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The news that the Town's senior legal mind was moving on was announced early Monday. And while Town Attorney Rob Schultz still plans to stay in his position until Dec. 30, residents and business leaders recollected on his "fair-minded" and accessible approach to handling local...

The ACLU of Northern California is stepping up its pressure campaign against the Town of Los Gatos, threatening legal action if it doesn’t reverse a rebuke of a Planning Commissioner who complained to state officials about a referendum drive that quashed residential densification plans. It’s...

Even though Los Gatos residents’ household expenses are 88.4% higher than the American average, the bills only account for 27% of income, according to a new report from doxoinsights. The average household in Los Gatos pays $3,856 a month on bills—or $46,270 out of $168,829...

Despite waves of consolidation in the surfing and skateboarding industries, and the challenges faced by brick and mortar retail with the growth of digital shopping, Los Gatos’ NC Boardshop has stood as a steadfast presence. The storefront at 16203 Los Gatos Boulevard is as unassuming...

On Jan. 1, the Julie A. Emede official became Presiding Judge, while the Eric S. Geffon was named an assistant presiding judge, with the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Emede, who previously served as an assistant presiding judge, succeeds Beth McGowen, whose term as presiding...

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District has agreed to pay a former student athlete $3.485 million for sexual abuse that she said she endured for more than three years, in a settlement announced this week. Beginning in 1999, the plaintiff in the case,...

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged Chaparral Ranch, the former manager of Bear Creek Stables in Los Gatos, with criminally failing to care for a horse that died from malnutrition and heat stroke last year. Honey the horse was found unable to...

When the body burns fat, where does it go? In Los Gatos, those burned calories can be converted into cash for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley. Mint Condition Fitness, which has helped Los Gatans and residents from surrounding communities hit their fitness goals...

Updated: April 10, 2024 at 11:05am The three-way 16th District race for Congress is now in doubt, since paperwork to initiate a recount has officially been filed. Elections officials told the Los Gatan Monday that formal documents had been submitted to double-check ballots in the contest,...

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has responded to concerns following a situation where federal immigration agents visited the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas. "Over the past several weeks, we have observed an increase in the presence of ICE agents at County facilities and the Superior Court," a...