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vol . 3 , no. 25 : february 28-march 5 , 2024 : losgatan.com
‘campell’ sign fixed p4 : mental health tips p12 : ny times crossword puzzle p13 : service directory p14 Jonathan Natividad
COUNCIL STAYS THE COURSE WITH HOUSING PUSH-BACK AGAINST STATE
Brennan secures the win with 13.9 seconds left Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
At some point in the playoffs, a game comes down to free throws. It’s not sexy, it doesn’t grab the headlines, but knocking down free throws can be the difference between earning a historic victory or coming up just short. For the Los Gatos High boys basketball team, that moment came in the crucible of the Central Coast Section Division I playoff championship game against Menlo-Atherton High on Feb. 24. Scotty Brennan’s two free throws with 13.9 seconds left put the No. 2 seed Wildcats ahead to stay for good in their 58-54 win over the top-seed Bears at Santa Clara High. “I guess we do practice free
Town stands behind change of motion wording; HCD got the drift anyway, dishes rebuke Drew Penner, Reporter
Multiple Council members raised concerns at their regularly-scheduled Feb. 20 meeting that the sprawling motion presented by the Vice Mayor at the prior meeting to protect vast swaths of the community from small multifamily housing was sent off to the Department of Housing and Community Development with a wording change that totally altered its meaning. The Town Attorney had verified with Vice Mayor Matthew Hudes that he didn’t mean for residential intensification to be prevented only if all of a number of conditions were true (within 500 feet of an evacuation route, “very high” fire risk zone, officially historic or next to pre-1941 homes, more than a half-mile from a public transit stop)—which wouldn’t really make sense given his strong opposition to upzoning. “So, my understanding of the ➝ Housing, 4
BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH FREE-THROWS
➝ Sports, 6
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WINNERS Wildcats coach Nick Ward is overcome with emotion after their 58-54 win over Menlo-Atherton High in the Central Coast Section Division I championship game on Feb. 24 at Santa Clara High.
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