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vol . 3 , no. 23 : february 14-20, 2024 : losgatan.com
local sc e n e p 4 : d i s c ove r l o s t gat o s p8 : upc o ming e ve nt s p 12 : ny times crossword puzzle p 13 Jake Wilde using ArcGIS Pro
BOY BASKETBALL TEAM TRYING TO DO ‘THE HARDEST THING’ A 3RD TIME Wildcats in showdown with Palo Alto Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
Every time Los Gatos High boys basketball coach Nick Ward drives home after a game—especially the tough, gut-wrenching losses—he pulls down the sunvisor in his car to read a three-word note. “Turn it off,” Ward said moments after the Wildcats’ 71-41 win over Gunn High on Feb. 8. “Just turn it off. Just a reminder. Coaching is coaching, but when you get home, coaching is not coaching anymore. It’s dad. Could be a great day, could be a bad day, but I come home as the same person. I don’t bring work home [to my family].” Ward needed that reminder more so during a recent stretch in which the Wildcats lost three of four league contests. Despite the mini skid, Los Gatos finds itself in a familiar position: competing for the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division championship. The Wildcats play Palo Alto High—both teams have identical records of 17-6 overall and 8-3 in league—for the title on Feb. 13 (this edition went to press before the completion of the game). Los Gatos is the defending champi➝ Basketball, 10
MAPPING IT Low and medium density residential parcels (shown as the “small multi-unit housing” area) within a half-mile of a bus stop, not adjacent to a pre-1941 house, not within “hillside” or “historic” areas, and not within the very high fire risk (VHFHSZ) zone appear to account for 9.6% of the town’s total area.
NEW ATTEMPT TO FORTIFY AGAINST MULTI-FAMILY HOMES In one fell swoop, a shift from “town-wide” to 10% (or less) of the community Drew Penner, Los Gatan
California’s Department of Housing and Community Devel-
opment seemed on the verge of approving Los Gatos’ residential plan, its Housing Element (now more than a year overdue), when the backpedaling began. On Feb. 6, Council voted to introduce a new measure to defend single-family and moder-
ate-density areas against housing Sacramento is pushing Los Gatos to accept. “I see the knife at our throats saying, if we don’t make this vast transformation to the character of Los Gatos, then we won’t be ➝ Housing, 6
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