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Letter: The power and purpose of peaceful protest
In times of division and frustration, it’s essential to remember that peaceful protest is one of the most powerful tools we have to create change. The right to gather, speak and demand accountability is at the very heart of democracy. Throughout history—whether in the...
Letter: There are more development stories to be told
The recent Los Gatan article describing a scary chapter in Los Gatos history by Alan Feinberg jumped from the horrific 1960s plan to raise the Almond Grove District to the creation of the Almond Grove Historic District in 2008.
Unfortunately, this entirely omitted the several...
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...
Letter: Article was too confusing
I have read the story "Woman who threw parties" (Los Gatan, Dec. 29, 2021-Jan. 4, 2022) six times and still cannot understand what the author is trying to say. Grammatically, the article is written so poorly that the reader loses the ability to understand...
Letter: Raising concern with the word ‘commit’
I am a lifelong Los Gatos resident and an active member of our community, including serving as vice-president of the Los Gatos Morning Rotary and other community groups. I am very involved in mental health education and advocacy, including serving as co-chair of Santa...
Letters: Flock Safety concerns raised; LGCA member defends his position on housing development
There are serious problems with ALPR systems
Santa Cruz recently demonstrated why automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems deserve far more scrutiny than they often receive. On January 13, the Santa Cruz City Council voted 6–1 to terminate its contract with Flock Safety after discovering...
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Letter-writer critiques Blossom Hill Road ‘improvements’
Dear Editor,
I read with interest the article in the Los Gatan about the May 21 Town Council meeting.
One of the top concerns of those polled about a possible new tax was “traffic congestion,” so the Council proposed to direct revenue from the new tax...
Letters about a development proposal + pickleball player-homeowner tensions
Project must be stopped
I recently wrote about the new developmental proposal at Ace Hardware store in Los Gatos. Now they want to construct the Cafe Dio building, a four-story, 30 residential unit-building, with underground parking, where Los Gatos family physicians used to be.
I used...
Story highlights overlooked individual (letter)
The recent article on Sahr Fania by Drew Penner (Los Gatan, Nov. 2-8) was wonderful!
Thank you so much for sharing the story of a Los Gatan who does not fill the profile that is often told about “important” people in other Los Gatos publications.
Please...















