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JUDGES THROW OUT FORMER LOS GATOS COP’S APPEAL

Silva claimed Los Gatos was pressured by activists and ouster had no legitimate basis

Drew Penner, Reporter

An appeals court has rejected the wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department officer who argued Town officials bowed to pressure from activists when it kicked him off the force.

The Feb. 14 decision from 9th Circuit Court of Appeal judges

Bybee McKeown and Patrick Bumatay upheld the earlier dismissal of Johnathon Silva’s action by a San Jose court.

Michael Andrew McGill, with Southern California law firm Ferrone & Ferrone, said Feb. 10 his client’s forced departure was politically motivated.

“The decision was arbitrary and capricious, meaning that it had no legitimate basis,” he said. “I think they cut him loose because of some outspoken local critics.”

Silva filed a wrongful dismissal case in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.

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State water deliveries increase to 75% as of March

Kiley Russell, Bay City News

The latest statewide snowpack measurement from the California Department of Water Resources is another indication that the tremendously wet winter might have been too much of a good thing.

The agency’s readings from 130 snow sensors placed throughout the Sierra Nevada show the snowpack’s snow-water equivalent is 61.1 inches, or 237% of average for April 1.

The snow-water equivalent measures the amount of water held within the snowpack.

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READY TO GO On Monday, the Santa Clara County Fire Department held a graduation ceremony at the AddisonPenzak Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos for its nine newest recruits. During the past 18 weeks, the rookies learned the physical, mental and technical skills necessary to begin their professional firefighting careers. Over the

18 months, each will continue their training as

Probationary Firefighters. Christopher Torres (pictured

with his fiancee and mother)

will be stationed in Los Gatos. His first day “on the line” will be April 20.

Courtesy of Santa Clara County Fire Department

MASSIVE SNOWPACK GOOD NEWS FOR DROUGHT, BUT FLOOD CONCERNS GROW

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COUNCILMEMBER STONEWALLS EFFORTS TO WORKSHOP CODE OF CONDUCT

Los Gatos faces lawsuit threat over discipline of other committee member’s partner

Drew Penner, Reporter

During last week’s hour-long Policy Committee meeting to address issues with Los Gatos’ rules for Council members and commissioners, Councilmember Matthew Hudes refused to allow Councilmember Rob Moore to have a hand in improving guidelines his partner was recently found to have violated.

And Hudes pointed to the ACLU’s threat of legal action over a broken Code of Conduct process—which he’d earlier cited in his decision to vote to censure Moore’s girlfriend, Kylie Clark, a planning commissioner—as one reason not to make progress on plugging the gaps in the handbook, March 28.

It was less than a week before Council was set to discuss, in closed session April 3, “significant exposure to litigation” in relation to the American Civil Liberties Union backing of Clark’s right to speak up on behalf of pro-housing policies, even to the point of referencing the racial and socioeconomic status of critics.

And it was happening in the context of a text message coming to light, via a Mercury News report, in which former Town Attorney Rob Schultz tells Mayor Maria Ristow he believes current Town Attorney Gabrielle Whelan didn’t follow the proper procedure as Clark was being disciplined.

In her staff report, Whelan noted that at its previous meeting the Policy Committee had discussed whether the Code of Conduct should apply to members of boards and commissions and pointed to changes that would require the mayor and vice mayor be included alongside the Town Manager and Town Attorney on a complaint evaluation body.

In the following days, staff realized that if the evaluation committee consists of the mayor and the vice mayor it constitutes a committee under the Brown Act, meaning it would have to

be properly noticed and follow other strict rules, she explained.

“That’s something for this committee to consider, whether or not that’s desirable,” Whelan said.

In the case of Clark’s discipline, Vice Mayor Mary Badame—a staunch opponent of some priorities the commissioner advocates for— had been added to the evaluation committee—alongside the mayor— due to Ristow’s known support of Clark.

Los Gatos online agenda center, where meetings are noticed according to Brown Act rules, does not appear to include an “evaluation committee” meeting to discuss the censure of Clark in 2022 or 2023.

Whelan told the Los Gatan the committee that weighed how to handle complaints into the email Clark sent to the California Department of Housing and Community Development technically didn’t fall under the Brown Act.

“The Brown Act applies to committees created by formal action of a legislative body such as the Town Council (e.g., by adoption of a policy),” she wrote (emphasis in original). “However, the evaluation committee that convened to review the complaints submitted in this matter was not a committee created by formal action of a legislative body.”

During last week’s meeting, Hudes was not interested in providing much input into possible Code of Conduct policy changes.

“Due to the current makeup of this committee, I do not feel it is appropriate to provide direction or make any recommendations to the council,” he said, referencing Moore’s relationship. “I will not be participating in providing direction or making recommendations.”

He also said portions of the staff report were “inappropriate to discuss at this point,” because of the “makeup of the current committee,” he said referring, again, to Moore, adding that “a group of individuals are threatening the Town with litigation regarding the subject matter of this meeting,” pointing to the ACLU’s representation of Clark.

“On the other hand, if the public, or other organizations have suggestions for the Code of Conduct, I think the Town should consider them, and I would certainly welcome hearing them,” he said.

Moore asked if Hudes might be more comfortable if Code of Conduct changes were discussed by Council.

“I don’t want to waste anyone’s time if all we’re going to be doing is just talking about this,” he said.

Discussing updates would essentially be commenting on the failures of current practices—which isn’t a good idea with litigation in the air, Hudes replied.

