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Though the regularly scheduled Nov. 19 Council meeting lasted for more than three hours—after a special study session—it was an item that wasn’t on the agenda that defined the evening. An attempt by Councilmember Rob Moore to prevent the Town from using resources to deport...

This article has been updated. Los Gatos Town Attorney Robert Schultz announced his resignation on Nov. 8. Schultz, who graduated in 1986 from Southwestern University School of Law and was admitted to the State Bar in 1987, was hired by the Los Gatos Town Council in...

Lucy Holland and Jackie King grew up playing for the same water polo teams, culminating at Los Gatos High, where they split time at goalie. Even though both were college prospects early in their high school careers, they never let their individual ambition get...

As a reporter, Lee Quarnstrom worked for numerous publications around the U.S., including the Associated Press, the Register-Pajaronian and The Mercury News. He was also editor of Hustler magazine and a bookseller in Greenwich Village, and traveled with Ken Kesey’s peripatetic Merry Pranksters on...

Tucked away off the windy Bear Creek Road is a stable that’s been boarding horses for several decades. A century-old barn stands on the Bear Creek Stables lot. Goats have played there. Chickens have laid eggs. Ponies have pranced. But over the last few years, the...

One of the first dial-up internet providers has announced it’s now bringing fiber optic internet to remote areas of the Santa Cruz Mountains. In the wake of a $10 million infusion from the State of California, Surfnet Communications is rolling out its plan to expand...

The driver who crashed a speeding Volvo into a popular Los Gatos coffee shop on Thanksgiving night has passed away, multiple sources have confirmed to the Los Gatan. Karl Klemmer, 90, died on Sunday. Klemmer, a resident of the Terraces of Los Gatos senior living community,...

When Jake Ripp was attending a half-dozen football camps and doing solo workouts in front of college coaches this past summer, he didn’t have to look far for advice.  His mom, Katy, played college and professional volleyball and knew everything her son was going through....

Detective Riley Frizzell crouched over a small Dell laptop at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Operations Center on Los Gatos Boulevard, Monday afternoon, hunting for a pickup truck. There’d been plenty of activity going on at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department in recent...

After years of avoiding the issue, Los Gatos is moving forward with a policy that could allow a rainbow flag to fly above Town Hall within months. High school students and members of the LGBT+ community faced off with senior citizens and religious adherents Tuesday...