Colleen Watson
Los Gatos Observer WriterEntries by Colleen Watson:
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A Christmas Party, Knitting and a Coucil Meeting
Dec 18, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for December 18-23, 2009?
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Art Lecture, Holiday Wine and Live Music
Dec 09, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for December 9-16, 2009?
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Los Gatos Welcomes Newish Mayor
Nov 17, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsPoliticsMonday night, the Los Gatos town council voted in a new mayor. The chosen one was Vice Mayor Dianne McNutt who had previously served as mayor from Nov. 2005 to Nov. 2006.
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Karaoke, Second Saturdays and Happy Hoofers
Nov 12, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for November 12-18, 2009.
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Bikes, Cars and Food Stolen This Past Week.
Nov 10, 2009, by Colleen Watson -
Chocolate, historic homes and antique cars
Nov 04, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Obituary: Herbert Earl Thompson
Oct 20, 2009, by Colleen Watson Obituaries -
Planning Commission Denies Backyard Pool
Oct 15, 2009, by Laura Fishman PoliticsThe towns commissioners found a Los Gatos residents remodeling project too extreme for approval at last nights Planning Commission meeting.
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Remembering Loma Prieta
Oct 14, 2009, by Colleen Watson News -
An Assemblyman, an Orchestra and Bike Art
Oct 08, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Obituary: Nannie Elizabeth Jorgensen
Oct 07, 2009, by Colleen Watson Obituaries -
25 Years of Drug Resistance Education
Oct 02, 2009, by Laura Fishman CommunityAfter 25 years of service, Community Against Substance Abuse (CASA) still strives for a drug-free community.
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Garage Sales, a Harvest Festival and More
Oct 01, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
10 Questions With Peggy Conaway
Sep 29, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Dinner and an Outdoor Movie
Sep 24, 2009, by Colleen WatsonLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for September 24-30, 2009.
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Fashion Forward “Green” Salon
Sep 23, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Disaster Drills Prepare Residents For the Worst
Sep 18, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Dredg Explores Rushdie’s Writing On New Album
Sep 17, 2009, by Garrett Wheeler Community -
Wine Tours, Rock Stars and Council Meetings
Sep 16, 2009, by Colleen WatsonLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for September 17-23, 2009.
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Leanne Keltie and Bradley Cobb Wedding Anouncement
Sep 16, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Trevese Closes Its Doors
Sep 15, 2009, by Stett Holbrook Community -
10 Questions With Diane McNutt
Sep 15, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityTen questions with Los Gatos resident Diane McNutt. What does this very active resident like best about the town, who are her favorite residents and whats her favorite spot?
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Temporary Road Closures for the Coming Week
Sep 14, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsA few local roads will be closed in the evening and early morning hours from Sept. 14-22, to complete a slurry seal project.
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Planning Commission Approves Wine Bar
Sep 10, 2009, by Laura Fishman PoliticsA new wine bar might be coming soon to Los Gatos, and the towns planning commission proved to be in favor of it Wednesday night.
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Looking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for September 10-16, 2009.
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10 Questions With Barry Gordon
Sep 08, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Lunch Goes Green at St. Marys School
Sep 04, 2009, by Laura Fishman Sports & SchoolsLunch just got a whole lot healthier for the environment at St. Marys School in Los Gatos, and the students cant get enough of it.
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Furloughs, Barbeques and Music on the Patio
Sep 03, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityLooking for something to do around Los Gatos? Check out this community calendar for September 3-9, 2009. Some highlights of the week: Jim Stevens and Friends at Testarossa Winery, A Labor Day Grill and a Happy Hoofers outing.
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A Changing Of The Guard At Los Gatos High School
Sep 01, 2009, by Laura Fishman Community -
Obituary: Betty Menichetti
Aug 13, 2009, by Nicole Praisewater Obituaries
Beautiful, loving, wife, mother and grandmother Betty Menichetti passed away August 8, 2009 at the age of 85. In lieu of a memorial service, the family will be planning a Celebration of Life on October 18, 2009. She is also survived by her sister Mary Sokolis and her niece Mary Ellen Delhaute and her husband Lee, along with numerous other nieces and nephews.
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Los Gatos Seniors’ Homefinder
Aug 03, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
El Camino Los Gatos Hospital Welcomes First Baby
Jul 30, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
In a tastefully decorated hospital room, in the arms of a beaming mother and the watchful eye of a smiling father, slept Connor Kikuo Kozuki. His tuft of black hair matched that of his happy parents. Connor has the distinction of being the first baby born in El Camino Hospital Los Gatos since it reopened.
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Glickman’s Petitions Rejected
Jul 28, 2009, by Colleen Watson PoliticsThe Los Gatos city clerk shot down two petitions sponsored by past town councilmember Steve Glickman on Wednesday.
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Poet Laureate Speaks in Los Gatos
Jul 27, 2009, by Laura Fishman Community
With a glass of red wine in one hand and a microphone in the other, Santa Clara Countys first poet laureate Nils Peterson spoke to a crowd on Friday night at the Los Gatos Museums Gallery.
Peterson read several of his original poems throughout the evening and lectured on the relation between poetry and art to over 100 people.
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Creamy Buzz
Jul 23, 2009, by Stett Holbrook Business
Like many Silicon Valley high-tech workers, San Jose’s Sheri Tate dreamed of leaving the world of cubicles and long boring meetings to start her own business. As a marketing and product manager for various technology firms, she figured that her business would be high-tech related. Instead, she went a more low-tech but far tastier routesuperpremium ice cream.
