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Like all of his peers in the previous 2020-2021 school year, Darrius Leto spent his junior year at Los Gatos High relegated to remote learning.  Knowing nothing was going to change, Leto decided to look into attending a soccer academy overseas which would allow him...

Just as the world was shutting down with the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, a Brazilian doctor named Carlos R. Degrandi Oliveira, penned an article in a peer-reviewed journal that sounded the alarm about a little-discussed at-risk group—anesthesiologists.  On top of day-to-day dangers, such as ionizing radiation,...

The case of “The People of California v Laurie Smith” is headed to trial. No date has been set, but the Santa Clara County sheriff, who said in March she won’t seek re-election to a seventh term, will stand trial this year on misconduct charges. A...

With a flurry of new laws ready to take effect, the Los Gatan took a look at a handful of the more notable ones, which take on several aspects of criminal justice, health services and firearms.  WALKING A FINE LINE Before Assembly Bill 2147 was signed...

Housing Element update meeting scheduled The Town of Los Gatos is starting to update the 2023–2031 Housing Element of the General Plan, and the public is invited to participate. The Town’s Housing Element is a strategic plan for housing the Town’s present and future residents.  A virtual...

During last week’s hour-long Policy Committee meeting to address issues with Los Gatos’ rules for Council members and commissioners, Councilmember Matthew Hudes refused to allow Councilmember Rob Moore to have a hand in improving guidelines his partner was recently found to have violated. And Hudes...

Avery McCloughan Named to SNHU President's List Los Gatos student Avery McCloughan has been named to Southern New Hampshire University's Winter 2024 President's List. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.7. Local Students Graduate...

County Executive James Williams confirmed that the Valley Healthcare system is projecting a larger deficit for 2026-27 as cuts take hold.

A large tree slammed into a blue Tesla parked at the site where the Saratoga Farmers' Market was being held, earlier this morning. Onlookers gathered to survey the damage as a rainbow emerged from the clouds overhead. A frost advisory is in effect from late tonight...

Los Gatos’ housing plan consultant says the Town is “95%” of the way to winning approval from the Department of Housing and Community Development, but a few tweaks may still need to be made, including around making the community less exclusive. But during the special...