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Artificial Intelligence use grows at Prospect High School
Cheating and plagiarism aren’t exactly new challenges for educators to have to contend with.
But, with AI machines like ChatGPT and Gemini making academic misconduct easier—while also showing promise as an important educational tool—many high schools are racing to develop new policies to deal with...
First-to-be-approved Builder’s Remedy project features 30 condos, including 6 affordable units
At the May 27 Council meeting, Los Gatos approved the first by-right residential project that invoked the “Builder’s Remedy” tool meant to chastise the municipality for not handing in a compliant Housing Element on time.
While the four-story condo building with commercial space on the...
Travel Advisors winds down after 64 years
In the last six decades, many things have changed in Los Gatos, and throughout it all, businessman Ed Stahl has been a community anchor. The Brooklyn-born Stahl moved to California following a stint in the US Army to work as a regional manager for...
Recyclers face off on hard-to-reuse pick-ups
Startups are constantly thinking of new ways to solve old problems, and recycling is an area ripe for reinvention.
That’s the picture painted by Ridwell, a waste-diversion company based in Seattle, Washington.
This supplementary recycling “B Corp” wants to give Silicon Valley consumers another method of keeping...
UPDATED: Unhoused man booked for drug and weapon offenses following Council lockdown Tuesday night
You might have thought that passing the budget (approved unanimously)—or perhaps the signing-off on new housing units—would've proved the most intense part of the June 3 Los Gatos Council meeting.
However, a little after 9pm, during an intermission, Councilmember Rob Rennie made a comment in...
Senior living facilities officially open their doors
Two different South Bay senior living facilities held their opening ceremonies on the same day last week.
On Thursday, The Grove senior living community in Los Gatos officially launched with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, hosted by the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce.
The property, which is adjacent...
Antoine’s Cookie Shop to open Los Gatos location in June
What initially started out in 2013 as a pastime for Antoine Tang—baking cookies out of his home kitchen—has slowly turned into a sweet business. As part of an effort to scale up that was 12 years in the making, Tang operates two Antoine’s Cookies...
Monte Sereno selects top planner Diana Perkins for City Manager
The City of Monte Sereno has decided to hire longtime urban planner Diana Perkins as city manager—who has been running the small Silicon Valley municipality on an interim basis, since the departure of former head Steve Leonardis.
The selection was approved at council on May...
Sage Cobb reflects on term as Youth Poet Laureate
Los Gatos High School Junior Sage Cobb is the current 2025 Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate. Los Gatos, May 20, 2025: As their term as the 2025 Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate draws to a close this June, Los Gatos High School...
Los Gatos begins slashing services to reduce deficit
Town staff came into the May 20 Council meeting proposing nearly a million dollars in operations cuts, as local officials fear the Donald Trump Administration could cut key funding programs—and some revenue-generating ideas (such as pot dispensaries) weren’t approved in recent years.
But even with...