Moore said he felt it was appropriate to dig into improving the Code of Conduct, as that might actually reduce the threat of legal action—since it could mend the portions of Los Gatos’ HR rulebook the ACLU finds concerning.

“I definitely have a different opinion,” he said. “I think these are legislative priorities of the Town Council that we’re kind of working through to see what we’re telling staff to spend time on.”

And Moore brought up the Brown Act question about the mayor and the vice mayor being on the complaint evaluation committee.

“So, that would mean it would have to be a public meeting?” he asked.

“Right,” Whelan confirmed. “Noticed.”

Then, Moore asked Whelan if discussing the Code of Conduct could expose the Town to additional potential litigation.

“In my opinion, it would not,” she said.

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YOUNG WOMEN MEET WITH FEMALE LEADERS

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The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara welcomed nearly 100 attendees recently to this year’s Young Women’s Power Lunch, hosting approximately 60 young women ranging from eighth grade through high school to meet with mentors comprised of female judicial officers, attorneys, elected officials and local leaders.

Capping off Women’s History Month, the event hosted by the Court’s Community Outreach Committee aims to connect high school students with adult mentors by engaging in a two-way learning experience with mentors and students. Opportunities for small group discussion and

networking activities took place over lunch, along with speakers.

The nearly filled to capacity conference room overflowed with history and experience as women fellowshipped together, taking a break from their regular routines to recharge and receive encouragement to pursue their goals with courage and vigor.

“The positive energy created by a room full of amazing, intelligent and motivated women is undeniable,” said Hon. Julia Alloggiamento, chair of the Court Community Outreach Committee. “Through this event, we strive to demonstrate to the young women and mentors alike that through connection, support and mentorship, we can lift each other up

COURT SAYS EVIDENCE LACKING

surfaced showing his client’s response to a call while employed with the San Jose State University Police Department.

The video, which depicts Silva’s aggressive response to an incident in the SJSU library, emerged following the passage of police-transparency law SB 1421. Los Gatos officials said Silva chose to resign from LGMSPD.

Judge Edward J. Davila sided with the Town, saying Silva, to be successful in the suit, would have to show he’d been so stigmatized he wouldn’t be able to get another job in law enforcement.

The district court concluded Silva’s

claims didn’t satisfy the standard put in place through a case called Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture, which set out that “substantive due process” in the public sector is limited to “extreme cases,” like a “government blacklist, which when circulated or otherwise publicized to prospective employers effectively excludes the blacklisted individual from his occupation, much as if the government had yanked the license of an individual in an occupation that requires licensure.”

Silva appealed the case, which was submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Feb. 10.

to overcome any barriers and achieve any dream.”

Julie Ramirez from the Office of Women’s Policy provided vital information early into the program. In her welcome, she affirmed that this event is expansive and its impact has the potential to reap rewards.

“Make connections,” she said. “These connections have the potential to last beyond today. It’s about how you show up, how the information received resonates with you and what you do with it.”

Throughout the event, conversations revolved around the recognition of women’s unique contributions and barriers they have faced despite age and background.

During Hon. Nahal Iravani-Sani’s comments, she advised, “You all were selected to attend this Power Lunch because of your strength, determination and potential to make the world a better place. These accolades and characteristics come with responsibility. We have the responsibility to be informed in order to be a catalyst for change.”

The Community Outreach Committee thanked the Office of Women’s Policy for providing lunch and the City of San Jose for assisting with transportation. The combined forces of Probation-Women Out of Work, Office of Women’s Policy and volunteers from the Community Outreach Committee assembled swag bags consisting of pens, notepads, motivational keychains, whistles and hand-painted kindness rocks.

Supportive funding for the event was made possible by the California Judges Foundation’s grant.

McGill says his client was specifically told he was being ousted for the SJSU incident that came to light.

Former Los Gatos police chief Peter Decena, who’d served as the top cop at SJSU and who brought Silva onto the force—and later became a defendant in the lawsuit—resigned Sept. 16, 2021.

The union said Decena quit in advance of the Town firing him.

According to McGill, the Town shouldn’t have caved to activists after it encouraged Silva to uproot his life to take the job in Los Gatos when Decena thought he was a good officer—fully aware of his actions while at SJSU.

But the appeals court found that Silva never established he was blacklisted from the police force or even that Los Gatos was responsible for

the public outcry over his hiring.

“We are not persuaded by Silva’s attempts to avoid and distinguish Engquist,” the appeals decision reads. “The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied leave to amend.”

Silva had tried to say that his situation was more similar to what happened after the City of Billings, Mont., violated a self-employed builder Gerald Bateson’s property rights by denying a building permit back in the 1980s, which was among the cases his lawyer cited.

But the 9th Circuit wasn’t buying it, saying public employees are held to a higher standard when it comes to the appeals process.

Lawyers for Silva and the Town did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

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LEADERS Nearly 100 attendees participated in this year’s Young Women’s Power Lunch.

JUDGE ORDERS COMPANY TO STOP DUMPING WASTE IN ALMADEN VALLEY

Jeff Ballinger, Bay City News

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has ordered a local construction company to immediately stop dumping hazardous and corrosive construction waste on protected agricultural land in rural Almaden Valley.

The order against United Concrete Cutting Inc., of San Jose, follows a lawsuit filed by the Santa Clara County Office of the County Counsel, which determined the company and several affiliated individuals were transporting hazardous concrete slurry waste from construction sites to a remote property in Almaden Valley, and then dumping the slurry into crudely dug pits, according to the county’s announcement Monday.

In addition, the company dug culverts directing the waste into Santa Teresa Creek, which runs through county parks and feeds into Guadalupe River and the San Francisco Bay, according to the announcement.

