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CHAMPS AGAIN FOR LOS GATOS FOOTBALL TEAM Wildcats win fourth straight league title

Lupin Lodge is the oldest member of the Chamber of Commerce

Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

Holding back tears, Los Gatos High football coach Mark Krail delivered a brief yet emotionally charged speech in the aftermath of a riveting 24-21 win over Wilcox High on Oct. 27. He didn’t have to say much to let his players know how proud he was of their effort and performance, one that clinched at least a share of the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division championship—the program’s fourth consecutive league title overall. Krail emphasized the value of winning an A-league championship is paramount for the program. “That’s our first goal every year is to win a league championship,” Krail said, “and then what happens after that is gravy. Our playoff system, we can talk all night for what it is, but for a public school I’m pretty darn proud for sure.” Formerly of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division, Los Gatos and Wilcox have been the main players duking it out for league supremacy. When the SCVAL and PAL combined to form a football super league starting ➝ Football, 10

CLOTHING-OPTIONAL RESORT IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS TO GO UP FOR SALE

Drew Penner, Reporter

The oldest member of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, Lupin Lodge, the clothing-optional Santa Cruz Mountains retreat, is being put up for sale. Management told staff and residents of the property the news last week during a community dinner, and as word got out, weekend bookings increased. “I’m selling it for health reasons, and I want to retire,” said Lori Kay Stout, the owner and CEO, who first arrived on the grounds in 1982. “This is a hard decision to make.” Following in the footsteps of European nudism trends of the 1920s, Lupin Lodge was ➝ Lupin, 12

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SETTING THE STANDARD Hisham Abdelfattah is the new executive chef at Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza. For the story, turn to page 6.

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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal Oct. 24 that seeks to ensure service is maintained to wireless customers in wildfire-prone areas during a disaster or power outage. The decision directs county staff to identify actions to ensure the effectiveness of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) order about the reliability of wireless service for residents in Tier 2 and Tier 3 High Fire Threat Districts. “In times of emergency and disaster, wireless networks are critical infrastructure for emergency response,” said County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who made the proposal after attending an emergency services community event in the unincorporated Summit/Loma Prieta community in the Santa Cruz Mountains. “These networks are one of the primary ways emergency alerts and evacuation orders are disseminated, and that residents can access 911 and reach first responders.” Since acting in July 2020, the CPUC has required wireless companies to develop comprehensive resiliency plans to ensure necessary planning and network investments are made to maintain service to customers during a disaster or power outage or shutdown. The rule includes 72-hour backup power requirements to ensure a minimum level of service and coverage in fire-prone areas, with wireless companies required to have this infrastructure ready for use within 12 months of the July 2020 adoption date. The CPUC action further requested wireless companies to file comprehensive Communications Resiliency Plans detailing their ability to maintain a minimum level of service and coverage during a disaster or power outage. Significant portions of Santa Clara County are designated as fire-prone, or Tier 2 and Tier 3 High Fire Threat Districts, including the Santa Cruz Mountains, from roughly Summit Rock in the north to just past Mount Madonna in the south including the Loma Prieta/Summit area, New Al-

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SUPERVISORS SEEK TO IMPROVE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS IN FIRE-PRONE AREAS

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maden, and portions of Los Altos Hills, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos and the East Foothills. Notwithstanding the PUC direction, Loma Prieta/Summit and New Almaden residents report regular cellular service outages, including from last year’s winter storms, and more regularly, PG&E outages. “It doesn’t appear that the CPUC decision is accomplishing what it set out to do for residents in fire-prone locations,” Simitian said. “The reality appears to be that our County residents in these areas are as vulnerable as ever. The CPUC needs to ensure its mandate is being enforced, and that our County residents can rely on wireless service in times of disaster and power outages.” The CPUC recently extended the compliance date for its mandate in an attempt to address ambiguity in some sections of the rule. For that reason, Simitian’s proposal directs County Administration and County Counsel to report to the Board with recommendations to formally engage in CPUC’s rulemaking process related specifically to maintaining service to wireless customers in fire-prone areas during a disaster or power outage. In addition, the Board directed County Administration and County Counsel to report back with recommendations about potential engagement and partnership with Santa Cruz County; any potential improvements to County Planning Department and County Roads and Airports Department processes to ensure those processes aren’t hindering installation of backup power for wireless facilities: and/or necessary statutory changes. “On the latter issue, my office has been working closely with Assemblymember Gail Pellerin’s office on these concerns,” Simitian said. “We encourage our County Administration to collaborate with Assemblymember Pellerin’s office should changes to current law be a consideration.” In November 2022, Simitian co-authored, with then-Supervisor Mike Wasserman, a proposal to improve Loma Prieta community emergency preparedness and response planning. The following month, the Board approved the following actions, several of which were in partnership with Santa

