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The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced Aug. 27 that Los Gatos High School, and the Town would be partnering for an unforgettable remembrance on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The ceremony, which will honor alumni Mark Bingham and Todd...

Libraries are one of the few places in Silicon Valley where people enter for free and leave the richer for it. And I’m not just talking about the knowledge found between the covers of a book. Discreetly located in the entrance of Los Gatos Library...

A carport fire in the Fern Ridge neighborhood near the Santa Cruz Mountains summit that spread to surrounding vegetation was stopped in its tracks today before it could devour any homes or become an out-of-control wildland blaze. But as firefighters flipped charred building remains hunting...

It was a warm, breezy day as my intrepid history-loving guide, Cosimo Linstadt, adroitly piloted the electric ATV past a riot of yellow Scottish broom that swept into the roadway. The sun’s rays released their heady perfume into the summer air. Linstadt, a retail...

On May 10, Monte Sereno resident Kim Simon was making last-minute arrangements ahead of a quick trip to Los Cabos, Mexico with her husband. She figured they better catch up with their general contractor, who was midway through the construction of their pool house. She dashed...

Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan has announced she’s stepping down. “I am retiring because I have served as a municipal lawyer since 1995 and it is simply time for the next chapter,” she told the Los Gatan in an email on Monday. “Los Gatos is obviously...

Aug. 9 Three male juveniles were reportedly throwing rocks and cussing at passersby at Los Gatos High School on High School Court at 7:46pm. A juvenile on a mountain bike was riding on the sidewalk recklessly on Los Gatos Boulevard at 8:30pm. Two juveniles were reportedly ding-dong...

The Battle of Blossom Hill grocers has ended before it had much of a chance to heat up. Four months after Amazon-owned Whole Foods opened a giant new store directly across Blossom Hill Road Los Gatos Almaden Road from Los Gatos mainstay Nob Hill Foods,...

Waymo has expanded its operations into Los Gatos for the first time, making driverless rides available to around 100 residents in the North 40 neighborhood. The autonomous vehicles’ service area currently extends south to Pollard Road and Lark Avenue, and autonomous specialists were seen riding...

Council voted 3-2 to approve  $16,200 in sustaining grants Aug. 4 after a debate over the Town’s oversight of rental assistance funding, rejecting a $3,000 request from the Los Gatos Anti-Racism Coalition. The same vote cut annual funding for Counseling and Support Services for Youth...