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Design pros offering free 15-minute consultations to encourage toy donations
According to the Marine Toys for Tots organization, its goal is to spread joy and hope to America's less fortunate children at Christmas by collecting and distributing—you guessed it—toys.
Now a local company, JAS Interior Designs, has come up with a unique way of...
Campaign signs stolen; dirt bike “menace” (Police Blotter, Oct. 16-22)
Police Blotter for the week of Oct. 16-22.
Oct. 16
• Someone damaged a toilet on Miles Avenue.
• Two juveniles were reportedly tagging street signs with graffiti on Hicks Road and Shannon Oaks Lane.
Oct. 17
• A vehicle was burglarized on Blossom Hill Road.
• Campaign signs were...
20-year-old arrested for having alcohol; delivery driver blocking driveway “hocked a loogie” (Police Blotter: Nov. 14 – 20)
Police Blotter
Nov. 14
• An ATM was vandalized on South Santa Cruz Avenue.
Nov. 15
• Someone stole a bicycle from a business on the 400 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue.
• A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road and...
Mountain fire injury
On Sunday, firefighters with Cal Fire CZU, Santa Clara County Fire Department and the Scotts Valley Fire Department joined Loma Prieta Company 36 volunteers to respond to a structure fire on Old Santa Cruz Highway.
“They successfully contained the fire to a single detached building,”...
Council OKs $136K Rec Center flooring renovation
It came with a price tag Councilmember Matthew Hudes at first said looked “out of balance,” but in the end the flooring rework slated for the Adult Recreation Center was approved unanimously.
At the Sept. 21 town council meeting, Hudes pulled the item from the...
Grosvenor eliminates 14 more affordable units from North 40 Phase 2
The parade of residents who spoke at Planning Commission on April 30—cheering the developer for setting aside 16 units for people with mental disabilities—partially masked the reality that 14 affordable units had been erased from their North 40 designs since Grosvenor Americas submitted its...
Assault with a deadly weapon; man arrested for possessing controlled substance after bathing with a hose (Police Blotter, Nov. 12-18)
Nov. 12
• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the Municipal Lot 2 at 2:59am.
• Grand theft was reported on N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
• A man was reportedly “acting weird” in a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at...
Arms Cyber Defense opens headquarters in Los Gatos
On Monday, Oct. 20, along with the assistance of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce and our mayor, Arms Cyber Defense, Inc. held their ribbon-cutting ceremony at their new international headquarters.
From the Los Gatan’s observations, Mayor Matthew Hudes is getting quite good at operating...
Surfnet to expand internet service in Santa Cruz Mountains with $4.35M in grants
Surfnet Communications, Inc. announced Sept. 12 it had received three new grants totaling $4.3 million in partnership with the nonprofit California Broadband Alliance (CBA) to extend fiber broadband to communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The grants were awarded to the CBA by the...
Los Gatos getting $750K from Washington for fuel reduction project
With Democrats and Republicans coming together to move a $1.5 trillion spending bill through Congress, thanks in no small part to the aid for Ukraine it contained, Los Gatos is one step closer to getting $750,000 to harden itself against wildfire.
The 2,741-page omnibus package...
