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A vehicle collided with a 40-year-old woman along Highway 9 in Ben Lomond, then drove off, on Sunday around 9:40pm. “For reasons still under investigation, the vehicle struck the pedestrian while the pedestrian was in the northbound lane,” said Sgt. E. Addy, of the California...

Sunday, Oct. 19 A flock of ducks were once again the subject of a noise disturbance. At 5:50pm, continuous quacking on Reservoir Road occurred despite previous written warnings.  Four juvenile disturbances were reported throughout the day, all of which involved electric bicycles.  Monday, Oct. 20 At 11:31am, a...

Los Gatos continues to plod along in the revision of its Housing Element, holding hours of community meetings to workshop the critical housing document that has failed State scrutiny five times. Unlike the Scotts Valley Draft Housing Element which was rubber-stamped by its Planning Commission...

One of the first dial-up internet providers has announced it’s now bringing fiber optic internet to remote areas of the Santa Cruz Mountains. In the wake of a $10 million infusion from the State of California, Surfnet Communications is rolling out its plan to expand...

Flowers, like music, are a universal language. No matter what the occasion, there’s a flower for it. Sometimes, it might be something you’ve never heard of—say, a reticulated ranunculus. Or, perhaps a rose peony in bright watermelon pink (arguably the most flirty of the...

The number of unhoused people counted across Santa Clara County dropped slightly compared to last year, according to preliminary results of the 2023 Point-in-Time (PIT) homeless census.  The data, released May 30 by the County of Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, shows...

Halfway through the third quarter, the Los Gatos High football team was holding a steady seven-point lead over Wilcox High in their Santa Clara Valley/Peninsula Athletic League game on Oct. 21.  But over the next three minutes, Wildcats receiver Wil Brennan scored two touchdowns to...

Come one, come all: old Americans, new Americans, prospective Americans. This is our Independence Day. A day to be proud. It’s a day to celebrate our country, which was “born” on July 4. The San Jose Wind Symphony is marking its 31st year entertaining Los Gatans. And...

As Union School District has managed to largely maintain its academic performance levels in the wake of the pandemic, it has also managed to right its financial ship, a ratings agency has confirmed. On Nov. 25, Moody’s Ratings said it had abandoned an effort to...

It was midday on Tuesday and Santa Cruz resident Jordan Lipaz, 27, the co-founder of Lit n’ Loud Productions, was once again scrutinizing the logo to be printed on unique merchandise for an upcoming show he’s organizing in Los Gatos. Lipaz—aka Lapositive—had been going back-and-forth...