In a time of emergency, people need to be able to communicate to keep themselves safe. Right now, that’s not happening. Joe Simitian

Cruz County (given that the Loma Prieta community straddles the boundary between the two counties): 1. Develop a memorandum of understanding (MOU) relating to shared responsibilities and support for sheltering operation and the activation of a local assistance center when needed. 2. Conduct a community outreach event to provide emergency planning information and an overview of potential services during an emergency event. This event took place in August in conjunction with the Loma Prieta Community Foundation’s Annual Mountain Resident Night Out event. 3. Conduct a two-county Emergency Operations Center exercise which models different emergency or disaster scenarios and allows responders to review their roles and how they might react and coordinate their responses for such things as resource ordering, shelter support, local assistance and recovery. This exercise took place in August. 4. Hold a pre-fire season meeting of responding fire jurisdictions and law enforcement to discuss unified command, response, evacuations, evacuation routes and mutual aid policies. “Look, it’s a bureaucratic tangle,” Simitian said. “But the basics are pretty straightforward. In a time of emergency, people need to be able to communicate to keep themselves safe. Right now, that’s not happening. And that has to be fixed.”

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POLICE BLOTTER OCT. 22 • A caller reported a group of children for “being loud” in a backyard on Vineland Avenue at 12:33am. • A woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on highways 9 and 17 at 2:37am. • A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance on Los Gatos Saratoga Road and Highway 9 at 3:51pm.

OCT. 23 • A caller reported two people living in a vehicle on W. Parr Avenue.

OCT. 24 • A vehicle was reportedly burglarized on Glen Ridge Avenue. • A man, described as having “rotting teeth,” reportedly abandoned his bicycle on the center median

on Los Gatos Saratoga Road and University Avenue and walked away with a chainsaw in his hand at 9:57am. • A driver of a pickup truck reportedly told a caller to “F off” when he was advised to move from a handicap parking spot on Knowles Drive at 1:56pm. • Someone stole a vehicle’s license plates on Farley Road.

OCT. 25 • A caller reported a person for “laughing and yelling” at her on University Avenue at 12:51am. • A man was arrested for driving with a suspended license on the first block of E. Sunnyoaks Avenue at 8:23am. • A vehicle was reportedly burglarized on Villa Avenue. • An unknown suspect vandalized a vehicle parked on Ellenwood Avenue.

• A wallet and phone were reported stolen from a store on Los Gatos Boulevard. • A caller reported their gun was stolen two months ago on Anne Way. • A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 400 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 11:19pm.

OCT. 26 • Someone smashed a vehicle’s window on Los Gatos Boulevard. • A man wearing a cape was reportedly running into the roadway hitting himself on Winchester Boulevard and Daves Avenue at 8:33am. • A caller reported children for taunting pedestrians while they were riding electric bicycles on Camino Del Cerro and Escobar Avenue at 8:43am.

