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November 28, 2024

VTA moves weekend bus route further away from downtown

27 bus
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority sent a representative to Los Gatos Council’s regularly-scheduled Feb. 7 meeting to explain why it’s modifying weekend service to the only route that passes through town. The #27 travels from Campbell, through town and then heads to South San...

Participants of Community Police Academy reach finish line

grad shakes chief's hand
It was the day after retired Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Sgt. Tam McCarthy helped lay a long-time cop, John Pernick, to rest. So on Oct. 27, as he gave an address at a much more celebratory gathering—the inaugural Los Gatos Community Police Academy graduation—he...

Los Gatos considering historic-home tax break

president of historical society
Amid the minutiae of General Plan deliberations on Monday, the Los Gatos Town Council voted to move forward with a plan to consider a tax break for owners of historic properties. Mayor Rob Rennie—who said the Mills Act provision “seems like a subsidy for rich...

Los Gatos man charged with hate crime scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 16

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A 62-year-old Los Gatos man has been charged with a hate crime in Santa Clara County Superior Court for allegedly hitting and yelling at an Asian American woman. On Oct. 5, around 11:45am, Richard Hanford encountered Berlina Moeharjo as she walked her dog down the...

Los Gatos High sending fleet of swimmers and divers to CCS Meet

Los Gatos High swim coach Jim Deming felt great about all of the boys and girls junior varsity and varsity teams after the Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division Finals were contested on April 29 at Gunn High.  The JV girls won the league...

Women reported for selling roses; man with spray paint can ‘yelling about Satan and goat heads’ (Police Blotter, May 15-21)

pink rose on ground
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 15-21. May 15 • A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on the 1500 block of Pollard Road at 1:31am. • A woman was arrested for driving...

State: Los Gatos has more soul-searching to do on Housing Element

Bellaterra at Los Gatos Grand Opening
While it wasn’t as scathing as it could have been, the long-awaited review from California's top housing agency found Los Gatos’ Draft Housing Element does not pass muster, as its strides toward addressing the income and racial disparities don’t go far enough. The Housing and...

Gas line break shuts Main Street, forces LG High School evacuation

gas line problem
For the second time in four months, Los Gatos High School was evacuated on Monday due to a gas leak at an adjacent construction site. A police cruiser parked at Jackson and Main Streets near the high school, blocking the thoroughfare shortly after the gas...

Los Gatos extends carrot to developers in hopes of netting some affordable housing under SB9

Feb 1 Council Meeting Zoom
Councilmember Matthew Hudes didn’t quite get the version of a temporary Senate Bill 9 ordinance he would’ve liked to have seen—so he was the single “no” vote against the one passed by Council Tuesday night. He said it didn’t go far enough to ensure...

Led by EJ Parco, Los Gatos High wrestling makes statement in Reno TOC

A year after not medaling in the Reno Tournament of Champions, EJ Parco returned and showed just how far he’s come. The same can be said for all of his Los Gatos High wrestling teammates.  Parco won the 144-pound division at the renowned tournament on...
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