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Criminal justice, healthcare and more among new laws for ’23
With a flurry of new laws ready to take effect, the Los Gatan took a look at a handful of the more notable ones, which take on several aspects of criminal justice, health services and firearms.
WALKING A FINE LINE
Before Assembly Bill 2147 was signed...
E. Main Street business targeted in egging (Police Blotter: May 28-June 3)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 28-June 3.
May 28
• An unknown suspect threw eggs at a business on E. Main Street.
• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and driving...
Commissioners say behavior policy draft is half-baked
Los Gatos commissioners are sounding the alarm that a new code of conduct, if approved as-is, would stifle freedom of speech and could lead to public meeting law violations.
While Town staff defended the pair of policies—one for Council members and one for commissioners—saying there...
LGHS auditorium packed for congressional town hall
As some of those in attendance at the Los Gatos High School auditorium began to speak, one could hear the trembling and defiance in their voices.
Each related a somewhat different concern, during the town hall hosted Thursday by area congressmen Jimmy Panetta and Sam...
School measures maintain approvals as more votes trickle in
Los Gatos residents’ support for the $163 million “Measure CC” bond to upgrade classrooms and other facilities at Los Gatos Union School District—which needed 55% to pass—was confirmed at 66.19% of the vote on Tuesday.
There were 10,033 votes cast from the Yes side, compared...
Los Gatos cancels Screen on the Green, drops Harvest Fest idea
As the threat of cuts to millions of dollars in federal government funding looms over the Town of Los Gatos, Council cancelled plans for a new Harvest Festival this fall, during its regularly scheduled meeting April 1.
The Town had been considering getting rid of...
Commissioners recommend allowing lower-income builds in more areas
Planning Commission voted April 9 to recommend a General Plan amendment to allow 100% affordable housing projects in mixed-use commercial and restricted highway commercial zones.
Commissioner Susan Burnett was the lone vote against. She said Los Gatos has been going further than it has to,...
Local Catholics mourn death of Pope Francis
Just hours after Pope Francis died Monday, at age 88, it just so happened to be time for the monthly gathering of the St. Mary’s Seniors women’s group at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in Los Gatos.
Shortly after noon, the ladies...
