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Candidates boycott political forum put on by supporters of opponents
Two Council candidates—Mayor Rob Rennie and Rob Moore—boycotted a forum hosted Sept. 13 by the Los Gatos Community Alliance, an organization which has been helping others on the ballot.
A third, Planning Commissioner Reza Tavana, told organizers he was too busy to attend.
“I always hesitate...
Los Gatos High Wildcats roar into break by turning back Leland Chargers
Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici tells her players she doesn’t care what the scoreboard says as long as they work hard and give a max effort. Take care of effort and work rate, Quilici said, and she can live with the...
Los Gatos shoe designer says creations are meant to inspire women
Flor de Maria Rivera, a Los Gatos shoe designer, has been staying in Carmel-by-the-Sea in recent days, spending time with family.
The power outages she’s been dealing with there have reminded her of growing up in South America.
“I feel like I’m back in Peru,” she...
Group springs to life to support build-out of senior services
The doldrums of the pandemic, as millions of older adults were killed by the coronavirus across the country, were a wake-up call to local leaders who watched seniors too-often suffering in isolation.
And now, as the novel coronavirus fades from memory for many, efforts to...
California Highway Patrol Urges Caution During Upcoming “Super Bowl LVI”
Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk.
That's the message from California's freeway enforcers, the California Highway Patrol.
"Getting behind the wheel while impaired can end tragically,” CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said in a release. “Instead, make responsible decisions if your plans include alcohol and help keep...
Group says Town needs to add more sites to housing list
In an Aug. 22 letter to Los Gatos’ Community Development Director Joel Paulson, the Los Gatos Community Alliance asked for more properties to be added to—not erased from—the list of sites where residential development is encouraged.
It was a different strategy for a group that...
Water district’s creek cleanup program grows
Over the last decade, Valley Water has continued to spend more money on cleaning up homeless encampments around Silicon Valley. In fiscal year 2013-14, the regional water wholesaler put $786,085 into the initiative. That grew to $1.5 million just a few years later, then...
From the editor’s desk: A global design powerhouse stakes new claim in Los Gatos
Just the other day, I’d driven across the Golden Gate Bridge for an evening—and maybe more—away.
There I was sitting at a quaint little Marin County bar, after having ordered wine and ceviche.
I’d been carting around the prior weekend’s T Magazine, from the New York...
Liccardo laces-up for next phase of the race to DC
While the primary race for second-place in the 16th Congressional District has been nothing short of riveting—with Assemblymember Evan Low and Supervisor Joe Simitian separated by a single vote at times—less attention has been paid to the top vote-getter, 53-year-old Sam Liccardo, who grew...
Teacher partners with Stanford for virtual reality classroom
Los Gatos High School Social Studies Teacher David Homa is partnering with Stanford University’s Human Virtual Reality Design Lab on the use of virtual reality (VR) in schools.
On a team with a Stanford University professor and two graduate students, Homa is collaborating with global...