The court granted the counsel’s request for immediate action Thursday. County Counsel James Williams emphasized that other businesses should take notice.

“It’s the county’s job to protect the environment and the public health, and we won't tolerate businesses that skirt the law and use protected agricultural land as dumping grounds,” he said in the announcement.

The county learned of the dumping from an anonymous complaint, which led to an extensive investigation that the county carried out in coordination with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Marilyn Underwood, director of the county's Department of Environmental Health, thanked the complainants and the state for their partnership.

“The people are our eyes and ears in these rural areas,” Underwood said in the announcement. “It’s incredibly helpful when folks let us know about suspicious activity so we can mobilize an enforcement action to keep our community members and the environment safe from potentially hazardous contamination or pollution.”

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SNOWPACK LEVELS REACH RECORD HIGHS

Snowpack, from page 1 California,” said Sean de Guzman, manager of DWR’s Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit.

Only in 1952, 1969 and 1983 were statewide measurements above 200% of the April 1 average.

The DWR measurements come from three main Sierra Nevada regions, with the Southern Sierra snowpack currently at 300% of average, its largest ever, while the Central Sierra is at 237% of average and Northern Sierra, where the state's largest reservoirs are, is at 192% of average.

Due to the huge amount of rain and snow that fell since December, when water managers were still expecting a fourth year of punishing drought, DWR increased its estimated State Water Project deliveries to 75% in

March, up from 35% in February.

Also, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order eliminating more than 50 of the 81 drought emergency provisions that he enacted in April 2021, including the 15% statewide voluntary water conservation goal and the requirement that roughly 450 local water agencies enact their own drought emergency plans.

While the monstrous snow measurement is good news for drought relief and for the state’s drinking water supply, reservoir managers and emergency response agencies throughout California are bracing for widespread flood risks—particularly in the San Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Lake Bains—as the spring snowmelt looms.

“This year’s severe storms and flood-

ing is the latest example that California’s climate is becoming more extreme,” said DWR Director Karla Nemeth.

“After the driest three years on record and devastating drought impacts to communities across the state, DWR has rapidly shifted to flood response and forecasting for the upcoming snowmelt. We have provided flood assistance to many communities who just a few months ago were facing severe drought impacts,” Nemeth said in a news release April 3.

The water agency has tentatively scheduled another snow survey in May.

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COLD WINTER A motorist passes snow that had been heaped up by snow plows along Summit Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains in March.

POLICE BLOTTER

MARCH 26

• A woman was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on Union Avenue and Blossom Hill Road at 12:15am.

• A man was reportedly “arguing with everyone” and “started swinging” on the first block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:59am.

• A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on the 300 block of Dardanelli Lane at 10:07am.

• A man was reportedly “carrying a bottle of alcohol and yelling” on Hernandez and Beck avenues at 12:47pm.

• Two teenagers were reportedly “saying negative things to other kids” at Oak Meadow Park on Blossom Hill Road at 4:46pm.

• A vehicle was reportedly burglarized on Winchester Circle.

• A caller thought a man was drunk because he was “dancing around his car” on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:45pm.

MARCH 27

• Someone threw eggs and condoms at a building on Lark Avenue.

• A person reportedly never came back from test riding a bicycle on N. Santa Cruz Avenue.

• A man was arrested for burglarizing a vehicle on the first block of Mullen Street at 1:23pm.

MARCH 28

• Embezzlement was reported at a business on University Avenue.

• An unknown suspect stole a laptop from a business on the 15100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard.

• A man was arrested for disorderly conduct on the 100 block of W. Main Street at 9:48am.

• A woman was arrested for injuring a child on the 15900 block of Los Gatos Boulevard at 10:41am.

MARCH 29

• An unknown suspect stole items from a business on the 15100 block of Los Gatos Boulevard.

• A home was reportedly burglarized on Calle Marguerita.

• A vehicle was reportedly burglarized on Oka Road.

MARCH 30

• Two men who identified themselves as contractors for Frontier reportedly asked if they could access a backyard on Twin Oaks Drive at 3:51pm. They declined to provide identification.

• A man was reportedly trying to climb on the roof of a business on Los Gatos Boulevard.

MARCH 31

• A vehicle was burglarized on Overlook Road.

• A man reportedly jumped a fence on Edelen Avenue and got into a spa.

APRIL 1

• A woman was arrested for inflicting injury on a cohabitant on the 200 block of Garden Hill Drive at 1:48am.

• Petty theft was reported at a business on the 100 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue.

• Loud music was reported on Nina Court at 4:57pm.

• A wallet was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Oka Road.

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

SAN JOSE POLICE UNION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING FENTANYL INTO U.S.

Barry Holtzclaw, Reporter

The executive director of the San Jose police officers’ union has been charged with buying and distributing fentanyl for more than eight years, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney in U.S. District Court in San Jose.

Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, was charged following a months-long investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, which had been following international shipments of drugs into the Bay Area. The complaint against her, announced by U. S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Homeland Security Investigations on March 29, was filed on March 27 and unsealed the next day.

Segovia is charged specifically with the attempted unlawful importing of valeryl fentanyl.

Fentanyl is described by the Drug Enforcement Administration as “a potent synthetic opioid drug approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.” Federal health officials said more than three-fourths of the 100,000 drug overdose deaths each year in the U.S. are attributable to fentanyl.