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Monte Sereno City Council Agenda
Jul 21, 2009, by Colleen Watson Politics -
The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Likes it Hot
Jul 20, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
The Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos has probably never seen as much fringe and feathers as it did on Saturday night during the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerces gangster themed 10th anniversary party. Though the Some Like it Hot theme did reflect back to the 20s when the first Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce started, Saturday night remembered 1999, the year that the newest incarnation of the chamber was formed and the people who helped build the chamber to what it is today.
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On Schedule, El Camino Hospital Los Gatos Opens
Jul 13, 2009, by Colleen Watson Business
Ninety days was the theme of this ceremony on Friday afternoon. Ninety days to change from Community Hospital of Los Gatos to El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, ninety days to staff a hospital, and ninety days to reopen for the community. This ribbon-cutting ceremony represents a promise kept to this community, said Ken Graham, CEO of El Camino Hospital. And here we are just 90 days later.
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Summer Reading Program Returns to Los Gatos Library
Jun 30, 2009, by Laura Fishman CommunityThe Los Gatos Library is encouraging children to challenge their minds and embark on reading adventures with the annual Summer Reading Program.
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Town Civic Events June 24-July 1
Jun 24, 2009, by Colleen Watson PoliticsLook here for upcoming Town Council, commission and committee meetings for June 24, through July 1, 2009. Agenda items will be updated as they appear.
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Community Wins Duck Race
Jun 22, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
Fifteen thousand bright-yellow rubber ducks serenely floated down Los Gatos Creek at Vasona Lake Park Sunday, raising money for 20 local charities. The event was the second annual Silicon Valley Duck Race, which was sponsored by Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley. Other local charities signed up to be duck buddies, an honor that included selling rubber ducks to raise money for their charities. and having an information booth at the event.
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Town Civic Events June 17-24
Jun 17, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityLook here for upcoming Town Council, commission and committee meetings for June 18, through June 24, 2009. Agenda items will be updated as they appear.
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Los Gatos Congratulates the Class of 2009
Jun 15, 2009, by Colleen Watson Sports & Schools
Students walked out the front doors of Los Gatos High School on Friday evening four across, girls in white and boys in black. Smiling and laughing they waved to a sea of family and friends gathered on the front lawn as they made their way to their seats. In total, 432 students were among the graduating class of 2009, and 80 of those graduated with honors. This is a really nice group of kids, Principal Doug Ramezane said.
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Los Gatos Couple Donate $1 Million to San Jose State
Jun 09, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community
A Los Gatos couple has made a generous donation to San Jose State Universitys Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center. SJSU alumni and longtime Los Gatos residents Larry Arzie and David Stonesifer bequeathed $1 million the LBGT Resource Center, which was established in fall 2008. Its the largest donation the center has received.
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Vasona Vibrations Series Kicks Off Saturday
Jun 05, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Town Council Approves Controversial Building
Jun 02, 2009, by Colleen Watson Business
Last nights town council meeting brought out quite the crowd. About a dozen people came by to speak about about a proposed building on 15400 Los Gatos Boulevard. While most came to air their displeasure at the new building, and voiced concerns about how it would increase traffic, cause safety issues and possibly block views, a few came to support the project and its design.
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Los Gatos Skateoard Shop Announces Big Contest
May 21, 2009, by Colleen Watson Business -
‘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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Wozniak Lends Expertise to Educational Website
May 07, 2009, by Colleen Watson BusinessSteve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc., has joined TechForEducators.coms board of advisors.
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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.
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Citizens Work on Los Gatos General Plan
May 04, 2009, by Colleen Watson CommunityA group of experts came to Fisher Middle School Saturday to answer questions from the community regarding the Los Gatos General Plan.
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General Plan Meeting Saturday
Apr 30, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Planting Trees on Arbor Day
Apr 24, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Art and Ballet at Museum
Apr 22, 2009, by Colleen Watson -
Police Investigative Team Honored
Apr 16, 2009, by Colleen Watson News -
Los Gatos Town Council Talks Money
Apr 07, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsThe main topic of conversation at Monday night’s town council meeting was money. The raising of fees and the allocation of funds for grants and scholarships were the two most debated agenda items.
Under one proposal, fees would be raised to cover costs, or raised a general 3 percent, which is tagged to the U.S. Consumer Price Index. There are about 350 total fees for the town of Los Gatos. Two new fees were added this yeara $75 firearm storage fee and an alarm registration fee.
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Bunny Fun Hunt a Hit
Apr 06, 2009, by Colleen Watson Community -
Los Gatos Police Blotter, April 1
Apr 01, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsPossession of burglary tools, drug possession, more drug possession, and a stolen surveillance camera (!).
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Planning Commission Asks For Design Changes
Mar 26, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsThe back-and-forth between Los Gatos residents and architect Ken Rodriguez went on for two and a half hours at the Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday night, as they argued the merits of a 40,000 square-foot office and retail building at 15400 Los Gatos Boulevard.
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Los Gatos Town Council on ‘Retreat’
Mar 25, 2009, by Colleen Watson NewsThe Los Gatos Town Council is gathering at 6 p.m. Thursday for a retreat to discuss various city boards, including the youth commission, the library board, the arts commission, the community service commission, the parks commission, and the transportation and parking commission. Theyll examine what is going on with them, where they are headed and what they have accomplished.
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El Camino Accelerates Hospital Plans
Mar 17, 2009, by Colleen Watson Business
Ken Graham, CEO of El Camino Hospital, brought some good news to the Los Gatos Town Council meeting Monday night. He reported that instead of acquiring Community Hospital of Los Gatos in June, as planned, El Camino will be acquiring the hospital on April 11. That means Community will be closing temporarily on April 10, and re- opening in mid-July, almost eight weeks earlier than previously thought.


