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INVESTIGATORS TO COMB THROUGH BUILDING THAT BURNED FOR DAYS

LGHS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY RETURNS Former athletic greats to be honored on April 30

Fire consumes vacant commercial property on Los Gatos’ border

Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor Drew Penner, Reporter

In the aftermath of the blaze at a 50,000-square-foot commercial property on Los Gatos’ northern border that burned nearly the entire weekend, dogs that hunt for human remains began sniffing their way through the debris.

At multiple points, officials worried the canines may have uncovered evidence of the worst possible news.

“We’ve certainly had some moments where we got concerned,” said Capt. Justin Stockman of the Santa Clara County Fire Department, adding these turned out not to be dead bodies. “No hits so far.”

But in the hulking carcass of a structure on Dell Avenue at Knowles Drive searchers found clothing articles and some old food items, despite the building having supposedly been vacant.

An arson investigation task force was set to comb through the rubble, as of Tuesday, to look for clues of how the place went up in smoke.

The fire sparked around 10am Friday, and spread quickly, said Brian Glass, acting chief ➝ Fire, 6

A Hall of Fame induction ceremony tends to be a significant event for various reasons, but this year’s version of the Los Gatos High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony has the added layer that it will be the first one since 2019.

The rescheduled 2020 Induction Ceremony was originally set for April 25, 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic prevented the ceremony from taking place that year and in 2021.

At long last, the latest inductees of former Los Gatos High athletic greats will be honored in the 17th Induction Ceremony on April 30 at La Rinconada Country Club. ➝ Hall of Fame, 11

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INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY Firefighters contained the blaze at Dell Avenue and Knowles Drive the night of March 18, but the structure continued to burn through the weekend.

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TWO LOCAL CANDIDATES JOIN RACE FOR ASSEMBLY SEAT Lawler, Rennie file paperwork for realigned district Drew Penner, Reporter

Given the news that incumbent Scotts Valley resident Mark Stone won’t run for the newly-realigned 28th State Assembly District seat, two candidates on the Silicon Valley side of “the hill” will now be facing off with former Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin.

While Monte Sereno Councilmember Liz Lawler, a Republican, filed her declaration of candidacy March 4, it wasn’t until Stone chose not to run, by deadline, that Los Gatos Mayor Rob Rennie saw an opening.

He’d been vying to become Santa Clara County’s District 1 supervisor, and had done quite well fundraising, he recalled in an interview with the Los Gatan.

However, the recent redistricting process left his residence outside its boundaries.

Meanwhile, Rennie had been upgraded from vice mayor to mayor.

But the same map-redrawing effort meant Los Gatos was now in the 28th State district.

And when Stone declined to run again, it triggered a five-day extension for new candidates to enter the race.

He talked it over with his team, March 12, and decided to throw his hat in the ring.

“They give you five days, but two of them are the weekend,” Rennie said the following Wednesday, after a few frenetic days of signature collection.

“You can’t pull papers until day three.”

In recent months, Pellerin has been encouraging women to run for elected office through Women in Leadership for Diverse Representation’s community workshops. She also joined the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Pellerin has received endorsements from Stone, State Senator John Laird and Assemblymember Robert Rivas.

Rennie, a Democrat, says he’s ex-

CANDIDATE Monte Sereno

BACK IN A RACE Los Gatos Mayor

Councilmember Liz Lawler pledges to fight partisanship if elected to Sacramento, by reaching across the political aisle.

Rob Rennie was aiming for a Santa Clara County supervisor seat, but rejigged his plans once a State Assembly incumbent declined to run again.

cited about the chance to put ideas forward about matters controlled by Sacramento.

“I’m a problem solver,” he said, pledging he’d approach these issues by asking, “What are the types of problems that we need to solve?”

Top of mind are boosting educational opportunities and preventing wildfire, he added.

Last year, as vice mayor, Rennie participated in the event where $7 million in State cash was announced for West Silicon Valley cities. He says he wants to make sure CalFire is well-funded.

“You know, we have a lot of hillsides where fire preparedness and protection is really important,” he said.

Rennie, who holds a Master’s in Engineering from Dartmouth College, has been living in Los Gatos since 1997.

He worked for decades in the semiconductor and solar industries, and comments that this taught him plenty about working with a diverse group of people.

“A lot of the time I was on development teams and we were trying to develop a product,” he said, reflecting on what it was like to work with people with a variety of perspectives.

“You pull together different types of engineers.”

He says his professional expertise could be helpful in improving power infrastructure, particularly in an era of climate change.

“There’s a lot of technical change that has to happen on our electrical grid,” he said, bringing up recent bills put forward by senators Dave Cortese and Josh Becker. “I’d be interested in partnering with them on the Assembly side.”

Rennie was elected to Council in 2014 and is now in his second mayoral term. He’s also served on several regional boards and commissions, such as the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority, the Valley Transit Authority and the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee. And he’s been a member of the Sierra Club for more than 25 years.

But how will he keep his eye on the ball of serving as mayor while seeking a seat in Sacramento?