LOS GATOS AGREES TO EXPLORE NEW TAX Council approves consultant contract

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Drew Penner, Reporter

When Councilmember Rob Rennie had his turn as mayor in 2022, he was able to preside over the disbursement of a significant amount of Covid-19 funds that rolled in from the Biden Administration. That pot of money has dried up, and recently the Town Council voted to move forward with exploring a potential new tax to plug looming holes in the Town’s structural deficit. “The last couple years we’ve had it actually kind of good,” he said at the Council’s Oct. 17 meeting, adding there’s been bad news emerging about pension balances. “We got hammered on our funds.” NBS is the consultant tapped for the

job, subcontracting with Gene Bregman & Associates. One option was to authorize up to $105,000 to send them out to develop a set of options. However, some councilmembers didn’t seem enthused with the idea of the Town asking citizens how they felt about a new tax, and what form they might like that to take. So, they agreed to pay as much as $44,000 to start the process, but without any public surveying, at least for now. “Would a ballot measure identify specific services to be gained by a resident?” Vice Mayor Mary Badame asked, noting former Council candidate Rob Stump had submitted an idea about using new money to pay for disaster preparedness. “Is this just general revenue-gaining?” Assistant Town Manager Katy

Nomura said it was a great question. “All of this is to explore those exact things,” she said. Resident Ron Meyer, speaking over Zoom, was firmly against any new taxes. “Los Gatos does not have a revenue problem. They have a spending problem. And now they’re asking for more of our taxpayer dollars,” he said. “We don’t even get the transparency of a consultant’s proposal.” Rennie said he liked Stump’s idea. Los Gatos Community Alliance member Jak Van Nada, speaking virtually during public comment, questioned the need for a new tax given wild discrepancies between financial forecasts and what actually ends up happening. “Is it better to tax the citizens or is it better to cut costs?” he asked rhetorically. Councilmember Matthew Hudes

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asked about how well the Town was rebounding from the pandemic, given this new push for a tax from staff. “I think we have a responsibility to at least understand why we are asking for a revenue change of any kind,” he said, wondering about the hoped-for hotel tax rebound. “Have we realized additional TOT taxes this year?” Town Manager Laurel Prevetti referred to earlier ideas to improve Los Gatos’ financial health, such as allowing cannabis dispensaries, which were shot down by Council. “So, we’re now turning to the revenue side,” she said, adding that transient occupancy tax levels aren’t as high as they’d like to see. Hudes asked if staff had made any progress on becoming more streamlined, as Council had directed Town departments to find efficiencies. Prevetti said the Town has been implementing new technological tools, but as they learn how to do more with less, other levels of government hand them new tasks they’re required to complete, thus eliminating any cost savings. Badame was the lone vote against.

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DIVE IN Spicy tots, calamari steak and Thai chicken pizza are staples

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of the menu at Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza.

WILLOW STREET PIZZERIA MARKS 30 YEARS New chef takes the helm Chip DeVille, Contributor

Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza has deep roots in the Silicon Valley restaurant scene. Its journey began in 1991 in Willow Glen, introducing gourmet wood-fired pizza in a small brick building where its flagship remains.

Its success led to a Los Gatos expansion two years later and other locations, since closed, at the Westgate shopping center on San Jose’s west side, and in San Francisco and San Rafael. On Nov. 15, the restaurant will celebrate three decades of being a local fixture in the town of the cats. Willow Street’s Los Gatos location, within Lyndon Plaza, provides views

of downtown Los Gatos and Town Plaza Park. Its menu features a diverse array of creatively crafted pizzas, salads, sandwiches and a signature burger. In the midst of its 30-year milestone, Willow Street is spicing things up with the arrival of a new executive chef, Hisham Abdelfattah, whose kitchen expertise and personable ways

earned him a spot on the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2023 “40 under 40” list. “With this move into Willow Street, this award sets a standard for me to live up to,” the chef said. “I feel like a new quarterback joining an already successful team.” Beginning his career as a prep cook and dishwasher at 15 years old in order to help support his family, he also cooked at home for himself and his mother. By age 20, he had already become an assistant sous chef and taken on management responsibilities. By 28, he had helped open seven different restaurant concepts. Hisham is also the creative force behind El Halal Amigos, launched in 2020 and incorporating Halal ingredients and flavors into Mexican cuisine. Now, Abdelfattah’s current focus is on enhancing the wood-fired pizza experience at Willow Street. “[Willow Street’s] been here for over 30 years,” he said. “I’m not here to reinvent the wheel, I’m here to put rims on it.” The alliance was made possible with the support of Ed Rathmann, a founder of Willow Street Pizza, who also brought an early California cuisine restaurant, Eulipia, to downtown San Jose in the early 1980s. The partnership allowed him to turn his vision of the Halal Taco truck into a reality, which started as a food truck and quickly expanded to include a storefront in Willow Glen and a concession stand at San Jose’s SAP Center. The transition marked a turning point, propelling Abdelfattah’s culinary influence, which led to appearances on Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “Battle of the Decades.” “We try to make fine dining accessible to everyone at a good price,” Abdelfattah said. While the chef plans to keep many of the menu staples, his Spicy Steak Fajita pizza has quickly gained popularity. Another dish he is looking forward to releasing in upcoming months is the hearty oxtail osso buco served over a bed of mashed potatoes, combining the Italian classic with Willow Street’s New American flair. Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza is located at 20 S. Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos and 1072 Willow St. in San Jose. It will commemorate its 30th anniversary on Nov. 15 at both locations by offering 30% off the entire menu all day.

