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November 5, 2026

Monte Sereno youth take the lead on emergency preparedness

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The Monte Sereno Youth Commission is helping residents prepare for wildfires, earthquakes, power outages and other disasters by launching an ambitious initiative to build and distribute emergency “go bags” to every household in Monte Sereno. Led by Youth Commission Vice Chair Stella Zeidler and Secretary...

Tasting the latest from Alamitos Vineyards

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Every St. Patrick’s Day, I’m reminded of the enormous fun our high school had putting on the musical “Finian’s Rainbow.” The music was lively. The sets featured a luminous rainbow and a huge pot spilling over with goofy looking gold. The costumes were even goofier,...

Founder of Los Gatos salon growing her Felton business in new space

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It’s a Wednesday afternoon and Sydney Jayne, 42, is in an empty room with walls as white as a blank painter’s canvas. Milky rays spin in through the skylight she installed with her boyfriend Tachu Soto, for the new incarnation of her Jayne &...

Sister of local realtor escapes Ukraine, gets stuck in Tijuana

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The sister of a long-time Los Gatos resident made it out of Kyiv, Ukraine, on the last train to Lviv, but is now stuck in Tijuana, Mexico. Laura Kramer Rahmil, the former vice chair of the Town’s Community Health and Senior Services Commission, said in...

Mandatory water saving plan is in the works

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The warnings have been coming for months: residents and businesses need to conserve water because Santa Clara County is in an “extreme and exceptional” drought. It’s why residents have been asked to use 15 percent less water than they did in 2019 but that goal...

A man’s been stealing 1 beer out of a 6-pack every day from a downtown store for months (Police Blotter, Oct. 15-21)

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Oct. 15 • A vehicle was reported stolen on Oak Rim Court. • A bathroom was reportedly vandalized at Vasona Park. • A man was arrested for contempt of court on High School Court at 4:19pm. Oct. 16 • A man and a woman were arrested for being in...

Planning Commission gets first crack at Draft General Plan

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It’s the sprawling document that will direct Los Gatos' future in the coming years, and on April 13 Planning Commissioners had their chance to begin fine-tuning the Draft 2040 General Plan. But as the seven-member body painstakingly trudged their way through a variety of chapters—from...

Suspicious ice cream truck reportedly driving along Palmer Drive and Hooke Lane late at night (Police Blotter, June 14-20)

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June 14 A subject was reported drunk in public at Carry Nations on North Santa Cruz Avenue and refused to leave at 1:44am. A caller reported that their vehicle’s window was smashed, and their guitar and amplifier, worth approximately $1,225, were stolen at Aventino Apartments on...

Town agrees to put $50K extra into disability plan

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The Town Council has agreed to top-up a consultant with an additional $50,000 to help with the development of a comprehensive disability infrastructure plan. This involves a $35,150 budget transfer from the Curb, Gutter & Sidewalk Maintenance project to cover a financial anomaly.

3 weeks to fix signatures in high school district election

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In the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District special mail ballot election, held May 7, voters have until Tuesday, June 4, to correct issues with their ballot envelope signatures. According the the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, they still have 35 remaining ballots with...

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