“I’m not going to have a lot of free time—let’s put it that way,” he said, reiterating his commitment to Los Gatos. “I’m just going to have long days and long weekends.”

Lawler tells the Los Gatan she’s the candidate who can help bridge divides in Sacramento.

“I want to restore common sense and cooperation—and accountability,” she said. “I think we’re just tired of the partisan politics.”

For her, the way to fix the housing crisis is to put control back in the hands of local authorities.

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of SCCFD, who noted firefighters were about a mile away at the time, conducting a training exercise at Sunnyoaks Fire Station. They arrived within minutes.

One crew went up to the roof to create a make-shift chimney to allow the heat and smoke to escape. This paved the way for the interior investigation, according to Glass. But within half an hour, the flames had become so dangerous they had to retreat and switch to a defensive posture, he said.

The San Jose Fire Department, Campbell Police Department and Fire Associates of Santa Clara Valley had soon joined the battle.

Raphael Escalona, 30, was in a meeting at a nearby medical office, when he noticed the inferno.

“We were just peeking out the window,” he said. “It progressively started to get worse pretty quickly.”

He says firefighters did a good job of keeping the flames from spreading.

Eric Serrano, 31, is employed by a neighboring medical device company where they’re required to wear face coverings. Yet, it wasn’t long before the smoke had penetrated their work environment.

“I work inside a ‘clean room,’” he said.

“With the mask on you can smell it.”

He marveled at the intensity of the fire.

“You see on the news these fires,” he said. “But when you see it in person, it’s different.”

Iridian Fernandez, 23, of Campbell, was in San Jose having a meeting with her lawyer, when she heard about the fire via Twitter.

“My husband really enjoys this,” she commented, referring to 26-year-old Alejandro, who was filming a video for the Citizen social news app. “This is a really big one compared to the ones that we’ve seen.”

They’d previously gone out to a park nearby to investigate a tree fire that was reported, but didn’t end up filming that incident.

The crowd behind the caution tape began to feel droplets falling from the direction of the black, gray and yellow billowing smoke overhead. Three minutes later a loud “crack” was heard, as the top corner of the fire-affected structure collapsed.

Alexander Baranoff, 23, of Los Gatos, said he found out about the fire on

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Fire, from page 1

‘TOTAL LOSS’ A section of a vacant commercial building on Dell Avenue and Knowles Drive collapses March 18 as fire crews work to contain the massive blaze.

PulsePoint, a public medical emergency and fire incident-alert app.

He says he knew exactly the building they were talking about since he often pedals by it on his bike.

“I ride the trail right here all the time,” he said. “There was something special about this building.”

Workers at a building across the street said they’d noticed apparent squatters at the fenced-off office site.

Sam Guterman, 28, and August Essner, 35, of South Bay Construction, stood outside, cups in hand.

Casey Harnish, the manager of their building, emerged and joked they were protecting the property.

Harnish said he’d previously worked out of the building that was burning before their eyes.

Management had kept up with repairs, but it’s been sitting empty for years, he said.

Plus, its wooden frame makes it particularly flammable, unlike their concrete building, he added.

In fact, said Guterman, Dollinger Properties was planning to tear that large office space down in the coming week.

“They—just a couple days ago—safed it off,” he said, describing the process

to deactivate utilities ahead of demolition. “Before you knock the building down you abandon all that stuff.”

And Aquamatic Fire Protection, a company they work with, too, had recently disconnected the sprinkler system in the building, he said.

Given the fire, Dollinger’s redevelopment plans have certainly been complicated, he suggested.

“It’s typically more difficult, now, to deal with hazardous materials,” he said.

“There’s extra costs associated.”

Santa Clara County fire officials confirmed the utilities had been shut off and that a lack of water to the building could have played a role in why the fire roared out of control so quickly.

Just down the street, Capt. Dave Thomas, of San Jose Fire Department Truck 9, was handing out water and Gatorade bottles.

“Everybody did good,” he said, reflecting on the interagency cooperation. “It was well organized.”

He’d heard voices chattering about environmental concerns over his radio, and said he’s confident they were heeded.

“Hopefully they’re protecting the creek,” he said, meaning Los Gatos Creek.

Bruce Dembecki, Fire Associates’ vice president, said they were in charge of setting up the “rehab” for the firefighters—a station where crews catch their breath, eat food and hydrate.

But there was so much water being pumped onto the building that the initial station became flooded.

“The car park here turned into a lake,” said the San Jose resident, who lives on the border with Los Gatos. “So, we had to pick up and move all of our supplies.”

Acting Chief Glass told the Los Gatan Friday he already considered the building a “total loss” at that point.

By 5pm the fire had been “contained,” he said, adding fire authorities had decided to let it burn down to ashes in a controlled fashion.

It would continue smoldering until officially extinguished Sunday.

Dollinger Properties has been cooperating with investigators, according to Stockman, the SCCFD spokesperson.

“We are still legally in possession of the site,” he said Tuesday, adding uncovering the cause of the blaze will take time. “The reality of this investigation is it’s going to take weeks or months for us to know anything.”

