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Los Gatos' residential housing plan is still not up to snuff yet, according to State reviewers. While Campbell got good marks from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for its Housing Element back in March, Los Gatos’s draft of its housing document was...

Joel Fumia vividly remembers going to his two older sisters’ Los Gatos High soccer matches and the program competing for league and section championships. Now, the 33-year-old looks to lead the Wildcats to a return to glory as the new head coach of the...

A vegetation fire grew to devour just over a quarter-acre of grass, oak and shrubs in unincorporated Santa Clara County on Saturday afternoon. Around 3:40pm, a passerby spotted smoke rising above Weaver Road and reported it to the Santa Clara County Fire Department, which initially...

A boutique Bay Area "ecstatic dance" company is emerging from the pandemic with a series of in-person events in Los Gatos and the surrounding region. ALIXIR DANCE, an Oakland-based wellness brand focused on using free-form movement to build community, has set Tuesday nights at 7:30pm—beginning...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of March 19-25. March 19 • A mountain bike was reported stolen from a home on Winchester Circle. March 20 • Vehicles were burglarized on Massol Avenue and Bachman Avenue. • A man was reportedly standing...

At the Feb. 21 Council meeting, elected officials discussed how to spend $1.645 million in pandemic relief provided by the Biden Administration that’s still leftover. The big winners were public access broadcaster KCAT, which will receive a one-time infusion of $100,000, Los Gatos Saratoga Recreation...

Multiple Council members raised concerns at their regularly-scheduled Feb. 20 meeting that the sprawling motion presented by the Vice Mayor at the prior meeting to protect vast swaths of the community from small multifamily housing was sent off to the Department of Housing and...

Authorities have released the name of the man who was killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend while driving along Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz. Christian Keller, 62, of Los Gatos, was heading southbound (towards the city) around 2pm Saturday when, for reasons that...

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...

Expectations were high for the Los Gatos High football team’s non-league matchup against Peninsula powerhouse Sacred Heart Prep on Sept. 23.  However, a game meant to be defined by exemplary playmaking turned out to be an uncharacteristic showing for both sides, with Los Gatos taking...