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A large tree slammed into a blue Tesla parked at the site where the Saratoga Farmers' Market was being held, earlier this morning. Onlookers gathered to survey the damage as a rainbow emerged from the clouds overhead. A frost advisory is in effect from late tonight...

As the Los Gatos Green project arrived for a hearing at Planning Commission April 23, it began to test Los Gatos’ ability to wheel-and-deal its way towards less development, in an environment where it doesn’t hold many cards. City Ventures has proposed 55 multifamily units,...

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Chief Jamie Field appeared before Council on Dec. 3 to go over the hundreds of pages prepared by a consultant tasked with helping the force prepare a roadmap for the years ahead, as Los Gatos expects thousands of new...

Upon the release of the initial Santa Clara County voting data tonight, the Los Gatos Union School District bond measure was at 66.59% (6,333 votes). It would generate $163 million in bonds to upgrade school classrooms, safety and security systems, and heating and electrical...

Yesterday, around 9:41am, CHP officers responded to a crash on Soquel San Jose Road, north of Old Turnpike Road. A 68-year-old man from Los Gatos was driving a blue 2012 BMW motorcycle southbound on Soquel San Jose Road at an undetermined speed, police said. A 64-year-old...

The parade of residents who spoke at Planning Commission on April 30—cheering the developer for setting aside 16 units for people with mental disabilities—partially masked the reality that 14 affordable units had been erased from their North 40 designs since Grosvenor Americas submitted its...

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...

Since “The Project” was kicked off by Los Gatos Thrives in 2023, studies, workshops and surveys have demonstrated a strong desire for a new community center in Los Gatos. And now, two conceptual renderings have been unveiled for the multigenerational community center. The Los Gatos Community...

During their Dec. 17 regularly scheduled meeting, Council approved a $22,017.16 raise for Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan. That works out to a 5% cost of living adjustment retroactive to July 7, and a 2% merit increase retroactive to Nov. 24, bringing her annual salary to...

Over the weekend, the 2024 California Journalism Awards were handed out in Los Angeles, with the Los Gatan winning second place for an impressive high school football freeze-frame. It's the newspaper's first-ever CNPA win. It was nominated last year in a design category. The photograph...