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Mike and Kim Wasserman selling historic home
Mike Wasserman, the former Los Gatos mayor and current county supervisor, is moving—but not that far.
Only six inches, in fact.
Wasserman, who along with his wife Kim have owned and lived at 68 Broadway near downtown since 1984, is moving to a new home currently...
The ‘Wild’ case of a woman placed at-risk due to sketchy Santa Clara County paperwork
The office of Harry Ryan was the place Jack London penned his seminal novel “the Call of the Wild,” about a dog that’s taken from the Santa Clara Valley to the Klondike, where he befriends wolves and leads a sled team.
Ryan, who met London...
Monte Sereno promoted ADUs to meet State housing demands
Emily Kong and Edmund Lee have been living in Monte Sereno for more than 22 years.
They raised their daughter here and want to make sure she has the option to remain in the area; they also want to be able to look after Lee’s...
Town shares holiday hours; renter input sought for housing plan; LG gets first-aid training center (local scene)
LOCAL SCENE for the week of Dec. 14-20, 2022.
Town offices closing for holidays
Town of Los Gatos administrative offices will be closed Dec. 23-Jan. 2.
The library will also be closed Dec. 23-26 and Dec. 30-Jan. 2.
Renter input sought for Housing Element update
The Town of Los...
ADU install in Los Gatos becomes a neighborhood affair
After Joe Sordi moved with his parents to Los Gatos from Washington D.C. at age 7, one of the first things the family did was install a pool.
Now, 50 years later, they’ve demolished it and plopped a small house—often referred to as a carriage...
Harmonie Park taps former mayor to launch land-use consultancy
One of the developers behind the North 40 project along Highway 17 in Los Gatos has brought the town’s former mayor, Marcia Jensen, on board to launch a consultancy.
The Bachman Avenue-headquartered Harmonie Park Development, a company with around 10 million square feet under management,...
Los Gatos considering historic-home tax break
Amid the minutiae of General Plan deliberations on Monday, the Los Gatos Town Council voted to move forward with a plan to consider a tax break for owners of historic properties.
Mayor Rob Rennie—who said the Mills Act provision “seems like a subsidy for rich...
Residents overjoyed with new digs at North 40’s Walnut Grove
Connie Binning moved to California from Minnesota in the 1960s, settling first in Santa Rosa, and, a few years later, moving her family to Los Gatos.
“Back then I used to drive the truck in to Rural Supply and buy hay for my daughter’s horse,”...
North 40 developer submits Phase II plans featuring 2-acre public park, 68 low-income apartments
Grosvenor Property Americas, the developer of the large mixed-use project called the North 40 located just south of San Jose and Campbell, says it will donate nearly two acres of land to affordable housing builder Eden Housing.
Its comprehensive Phase II plan, submitted to the...
Town settles on sites to target for residential development
Los Gatos submitted its draft Housing Element plan, which sets out how the Town plans to grow the number of residential units in the community, to State officials Oct. 14.
While the Housing Element approach to urban planning has been with California for decades, only...


















