Business

At just 18, Sulaiman Kaamil is changing the way students access and share knowledge worldwide. The Gilroy-based founder of Selnotes Technologies launched the education startup while still in high school, and says it’s already grown to over 5,000 users across 70 countries. The idea was...

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...

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....

As tariffs against goods from Canada, Mexico and China were announced Sunday and Republicans hit national political television shows to slam our neighbor to the north, local winemakers braced for impact. But John Clerides, the owner of Marquis Wine Cellars—a Vancouver importer of Californian wines...

Los Gatos is a sweet town for those who love their sugar. We’re home to two of the best-known bakeries in the Bay Area, Icing on the Cake and Manresa Bread, and arguably some of the best artisan chocolate shops, including Deux Cranes. For years,...

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.

In early July, Los Gatans Rosemary Coates and John Eichinger found themselves on a plane headed to the 30th Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair. This trip was organized by the Silicon Valley Division of the China-US Business Summit and led by Diana WeiPing Ding, its...

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...

A cannabis business rep told residents attending a Jan. 13 community meeting the company could contribute at least $300,000 to Town coffers if allowed to open a cannabis dispensary. It boasts more than 2,000 local customers.

Chocolatier Michiko Marron-Kibbey, the owner of Los Gatos shop Deux Cranes, says she's enjoyed following how San Diego-based Amy Troung and Lani Gobaleza have operated their brand PARU Tea over the years. And now, for the month of October, Marron-Kibbey is rolling out a collab...