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Parade’s grand marshals are community icons
Wearing his trademark Stetson hat, George Shannon grabs a doughnut in the Billy Jones “Wildcat” Railroad workroom, jawing with the many volunteers who keep the Oak Meadow Park attraction safe for children.
Shannon says he’s been a railroad volunteer for 20 years but people who...
Piano academy looking forward to ribbon-cutting
Paola Rrapaj-Kraja has been living in the Bay Area for the last four years, waiting for the day she could open a piano studio to the public.
And this Saturday, Rrapaj-Kraja will get to do just that—with the help of Mayor Rob Moore.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony...
Los Gatos cruises past San Benito; looks to take down Eagles in semis
As Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici Giles was watching game film of San Benito High, it didn’t take long for her to realize that the Wildcats needed to stop Bailey Cotter in order to advance out of their Central Coast Section...
Locals launch supplement business; Civil Grand Jury seeks volunteers; theater major makes Montclair State Dean’s List (Local Scene)
This week's "Local Scene" features a pair of Los Gatans aiming to make it big in the supplement game, the civil grand jury putting a call-out for new members and a thespian making the grade...
Los Gatos residents launch supplement products
Fuel 4 Ever, a family-owned...
Spring into Green: Los Gatos’ answer to Earth Day
Earth Day, which has now been around for decades, marks the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement. Los Gatos’ annual “Spring into Green” event was held Sunday in Park Plaza, a day before—and in honor of—that important day. But then again, isn't...
Farmers Insurance extends CZU claim deadline for resident
It was on Aug. 11 that 69-year-old Lexington Hills resident Sidney French reached out to Farmers Insurance to gain more information about the “Additional Living Expense” coverage on her home insurance policy.
That’s the section that’s meant to help customers get reimbursed for costs incurred...
Drill to help locals prepare for a disaster
On Nov. 3, the group will hold a drive-thru drill from 10am-noon at Los Gatos Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd. The scenario this time will involve teams dispensing clean water to the community, as if something terrible had just occurred in the area.
Los Gatos schools settle one sex abuse case, face trial in another
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,...
Los Gatos’ Netflix announces $82.7 billion Warner Bros. acquisition
LOS GATOS — In what’s being described as the entertainment industry’s largest transaction ever, Los Gatos-based Netflix announced a $82.7 billion deal Friday morning to acquire Warner Bros. The transaction is almost ten times larger than Amazon’s 2022 purchase of MGM for $8.5 billion.
The bombshell...
Do you love art and teaching? You might like being a docent
A docent is a person who acts as a knowledgeable guide or educator, most commonly as a trained volunteer, teacher or lecturer at a museum, art gallery, zoo or historical site—or even at a Los Gatos-area school. The word comes from the Latin docere,...
