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Cosmetics stolen from Walgreens; Moore GMC vandalized; CVS reports $2,000 theft (Police Blotter, April 14-20)
These reports are compiled from public information released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
April 14
-One or more people broke into coin laundry boxes on Teakwood Court after 11:30pm.
-An unknown suspect broke the glass door to a pool house on Lancaster Road, around 12:38am...
Suspect charged with rape; man reported for smoking pipe outside Visitor Center; $2,425 taken from Sephora (Police Blotter, March 17-23)
March 17
-At 12:15am, a man was reported for being drunk in public at the Purple Onion coffee shop on East Main Street and striking the reporting party’s vehicle for an unknown reason. Police were unable to locate the individual.
-A dark gray Nissan Sentra with...
Downtown boutiques deal with break-ins
With afternoon turning to evening, Raschel Archambeault would normally be closing-up-shop at East Kennedy, but on Feb. 28, she was waiting for a locksmith.
Earlier in the day she’d learned overnight a man had broken-into the downtown boutique she manages, and so here she was...
Los Gatos approves budget with $30K surplus
After some juggling on the accounting front, Los Gatos says it’s managed to come up with a budget that boasts a $30,000 surplus.
The Town Council approved the yearly financial plan on June 6.
The Town plans to spend slightly more from its General Fund ($54.5...
Property values continue rise, despite pandemic woes
Monte Sereno’s property values grew at a rate higher than the county’s average in 2020, according to the 2021-22 Assessor’s Annual Report released by Santa Clara County Tax Assessor Larry Stone’s office on Dec. 13.
The city assessment roll grew by 5.63% to $2,565,909,567, the...
Coroner identifies 76-year-old scooterist killed in Cambrian Park traffic collision
The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner has identified the man who was killed in a Cambrian Park traffic collision this week as a 76-year-old San Jose resdient.
Yongde Wo was killed around 4:20am Monday when his motorized scooter collided with a vehicle,...
Volunteers gather for Los Gatos Creek Trail cleanup
On Saturday morning, Los Gatos Kiwanis boardmember Nancy Pearson arrived at Old Forbes Mill with coffee and donuts in-hand, prepared to guide members of the Los Gatos High School Key Club, and other volunteers, on an environmental spruce-up.
While embarking on this green clean, Pearson...
In first meeting back in person, Council agrees to delay decision about housing-focused referendum
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...
Officials say Omicron surge could be cresting
Santa Clara County officials said Jan. 14 that the region's Omicron surge may be cresting and called on private health care providers to increase their Covid-19 testing capacity.
The county is currently seeing its highest infection rates since the pandemic began, according to Health Officer...
Councilmember Hudes decries ‘self-flagellating’ language in Housing Element, opposes sending to State
While multiple Housing Element Advisory Board members took issue with some of the more progressive language in the latest draft of the Housing Element, Sept. 28, everyone but Councilmember Matthew Hudes ended up voting to make no changes to the document before submitting the...