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Ukrainian sister of Los Gatos woman makes it to America Contributed

Elena Kramerova had been stuck in Tijuana

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A 35-hour curfew had been imposed on Elena Kramerova’s hometown of Kyiv. A residential building 10 minutes away from the 55-year-old’s home had just been bombed.

But thanks to the quick thinking of her sister Laura Kramer Rahmil in Los Gatos—and her own steely resolve evident when she carried her 5-month-old dog Chanel across the Polish border in a knapsack—she was already in Tijuana, Mexico.

However, as previously reported in the Los Gatan, she’d been stuck there for days, trying to find a way to get to California, where her son lives.

Refugees haven’t been allowed to enter the United States due to a pandemic-era policy called Title 42.

More than 300 Ukrainians have made it to Tijuana after flying to Mexico, a representative for the Baja California state told Al Jazeera.

On March 16, Kramer Rahmil spoke with her sister, who was hopeful about her chances of making it across into the U.S. “She was very positive,” Kramer Rahmil recalls. “She said, ‘I’ll see you soon.’”

But it wasn’t for sure that things would go in their favor.

For days Kramer Rahmil had been writing letters to Congressional officials trying to get help for the nearly-blind woman fleeing the Russian invasion of her country.

She’d tried Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, and Republican senator Marco Rubio, but didn’t hear back.

So on March 15 she wrote to Anna Eshoo, who represents Los Gatos in Washington, mentioning she’d previously sought her help with another immigration matter.

Kramer Rahmil explained she was seeking a letter of support for her sister, and reminded staffer Anne Ream of their prior contact.

“She remembered me,” Kramer Rahmil said, sharing her gratitude for Ream’s quick action. “And within an hour she had a letter for me.”

So, on Thursday, in the wee hours of the morning, her nephew, Arthur

TIME TO REST Elena Kramerova made it to San Diego, where her son lives, after being granted “humanitarian parole” entry to the United States, which is an emergency immigration permission.

Marievsky, went and got his mom from the Tijuana apartment they’d rented.

They headed to their 6:30am appointment at the United States border— armed with the letter.

They didn’t know if it would just be for a pre-interview, or if this was the real-deal. But, they’d handed the keys back to the apartment anyway, just in case.

“I knew that it should be a positive result, because this is how I am,” Kramer Rahmil said. “Never say never.”

Their San Diego-based immigration lawyer, Nanya Thompson, wasn’t so sure.

“Part of the problem when you flee your country because of war is you don’t necessarily qualify for asylum status,” she said, adding there was extra urgency due to Kramerova’s health. “In Laura’s sister’s case there were medical issues that they were worried about.”

In the end, a border official fingerprinted Kramerova and she was granted “humanitarian parole” entry, a type of emergency permission.

A Reuters report, citing a former US Customs and Border Protection official, confirmed Ukrainians are now being offered this status.

But, as an Al Jazeera news piece

noted, people from non-Ukrainian countries—such as Russians who don’t support the war—were being turned away at the Tijuana crossing.

Border officials generally find Central American migrants fall under Title 42, Thompson said.

“The reason why the Biden Administration can justify the different treatment is because the situation in Ukraine is unprecedented,” she said.

“There’s a sense of urgency, particularly for people who are vulnerable in Mexico.”

Recent statements from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas about how the US government views Ukrainian refugees that seem to have made the biggest difference to border officials, Thompson says, but adds the letter from Eshoo’s office likely helped Kramerova secure entry.

Kramerova has been resting up, after the strenuous journey, and Kramer Rahmil says she can’t wait for her sister to check out Los Gatos.

“She’ll visit, once she’ll recover,” she said, adding while her sister may be in California now, she’s still consumed by news from overseas. “I said, ‘Don’t think of it. Just try to recover. You’re in a safe place.’”

CANDIDATES STATE IDEAS

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and our strengths,” she said. “Onesize-fits-all doesn’t actually work anywhere—even with clothing.”

She’s also passionate about education, and she believes supporting schools outside of the traditional publicly-funded system is the way to go.

“We are very fortunate,” she said, when asked about the literally topranked Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District. “Every child deserves a good education regardless.”

The way she sees it, “school choice” already exists, but is only available for families who can afford to access the best educational options.

Opponents of California’s charter school system worry this approach could divert money from public schools that, in some areas of the state, have a student body that is majority Black and Hispanic. But Lawler says establishing “educational savings accounts” would allow people from impoverished communities to avoid getting caught up in gang life, as they could use that money to attend better schools.

“We also need to restore trades courses,” she said. “We need to embrace all types of intelligence.”

Lawler adds that, as a former resident of West LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, she understands many of the concerns Santa Cruz County residents deal with, as well, due to the Coastal California connection.

She pledges to work well with everyone—no matter their party affiliation—if elected.

“I’m willing to acknowledge a good idea when I hear it,” she said. “I want results.”

Lawler has already racked up endorsements from former San Jose City Councilmember Johnny Khamis, the California Republican Party, Crime Victims United and former Monte Sereno Mayor Lon Allan.

“I am driven by the needs of our residents, not ideology,” she said.

