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November 5, 2026

Car strikes 4 bicyclists on Hwy 9

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An 85-year-old woman from Boulder Creek plowed into four bicyclists Tuesday on Highway 9 in the San Lorenzo Valley. Israel Murillo of the California Highway Patrol said CHP responded to a report of a crash at 6:21pm, south of Glengarry Road.  The woman was driving a...

Teenaged organizer of California’s first Starbucks unions eyes Assembly seat

Joe Thompson at Starbucks in Santa Cruz
Union organizer Joe Thompson is fresh off the May 11 news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California—something that seemed unlikely just a few years ago—was successful. The 19-year-old, who’s running for Assembly District 28, says the drive for workers’ rights...

Tenants will have more time to respond to eviction notices

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Tenants in California will now have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month. The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a...

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...

After discipline decision, First Amendment advocate sets sights on Los Gatos

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California says Los Gatos’ censure of a Planning Commissioner—who wrote to the California Department of Housing and Community Development in November about a housing-related referendum that upended plans to increase residential density in town, then was chastised...

Caller gave $128,000 worth of gold coins and bars to subjects claiming to be the FBI at Plazoleta (Police Blotter, March 22-28)

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March 22 A man with an axe reportedly hanging out of his pants was arrested at Safeway on North Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:22am. A package was reportedly stolen from a mailbox at Mira Loma Apartments on Avery Lane at 6:48am. A caller reported motorcyclists rolling through...

Beer + chicken theft; Christmas lights cut; bolted-down tables removed from East Main Street (Police blotter Nov. 28-Dec. 3)

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Nov. 28 • Two unknown suspects stole an electric bicycle from a driveway on College Avenue at 7:32am. • A van was spotted driving on the grass near town hall on E. Main Street at 5:13pm. A caller reported that the driver then got out of...

2 die in Monte Sereno house fire (VIDEO)

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Just a few hours after the Santa Clara County Fire Department made a routine presentation to Monte Sereno City Council about their operations last night, firefighters were dispatched to a house fire in that city—on the 17000 block of Rose Court—that would ultimately claim...

Council gives Town Manager Laurel Prevetti fond farewell

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The bittersweet tributes poured in during the only item on the regular agenda at Council, Sept. 3: final professional goodbyes to Los Gatos Town Manager Laurel Prevetti, who spent a decade at the helm of the Silicon Valley community. But perhaps none were more poignant...

Planning Commission discusses diversity plan

In August 2021, Councilmember Mary Badame, who is now Vice Mayor, made a motion to put $104,000 into justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) consulting work. It was seconded by Councilmember Matthew Hudes and approved unanimously, splitting the pot between two vendors—with American Leadership Forum...

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