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The parade of residents who spoke at Planning Commission on April 30—cheering the developer for setting aside 16 units for people with mental disabilities—partially masked the reality that 14 affordable units had been erased from their North 40 designs since Grosvenor Americas submitted its...

For the Los Gatos High girls basketball team, the future is now. The Wildcats have height, athleticism and youth on their side, which should make for an exciting season.  Coach Sara Quilici Giles is in her fourth season with the team, but she said this...

The frequent flow of planes dropping low over Central Coast shrubbery toward a Monterey Regional Airport runway, over brown mid-rise office-outpost rectangles that house the Pacific Cancer Care, recalls the constant stream of Silicon Valley air traffic descending into the San Jose Mineta International...

Come one, come all: old Americans, new Americans, prospective Americans. This is our Independence Day. A day to be proud. It’s a day to celebrate our country, which was “born” on July 4. The San Jose Wind Symphony is marking its 31st year entertaining Los Gatans. And...

The soaking rains that closed out 2021 proved beneficial for Santa Clara County and its drought situation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Santa Clara County on Dec. 27 moved into the less-intense “Severe Drought” classification. A week earlier, it was considered to be in...

Dr. Sara Cody has announced her retirement from her position as Santa Clara County’s health officer. She served the County for more than 25 years (12 of those in this current role, and also as director of the County’s health department since 2015). Cody rose to...

A Los Gatos woman threw drunken parties for teenagers where she encouraged sex acts, sometimes non-consensual, and sometimes while she watched, according to charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Oct. 12. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said 47-year-old...

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police are investigating a pair of January assaults along walking paths in the St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve that appear to involve the same suspect.  On Jan. 13 at about 6:15pm, two people were threatened and assaulted by a man with...

On Monday, 36 days after police say Boulder Creek resident James David Collier, 66, shot and killed two men—then left their bodies in the back of a truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains—he had his first day in court. That is, he was scheduled to...

New Museum Los Gatos announced July 11 that it received an unprecedented $1 million gift—the largest donation in the history of the organization.  The gift was made by Los Gatos philanthropists and longtime NUMU supporters Mike and Alyce Parsons.  The donation will establish the “Mike and...