The complaint filed in San Jose said Segovia used her police union office computers and her personal computers, and on at least one occasion, the union’s

UPS account, to order thousands of opioid and other pills to her home and agreed to distribute the drugs elsewhere in the United States. In one of her interviews with federal investigators, she said she worked for the San Jose Police Department, not the officers’ union.

Segovia is on leave from her position with the union, where she has been executive director since 2003.

In a statement, union spokesperson Tom Saggau said, “Last Friday we were informed by federal authorities that one of our civilian employees was under investigation for distribution of a controlled substance and the POA has been fully and completely cooperating with the federal authorities as they continue their investigation. The POA immediately placed the civilian employee on leave and as is standard procedure cut off all access to the POA. No additional individual at the POA is involved or had prior knowledge of the alleged acts. The board of directors is saddened and disappointed at hearing this news and we have pledged to provide our full support to the investigative authorities.”

The complaint alleges that between October 2015 and January 2023, Segovia had at least 61 shipments mailed to her home, originating from countries including Hong Kong, Hungary, India and Singapore.

The manifests for these shipments, according to Homeland Security, declared their contents with labels like “Wedding Party Favors,” “Gift Makeup,” or “Chocolate and Sweets.”

But between July 2019 and January 2023, officials intercepted and opened five of these shipments and found that they contained thousands of pills of controlled substances, including the synthetic opioids Tramadol and Tapentadol. Certain parcels were valued at thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs.

Investigators also said that Segovia used encrypted WhatsApp communications to plan the logistics for receiving and sending pill shipments.

According to the complaint, Segovia continued to order controlled substances even after being interviewed by federal investigators in February 2023. On March 13, 2023, federal agents seized a parcel in Kentucky, containing valeryl fentanyl, addressed to Segovia. The package allegedly originated from China on March 10, and declared its contents as a “clock.”

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COUNTY REPORTS FIRST DEATH DUE TO ‘TRANQ’ ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER

Bay City News

Authorities on Monday confirmed the first death in Santa Clara County attributed to a dangerous animal tranquilizer that is increasingly mixed with opioids such as fentanyl and heroin.

A 36-year-old man who was found unresponsive in San Jose and died in late February tested positive for xylazine, known as “tranq,” after postmortem tests, county officials said.

The veterinary tranquilizer has been linked to an increasing number of deadly overdoses and serious wounds in cases across the country.

“This tragic event is an important alert to the community that xylazine is now present in drugs in Santa Clara

County,” said Dr. Michelle Jorden, the county's chief medical examiner. “The last thing I want is to see more deaths due to xylazine here, but sadly, the experience of the rest of the country indicates there may be more to come.”

Last month the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert about an sharp uptick in trafficking of fentanyl mixed with the drug.

Xylazine can slow down the nervous system, and also slow breathing and heart rate, health officials said.

Santa Clara County officials are urging steps to reduce overdoses including use of naloxone, or Narcan, for suspected overdoses.

A xylazine overdose isn't reversed by

naloxone, but it should still be administered in overdose cases to reverse the opioid component, health officials said.

Naloxone was recently approved for over-the-counter distribution at pharmacies and is free from many community sites.

“Community members need to be even more vigilant with how and what they are using, with xylazine now in Santa Clara County,” said Dr. Tiffany Ho, Medical Director of the County Behavioral Health Services Department.

In San Francisco, the department of public health said that four people who had died of overdose deaths in December and January had traces of xylazine in their systems.

land Security, the complaint said Segovia insisted that she had ordered “supplements,” and that there was nothing unusual or “out of the ordinary” about it, the complaint states.

Segovia, who was about to leave for vacation, refused to show agents her CashApp transaction history, the complaint states.

When Segovia returned, she called investigators to tell them the orders were for “another woman whom she identified as a family friend and housekeeper” who suffered from “a substance abuse disorder,” the complaint says

“[I]t all leads to her,” Segovia allegedly said, telling the agents that the notion occurred to her “like a light bulb” after the previous Homeland Security interview. Segovia also claimed the housekeeper had impersonated her on WhatsApp, which had been used to facilitate the deals, and was able to do so because “she knows so much about me,” according to the complaint.

Segovia faces a maximum statutory sentence of 20 years.

Testing for the drug isn't yet available in all emergency rooms or health care settings, and the county's Public Health Department is alerting local doctors to xylazine's increasing presence.

According to the DEA, the drug can cause large, severe wounds at an injection site that can lead to amputation.

Anyone who has a wound from using the drug should clean and cover the wound to avoid infection and see a doctor immediately.

Anyone seeking treatment for substance use can contact their primary care doctor or phone the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Call Center at 1-800-704-0900, 24 hours a day, for services in English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tagalog and Mandarin.

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The board of directors is saddened and disappointed at hearing this news and we have pledged to provide our full support to the investigative authorities.

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NEW INDUCTEES INTO LGHS HOF

Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

Nine new inductees will be honored in the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame 2023 Induction Ceremony at La Rinconada Country Club on May 6.

The Los Gatos Hall of Fame Committee works in conjunction with the high school to assemble each year’s

Hall of Fame Class. This year’s inductee class includes Jack Anti (class of 1932), Dick Whiteman (1951), Bob McArthur (1964), Jeff Robinson (1975), Karen Freedman Thompson (1978), AJ Matthews (1982), Samantha Copenhaver Van Devender (1983), Virginia Fritsch Darrow (2003) and Kiko Alonso (2008).

Bill Frey, the chair of the LGHS Hall of Fame Committee, provided a list of accomplishments of each

inductee. Here’s a snapshot for each one of them.

