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PG&E admits recent service ‘unacceptable’
Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas.
During a Thursday evening webinar,...
Los Gatos High girls volleyball team remains in the upper echelon
The Los Gatos High girls volleyball team has already been involved in three five-set matches this season, and it prevailed each time.
That’s always a good sign for any squad that has aspirations to win a league and section championship. So it is for the...
Los Gatos’ population is growing, slightly
Los Gatos’ population increased modestly over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released recently.
Los Gatos’ population—as of 2020—was estimated at 33,529, nearly two percent more than the 2010 population of 29,413, according to the data, which came out Aug. 12.
The data...
Los Gatos looks to the future…
Lack of awareness about Los Gatos’ draft General Plan process, and the large increase of proposed housing it contains were the two biggest themes from public comments shared during a virtual study session held Sept. 20.
At the special joint meeting of Council and the...
Congresswoman leans on power company
On Sept. 20, Congress member Anna Eshoo took up the cause of local residents frustrated by frequent power outages, demanding answers about why PG&E’s grid has been so undependable.
In a letter to the utility’s CEO Patricia Poppe, Eshoo said Santa Cruz Mountains residents are...
Officers’ Association: Chief didn’t quit, he was fired
Tuesday’s Town Council meeting started a few minutes late, after police escorted a woman out who claimed a medical exemption and refused to wear a mask. But it was relatively peaceful otherwise, especially compared to the last meeting.
That regularly scheduled affair on Sept. 7...
Los Gatos + neighbors get $7M for wildfire defense
The way to thrive in a new climate-change reality beset by power-downs, out-of-control flames and continuous rebuilding is by working together. That was the message that resounded loud and clear from local, state and federal leaders as they descended on Los Gatos’ Civic Center...
Instead of vacating, The Maids’ Quarters fights on
The day after its lease expired, downtown linen boutique The Maids' Quarters continued to offer its pillows, antique goods and high-end button-up shirts for sale.
It's the latest development in a bitter feud where the long-time Los Gatos independent retailer claims it was duped into...
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,...
Mountain residents protest PG&E power outages
About 30 Santa Cruz Mountain residents made their way to downtown San Jose on Sept. 9 and bunched up on the concrete steps of the Pacific Gas & Electric office at 111 Almaden Blvd.
They held signs that read “UN PLUG PGE / NOT US”...
