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Last Wednesday, the pews were packed with Muslims and Jewish folks—alongside people of varying levels of other beliefs—as Planning Commission considered whether to grant permit modifications for a local mosque. The West Valley Muslim Association was asking that indoor prayers be allowed to occur as...

Nearly 200 people gathered at Jewish Silicon Valley's Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, Sunday evening, for an interfaith service. The Interfaith Unity Passover Seder was sponsored by the Interfaith Clergy Association of Los Gatos. The event—which commemorates the biblical story where the Angel of Death “passes over”...

When Los Gatos High girls volleyball coach Brynja Thompson made the non-league schedule for the 2022 season, she knew the team might not have a sparkling record at the start. And at 1-5, that’s certainly the case.  However, given the team’s talent and the program’s...

The Los Gatos High boys water polo team has good reason to believe its best is yet to come.  That’s because one of the Wildcats’ top players, Lars Schubert, played in his first game of the season in a 19-5 non-league win over Woodside High...

Thousands of people across the Greater Bay Area experienced electrical outages today, with more than 10,800 customers in Santa Clara County and more than 7,000 customers in Santa Cruz County losing power, according to the utility. The Santa Cruz County disruptions were mostly weather-related, including...

Despite clear divisions in planning commissioner thinking over the critical question of future housing in town, on Monday they ultimately managed to agree—in a unanimous 7-0 vote—on how to reduce development targets. In addition to removing 313 units of potential residential development from the office...

June 21 A man was reportedly hiding in bushes and pacing up and down Blossom Hill Road and Cherry Blossom Lane at 1:34am. Juveniles on e-bikes collided with a vehicle on Winchester Boulevard and no injuries were reported at 2:11pm. A caller believed that a man who...

The Los Gatos Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend approval of the 178 Twin Oaks Dr. 12-lot subdivision, June 1, despite environmental concerns. This recommendation will now go to the Town Council with a new list of amendments relating largely to ecological and maintenance...

On Tuesday, Morgan Hill-based woodworking business California Craft House had to pull out of Sunday’s fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees set to be held in Felton, co-founder Iryna Kulchytska explained. “We had a death in the family in Ukraine related to war,” she said Wednesday. “My...

Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan has announced she’s stepping down. “I am retiring because I have served as a municipal lawyer since 1995 and it is simply time for the next chapter,” she told the Los Gatan in an email on Monday. “Los Gatos is obviously...