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The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan funding bill today that features $10,995,144 for local priorities across a variety of areas, such as affordable housing, homelessness response, coastal resilience and infrastructure improvements around Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, according to a release from Congressman...

Vice Mayor Maria Ristow became mayor, and Councilmember Mary Badame vice mayor, during the Dec. 13 Council meeting, while Rob Moore was sworn in for the first time and Rob Rennie started his next term. The evening also marked an end to Marico Sayoc’s tenure...

Feb. 4 A caller said someone stole his gym bag, sunglasses and other miscellaneous items from his unlocked vehicle along Fairview Avenue around 12:30am. A 37-year-old man was arrested for unlawful possession of paraphernalia and violating the terms of his Post Release Community Supervision order. LGMSPD received...

Members of Los Gatos’ extended community have been sharing their stories with the Los Gatan of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the lives of their friends and relatives in jeopardy. The tutor of a local schoolboy was considering a daring trip...

“We will never forget.” Do you remember, back 23 years ago (Sept. 11, 2001), when the planes hit American assets? Maj. Gen. Kent Hillhouse, U.S. Army (Ret.), sure does. He shared his recollections at the Flame of Liberty Memorial in Los Gatos during the morning service, on...

July 26 Someone reportedly burglarized a residence on Vasona Court, stealing a scooter and backpack at 12:02am. Someone reported a bicyclist “down” at Blossom Hill Road and Linda Avenue after a vehicle accident at 11:32am. A man was reportedly driving a golf cart on Vista Del Monte...

There’s been a flood of tributes this week to Robert V. Hawn, who passed away this month at the age of 63. A highly regarded business attorney, who played in a jazz band and volunteered his time to preserve the valley’s greenbelt, he was...

Was it Monopoly, Scrabble, backgammon or chess? According to Fun.com the board game market grew by 20% in 2020 (the Covid lockdown era), and revenue from board games sales was expected to hit $12 billion in 2023. Chess “is the best-selling board game of all...

Los Gatos is months behind on creating design rules for new condominiums and apartments, but the process hit another snag, Aug. 24, after local architects asked for extra time to give input. Representing that group was Bess Wiersema, the owner of Studio3 Design, who decried...

Planning Commission voted April 9 to recommend a General Plan amendment to allow 100% affordable housing projects in mixed-use commercial and restricted highway commercial zones. Commissioner Susan Burnett was the lone vote against. She said Los Gatos has been going further than it has to,...