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  August 2, 2000    Los Gatos, California  Since 1881

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    Los Gatos faces major changes

    Many old businesses are confronted with a difficult decision


    Downtown is changing. With increased rents, some in excess of 100 percent, many small businesses are forced to reassess their ability to remain in Los Gatos. For better, or worse, temporarily or forever, the last year has seen an abnormally high number of independent businesses closing and new chain stores moving in.   More

    News

    Longs Drugs now has neighborhood support

    Longs Drugs returns with revised plans to open a Rinconada Center store, gaining approval rather than the denial it faced last year.
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    News

    Real Estate firm rebounds from mass exodus

    Century 21 Seville Contempo Realtors has gained two new top officers to counter the exit of more than 40 real estate agents.
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    News

    Brian Hinman becomes a local hero for town and mountain residents

    Hinman stepped into the breach when he purchased the parcel on which the CDF's Alma Fire Station is located.
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    News

    The town's two new planners have a difficult first task

    The new planners' first personal task will be to find housing in Los Gatos, which may prove difficult in today's high-priced market.
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    Gardening

    Watering depends on many factors

    The general guidelines for plant care depend greatly on such factors as landscape, soil and weather conditions.
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    Taste

    Blvd. Coffee still plans a grand opening celebration

    When the owners of Blvd. Coffee decided to move several doors down from the present location, they didn't count on planning department difficulties.
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Cover Story
With increasing rents and the advent of chain stores, residents worry that the character of Los Gatos is changing

News
News Briefs

Longs Drugs finally finds support for its bid at a space in Rinconada Hills Shopping Center

Aspiring pilot and CEO Brian Hinman turns local hero by rescuing the Alma Fire Station

Chris Trapani and Ryan Iwanaga are appointed to the top spots in Century 21 Seville Contempo's Los Gatos office

Sobrato Development proposes a 275,000-square-foot research park where A to Z Nursery now stands

Police arrest two women at a hair and nail salon for prostitution

Two new planners are hired to strenghten the diminished ranks of the planning department

Photo: Los Gatos continues in its Prettiest Painted Place in America competition

Letters & Opinions
Letters

Editorials: The parking issue has not gone away

Carl Heintze: Huertgen Forest just a footnote in history

Sandy Sims: Philosophies collide on a family vacation

DeCinzo: Town hero Brian Hinman

Around Town
The Prowler

Montalvo gallery becomes the canvas for artist Mark Dean Veca

Engagements

Columns
Main Street

Picture from the Past

Gardening
Watering schedule depends on many external conditions

Seniors
Senior Notes

Sun worshippers discover the sun is not their friend

Taste
Blvd. Coffee's owners postpone grand opening celebrations for their new store as they receive a rude awakening to planning department regulations

Sports

Sports Briefs

South tops North in all-star game

Benedetti double sparks Los Gatos to 5-3 victory

Los Gatos United to co-host Major League soccer camp

Dammit Run returns for its 27th running

Photo: Magic girls nail third

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