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February 2, 2026

Los Gatos Planning Commission slams proposal for town’s tallest building

Flags fly outside Los Gatos Meadows
Los Gatos Planning Commissioners voted not to support a developer’s proposal to rebuild the Los Gatos Meadows seniors complex at 110 Wood Road as exclusive residences for the most affluent. At their regularly-scheduled Jan. 13 meeting, they unanimously gave the thumbs-down to a project that...

Health officials urge people to get updated vaccine

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta
Bay Area and statewide Covid-19 infections rates are up over the past couple of months and health officials are advising people to get the updated vaccines when they become available.   In California, 13.7% of people who took Covid tests reported positive results for the seven-day...

Anguish and gratitude at memorial for 2021 mass shooting victims

Sheriff salutes VTA CEO
As radio commentators on Silicon Valley airwaves analyzed the latest mass shooting in Texas, local officials gathered outside a mental health facility in San Jose to mark the year that’s passed since the one that happened on Valley Transportation Authority property. On May 26, 2021,...

Town shares holiday hours; renter input sought for housing plan; LG gets first-aid training center (local scene)

CPR chest compressions
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...

Congressional Medicaid cuts imperil Santa Clara County healthcare budget

Front driveway of big medical center
County Executive James Williams confirmed that the Valley Healthcare system is projecting a larger deficit for 2026-27 as cuts take hold.

Recovery center opens on Lark Avenue (photo)

ribbon cutting
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...

Sutter Health’s specialty care hospital ready to open

Dr. Alan Sue at the hospital
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...

Lung cancer can attack without a cigarette in sight

lungs and dust
I walked out of a chemistry lab my freshman year of college, excited to call my family and update them on my newfound independence. What greeted me on the other line was not exciting news, however, it was news that crushed my soul.  “Kaitlyn,” my grandmother...

El Camino Health 1st to adopt new piece of ultrasound tech as it seeks to boost sepsis care

FloPatch and patient
El Camino Health has become the first organization in the world to adopt a new technology created by Canadian company Flosonics Medical to boost care for patients suffering from sepsis and similar conditions. The new addition to their tool kit is the FloPatch, a piece...

El Camino Health names Tracey Lewis Taylor its COO

Tracey Lewis Taylor
El Camino Health announced today it has named Tracey Lewis Taylor as its new chief operating officer. “We’re thrilled to add someone with Tracey’s operational experience and leadership skills to our organization,” said Dan Woods, chief executive officer at El Camino Health in a release....

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