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If the West Valley Muslim Association had proposed a by-right high-density housing development (and it could have)—instead of a slight extension of hours—the build would already be sailing towards automatic approval. That's because, in California, certain housing projects receive an automatic green light if it...

A former jail guard was sentenced to jail today for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate and then covering it up, authorities said. Morgan Hill resident Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role in a jailhouse...

The Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees announced at the May 14 board meeting in a unanimous vote that Dan Deguara will be appointed as the new Superintendent of Schools for LGUSD. After an extensive search process that included receiving in-person and online...

Muse Markets arrives in Los Gatos Muse Markets is a vibrant new outlet for local artisans, makers and small businesses. It allows vendors to meet with attendees to buy directly from them. And the items are quite unique. This is not your typical farmers market,...

Mental Health First Aid was created in the 2000s in Australia by Betty Kitchener and her husband Anthony Jorm with the USA chapter established in 2008. MHFA is designed to use the concept of first aid training in mental health and substance-influenced emergency situations. This...

On Tuesday morning, an AT&T worker attempted to rescue Rocket, the orange and white cat stuck up an 85-foot-pine in Los Gatos, with his bucket truck. The 3-year-old male cat had come down quite a bit from where it had been the prior evening, when...

April 26 A subject reportedly walked in and took a rental bike at the Toll House Hotel on South Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:12am. A subject was reportedly taking plums from the caller’s tree, and when asked to stop, the subject told the caller he was...

What do you do when you are growing too much of something everyone used to want, and now, suddenly, consumers want something else? Santa Clara Valley once boasted 100k acres of prune plums, apricots, peaches and cherries, post WWII. By 1960, those orchards were...

Andrea Swan bought The Old Adobe Hair Shop just over 31 years ago after working as a hairdresser at the salon for eight years. March 1, 1995 was Swan's official purchase date for the salon and barbershop. She says that despite being located in...

In connection with the start of Wildfire Awareness Month, Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced its Continuous Monitoring Center, which it's calling a "first-of-its-kind centralized hub" to "detect risk early, prevent wildfires and strengthen reliability for customers." The CMC in San Ramon uses "advanced machine...