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Planning Commission agrees to reduction of Los Gatos’ housing numbers after initial impasse
Despite clear divisions in planning commissioner thinking over the critical question of future housing in town, on Monday they ultimately managed to agree—in a unanimous 7-0 vote—on how to reduce development targets.
In addition to removing 313 units of potential residential development from the office...
Pitching mound stolen; man poops on Los Gatos Blvd.; package stolen from Mitchell Ave. porch (Police Blotter, Jan. 16-22)
Police Blotter for the week of Jan. 16-22, 2022.
Jan. 16
• A portable pitching mound was stolen from a field on Blossom Hill Road.
Jan. 17
• A business was vandalized on the 300 block of Village Lane.
• A man was arrested for being in possession of...
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...
PG&E admits recent service ‘unacceptable’
Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas.
During a Thursday evening webinar,...
Mail stolen; 2 barrels of batteries + lithium waste dumped along Los Gatos Boulevard (Police Blotter, Jan. 2-8)
Below we have a week's worth of complaint-files from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department...
Jan. 2
• A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on Los Gatos Boulevard and Roberts Road at 12:46pm.
Jan. 3
• A man was arrested for vehicle theft...
First Omicron case reported in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has received its first report of a case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, county officials said.
The case was reported Dec. 9 involving someone who was fully vaccinated but had not received a booster. The person had recently returned from traveling...
Decision on 220 Belgatos Rd. development delayed as environmental review continues
Since a Planning Commission item about a controversial development at 220 Belgatos Road was headed for tabling Wednesday evening, as an environmental review continues, Chair Steve Raspe asked staff for background into two laws that could affect the outcome: the Naylor Act and the...
Los Gatos zeroing-in on where residential growth should happen
Community members got a sense of where the Town thinks residential development should sprout in the coming years, during an online meeting March 31.
The digital forum gave residents an overview of how the “Housing Element” section of the General Plan will come together, and...
Purse stolen; vehicle keyed; caller finds discarded whippits (Police Blotter, April 3-9)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 3-9, 2022
April 3
• A man reportedly followed a woman as she walked on the 200 block of Winchester Circle at 9:27am.
• Someone stole a purse at Vasona Park.
• 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...
