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On Saturday, Feb. 7, the steps of the Los Gatos Library became a site of mourning and resilience as residents from across Los Gatos and surrounding area gathered to acknowledge the escalating humanitarian crisis in Iran. Los Gatos Vice Mayor Maria Ristow attended the gathering,...

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...

Santiago Ibarra took the fluffy (if a little wet) snow, formed into a ball and launched it like a rocket towards his unsuspecting older sister Adilene. They’d come up to Sempervirens Point Day Use Area at Castle Rock State Park from their home in Ben...

With wind gusts having hit 40 miles per hour at Mt. Umunhum, and the San Lorenzo River swelling to more than eight feet in height thanks to unrelenting rains, two rafters had to be rescued south of Felton. The man got out unscathed, but the...

Feb. 1  A group of juvenile males were reported smoking cannabis in an apartment driveway near a dumpster on Downing Oak Court at 2:03pm. Someone stole $150 worth of alcohol at Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 10:36pm. Feb. 2 A caller reported she hit a parked...

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley has discontinued distributing food to residents in Los Gatos after being asked to stop by the Los Gatos United Methodist Church, a spokesperson for the food pantry told the Los Gatan. “Los Gatos United Methodist Church recently notified Second Harvest...

On Feb. 2, my fellow student Louisa Horwath and I organized a large student-led protest against ICE that brought together over 300 participants from our school and community. The protest involved a coordinated walk through town—and days of thorough planning and collaboration. We organized student marshals...

Last Saturday morning, during the Los Gatos Anti-Racism Coalition vigil on the Civic Center Lawn, two easels displayed the names of those “Who We Have Lost.”It was a respectful and peaceful gathering of 50-60 adults, mostly Los Gatans. A vigil is defined as a...

On Thursday morning, the People called Jane Doe 8 in the ongoing trial of Shannon O’Connor, the Los Gatos mom accused of being reckless with the lives of youth by giving them alcohol and encouraging them to have sex while at her house, and...

Jan. 25  A burglary was reported at Moore Clinical Aesthetics on Los Gatos Boulevard at 10:40am. A caller reported a man with shopping carts blocking the road on Los Gatos-Almaden Road and Howes Drive at 12:08pm. Jan. 26 Someone stole a pro-Donald Trump banner that said “Never Surrender”...