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THE EYES HAVE IT Junior Katie Nelson, seen here pursuing the ball in a Sept. 21 match against Gunn High, has enjoyed a breakout season in helping lead Los Gatos to a league title.

WILDCATS REPEAT AS DE ANZA CHAMPS Girls water polo reigns supreme

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Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor

Before the start of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division tournament, Los Gatos High girls water polo coach Don Appleton said the biggest joy of the season was seeing the multiple talents that developed which has made the team balanced and deep. This was evident after the Wildcats went a perfect 4-0 to win the Tri-Valley Invitational at Amador Valley High two weekends ago, a tournament in which eight different players scored in two of those contests. “Just seeing how many kids on the team are contributing has been the highlight of the season,” Appleton

said. “These kids have come along to be real competitive and [in the last month] we’ve had a lot of sophomores playing really well, so that bodes well for the future and gives me more kids being reliable coming off the bench, which really helps for the postseason.” Being multi-dimensional offensively has been a source of pride for Los Gatos this season, and that was put to a major test in a 6-2 win over Palo Alto High in the De Anza Division tournament championship match on Oct. 28. In perhaps the team’s most impressive performance of the season, the Wildcats (23-2) won despite Palo Alto holding Karly Frangieh—one of the most prolific scorers in Los Gatos program history—scoreless. However, as a testament to show just how far her game has come,

Frangieh still found a way to make a sizable impact, finishing with four steals and three assists. Ella Ralston and Julia Ernsting had two goals each to lead the way offensively, and goalie Rachel Stephens had 11 saves and three steals. “I’m really excited about how the girls are playing,” Appleton said. “I’m going to be honest, the girls have kind of surprised me because we’re playing better water polo than I thought. We set out goals for each game and we don’t want just one to two players scoring. If we have five to six players scoring goals, that’s pretty hard to game plan for.” Appleton has been pleased with the play of Frangieh and Karissa Elliott, two of the anchors of the team. Plenty of other players have starred as well.

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Appleton noted center Abby Lockman “has come a long way” and drawn a lot of exclusions, Ernsting’s Midas touch in facilitating the offense and Katie Nelson emerging for a breakout 2023 season. In a 14-6 win over Castilleja in the league playoff semifinals, Frangieh tallied six goals, and Elliott and Ralston had two apiece. Four other players scored, including Bella Shedroff, Lockman, Ernsting and sophomore Brooke Cannon. In terms of significance, the victory over Palo Alto was vital on a couple of fronts. Not only did it mean the Wildcats swept the regular-season and tournament titles for the second consecutive year, but it gave them a 2-1 advantage in the season series over the Vikings. The teams split a pair of regular-season games, but Los Gatos proved its superiority in the tournament title match. It was a decisive result, as the Wildcats led 6-2 entering the final quarter of play. As one of the best teams in the Central Coast Section, Los Gatos received the No. 7 seed in the Open Division playoffs and plays No. 2 seed Leland High on Nov. 4 at 1pm at Menlo-Atherton High. A Los Gatos victory would clinch a second straight berth into the CIF Northern California Regional playoffs. The CCS boasts five of the top 20 teams in the nation, according to Max Preps. Los Gatos is ranked No. 14 but three squads in the section are ahead of them: nationally-ranked No. 3 Sacred Heart Prep, No. 11 Leland and No. 13 Soquel. “On any given day we can hang with anybody,” Appleton said. “Playing those top teams, we’ll have to play our better games of the year. But each of those teams has their own puzzles to solve. We just need to show up and play.” Appleton’s admiration for the players on the team has grown as they have steadily improved, meeting and even exceeding expectations coming off a record-breaking 2022 season in which it went 28-3 and ran the table in the De Anza, the first time a school has done that in league history. This year’s team has established its own identity and looks to cement what has already been a tremendous season with a couple of more historic wins.

