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A Los Gatos woman threw drunken parties for teenagers where she encouraged sex acts, sometimes non-consensual, and sometimes while she watched, according to charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Oct. 12. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said 47-year-old...

Council began to get into the nitty-gritty of where new housing should go, during its meeting June 7, as it approved a place list from the Housing Element Advisory Board. Associate Planner Jocelyn Shoopman introduced the item, explaining the locations had been organized into three...

Los Gatos High senior Zoe Frangieh didn’t have the opportunity to compete in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships in her sophomore and junior years due to Covid.  Back at the Santa Clara International Swim Center—the annual site of the Championships—for the first time since...

Los Gatos High School Principal Kevin Buchanan felt helpless on the third day of the 2021 school year. It wasn't the typical first-week-back chaos. Instead, Buchanan was sitting on the ground, cradling the body of a student—watching their face turn white, their body clammy,...

An older woman with blonde hair clutches grocery bags and scurries out of the Slavic Shop, the Saratoga Avenue store where South Bay residents come to buy Dworek Ukrainian borsch, potato and cheddar pierogis, and marinated herring filets. The woman, who identifies herself as Ukrainian...

All signs seem to point to the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and Peninsula Athletic League completing a football-only merger starting in the fall 2022 season.  Last week, the Board of Managers from both leagues signed off on the proposal, which would combine the 18...

It’s hard to fathom that Daniil Gorshkov only started wrestling in his sophomore year. Despite getting a very late start into the sport, the Los Gatos High senior is a contender to win league and section titles and contend for a top-10 finish in...

Confident yet humble, the Los Gatos High girls cross country team might not realize just how good of a team they are. After winning the ultra-competitive Division I race in the Central Coast Section Championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 13, the...

Monte Sereno voted to appoint Kirsten Powell, Scotts Valley’s top legal official, as its new City Attorney on June 6. The City Council voted unanimously (with Councilmember Burton Craig absent) to engage Logan & Powell, LLP, as part of passing its consent calendar, which is...

The news rippled out across the Bay Area—and beyond—when lauded restaurateur David Kinch announced he would be moving on from his Michelin-starred restaurant Manresa in Los Gatos. But now, one of the developers behind the North 40 mixed-use project in Los Gatos says he’s thrilled...