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Testarossa’s 2021 vintage is winemaker Bill Brosseau’s 25th harvest
When Bill Brosseau graduated from UC Davis, he moved down to the Novitiate in Los Gatos, the home of Testarossa Winery. Just two years later he replaced founding winemaker Ed Kurtzman, becoming the force behind the juggernaut success of the brand named for proprietor...
Covid-19 vaccine ‘boosters’ available for immunocompromised
Now that federal authorities have issued specific guidelines for “booster” shots for some people, public health officials, healthcare providers and volunteers are in the midst of a renewed push for vaccination against Covid-19 in Santa Clara County.
More than 95 percent of eligible Los Gatos...
Weeklys staff recognized at California Journalism Awards gala
Several Los Gatan contributors were honored by the California News Publishers Association at the 2023 California Journalism Awards gala in Los Angeles Saturday for work in sister publications.
Todd Guild, a Weeklys editor, won first place in the Coverage of Youth and Education category for...
An afternoon meeting with a prospective Congressman
-Updated with a statement from a spokesperson for Sam Liccardo on Aug. 1, 2024
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, I was sitting inside Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co., waiting for State Assemblymember Evan Low to appear, when I received a text informing me he...
‘I thought you were building the Taj Mahal,’ says neighbor to Vinodha and Rajeev Bala during fence dispute hearing
Planning Commission granted an exception to allow a homeowner to keep part of an eight-foot fence that was installed to appease a neighbor
Charlie Palmer sees huge potential in area’s food and wine scene
For many, the name Charlie Palmer is immediately associated with his eponymous steak houses—and his Michelin star gem Aureole—in Manhattan.
But, it’s also synonymous with Sonoma Wine Country and Dry Creek Kitchen, a pioneering restaurant that helped establish Healdsburg’s status as an international culinary destination.
His...
Anxiety over regional economy continues
Two weeks after it collapsed in the face of a run on its deposits, former tech-lending giant Silicon Valley Bank—and the health of big and small technology companies—was in the national headlines once again.
Late in the night on Sunday, March 26, the Federal Deposit...
Congregations come together for Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
They may not have packed a room the way they did in pre-Covid-19 times—when around 1,000 people turned up for the community’s Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service—but the around 125-strong in-person crowd was augmented by additional attendees participating remotely.
Jeffrey Hall, the senior pastor at Los...
Gas prices hit record highs as oil demand grows
California's average price for a gallon of gasoline is the highest in the United States, with Santa Clara County among the most expensive in the state, according to the Automobile Association of America.
As of March 8, the average price for regular gas in California...
Local crews helping to fight LA wildfires
By now, people across the country—and beyond America’s borders—have seen visuals of the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California from the safety of their homes, on TV and via the internet.
As the world watches, local firefighters have been in the thick of...

















