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Rural Supply future uncertain as building goes up for sale
The future of long-standing Los Gatos hardware store Rural Supply is uncertain as the building is now for sale.
Co-owner Ken Nelson says after operating in the same South Santa Cruz Avenue storefront since 1967, their lease has run out and they’re not sure what...
Homeowner reports County Counsel for elder abuse
A 69-year-old Los Gatos resident who’s been unable to repair the old cabin she lives in, due to a paperwork dispute with Santa Clara County, has now filed an elder abuse complaint against the Office of the County Counsel.
Sidney French claims documents for her...
Official from veterans organizations hopeful after Town breaks 4 Tait Avenue lease
Wayne Heimsoth, the Los Gatos Veterans Memorial and Support Foundation and the Campbell Veterans Memorial Foundation boardmember, was thrilled to learn from the Los Gatan last week that his dream had come true—at least the first step of it.
Just after the Los Gatan went...
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...
General Plan: Council narrowly rejects proposal that might violate housing rules
The hard-won consensus achieved by the Planning Commission about what housing should be built in Los Gatos was shattered by multiple stones as Council took up the General Plan Monday.
It included a broadside by Mayor Rob Rennie, who proposed introducing an entirely new zoning...
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...
Los Gatos approaching $2B in home sales
The red-hot real estate market that’s scorched Los Gatos and the rest of the state could be showing signs of cooling, but the market promises to be robust for the foreseeable future, local agents predict.
According to data by the Santa Clara County Association of...
Memo: County Planning suffering serious backlog issues
The County department that’s been threatening a Santa Cruz Mountains resident with thousands of dollars in fines and possible civil or criminal prosecution has been dealing with serious backlog problems, according to a 2019 memo obtained by the Los Gatan.
Sidney French, 69, who lives...
North 40 developer submits plans for second phase
It’s the development in Los Gatos that has become a symbol of how the town is changing, on which locals have frequently placed their often quite charged feelings about the “character” of the community and what should be done about the housing crisis.
And on...
Pair of contrasting housing projects raise local hackles
The stage has been set for the next phase of residential development reticence in Los Gatos as two new housing projects have officially entered the arena: a blocky apartment complex and a traditional suburban cul-de-sac.
The developers behind both say they qualify for fast-tracking under...


