“Government needs to deliver the basics—public safety, infrastructure, education. Those are the things that I’m focused on.”

Tony Nuñez contributed to this report.

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LEIGH GIRLS SOCCER MAKE HISTORY

Longhorns capture CIF NorCal Regional title

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The Leigh High girls soccer team— with seven players on the roster who live in Los Gatos—recently completed a historic season by winning the school’s first-ever CIF NorCal Regional Playoff Championship in any sport.

The Longhorns did it with a 1-0 win over Granite Bay in the Division II title match on March 5, capping a 19-1-2 season. America Frias, one of the standouts players on a team filled with them, scored the lone goal of the contest in the 5th minute, and Leigh made it stand to cap a near-perfect season.

It was a momentous occasion because the team reached the championship match the last time the CIF Regionals were contested, in 2020.

But Leigh lost 2-0 to Clovis in the Division II final. The year before, in 2019, the team lost in the CCS Division III championship match to Notre Dame-Belmont.

In this year’s postseason run, the Longhorns earned a berth in the top CCS Open Division, falling to Mountain View in the semifinals, their only loss of the season. However, every team that makes the Open has a spot in the NorCal Regionals, and Leigh rebounded from its defeat with a scintillating run through NorCals.

“When the final whistle blew, it was kind of surreal,” said Frias, a four-star recruit and UCLA-signee. “I’ve been on the team for two years, but there were some girls who had played all

LEADERSHIP Leigh High captains Miller Bertani, Cadee Borg and America Frias helped power the Longhorns to a historic CIF NorCal Regional Division II championship this past season. four years and they had made it far but have never been able to win (CCS or NorCals). So in that moment, it was surreal to finally win the biggest title for the school. There were definitely a lot of tears going around with the girls.”

Coached by former Bellarmine, Cal and Houston Dynamo product Nick Hatzke, the Longhorns accomplished their first goal of the season by winning the Blossom Valley League’s Mount Hamilton Division championship, which wasn’t decided until the final day of the regular-season.

“I’m so happy for the girls,” said Hatzke, who also coaches at club program Los Gatos United, where many of the Leigh players grew up playing and some still do. “A couple of years we had fallen short, and so we relied heavily on the upperclassmen to guide and mentor the younger players. I’m just massively happy for all of them be-

cause they worked hard and earned it.”

The Longhorns ended the 20212022 season ranked No. 1 in CCS, No. 7 in the state and No. 27 in the nation, according to Max Preps. In addition to Frias, the team has four other players who have committed to play at fouryear programs.

That includes seniors Cadee Borg (Pepperdine), Miller Bertani (Southern Oregon), M.K. Myklebust (Columbia for field hockey), and junior Mia Erba (Oregon State). Notably, the Pepperdine women’s soccer team finished No. 13 and UCLA No. 15 in the final NCAA United Soccer Coaches’ Rankings last year.

In short, this year’s Leigh team was stacked with talent and Hatzke pushed all the right buttons in a historic season. The uniqueness of the team goes deep as there were three sets of sisters: Cadee and Kennadi Borg, Miller and Piper Bertani, and Aly and Katy Amanatullah.

All but one girl on the 24-player roster attended Union Middle School.

The majority of the 10 seniors on this year’s team were part of a Union girls soccer team that won county championships in each of their three years at the school.

Frias (13 goals, 16 assists), Erba (14 goals, 13 assists) and sophomore standout Akshaya Bahugudumbi (18 goals, five assists) led a Leigh attack that was dynamic, potent and at times unstoppable. Kennadi Borg had seven goals and eight assists and was one of 13 different players who scored throughout the season, a testament to the balance of the team.

“We scored almost twice as many goals than in any other previous season and still had the defensive stinginess of previous years,” Hatzke said.

“In my five years here, we’ve always had a pretty solid defensive team but at times struggled to score goals. And that’s the hardest thing to teach. It’s easier to be organized defensively, and we had that historically. This year it all came together.”

Frias, a center striker, and Bahugudumbi, a forward, constantly put pressure on teams, while Erba, a central midfielder, and Cadee Borg, a defensive midfielder, were outstanding as well.

“Cadee is one of our most intelligent players,” Hatzke said. “She’s very small but never loses the ball and is always in the right position defensively.”

Leigh played elite-level defense, finishing with 13 shutouts, a byproduct of everyone on the field fulfilling their role and playing unselfishly. Led by the backline of Miller and Piper Bertani, Aly Amanatullah, Shae Schuyler and goalkeeper Jadyn Mason—the only goalie on the roster—the Longhorns not only pitched shutouts, they limited their opponent’s possession time and controlled the pace and tempo of the game.

“Our midfielders and defenders were great at tracking back and our forwards did a good job at pressing,” Frias said. “We were solid all the way around.”

In the NorCal Final, Schuyler delivered a terrific throw-in to Frias who was just beyond the middle of the 6-yard box.

“I turned on the defense, saw no one was really there and shot it in,” Frias said. “It was just a great feeling.”

