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Los Gatos artist Rick Tharp has been named the 'design umpire' by the group working to bring the 2012 Olympics to the Bay Area.
Rick Tharp heads artistic bid for 2012 Olympics
By Sandy Sims
San Francisco is in the running to be the site of the 2012 Olympic Games, and for two years Los Gatan Rick Tharp has been designing all the graphics for that bid. Now he's recruited a dozen of the Bay Area's top designers, and his team's posters are taking the valley by storm.  More
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St. Mary's Restaurant closing Oka Road overpass
The field at St. Mary's Catholic Church has been closed to the public, and caretakers say the closure was caused by the community itself.  More Mount Everest Indian Cuisine has shut down following a rent increase, taking with it Los Gatos' only Indian restaurant.  More For almost eight years, residents of the Mozart Avenue area have dealt with the effects of a highway overpass in their neighborhood. Now it's about to be replaced with a direct connector.  More
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Focus groups Dammit Run Protecting police dogs
As Los Gatos plans the future of its technology and communications — and its future with
AT&T — it seeks the input of its citizens through a series of focus group workshops.  More
Despite the distance and rugged conditions, there was an all-out race to the finish line in the 30th annual Los Gatos Dammit Run Aug. 17.  More Eleven-year-old Sarah Healy of Los Gatos is taking action to protect police dogs—and has raised enough money to buy bulletproof vests for two canine officers of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.  More
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Rick Tharp heads artistic bid for 2012 Olympics
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