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vol . 4 , no. 46 : july 16-22, 2025 : losgatan.com
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LG GIRL AND FRIEND RAISE $8K FOR EYE SURGERIES IN RURAL INDIA They trained at Saratoga dance school for months to prepare for special performance D r Ew P En nEr , Editor
Last month, Los Gatos 14-yearold Dhiya Padmanabhan and her friend Dhiya Shradha Naravanan, who is going into Grade 12 at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, held a dance fundraiser based on classical South Asian dance forms to raise money for people who need eye surgery in rural India. “The girls reached their fundraising goal one day before the event,” says Padmanabhan’s mom, Vidhya Venkitakrishnan. “We stand at $8,094 as of today.” Dhiya had been working with Milpitas-based Sankara Eye Foundation on a volunteer writing project, so when her friend’s grandmother spoke about her need for cataract surgery in both eyes on a video call, Venkitakrishnan pointed her in the direction of that nonprofit. “They provide free cataract eye surgery for underserved people in rural India,” Venkitakrishnan said. “Each of these surgeries costs only $30 for one eye.” While Naravanan’s grandma, who lives in India, could afford to pay for her surgery, the girls couldn’t help but think about all the people who live nearby who can’t afford what costs no ➝ Fundraiser, 6
MASSIVE FLAMES On July 11, firefighters responded to a report of a vegetation fire in the area of El Corto Court in Los Gatos, around 9:50pm. Upon arrival, they found an abandoned single-story structure fully engulfed. Santa Clara County Fire along with resources from CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit held the blaze to a half-acre. There were no reported injuries and the cause was under investigation.
MAGIC DAZZLES EN ROUTE TO NORCAL TITLE LGCS Softball team is a tour de force E m a nuEl l EE , Sports Editor
Once the Los Gatos-Cupertino-Saratoga (LGCS) Magic 12U(A) softball team was assembled in the fall of 2024, it proceeded to play 15 tour-
naments spanning the next 40 weeks. However, nothing could top the Magic’s dazzling run through the USA Softball Northern California Championship Tournament, culminating with a 14-0 victory over the San Lorenzo Heat in the title contest on June 29 in Hayward.
The Magic ran roughshod over the competition, going 4-0 and outscoring their opponents by a combined margin of 26-5. In winning its first NorCal championship in 11 years, LGCS was invited to play in the Western ➝ Magic, 8
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