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From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 25-July 1. June 25 • A caller reported dogs barking for an hour on Kennedy Road. • Petty theft was reported at a business on Los Gatos Boulevard. • A vehicle was reportedly...

Assemblymember Gail Pellerin this week was appointed Chair of the Assembly Elections Committee by Speaker Robert Rivas. Pellerin, who represents the 28th Assembly District which includes Los Gatos, served as the chief elections official in Santa Cruz County from 1993 until her retirement in 2020....

Three suspects involved in an armed robbery this morning near Highway 9 and State Route 35—where Skyline Boulevard and the route between Saratoga and Boulder Creek intersect—were at large on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said a victim had their...

Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless—and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300 a month could have kept them off the streets. That's according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that...

Cal Fire announced Monday the suspension of all burn permits for outdoor residential burning in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa counties as well as western portions of Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties that will take effect Friday.  The agency said an abundant grass crop resulting...

Frozen fruit products including cherries and blueberries sold at six major retailers have been voluntarily recalled for possible Listeria contamination, the Food and Drug Administration shared on its website June 21. The products, sold at Walmart, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Target and Aldi stores, were...

California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot on June 21 shared California's progress on the 30X30 plan, a goal to protect 30% of the state's land and coastal waters by 2030.  California has preserved nearly 1,000 square miles of land and sea in the first year...

California was awarded more than $1.8 billion in federal funding to expand access to affordable, high-speed internet in the state, U.S. senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla announced on Monday. Approximately one in five Californians lacks access to reliable and affordable high-speed internet, Feinstein said...

Los Gatos has been trying to hang on to environmental grants for a bike path along Shannon Road while still appeasing neighbors who didn't support the designs and felt like the Town hadn’t been listening to their concerns. The Town had secured a federal $940,100...

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department officers confiscated a firearm, Saturday, following a traffic stop where police drew their guns in the arrest of a suspect. The San Jose Police Department shared information about a vehicle it said was connected to a man suspected of pointing...