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Ecstatic dance company back in-person with Los Gatos events
A boutique Bay Area "ecstatic dance" company is emerging from the pandemic with a series of in-person events in Los Gatos and the surrounding region.
ALIXIR DANCE, an Oakland-based wellness brand focused on using free-form movement to build community, has set Tuesday nights at 7:30pm—beginning...
Doctor says Valley Physicians Group helped her survive pandemic
Just as the world was shutting down with the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, a Brazilian doctor named Carlos R. Degrandi Oliveira, penned an article in a peer-reviewed journal that sounded the alarm about a little-discussed at-risk group—anesthesiologists.
On top of day-to-day dangers, such as ionizing radiation,...
Child sex crimes case put on hold for Los Gatos baker
The criminal case against a man who ran an artisianal bakery in Los Gatos and is accused of several child sex offenses has been paused as the court decides if he’s mentally fit to stand trial.
Ali Asghar Shemirani has been charged with three felonies...
Sutter Health’s specialty care hospital ready to open
When you walk through the automatic doors into the new 69,000-square-foot three-story Palo Alto Medical Foundation hospital on the edge of Los Gatos, you’re greeted by a cylindrical sculpture by Albert Dicruttalo called “Unity” and a mixed-media painting by Ivy Jacobs titled “150 Shades...
Recovery center opens on Lark Avenue (photo)
Visit Health Chief Executive Officer Olympia Bliss (right) and Chief Development Officer Emily Oestreicher cut the ribbon April 27 to celebrate the organization’s new recovery center at 16400 Lark Ave., Suite 240 in Los Gatos.
Visit Health Recovery’s first residential rehabilitation facility and outpatient clinic...
Visit Health opens recovery center
In August, Visit Health celebrated a milestone with the opening of its first residential rehabilitation facility and Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOP) in Los Gatos, where the company is based.
The IOP, located at 16400 Lark Ave., Suite 240, provides a comprehensive range of recovery services.
Visit...
Local doctor earns national humanitarian award from health system
I met Dr. Mohammad Subeh in the Good Samaritan Hospital lobby, just after he returned from the HCA Healthcare Inc. headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, where he’d traveled to receive the Frist Humanitarian Award. This award was created in 1971 and named after HCA’s co-founder...
State ends Covid isolation rule for asymptomatic cases
Californians infected with Covid-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.
California’s top public health official, Dr. Tomás Aragón, last week...
Town shares holiday hours; renter input sought for housing plan; LG gets first-aid training center (local scene)
LOCAL SCENE for the week of Dec. 14-20, 2022.
Town offices closing for holidays
Town of Los Gatos administrative offices will be closed Dec. 23-Jan. 2.
The library will also be closed Dec. 23-26 and Dec. 30-Jan. 2.
Renter input sought for Housing Element update
The Town of Los...
Good Sam CEO hopes update to facilities will boost care quality
I had the good fortune of sitting next to Patrick Rohan, the CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital, at the Police Foundation fundraiser.
As a former Good Samaritan League volunteer I was very interested in learning about what’s going on there these days.
Rohan assured me there...


















