Archives
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‘CineCats’ Screens Wednesday Evening
May 18, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
This Wednesday, May 20, the fifth annual CineCats Film Showcase of Los Gatos will be taking place at Calvary Church. The theme of this year’s contest is “Small Films, Big Ideas” with three categories: K-8, high school, and over 18 years old. The films are less than 10 minutes long and were judged by a panel of regional film and video professionals.
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Edwards Hits Two Bombs in Toronto
May 15, 2009, by Randy Frey
Many of us remember Trent Edwards hitting home runs as a Los Gatos Little Leaguer and Pony Leaguer. In those days, I also remember him dreaming of someday wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey.
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Where Are They Now? Justin Schafer
May 13, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
With a Los Gatos contingent of at least 50 fans rooting him on, Justin Schafer smashed three hits, including two doubles, Tuesday night as his UC Davis Aggies beat Santa Clara 9-1 at the Bronco’s Stephen Schott Stadium. Schafer, who played three years of varsity baseball at Los Gatos High School, is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak, with multiple hits in six of those games.
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Weekly-Times Spikes Weekender
May 13, 2009, by Erin Sherbert NewsThe downsizing continues at Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, publishers of the Los Gatos Weekly Times, as the company confirms it is laying off four people this week. Executive editor Dale Bryant chalked the move up to the economy, saying SVCN is cutting back for the same reason everyone in the industry is laying off people.
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Lady Wildcats Earn CCS Softball Berth
May 10, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
The wait is over. Rather than back into the CCS playoffs with a Wilcox win over Homestead, the Los Gatos High School girls’ softball team took matters into its own hands Thursday, beating Fremont 2-1 to claim second place in the tough De Anza division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
And the win did not come easily.
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Bocce Beat Down
May 08, 2009, by Jessica Fromm Community
The Los Gatos Bocce Club will take on sworn rivals, the Scotts Valley Bocce Club, in a bocce beat down next Saturday afternoon. The annual Over the Hill tournament, which will take place on May 16 at Scotts Valley’s Skypark at 1pm, started three years ago as a friendly rivalry between the well-established Los Gatos team and the newbie Scott’s Valley players.
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Wozniak Lends Expertise to Educational Website
May 07, 2009, by Colleen Watson BusinessSteve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc., has joined TechForEducators.com’s board of advisors.
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It’s Down to the Wire for Girls’ Softball Team
May 06, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
With one game to go, the Los Gatos High School girls’ softball team still does not have a CCS berth locked up. The Lady Wildcats, currently in third place with a 7-4 league record, can secure their first CCS bid in many years with a win over second-place Fremont Thursday. But a loss, coupled with a Homestead win over first-place Wilcox, leaves Los Gatos on the outside looking in.
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Ten More Legends Inducted Into Hall of Fame
May 05, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & Schools
“All I ever wanted to be was a Wildcat,” said 1993 graduate Brad Sanfilippo Saturday night as he was inducted into the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Both Sanfilippo and 1985 graduate Brock Bowman talked about how as young boys they were at Helm Field every Friday night playing tackle football in the end zone, waiting for the varsity football team to take the field so they could greet their gridiron heroes.
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Council Sends Two Matters Back to the Drawing Board
May 05, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsMore than two hours were spent deciding that the Town Council would do nothing regarding two contested agenda items at the Monday night meeting.