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CHAMPS The Los Gatos High football team celebrates after a hard-fought 24-21 win over Wilcox High on Oct. 27. The victory clinched at least a share of the Wildcats’ fourth consecutive league title.

‘CATS CLINCH LEAGUE TITLE

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play in 2022, there was a lot of reshuffling amongst the 50-plus teams. And yet, here was Los Gatos (7-2 overall, 4-0 PAL Bay) and Wilcox (6-3, 4-1) meeting again with league bragging rights at stake, this time with the PAL Bay Division. “This is such a fun, intense rivalry we have going,” said Krail, whose team can clinch an outright Bay Division championship in the regular-season finale against Menlo-Atherton on Nov. 3. “We have so much respect for those guys. Their guys laid it on the field, our guys laid it on the field. It was a great high school football game.” That’s part of the reason why Krail and his coaching staff were visibly animated and all smiles afterward. “A lot goes into this,” he said. “And this rivalry is special and it’s one that’s marked on our calendar all year from the minute we get the schedule. And again, it’s just a beautiful rivalry. These players and coaches, we put a lot into it. It’s sleepless nights, looking at film hours on end, it’s a lot of sacrifice. Some of our players came up big tonight.” Some of those standouts included quarterback AJ Minyard, running

back Boxer Kopcsak-Yeung and safeties Jaylen Thomas and Scott Garwood. Thomas punctuated the game with an interception on the final play, and Garwood had a team-best three tackles for losses. Wilcox took its only lead of the game, 21-17, with 2 minutes, 27 seconds remaining. That left Los Gatos plenty of time to mount a game-winning drive. Starting at its own 21-yard line, Minyard connected with Owen Panu for 16 yards and then Thomas for 11 more. Kopcsak-Yeung rushed for a 26yard gain that advanced the ball to the Wilcox 24-yard line. An 8-yard completion to Thomas was sandwiched by a pair of incompletions, making it 4th-and-1 from the 16. Krail called on Minyard to run a naked bootleg which netted nine yards and a first down. On the very next play, Kopcsak-Yeung scored on a 7-yard run with 23.5 seconds left to seal the outcome. The key fourth-down conversion was actually the first time the team had used that particular play in a game this season. “But we practice it a lot,” Krail said. Before the team’s final offensive

possession, there was a sense of calm among the players because every Wednesday night they practice a two-minute drill for situations exactly like the one they found themselves with against Wilcox and Liberty High earlier in the season. “So the routine is there and the guys are comfortable,” Krail said. “I told them let’s go 80 yards and win the game. That’s our mentality, that’s what we did against Liberty, it’s the same kind of deal. There’s no panic, they just know what to do.” Especially Kopcsak-Yeung, who totaled a game-high 117 yards on 15 carries, a hefty 7.8 yards per rush. The 5-foot-10, 172-pound senior had just five carries for 26 yards in the first half before getting unleashed in the third and fourth quarter. Of the 10 times he carried the ball in the second half, Kopcsak-Yeung gashed Wilcox for gains of 12, 15, 19 and 26 yards. What was the key to the success of the run game in the second half after the first-half struggles? “That’s partly on me,” Krail said. “If you notice in the run game late third quarter, fourth quarter, we kind of started going right at them instead of dipsy doing a bunch of stuff. Then we ran a couple of traps which is what we do but what I hadn’t done. We got back to what we do, we’re a misdirection team, and Boxer was running

