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State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) recently introduced legislation to prevent opioid and fentanyl overdoses and death among California’s youth. Senate Bill (SB) 10, should it be approved and signed into law, would expand statewide prevention and education efforts to combat the skyrocketing overdoses and...

Police Blotter Nov. 14 • An ATM was vandalized on South Santa Cruz Avenue. Nov. 15 • Someone stole a bicycle from a business on the 400 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue. • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and...

County firefighters scoured a single-family home in Campbell today with flames engulfing one of the rooms, as they followed up on a report someone might be stuck inside. Luckily, it turned out the house was empty, and the Santa Clara County Fire Department was able...

Los Gatos High senior Zoe Frangieh didn’t have the opportunity to compete in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships in her sophomore and junior years due to Covid.  Back at the Santa Clara International Swim Center—the annual site of the Championships—for the first time since...

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...

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District has agreed to pay a former student athlete $3.485 million for sexual abuse that she said she endured for more than three years, in a settlement announced this week. Beginning in 1999, the plaintiff in the case,...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 10-16. April 10 • A man was arrested for hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol on University Avenue and Blossom Hill Road at 3:43am. • A vehicle was...

Jul 15, 2021—A 32-year-old Los Gatos man was arrested July 9 and charged with multiple felonies after Campbell police found him prowling outside of a business and then found a stash of weapons and a racist manifesto in his vehicle, Santa Clara County prosecutors...

The Little League Baseball All Star tournament season has arrived and Los Gatos is poised to have another strong showing results-wise while emphasizing its mission to develop fundamental baseball skills while positively reinforcing lessons in teamwork, respect and sportsmanship.  Last year’s 11U team took third...

Men hold babies in their arms, women are bundled up in blankets and jackets to fight off the cold. Volunteers hand out coffee and soup. Kids are coughing. Some people have surgical masks on. Many don’t. It was a frustrating scene at the U.S. border...