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Los Gatan officially designated ‘Newspaper of General Circulation’
As the sunlight poured into the Santa Clara County Superior Court room, May 30, illuminating the three-panel abstract ocean scene on an austere wooden wall, Judge Evette Pennypacker was on her game, despite reduced access to digital paperwork over the Memorial Day Weekend, due...
E. Main Street business targeted in egging (Police Blotter: May 28-June 3)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 28-June 3.
May 28
• An unknown suspect threw eggs at a business on E. Main Street.
• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and driving...
Senior Services Commission prepares new report for Council
At the regularly scheduled May 23 Community Health and Senior Services Commission, members commended the efforts of organizers of a recent seniors fair, where upwards of 200 people attended and plenty of useful information was handed out about service providers.
Lydia Norcia, who was appointed...
Suspect throws a cinder block through a business’ window on Oak Meadow Drive (Police Blotter, May 14-20)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 14-20, 2023.
May 14
• Someone stole tools from a vehicle parked on Park Avenue.
• A man was reportedly yelling at passersby on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 1:20pm.
May 15
• A...
Incoming assistant town manager excited for Silicon Valley return
After heading to SoCal about a year ago, following a decade in the Cupertino city manager’s office, Katy Nomura is returning to Silicon Valley, to fill the vacancy left by Los Gatos’ former Assistant Town Manager Arn Andrews’ departure.
She’s set to start work in...
Los Gatos introduces $56.1M budget
In order to avoid dipping into its retirement account to balance the budget, the Los Gatos Town Council resorted to an “accounting gimmick” where they changed their assumptions about how quickly HR can fill empty positions at Town Hall.
The 2023-24 portion of the five-year...
O’Connor rejects sentence offered by judge
Had she gone for it, the Los Gatos mother likely could have wrapped up at least two of her court cases.
But on Tuesday afternoon, Shannon O’Connor officially rejected a 17-year, four-month sentence offered by Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
O’Connor,...
Supervisors push for road repairs after winter storms
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently received a comprehensive report from its Department of Roads and Airports on damage to County-maintained roads from the 2022-23 winter storms. The report included the status of repairs, and the status of contingency plans for the...
Person in skeleton mask runs into traffic; mailbox stolen; children reported for ‘yelling’ in Bachman Park (Police Blotter, May 1-6)
Police reports for the week of May 1-6, from the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
May 1
• Someone reportedly stole an entire mailbox on Belwood Gateway.
• A caller reported a teen riding an electric bike on the sidewalk on Winchester Boulevard and...
Los Gatos considers updates to traffic-related fees for developers
Council got its first chance to go over changes the Town is considering making to its traffic-related development fee structure, last week, and members were quite surprised at some of the details.
The Traffic Impact Policy was introduced in 1991 and the current version is...
