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California’s 6th District Court of Appeal heard arguments Oct. 13 about whether a Los Gatos woman charged with throwing alcohol-fuelled parties for teens should be released from jail. A Superior Court judge denied bail for Shannon O’Connor earlier this year, but the State Supreme Court...

Update 11:25 am, Oct. 25, 2022: Boil water advisory lifted, San Jose Water officials said Monday. Update 5:22pm, Oct. 21, 2022: Area under boil-water advisory. Utility officials said Monday evening they had lifted a boil water advisory for Los Gatos residents affected by a service outage...

Updated: 11:58 am, Oct. 21, 2022 Los Gatos' public elementary school system has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two men who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher Joseph Brian Houg, the lawyers for the victims said...

Police Blotter for the week of Oct. 10-14. Oct. 10 • A home was reported burglarized on Via Encantada. Oct. 11 • A vehicle that had its keys inside was reported stolen on Los Gatos Boulevard at 6:35am. • A business was reported burglarized on Los Gatos Boulevard. • A...

After a solid 2021 season, the Los Gatos High girls tennis team has upped its game this year with the goal to win a league championship.  The Wildcats are in contention to capture at least a share of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El...

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...

Police officers and civilians were honored for going above the call of duty during an official luncheon attended by more than 100 people on Oct. 6. The Los Gatos Monte-Sereno Police Foundation event, held at the History Club of Los Gatos, bestowed accolades for recovering...

Paul Gunsky navigates his way around the boxes stacked up next to the concession booth inside Los Gatos’ classic theater building. The CineLux CEO—who jokingly refers to his title as “head popcorn popper”—has been crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s as his company edges...

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District has agreed to pay a former student athlete $3.485 million for sexual abuse that she said she endured for more than three years, in a settlement announced this week. Beginning in 1999, the plaintiff in the case,...

One of the developers behind the North 40 project along Highway 17 in Los Gatos has brought the town’s former mayor, Marcia Jensen, on board to launch a consultancy. The Bachman Avenue-headquartered Harmonie Park Development, a company with around 10 million square feet under management,...