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A docent is a person who acts as a knowledgeable guide or educator, most commonly as a trained volunteer, teacher or lecturer at a museum, art gallery, zoo or historical site—or even at a Los Gatos-area school. The word comes from the Latin docere,...

Sept. 6 A vehicle accident with no injuries reportedly left a wheel bent backwards at West Main Street and Victory Lane at 1:01am. A woman went to the emergency room and reported that her significant other fractured her nose on East Main Street at 3:44am. Approximately $1,332...

By Sasha Ryu On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 members of al-Qaeda hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners, but only three of the planes reached their intended targets. The fourth, believed to have been headed for the U.S. Capitol or the White House, crashed instead in a...

Aug. 30 A couple at Andale Taqueria on North Santa Cruz Avenue was reportedly aggressive when the caller asked them to leave at 10:41am. Someone was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after striking the caller in the face, destroying her home and throwing things at her...

By Sasha Ryu, Contributor On Sept. 1, the Town Council adopted changes and additions to its objective design standards for multi-family and mixed-use housing projects in Los Gatos. The updated standards focus on two main categories: site standards and building standards. The changes establish the...

San Jose Police have arrested eight suspects—including five teenagers—in connection with a fatal shooting that happened June 28 near the main entertainment zone for World Cup festivities in San Jose. Six of them (including a 17-year-old minor) were charged with murder; two others (including an...

The Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation (VMSF) will host “9/11 at 25: Keepers of the Flame,” a community tribute honoring the heroes, victims and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, on Friday, Sept. 11, beginning at 9:30am. The ceremony will take place at...

Sasha Ryu, Contributor This August, the Los Gatos Town Council came a step closer to meeting its state-mandated goal of creating 1,993 new housing units by 2031. Progress on two housing proposals drew mixed reactions from the public, with one receiving more support than the...

Walk into almost any high school classroom today, and you will find students asking variations of the same transactional question: "Is this going to be on the test?" or "Does this count toward my diploma requirements?" In a rapidly changing world, adolescents are under...

Aug. 23 A large tree reportedly fell down on Shannon Road and Surview Drive and took out the power at 1:44am. Aug. 24 Someone who resides on Brooke Acres Court reportedly lost their driver’s license at 10:52am. A caller’s son’s mountain bike was reportedly stolen from the front...