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On Feb. 25, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approved a 12-year contract with Friends of Bear Creek Stables to operate the Los Gatos facility it’s named after. With the help of local businesses like Summit Store, and thanks to money from Netflix, $250,000...

During the Oct. 3 Town Council meeting, public commenter Brandye Sweetnam shared her concerns with the challenges of building in fire hazard zones in town. From her perspective, the burden on some homeowners in the hillsides seeking to improve their properties is much too heavy,...

When Campbell resident Yulia Shuvkashvili, 32, heard about the April 8 protest in Los Angeles against Nurlan Saburov, a Kazakhstani comedian with ties to a TV channel run by Russian government-owned Gazprom, she figured she’d stage a Bay Area reprise. So on Monday night, along...

Back in February, Gitta Ungvari delivered the mid-year budget report—letting elected officials know how reclassifying Netflix to an e-commerce platform affected the Town's bottom line and pitching Council on a quarter-million-dollars in extra spending. "The Town must operate within its legally adopted budget," she said,...

Frank Marotti Jr. had beads of sweat draped on his forehead on a frigid 45-degree night—and he wasn’t even playing.  To say the Los Gatos High boys soccer coach gets into the Wildcats’ games would be an understatement. The players seem to take after his...

A last-place finish in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division last year sent the Los Gatos High boys soccer team to compete in the league’s lower El Camino Division this season.  However, the Wildcats intend for their stay in the El Camino...

Los Gatos voters don't have to wait until November to learn municipal election results. At Council on Aug. 20, Council voted not to hold one—and appointed Councilmember Maria Ristow and Vice Mayor Matthew Hudes—because no one stepped up to challenge the two incumbents. "In a way,...

After a pledge of allegiance led by Boy Scouts Troop 2 , Council immediately jumped into discussing federal funding cuts to Santa Clara County residents as a result of HR1, colloquially known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Sept. 16. The law was signed into...

Oct. 22 • A caller reported a group of children for “being loud” in a backyard on Vineland Avenue at 12:33am. • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on highways 9 and 17 at 2:37am. • A man was arrested for being...

Heather Kelley counted 15 days the power was out last August, up at her place that’s perched atop the Santa Cruz Mountains along Skyline Boulevard. “It makes our life just a living hell up here,” she said. “It’s absolutely terrifying.” Kelley says it’s not just the...