Frias and Erba had worked a couple of combo passes atop the 18-yard box preceding a through ball by Kennadi Borg. The sequence of events led to the throw in from Schuyler. Frias, Erba, Bahugudumbi and Cadee Borg were lethal in the attacking third, creating combinations to keep opponents on their heels. Frias didn’t play until her junior year at Leigh because her Academy team forbade it. However, once she was free to play at Leigh, she was ecstatic. While club soccer can be cutthroat at times, high school soccer—while still being competitive— brings a different joy and fulfillment for players like Frias.

“It brings another side to the game,” she said.

LOS GATOS’ ATHLETIC SPIRIT HONORED

COMING UP ACES Kyle Blair, class of 2007, is one of 10 inductees in the latest Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame class that will be honored on April 30 at La Rinconada Country Club.

White Payne is one of the school’s alltime great volleyball players, helping lead the Wildcats to a CIF state championship in her junior season and a CIF Northern California playoff title match appearance as a senior, when she led the team in kills, digs and blocks.

White Payne went on to become a four-year starter at the University of Oregon, earning all Pac-10 honors in her junior and senior seasons. Salfen Edson played soccer and was an all Central Coast Section selection all four years. She helped lead Los Gatos to a CCS title in her freshman season and eventually earned a scholarship to play at Cal Berkeley.

Stege was a field hockey, tennis and track and field standout, accomplishing the most in the latter sport. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, Stege was part of the 4x400 relay team that advanced to the CIF State Meet, including a 12thplace finish in 2004.

Blair played baseball and water polo, and it was in baseball where he left an indelible mark. In Blair’s junior season, he went 13-1 and had 144 strikeouts in 89.2 innings, allowing an unfathomable two earned runs for a 0.16 ERA. Blair led the team to its first CCS title in program history, and followed that up with a senior season that saw him finish with a 0.31 ERA and 147 strikeouts. Blair was a two-time league MVP and the CCS Player of the Year in his senior season.

Rollin put up prolific numbers in baseball and football, leading the latter team to an undefeated season and

CCS championship as the quarterback in his senior year. He threw 18 touchdowns to just two interceptions, and his 73.2% completion percentage ranked third all time in state history.

Rollin was equally impressive on the baseball field, where he threw 11 complete games in his junior year before earning Cal-Hi All State honors in his senior season.

Rollin lives in Napa and is a firefighter in the Contra Costa County Fire Department. Although his grandparents have passed and his brothers have moved out of the area, Rollin’s mom still lives in Los Gatos. Rollin doesn’t get back to Los Gatos much, so he’s looking forward to the Hall of Fame festivities because it brings back some of the greatest moments in his formative years.

“The tight-knit teams we had both in football and baseball is something I’ll never forget,” he said. “My senior season was so special to me with that group of players and to be able to share the grind we went through is something I’ll never forget.”

Rollin continued: “The community aspect of it and how Los Gatos supported you as a whole, you don’t realize how special it is until you’re done with high school. As a kid, I remember wanting to play football and baseball for Los Gatos High School, and it was like a dream come true when it happened. The support you get from the town is incredible, and it’s definitely a great place to grow up and a place I cherish.”

Rollin gave credit to his former football and baseball coaches—Butch Cattolico and Don Ardissone—for putting him in a position to succeed on the athletic field and teaching life lessons in the process.

“I’m incredibly honored the coaches have been advocates for me and the committee saw it to put me in with all the other incredible Los Gatos High School athletes to receive this honor,” Rollin said. “My coaches were a special group of people that helped me tremendously throughout my career.”

Two major shoulder surgeries at the beginning of his time at Cal forced Rollin to redshirt his freshman year and severely limit his playing time as a sophomore. Determined to go out on his terms, Rollin did just that, rehabbing his shoulder to the point where it allowed him to play three full seasons as a starting pitcher at Cal. “I kind of made a comeback to finish out my career,” said Rollin, who spent two years playing pro ball in the Independent leagues before calling it quits.

Around the same time, Rollin developed a huge passion for fitness and is a three-time competitor in the CrossFit Games at the international level.

Los Gatos supports its youth sports teams perhaps like few other communities in the Bay Area. The support comes in tangible ways, both physically and monetarily. So it only makes sense there is an annual LGHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, of which Cattolico has emceed every year since the inaugural one in 2004. A couple of months after beloved sports editor and Los Gatos Little League Baseball supporter John Baggerly died in July 2002, Cattolico along with Frey and some of their friends were cleaning up the LGHS snack shack when the conversation turned to Baggerly and eventually led to the formation of the Hall of Fame.

“Bags used to always talk about how we needed a Hall of Fame in this town,” Frey said. “That’s kind of why we did it, we were going to do this for John. He was kind of the inspiration and is the only honorary inductee we’ve done (in 2005).”

For more information on the event, athletes and purchasing tickets which must be done online, go to losgatosathletics.com/lghs-athletic-hallof-fame-inductees.

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The event starts at 5pm with a nohost reception, dinner is served at 6:45 and the induction ceremony starts at 8.