hard tonight. Every yard he earned was tough, and they’re a physical defense and we knew it.” Kopcsak-Yeung also made his presence felt on special teams, returning a Panu blocked punt 10 yards for a TD to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead with 1:24 left in the first quarter. “That was a pure effort play by the guy who blocked it [Panu],” Kopcsak-Yeung said. “That was just amazing of him. We practice that every single day in practice, making sure everyone knows their assignments. He gave it his all and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and made the big catch and ran it in. But it was all because of him. … Any opportunity to get on the field is something I'll take, and special teams is a great way to flip the game.” Staked to a 14-0 lead after the blocked punt TD, Los Gatos looked as if it could run away with things. However, Wilcox completely changed the narrative in the second quarter, scoring 14 unanswered points of its own to make it 14-14 entering halftime. The Chargers totaled 202 yards of offense in the first half, doubling the Wildcats’ 101. Even when things weren’t going their way—the team was livid with some of the calls and noncalls throughout—they persevered and remained resolute to the end. Minyard took a couple of big hits on plays out of the pocket but immediately sprung back up each time. The senior signal-caller’s numbers weren’t impressive—he completed 6-of-15 passes for 115 yards—but he played turnover-free ball and displayed toughness and leadership yet again. Speaking of toughness, Kopcsak-Yeung fell hard on his elbow going up for an attempted catch early in the second quarter and missed the next series before returning. As Krail said, “You’re not going to keep that kid out unless there’s a bone sticking out of him. He’s so tough, he’s phenomenal.” Said Kopcsak-Yeung: “I ended up getting rolled up on, landed funky and the guy landed on my elbow and it bent the wrong way. But you know that’s what Saturdays are for. You can feel the pain then so I just figured to tough it out, my guys need me. I know they give me everything they’ve got so I’m going to give them everything I've got.” Defensively, Henry Masters led the way with 16 tackles. Jake Gerber, Frank White III and Garwood had 14 tackles each, and Spencer Burg had 11.

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established in 1935, long before the personal computer or Silicon Valley, back when you could get to the property by rail. “We have a huge rich history in Los Gatos and in the naturist community,” Stout said of the site that was once a winery. “We’ve always been the same about being body-positive and letting go of shame and really relating to people in a genuine way—without any pretenses. Because you’re just another body and you don’t have clothes to hide behind.” The 112-acre property, a place where all manner of forest critters—deer, skunks, birds and turkeys—congregate boasts sources of natural spring water and plenty of privacy, all while being just three-and-a-half miles from downtown Los Gatos. The campground has a community feel. This week, for example, they’ll show the movie “Elemental” on Friday, while Saturday there’s an evening “Light Catcher” workshop, and on Sunday there’s a pancake breakfast and a guided hike. Lupin hasn’t officially been listed yet, and things will continue as per usual, for now. Charles Kuo, the 46-year-old operations manager, moved in a few years ago. He was working for Fry’s Electronics at the time, but wanted to live in nature. “I couldn’t find anything that wasn’t

an hour down some tiny little road, and then I came across Lupin—which felt like it was so far in the woods, but less than five minutes from the freeway,” he said, adding he wasn’t even a nudist. “That was actually something I was very skeptical about.” He became acclimatized to the space’s focus on body positivity quite quickly. “It was nothing abnormal,” he realized. When Fry’s closed down, Kuo thought he’d do some traveling and then look for another corporate position. Instead, Stout gave him a job. “Originally when I came here, I was intending just to stay for the summer,” he said, reflecting on how he appreciates the open, judgment-free atmosphere on the land. Kuo says he’s hopeful that the next incarnation of Lupin Lodge will be just as positive. Stout grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family, but learned about nudism as an exchange student in Switzerland. “You’re just another body, and you don’t have clothes to hide behind,” she said. When her husband, who’d been in charge of Lupin since 1977, died in 2015, Stout became the sole owner. “It’s always had interesting and diverse programming from different

PASSING THE BATON Lori Kay Stout, the owner and CEO of Lupin Lodge, has decided to sell the property.

