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State: Los Gatos has more soul-searching to do on Housing Element
While it wasn’t as scathing as it could have been, the long-awaited review from California's top housing agency found Los Gatos’ Draft Housing Element does not pass muster, as its strides toward addressing the income and racial disparities don’t go far enough.
The Housing and...
Council leaves some Covid-relief money in the kitty
The Los Gatos Town Council approved moving $3.77 million to the General Fund Appropriated Reserve for use in capital projects, at a regularly scheduled meeting May 17.
It also agreed to take $2.2 million of Covid-19 relief (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for the same...
Los Gatos boys cross country runs to victory in the CCS Championships; Tau and Elmore also earn State berths
Few boys cross country teams have a storied history such as Los Gatos High.
From 1980 to 2014, the Wildcats won 10 Central Coast Section championships, had five runner-up finishes and five individual champions, including two—Matthew Petrillo and Chris Foster—who were repeat champions.
So, the Wildcats’...
Los Gatos considering historic-home tax break
Amid the minutiae of General Plan deliberations on Monday, the Los Gatos Town Council voted to move forward with a plan to consider a tax break for owners of historic properties.
Mayor Rob Rennie—who said the Mills Act provision “seems like a subsidy for rich...
Los Gatos cross country teams win in Carmel; Stefanopoulos and Tau blazing fast all season
Every time Aydon Stefanopoulos runs, he questions whether the workout he’s doing is going to get him faster.
Judging by Stefanopoulos’ results this season, the answer is a resounding yes. The Los Gatos High sophomore has been remarkably consistent in 2022, with a first, second,...
After discipline decision, First Amendment advocate sets sights on Los Gatos
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California says Los Gatos’ censure of a Planning Commissioner—who wrote to the California Department of Housing and Community Development in November about a housing-related referendum that upended plans to increase residential density in town, then was chastised...
Attorney for man suing Los Gatos businesses via disabled-access complaints weighs in
The lawyer representing Scott Johnson, the quadriplegic suing at least 18 Los Gatos businesses over disability-access concerns, is firing back at critics who believe his client is treating mom-and-pop businesses unfairly.
Dennis Price of the Center for Disability Access, a division of Potter Handy, LLP,...
Los Gatos High on the fast track – and field
Brandon Vance has lofty goals as the coach of the Los Gatos High track and field team.
“I don’t like to set my sights just on CCS,” he said. “My big thing is the state championships is where the kids have to go in order...
Sex offender fails to update registration, cops say; man shooting video refuses to leave post office area (Police Blotter, April 17-23)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 17-23.
April 17
• Someone vandalized a retaining wall with graffiti on Escobar Avenue.
• A box of jewelry was reported stolen from a home on Cherrystone Drive.
• A man was arrested...
Town re-ups with TruePoint on Community Development software subscriptions
The Town Council on May 17 unanimously voted to approve a sole-sourced $104,605 contract with software company TruePoint Solutions DigEplan (LCT Software) to provide services to the Community Development Department over the next five years.
According to staff the funds are already available in its...
