Opinion

Many thanks, Los Gatos, for inspiring us for 15 years and counting. Thank you for being our creative sanctuary when the world, writing, life and our dreams needed the kind of grounding and encouragement that could only come from the kind of solace we’ve...

There’s something deeply unsettling about driving through the gates of La Rinconada Country Club these days. Where there was once a canopy of oaks and the hum of nature, there are now piles of downed logs—a haunting reminder of what’s been lost in the...

The Game We’re All Losing Ah, game theory in urban planning—a concept so elusive and mysterious that it might as well come with a decoder ring and a secret handshake. Mr. Suzuki’s editorial raises a valid point: if you’re going to criticize something, you should...

Life, like a medical procedure, rarely goes exactly according to the script we write for ourselves. I recently found myself sitting in a recovery room, waiting for the news that I had crossed the finish line of my final colonoscopy. At nearly 75, I...

For two years, I’ve organized blood drives, transforming St. Luke’s Church in Los Gatos into a hub of hope, in partnership with the American Red Cross and our dedicated Rotary Clubs.  What began as a logistical dance of appointments and volunteers has become a visceral...

Jimmy Kimmel is back on ABC. The decision to reinstate him ends a week-long suspension. But it also exposes a more troubling reality. The show was pulled after a federal regulator accused Kimmel of lying and hinted at “remedies.” Disney justified the suspension as a...

*Editor's note: After press time, this issue was debated by the Town Council, which voted 3-2 to retain 7-person makeup of the commission (with Mayor Matthew Hudes and Councilmember Mary Badame voting against). As a current member of the Los Gatos Community Health and Senior...

I have reached an age where certain physical activities are no longer in my repertoire. You will not see me performing a somersault on the Town Plaza, nor will I be seen in a preppy, logo-laden sweatshirt attempting a cartwheel. I have decided, for...

They say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. We hope that won’t be the case for the West Valley of Santa Clara County, where many of us who rely on private insurance don’t realize how much the County’s hospital system does...

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...