The list of inductees include Dick Raphael (class of 1947), Ted Abe (1955), Steve Smith (1971), Dave Niemiec (1980), Bill Stengele (1993), Allison White Payne (1995), Amy Salfen Edson (1999), Alex Rollin (2003), Caroline Stege (2005), and Kyle Blair (2007).

“There’s a lot of added excitement for this year’s event, we’ve had a packed house since 2004 (the first induction ceremony) and I’m sure this will be no different,” said Bill Frey, who is the chairperson of the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. “It’s just a great reunion across generations where you get people from six, seven, eight decades together, which is the really cool part.”

Abe, Niemiec and Raphael are deceased, meaning seven of the 10 inductees will be in attendance. Due to his failing health and the delay of the induction ceremony, Raphael was presented with his award in May 2021 by his classmate and fellow Hall of Fame member, Roy Mullins, who drove to Raphael’s home in Redding with the trophy and a proclamation honoring his induction.

Raphael died six months later. He was a star four-sport athlete in baseball, basketball, football and track and field. Abe was a standout in baseball, football, wrestling and track and field, and accomplished the most in the latter.

Abe set a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League record in the broad jump at 21 feet, 8 inches, and that same season took fourth place in the North Coast State Meet. He died in 1994 and his wife Margaret will be accepting the award. Niemiec was a baseball and football standout, earning first team all league honors on the offensive line, defensive line, running back and linebacker.

Niemiec’s mom or sister will give his induction tribute. Smith starred in football and wrestling, and played for two years at St. Mary’s College before earning a tryout with the Denver Broncos. Stengele competed in football, wrestling and track and field, earning a scholarship in the latter sport in the throwing events.

Photo courtesy of Bill Frey

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LOCAL SCENE

BREAK THE BIAS Kim Richman of Compass held an International Women’s Day gathering on March 8 to benefit nonprofit organization Dress For Success.

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Every year, in honor of International Women's Day, Kim Richman with Compass hosts a party of female clients, business owners, community leaders and more. This year's event took place March 8 in the backyard of Richman’s Los Gatos home.

The theme for this year’s International Women's Day was Break the Bias, and benefited Dress For Success, collecting several boxes of clothing as well as monetary donations. The nonprofit provides professional attire for low-income women.

Richman spoke to her guests about the theme's meaning and how it relates to working in real estate.

"Living in Silicon Valley all of my life has afforded me the opportunity to live in a culturally diverse society,” she said. “Working with all of the cultures that come here from around the globe means being accepting of different lifestyles and cultures. I love that about my job. It makes every day unique and interesting. I have been very fortunate because I am in an industry that is gender equitable with 65% of residential real estate agents

being women. We should all have more tolerance and understanding of one another’s ways of life and opinion."

In attendance was Los Gatos Town Councilmember, former Mayor and the 28th District’s Woman of the Year Marico Sayoc, current Vice Mayor Marie Ristow, Executive Director of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Catherine Somers, Executive Director of the Los Gatos Education Foundation Deborah Weinstein, and Kim Wasserman, wife of former Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman.

Richman has been serving and selling residential real estate in Los Gatos and the surrounding area for more than 28 years.

MEETING SET ON HOUSING ELEMENT The Town of Los Gatos will host an interactive discussion on the Housing Element Update Site Selection process.

Residents are encouraged to share their input and assist the town in choosing where to focus future hous-

ing opportunities. The Housing Element is a strategic plan for housing present and future residents.

The meeting will occur on March 31 at 7pm via teleconference.

For the Zoom link and more information, visit EngageLosGatosHousing.com.

For those unable to attend, the recording will be available on the website after the meeting.

MICROBUSINESS GRANTS AVAILABLE Under direction from the County of Santa Clara, the Enterprise Foundation opened the Microbusiness Grant portal for local eligible businesses to apply for grants of $2,500 each.

In January, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors accepted approximately $2.4 million from the California Microbusiness Covid-19 Relief Grant Program to aid microbusinesses adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The state program provides approximately $50 million in one-time grant funding that counties were offered the opportunity to administer.

“Small businesses, many of them mom and pop operations throughout Santa Clara County, have faced a tremendous amount of hardship over the last two years due to the pandemic,” said Board of Supervisors President Mike Wasserman. “We’re excited local small businesses can start applying for these needed funds to help mitigate the loss of revenues caused by the pandemic.”

To qualify for one of the $2,500 grants, a business must have been in business in 2019, have been negatively impacted by Covid-19, made less than $50,000 in total revenue in 2019, and have less than five employees. Applicants’ businesses must still be operating or plan to reopen in 2022.

The program is expected to provide grant relief to at least 875 microbusinesses in two phases. This first phase will award 500 grants to qualified businesses on a first-come, first-served basis. The second phase, which will follow, will remain open for at least 45 days and all remaining grants will be awarded on a lottery system.

The application is available in English, Spanish or Vietnamese at AccessSBDC.org.

GUEST VIEW

Town should explore other ways to boost revenue

By Jeffrey P. Blum

Jeffrey P. Blum is a family law mediator who lives in Los Gatos.

