If you open tourist brochures for Los Gatos, you are likely to see the historic Town Plaza, a Victorian porch in the Almond Grove district, or a parade of shoppers on North Santa Cruz Avenue. It is a highly cultivated, frozen image.
However, while downtown sits on its historic laurels, its sibling to the east is working a double shift to pay most of the mortgage. Welcome to East Los Gatos: the town’s ultimate, unsung sugar daddy.
Passport control at the overpass?…