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Parents proud of football-playing graduate son
We would like to give a shout out to our son (Franklin D. White III) who graduates from Los Gatos High School this Friday. As a transfer student from Saratoga High School his sophomore year, his journey through Los Gatos High has been filled...
Letters: Don’t miss the blood drive; when bees swarm
Blood drive adds Stanford partnership
We at Rotary Club of Los Gatos are so very proud of all the things we do in the community. And on March 21, we will be having one of our favorite events.
We’ve done a blood drive for three years...
LETTERS: Readers take issue with Planning Commission coverage
Your April 23 article on the Los Gatos Green project hearing reads more like a biased editorial than legitimate reporting. The petty tone directed at Commissioner Rob Stump is especially troubling.
The role of the Planning Commission is to ensure that development proposals comply with...
Letter: Resident not happy about ‘NO KINGS’ graffiti
On Saturday, vandals participating in the “No Kings” protests graffitied the Loma Brewing alleyway.
As a community, we shouldn’t stand for our town to be treated this way by outsiders. I value the beauty and safety of this town, and will do everything I can...
Los Gatos Community Alliance decries Planning Commission appointment process (+ letters from a veteran and an anti-dating violence nonprofit)
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: Moore and Ristow demand higher travel and entertainment budgets to attend conferences
At Los Gatos’ annual priority-setting session, Mayor Moore and Vice Mayor Ristow demanded higher travel and entertainment budgets to fund boondoggle conferences while the Town Manager forecasts upcoming multimillion-dollar operating deficits with no relief in sight.
It’s another example of failed Council fiscal leadership, which...
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 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...
Letters: Historian clarifies John W. Lyndon’s story; Nestldown story brings up old memories
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....
Letter: What an achievement!
Just recently the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District received notice that it is the only district (K-12 or high school) in California to have earned a perfect rating across every measure the State uses to evaluate how well districts are meeting the needs...


















