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State Healthcare Safety Net Threatened

State Senator Sam Aanestad

By State Senator Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley)

Lack of creativity, not lack of money, is threatening healthcare coverage for more than 16...

Editorial: Weekly-Times Spreads Litter, Kills Trees

Advertising circulars generate trash all over town

Unwanted newspapers thrown all over town

Last night, I addressed the town council to call attention to the paper trash that is syst...

How the Los Gatos Weekly was Started

Dan Pulcrano

By Dan Pulcrano

Updated: 11/18/08 8:23 am

Update: Postscript added. I sometimes muse about the random and unlikely events that led ...

Editorial: Well, That Happened

Alastair Dallas

Los Gatos survives past election day

Election day means one thing to me above all else: my self-imposed gag on political report...

Hit Piece Should Draw Censure

Mey Hofmann

By Larry Arzie

I just got back yesterday from four weeks in Barcelona at the Michelin-starred restaurant ...

Outraged at Councilmember's Mailer

By Leonard Pacheco and Diane Roberts

In over four decades that we have lived in Los Gatos, never have we seen anything like out...

Diana Pleasant: Zager for Los Gatos High Board

Diana Pleasant

By Diana Pleasant

I endorse Bob Zager for Los Gatos Saratoga Joint Union High School District Board. ...

Forum Demonstrates Strength of Bob Zager’s Candidacy

By Maya Baba, Marlene Coe, Carolyn Doles, Shinku Sharma

Bob Zager, a resident of Saratoga and a newcomer to the Los Gatos–Saratoga Joint Un...

Interested in the Future of Los Gatos?

Peggy Dallas (peggy4council.org)

By Peggy Dallas

Updated: 11/02/08 11:22 am

Update Nov. 2:  If you missed the Community Meeting on Nov. 1, you still get u...

Dirty Politics Come to Los Gatos

Jonathan Knowles

By Jonathan Knowles

It is sad and unfortunate to see dirty politics in Los Gatos this election season. A lette...

Los Gatos Planning Commission Is Outrageous

By Shamus Waird

I watched the Los Gatos planning commission meeting last night (Sept. 24), and I was appal...

Los Gatos Needs to Fix Kennedy Rd., Council Told

Traffic calming sign on Kennedy Rd.

By Bill Bowman

I attended the town council meeting Sept. 2 with Tom Goguen and Fred Davis t...

With “Friends of the Hillsides” Like These Who Needs Enemies?

By Peggy Dallas

Who doesn't agree that Los Gatos should jealously protect its precious, irreplaceable hill...

Los Gatos Office Building Approval Overrules Planners

By Dick Whitaker

I would like to bring to the attention of Los Gatos and Monte Sereno residents the recent ...

Reporting the Los Gatos Council Race

Los Gatos Council Race 2008

Veteran journalists will ensure fairness, accuracy

As the Los Gatos Observer's editor, I have been looking forward to covering the 200...

Proposed Estate Will Be An Asset to Los Gatos

By Peggy Dallas

I believe the proposed DeSantis project on Kennedy Rd. meets the intent of the Hill...

Los Gatos Council Inspires Anger

By Dennis Byron

Councilmember Steve Glickman got it right at the council meeting June 2 when h...

Council's Decision on Vasona Land Works

By Jeffrey Miller

The town council has made a good decision in accepting the county’s offer of over $6...

Council is Trying to Sell Los Gatos Sports Facility Land

Man playing soccer at Vasona Lake Park

By Peggy Dallas

The Los Gatos town council seems determined to sell the town's land in Vasona for cas...