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How much do you trust the liquid that comes out of your tap? According to the San Jose Water Quality Report for 2025, Los Gatos’ water clears the regulatory bar. But just because it meets drinking standards doesn’t mean it’s without contaminants.  The annual report...

July 12 A caller reported a man who let his dogs off the leash to play in the water at Creek Trail at 1:20pm. A driver was reportedly swerving on and off the road at Los Gatos Saratoga Road and University Avenue at 8:29pm. Men were reportedly...

Santa Clara County is growing older—and losing children faster—than nearly anywhere else in California. The county’s population has not fully recovered from its pandemic-era losses, remaining 0.9% below its 2020 count as of July 2025, according to the newest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Older adults...

Tana Duncan began her catering company, Salt & Stone, in 2017, and has been serving hungry mouths from Napa to Big Sur ever since. She’s no newcomer to working in the food and beverage industry. Twenty-two years ago, Duncan started working as a short-order...

Los Gatos resident and Assistant Winemaker at Testarossa, Katie Abelson, has called Los Gatos home since she was 8 years old. She’d lived in Switzerland and Belgium prior until her engineer father moved the family to the Bay Area town she has grown fonder...

July 5 Juveniles were reportedly using a speaker to blast loud music and talk in a car at Harwood Road and Harwood Court at 1:29am. Someone reportedly stole a couple of bottles of champagne from Whole Foods on Los Gatos Boulevard at 10:27am. A driver reportedly ran...

“Los Gatos is watching your car. Drones are circling downtown right now.” That’s how San Jose-based Kip “Your Real Estate Dude” Barnard kicked-off a June 27 Instagram reel that’s racked up almost 2,000 likes since it was posted. But is it true? We reached out to...

It was 2008 and the British Conservative Party was ascendant after a decade of losses. Steve Hilton, a top adviser to future Prime Minister David Cameron, was a source of great curiosity for the British press; he eschewed suits, rode a bike to work,...

June 28 A bike was reported stolen at Tamarack Apartments on University Avenue. The theft occurred June 27, but was reported on June 28 at 2:32pm. A caller reported loud music playing for hours on Castlewood Drive at 7:58pm. A caller reported that four men attempted to...

Finn Allan is a go-getter. An avid fly fisher, Allan helped bring the renowned International Fly Fishing Festival (IF4) for a single screening to the CineLux Los Gatos Theatre on Aug. 23 at 10am. This is the lone IF4 showing in the Bay Area–the...