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September 18, 2025

How peer pressure and parents can influence college selection decisions

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As a Bay Area high school student, the pressure to get ready to apply for college bothered me since my freshmen year. I picked extracurriculars with admissions officers in my mind, tailored my course load to my prospective major and spent hours ruminating over...

The ‘Wild’ case of a woman placed at-risk due to sketchy Santa Clara County paperwork

Sidney French at home. (Drew Penner / Los Gatan)
The office of Harry Ryan was the place Jack London penned his seminal novel “the Call of the Wild,” about a dog that’s taken from the Santa Clara Valley to the Klondike, where he befriends wolves and leads a sled team. Ryan, who met London...

SCCFD opens fire station in the Santa Cruz Mountains

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Construction on the new 8,200-square-foot Redwood Fire Station began July 2021, and last week the community got the first glimpse of this gleaming facility. For the past 45 years, this station consisted of 2,020 square feet of prefabricated, modular living quarters—with the apparatus bay in...

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...

Los Gatos-Saratoga named top school system in California (Q&A with Sup. Mike Grove)

Los Gatos-Saratoga school district
The education world's been abuzz in recent days over the release of rankings from Niche, a marking company that grades K-12 schools. And in the 2022 Best School Districts in California list, at the very top was Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District.  The...

Man abandons bike on Los Gatos Saratoga Road and walks away with chainsaw in-hand, at 9:57am (Police Blotter, Oct. 22-27)

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Oct. 22 • A caller reported a group of children for “being loud” in a backyard on Vineland Avenue at 12:33am. • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on highways 9 and 17 at 2:37am. • A man was arrested for being...

State rolls back some water restrictions

Lexington Reservoir at capacity
The drought might not be completely done with California, but the state’s residents are now free of the strictest water conservation measures put in place by Gov. Gavin Newsom nearly two years ago.  Standing at a podium in front of a storm-soaked agricultural field in...

Softball league held opening day Saturday

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The Los Gatos-Saratoga Girls Softball Association, a volunteer-based nonprofit softball league, held its opening day on Saturday. The season, which goes until October, features participants from across the wider Los Gatos community. SEASON BEGINS - Another year of hits, catches, bunts, wins, losses and ties has...

TV + fridge left outside after resident’s move; bike + e-scooter stolen; police called on man after he approaches Hillbrook Dr. door (Police Blotter, June 11-17)

discarded fridge on the street
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 11-17, 2023. June 11 • A caller reported they couldn’t concentrate because “very loud music” was playing from a complex on Camino Del Sol at 12:23pm. June 12 • A person who moved...

Former Los Gatos Priest Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Crimes in SLO

After a fourth alleged victim was identified by the San Luis Obispo Attorney General’s Office, 61-year-old Ted Gabrielli, arrested last month in Los Osos by San Luis Obispo detectives, now faces additional charges of child molestation for a total of 26. And at a July...

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