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Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Chief Peter Decena Resigns
Updated Sept. 6, at 11:17 a.m.
After three-and-a-half years as chief of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department, Peter Decena has resigned. The town announced his two-week notice in a press release sent out after 5pm on Friday, Sept. 3.
“Los Gatos-Monte Sereno (LGMS) Police Chief...
Former teacher sentenced for sex crimes
A man who sexually abused students while teaching in the Los Gatos Union School District has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars.
Joseph Brian Houg, a long-time teacher at Blossom Hill Elementary School, received no probation time Nov. 29, but will face parole of...
Los Gatos-Saratoga named top school system in California (Q&A with Sup. Mike Grove)
The education world's been abuzz in recent days over the release of rankings from Niche, a marking company that grades K-12 schools. And in the 2022 Best School Districts in California list, at the very top was Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District.
The...
Tearful testimony at bail hearing for woman accused of throwing parties for teens
A group of teenagers who say they were victimized by Los Gatos resident Shannon O’Connor, who’s accused of throwing parties for minors and permitting sexual abuse to take place at her home, filed into the Santa Clara County Superior Courtroom alongside parents on Jan....
Colorado Avalanche video coach brings Stanley Cup to parents’ backyard for celebration (GALLERY)
Brett Heimlich’s road to winning the Stanley Cup began years ago in Los Gatos.
He’d recently graduated from high school and was casting around for a policing or audio/visual job, when he went to a family barbecue at the home of a friend his mom...
Court of Appeal considers whether to free ‘party mom’ again
California’s 6th District Court of Appeal heard arguments Oct. 13 about whether a Los Gatos woman charged with throwing alcohol-fuelled parties for teens should be released from jail.
A Superior Court judge denied bail for Shannon O’Connor earlier this year, but the State Supreme Court...
Coroner classifies Los Gatos woman’s death as a ‘homicide’
The death of 46-year-old Jennifer Cobb—who was found with her 50-year-old husband in a Los Gatos home, Feb. 15—has been classified as a “homicide” by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Her partner, Cornelius Bangma, died by suicide, the coroner determined.
Both died...
Tenants hopeful as San Francisco company buys El Gato Village
It’s the place to go if you want to get lingonberry Swedish pancakes, peek at the jarred reptile on your way to a $20 beard trim, or send out some packages all in one trip.
And now, El Gato Village—the 15710 Los Gatos Blvd. space...
Computer retailing pioneer Don Wolf dies at 92
Computer retailing pioneer Don Wolf died May 30 at the age of 92, after recovering from a bout of Covid-19 earlier in the month, family members announced.
Wolf opened Idea Computer on N. Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Los Gatos in 1982. It shortly thereafter...
One told she looked like an “Italian model,” another says writing censored: sex abuse fight challenges in Silicon Valley
“Survivor rights are human rights!” “Rapists do not belong at prom!” “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Gender violence has got to go!”
These were just some of the chants about 70-80 students and others belted out as they walked along N. Santa Cruz Avenue just after...
