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Sunday, Sept. 28 An approximately five-minute-long honking began on Ridgecrest Avenue at 11:56am. A Porsche Cayenne and an Acura MDX were involved.  The reporting party was riding his bike before 8pm, when he said he was hit by a car. The driver and the reporting party...

Los Gatos' representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors says it was the advocacy of local residents that led to extending the speed limit on a section of road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Last week, supervisors adopted a resolution recommended by County...

A tractor-trailer pulls onto the shoulder at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains near Morgan Hill, at dusk on Oct. 12, across from a fresh deer carcass where insects and amphibians sing their evening songs. The driver, carrying something akin to a lunar crawler...

March 29 Someone reportedly stole a rear license plate on Cherryston Drive. The theft occurred after 6:00pm on March 28, but was reported on March 29 at 9:30am. Someone reportedly walked into the caller’s garage and stole an e-bike on Winterbrook Road at 6:03pm. A subject reportedly...

Jan. 21 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting an officer on University Avenue and Boyer Lane at 1:02am. • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 600 block of N. Santa Cruz...

This afternoon, Shannon O’Connor—the woman who psychologically abused teenagers and hosted dangerous parties featuring plenty of alcohol for youth during the pandemic (and came to be known as the “Party Mom,” even by the DA’s Office)—was sentenced to a prison term of more than...

Walk into almost any high school classroom today, and you will find students asking variations of the same transactional question: "Is this going to be on the test?" or "Does this count toward my diploma requirements?" In a rapidly changing world, adolescents are under...

After a five-year run as an assistant baseball coach at Saratoga High from 2011-2015, Mike Minkel knew he wanted to run his own team as an on-campus teacher.  The 39-year-old achieved his goal when he was recently named the new Los Gatos High baseball coach....

Just three miles south—or 11 minutes away—from downtown Los Gatos, we have Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, nearly 1,500 acres of unbridled nature. It features six miles of hiking and equestrian trails that meander along perennial creeks. This acreage was acquired for us...

Los Gatos High didn’t have a girls tennis coach just days before the start of the season four weeks ago. In stepped Pablo Cueto—an on-campus teacher—to fill the void.  “It was crazy,” he said. “The other coach had to leave so they needed someone right...