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December 24, 2025

Candidates attack Santa Clara County redistricting map

As Santa Clara County lawmakers prepare to approve new political boundaries, some local politicians are raising complaints about the process. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 in November to advance a proposal for redistricting the county's five political boundaries, choosing the so-called Yellow Map over...

Police alerted to 6 dogs off-leash at Bachman Park; cigarette case stolen from parked vehicle (Police Blotter, Dec. 4-10)

community service officer vehicle
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department "Police Blotter" for the week of Dec. 4-10, 2022. Dec. 4 • A caller reported six dogs were off their leashes at Bachman Park at 5:04pm. Dec. 5 • A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and resisting...

Sheriff candidate charged with perjury

Sheriff candidate
A 48-year-old Cupertino woman who ran for the position of Santa Clara County sheriff in the June 7 primary election has been charged with perjury for allegedly saying she had the law enforcement experience required to qualify for the job, prosecutors said. Anh Colton, who...

Local rabbi draws on personal experience while volunteering with Ukrainian refugees

volunteers
Ilana Baird, 48, who works at the Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos, knows firsthand how traumatizing war can be for children. Back in 2006, she was living in Haifa, Israel, finishing her studies to become a rabbi, when a war with Lebanon broke out. “My...

Los Gatos Giving Serious Cash to Owners Moving Towards Semi-Permanent Parklets

Los Gatos dining
Los Gatos has extended the date businesses can operate temporary outdoor areas in front of their property to the end of January next year, as it transitions to a new, semi-permanent "parklet" regime. At its regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 17, Council voted to funnel $680,000...

Town Seeks Calmer, Safer, More Bike-Friendly Shannon Road

Los Gatos - Multi-Use Path Drawings
Los Gatos is moving ahead with roadway improvements for Shannon Road. Residents questioned the merits of some proposals.

Tree damage on Highway 17

stormy weather wrecks havoc on vehicles
On Nov. 13, at around 5:40pm, California Highway Patrol officers responded to a crash on Highway 17, south of Summit Road. A female driver from Los Gatos was driving a black 2013 Audi Q5 southbound on Highway 17, south of Summit Road at an undetermined...

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...

Council enthusiastically approves 209-unit Los Gatos Meadows senior living project

Set to be demolished
In stark contrast with the antipathy shown towards the slew of affordable housing developments that have cropped up in Los Gatos in recent months that seek to bypass local control, the Los Gatos Meadows senior facility has now achieved final approval, winning over not...

Police Blotter (July 13-19)

Police car in a parking lot
Sunday, July 13 A possible child sex abuse imagery crime was reported at 8:22pm on Carlton Avenue. A friend of the reporting person said they’d found pornographic images on a tablet belonging to a 13-year-old girl. The images featured a man in bed with a...

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