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Tuesday night’s once-again all-digital Council meeting was a parade of residents, elected officials and non-governmental organization representatives expressing solidarity with Mayor Marico Sayoc’s family—in the face of recent disruptive attendee behavior—and speaking in support of public decorum. A staffer from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s office invoked...

Big wigs from gourmet ice cream chain Salt & Straw gathered in Los Gatos for the launch of their latest location in Old Town, last week. After an official ribbon-cutting June 1, the storefront opened to the public on June 2. You can now grab icy...

Pam Hansen, of Los Gatos, and Don Vu, of Saratoga, were honored last month for the incredible photographs they took while out in nature, winning a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District contest that was decided by social media voting. Each year Midpen hosts a photography...

One year, less a day, from the night police say John Maxey Yeager strangled his wife, Yingying Yu, to death, he was held to answer for felony false imprisonment and murder charges, in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Meanwhile, Yu’s estate has filed a series...

Letters to Santa are a long-time tradition, with wee little ones usually telling the big guy they’ve been “good boys and girls this year.” Occasionally, a child will admit they’ve been both naughty and nice, which is what 5-year-old Jefferson, Emmett and Blake, and 6-year-old...

A rural site about four miles past the Santa Cruz Mountains summit, away from Los Gatos, is now the focus of the highest-priority investigation by the body that investigates mail system misdeeds. That’s because this patch of ground along Sugarloaf Road, just north of Scotts...

Jake Boyd isn’t exactly feeling the love quite yet from four-year college programs, but that’s OK.  The Los Gatos High senior will be playing for some team next year, and anyone around the Wildcats’ baseball and football programs will agree that college will be grateful...

About 150 parents have been toiling away on plans for the carnival set to be unveiled at Los Gatos High School to send seniors off into the wider world in style. The Class of 2022 Grad Night committee has about 75 co-chairs, as the community...

Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s Wine Walk returns to downtown on Oct. 2 from 1-4pm. Attendees can sip tastings from more than two dozen local wineries, as well as try food samples from local establishments. Must be 21 or older to participate. Admission is $50 per person....

Santa Clara County lifted its indoor mask mandate March 2, the last county in the Bay Area to do so following the region's winter surge in Covid-19 cases. County officials said they expect to meet the third and final benchmark required to lift local masking...