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Los Gatos’ revised Housing Element rejected
Los Gatos' residential housing plan is still not up to snuff yet, according to State reviewers.
While Campbell got good marks from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for its Housing Element back in March, Los Gatos’s draft of its housing document was...
San Jose Water fires up solar power stations in Los Gatos and Saratoga
The publicly traded company that provides Los Gatos with water recently got the go-ahead to fire up two solar power generating stations—one in Los Gatos and one in Saratoga.
Together they’ll help keep about 21 tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere each year,...
Los Gatan officially designated ‘Newspaper of General Circulation’
As the sunlight poured into the Santa Clara County Superior Court room, May 30, illuminating the three-panel abstract ocean scene on an austere wooden wall, Judge Evette Pennypacker was on her game, despite reduced access to digital paperwork over the Memorial Day Weekend, due...
E. Main Street business targeted in egging (Police Blotter: May 28-June 3)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 28-June 3.
May 28
• An unknown suspect threw eggs at a business on E. Main Street.
• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and driving...
Senior Services Commission prepares new report for Council
At the regularly scheduled May 23 Community Health and Senior Services Commission, members commended the efforts of organizers of a recent seniors fair, where upwards of 200 people attended and plenty of useful information was handed out about service providers.
Lydia Norcia, who was appointed...
Fighting fentanyl: Mother honors son with Jolly10K run
Leslie Gentry has a smile that’s so infectious it can lift your spirits even on a bad day.
It hurts to think that the 50-year-old comic book store office manager could have lost a child to fentanyl. But that’s what happened—her 22-year-old son Jolly Jones...
Data shows slight decrease in number of unhoused people
The number of unhoused people counted across Santa Clara County dropped slightly compared to last year, according to preliminary results of the 2023 Point-in-Time (PIT) homeless census.
The data, released May 30 by the County of Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, shows...
Two fatally struck after getting out of vehicle on Hwy 17
Two people died after getting out of a car and being struck by another vehicle on Highway 17 in Campbell early Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The collision was reported at 4:12am on southbound Highway 17 north of Hamilton Avenue.
CHP officers arrived...
Suspect throws a cinder block through a business’ window on Oak Meadow Drive (Police Blotter, May 14-20)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 14-20, 2023.
May 14
• Someone stole tools from a vehicle parked on Park Avenue.
• A man was reportedly yelling at passersby on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 1:20pm.
May 15
• A...
Incoming assistant town manager excited for Silicon Valley return
After heading to SoCal about a year ago, following a decade in the Cupertino city manager’s office, Katy Nomura is returning to Silicon Valley, to fill the vacancy left by Los Gatos’ former Assistant Town Manager Arn Andrews’ departure.
She’s set to start work in...
