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March 27, 2026

Educational institution celebrating a quarter-century in operation

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Stratford School’s Los Gatos campuses are kicking-off their Summer@Stratford summer camp programs this week. And officials tell the Los Gatan there’s still time to register your child at www.stratfordschools.com/summer. The educational institution is celebrating its 25th year in operation in the Bay Area. The Los Gatos Belgatos...

Los Gatos moves forward with paid-parking plan

Wayfinding and Parking Sign Design
In its effort to divert employees of downtown merchants away from parking spots on main streets to plentiful options nearby, Los Gatos has been considering rule updates. And that includes charging in some locations. When confronted with two wayfinding and parking sign concepts, March 15,...

Computer retailing pioneer Don Wolf dies at 92

Wolf in a September 2021 photo by Dan Pulcrano
Computer retailing pioneer Don Wolf died May 30 at the age of 92, after recovering from a bout of Covid-19 earlier in the month, family members announced. Wolf opened Idea Computer on N. Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Los Gatos in 1982. It shortly thereafter...

Purchase adds more acreage to open space preserve

sierra azul open space preserve
The largest preserve in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District just got a little bigger, with the purchase of 42 acres in the Mount Umunhum area of the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, district officials said Feb. 9. The property, purchased for $168,000, is located...

Volunteers gather for Los Gatos Creek Trail cleanup

cleanup crew
On Saturday morning, Los Gatos Kiwanis boardmember Nancy Pearson arrived at Old Forbes Mill with coffee and donuts in-hand, prepared to guide members of the Los Gatos High School Key Club, and other volunteers, on an environmental spruce-up.  While embarking on this green clean, Pearson...

Handgun and Pokemon cards stolen from unlocked vehicle on Farley Road (Police Blotter, July 9-15)

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From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of July 9-15. July 9 • A woman was reportedly yelling near a pool on Forrest Avenue at 12:04am. • Someone smashed a vehicle’s window on Royce Street. • Two people in a vehicle reportedly...

Travel Advisors winds down after 64 years

Ed Stahl
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...

Local Scene: Recall election certified, Housing Element update begins

santa clara county ballot drop box
Recall election certified The Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election has been certified in Santa Clara County, Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey announced Oct. 14. The majority of voters within Los Gatos voted against the recall, according to county election data, with precincts reporting between 57-74...

Following impassioned pleas from high schoolers, Los Gatos agrees to raise Progress Pride Flag

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The Town of Los Gatos will raise a Progress Pride Flag during the month of June this year, after Council approved a Flag Policy update and a Pride Flag resolution, following heartfelt public comments from a contingent of local high schoolers on Tuesday night. Unlike...

O’Connor rejects sentence offered by judge

Santa Clara County Superior Court
Had she gone for it, the Los Gatos mother likely could have wrapped up at least two of her court cases. But on Tuesday afternoon, Shannon O’Connor officially rejected a 17-year, four-month sentence offered by Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson in Santa Clara County Superior Court. O’Connor,...

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