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Last Saturday morning, during the Los Gatos Anti-Racism Coalition vigil on the Civic Center Lawn, two easels displayed the names of those “Who We Have Lost.”It was a respectful and peaceful gathering of 50-60 adults, mostly Los Gatans. A vigil is defined as a...

Under sunny skies and with a breezy afternoon that hints of summer, Memorial Day was commemorated May 25, at the Los Gatos Civic Center lawn in front of the Flame of Liberty sculpture.  Folks began arriving around 11am. Chairs were set up inside a large...

Today was the big day. HCA Healthcare Inc. officially broke-ground on its $1.3-billion, 715,144-square-foot expansion at Good Samaritan Hospital, located on the border of San Jose and Los Gatos. In an interview with the Los Gatan, Good Sam’s CEO, Patrick Rohan, described it as a...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 27-March 4. Police recover multiple stolen vehicles in one night Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police officers were busy the night of March 2. The first incident began with reports of a stolen vehicle...

Los Gatos' representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors says it was the advocacy of local residents that led to extending the speed limit on a section of road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Last week, supervisors adopted a resolution recommended by County...

On Friday, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District celebrated the opening of four additional miles of trail at the 1,400-acre Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve—which adds on to the six miles previously opened to the public. This 10-mile trail winds through grasslands, oak woodlands,...

Two candidates seeking to become Santa Clara County’s next tax assessor emphasized their contrasting backgrounds and visions for modernizing the office during a Meet the Candidate forum Sept. 8 at the Morgan Hill Grange. But Saratoga resident and tech executive Rishi Kumar, another of the...

Jan. 21 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting an officer on University Avenue and Boyer Lane at 1:02am. • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 600 block of N. Santa Cruz...

Lon Allan, 82, remembers the scrappy 1970s in Silicon Valley, when his client, future Video Game Hall of Famer Nolan Bushnell, hadn’t co-founded Atari yet. “He was the founder, I was his lawyer,” recalled Allan, the new mayor of Monte Sereno, during a recent interview...

Union organizer Joe Thompson is fresh off the May 11 news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California—something that seemed unlikely just a few years ago—was successful. The 19-year-old, who’s running for Assembly District 28, says the drive for workers’ rights...