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November 5, 2026

LGSUHSD announces new board meeting schedule to increase engagement

school board
On Monday, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced a new schedule and format for its Board of Trustees meetings, beginning this year. Regularly scheduled meetings will now take place on Thursdays, about every three weeks. And the Closed Session portion will be moved from...

Hundreds attend Los Gatos’ Holiday Tree Lighting on 99th anniversary of debut (GALLERY)

Heavy rains are a rarity in Los Gatos, but last week saw the community get quite the natural wash. And it put a serious damper on holiday shopping. But by Friday evening, no more droplets were falling—though it was still wet and cool—and hundreds turned...

Waymo moves autonomous taxis into Los Gatos

Waymo turns towards Los Gatos
Waymo has expanded its operations into Los Gatos for the first time, making driverless rides available to around 100 residents in the North 40 neighborhood. The autonomous vehicles’ service area currently extends south to Pollard Road and Lark Avenue, and autonomous specialists were seen riding...

Mental Health First Aid course prepares you to help in moments of crisis

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Mental Health First Aid was created in the 2000s in Australia by Betty Kitchener and her husband Anthony Jorm with the USA chapter established in 2008. MHFA is designed to use the concept of first aid training in mental health and substance-influenced emergency situations. This...

Downtown boutiques deal with break-ins

suspect inside East Kennedy
With afternoon turning to evening, Raschel Archambeault would normally be closing-up-shop at East Kennedy, but on Feb. 28, she was waiting for a locksmith. Earlier in the day she’d learned overnight a man had broken-into the downtown boutique she manages, and so here she was...

2 murder counts for Boulder Creek man ID’d by victim before he was shot

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On Monday, 36 days after police say Boulder Creek resident James David Collier, 66, shot and killed two men—then left their bodies in the back of a truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains—he had his first day in court. That is, he was scheduled to...

Man reported to police for asking to clean homeowner’s gutters; Amazon package stolen on Winchester Boulevard (Police Blotter, Jan. 29-Feb 4)

gutter and leaves
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department covering the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4. Jan. 29 • A man was reportedly going door-to-door on Mary Way asking the homeowners if they wanted their gutters cleaned at 10:35am. • A man was arrested for threatening...

Canyon Snow marks 2 decades in business

Dev Davis
The Los Gatos lobbying firm that proudly touts its “environmental, social, and governance” credentials on its website—that’s Canyon Snow, which recently announced it was adding a former San Jose City Council member to its roster—says it’s not worried about the scorched-earth anti-woke policies President...

ACLU threatens legal action against Town

Composite of ACLU legal threat and historical threats
The ACLU of Northern California is stepping up its pressure campaign against the Town of Los Gatos, threatening legal action if it doesn’t reverse a rebuke of a Planning Commissioner who complained to state officials about a referendum drive that quashed residential densification plans. It’s...

Firefighters extinguish commercial blaze in Campbell at dawn

Sunrise fire response
On Monday, Oct. 6, at 7:02am, Santa Clara County 9-1-1 Communications received a citizen report of smoke coming from the bottom of a commercial roll-up garage door at a building on the 1330 block of Dell Avenue in Campbell. Firefighters along with the Campbell Police Department...

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