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When the Department of Defense announced in January it was turning to a small Los Gatos company to provide hardware and handle tech support for a Navy aircraft used for maritime surveillance, it was a badge of honor for a pair of ambitious locals. While...

Los Gatos High senior Zoe Frangieh didn’t have the opportunity to compete in the Central Coast Section Swimming Championships in her sophomore and junior years due to Covid.  Back at the Santa Clara International Swim Center—the annual site of the Championships—for the first time since...

The Los Gatos High softball team had a golden opportunity to essentially clinch the outright Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division championship in a home game against Milpitas High on May 4.  But the Wildcats didn’t have one of their better performances and fell...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 24-30, 2022. April 24 • A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and obstructing an officer on Bachman and University avenues at 12:27am. • A vehicle was reported...

Despite clear divisions in planning commissioner thinking over the critical question of future housing in town, on Monday they ultimately managed to agree—in a unanimous 7-0 vote—on how to reduce development targets. In addition to removing 313 units of potential residential development from the office...

Los Gatos has been intensely focused on surveying its population and making plans for the days to come, whether that's through the General Plan update that's underway, the community survey released this week at Council or the study of senior preferences that was recently...

Santa Clara County Fire Department promoted its first female chief recently. Suwanna Kerdkaew, formerly the department's deputy chief of administration, was appointed by the county Board of Supervisors. She replaces former chief Tony Bowden, who retired after being on injury leave. Kerdkaew is a 20-year fire...

The County of Santa Clara and the county’s Fire District are ramping up wildfire prevention efforts, just as the region heads into another fire season plagued with severe drought conditions. With the 2020 megafires—the Santa Clara (SCU) and Santa Cruz (CZU) lightning complex fires—still...

The case of “The People of California v Laurie Smith” is headed to trial. No date has been set, but the Santa Clara County sheriff, who said in March she won’t seek re-election to a seventh term, will stand trial this year on misconduct charges. A...

Los Gatos High swim coach Jim Deming felt great about all of the boys and girls junior varsity and varsity teams after the Santa Clara Valley League De Anza Division Finals were contested on April 29 at Gunn High.  The JV girls won the league...