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September 19, 2026

Los Gatos officials debate license plate readers, after Santa Cruz, Los Altos Hills jettison Flock Safety service

Searching on the Flock Safety system
Detective Riley Frizzell crouched over a small Dell laptop at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Operations Center on Los Gatos Boulevard, Monday afternoon, hunting for a pickup truck. There’d been plenty of activity going on at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department in recent...

Los Gatos High wrestling team gears up for league, CCS finals

The Los Gatos High wrestling team is well on its way to a third consecutive undefeated Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division regular-season championship.  After the Wildcats’ final dual meet against Lynbrook High on Feb. 8, they’ll turn their focus to the league tournament...

Coroner classifies Los Gatos woman’s death as a ‘homicide’

Coroner's composite
The death of 46-year-old Jennifer Cobb—who was found with her 50-year-old husband in a Los Gatos home, Feb. 15—has been classified as a “homicide” by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner. Her partner, Cornelius Bangma, died by suicide, the coroner determined. Both died...

Following impassioned pleas from high schoolers, Los Gatos agrees to raise Progress Pride Flag

high school student in a white shirt and short hair speaks
The Town of Los Gatos will raise a Progress Pride Flag during the month of June this year, after Council approved a Flag Policy update and a Pride Flag resolution, following heartfelt public comments from a contingent of local high schoolers on Tuesday night. Unlike...

69-year-old man claims LGS Rec rescinded job offer because of his age

Paul Taylor
A 69-year-old San Jose man has raised age discrimination concerns with state and federal authorities after a “building attendant” job offer he’d received from Los Gatos-Saratoga Community Education and Recreation (LGS Recreation) was yanked. On Friday, Paul Taylor—who says he’d made it through two rounds...

Bear Creek Stables opening to the public this spring

Giovanni the horse up-close
On Feb. 25, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approved a 12-year contract with Friends of Bear Creek Stables to operate the Los Gatos facility it’s named after. With the help of local businesses like Summit Store, and thanks to money from Netflix, $250,000...

Los Gatos High principal recalls helpless moments cradling student overdosing on opioid

narcan and principal
Los Gatos High School Principal Kevin Buchanan felt helpless on the third day of the 2021 school year. It wasn't the typical first-week-back chaos. Instead, Buchanan was sitting on the ground, cradling the body of a student—watching their face turn white, their body clammy,...

Barnes & Noble’s Los Gatos plans distress local shops

Vidi Vici Gallery
Owning a bookstore was a lifelong dream for Tanya Sedneva. And on Saturday, Beyond Text Bookstore will celebrate its one-year anniversary, with snacks, live music and other activities. “I can’t believe it’s been one year already, though at times it feels like it’s been just a...

3rd Tushar Atre killing verdict: 18-year-old driver convicted of felony murder

Courthouse at sunset
Kaleb Charters, the 18-year-old accused of dropping three people off in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz, in 2019, to rob and kidnap tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre, then driving up to the marijuana farm in Los Gatos where he'd worked...

Student musicians continue success

Los Gatos High School choir Alex Freiman
The Los Gatos (LGHS) and Saratoga High School (SHS) Music Departments earned top marks once again in music competitions this season. In addition to winning multiple competitions, student musicians have been selected to represent their school in regional, state and national competitions and performances, including...

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