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March 23, 2026

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...

Judge sides with developers and housing activists in lawsuit over vesting rights

Santa Clara County Superior Court - Civil Building
The Town of Los Gatos received a major reality-check on Thursday, when a judge made it clear that its more restrictive interpretation of a residential development rule doesn't quite stand up to what's required under California law. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Helen E....

PG&E admits recent service ‘unacceptable’

PG&E apology webinar
Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas. During a Thursday evening webinar,...

Driver flips vehicle; 2 killed by wrong-way driver; KCAT announces OktoberFest (Briefs)

overturned vehicle
Unlicensed, underage driver flips vehicle Staff Report On Monday, at 5:46pm, the Campbell Police Department responded to a solo vehicle collision on Winchester Boulevard near Chapman Drive. An underage and unlicensed driver lost control and struck a tree, causing the vehicle to flip over, according to CPD. The...

Local tech investor named in offshore tax haven leak

Tortola BVI
I was at the tippy-top of Montara Mountain on a clear day last month near telecommunications equipment—Mavericks to the south, Pacifica to the north—when a call beamed in to my cellphone. It was Roshan Gudapati, the Silicon Valley investor—perhaps best known for co-founding Chiplogic...

The Purple Onion is turning 20 this year

Purple Onion owner holds the door for a customer
The Purple Onion Cafe, which will celebrate its 20th year this spring, began as a catering business in Campbell in 2004, before opening in April 2006 in Los Gatos. Business partners Steve Angelo and Lisa Kilkenny met at a restaurant in 1995 called A...

Saratoga tech startup to pay $630K to feds

justice statue
Technology startup eBibelot, based in Saratoga, and its CEO, Melody Fallah-Khair, have agreed to pay $630,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they violated the False Claims Act by improperly certifying compliance with the terms of a National Science Foundation grant that restricted...

Los Gatos woman helping more Ukrainians enter America

Refugees at the Tijuana border crossing
Men hold babies in their arms, women are bundled up in blankets and jackets to fight off the cold. Volunteers hand out coffee and soup. Kids are coughing. Some people have surgical masks on. Many don’t. It was a frustrating scene at the U.S. border...

Commercial building goes up in flames along border with Campbell

commercial building fire
Firefighters were battling a fire at a three-story commercial structure at Knowles Drive and Dell Avenue, along Los Gatos' northern border near the Netflix campus, this morning. Crews headed to the 50,000-square-foot building just after 10am and had trouble finding the flames because the building...

Los Gatos approves 450-unit North 40 Phase 2, including 77 affordable units

North 40 rendering
Last night, Los Gatos Town Council greenlit Phase 2 of the North 40 mixed-use project, from Grosvenor Americas, which features 450 units of housing, including 77 affordable units—16 of which will be reserved for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The approval, which allows the...

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