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June 24, 2026

Designer makeup heist, downed wires and a plastic cup fight (Police Blotter, July 6-July 12)

needles and more
Sunday, July 6 At 11:42am, an auto burglary occurred on Sisters Court. Losses totaled $80 and were taken from an unlocked vehicle. Four subjects were identified looking through the vehicle via video cameras in the surrounding area. One was allegedly holding a weapon.  Two incidents of...

San Jose Sharks teams-up with Santa Clara County as early voting for Nov. 4 special election begins

collecting ballots
Tomorrow around 7pm, the puck will drop on the San Jose Sharks' regular season, as they face-off against the Vegas Golden Knights at home. But earlier this week, the local NHL franchise was making news for a different reason—drawing fans' attention to the fact they...

Gardenia’s glorious opening

Carol Wang and daughter
Los Gatos luminaries came out to welcome Gardenia into existence on Friday evening. For Carol Wang, the creator of the North Santa Cruz Avenue restaurant, it was the realization of months of hard work—not to mention a dream she’d had for a long time. Wang’s daughter...

Community in line for millions of dollars, including for Spooky Knoll Trail Project, education resources, Saratoga path

Saratoga Musician
Anna G. Eshoo, Los Gatos' voice in the House of Representatives, said yesterday the community is in line for millions of dollars for local projects, after they made the cut as part of $21.4 million in federal funds that could be headed to the...

Supervisors seek to improve wireless connections in fire-prone areas

wireless tower in the forest
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal Oct. 24 that seeks to ensure service is maintained to wireless customers in wildfire-prone areas during a disaster or power outage. The decision directs county staff to identify actions to ensure the effectiveness of the...

Town of Los Gatos Moves Back to Virtual-Only Council After Fractious In-Person Meetings

Waiting for Council to Start
Los Gatos announced today it would hold its future public meetings online and not in-person, after things got out of hand at two of the last three Council dates. Writing on social news platform Next Door, Holly Zappala, a Town management analyst, said community members...

First Buyer at North 40 is Relishing Her Triumphant Return to Los Gatos

Mary at Home
She used to live just up the road, but was forced to leave Los Gatos by circumstance. But now, Mary McLean, 55, has returned triumphantly.  She played a guessing game with this reporter, during the recent Chamber of Commerce Wine Walk. The rhetorical question: “Who was...

Los Gatos considers updates to traffic-related fees for developers

DKS Consultant
Council got its first chance to go over changes the Town is considering making to its traffic-related development fee structure, last week, and members were quite surprised at some of the details. The Traffic Impact Policy was introduced in 1991 and the current version is...

Man sentenced to probation for 2019 hit-and-run

brian oden Santa Clara County Superior Court
A driver who seriously injured a man walking his dog while merging onto Highway 85—and left the scene—was sentenced Nov. 29 to two years’ probation and community service, after initially fearing he’d have to do time in jail. As Brian Oden, who previously pled guilty,...

Gift Guide: Santa’s favorite shopping spots in Los Gatos

Shop Remi B shopping
While perusing the wares at many local retailers this past chilly weekend, I was joined by throngs of shoppers, out looking for holiday gifts. There were gaggles of young women, and the usual senior citizen couples, with the wife dragging the husband in and...

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