kinds of music—from bands and dances, to wellness weekends,” she said. They housed firefighters during the 1985 wildfire and saw 13 buildings on the site destroyed in the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. “It was unbelievable,” she said of the quake that busted Highway 17 into pieces. “It was surreal to live through.” As the crowd attracted during the counterculture era has continued to age, Lupin has found ways to attract new members. “I think what Lupin has done is, we’ve embraced the Burning Man de-

mographics. So, we’ve been able to attract younger people, where being clothes-free is not a big issue for a lot of people,” Stout said. “They definitely are not, in general, card-carrying nudists. First of all, we don’t have any pockets.” The property saw an uptick in traffic during the pandemic, which management say has continued over the past year. After a couple visits to the cardiologist, Stout decided it was the right time to sell. “I have to deal with 38 agencies that I pay taxes to,” she notes. “It’s time to pass the baton.”

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SUPPORTING FARMERS Women from local communities hosted “Grow, Gather, Give” on Oct. 19, a charitable lunch and learn event that raised funds to assist female farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The event was held at Sea to Sky Farm in Santa Cruz. Pictured, from left: Johanna Mahal, Director of Philanthropy (Northern California), Opportunity International; Rhoxanne Morris-Vaughan, volunteer/supporter of Opportunity International; Chris Laughlin, owner/farmer, Sea to Sky Farm; and Lisa Matar of Los Gatos, founder of Health Bear Food Co., hosted “Grow, Gather, Give.”

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TOWN OF LOS GATOS NOTICE AND SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TOWN CODE TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING SECTION 18.60.020, “PERMITS FOR RETAILERS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS,” OF ARTICLE VI, “SMOKING REGULATIONS,’” OF “CHAPTER 18, “OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS,” OF THE TOWN CODE TO INCREASE FINE AMOUNTS AND AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “TOBACCO PRODUCTS” TO ALIGN WITH THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given that that at its meeting of Tuesday, October 3, 2023, the Town Council introduced and conducted the first reading of an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos Amending Section 18.60.020, “Permits For Retailers Of Tobacco Products,” of Article VI, “Smoking Regulations,’” of “Chapter 18, “Offenses And Miscellaneous Provisions,” of the Town Code to Increase Fine Amounts and Amend the Definition of “Tobacco Products” To Align With The Santa Clara County Ordinance. The Town Council adopted the Ordinance on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, by the following vote: Ayes: Mary Badame, Matthew Hudes, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, Mayor Maria Ristow Nays: None Abstain: None Recused: None The following is a summary of the Ordinance: In 2017, the Town adopted an Ordinance to regulate tobacco retailers. Pursuant to an agreement between the Town and the County of Santa Clara, the County enforces the Town’s tobacco retailing ordinance. The County recently updated its ordinance regulating tobacco retailers to 1) increase fine amounts and 2) expand the definition of “tobacco products” to include e-cigarettes. In order to continue its partnership with the County for enforcement of the Town’s tobacco retailing ordinance, the Town has amended its Ordinance to conform with the updated County ordinance. The changes are as follows: 1) increased the dollar amount of fine for a retailer who has a tobacco retailing permit and violates the Town’s tobacco retailing ordinance from: a. $100 to $1,000 for violation of first instance; b. $200 to $2,500 for a violation previously committed within a 60-month period; and

2) increased the dollar amount of fine for a tobacco retailer who is operating without a tobacco retailer permit from and violates the Town’s tobacco retailing ordinance from: a. $100 to $2,500 for violation of first instance; b. $200 to $5,000 for a violation previously committed within a 60-month period; and c. $500 to $10,000 for a violation twice committed within a 60-month period; and 3) include e-cigarettes in the definition of “Tobacco Products.” Please note that the above is a simply a summary of the Ordinance. To obtain a full understanding of the Ordinance it should be read in its entirety. A

