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Longtime Los Gatos High softball coach Randy Frey has told his players that they’re the team to beat in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division this season.  “Now we need to go out and do it, so we’ll see what happens,” he said.  The...

On Nov. 18, in the lead-up to Thanksgiving, the Los Gatos Town Council held one of its shortest meetings in recent history. Lasting a little over an hour, it focused mainly on two presentations: one that honored a Los Gatos legend; another that recapped progress...

Los Gatos High senior Zoe Frangieh didn’t have the opportunity to compete in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships in her sophomore and junior years due to Covid.  Back at the Santa Clara International Swim Center—the annual site of the Championships—for the first time since...

Los Gatos’ population increased modestly over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released recently. Los Gatos’ population—as of 2020—was estimated at 33,529, nearly two percent more than the 2010 population of 29,413, according to the data, which came out Aug. 12. The data...

Had she gone for it, the Los Gatos mother likely could have wrapped up at least two of her court cases. But on Tuesday afternoon, Shannon O’Connor officially rejected a 17-year, four-month sentence offered by Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson in Santa Clara County Superior Court. O’Connor,...

A week in the life of crime reports in Los Gatos (March 7-12, 2022). Files are from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department. March 7 • A man was reportedly waving a large knife on Glen Una Drive and Saratoga Los Gatos Road at 3:13pm. • A...

For many Los Gatos teenagers, nothing beats the thrill of speeding through the streets on an electric bike. E-bikes provide the kind of independence that kids used to only get with a driver’s license at 16. But in a moment, that freedom can turn...

On Sunday afternoon, inmate firefighters battled flames that spread to just over 2 acres alongside their counterparts with Santa Cruz County, Cal Fire, Central Fire, Santa Cruz City and Bonny Doon fire departments—with help from California Highway Patrol officers—just north of Davenport, which was...

Heavy rains are a rarity in Los Gatos, but last week saw the community get quite the natural wash. And it put a serious damper on holiday shopping. But by Friday evening, no more droplets were falling—though it was still wet and cool—and hundreds turned...

Wayne Heimsoth peered in the window of the terracotta roofed former home of the Los Gatos Art Museum on the corner of Tait Avenue and West Main Street. In the midmorning sun last Thursday, he remarked on what appeared to be new carpet. The 77-year-old...