Business

Paramount Skydance’s surprise hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday, has put Los Gatos-based Netflix’ blockbuster bid to acquire the Hollywood behemoth in doubt, according to the AP, Reuters and the Los Angeles Times. Its path to becoming Hollywood’s next dominant studio is...

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...

The engine of the hospitality industry is powered by the youthful energy of its workforce, guided by the wisdom of the veterans, who call the shots and funnel talent into position. In the restaurant world, those who've served in the back-of-house as well as the...

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...

After 24 years of dressing the “who’s who” of Los Gatos, and other Bay Area locales, Leslie Robidoux is closing her brick-and-mortar storefront.   Last week, I dropped by Bettina's of Los Gatos for a quick chat with its creator and owner Robidoux. At press time...

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...

Between fielding calls from her daughter’s school and planning the next wave of technological innovations for the financial institution she runs, Minal Gupta, who lives just outside downtown Saratoga, recently took the time to speak with the Los Gatan about her new role. After seven...

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...

On Sept. 27, Eric W. Thornburg loaded up into a passenger van with his coworkers and headed out on a field trip into the Santa Cruz Mountains just above Lexington Reservoir. The Saratoga resident just happens to be the CEO of SJW Group, a utility...

On March 2, Peregrine Hospitality, a hotel company with a $2.5 billion portfolio, announced it had acquired Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos, as well as The Lodge at Tiburon—facilities that serve what’s known in the business as “drive-to-leisure” markets. “These are both exceptionally well-located...