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Aug. 13 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road at 12:22am. • A man was reported as suspicious because he kept looking at someone and “playing with his pockets” on Lark Avenue and...

Last week, Council voted to approve a budget with $78 million in spending and $76 million in revenue for the coming year. To make up the difference, Los Gatos is relying on more than a million of one-time General Fund Reserve dollars. But while the community...

During the Oct. 3 Town Council meeting, public commenter Brandye Sweetnam shared her concerns with the challenges of building in fire hazard zones in town. From her perspective, the burden on some homeowners in the hillsides seeking to improve their properties is much too heavy,...

After a riveting 11-10 win over Gunn High in the third-place game in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division tournament on Oct. 29, the Los Gatos High boys water polo team is ready to make some noise in the upcoming Central...

As Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici Giles was watching game film of San Benito High, it didn’t take long for her to realize that the Wildcats needed to stop Bailey Cotter in order to advance out of their Central Coast Section...

Over the past few months, Shannon O’Connor, the woman charged with manipulating teens into attending her drunken parties, came up with a scheme to smuggle drugs into the jail she’s stuck in, as her cases wind their way through Santa Clara County Superior Court,...

"Extraordinary acts on behalf of ordinary people," reads the plaque at the 9/11 Memorial in Los Gatos that commemorates the actions of hometown heroes Todd Beamer and Mark Bingham. They were two of the people responsible for helping bring down Flight 93 in the...

After a 2021 season that saw the Los Gatos High softball team finish as the runner-up in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division and an out away from advancing to the Central Coast Section Division I championship game, the Wildcats have two...

March 22 A man with an axe reportedly hanging out of his pants was arrested at Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:22am. A package was reportedly stolen from a mailbox at Mira Loma Apartments on Avery Lane at 6:48am. A caller reported motorcyclists rolling through...

Santa Clara County officials say there is an “urgent need” for fostering and adopting dogs. The county's Animal Services Center in San Martin is over capacity, and officials there have announced that the public can help by adopting and fostering dogs. Lisa Jenkins, program manager of...