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July 3, 2025

Letter: State shouldn’t profit on grieving children

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A family member dying and passing the family home onto their child or grandchild should not be a taxable event. Prop. 19 allows property to be reassessed to market value when it passes from parents to children, resulting in a massive property tax increase...

FROM OUR INBOX: Try biking for a change

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You should bike short distances instead of driving because it is more environmentally friendly, is more cost effective, and is a great way to get some exercise.  Cars emit approximately three billion metric tons of carbon dioxide a year worldwide. Biking instead of driving will...

Letters: Historian clarifies John W. Lyndon’s story; Nestldown story brings up old memories

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I am writing concerning your article about town father John W. Lyndon, which appeared in the April 2-8 Los Gatan. John Lyndon was not born in Vermont, even though he often said that was the case. He was actually born circa 1836 in St....

Los Gatos Community Alliance decries Planning Commission appointment process (+ letters from a veteran and an anti-dating violence nonprofit)

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Community Alliance: Appointment process was politically driven Leadership requires vision, competence, and integrity—qualities seemingly lacking in former mayor Maria Ristow and Vice Mayor Rob Moore. Their actions during the Planning Commission appointment process show a troubling pattern of prioritizing politics over the community’s needs. The Planning...

LETTER: Monte Sereno City Manager Steve Leonardis suggests Los Gatan source is full of rubbish

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From the Inbox... Do your homework Dear Mr. Penner, I give you a C- for your latest journalistic effort in the Los Gatan. You should validate your information before releasing your stories for publication. Your article titled “ACLU threatens legal action against town” is devoid of...

Letter: Better to be right than first

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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: Did Blum’s column fill a pothole?; readers decry discontinuation of Dinah’s Event Log

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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,...

Letter to the Editor: A plea to disrespectful dog owners

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Hello, fellow Los Gatos residents and visitors, We have a wonderful town. But dog owners who do not pick up their dog’s droppings (poop), please do not leave it on our sidewalks. Unhealthy, unkind, just wrong. So many of you do pick up after their pets...

We received messages about homelessness, housing and a health fair

eating disorder organization
Health fair was a success We so enjoyed assembly member Gail Pellerin’s health fair on Saturday. So many good resources and opportunities to network. See photo attached with our Eating Disorders Resource Center team (L-R): Lily, program manager, Rob Moore, Mira, Isha; Back Row: Sophia and Janice...

Letter-writer thinks political profile smacked of bias

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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...

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