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The Los Gatos motorcyclist who was killed last month in a Santa Cruz County crash has been identified by authorities as 68-year-old Craig Smith. On Dec. 18, around 9:41am, CHP officers responded to the Soquel San Jose Road accident scene north of Old Turnpike Road. Smith...

When Campbell resident Yulia Shuvkashvili, 32, heard about the April 8 protest in Los Angeles against Nurlan Saburov, a Kazakhstani comedian with ties to a TV channel run by Russian government-owned Gazprom, she figured she’d stage a Bay Area reprise. So on Monday night, along...

Los Gatos is moving ahead with roadway improvements for Shannon Road. Residents questioned the merits of some proposals.

He has much in common with other residents of Los Gatos: He’s a veteran who grew up in a family with mining interests overseas. He’ll buy you a cold drink on a hot day. When he’s offered a free beer at the bar he...

A musical, social and pedestrian experience replaced automobile traffic on Thursday evenings beginning July 1. The weekly event, known as The Promenade, will run through August 12. Two musical stages bookend the stroll, which runs the length of N. Santa Cruz Avenue from Main Street...

It was a year of growing pains for the Los Gatos High baseball team after it graduated 17 seniors from last year’s squad.  That meant there were a lot of new faces across the board playing together in a competitive schedule.  But this group of young...

It came with a price tag Councilmember Matthew Hudes at first said looked “out of balance,” but in the end the flooring rework slated for the Adult Recreation Center was approved unanimously. At the Sept. 21 town council meeting, Hudes pulled the item from the...

While several hundred votes were still being counted as of Thursday, Los Gatos Union School District Superintendent Paul Johnson said he believes the Measure B parcel tax would pass with 76% support. "It was really thrilling to have the community come out in support of...

Library battery project delayed  Prime Electric LLC has been given an extra year to install a battery storage system at the library. At its June 6 meeting, Council voted to move the deadline to June 30, 2024. Staff reported manufacturing and delivery slowdowns, as well as a...

As a reporter, Lee Quarnstrom worked for numerous publications around the U.S., including the Associated Press, the Register-Pajaronian and The Mercury News. He was also editor of Hustler magazine and a bookseller in Greenwich Village, and traveled with Ken Kesey’s peripatetic Merry Pranksters on...