Business

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...

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...

Paola Rrapaj-Kraja has been living in the Bay Area for the last four years, waiting for the day she could open a piano studio to the public. And this Saturday, Rrapaj-Kraja will get to do just that—with the help of Mayor Rob Moore. The ribbon-cutting ceremony...

Last Wednesday, a management group from Whole Foods Market visited the Los Gatos Boulevard site of their nearly-finished store to check on construction progress, just hours after Amazon Grocery Communications announced it would open April 15. Around noon, one contractor sought sign-off on the location...

This year marks 40 years since NC Boardshop first landed in Los Gatos. They’ve moved four times since their doors first opened in 1986. Their current spot at 16203 Los Gatos Blvd. has been their longest lease to date, says co-owner Mike Allen. They’re in...