Los Gatos News

The California rock band Trapt invades Des Moines' East Village tonight for a 7 p.m. show at Wooly's. The doors at Wooly's will open at 6 p.m., and the show is all ages.

DEAR JOAN: Can you identify this reptile for us? I'm not sure if it's a snake or a skink.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department has issued a notice to hikers in Los Gatos that a bat found near a trail has tested positive for the rabies virus, a deputy health officer said.

The Pleasanton Antiques and Collectibles Faire has been called an "antique lover's dream." It is a phrase I can relate to, since I've unearthed my share of treasures at this well-attended extravaganza that takes place twice a year, in May and October.

Adam Atman L.Ac. MMQ. attaches suction cups to the back of Alexsandra Marianetti, of Campbell, who is being treated for a cold and allergies at Los Gatos Acupuncture and Qigong Center in Los Gatos, Calif.

Santa Clara County prosecutors say a party bus owner has been arrested in the death of a Santa Cruz County woman who was run over by the bus after she fell out of it.

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The Happy Hound owner Dan Dresslar told Los Gatos Patch Tuesday morning that he's hopeful his restaurant will finish reconstruction of a portion of his building destroyed by a March 4 fire by the end of the month.

The fairy tale ballet Swan Lake comes to the stage May 24-25, performed by members of the Los Gatos Ballet troupe.

Gov. Jerry Brown will propose giving California school districts an additional $1 billion to implement new, more rigorous academic standards and boost funding for his K-12 funding overhaul by an additional $240 million in the revised budget he will propose Tuesday, administration officials told The Associated Press.

A flier posted on a fence along the Los Gatos Creek Trail, just south of Lark Avenue, warns residents that on April 12, San Jose Animal Care and Services picked up a bat that tested positive for rabies.

Two students at Saratoga High School want their friends to know they have a safe place on campus to vent about boys or girls, homework, grades, parental pressures and life in general--a home away from home in Room HO7.

Los Gatos school officials are celebrating the results of the May 7 election, which saw voters approving Measure B. The parcel tax extension does not raise taxes, but instead continues the current $290 per year tax for the next eight years.

The Los Gatos Arts and Culture Commission has issued a call for artists who are interested in submitting proposals for a Cat Walk, which would see cat sculptures placed in the nooks of some of the trees on N. Santa Cruz Avenue between Bachman Avenue and Main Street.

As single-use plastic bag bans take root across the state, Los Gatos is gearing up to join the crowd.

It's not every day that an elementary school principal shows up for work wearing a wetsuit, goggles and a helmet and carrying an umbrella.

Tony Moore with the water meter outside his Los Gatos home May 10, 2013. Moore says that every time he flushes his 1.6 gallon low flow toilet in his home, the meter records that he has used 68.8 gallons.

Raw Evolution , a new nutrition and lifestyle coaching business, has opened in Los Gatos at 636 No.

Commercial Burglary An unknown suspect entered a Montebello Way business and took a laptop and fiber optic line checker at 9:52 a.m. May 6. Disturbance A disturbance was reported at 10:28 a.m. May 6 on Escobar Avenue.

An overturned car and injury accident have blocked northbound Highway 17 in Los Gatos, just before the Redwood Estates turnoff.