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Sept. 10 • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Los Gatos Boulevard and Stacia Street at 12:50am. • A caller said their neighbor reportedly refused to remove road cones from the street on Caldwell Avenue. • A person reportedly broke their...

A caller reported people for participating in a fitness class; other items listed in the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department's blotter from Jan. 7-13 included grand theft, attempted murder, battery and burglary.

Ever since he was elected in 1994, Santa Clara’s County Assessor Larry Stone has been getting booed when introduced at public events. This is how our outgoing assessor was greeted at last Wednesday evening’s Jazz on the Plazz. The boos began just after emcee...

Feb. 8  A suspicious man was reported standing in front of Fisher Middle School on Fisher Avenue at 12:51am. A caller reported hearing vehicles doing “donuts” on Winchester Boulevard and Lark Avenue at 2:19am. Feb. 9 A caller’s rear license plate was reported stolen on Flintridge Drive at...

The publicly traded company that provides Los Gatos with water recently got the go-ahead to fire up two solar power generating stations—one in Los Gatos and one in Saratoga. Together they’ll help keep about 21 tons of greenhouse gasses out of the atmosphere each year,...

During the grand opening of Opelia in mid-November, on East Main Street, Los Gatos welcomed its newest locale for Mediterranean cuisine to the sounds of Turkish music. With a surrounding of faux olive foliage and blue artwork on the wall, this new business has...

Monte Sereno voted to appoint Kirsten Powell, Scotts Valley’s top legal official, as its new City Attorney on June 6. The City Council voted unanimously (with Councilmember Burton Craig absent) to engage Logan & Powell, LLP, as part of passing its consent calendar, which is...

As some of those in attendance at the Los Gatos High School auditorium began to speak, one could hear the trembling and defiance in their voices. Each related a somewhat different concern, during the town hall hosted Thursday by area congressmen Jimmy Panetta and Sam...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently approved a plan aimed at improving emergency response planning and communication in the Loma Prieta area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, a community that straddles the Santa Cruz and Santa Clara County lines. Earlier, in November, Supervisor...

The woman who’s owned The Maids’ Quarters linen shop in downtown Los Gatos for 40 years says she was “duped” by new business partners she was going to share her space with, and now must vacate the premises. But the couple who plans to open...