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Updated: ‘Batteries should never be disposed of with your regular trash or recycling’
Updated: Thursday, Feb. 6 at 11:14am
Just after 7am Monday, the California Highway Patrol posted on Twitter about a traffic operation on Highway 17, north of Alma Bridge Road.
"A truck hauling trash caught fire," a spokesperson for the agency's San Jose station wrote. "Currently, there...
‘Brilliant’ businessman who developed swaths of Silicon Valley dies
Condominium and apartment developer John N. Brezzo, who built wide swaths of the Silicon Valley and founded the First Community Housing affordable housing corporation, died on Dec. 4. He was 79.
He is survived by his children Susan, 53, Steven, 52, Pietro, 44, and Marley,...
LGHS auditorium packed for congressional town hall
As some of those in attendance at the Los Gatos High School auditorium began to speak, one could hear the trembling and defiance in their voices.
Each related a somewhat different concern, during the town hall hosted Thursday by area congressmen Jimmy Panetta and Sam...
Tenants will have more time to respond to eviction notices
Tenants in California will now have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month.
The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a...
Where to celebrate the New Year in Los Gatos and the South Bay
New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday in 2022, providing an extra day to recover before the work week begins. Clubs and venues around Los Gatos and the South Bay have planned accordingly. All events are on Dec. 31, unless otherwise noted.
The focus is...
Architects win delay in already-overdue Objective Standards process
Los Gatos is months behind on creating design rules for new condominiums and apartments, but the process hit another snag, Aug. 24, after local architects asked for extra time to give input.
Representing that group was Bess Wiersema, the owner of Studio3 Design, who decried...
Bike and pedestrian infrastructure celebrated in Los Gatos with opening of Hwy 9 bridge
On an overcast spring day—20 years after planning began—a new prefabricated pedestrian, bicycle and ADA-compliant bridge was dedicated at Highway 9.
It links Highway 9 to the Los Gatos Creek Trailhead, and is located beside an existing bridge.
At this brief dedication were the visionaries who...
Council gives Town Manager Laurel Prevetti fond farewell
The bittersweet tributes poured in during the only item on the regular agenda at Council, Sept. 3: final professional goodbyes to Los Gatos Town Manager Laurel Prevetti, who spent a decade at the helm of the Silicon Valley community.
But perhaps none were more poignant...
Aydon Stefanopoulos takes 5th in CIF State Championships, a performance that could portend to even greater races and times
As Aydon Stefanopoulos was standing in the awards ceremony after placing fifth in the CIF State Cross Country Championship Division II boys race on Nov. 26, he nearly had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.
That’s because standing alongside him were 1-2...
How Can We Make Shannon Road Safer?
Spray paint along on Shannon Road indicating where speed humps and other municipal infrastructure will go is a taste of what's to come.
But for now, students continue to wander along the shoulder, since there's no sidewalk in some segments, while cars race by.
But a...
