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Man reported to police for charity solicitation; boxes taken from porch—but they were filled with rocks (Police Blotter Dec. 12 – 18)
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department "blotter" for the week of Dec. 12 - 18.
Dec. 12
• A caller reported they were hit with a stick by a store employee for over-paying for a product on the 200 block of East Main Street at 11:08pm.
Dec. 13
•...
EXCLUSIVE: Leigh High School student describes being trapped in West Valley College as police searched for ‘armed intruder’
Mikaela Hall, an 18-year-old Leigh High School Senior who lives in San Jose, was so nervous their hands were shaking.
This morning, the nonbinary student was supposed to be learning about America's governmental system in a course offered on the West Valley College campus.
Instead, they...
Congresswoman leans on power company
On Sept. 20, Congress member Anna Eshoo took up the cause of local residents frustrated by frequent power outages, demanding answers about why PG&E’s grid has been so undependable.
In a letter to the utility’s CEO Patricia Poppe, Eshoo said Santa Cruz Mountains residents are...
Candidate fires back after attack: ‘I do not have Microsoft Paint…from 1996’
Los Gatos Town Council candidate Rob Moore says, so far, he’s knocked on about 1,500 doors in Los Gatos, experiencing cordial conversations even with detractors.
But last week he was hit by a low-budget attack campaign that called him out for allegedly supporting everything from...
Los Gatos approves process to raise density at North 40 site
The Los Gatos Town Council voted to support increasing—to 40 units-per-acre—the number of homes the developer of the North 40 mixed-use project can build, during a milestone General Plan debate, Monday.
But the elected officials opted not to require a floor of 30 units-per-acre, as...
New Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department chief is first woman to hold the role
This week, when the Town of Los Gatos appointed Jamie Field chief of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department, it represented a milestone. The community has never had a woman leading the force before.
In an interview with the Los Gatan, Field said she was...
20-year-old arrested for having alcohol; delivery driver blocking driveway “hocked a loogie” (Police Blotter: Nov. 14 – 20)
Police Blotter
Nov. 14
• An ATM was vandalized on South Santa Cruz Avenue.
Nov. 15
• Someone stole a bicycle from a business on the 400 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue.
• A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and...
Arson investigators to comb through building that burned for days
In the aftermath of the blaze at a 50,000-square-foot commercial property on Los Gatos’ northern border that burned nearly the entire weekend, dogs that hunt for human remains began sniffing their way through the debris.
At multiple points, officials worried the canines may have uncovered...
Council leaves some Covid-relief money in the kitty
The Los Gatos Town Council approved moving $3.77 million to the General Fund Appropriated Reserve for use in capital projects, at a regularly scheduled meeting May 17.
It also agreed to take $2.2 million of Covid-19 relief (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for the same...
Assembly race to feature a Republican and a Democrat
A week after primary elections were held to decide which two candidates would face off over who will represent the 28th District in the State Assembly, Los Gatos Mayor Rob Rennie finds himself on the outside looking in.
So far, he’s in third place with...
