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Top ’Cats: Los Gatos girls basketball team wins first CCS title since 1982
For Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici Giles and freshman standout Nicole Steiner, the moment hit them as Ella Rabtiz was hoisted up by her teammates to put an index card on the south wall at Helm Gym, the area that lists...
Longtime Los Gatos editor Dick Sparrer dies at 72
Longtime Los Gatos journalist Dick Sparrer died Saturday, according to family members, after a long illness. He was 72.
He worked in newspapers for 45 years before retiring at the end of 2016 after 15 years as the Los Gatos Weekly-Times’ editor.
“It seems like only...
Los Gatos kicks off development conversations with first Housing Element meeting of the year
As General Plan Update Advisory Committee (GPAC) Chair Melanie Hanssen got a peek—along with other Housing Element Advisory Board (HEAB) members—at the two digital tools Los Gatos will use to propose its contribution to combatting California’s housing crisis, she forecast a hearty community back-and-forth...
Controversy erupts over firing of teacher
The Loma Prieta Joint Union School District is defending its decision to fire teacher David Kissner, who is suing the district for wrongful termination, harassment and civil rights violations, among other things.
The lawsuit was filed Feb. 16 in U.S. District Court by Los Angeles-based...
Bill aims to address public meeting disruptions
Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) introduced a bill Feb. 17 they say would update a law that governs public meetings.
The Ralph M. Brown Act was originally enacted in 1953 to govern the conduct of public meetings for local...
Iconic collector Gracie Garcia dies at 82
Gracie Garcia, a lifelong collector, world traveler and longtime manager of the Main Street Exchange in Los Gatos in the 1980s, died on Feb. 10 following a stroke she suffered in December. She was 82.
Tika Burns, one of Garcia’s four children, said her mother...
Purchase adds more acreage to open space preserve
The largest preserve in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District just got a little bigger, with the purchase of 42 acres in the Mount Umunhum area of the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, district officials said Feb. 9.
The property, purchased for $168,000, is located...
Los Gatos cruises past San Benito; looks to take down Eagles in semis
As Los Gatos High girls basketball coach Sara Quilici Giles was watching game film of San Benito High, it didn’t take long for her to realize that the Wildcats needed to stop Bailey Cotter in order to advance out of their Central Coast Section...
Los Gatos wrestling team sets numerous program records at CCS Championships
Los Gatos High senior Daniil Gorshkov went undefeated with a 4-0 record in the Central Coast Section Wrestling Championships Feb. 18-19, dominating each opponent that stood in front of him.
He battled his way in the two-day tournament to a first-place finish against Palo Alto...
Los Gatos High girls basketball team goes to the ‘Belle’ early and often
It was a Super Sunday in more ways than one for the Los Gatos High girls basketball team. On Feb. 13—the day of the Super Bowl—the Wildcats had a key game of their own against arch-nemesis Palo Alto High in the final league game...