Jack Anti—Played three years in four different sports: baseball, basketball, tennis and track and field. A standout in each sport, Anti led the boys basketball team to a league championship, was the No. 1 singles on the tennis team, pitched the majority of the team’s games for baseball, and was second in the shot put and part of a record-breaking relay team in the league finals.

Anti also turned down an offer from the Boston Red Sox so he could play his senior year of high school baseball, according to the Los Gatos Mail News. Note: The Committee has yet to find any surviving family members of Anti and are asking for assistance in locating them.

Dick Whiteman—A football, basketball and track and field standout. In his senior football season, Whiteman, a tight end/kicker/safety, scored seven touchdowns and had 12 point-after conversions in eight games, accounting for 54 of the Wildcats’ 156 points that season.

Earned the Colburn Trophy as the team’s Most Outstanding Player. Also caught seven touchdown passes from the late Benny Pierce. Whiteman lives in Grass Valley with his wife of 65 years.

Bob McArthur—Three-sport standout in baseball, basketball and football.

On the gridiron, McArthur was a quarterback/defensive back where he was team captain and earned all league honors in his senior year. Earned a scholarship to play at University of the Pacific in Stockton, where he was a quarterback and safety for four years. Currently lives in Livermore and enjoyed a 36-year career working at Hewlett Packard.

Jeff Robinson—The late Robinson was a highly accomplished tennis player who was a NorCal state champion both as a 12-year-old and 18-year-old. LGHS team MVP his freshman and junior years. He went on to play No. 1 singles at the University of Alabama, where he won the SEC singles title in 1976 and 1977.

Also an SEC doubles champion in 1976, the same year in which he was ranked No. 1 in the conference and No. 28 in the nation. Played one year professionally on the ATP Circuit before pursuing a career in medicine, graduating fifth in his class at Medical College of Virginia and completing a residency in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Died at the age of 52.

Karen Freedman Thompson Scored a single-game record five goals in her MVP senior season on the field hockey team. Also earned first team, all league honors in softball and basketball, helping lead the girls hoops team to its first-ever Regional Tournament victory.

IMPACT Kiko Alonso (class of 2008) is one of nine members who will be honored at the 2023 Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at La Rinconada Country Club on May 6.

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For her efforts, Thompson earned the school’s Female Athlete of the Year award. Of a historical note, Thompson was among the first girls to be allowed to compete in sports after the passage of Title IX, according to Frey. She is married with three children and lives in Campbell, and coached youth sports for 20-plus years.

AJ Matthews—Competed on five championship winning teams including basketball, football and track and field. All-league wide receiver and basketball team MVP his senior season in which he helped the Wildcats to their first championship in 31 years and earned a spot on the all-CCS team.

Went on to be a four-year starter never missing a game as a center midfielder for the Occidental College men’s soccer team. Matthews graduated from UCSF Medical School in 1990, played semi-pro soccer, com-

pleted a General Surgery Residency from the University of Minnesota in 1998 before eventually opening his current plastic surgery practice in Gilroy in 2001.

Samantha Copenhaver Van Devender—In her junior year was an integral player for a girls basketball team that won CCS and NorCal titles. Set the all-time school record for assists and helped revitalize a moribund softball team in her senior year along with Missy Dallas, according to Frey.

Went on to play basketball at Chico State, earning Outstanding Female Athlete honors in her senior year before being inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. Works as a realtor in Phoenix and is married with two daughters.

Virginia Fritsch Darrow—Threetime, first-team all league selection in softball and earned SCVAL MVP Offensive Player of the Year honors in

her junior and senior seasons. A first baseman and catcher who was named to the all-State team in her junior and senior years.

Upon graduating, Darrow attended Harvard University, where she earned first team Ivy League and Rookie of the Year honors after hitting .306 with five home runs and 26 RBI. Transferred to University of San Diego and still holds many of the school’s records.

Later earned her degree in Veterinary Medicine from UC Davis in 2014 and currently is an ER Vet in North San Diego County. Married with three children.

Kiko Alonso—One of the best linebackers in Los Gatos High’s storied football history. Racked up 293 tackles and 10 sacks spanning his junior and senior seasons. Also played tight end and had 35 receptions for 539 yards and seven touchdowns in

his senior season, earning first team, all-CCS honors.

Named Cal-Hi Sports Defensive Player of the Year after his junior season. Went on to play at the University of Oregon and was Defensive MVP of the Rose Bowl in 2012. Selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft and earned Defensive Rookie of the Year honors.

Totaled 588 tackles, 10 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and four sacks in a six-year pro career. Resides in Aptos with his wife and high school sweetheart, Gabby, who is the daughter of Joe Kapp, a Los Gatos resident who has the distinction of being the only quarterback ever to compete in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl and the Grey Cup.

Tickets to the event can be purchased at gofan.co/app/events/890642?schoolId=CA22963. For information, contact Bill Frey at drwfrey@mac.com.

ATHLETIC AJ Matthews (class of 1982) was a key player for five LGHS championship winning teams in football, basketball and track and field. He was an all-CCS basketball selection in 1982.

SWEET SWING Virginia Fritsch Darrow (class of 2003) was a two-time SCVAL MVP in softball and went on to play at University of San Diego, where she still holds many program records.

