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Brett Heimlich’s road to winning the Stanley Cup began years ago in Los Gatos. He’d recently graduated from high school and was casting around for a policing or audio/visual job, when he went to a family barbecue at the home of a friend his mom...

Given the number of heart-stopping five-set matches that the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team has already played in this season, Wildcats coach Brynja Thompson and a reporter joked that going through all of the riveting and suspenseful moments have taken years off of...

Nov. 28 • Two unknown suspects stole an electric bicycle from a driveway on College Avenue at 7:32am. • A van was spotted driving on the grass near town hall on E. Main Street at 5:13pm. A caller reported that the driver then got out of...

The Leigh High girls soccer team—with seven players on the roster who live in Los Gatos—recently completed a historic season by winning the school’s first-ever CIF NorCal Regional Playoff Championship in any sport.  The Longhorns did it with a 1-0 win over Granite Bay on...

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,...

Updated June 27, 2022 at 5:22pm: 90% containment. A fire burning along Highway 17 was 90% contained at 5:20pm after burning two acres Monday, authorities said. Cal Fire learned of the blaze near the summit—on the Santa Cruz County side in the Alta Vista Lane area—at...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 22-28. May 22 • A purse was reported stolen from a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 2:30pm. • Two suspects reportedly stole $1,800 from a business on the 14100 block...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department. Jan. 23 • A musician was reportedly disturbing people with their music at Town Plaza Park on S. Santa Cruz Avenue at 11:34am. • A man was reported for approaching a home on More Avenue at 1:05pm,...

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...

Despite Town Council having already decided on how much housing to plan for when it passed the 2040 General Plan earlier this year, an organization pushing for slow growth had managed to get a couple key parts of it put on hold. But the group...