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From a rear-end collision on Winchester Boulevard, to a laptop theft, to locks getting changed inappropriately, there was plenty of activity reported to week's Police Blotter. Oct. 17 • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Shannon Road and Shady View Lane...

A ghastly celluloid extravaganza has reaped bloodcurdlingly impressive results, so far. The youth-led Scares For Cares film fest has attracted a long list of frightening contenders, and just days after launching has already brought in about $3,000 for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. “It’s crazy how...

Los Gatos elected officials gave their support to a pilot project that seeks to keep kids experiencing mental health crises from being taken into police custody unnecessarily. On Oct. 19, as part of its consent agenda, Council voted unanimously to contract with Silicon Valley Ambulance...

Los Gatos is moving ahead with roadway improvements for Shannon Road. Residents questioned the merits of some proposals.

On Nov. 3, the group will hold a drive-thru drill from 10am-noon at Los Gatos Calvary Church, 16330 Los Gatos Blvd. The scenario this time will involve teams dispensing clean water to the community, as if something terrible had just occurred in the area.

Whenever the Los Gatos High and Mitty High field hockey teams play, it has a feel of a Central Coast Section championship match. That’s because the two teams along with St. Francis have combined to win the last 15—yes, 15—CCS championships.  So when the Wildcats...

The warnings have been coming for months: residents and businesses need to conserve water because Santa Clara County is in an “extreme and exceptional” drought. It’s why residents have been asked to use 15 percent less water than they did in 2019 but that goal...

Recall election certified The Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election has been certified in Santa Clara County, Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey announced Oct. 14. The majority of voters within Los Gatos voted against the recall, according to county election data, with precincts reporting between 57-74...

Tuesday night’s once-again all-digital Council meeting was a parade of residents, elected officials and non-governmental organization representatives expressing solidarity with Mayor Marico Sayoc’s family—in the face of recent disruptive attendee behavior—and speaking in support of public decorum. A staffer from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s office invoked...

The woman who threw alcohol-fueled parties for teens at her Los Gatos mansion, where sex was encouraged, arrived back in Santa Clara County yesterday after being extradited from Idaho, authorities said. Shannon O’Connor is scheduled to be arraigned today at 1:30pm. On Oct. 9 police...