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Cortese introduces bill to tackle youth fentanyl crisis
State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) recently introduced legislation to prevent opioid and fentanyl overdoses and death among California’s youth.
Senate Bill (SB) 10, should it be approved and signed into law, would expand statewide prevention and education efforts to combat the skyrocketing overdoses and...
Suspect charged with rape; man reported for smoking pipe outside Visitor Center; $2,425 taken from Sephora (Police Blotter, March 17-23)
March 17
-At 12:15am, a man was reported for being drunk in public at the Purple Onion coffee shop on East Main Street and striking the reporting party’s vehicle for an unknown reason. Police were unable to locate the individual.
-A dark gray Nissan Sentra with...
Council leaves some Covid-relief money in the kitty
The Los Gatos Town Council approved moving $3.77 million to the General Fund Appropriated Reserve for use in capital projects, at a regularly scheduled meeting May 17.
It also agreed to take $2.2 million of Covid-19 relief (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for the same...
Community organizations and citizens invited to apply for Town grants
For local groups doing vital work, whether you like it or not, what is possible tends to come down to dollars and cents.
And now, there is a fresh opportunity to satisfy the bottom line for organizations and citizens attempting bring a great grassroots ideas...
Monte Sereno’s latest mayor recalls helping with the Los Gatos founding of Atari
Lon Allan, 82, remembers the scrappy 1970s in Silicon Valley, when his client, future Video Game Hall of Famer Nolan Bushnell, hadn’t co-founded Atari yet.
“He was the founder, I was his lawyer,” recalled Allan, the new mayor of Monte Sereno, during a recent interview...
Council puts Covid cash toward public restroom study, community garden, eliminating termites
In May, the Los Gatos Town Council decided it was going to use $2.9 million of the money Washington gave it to make it through the pandemic toward various capital projects.
And on Tuesday, Los Gatos’ elected officials (minus Vice Mayor Maria Ristow, who was...
Customer steals $10 from downtown business, uses it buy beer from the bar (Police Blotter, June 27-July 2)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 27-July 2, 2022.
June 27
• A man was arrested after he was found passed out under a tree on Howes Drive with a bottle of vodka next to him at...
County: ‘Urgent need’ for dog adoptions
Santa Clara County officials say there is an “urgent need” for fostering and adopting dogs.
The county's Animal Services Center in San Martin is over capacity, and officials there have announced that the public can help by adopting and fostering dogs.
Lisa Jenkins, program manager of...
Shelter-in-place issued for Towne Terrace neighborhood
This morning police issued a shelter-in-place order for the Towne Terrace neighborhood.
Around 11am, the Los-Gatos Monte Sereno Police Department posted on Instagram about police activity in conjunction with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
"Shelter in place and avoid traffic in the University Ave corridor,"...
Credit cards stolen from vehicle on Broadway; teen shot with airsoft gun (Police Blotter, June 25-July 1)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 25-July 1.
June 25
• A caller reported dogs barking for an hour on Kennedy Road.
• Petty theft was reported at a business on Los Gatos Boulevard.
• A vehicle was reportedly...
