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July 2, 2025

SCCFD opens fire station in the Santa Cruz Mountains

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Construction on the new 8,200-square-foot Redwood Fire Station began July 2021, and last week the community got the first glimpse of this gleaming facility. For the past 45 years, this station consisted of 2,020 square feet of prefabricated, modular living quarters—with the apparatus bay in...

Mayor Rob Rennie thanks supporters in Assembly race concession message

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Los Gatos' mayor, Rob Rennie, sent out 45,000 texts in recent weeks as he sought the District 28 seat in the State Assembly. But last night, after trailing Monte Sereno councilmember Liz Lawler and former Santa Cruz County clerk Gail Pellerin for a week, he...

20-year-old arrested for having alcohol; delivery driver blocking driveway “hocked a loogie” (Police Blotter: Nov. 14 – 20)

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Police Blotter Nov. 14 • An ATM was vandalized on South Santa Cruz Avenue. Nov. 15 • Someone stole a bicycle from a business on the 400 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue. • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and...

During School Bus Safety Week, CHP urges residents to take caution

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With National School Bus Safety Week underway, the California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to stop for the carriers of the most precious cargo. Running Oct. 17-21, the week is meant to bring awareness to the personal responsibility involved in ensuring students make it to...

Town of Los Gatos doubles amount for parking ticket processor

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During its last meeting of 2022, Los Gatos Town Council passed a six-figure increase to the amount it will pay to Turbo Data Systems, Inc. for parking permit and ticket processing. In a unanimous vote, Council agreed to up the amount to send to the...

Community rallies around teacher hit by truck while walking downtown Los Gatos

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On Tuesday, February 27, local teacher Sarah Glover was walking in downtown Los Gatos when she was hit by a large pickup truck. She was rushed to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's Level 1 Trauma Center, where doctors and nurses treated her brain injury, multiple...

Court of Appeal considers whether to free ‘party mom’ again

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California’s 6th District Court of Appeal heard arguments Oct. 13 about whether a Los Gatos woman charged with throwing alcohol-fuelled parties for teens should be released from jail. A Superior Court judge denied bail for Shannon O’Connor earlier this year, but the State Supreme Court...

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and Los Gatos community members have played key roles in getting the word out about the disease, helping secure critical funding for lifesaving research in the process. Eighty-two-year-old Diane Borrison, a 15-year survivor, says pancreatic cancer is one of...

Travel Advisors winds down after 64 years

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In the last six decades, many things have changed in Los Gatos, and throughout it all, businessman Ed Stahl has been a community anchor. The Brooklyn-born Stahl moved to California following a stint in the US Army to work as a regional manager for...

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