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We’re moving from chips to charm
Santa Clara County has been carrying around the nickname Silicon Valley for half a century. However, the nickname is as one-dimensional as a microchip. The phrase summons images of hoodie-clad coders, driverless cars, and tech CEOs who think kombucha is a food group. Silicon...
A mom’s response to an astroturf op-ed
Thank you, Giulianna Pendleton for your opinion of artificial turf
(Los Gatan, Dec. 8-14).
One simple, shortened response from a mom of three former child student-athletes, now college/graduate school adults:
Staph.
Constantly recurring.
Don't go there.
Very truly yours,
Denise Donnelly
Los Gatos
>The op-ed discussed the issues around astroturf, which...
Guest View: Prioritizing children over plastic
What were your favorite school memories as a child? Mine included counting roly-polies in the grass at recess, having mud-sliding contests after school, and picking wildflowers with my friends. Some of my least favorite memories were having to play soccer on plastic turf on...
Boy Scout’s letter sparks reply; another letter about Dinah’s Log cancellation arrives; musician lauded
Is it really bye bye to Dinah’s Log?
Bye bye to Dinah’s Weekly Log? Please no no! This little “log” provides a sense of belonging in our small town.
It’s the place where we check out the delightful highlights of the coming week, where we’ll see...
GUEST VIEW: Local news keeps community humming
As a family law litigator who was terrified by the prospect of having to go to court, but who nevertheless did so for 40-plus years, I developed a game plan involving writing my arguments in detail prior to the court hearing or trial. I...
Letters arrived about the Ace Hardware condo proposal and the hiring of the Town Manager
No development at Ace Hardware site
My family and I have been living in Los Gatos for over 35 years now.
The housing development is out of control! (And overdevelopment in general.)
It’s bad enough with the construction of the North 40. And traffic is horrendous, especially...
Letter-writer thinks political profile smacked of bias
Candidate profile one-sided
About Dinah Cotton’s article “An afternoon meeting with a prospective Congressman”
Just read your Evan Low article.
Very one sided considering the activities Low took to keep a recount from happening.
His main contributor appears to be PG&E; his packing of the democrats’ vote to...
Send us your letters
As the town’s local community news source, Los Gatan welcomes comments, letters and contributed opinion pieces on topics of local interest.
Letters are best if they are 250 words or less, and opinion pieces can go up to 750 words. If you have a different...
Introverts and social anxiety: what’s the difference?
Being an introvert and social anxiety are often confused, but they’re not the same. An introvert is a personality trait. Social anxiety is a mental health condition.
An introvert might resist going to a party because they get drained from loud music and too much...
Let’s create community by patronizing our fabulous Los Gatos Theatre
According to Merriam-Webster, a “community” is a unified body of individuals with common interests living in a particular area.
My mother taught me as a kid that community was everything—and that you volunteered to make it better. Bill Weaver, my boss at KLOK-AM, my first...

















