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California lawmakers introduced 4,821 bills in 2024. Most of these were tossed out or otherwise rejected during the months-long legislative process. Just 1,206 made it to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, with 1,017 getting signed into law. Here are a few of the more notable Assembly...

Several Los Gatan contributors were honored by the California News Publishers Association at the 2023 California Journalism Awards gala in Los Angeles Saturday for work in sister publications. Todd Guild, a Weeklys editor, won first place in the Coverage of Youth and Education category for...

When the first bouts of Covid-19 hit the news, people went into a frenzy, leading to one of the greatest social isolations in modern history. As the first year ended, many were asking, Will we be able to have the holiday traditions and connect...

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...

Sept. 3 • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Cherry Blossom Lane and Shannon Road at 1:32pm. • A man reportedly stole eight bottles of liquor from a store on Blossom Hill Road at 2:51pm. • A man was reportedly pushing a...

The Los Gatos Town Council introduced an ordinance Nov. 1 that would guide the development of lot-split housing, a type of project that’s been mandated by Sacramento in a bid to solve the affordability crisis. The permanent plan to address Senate Bill 9 would replace...

On Friday afternoon, Coskun Abik, 48, inspected the flooring work underway at the site of his new venture in Los Gatos. The Kurdish chef from Cypress behind such Bay Area eateries as Blind Butcher SF, Dunya Bistro and Moka Coffee SF is opening a Greek-Anatolian...

Melaney Crees, the founder of a Savannah-based botanical skincare brand called Aureterra, will be visiting Ethos in Los Gatos ahead of the day we honor our mothers, and the mother figures in our lives. Organizers say “Reset the Ritual: A Mother's Day Experience” is an...

In Santa Clara County, Evan Low gained eleven additional votes in the recount for a total of 25,093, while Joe Simitian gained seven votes for a total of 23,775. These results will be added to the recount results in San Mateo County to determine...

Seven touchdowns on 14 plays.  No, that’s not a typo. That’s what the Los Gatos High football team did in its Oct. 28 Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division game against Mountain View before most of the starters were pulled in the third quarter...