The Latest Breaking News from Los Gatos

Digital Maps Shift Power: residents visualise Los Gatos Creek logging plan; save 1,000 acres

Residents utilized innovative digital mapping techniques to contest a logging initiative put forth by San Jose Water Company. Rebecca Moore's thorough map illustrated the ecological ramifications and wildlife disruptions. This visual representation enabled the community to grasp the full extent of the logging plan. As a result of community advocacy…

The Times of India · Sep 23

California woman threw ‘dangerous,’ alcohol-fueled parties – and all her guests were underage

O’Connor redefines ‘Party Mom’ in the worst possible way.

We Got This Covered · Jun 3

California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted of charges including child endangerment and facilitating forcible sexual assault

The Guardian - US · May 29

President Biden to visit Los Gatos, Atherton for fundraising events with tech luminaries

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kickstarting a bid to surpass his $1 billion fundraising haul from the 2020 election, President Joe Biden is expected to come to Los Gatos and Atherton on Monday for reelection fundraisers co-hosted by longtime Democratic supporters and Silicon Valley luminaries.

Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023

ACLU calls censure of Los Gatos commissioner for using 'divisive' language illegal

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Los Gatos Town Council’s censure of a planning commissioner for using “divisive” language caught the attention of First Amendment advocates who say the council’s disciplinary process violated the commissioner’s constitutional rights and was “plain and simple, illegal.”

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023

‘Exactly what I needed’: Silicon Valley teachers move into affordable units

After a full day of working at Raymond J. Fisher Middle School, sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Sharkey would make the hourlong drive from Los Gatos, California, to a small room she rented in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023

‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out every 5 youth deaths

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jan Blom knew little about fentanyl when his 17-year-old son, Linus, went to take a nap in their Los Gatos home in July 2020.

Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022

Why has October been so bad for a virus known as RSV?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — October is usually a quiet month for Dr. Julie Kim and her colleagues at their pediatrics practice in Los Gatos, after the summer rush for physicals.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Bay Area food delivery service wants to go the distance for customers who wait

LOS GATOS, California — Jonathan Friedland wondered why his favorite local bakery, Manresa Bread, wasn’t using food-delivery services such as DoorDash or Uber Eats, especially during a pandemic shutdown that kept customers home.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022