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vol . 3 , no. 4 : september 27-october 3 , 2023 : losgatan.com
scares for cares p2 : water polo p10 : upcoming events p14 : ny times crossword puzzle p17 Drew Penner/Los Gatan
DEVELOPER TURNS IN PLANS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF NORTH 40
Girls volleyball team coalesces
Fifth of units to be affordable, fewer than Town included in report
Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
One of sport’s great axioms is this: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. But it’s sure nice to be sitting in a tie for first place with October just around the corner. That’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High girls volleyball team finds itself in as it entered the week at 11-5 overall and 4-0 in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s De Anza Division. Los Gatos and Palo Alto have identical 4-0 league records entering this week’s play. If both teams win their respective contests on Sept. 27, they’ll duke it out for sole possession of first place two days later. The Wildcats’ most recent win came in a three-set sweep of Los Al-
Drew Penner, Reporter
It’s the development in Los Gatos that has become a symbol of how the town is changing, on which locals have frequently placed their often quite charged feelings about the “character” of the community and what should be done about the housing crisis. And on Friday, Grosvenor Property Americas submitted its official plan for Phase 2 of the North 40 mixed-used project, located at—and around—14859 Los Gatos Blvd., near the border with Campbell and San Jose. “We’re just really excited,” said Steve Buster, a Grosvenor senior vice president, in an interview. “We are very proud to be proposing the first multi-family rental building of any scale in years.” In the last Housing Element cycle, the Town approved the North 40 Phase 1 development, which included 49 very-low income senior housing units and one moderate-income manager unit. The North 40 Specific Plan designated Phase 2 for 461 units at a minimum density of 30 dwelling units per acre— ➝ Plan, 4
LGHS WILDCATS SPIKING FOES IN THEIR LEAGUE
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ADDING COLOR Jon Cavanaugh, owner of Watsonville’s Cavanaugh Color, loads out as a recent Sunday wraps up at the Los Gatos Certified Farmers’ Market. The market runs Sundays from 9am to 1pm at Town Park Plaza on Main Street and N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
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