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​​Memory care facility survives appeal by neighbors
An approved Swenson Builders memory care and assisted living facility, planned for Los Gatos, survived a challenge that featured two mayoral voices from neighboring Monte Sereno, during the Sept. 19 Town Council meeting.
Former mayor and recent State Assembly candidate Liz Lawler and current mayor...
Visit Health opens recovery center
In August, Visit Health celebrated a milestone with the opening of its first residential rehabilitation facility and Intensive Outpatient Clinic (IOP) in Los Gatos, where the company is based.Â
The IOP, located at 16400 Lark Ave., Suite 240, provides a comprehensive range of recovery services.
Visit...
Neighbor reported to police for refusing to move road cones; senior injured (Police Blotter, Sept. 10-16)
Sept. 10
• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Stacia Street at 12:50am.
• A caller said their neighbor reportedly refused to remove road cones from the street on Caldwell Avenue.
• A person reportedly broke their...
Skimming device reportedly installed on ATM in downtown Los Gatos (Police Blotter, Sept. 3-9)
Sept. 3
• A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Cherry Blossom Lane and Shannon Road at 1:32pm.
• A man reportedly stole eight bottles of liquor from a store on Blossom Hill Road at 2:51pm.
• A man was reportedly pushing a...
After legal threat, Los Gatos compromises with gun lobby
Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan said Sept. 5 in her closed session report that the Town Council had met in private to discuss a legal threat from the gun lobby, which asked Los Gatos to delay enforcing its new concealed carry ordinance on public transit,...
‘You dumb young people think you can get away with everything’ (Police Blotter, Aug. 27-Sept. 2)
Aug. 27
• A woman was arrested for trespassing on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:12am.
• Someone stole a vehicle’s catalytic converter on Cypress Way.
• A man was reportedly following a woman on S. Santa Cruz Avenue and W. Main Street at 9:38pm, saying, “You...
High schooler seeks volunteers for West Valley mental health organization
Niku Sedarat, who is just starting her senior year of high school at De Anza College, has been building a mental health organization called Unité over the past year that’s helping West Valley youth who are going through tough times.
While the 17-year-old knows she...
Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell abused cocaine, stalked and harassed Los Gatos woman, petition alleged
Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell lived in Los Gatos and was slapped with a restraining order a year before a Oct. 9, 2021 meltdown in Bethel, N.Y., in which he flipped off and threatened to kill audience members and flashed a Nazi salute.
The petition...
Group says Town needs to add more sites to housing list
In an Aug. 22 letter to Los Gatos’ Community Development Director Joel Paulson, the Los Gatos Community Alliance asked for more properties to be added to—not erased from—the list of sites where residential development is encouraged.
It was a different strategy for a group that...
Water district’s creek cleanup program grows
Over the last decade, Valley Water has continued to spend more money on cleaning up homeless encampments around Silicon Valley. In fiscal year 2013-14, the regional water wholesaler put $786,085 into the initiative. That grew to $1.5 million just a few years later, then...
