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Since Pier 1 Imports filed for bankruptcy in 2020, the Blossom Hill Pavilion Shopping Center has been seeking a stable tenant to occupy 11,212 square feet of retail space at Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road. On Nov. 10, the Planning Commission voted unanimously...

Los Gatos voters don't have to wait until November to learn municipal election results. At Council on Aug. 20, Council voted not to hold one—and appointed Councilmember Maria Ristow and Vice Mayor Matthew Hudes—because no one stepped up to challenge the two incumbents. "In a way,...

The Los Gatos High softball team had a golden opportunity to essentially clinch the outright Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division championship in a home game against Milpitas High on May 4.  But the Wildcats didn’t have one of their better performances and fell...

A few months back, neighbors Maggie Contro, an 8-year-old third-grader at Daves Avenue Elementary, and Arlo Britz, a 7-year-old boy a grade below, were sweeping her home’s porch, when they realized they were doing something worth scaling. Contro had been wanting to start some kind...

On Feb. 2, my fellow student Louisa Horwath and I organized a large student-led protest against ICE that brought together over 300 participants from our school and community. The protest involved a coordinated walk through town—and days of thorough planning and collaboration. We organized student marshals...

After multiple speakers personalized their comments with references to Mayor Marico Sayoc’s son during public comments at the Oct. 5 regularly scheduled Town Council meeting, some attendees became disruptive. The mayor ordered a short break. As a group of coronavirus-restriction questioners and Conservative-leaning citizens filtered...

After Josephine Grant McCreery bought out her siblings’ interest in a property in the Mt. Hamilton foothills, she lived in its main house until she died in 1972. When she died, according to her will, Save the Redwoods League got half of the ranch, with...

Early this morning, around 12:30am, one person died when a Tesla Model 3 drove down the right embankment of northbound Highway 17 just before Lark Avenue and slammed into a tree, according to authorities. "The Tesla caught fire and became fully-engulfed with the driver inside,"...

For Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici Giles and freshman standout Nicole Steiner, the moment hit them as Ella Rabtiz was hoisted up by her teammates to put an index card on the south wall at Helm Gym, the area that lists...

Yesterday, a little before noon, Santa Clara County Fire Department firefighters from its Saratoga station responded to a vehicle fire along Fruitvale Avenue, in Saratoga. "Firefighters arrived as West Valley Community Police were working to extinguish the flames with three fire extinguishers they had available,"...