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March 2, 2026

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...

Nonprofit to test heart health of student athletes

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A Los Gatos nonprofit started by the family of a teenager who died unexpectedly has launched a partnership with the Campbell Union High School District to test the hearts of some students. On June 16, the District voted to require heart screenings for 9th and...

Santa Clara County health officer retiring

Dr. Sara Cody
Dr. Sara Cody has announced her retirement from her position as Santa Clara County’s health officer. She served the County for more than 25 years (12 of those in this current role, and also as director of the County’s health department since 2015). Cody rose to...

Child sex crimes case put on hold for Los Gatos baker

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay
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...

Good Samaritan named one of America’s 250 best hospitals

Good Samaritan Hospital
The large medical center at the northern gateway to Los Gatos recently did better than just getting a clean bill of health, in an industry survey. It was rated a top medical performer. According to U.S. health-specialist tracker Healthgrades, Good Samaritan Hospital, the acute-care facility...

County to close mass Covid-19 vaccination, testing sites

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Santa Clara County will close its mass Covid-19 vaccination and testing sites by the end of the month as they are no longer essential to the county’s pandemic response, officials said Feb. 1.  While county health officials emphasized that the pandemic is not over and...

Good Sam CEO hopes update to facilities will boost care quality

hospital executives
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...

Ecstatic dance company back in-person with Los Gatos events

ecstatic dancers
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...

Vietnam vet addresses the ‘elephant in the room’

Clyde Horn speaks to the Kiwanis in Los Gatos
When Clyde Horn got back from Vietnam, after fighting with the infantry during the Tet Offensive, he was a changed man. But he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly was wrong. “I didn’t know how to define it,” he told the Kiwanis Club of...

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,...

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