CONSTRUCTION ONGOING AT SALT & STRAW

These original flavors that “first put Salt & Straw on the map” include: Black Olive Brittle & Goat Cheese, which had its premiere in Los Angeles and features sweet-and-salty butter brittle, cured black olives and cave-aged goat cheese ice cream; Honey Marshmallow Rocky Road, showcasing gobs of marshmallow and chocolate ice cream spiced with cinnamon and ancho chili; Sweet Corn and Waffle Cones, a collaboration with chef April Bloomfield, with—yes—golden corn and ribbons of brown butter caramel; Strawberry

Cilantro Lime Cheesecake, which was part of the company’s first-ever summer berries series, with toasty graham cracker crust, strawberry ice cream, and cilantro lime cheesecake; Mango Habanero IPA Sorbet, a vegan treat fashioned to be quenching thanks to the Laces IPA from Wynwood Brewing alongside the habanero, mangoes and citrus notes.

Drew Penner, Reporter

As ice creamery Salt & Straw prepares its Los Gatos launch, the company is rolling out a new slate of flavors from co-founder Tyler Malek

harkening back to its earliest days.

The new menu items, which it's calling “the Vault Series,” will be released ahead of the company’s 12th birthday on April 22.

“The series features a selection of

five beloved flavors,” a spokesperson said, pointing to the breadth of creations Malek has come up with over the years. “Tyler has created more than 1,200 recipes, each with its own unique story and reason for being.”

COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO FOSTER KITTENS

Facility fills with young felines in need of care, attention, socialization

Staff Report

The Santa Clara County Animal Services Center is seeking volunteers to foster kittens in their homes until the animals are old enough to be adopted. Every year, beginning in the spring, the San Martin shelter receives roughly 1,500 kittens that require plenty of TLC until they are ready for adoption, which is usually around six to eight weeks old, says a press release from Santa Clara County.

The shelter does not have the capacity to care for all these kittens—thus increasing the need for more foster homes. Fostering provides a safe environment for the kittens, who are at a vulnerable stage in their development, as well as the socialization they need to be comfortably placed in a permanent home.

“Fostering is not only rewarding but also saves lives,” said Lisa Jenkins, Program Manager for the San Martin Animal Services Center. “We are so grateful to our community for helping us care for these animals. If you haven’t fostered before, but are curious, we encourage you to get involved.”

The kittens that are brought to the shelter are typically orphaned babies of feral cats, says the press release. They need round-the-clock attention in the first few weeks of life, after which they become more independent. At about seven weeks, they are old enough to be neutered and find adoptive families.

The Animal Services Center provides volunteers who foster kittens with food, supplies and support. “Your job is to give some of nature’s cutest creations a bunch of love, keep an eye out for any illnesses or developmental

issues, and make sure they receive any needed medical care from the shelter,” says the press release.

Volunteers can decide their own level of involvement. If caring for newborns is too much of a commitment, volunteers can take them in once they’re older.

Joan Sullivan, of Morgan Hill, has fostered kittens from the shelter for about three years. She started doing it for her granddaughter, who loves cats but can’t own any because of allergies in her family, says the press release.

Sullivan generally gets the kittens when they are about five weeks old, having moved from bottle-feeding to eating on their own, and keeps them for a few weeks.

Fostering has provided Sullivan with quality time with her grandkids, who love to visit and play with the kittens.

“I have (also) met some absolutely wonderful people who have adopted kittens that I have fostered,” she said. “A couple of

Meanwhile, an official from the contracting company working on the ice cream firm’s Old Town Los Gatos storefront told the Los Gatan they anticipate construction will be complete within a matter of weeks.

Until that opens, local residents will have to make the trek to the Westfield Valley Fair location at 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., or the Palo Alto location at 250 University Ave.

them have become very good friends. It’s been a very social thing for me.”

Cindy Barnes, a longtime volunteer with the Animal Services Center, specializes in kittens that need special care. Once she took in a sick kitten that wasn’t eating and fed her with a syringe, slowly nursing her back to health, according to the press release. Another time she fostered a kitten with a deformed leg. Both were ultimately adopted.

“The absolute best part is seeing the kittens thrive and then get adopted,” said Barnes, a Morgan Hill resident. “It feels good knowing you’ve made a difference in their lives.”

To learn more about fostering kittens, visit the Animal Services Center’s foster care webpage (bit.ly/40O3atu) or watch an informational video (youtube.com/watch?v=8K9KT2Je2WI).

To sign up, go to the county’s volunteer registration webpage (https://bit. ly/40vgp2E).

For information about the Animal Services Center, go to the shelter’s website at animalservices.sccgov.org.

COMING SOON A crew works on the Salt & Straw storefront in Old Town Los Gatos March 27.

Drew Penner/Los Gatan

GUEST VIEW

SILLY WALKING MY WAY THROUGH THE LOS GATOS ROTARY GREAT RACE

Jeffrey P. Blum, Contributor

I turn 72 years old nine days before the 45th annual Great Race, which is set for April 29. My age perhaps gives me license to walk rather than run during the Great Race. Then again, perhaps age is no excuse for skipping the running, since many old fogies like me run in the Great Race every year. Being a dedicated Rotarian, however, instead of running or walking, I try to help with putting on the race.

I see a role for me here as a Great Race helper. Although the Great Race is very entertaining, with lots of energy, lots of cheering fans, and lots of folks in a festive mood participating while attired in funny costumes, I envision playing a silly and entertaining role. For example, perhaps I can reprise one of my favorite Monty Python skits.

I recall with great fondness, Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks skit, with John Cleese wildly gesticulating while taking odd and goofy walking steps. The spoof, knocking bureaucratic inefficiency, involved Cleese being responsible for developing silly walks through grants.

Could I do silly walks for the entirety of the four-plus miles of the Great Race? Sure. Would Rotary kick me out of the club for being overly goofy? Nah, the club members would cut me

some slack, since it would all be for a good cause.

