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Monte Sereno selects top planner Diana Perkins for City Manager
The City of Monte Sereno has decided to hire longtime urban planner Diana Perkins as city manager—who has been running the small Silicon Valley municipality on an interim basis, since the departure of former head Steve Leonardis.
The selection was approved at council on May...
Los Gatos Concert Association celebrates 75th season
The Los Gatos Concert Association has been bringing world-class entertainers to town for 75 years but that legacy is in danger as the association seeks to rebuild its pre-Covid audience.
The nonprofit organization was established in 1947 as the Los Gatos Community Concert Association but...
Los Gatos girls lacrosse team advances; boys squad sees season end
Survive and advance. It’s one of the most timeless adages in sports, because it often rings true from the youth to the pro game. For the Los Gatos High boys and girls lacrosse teams, one was able to survive and advance and the other...
Police told of 6-hr pool party on Longmeadow Dr.; man reported for playing piano ‘with a lot of trash around him’ (Police Blotter, July 17-23)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of July 17-23.
July 17
• A caller reported a loud party had been going on for more than four hours on Daves Avenue at 12:44am.
• A man was reportedly standing on Highway...
In split decision, Council agrees to transfer $844K for Shannon Road redesign
Mayor Maria Ristow helped push through funding for a bike and pedestrian project on a 1,400-foot residential section of Shannon Road that connects with Los Gatos Boulevard, despite several neighbors asking Council to scale it back.
She did so, during the April 18 Council meeting,...
State shoots down Los Gatos’ plan to double-count units in housing document
Los Gatos’ housing plan consultant says the Town is “95%” of the way to winning approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development, but a few tweaks may still need to be made, including around making the community less exclusive.
But during the special...
Los Gatos passes no-picketing ordinance
Tuesday night’s once-again all-digital Council meeting was a parade of residents, elected officials and non-governmental organization representatives expressing solidarity with Mayor Marico Sayoc’s family—in the face of recent disruptive attendee behavior—and speaking in support of public decorum.
A staffer from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s office invoked...
Jake Boyd, Los Gatos High football team right where they need to be
Jake Boyd isn’t exactly feeling the love quite yet from four-year college programs, but that’s OK.
The Los Gatos High senior will be playing for some team next year, and anyone around the Wildcats’ baseball and football programs will agree that college will be grateful...
Mail stolen; 2 barrels of batteries + lithium waste dumped along Los Gatos Boulevard (Police Blotter, Jan. 2-8)
Below we have a week's worth of complaint-files from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department...
Jan. 2
• A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on Los Gatos Boulevard and Roberts Road at 12:46pm.
Jan. 3
• A man was arrested for vehicle theft...
Sam Liccardo, sworn in ceremonially in Silicon Valley, readies anti-corruption legislation
On Saturday, Sam Liccardo, the 16th Congressional District representative, went for a hike in Los Gatos with his wife; on Sunday he was sworn in by predecessor Anna Eshoo (with the help of emcee Lissa Kreisler, the partner of Los Gatan columnist Jeffrey Blum)...