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TOWN OF LOS GATOS NOTICE AND SUMMARY OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING CODE TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING THE ZONING CODE FROM R-1:8 PREZONE (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 8,000 SQUARE FEET) TO CH (RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15810 LOS GATOS BOULEVARD. Notice is Hereby Given that at its Meeting of Tuesday, October 17, 2023, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos Conducted the First Reading of an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, Amending the Zoning Code from R-1:8 (Single-Family Residential, Minimum Lot Size of 8,000 square feet) to CH (Restricted Commercial Highway) for the Property Located at 15810 Los Gatos Boulevard. The Second Reading is Scheduled for Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at Approximately 7:00 p.m., in Person and via Teleconference. The following is a summary of the Ordinance: The Town Council will Consider a Request for Approval of a Zone Change from R-1:8 Prezone (Single-Family Residential, Minimum Lot Size of 8,000 square feet) to CH (Restricted Commercial Highway) and a General Plan Amendment to Change the Land Use Designation from Low Density Residential to Mixed Use Commercial for Property Located at 15810 Los Gatos Boulevard. APN: 523-01-001. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was Prepared and Certified for the 2040 General Plan Update on June 30, 2022, Which Included the Proposed General Plan Amendment for the Property Located at 15810 Los Gatos Boulevard. No Further Environmental Analysis is Required. Zone Change Application Z-23-001 and General Plan Amendment Application GP-23-001. PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT: Jesus Ching and Kathleen Ban. PROJECT PLANNER: Jocelyn Shoopman. Please note that the above is a summary of the Ordinance. To obtain a full understanding of the Ordinance it should be read in its entirety. A copy of the full text of the Ordinance is available in the Town Clerk’s office at Los Gatos Town Hall, 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030.

kept by the court. x The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 12/6/2023. Time: 9:01 AM. Dept: 13. Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, California, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert H. Morgan, Morgan Law Offices, APC. 45 E. Julian St., 2nd Floor, San Jose, CA 95112. (408) 573-5799. (Pub LGN 11/1, 11/8, 11/15)

ADMIN ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Esther Belle Grant. Case no. 23PR195410. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of (specify all names by which the decedent was known: Esther Belle Grant, Esther Belle Tygret. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Gordon Wincott in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition for probate requests that: Gordon Wincott be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. x The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file

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ex Ezell Morton, 97, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully at his home in Costa Mesa, California on October 2, 2023. Born November 15, 1925 in Slick, Oklahoma to Alva David and Minnie Ezell Morton, he graduated from Little Rock High School in 1943 and served in the Air Force in Okinawa, Japan during World War II and stateside during the Korean War. Rex graduated with a degree in architecture from The University of Oklahoma and began his architecture career in Oklahoma City. Rex married Margaret Lee Doumany and raised two wonderful children Jennifer and David. Early In his career, Rex and Margaret moved to California to join his OU classmate Ray Cobb to found Cobb & Morton Architects in Los Gatos, CA. Rex was a long-time resident of San Jose. He served as the President of the American Institute of Architects Silicon Valley Chapter and the Los Gatos Kiwanis Club. He also served as the Chairman of

the Los Gatos Parking Commission and was instrumental in building much needed parking for the town he called a “Gem of the Foothills.” Along with designing commercial and office buildings, and custom homes, Rex designed numerous projects for the Presbyterian Church, including El Sombroso Oaks, a home for retired ministers and missionaries. Rex and Margaret were active members of the Los Gatos Presbyterian Church. Rex served as an Elder, taking leadership roles in the Personnel and Nominating committees. Rex and Margaret enjoyed traveling the world, and Rex was an avid skier, marathon runner, cyclist, golfer, and rower. Upon retirement, he and Margaret moved to Bakersfield, California. Rex remained active in Bakersfield, working as a consulting architect to the City of Bakersfield. He was also an active member of the First Presbyterian Church Clipper Club, Bakersfield Kiwanis, and a member and supporter of the Bakersfield Museum of Art. Following Margaret’s passing, Rex was introduced to Nora Barnhard and the two maintained a special relationship for the balance of his life. Rex is survived by his daughter Jennifer Seguin (San Jose); son and daughter-in-law, David and Kristine Morton (Newport Beach); and six grandchildren: Katherine, Julianna and Caroline Morton (Newport Beach and Phoenix AZ); and Matthew, Natalie, and Steven Seguin (San Jose). A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, December 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm, at the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos, where he will be laid to rest in the Memorial Garden with a reception following. A second Celebratory Reception will be held Friday, December 8, 2023 at 3:00 pm at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the American Cancer Societyovarian cancer or The Bakersfield Museum of Art.

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