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Lot adjustment appeal shot-down after developer produces map from 1927
The Los Gatos Town Council rejected an appeal by a neighbor opposed to a proposed lot adjustment on a Los Robles Way property.
Following a bit of back-and-forth with Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan about the 17200 Los Robles Way site—and after the developer produced an...
Veterans eye 4 Tait Avenue building
Wayne Heimsoth peered in the window of the terracotta roofed former home of the Los Gatos Art Museum on the corner of Tait Avenue and West Main Street.
In the midmorning sun last Thursday, he remarked on what appeared to be new carpet. The 77-year-old...
SB9 rules: Los Gatos introduces permanent lot-split ordinance
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...
Volunteers gather for Los Gatos Creek Trail cleanup
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...
3rd Tushar Atre killing verdict: 18-year-old driver convicted of felony murder
Kaleb Charters, the 18-year-old accused of dropping three people off in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz, in 2019, to rob and kidnap tech executive and cannabis entrepreneur Tushar Atre, then driving up to the marijuana farm in Los Gatos where he'd worked...
Youth reported for spraying a fence on Worcester Loop with ketchup; mountain bike stolen (Police Blotter, March 19-25)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of March 19-25.
March 19
• A mountain bike was reported stolen from a home on Winchester Circle.
March 20
• Vehicles were burglarized on Massol Avenue and Bachman Avenue.
• A man was reportedly standing...
Sahr’s Passages: How did a man from a prominent Sierra Leonean family end up homeless in Los Gatos?
He has much in common with other residents of Los Gatos: He’s a veteran who grew up in a family with mining interests overseas. He’ll buy you a cold drink on a hot day. When he’s offered a free beer at the bar he...
Residents get crash-course on what to do during an earthquake
Local residents went through a dry-run of how to react to a natural disaster, Saturday, when they were hit with a 7.2 magnitude “earthquake.” The imaginary calamity was organized by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Community Emergency Response Team.
The participants were dealing with a faux-quake...
Parkworth Wealth Management scooped up by Illinois’ Savant
On the day Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs for a slew of countries went into effect, Aug. 7, we reached local financial advisor Bruce Baron to get his perspective on how recent economic developments could rock the boat in his world.
That’s because the company he...
Los Gatos brothers collecting used video games to send to Kenya
Two local teens have a unique summer video game “quest” to tell classmates at Los Gatos High School about, this year. What Ethan Schneider, 16, and his brother Andrew, 14, can share isn’t about a Call of Duty: Warzone mission or a League of...
