Business

Downtown Los Gatos was flooded Saturday with green and red, different incarnations of Santa and Mrs. Claus strutting their stuff, young dancers and singers, and an abundance of cheer and goodwill. It was all part of the Holiday Promenade, which took cues from the successful...

After being born in Los Gatos, Tony Borgese Jr. relocated to the East Coast at the age of two. He often wondered about the place he left behind at such an early age. Then, one day in his late 20s, he headed full-steam ahead...

The downtown Los Gatos retail scene has some new additions that suggest the brick and mortar retail sector is making a comeback. The newly opened Design by Mish, 143A E. Main St., employs a strategy that owner Mish Chadwick says is popular in her native...

During the grand opening of Opelia in mid-November, on East Main Street, Los Gatos welcomed its newest locale for Mediterranean cuisine to the sounds of Turkish music. With a surrounding of faux olive foliage and blue artwork on the wall, this new business has...

The Los Gatos Theatre has been shuttered since the pandemic but now plans are moving ahead for the locally owned CineLux chain to reopen the theater. Although a reopening date has not been set, CineLux owner Paul Gunsky expects to be showing flicks and selling...

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...

While in many cases, it’s one esteemed restaurant or another that initially attracts visitors to town, and yet, the shops they go on to frequent afterwards—or on the way—also play an important role in fostering that unique downtown atmosphere people love so much. But now,...

Last year, the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce fought a pitched battle to win a top-up in funding out of remaining Covid-relief dollars, from $55,000 to $88,000. This time around, Council was eager to show its support of new Executive Director Jennifer Lin, agreeing 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...

You can’t control what you can’t identify. Four years ago, Los Gatos entrepreneur Tarun Thakur used this insight to build Veza, a cybersecurity company that maps access to a company's knowledge and tools, so businesses can keep track of who’s allowed to do what....