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The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team has already been involved in three five-set matches this season, and it prevailed each time.  That’s always a good sign for any squad that has aspirations to win a league and section championship. So it is for the...

In the exact same motion where the Town Council voted to reverse their discipline of Planning Commissioner Kylie Clark—after the Town’s own attorney said she agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California’s argument that the Town violated her free speech rights—it...

Los Gatos Town Council candidate Rob Moore says, so far, he’s knocked on about 1,500 doors in Los Gatos, experiencing cordial conversations even with detractors. But last week he was hit by a low-budget attack campaign that called him out for allegedly supporting everything from...

Police Blotter for the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5. From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department. Oct. 30 • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 200 block of Los Gatos-Saratoga Road at 3:55am. • A vehicle was...

The Los Gatos Town Council moved forward Tuesday with a pair of initiatives intended to regain control of meetings that have become increasingly disorderly in recent weeks as a pro-Trump faction protested vaccines and LGBTQ inclusion during public comment periods. While the first reading of...

A Los Gatos woman threw drunken parties for teenagers where she encouraged sex acts, sometimes non-consensual, and sometimes while she watched, according to charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Oct. 12. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said 47-year-old...

During a Feb. 12 public hearing at the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board meeting, a resolution granting an easement to SummerHill Homes and the Santa Clara County Fire Department—for emergency access over a portion of the Los Gatos High School campus—was approved...

Town staff presented Council on Feb. 15 with a dismal picture of a pandemic recovery requiring around $2 million in deficits through 2026/27, although this year isn’t turning out as bad as anticipated. In fact, Los Gatos expects to be $500,000 less in the hole...

Feb. 8  A suspicious man was reported standing in front of Fisher Middle School on Fisher Avenue at 12:51am. A caller reported hearing vehicles doing “donuts” on Winchester Boulevard and Lark Avenue at 2:19am. Feb. 9 A caller’s rear license plate was reported stolen on Flintridge Drive at...

She used to live just up the road, but was forced to leave Los Gatos by circumstance. But now, Mary McLean, 55, has returned triumphantly.  She played a guessing game with this reporter, during the recent Chamber of Commerce Wine Walk. The rhetorical question: “Who was...