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It strikes me that the major reason for allowing cannabis dispensaries in Los Gatos would be to generate more revenue. Assuming for argument’s sake that this is correct, there are options for generating revenue other than from allowing cannabis dispensaries in town. I often throw out ideas to generate discussion. I am not wedded to these approaches, nor do I pretend to be an expert on whether these suggestions might fly legally or politically.

In my research I discovered numerous sources of information discussing methods for generating revenue for municipalities. For example, an article by McKinsey and Company, the well-known consulting firm, titled “Unlocking the full potential of city revenues” published in July 2019, indicates that a municipality has many ways in which to increase potential revenues by as much as 50%.

The article suggests increasing service fees for parking and construction permits and increasing fines and the cost of accessing city assets.

Another method for increasing revenues is to expand the frequency of surveillance and inspections for selected fine sources to maximize the detection of violations. McKinsey cites as an example, New York’s Nassau County (where coincidentally, I grew up). There, they installed red-light cameras at 86 intersections in 2016 and produced more than 500,000 tickets for motorists, which generated $48 million.

Los Gatos could also increase efforts at collection, and ramp up audit processes, to increase collection rates.

McKinsey and Company mentions that some cities have utilized an amnesty program for delinquent parking tickets that waives penalties and additional fines as an incentive for motorists to pay up. It cites as an example, the City of Chicago, which instituted such a program several times over the past two decades. Each time, the city

brought in $7 million to $9 million in revenue. Allowing payment plans to be used to pay delinquent fines can also increase collections.

Another possible source of additional revenue may come from assuring that the cost of renting public spaces, clean-up from such rentals and site management, are completely covered.

Perhaps the town could expand public-private partnerships for projects other than major infrastructure projects. These partnerships could be utilized to defray the costs for direct services to the community such as sports, programs and social services.

Another similar way to enhance revenues is to determine whether it is possible to increase corporate sponsorship, such as for town events or for the construction/maintenance of soccer fields.

No doubt, many other ways exist for our town to generate more revenue, in addition to those mentioned here.

To flesh out these other options it might be worthwhile to first conduct a gap analysis of the town’s revenue baseline to determine current revenue sources and then compare revenue sources against benchmarks for peer towns to identify any gaps.

We can also reach out to the Los Gatos Community Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce, and our service clubs, such as Rotary, Kiwanis and the Lions Club, and have them join in the brainstorming process of determining how best to generate more income for the town.

Regardless of whether the decision to hire a consultant to explore the economic consequences of allowing cannabis dispensaries was appropriate, it makes sense to explore other options to the revenue-generating approach. In so doing, we may conclude that the town has numerous options for implementation of unique and forward-thinking revenue streams.

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Whatever happened to Mr. Los Gatos?

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Jazz Festival, which within a decade e won’t go away until you went from a single-stage affair to one come out and see him,” our of the West Coast’s premier festivals, exasperated office managwith 90 acts, 12 stages and more than er, Marilyn Fitch, who’d been trying to 100,000 attendees. Thirty-six years protect me from the unscheduled vislater, it’s still going, itor to our Royce with both an annuStreet office, came al Summerfest and back and informed a winter festival. me.

Harry lived un“Who?” I asked. til three days shy “Harry Cohen.” of his 90th birthday I was always in 1992, and Samhappy to chat my crossed over in with Harry, the 2008, at 70. town’s most colorThe family legful character. He acy continues, had an opinion on however.

Harmost subjects and ry’s granddaughter Jean Cohen was his signature thrift-store style made named executive officer of the powerhim hard to ignore. Born in England, ful South Bay Labor Council a year ago he’d been a precinct captain in Chiand has become a leading advocate for cago and lived in the El Gato Pentthe valley’s workers. Her presence will house Apartments on Main Street. He no doubt be felt in this year’s elections, turned 80 the year that we opened the which is shaping up to be a political Los Gatos Weekly. year rife with change and drama.

Harry usually wore a loud patterned Dynasties aren’t always buttie to clash with his equally loud patton-down collar affairs, and someterned pants. He carried a business times the scrappy ones leave a big card that identified him as “Mr. Los imprint.

Gatos” and attended Town Council meetings, where the octogenarian weighed in on multiple issues. He considered the town, where he moved after his wife died in 1976, “the best place in the world to live.”

When we started the weekly Metro, Harry introduced me to his son Sammy, a professional drummer and musician’s union official who became our jazz columnist.

Rising rents forced Harry out of Los Gatos and he moved to a seniors’ apartment in downtown San Jose. I’d see him out on the streets there, in understated dress. He was a lot more low key once he was no longer Mr. Los Gatos.

Meantime, Sammy had started the San Jose Jazz Society in 1986 inside Metro’s offices. That HARRY COHEN was the town’s most colorful figure in grew into the San Jose the early 1980s.

The 17th Induction Ceremony of the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame will take place April 30 at La Rinconada Country Club, 14595 Clearview Drive. The evening begins with a no host reception at 5pm. Tickets cost $110 and include dinner and wine.

