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The mulberry tree on the lawn in front of Los Gatos High School is a reminder to Judy Peckler, 78, about the importance of the annual dry post-graduation party. The tree is dedicated to her only son, her husband and her youngest daughter, who were...

Even though the mountaintops are covered in snow, officials warn that fire season has begun in Santa Clara County. Every year, beginning in March, property owners throughout the county must comply with regulations designed to prevent the spread of wildfires that threaten people, property and...

The total stock portfolio of the Legislature was worth as much as $112 million last year but experts say the public should know more about a politician’s total wealth. Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-28th District) and three other legislators led all of their colleagues in reporting...

-Updated July 26 at 4:45pm with statement from Front Porch After the Los Gatos Meadows senior living project was slammed, in 2022, by Town officials over height concerns and not taking heed of requests to rejig the hill-perched site to allow in more lower-income residents,...

On Nov. 13, at around 5:40pm, California Highway Patrol officers responded to a crash on Highway 17, south of Summit Road. A female driver from Los Gatos was driving a black 2013 Audi Q5 southbound on Highway 17, south of Summit Road at an undetermined...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of March 20-26. March 20 • A vehicle was reported stolen on Grays Lane. • Grand theft was reported at a home on Carlton Avenue. • A man was arrested for being in possession of...

Shannon O’Connor, the wife of tech executive Robert Amaral, who threw parties for teens at their Arroyo Del Rancho Road mansion, spent Christmas behind bars, after being called a threat to public safety and a high flight risk by prosecutors. She’s been charged with 39...

John Maxey Yeager, the man accused of killing his wife, Yingying “Dawn” Yu, and disposing of her body in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was on the Santa Clara County Superior Court docket for a plea hearing today. Unlike others in the packed Department 34 dock,...

California’s Department of Housing and Community Development seemed on the verge of approving Los Gatos’ residential plan, its Housing Element (now more than a year overdue), when the backpedaling began. On Feb. 6, Council voted to introduce a new measure to defend single-family and moderate-density...

The Planning Commission recently agreed to support a memory-care and assisted-living facility proposal from Swenson Builders. The 7-2 decision (commissioners Susan Burnett and Melanie Hanssen were opposed) came after company representative Jessie Bristow confirmed they’d be willing to drop the height by a foot on...