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Nai Hsueh says Valley Water can maintain about 350 of more than 800 miles of urban creeks; she urges flood insurance, AlertSCC sign-ups and a sandbag plan, with rain possible Monday.
Santa Clara County says rising costs led it to end the drive-through format at Vasona Lake County Park; tickets will be sold per person and must be bought ahead of time.
Eden Housing's Rise Block 5 project would hold 174 very low-income and 58 low-income units on North Wolfe Road; the city would carry no liability for the tax-exempt bonds.
Saratoga weighed switching to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department over rising costs but decided Oct. 7 to stay with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.
Mayor Rob Moore says prices would switch on only during peak beach traffic and rise with demand, as a stopgap until a $178 million Highway 17 widening that still needs construction money.
A warm January and an April cold snap during flowering left Santa Cruz Mountains growers, including several in Saratoga, with some of their smallest crops ever, the Los Gatan reported Wednesday.
Santa Clara Valley Water District directors voted 6-0 Tuesday to accept an investigation into Rebecca Eisenberg's conduct and set an Oct. 27 meeting on extending her censure; she has sued the district alleging retaliation.
Los Gatos planners take up 17 changes Wednesday after California's housing department said the town's two-home and lot-split ordinance no longer complies with state law; the council has the final say.
An adopted resolution transfers park development money to the renovation project; Councilmember Aftab cast the lone no vote.
Three of five seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot in the neighboring city, where a pro-growth slate and a preservationist slate disagree on the state's 4,588-home target and how to close a budget gap opening in mid-2027.
Forty-five seniors in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, home to Saratoga High, are semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.
In a column published Sunday, Chuck Page said 25 such applications reached the city before its housing plan won state approval; three were approved, three closed as ineligible, one withdrawn, and two sites have competing proposals.
A draft environmental report on 132 townhomes at 18500 and 18520 Marshall Lane finds significant and unavoidable impacts on wildfire evacuation and driving; the city takes comments at a Zoom meeting Oct. 15, with written comments due Oct. 26.
The Saratoga Chamber of Commerce will mark its 100th anniversary with a free event on October 10.
Recent Saratoga police reports include a $900 theft on Montalvo Road, a shed burglary behind a Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road business and stolen airline points.
Eric Cao, Farnoush Drexel, Anna Goldberg, Catalina Rupert and Vidya Vineet are running at large for the PreK-8 district's board; the League of Women Voters forum runs 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13.
Regular unleaded averages $6.2794 in the San Jose area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the California average.
The Heritage Preservation Commission meets Tuesday morning on a plaque near the lost Champagne Cellars site, Bellicitti Barn signs and a staff reading of the code's maintenance exemption, after members raised unapproved paint jobs.
The Saratoga Chamber of Commerce celebrates its centennial from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at 14414A Oak Street; City Hall closes Monday for Indigenous Peoples' Day, and the community band plays that night.
Regular unleaded averages $6.2906 in the San Jose area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the California average.
Regular unleaded averages $6.3099 in the San Jose area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the California average.
