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Santa Clara County Fire Department promoted its first female chief recently. Suwanna Kerdkaew, formerly the department's deputy chief of administration, was appointed by the county Board of Supervisors. She replaces former chief Tony Bowden, who retired after being on injury leave. Kerdkaew is a 20-year fire...

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...

The executive director of the San Jose police officers’ union has been charged with buying and distributing fentanyl for more than eight years, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney in U.S. District Court in San Jose. Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, was charged...

On March 2, Peregrine Hospitality, a hotel company with a $2.5 billion portfolio, announced it had acquired Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos, as well as The Lodge at Tiburon—facilities that serve what’s known in the business as “drive-to-leisure” markets. “These are both exceptionally well-located...

On Dec. 18, the Santa Clara County Board of Education welcomed two new trustees and elected its 2025 president and vice president. Trustee Maimona Afzal Berta, elected to the board in 2022, was named president for a second time, and Trustee ​Victoria Chon was...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 17-23. April 17 • Someone vandalized a retaining wall with graffiti on Escobar Avenue. • A box of jewelry was reported stolen from a home on Cherrystone Drive. • A man was arrested...

The Highway 17 trek back and forth “over the hill” between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz—with its rush-hour chaos and treacherous turns on rainy days—is a route many are all too familiar with. At the summit lies a reddish structure that has been seen by...

At just 18, Sulaiman Kaamil is changing the way students access and share knowledge worldwide. The Gilroy-based founder of Selnotes Technologies launched the education startup while still in high school, and says it’s already grown to over 5,000 users across 70 countries. The idea was...

Despite getting swept by Central Coast Section power Palo Alto High last week, the Los Gatos High baseball team still controls its destiny to make the playoffs.  The Wildcats enter the week with a 6-6 record in the Santa Clara Valley League’s De Anza Division,...

On Friday—and well into Saturday morning—Los Gatos High School graduates got to spend one last night together at the no-alcohol, no-drugs extravaganza known as Grad Night, before heading their separate ways. While there may have been fewer decorations this year, there were more activities. These...