Business

I was at the tippy-top of Montara Mountain on a clear day last month near telecommunications equipment—Mavericks to the south, Pacifica to the north—when a call beamed in to my cellphone. It was Roshan Gudapati, the Silicon Valley investor—perhaps best known for co-founding Chiplogic...

A 43-year-old Los Gatos mother of three, Anna Lindstrom, has teamed up with famed bike-maker Ben Serotta as she launches her new company, Kielo Cycling, Inc., aiming to make high-tech bikes accessible to more people. This comes as a recent report from market research firm...

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...

A pair of Los Gatos medical businesses are making the move from leasing to owning. This morning, Walnut Creek-based Bay Area Development Co. said it had finalized a longterm "SBA 504" loan that will allow Young Naturopathic Center for Wellness and John McCleve D.D.S. to...

Harvest 2025 in the Santa Cruz Mountains was a lengthy and stressful one, punctuated by bouts of rain, followed by Indian summer warmth, then more sprinkles, or full-on downpours. Now, it’s pretty much a wrap, with some of the last fruit coming in on...

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,...

When the Town of Los Gatos was established in 1887, visitors couldn’t find much beyond a post office, a schoolhouse, general stores and endless miles of orchards. North Santa Cruz Boulevard and Main Street certainly were not the bustling commercial hubs they are today. Since then,...

On May 20, just months after plans for Phase 2 of the North 40 mixed-use development were approved, Harmonie Park Development announced it had finally inked a deal to bring two upscale Food & Bev brands—Manresa Bread and Mentone—to a commercial space in the...

Los Gatos has extended the date businesses can operate temporary outdoor areas in front of their property to the end of January next year, as it transitions to a new, semi-permanent "parklet" regime. At its regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 17, Council voted to funnel $680,000...

Julia Anderson lives a sweet life. Under the banner of Blue Canary Sweets, the former restaurant owner, culinary professional, pastry chef and chocolatier, gets to create chocolates for a living, without the stress of a brick-and-mortar operation.  You might remember Anderson from her time as...