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Tax assessor pops-up in Los Gatos after announcing retirement
Ever since he was elected in 1994, Santa Clara’s County Assessor Larry Stone has been getting booed when introduced at public events. This is how our outgoing assessor was greeted at last Wednesday evening’s Jazz on the Plazz. The boos began just after emcee...
Ed Stahl, Los Gatos icon, dies age 94
A month ago, on June 1, I stopped by to see Ed Stahl at the invitation of his partner MarLyn Rasmussen, at an Almond Grove historical home patriotically decorated early in the runup to the 4th of July.
He sat in a well-padded living room...
Police, sheriff say they didn’t help deputy hunting woman seeking an abortion
To track down a woman who allegedly performed a self-administered abortion, authorities in Johnson County, TX conducted a search early last month, accessing data across more than 80,000 Flock Safety automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras nationwide; but data from Los Gatos and Saratoga...
Jesuit who worked in Los Gatos charged with child sex crimes
A powerful Jesuit who worked as Provincial Assistant for Social Ministries and then Provincial Assistant for International Ministries in Los Gatos has been accused by San Luis Obispo County prosecutors of child sex crimes dating back to the 1990s.
On June 12, Ted Gabrielli, 61,...
Unresponsive man taken to hospital from Bay Club Courtside
On Sunday around noon, a 76-year-old man was found unresponsive at Bay Club Courtside, the upscale fitness center across from the Netflix campus.
Witnesses told the Los Gatan it was a club member who called 911, and that the man was not moving when he...
Los Gatos hairdresser narrowly avoids getting stuck in Iran, strike lands near family home
On June 10, Elnaz Rokni, 43, a hairstylist at Nimbus Salon, was buoyant during an impromptu photoshoot with the Los Gatan along Main Street. She was so upbeat, she shared, because after two years away, her flights were booked and she was on her...
Jewish couple requests solidarity from Los Gatos Council after Boulder attack
Dorene Kastelman, 68, a member of local “Run for Their Lives” groups, which advocates for the safe release of Jewish hostages in Gaza, appealed to Council, via comment period, for solidarity.
Several members of the organization’s Boulder chapter were hospitalized during a march, when a...
Community Center planning moves along, with conceptual drawings now available
Since “The Project” was kicked off by Los Gatos Thrives in 2023, studies, workshops and surveys have demonstrated a strong desire for a new community center in Los Gatos.
And now, two conceptual renderings have been unveiled for the multigenerational community center.
The Los Gatos Community...
First-to-be-approved Builder’s Remedy project features 30 condos, including 6 affordable units
At the May 27 Council meeting, Los Gatos approved the first by-right residential project that invoked the “Builder’s Remedy” tool meant to chastise the municipality for not handing in a compliant Housing Element on time.
While the four-story condo building with commercial space on the...
Recyclers face off on hard-to-reuse pick-ups
Startups are constantly thinking of new ways to solve old problems, and recycling is an area ripe for reinvention.
That’s the picture painted by Ridwell, a waste-diversion company based in Seattle, Washington.
This supplementary recycling “B Corp” wants to give Silicon Valley consumers another method of keeping...
