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A man was arrested Oct. 19 after reportedly causing a multi-vehicle collision in Campbell that killed a man and injured others. According to Campbell Police, at about 12:52pm, officers responded to the intersection of San Tomas Expressway and Campbell Avenue for the crash. The driver of...

Santa Clara County Assistant Fire Chief Brian Glass was on the way down the mountain from Los Gatos’ newest fire station to the department’s headquarters on Winchester Boulevard, Oct. 16, when he spotted a column of smoke. At 4:06pm he called in a fire and...

Oct. 8 • A man was reportedly going door-to-door asking for water on Briggs Court at 8:16am.  • A man was arrested on Los Gatos Boulevard for disorderly conduct and for a parole violation at 9:30am. • Grand theft was reported at a business on N. Santa...

Police estimated at least 600 people attended an Israel solidarity gathering at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, Oct. 12, which included an overflow room. The event, organized by Jewish Silicon Valley, drew a variety of regional faith and political leaders in the...

It’s often said that locally owned businesses are the heart and soul of a city, and by extension, a nation. By that standard, one would be hard-pressed to find a more compelling story than BRracing. The B stands for Bruce, the father, and the...

The doldrums of the pandemic, as millions of older adults were killed by the coronavirus across the country, were a wake-up call to local leaders who watched seniors too-often suffering in isolation. And now, as the novel coronavirus fades from memory for many, efforts to...

When Julia Ernsting, now 16, was in fifth grade, she was stressed out with more than just the daily grind of homework and tests. That's because she was frequently traveling up the peninsula to San Francisco to check on an immediate family member who had...

While multiple Housing Element Advisory Board members took issue with some of the more progressive language in the latest draft of the Housing Element, Sept. 28, everyone but Councilmember Matthew Hudes ended up voting to make no changes to the document before submitting the...

Margaret Smith, a Los Gatos resident who recently ran for Town Council and helped establish the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), was sad to hear that Rural Supply, the Los Gatos’ Ace Hardware location on Santa Cruz...

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...