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Although rodents are typically disdained, Automobuild welcomed the largest rodent species alive with open arms—the capybara. This past Sunday, the toy store played host to a 2-year old capybara named Tater Tot.  “We wanted to kick off the holiday season with an educational event about capybaras,”...

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...

A fire that grew to a half-acre in the Santa Cruz Mountains was extinguished quickly Friday morning before it could threaten the nearby communities of Boulder Creek and Brookdale, authorities said. The fire broke out before 6:30am, said Ben Lomond Fire Protection District Chief Stacie...

Assistant Assessor Neysa Fligor led former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar by nearly 53,000 votes in unofficial returns reported at 9:22pm tonight. The margin could prove insurmountable, likely exceeding the total number of votes that remain to be counted in a low-turnout race. The Santa Clara County...

You can’t control what you can’t identify. Four years ago, Los Gatos entrepreneur Tarun Thakur used this insight to build Veza, a cybersecurity company that maps access to a company's knowledge and tools, so businesses can keep track of who’s allowed to do what....

The once-popular Le Boulanger has been sitting empty at the corner of Main Street and Montebello Way for nearly three years, but sometime this summer the black window coverings will come down and a new restaurant, the Parkside, will open for business. Right next door,...

After 24 years of dressing the “who’s who” of Los Gatos, and other Bay Area locales, Leslie Robidoux is closing her brick-and-mortar storefront.   Last week, I dropped by Bettina's of Los Gatos for a quick chat with its creator and owner Robidoux. At press time...

Housing Element update meeting scheduled The Town of Los Gatos is starting to update the 2023–2031 Housing Element of the General Plan, and the public is invited to participate. The Town’s Housing Element is a strategic plan for housing the Town’s present and future residents.  A virtual...

Sunday, July 6 At 11:42am, an auto burglary occurred on Sisters Court. Losses totaled $80 and were taken from an unlocked vehicle. Four subjects were identified looking through the vehicle via video cameras in the surrounding area. One was allegedly holding a weapon.  Two incidents of...

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...