While Saratoga Mayor Bill Glennon began the Great Race in 1975, The Rotary Club of Los Gatos has hosted the race since 1983.

The Great Race has become one of our town’s traditions, while supporting one of Rotary’s central tenets: putting service above self. It is also one of our club’s biggest fundraising events of the year, bringing out hundreds of smiling and gung-ho participants.

Beneficiaries of the funds raised by the Great Race include: Los Gatos Rotary Scholarship Foundation and Los Gatos Rotary Charities Foundation.

The sponsors are: El Camino Health, Darling & Fischer, Athletic Performance, Physicians Medical Group, Cornerstone, Cilker Orchards, Sum Advisory, ICS, Inikosoft, the JCC, Star One, Spenga, Virtus Performance Club, Bay Tree Apartment Homes, and YSI.

For more information, or to register for the race, go to lggreatrace.com.

All registrants receive a T-shirt as well as the gratitude of our Rotary and those who benefit from the event.

Of course, helpers for the event are welcome too, so long as you have a unique and silly walking style that might qualify for a Ministry of Silly Walks grant.

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Could I do silly walks for the entirety of the four-plus miles of the Great Race?

Sure. Would Rotary kick me out of the club for being overly goofy? Nah, the club members would cut me some slack, since it would all be for a good cause.

LOCAL SCENE

LOS GATOS HIGH SENIOR WINS POSTER COMPETITION

Los Gatos High School senior Mia Bradbury was selected as the Graphic Design WeTip Poster Design winner, a competition held to promote the district’s anonymous and confidential reporting service, WeTip.

Bradbury unveiled her winning posters at the March 28 board meeting, where she received a $1,000 scholarship donation from the Los Gatos High School Home & School Club, a $100 Visa gift card from WeTip, and an offer for a paid summer internship with Catapult CMS, WeTip’s parent company.

Initiated by Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Heath Rocha and facilitated by Los Gatos High School Graphic Design Teacher Alex Czech, 15 Honors students submitted poster designs for consideration. The assignment was to make a poster that encouraged students to report inappropriate actions that they witnessed or knew of for both schools in the district. With the requirement to include the WeTip hotline, and a call to action logo, students built out their concepts to encourage anonymous reporting of bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault and fentanyl use.

The winner was selected by the district’s Title IX Coordinator Megan Farrell and Assistant Superintendent Heath Rocha.

“Mia’s posters captured the message we wanted to convey in such a creative and relatable way,” Superintendent Bill W. Sanderson said. “We are so grateful for the partnership with the LGHS Home & School Club and Catapult CMS for helping us honor and celebrate Mia's work.”

Czech’s Graphic Design classes commonly partner with student groups, nonprofit organizations and local businesses in the community. Czech said that students build kits for many of the school’s sports teams, have recently completed a logo for the School Safety staff, and continue to create identities, posters, packaging, app/web prototypes, apparel kits, and more for local businesses and organizations.

Bradbury’s posters will be printed and distributed to every classroom

at both Los Gatos and Saratoga high schools, as well as hang on display in the District Office Board Room. Through the district’s partnership with WeTip, Bradbury will work to provide campaign opportunities for other school districts who may choose to focus on the poster’s actions.

WeTip was acquired by Catapult CMS in 2020. Founded in 1972 as a way to aid law enforcement and provide anonymous reporting resources and empowerment to citizens, WeTip has led to more than 1.2 million crimes reported, 16,000 arrests and 8,000 convictions.

EL CAMINO HEALTHCARE DISTRICT WILL OFFER HOME COVID-19 TEST KITS

After three years, more than 63,000 vaccines and 53,000 tests, the El Camino Healthcare District voted March 28 to replace its Covid-19

testing and vaccination program with a stockpile of at-home test kits available to community residents who are unable to purchase or receive test kits through other means.

The District invested more than $1.4 million toward its testing and vaccination program, which will end April 15, when 500 at-home antigen test kits will become available to community members.

“It was money well-spent and the fact that we can now wind this effort down is really a cause for celebration,” said Julia Miller, chair of the El Camino Healthcare District board. “We were able to help tens of thousands of community members. That’s why we’re here.”

The decision to end testing comes one month after California lifted its Covid State of Emergency and Santa Clara County ended its mass vaccine and testing sites. Health care providers and pharmacies throughout the county now have enough capacity to

provide residents with access to testing and vaccinations.

Testing, vaccines and therapeutic treatments are still available at El Camino Health’s outpatient pharmacies.

HIGHWAY 17 LANE CLOSURES ARE ONGOING

Caltrans will perform daytime lane closures on Highway 17, between Blossom Hill Road to Summit Road, in Los Gatos through April 14.

These closures are needed to remove fallen and leaning trees impacted by the recent storms. Motorists are advised to expect delays and allow extra time for their commute.

Schedule of lane closures:

• Northbound Highway 17 from Summit Road to Blossom Hill Road

Overcrossing: April 5-7, 9am to 3pm

• Southbound Highway 17 from “The Cats” to Summit Road: April 10-14, 9am to 3pm

WINNING ARTIST Los Gatos High School senior Mia Bradbury (center, holding award) is surrounded by family members and school officials during a meeting March 28 where she was announced the winner of the Graphic Design WeTip Poster Design competition.

Courtesy of Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District

HORTICULTURE

WINTER WEATHER LINGERS INTO SPRING

Tony Tomeo, Contributor

Winter was epic! Snow was more abundant than since 1976. Rain was more continuous than since 1982. Frost was colder than since 1990. All of this happened within this same winter! Californians generally appreciate rain and snow, and tolerate typically minor chill. Chaparral and desert climates here rarely get much. However, this weather is excessive!

