Archives
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General Plan Meeting Saturday
Apr 30, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
On Saturday, May 2 in the Multi-Purpose Room of Fisher Middle School, 19195 Fisher Avenue, the Town of Los Gatos is organizing four community panels to discuss with residents, experts and service providers the key topics in the General Plan Update.
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Swine Flu Tips
Apr 29, 2009, by Town of Los Gatos CommunityPeople in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga need to make sure that they’re informed about this rapidly changing situation, take it very seriously, yet do so without needless alarm.
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Softball Team Has CCS in Its Sights
Apr 29, 2009, by Randy Frey Sports & SchoolsIt has been a long time since anyone mentioned the Los Gatos High School girls’ softball team and the CCS playoffs in the same breath. But in just two short years, coach Al Pezino has taken the softball program from the depths of obscurity to CCS contender.
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Great Race: Great Fun
Apr 27, 2009, by Randy Frey Community
I keep asking myself “What were you thinking?” My wife casually asked me if I wanted to run the Great Race with her. What the heck, I thought. How hard could it possibly be to run four miles? What I had forgotten was that I hadn’t run a race in nearly 15 years.
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Wildcats Beat Los Altos
Apr 25, 2009, by Mark Powell Sports & Schools
Against Los Altos High on Friday, the Los Gatos varsity baseball team gave starting pitcher Nate Aguiar the run support he needed—and then some. Aguiar pitched a complete game, allowing six hits and two walks, and the Wildcats used a four-run second inning to blow past their league opponent 7-1.
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Planting Trees on Arbor Day
Apr 24, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
For its Arbor Day celebration Friday, Los Gatos added eight trees to the 20,000-plus that already live in town, which was again named as a “Tree City USA.”
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Sunday: The Great Race is On Again
Apr 24, 2009, by Eric Johnson Community
Once upon a time, the Great Race was all about competition between the towns of Los Gatos and Saratoga. In order to participate, runners had to prove that they lived or worked in one of the two bergs (or neighboring Monte Sereno). This Sunday is the 32nd annual Great Race from Saratoga to Los Gatos, which is now a legendary free-for-all.
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Art and Ballet at Museum
Apr 22, 2009, by Colleen Watson
The Art Museum of Los Gatos presents a lecture on Thursday, April 23, by Cathy Kimball of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. The topic is: “Art in the Present Tense: What it Takes from the Past; What It Brings to the Future.
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Los Gatos Man Charged With Arson—Finally
Apr 22, 2009, by Eric Johnson News
The arrest yesterday of Los Gatos contractor Channing Parker Verden came almost a year after the Summit Fire, which charred 4,270 acres and destroyed more than 130 buildings last May. But documents show that Cal Fire officials have believed all along that they know who started the fire.
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Netflix Booms in Bad Times
Apr 21, 2009, by Eric Johnson Business
Netflix, the Los Gatos-based movie-rental company, is expected to deliver good news on Wall Street today. Forbes is reporting that the DVD-by-mail pioneer, which is scheduled to report its first-quarter earnings this afternoon, will show good numbers.
