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Monte Sereno city manager shares ideas for a better Los Gatos
Speaking at a public meeting of local residents Nov. 11, Monte Sereno City Manager Steve Leonardis, who once sat in the Los Gatos mayor’s chair, shared some of his worries, as well as ideas about how the Town could be more fiscally prudent.
Among these...
Lily van Putten, Los Gatos High girls water polo team have a season to cherish
Los Gatos High girls water polo coach Don Appleton acknowledged there was a bit of a hangover with the team after it suffered a crushing 15-2 loss to a powerful Soquel High squad in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoff semifinals on Nov....
Mountain bikers cheer Midpen’s trail announcement
When the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board voted to open a new trail at the Beatty property, east of Lexington Reservoir, Dec. 10, it was a significant win for the Los Gatos outdoor community. There have been delays due to newts being killed...
Town Council: Weed removal, an appeal of a development and federal funding cuts discussed
The Los Gatos Town Council held its first meeting, closing out summer break, this past Tuesday, Aug. 5. In the two hour convening, among other things, Council members discussed local events that happened during the recess, debated the impact of federal funding cuts and...
Sam Liccardo, sworn in ceremonially in Silicon Valley, readies anti-corruption legislation
On Saturday, Sam Liccardo, the 16th Congressional District representative, went for a hike in Los Gatos with his wife; on Sunday he was sworn in by predecessor Anna Eshoo (with the help of emcee Lissa Kreisler, the partner of Los Gatan columnist Jeffrey Blum)...
3rd Annual Jolly10k Fun Run set for July 20
July 24 will mark three years since Leslie Gentry’s 22-year-old son, Jolly Jones, died while detoxing from fentanyl.
Gentry was living in San Jose and working in Los Gatos at the time, so she decided to hold an awareness hike here in town, exactly a...
Woman charged with hosting underage sex parties in Los Gatos
A Los Gatos woman threw drunken parties for teenagers where she encouraged sex acts, sometimes non-consensual, and sometimes while she watched, according to charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Oct. 12.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said 47-year-old...
Lot adjustment appeal shot-down after developer produces map from 1927
The Los Gatos Town Council rejected an appeal by a neighbor opposed to a proposed lot adjustment on a Los Robles Way property.
Following a bit of back-and-forth with Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan about the 17200 Los Robles Way site—and after the developer produced an...
Commission approves golf course plan, including removal of 287 trees
It was standing room only last Wednesday at Planning Commission as residents wearing green stickers filed into the pews at the Civic Center in support of a physical reshaping of La Rinconada Country Club’s property.
Others came to share frustrations with the plan to remove...
Ramadan in LG: Muslims begin month of fasts
It was less than a week before the start of Ramadan, and Samina Chaudhry, a Saratoga resident who owns a gas station on the West Side of Santa Cruz, was carrying boxes of American dates through the tranquility of the one-story building that’s home...
