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4 MORE MILES OF TRAIL OPENED AT BEAR CREEK REDWOODS PRESERVE
Wildcats have laid a strong foundation for future-year success
Pellerin: Protecting our wild rec areas is “incredibly important”
Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
By any metric, the inaugural season for the Los Gatos High School girls flag football team was a rousing success. The Wildcats went 24-2 overall and 8-1 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, sharing the championship with Milpitas and Santa Clara. Los Gatos would’ve finished as outright SCVAL champions but lost to Milpitas 34-28 in the season-finale on Oct. 23. Two days later, the players had to return their jerseys, a moment coach Jaye Reinman was anticipating with great joy.
Dinah Cotton, Contributor
On Friday, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District celebrated the opening of four additional miles of trail at the 1,400-acre Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve—which adds on to the six miles previously opened to the public. This 10-mile trail winds through grasslands, oak woodlands, old-growth redwood forests and over several bridges. There are hiking trails for people of any ability level. The area around Upper Lake Loop Trail is ADA-compliant, while being close to handicapped parking. There are even picnic tables and a restroom.
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THE CEREMONY
Midpen General Manager Ana Ruiz kicked things off, stating, “In 2014 voters passed measure AA, a 30-year $300-million-dollar general obligation bond. This measure provided the essential funding to complete the initial
public opening of Bear Creek Redwoods in 2019.”
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THE INAUGURAL FLAG FOOTBALL SEASON ENDS IN A 3-WAY TIE
SALES SKELETON Volunteer Laurel O’Neill takes a break from hawking plants at Cavanaugh Color’s booth at the Los Gatos Farmers’ Market, on Sunday. Turn to P6 to read Dinah Cotton’s round-up of past and upcoming events.
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