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vol . 2, no. 21 : January 25-31 , 2023 : losgatan.com
winter arts p6 : all-star game returns p11 : upcoming events p14 : ny times crossword puzzle p17 Arnold Breit
TOP TOWN, BUSINESS LEADERS LEAVING
Santa Clara County not included in federal relief efforts
Assistant town manager, Chamber executive plan departure
Barry Holtzclaw & Drew Penner, Reporters
The Bay Area Congressional delegation—Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-16) and Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)—wrote to President Joe Biden on Jan. 19 to request that relief for Santa Clara County be included in the Presidential Major Declaration for the State of California. Biden has previously approved California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disaster declaration request, including public and individual support for Santa Cruz, Monterey and San
Drew Penner, Reporter
As Assistant Town Manager Arn Andrews arrived at the grand re-opening for the Los Gatos Theatre, Thursday, it marked the end for the long and careful journey of bringing one of the community’s most valued cultural assets back to life. But it also served to bookend his own five-year tenure with the Town, since the City of Mountain View had announced they’d poached the well-liked public official just two days earlier. “Professionally and personally, it’s going to be an interesting new adventure,” Andrews said in an interview Tuesday, expressing his eagerness to get right into a batch of new work. “They run their own utilities, so one of the things I’ll be working on is getting a new utility billing system in place.” But his lateral career move came as Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Catherine Somers revealed ➝ Leaders, 16
AS BIDEN VISITS, COUNTY REPS MAKE PLEA FOR DISASTER AID
➝ Biden, 4
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WELCOME BACK Los Gatos Mayor Maria Ristow and CineLux Theatres CEO Paul Gunsky cut the ribbon to celebrate the reopening of the Los Gatos Theatre on Jan. 19. The Goetz family donated the theater to the Town in 2021 after it had sat dormant since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Town reached an agreement with CineLux to operate the theater, located at 43 N. Santa Cruz Ave.
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