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Measure B increases margin
The latest results released Nov. 8 for the Nov. 2 election showed Los Gatos Union School District’s Measure B increasing its lead slightly, with 75.95% of voters saying “yes” to the tax.
The parcel tax needs two-thirds voter approval to pass.
Measure B...
Cloud workers take on cancer
On the morning of Nov. 9, employees of Xactly Corp., a Software-as-a-Service business based in San Jose, strode into Discovery Shop Los Gatos with purpose.
The group of cloud-software company workers had arrived on East Main Street in Los Gatos for a unique but important...
Moore proposes exploring tax targeting Netflix and similar businesses
On Christmas Eve, Los Gatos-based Netflix was once again thrust into the national political spotlight as Kevin Spacey (as “House of Cards” character Frank Underwood) reminded the world that, “Netflix exists because of me. I put them on the map and they tried to...
POLICE BLOTTER (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4)
Sunday, Sept. 28
An approximately five-minute-long honking began on Ridgecrest Avenue at 11:56am. A Porsche Cayenne and an Acura MDX were involved.
The reporting party was riding his bike before 8pm, when he said he was hit by a car. The driver and the reporting party...
Silicon Valley trade mission promoted ties with historic Silk Road city
In early July, Los Gatans Rosemary Coates and John Eichinger found themselves on a plane headed to the 30th Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair.
This trip was organized by the Silicon Valley Division of the China-US Business Summit and led by Diana WeiPing Ding, its...
Steamer’s will serve its final dish on Christmas Eve
It’s time to bid adieu to Steamer’s Grillhouse, just named by the readers of the Los Gatan as Best Seafood Restaurant in Los Gatos for 2024, as well as the number two restaurant in town overall. After 45 years, the Matulich family is closing...
General Plan adopted: Council shuts down density increases in single-family areas, but up-zones elsewhere
On June 30, Los Gatos adopted a General Plan that takes strides toward making the community a more welcoming place for people of all backgrounds, while restricting the number of homes that will be allowed to sprout in some areas.
The document, which will guide...
Los Gatos adopts compliant Housing Element
As Los Gatos prepared to finally adopt a compliant Housing Element—after 20 residential proposals were submitted during the purgatory period when the Silicon Valley community was out of line with State law, including a live one that includes a 12-story building—questions swirled about who...
Coroner classifies Los Gatos woman’s death as a ‘homicide’
The death of 46-year-old Jennifer Cobb—who was found with her 50-year-old husband in a Los Gatos home, Feb. 15—has been classified as a “homicide” by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Her partner, Cornelius Bangma, died by suicide, the coroner determined.
Both died...
Hometown tech giant Netflix chills on password-sharing: Here’s how locals feel about it…
Editor: With Netflix in the process of rolling out new password-sharing rules in Latin America—and as digital TV and movie viewers have been criticizing the company for the impending crackdown—we sent our newest journalist, Don Le, on assignment to suss out how Los Gatans...
