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Los Gatos’ first in-person Council meeting in a year brought out a full house on Oct. 18, as members debated what to do about a referendum brought by a group concerned with an increasing pace of residential development. While there was disagreement over how to...

A rural site about four miles past the Santa Cruz Mountains summit, away from Los Gatos, is now the focus of the highest-priority investigation by the body that investigates mail system misdeeds. That’s because this patch of ground along Sugarloaf Road, just north of Scotts...

While perusing the wares at many local retailers this past chilly weekend, I was joined by throngs of shoppers, out looking for holiday gifts. There were gaggles of young women, and the usual senior citizen couples, with the wife dragging the husband in and...

*Updated Nov. 4 at 9:35pm Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor roared out to an early lead in the race to become the next County Assessor (and fill the position left vacant by Larry Stone's retirement) Tuesday night. In early results she had 39.93% of the...

Computer retailing pioneer Don Wolf died May 30 at the age of 92, after recovering from a bout of Covid-19 earlier in the month, family members announced. Wolf opened Idea Computer on N. Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Los Gatos in 1982. It shortly thereafter...

LOCAL SCENE Manresa Bread readies for opening of second Los Gatos location Manresa Bread opened its new flagship location on Oct. 27 while expanding its original location. Founder and co-owner Avery Ruzicka is expected to debut a new concept in the original Los Gatos space at 276...

A tradition that started more than 40 years ago is back up and running. After being put on pause during the pandemic, the 42nd Annual Kiwanis Special Games featured more than 600 children of varying ability levels at West Valley College as they competed in...

Mikaela Hall, an 18-year-old Leigh High School Senior who lives in San Jose, was so nervous their hands were shaking. This morning, the nonbinary student was supposed to be learning about America's governmental system in a course offered on the West Valley College campus. Instead, they...

Members of Los Gatos’ extended community have been sharing their stories with the Los Gatan of how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the lives of their friends and relatives in jeopardy. The tutor of a local schoolboy was considering a daring trip...

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...