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vol . 4, no. 29 : March 19-25 , 2025 : losgatan.com
national merit finalists p4 : letters to the editor p5 : mamma mia ! p11 : ny times crossword puzzle p11 Dinah Cotton / Los Gatan
GOOD SAM CEO HOPES UPDATE TO FACILITIES WILL BOOST CARE QUALITY $1.2b remodel comes amid mixed patient safety report cards Dinah Cotton, Contributor
I had the good fortune of sitting next to Patrick Rohan, the CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital, at the Police Foundation fundraiser. As a former Good Samaritan League volunteer I was very interested in learning about what’s going on there these days. Rohan assured me there was plenty of news to share from the corridors of “Good Sam,” as us locals affectionately call it. We agreed to meet, so I could catch up. Good Samaritan Hospital was established in 1965. It is a 474-bed acute care facility located at 2425 Samaritan Dr., right at the border of Los Gatos and San Jose. Since 1996, it’s been part of the Hospital Corporation of America. Earlier this month, Good Sam’s parent company (HCA Healthcare, Inc.) was named one of the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a for-profit ➝ Good Sam, 6
NEARLY SPRING Leprechaun Franklin Oliveira with Kelly Blough and Lauren Dunnett at Campo di Bocce, which became an Irish village on Monday for St. Patrick’s Day. More photos on P5.
NATIONAL JUNIOR BASKETBALL BOYS TEAMS HOOP IT UP Two squads win national titles Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
There’s no stopping the Los Gatos National Junior Basketball (NJB) boys program. For the second consecutive year, two teams from the Los
Gatos NJB chapter won the All Net National Tournament. In 2024, the fourth grade and eighth grade boys teams took home titles. In the recently completed 2025 winter season, the fourth grade and fifth grade boys teams reigned supreme. In performances that were borderline sublime, both Los Gatos
squads won their respective National Tournament championship games in dominating fashion. The fourth graders avenged their only defeat of the season, dismantling Whittier Gold 44-18 in the title contest March 9 at the Maps Sports Facility in Garden Grove. ➝ Sports, 8
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