Nollyanne Delacruz

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Nollyanne Delacruz

June 13PROWLER: 7:55 a.m. on Bancroft Avenue. Someone was walking through the backyard of a woman’s house before going to the front. She told police she saw the suspect on video surveillance from inside the house and was scared to go out. PETTY THEFT: 5:41 p.m. at Kismet Boutique on North Santa Cruz Avenue. A caller said their wallet was stolen from the back room between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Their credit cards were used shortly after at the Apple Store, but the charges were declined.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Nollyanne Delacruz

Around 40% of students of experienced food insecurity between 2023 and 2024. A South Bay nonprofit is trying to make sure that number drops to zero. Almost 75,000 students were surveyed between 2023 and 2024 by the Hope Center at Temple University which found that over half of those surveyed experienced at least one form of basic needs insecurity related to food or housing, like food insecurity, housing insecurity or homelessness.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Nollyanne Delacruz

Apricot harvestSaratoga residents are invited to sign up for city’s annual apricot harvest. Apricots are set to ripen from late June through mid-July. Participation is not guaranteed with sign-up, as a group will be randomly selected from the list. Those selected will be contacted by a city staff member with the date and time of the harvest.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Nollyanne Delacruz

Town budget approvedThe town unanimously passed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year on June 3. Several measures to increase revenue and decrease expenditures that were mentioned during the May 20 meeting were included into the final resolution.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Nollyanne Delacruz

iPhones, purses, skateboards, scooters and nitrous oxide containers — these are just some of the items that Sue and Darrell Kupka find on their morning walks on the Los Gatos Creek Trail. For about 18 months, the husband, 71, and wife, 69, quietly took up pickers and grocery bags and collected trash along the trail. While they weren’t interested in any publicity for their actions, they became familiar faces to other regular walkers.