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Los Gatos High girls volleyball team ready for CIF NorCal showdown
The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team knew it would still have at least one more match to play after an opening round loss to St. Ignatius in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs on Nov. 2.
That’s because any team that made the...
Title town, Los Gatos: Field hockey team extends its record with 17th CCS championship
Shootouts can be a nerve-wrecking deal for everyone involved, especially when it decides the Central Coast Section championship.
That’s the predicament the Los Gatos High and St. Francis field hockey teams found themselves in after they played a scoreless 60 minutes of regulation and 20...
Los Gatos is asking residents to give their input on allowing dispensaries
When voters approved Proposition 64, the 2016 initiative that legalized recreational marijuana sales in California, 62 percent of Los Gatos residents voted for the measure.
But Prop. 64 allowed municipalities to prohibit dispensaries within their jurisdictions, so Los Gatos banned them.
Today, there are 42 retail...
Los Gatos moves forward with paid-parking plan
In its effort to divert employees of downtown merchants away from parking spots on main streets to plentiful options nearby, Los Gatos has been considering rule updates. And that includes charging in some locations.
When confronted with two wayfinding and parking sign concepts, March 15,...
Local Scene: Police academy; road work underway
Academy provides public with inside look at police department
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department is presenting its first Community Police Academy.
This is an opportunity for the public to participate in a 10-week program designed to provide an inside look at local law enforcement.
During academy...
Teenaged organizer of California’s first Starbucks unions eyes Assembly seat
Union organizer Joe Thompson is fresh off the May 11 news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California—something that seemed unlikely just a few years ago—was successful.
The 19-year-old, who’s running for Assembly District 28, says the drive for workers’ rights...
Sahr’s Passages: How did a man from a prominent Sierra Leonean family end up homeless in Los Gatos?
He has much in common with other residents of Los Gatos: He’s a veteran who grew up in a family with mining interests overseas. He’ll buy you a cold drink on a hot day. When he’s offered a free beer at the bar he...
Nine LGHS greats to be honored in 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Nine new inductees will be honored in the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame 2023 Induction Ceremony at La Rinconada Country Club on May 6.
The Los Gatos Hall of Fame Committee works in conjunction with the high school to assemble each year’s...
Mark Kibort, Kent Kappen sharpen each other to compete at a high level
For Mark Kibort and Kent Kappen, iron sharpens iron.
The two friends spurred each other on in this summer’s USATF Masters National Track and Field Championships in Missouri. Kibort, a 62-year-old Saratoga resident, won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 60-64 age division.
Kappen,...
Town creating calendar recognizing Native American Heritage Month
During its regularly scheduled meeting, Dec. 6, Mayor Rob Rennie asked Town Manager Laurel Prevetti for an update on the process to officially acknowledge Los Gatos’ earliest residents.
But her response—while delighting some First Nations advocates—left one group in particular feeling a little left out.
“We...