Furthermore, such excessively cold or wet weather was unconducive to gardening. Most of us wanted to stay inside. Home gardens consequently endured neglect in conjunction with extreme weather. Regardless of the current weather conditions, winter is technically done. Now that it is spring, gardens should begin their systematic processes of recovery.

This may entail more effort for those who enjoy gardening than for the associated plants. Most plants are resilient to harsher winter weather than they endured here recently. That is how they survive other less temperate climates. Some may respond favorably to more thorough than typical grooming. Some might prefer later grooming while they regenerate.

Chill can actually enhance performance of some plants that prefer cooler winter weather. For example, some cultivars of apples are barely satisfied with the more typical local chill. They may perform better this year, after a cooler chill. Flowering cherry, purple leaf plum, lilac, wisteria and many others may do the same. Stone fruits might be more productive.

Several plants do succumb to frost, though. Some that typically die back but then recover may not recover this year. For some, the unusually cold frost was lethal. Others rotted as a result of lingering cool dampness. Kaffir lily that is blooming well now may succumb to rot later. Canna that grew early only to succumb to later frost should recover well, though.

Some plants that endured frost and saturation last winter might delay their spring bloom. Roses could bloom better but also later, both as a result of cooler than typical chill. Some early spring bulbs that bloomed when they should suffered for it. Rain and wind knocked

CALENDAR

For more events, visit the online calendar at losgatan.com/events-calendar

BUNNIES AND BONNETS EASTER PARADE

The 22nd Annual Bunnies & Bonnets Parade in Downtown Campbell takes place April 8 at noon. This annual Easter Parade tradition features marching bands, dancers, animals, community groups, local organizations and more. The parade will start at the east end of Downtown, by the VTA Light Rail tracks and run along Campbell Avenue to Third Street.

➝ ,downtowncampbell.com/event/ bunnies-and-bonnets.

ENTERTAINMENT AT GARDINO’S

Gardino’s, 51 N. Santa Cruz Ave., features entertainment Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, along with Sunday afternoons.

➝ bit.ly/3OSvPHS.

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.

them into the mud. Later bulbs might avoid a similar fate by delaying their bloom slightly. Fewer conform to a comparably strict schedule.

Highlight: star magnolia

Unusually wintry weather did not seem to delay star magnolia, Magnolia stellata, bloom. Such bloom can begin immediately prior to March, or finish immediately afterward. Yet, it typically occurs at about the same time annually within any particular situation. Few here were notably later than they were last year. Bloom lasts only for about two weeks, though.

Nonetheless, bright white bloom is spectacular prior to foliation of otherwise bare stems. Formerly rare cultivars with blushed or pastel pink bloom are becoming popular. Delicate floral fragrance is proportionate to profusion of bloom. Individual flowers are about three inches wide with many narrow tepals. Deciduous foliage appears as bloom deteriorates.

Star magnolia may be more comparable to large shrubbery than small trees. Most do not grow much taller than six feet. Some of the largest may be twice as tall and broad, with a few trunks. Old trunks and branches can be somewhat sculptural. Bark is pallid, like that of fig trees. As their plump floral buds begin to burst, bare stems are conducive to forcing.

SPRING WINE WALK

Tickets are now on sale for the Spring Wine Walk, held by the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce on April 22 from 1-4pm. Dozens of local wineries will set up shop in downtown Los Gatos to offer samples.

➝ bit.ly/42eXBGa.

LOS GATOS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

The Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its 18th Induction Ceremony on May 6 at La Rinconada Country Club. This year’s inductees are: Jack Anti (Class of 1931), Dick Whiteman (1951), Bob McArthur (1964), Jeff Robinson (1975), Karen Freedman Thompson (1978), A.J. Matthews (1982), Samantha Copenhaver Van Devender (1983), Virginia Fritsch (2003) and Kiko Alonso (2008). The reception begins at 5pm, followed by the dinner at 6:45pm and ceremony at 8pm.

➝ tinyurl.com/2023lghshalloffame.

LIVE JAZZ MUSIC

Live jazz performances at the Tasting House, 368 Village Lane, take place Fridays and Saturdays from 6-9pm, and Sundays from 11am-2pm.

➝ 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.

Tony Tomeo can be contacted at tonytomeo.com.

UNUSUAL TIMES Late wintry weather delays early bloom.

AREAS TO ENTERTAIN

City lights and mountain views are a constant with this Los Gatos home on an oak tree-studded lot. Located at 490 Santa Rosa Drive, the 5,265-square-foot home includes five bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms.

Living spaces include a grand living room, formal dining room, custom gourmet kitchen, family room, office and private primary suite. Red

oak floors with mahogany inlays are throughout, along with remodeled bathrooms, Victorian crown molding, fresh paint in and out and new carpet. Outside, there are several areas to relax or entertain among the natural landscapes, patio and bocce ball court.

The home, built in 1984, is listed at $4,488,000 by Intero Real Estate Services. For information, visit bit.ly/42XIpO0.

SANTA ROSA DRIVE This Los Gatos home features mature landscaping.

INSIDE Red oak floors with mahogany inlays are throughout.

Free post-rainstorm drain inspections for West Valley homes and businesses

Blockages and over ows, shifting soils can stress underground plumbing systems. Clogs and blockages can ood your yard and home.

Storm drains may need video inspection, hydro jetting or repairs to prepare for next series of weather events.