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The Town of Los Gatos has named its new top public safety official, a 20-year veteran cop who's been on the local force since 2009. Jamie Field started at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department as a rank-and-file officer, rising to the rank of Captain...

I was at the tippy-top of Montara Mountain on a clear day last month near telecommunications equipment—Mavericks to the south, Pacifica to the north—when a call beamed in to my cellphone. It was Roshan Gudapati, the Silicon Valley investor—perhaps best known for co-founding Chiplogic...

A third-place finish in the ultra-competitive Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division and berth into the Central Coast Section playoffs exceeded expectations for the Los Gatos High boys water polo team.  “If someone would’ve offered CCS at the beginning of the season, we would’ve...

Henry Reyes has coached the Los Gatos High field hockey program to 17 Central Coast Section championships and five runner-up finishes, over a 32-year run that started in the early 1990s.  The Wildcats are the winningest program and gold standard in the section, having built...

Seven touchdowns on 14 plays.  No, that’s not a typo. That’s what the Los Gatos High football team did in its Oct. 28 Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division game against Mountain View before most of the starters were pulled in the third quarter...

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...

*Updated Sept. 6, 2022 Daniel Reyes, the founder of Project Gasmask Entertainment (PGM), says he’s excited to be part of a Los Gatos rebirth. Though he lives in Oakland, and grew up in the Fairfield-Suisun area, the promoter says he’s pretty familiar with the community from...

As the Nov. 8 election results rolled in, the gap between the top two council candidates and the rest of the pack increased, with both progressive and slow-growth factions finding a candidate they liked, as voters registered lukewarm on Mayor Rob Rennie’s performance in...

Santa Clara County lifted its indoor mask mandate March 2, the last county in the Bay Area to do so following the region's winter surge in Covid-19 cases. County officials said they expect to meet the third and final benchmark required to lift local masking...

Sunday, Nov. 9 At 5:14pm, a trespassing incident occurred at the Walgreens on North Santa Cruz Avenue. The reporting person accused the subject of shoplifting inside of the store. A vehicle was stolen from the Muni Lots on North Santa Cruz Avenue and Los Gatos-Saratoga Road...