls-Royce Ghost, a 2023 Lamborghini Urus or a 2022 Bentley Continental GT.
And now the dealership is planning a major expansion—tearing down 8,584 square feet of existing space to...
The Maids’ Quarters owner says she’s being forced out
The woman who’s owned The Maids’ Quarters linen shop in downtown Los Gatos for 40 years says she was “duped” by new business partners she was going to share her space with, and now must vacate the premises.
But the couple who plans to open...
Owners of Nestldown—a hidden world in the redwoods that hosts weddings and other events—looking forward to the next chapter
The engulfing redwoods that surround Los Gatos are a bit of an enigma. You can’t help but wonder what lies beyond the greenery.
And not too far out of town, there’s a unique venue on 180 acres, known as Nestldown, that’s played upon this sense...
As two iconic Santa Cruz Avenue spots reach final chapter, others open
Margaret Smith, a Los Gatos resident who recently ran for Town Council and helped establish the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), was sad to hear that Rural Supply, the Los Gatos’ Ace Hardware location on Santa Cruz...
Boas shares her journey to becoming Bentley and Rolls-Royce brand manager at Luxury Cars Los Gatos
Adriana Boas interviewed for a position to represent luxury cars in 2015 not knowing much about cars. Months earlier, in Aptos at the shoe and purse shop where she was working, a regular customer presented her with her business card and asked her a...
Kelly-Moore Paints shuts down all its stores
Kelly-Moore Paints, a 78-year-old paint company, announced last week that it is closing all its stores nationwide due to legal and financial burdens.
Sutter’s surgery center builder says contract format was key to pushing project efficiency
David Sharkey, 32, spent part of his childhood in San Jose, and so when he was offered the chance to return to spearhead the construction of a medical office and surgery center project on the city’s border with Los Gatos for Skanska USA Building,...
