{"id":164571,"date":"2026-02-05T03:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164571\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:17:10","slug":"los-gatos-gears-up-for-the-super-bowl-los-gatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164571\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Gatos gears up for the Super Bowl | Los Gatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nova<\/a>STUDENT ORGANIZERS – Los Gatos High School juniors Nova Jayaraj and Louisa Horwath coordinated an anti-ICE protest that took place the day after Bad Bunny spoke out against the federal force at the Grammys. (Faizi Samadani \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

The headliner for this year\u2019s Super Bowl Halftime Show at Levi\u2019s Stadium is Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. As of 2023, Apple Music became the sponsor of the important cultural spectacle, and for the first time in Super Bowl history, a Spanish-language artist will be headlining. The timing of this major sports event and halftime show appears to be a statement about one of the most fearful times in modern American history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Make sure to take photos<\/p>\n

On Sunday, at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, Bad Bunny took home the biggest award of the night in the Album of the Year category, for \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos.\u201d The album translates quite literally to \u201cI should have taken more photos.\u201d Much of what\u2019s happening in the political climate of the United States right now is being documented on people\u2019s cell phones.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 24, nurse Alex Pretti was shot dead by a federal agent in Minneapolis, Minn. Pretti\u2019s death was captured by civilians from every angle possible. They showed a federal law enforcement official removing his gun before he was shot. On Feb. 2, Pretti\u2019s death was officially declared a homicide.<\/p>\n

Now people are wondering whether or not Bad Bunny will make an intentionally controversial statement at this year\u2019s halftime show. Art has always been political, just as politics has always been a lens on humanity. During Bad Bunny\u2019s recent Grammy acceptance speech for the Best M\u00fasica Urbana Album award, he said, \u201cWe are not savage. We are not animals. We are not aliens. We are humans. And we are Americans\u2026Hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time that the Super Bowl came to Santa Clara County was in 2016, with the 50th anniversary of the sports event. The halftime show, which featured Bruno Mars, Beyonc\u00e9 and Coldplay, drew criticism from some who deemed it as \u201canti-police.\u201d Responding to the selection of Bad Bunny\u2014with Green Day slated to rock the crowd ahead of the game\u2014President Trump stated, \u201cI\u2019m anti-them. I think it\u2019s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.\u201d Most recently, Bad Bunny generated $450 million for Puerto Rico\u2019s economy with his recent tour, even though he lowered his ticket prices for locals in his home territory.<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny decided to not bring his tour to America because he was concerned with how ICE has been targeting a wide swath of immigrants, scooping up even people who are legal citizens at times. After he was announced as this year\u2019s halftime show headliner, many news reporters made ignorant statements showing they were unaware that Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, 127 years ago.<\/p>\n

No vacancy?<\/p>\n

The Los Gatos Hotel is booked at almost full capacity for this coming weekend. An official with the hotel told the newspaper they had just one vacancy, citing that they believe it\u2019s due to the Super Bowl coming to the area. A Toll House Hotel official said their busy season doesn\u2019t hit until Spring, and their current bookings are at more than 60% for this weekend\u2014but they expect to continue to fill those throughout the week.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Los Gatos High School Students organized a school-wide walkout on Jan. 30, to protest ICE. It lasted two hours long and captured the attention of concerned parents. Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Superintendent Heath Rocha sent out an email on Feb. 1, affirming that the students held the right to protest through Senate Bill 955.<\/p>\n

(The Super Bowl host committee says there\u2019s no ICE operation \u201cplanned\u201d for the Super Bowl, the New York Times reported. However, a federal security presence is still expected.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe called into the attendance office to request Senate Bill 955,\u201d said LGHS junior Louisa Horwath, adding students are allowed to protest without repercussions.<\/p>\n

Her partner in coordinating this protest is Nova Jayaraj, another junior at LGHS.<\/p>\n

Horwath says this was a group effort that gathered over 300 students to participate, saying that makes her extremely proud.<\/p>\n

Spanish teacher at LGHS Danielle Stinson uses Bad Bunny songs to help students learn the language more fluently by practicing translation, students say.<\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day is around the corner<\/p>\n

Whether you are attached or have love to celebrate in a non-romantic way, the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its third annual Sweetheart Stroll (which will be followed by the \u201cGet Fresh Valentine\u2019s Week,\u201d Feb. 7-14).<\/p>\n

From 12-5pm, the Stroll invites all to come and take a walk to explore the town by experiencing pop-ups and special events put on by businesses and restaurants.<\/p>\n

To enter, pick up a Sweetheart Stroll passport and event map at the Chamber\u2019s table in the breezeway next to Automobuild. This event will also be a great time for participants to download the free Los Gatos Perks Pass, which gives access to businesses that will be participating throughout Valentine\u2019s Week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guests who collect four stickers on their Sweetheart Stroll passport can enter to win prizes worth hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sweetheart Stroll brings together everything people love about Los Gatos: a walkable downtown, local businesses, and a little Valentine\u2019s magic,\u201d said Jennifer Lin, CEO of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce. \u201cIt\u2019s a joyful way to spend the afternoon, support local, and continue celebrating all week long.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUDENT ORGANIZERS – Los Gatos High School juniors Nova Jayaraj and Louisa Horwath coordinated an anti-ICE protest that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[73654,29160,79581,79582,2871,47556,2058,88,90,89,11730,11191],"class_list":{"0":"post-164571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-alex-pretti","9":"tag-bad-bunny","10":"tag-coldplay","11":"tag-high-schoolers","12":"tag-ice","13":"tag-minneapolis","14":"tag-protest","15":"tag-san-jose","16":"tag-san-jose-headlines","17":"tag-san-jose-news","18":"tag-super-bowl","19":"tag-super-bowl-lx"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}