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Israel solidarity event draws overflow crowd in Los Gatos
Police estimated at least 600 people attended an Israel solidarity gathering at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, Oct. 12, which included an overflow room.
The event, organized by Jewish Silicon Valley, drew a variety of regional faith and political leaders in the...
Group springs to life to support build-out of senior services
The doldrums of the pandemic, as millions of older adults were killed by the coronavirus across the country, were a wake-up call to local leaders who watched seniors too-often suffering in isolation.
And now, as the novel coronavirus fades from memory for many, efforts to...
Councilmember Hudes decries ‘self-flagellating’ language in Housing Element, opposes sending to State
While multiple Housing Element Advisory Board members took issue with some of the more progressive language in the latest draft of the Housing Element, Sept. 28, everyone but Councilmember Matthew Hudes ended up voting to make no changes to the document before submitting the...
Memory care facility survives appeal by neighbors
An approved Swenson Builders memory care and assisted living facility, planned for Los Gatos, survived a challenge that featured two mayoral voices from neighboring Monte Sereno, during the Sept. 19 Town Council meeting.
Former mayor and recent State Assembly candidate Liz Lawler and current mayor...
Neighbor reported to police for refusing to move road cones; senior injured (Police Blotter, Sept. 10-16)
Sept. 10
• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Stacia Street at 12:50am.
• A caller said their neighbor reportedly refused to remove road cones from the street on Caldwell Avenue.
• A person reportedly broke their...
Skimming device reportedly installed on ATM in downtown Los Gatos (Police Blotter, Sept. 3-9)
Sept. 3
• A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Cherry Blossom Lane and Shannon Road at 1:32pm.
• A man reportedly stole eight bottles of liquor from a store on Blossom Hill Road at 2:51pm.
• A man was reportedly pushing a...
‘You dumb young people think you can get away with everything’ (Police Blotter, Aug. 27-Sept. 2)
Aug. 27
• A woman was arrested for trespassing on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:12am.
• Someone stole a vehicle’s catalytic converter on Cypress Way.
• A man was reportedly following a woman on S. Santa Cruz Avenue and W. Main Street at 9:38pm, saying, “You...
Group says Town needs to add more sites to housing list
In an Aug. 22 letter to Los Gatos’ Community Development Director Joel Paulson, the Los Gatos Community Alliance asked for more properties to be added to—not erased from—the list of sites where residential development is encouraged.
It was a different strategy for a group that...
Man on a Segway goes door-to-door claiming he’s from PG&E; grand theft; racist slurs written on vehicle (Police Blotter, Aug 13-19)
Aug. 13
• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road at 12:22am.
• A man was reported as suspicious because he kept looking at someone and “playing with his pockets” on Lark Avenue and...
New Chamber director promises to put ‘fastidious’ nature to work for local businesses
The current mayor of Monte Sereno hails from the Greater Toronto Area. And now, adding to the ranks of Canucks turned Silicon Valley leaders is the new executive director of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce—as she is also from the GTA.
But while Jennifer...