CHAMBER AWARDS LUNCHEON The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards luncheon on March 25 at noon at Loma Brewing Company, 130 N. Santa Cruz Ave. The event will honor community members and businesses, as well as feature an update from town and county officials. ➝ losgatoschamber.com

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ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

New Museum Los Gatos, 106 E. Main St., will present the 11th annual ArtNow juried Santa Clara County high school art exhibition. The exhibition and educational program gives high school students, from Palo Alto to Gilroy, the experience of presenting artwork in a professional museum setting and the opportunity to participate in supporting educational and career development programs. The exhibit will run March 25-May 22. ➝ numulosgatos.org/artnow

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STUDENT ART EXHIBITION

WESTMONT HIGH SCHOOL SPRING MUSICAL Westmont High School presents its spring musical “Disaster!” on March 26, 31, April 1-2 at 4805 Westmont Ave. in Campbell. “Disaster!” is a new disco musical from Broadway, featuring songs of the 1970s. Showtimes are at 7pm, with an extra 1pm show on April 2. Advance tickets are $15 general or $10 ASB, or $20 at the door. ➝ bit.ly/3MIriHN

COLLEGE HILL EVACUATION DRILL An evacuation drill for the College Hill neighborhood is scheduled for April 2 from 9am to noon. The neighborhood includes residences on College Avenue, Reservoir Road, Prospect Avenue, Cleland Avenue and connecting streets. Attendees will receive automated AlertSCC text messages and follow traffic control to the “evacuation” site. ➝ bit.ly/3uErgtP

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ONGOING Los Gatos Farmers Market The Los Gatos Certified Farmers’ Market offers seasonal fruits and vegetables from Santa Clara County yearround. More than 40 local farmers and food producers sell their wares Sundays from 9am to 1pm at Town Park Plaza on Main Street and N. Santa Cruz Avenue. ➝ cafarmersmkts.com/losgatosfarmers-market Campbell Farmers Market The Downtown Campbell Farmers Market is held Sundays, rain or shine, from 9am to 1pm. ➝ uvfm.org/campbell-sundays The Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos The club meets the first three Thursdays of the month at noon at Double D's, 354 N. Santa Cruz Ave. First two Thursdays of the month feature guest speakers. ➝ lgkiwanisgives.org.

Rotary Club of Los Gatos The Rotary Club of Los Gatos meets Tuesdays from noon to 1:30pm at Shir Hadash Synagogue, 20 Cherry Blossom Lane. ➝ losgatosrotary.org The Los Gatos Morning Rotary Club The Club meets every Wednesday morning 7:30-8:30am at Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road.

Program includes featured guest speakers.

Los Gatos Lions Club The Los Gatos Lions Club meets every Wednesday. A breakfast meeting is held at Moore Buick, 15500 Los Gatos Blvd., at 8am and a noon meeting at Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road, with a guest speaker. The club has been active since 1946.

POLICE BLOTTER

MARCH 15

• A vehicle, which was left unlocked with a key inside, was stolen on Walnut Avenue.

• A vehicle was burglarized on Charter Oaks Drive and Lark Avenue.

• A caller thought the passenger of a van was suspicious because they covered the vehicle’s license plate with silver reflective mylar and black tape on Shannon Road and Santa Rosa Drive at 12:57pm.

• A woman was arrested for hit and run and assault on the 100 block of Oak Rim Court at 4:30pm.

MARCH 16

• Two people reportedly got into an altercation on W. Main Street and N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 9:36am, with one of them yelling, “call the police.”

• Someone threw a rock through a window on Oak Rim Way. • The driver of a pickup truck was driving recklessly on Highway 17 at 11:15am, but although they rolled through several stop signs as they made their way into town, they were not “nearly as egregious as on the highway,” according to the caller.

• An unknown male suspect reportedly spit on a juvenile on Church Street.

• Someone stole an electric bicycle on Carlton Avenue.

• A man was reportedly asking for money in front of a business on the 600 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 3:44pm, saying he was just released from jail and needed to get home to New Jersey.

• A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on the 15500 block of Union Avenue at noon.

• A man was reportedly “asking random people for drugs” on the 400 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 2:28pm.

• A bike was reported stolen on Spencer Avenue and High School Court.

• Two printers were reported stolen from a business on the 15100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard.

• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and hit and run on the 100 block of Bachman Avenue at 11:17pm.

• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and providing false identification to a peace officer on More Avenue and Capistrano Place at 11:35pm.

MARCH 18

• A man reportedly admitted that he was fishing for turtles at Vasona Park on Garden Hill Drive, commenting that he caught a five-pounder the previous day.

• A man was reportedly practicing with nunchucks at Vasona Park at 5:45pm.

MARCH 19

• A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Winchester Boulevard and Newell Avenue at 1:34am.

• A vehicle was vandalized on the 600 block of Blossom Hill Road.

• A vehicle was burglarized on Longridge Road.

• An unknown suspect stole packages from a front porch on Maricopa Drive.

• A woman was arrested for driving with a suspended license on the 100 block of Brocastle Way at 11:42pm.

• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on the 15100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 11:35pm.

Information is compiled from public records released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

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• No injuries were reported after a vehicle crashed into a building on Los Gatos Boulevard at 2:49pm.

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