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September 7, 2024

One told she looked like an “Italian model,” another says writing censored: sex abuse fight challenges in Silicon Valley

sex assault survivors march
“Survivor rights are human rights!” “Rapists do not belong at prom!” “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Gender violence has got to go!” These were just some of the chants about 70-80 students and others belted out as they walked along N. Santa Cruz Avenue just after...

PG&E power outages keep leaving customers mystified

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Los Gatos-area residents say they keep getting left in the dark by PG&E—in more ways than one. The company reports at least some of the frequent outage situations are related to efforts to avoid sparking another catastrophic wildfire, but critics say they need to...

Los Gatos Giving Serious Cash to Owners Moving Towards Semi-Permanent Parklets

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Los Gatos has extended the date businesses can operate temporary outdoor areas in front of their property to the end of January next year, as it transitions to a new, semi-permanent "parklet" regime. At its regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 17, Council voted to funnel $680,000...

Neighborhood ‘evacuated’ during wildfire drill

wildfire drill in the south bay of san francisco
As wildfires burn through California, residents across the state are urged to have a “go bag” packed and ready to grab since precious minutes can make the difference between living and dying. That’s why members of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Community Response Team, CERT, were...

Los Gatos businesses hit by a slew of ADA accessibility lawsuits

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At least 16 Los Gatos businesses have been hit with disability access accusations by prolific lawsuit-filer Scott Johnson, a paraplegic who claims they’re in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), local officials said. This comes just days after the New York Times released...

Gas line break shuts Main Street, forces LG High School evacuation

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For the second time in four months, Los Gatos High School was evacuated on Monday due to a gas leak at an adjacent construction site. A police cruiser parked at Jackson and Main Streets near the high school, blocking the thoroughfare shortly after the gas...

Town brings metaphorical “personal touch” back to civic life with counter-service restart

Town Hall
When the Los Gatan reached Marico Sayoc on Aug. 16, she was thrilled to talk about how many Town staff had just begun working in-person again—that very day. The next step, she explained, was for the municipal office building to open its doors for drop-in...

Los Gatos’ Summer Street Party Series Deemed a Gigantic Success

Los Gatos Street Party - promenade
For seven Thursdays this summer, music wafted through the generally sleepy streets of Los Gatos, thanks to money from President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan Act, with the number of revelers growing each week. As Catherine Somers, the executive director of the Los Gatos Chamber...

How Can We Make Shannon Road Safer?

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Spray paint along on Shannon Road indicating where speed humps and other municipal infrastructure will go is a taste of what's to come. But for now, students continue to wander along the shoulder, since there's no sidewalk in some segments, while cars race by. But a...

Los Gatos brothers collecting used video games to send to Kenya

Games for the Globe bros
Two local teens have a unique summer video game “quest” to tell classmates at Los Gatos High School about, this year. What Ethan Schneider, 16, and his brother Andrew, 14, can share isn’t about a Call of Duty: Warzone mission or a League of...
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