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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...
Letters arrived about an old Town building and police cooperation
Old Fire House could be saved for local veterans groups
We (American Legion, Post 809 of San Jose) recommend you to look more into future possibilities for the old Fire House. We are aware that it was built in 1926, so it could be declared...
Letter: Sustainability, stewardship and the future of La Rinconada Country Club
Recent commentary about the renovation at La Rinconada Country Club has raised understandable questions—and, unfortunately, some misconceptions—about what is actually taking place on our grounds.
As stewards of a property with nearly a century of history and deep roots in the Los Gatos community, we...
Letter: Better to be right than first
Journalists seek to deliver, and society craves, fast information due to the evolution of the internet, social media and the 24-hour news cycle. But at what cost?
The Los Gatan's front-page article on the events of the Oct. 5 Town Council meeting was published in...
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...
Reauthorize DACA
I am writing today to urge our community and elected officials to support reauthorizing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Currently, DACA has not accepted new eligible applicants since October 2020. According to the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services website (2022), DACA is a...
Letters: Supervisor says thanks; Girl Scouts fighting plastics pollution; seniors try the bus
Simitian’s gratitude
Thank you for the opportunity to serve in public office for more than 40 years at five different levels: as a local school board member, city council member and mayor, county supervisor, state assemblymember and state senator.
At the end of next month, by...
LETTERS: Did Blum’s column fill a pothole?; readers decry discontinuation of Dinah’s Event Log
Did Blum’s comedic Los Gatan article fill a pothole?
My recent Los Gatan piece, a brief foray into levity after a series of my more usual serious columns, featured a few lines about the “Grand Canyon-sized pothole” on the Highway 17 north on-ramp.
I even mused,...
Writer fond of history coverage
Just a quick note to compliment the article (“The long and winding road,” June 19, 2024) by Alan Feinberg.
Great feature—and looking forward to more town history.
Johanes Swenberg
Los Gatos
*Letters are edited for length and clarity
High school students grow fruit organization; reader questions food inflation numbers
Produce army seeks recruits
We are FruitShare.org, an organization founded and run by high school students, dedicated to reducing fruit waste and combating food insecurity in our community. Our mission is to collect and pick surplus fruit from homeowners' backyards and donate it to local...

















