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Several hundred protesters marched in Gilroy on Sunday to voice their disapproval of a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just outside the city limits. Community organizers and residents gathered June 14 at Arroyo Circle near Gilman Road at Highway...

Fast food chains are fixed in our day-to-day lives. Whether it is a morning iced coffee or an afternoon craving for a burger, these options are convenient, familiar and often the easiest choice for a quick meal.  But while these large chains are a key...

Most students spend around 13 years in school learning math formulas, vocabulary words and historical events—and figuring out how to pass tests. However, even after years of education, many teenagers still feel unprepared for adulthood.  Important life skills like managing money, handling stress, applying for...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, After long and thoughtful consideration, I have decided to announce my candidacy for Gilroy City Council District 5.  It’s been four years since I began the journey of representing you on the City Council. So much has happened and so many...

South Valley Civic Theatre will bring “Groundhog Day the Musical” to the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse later this month, with performances running June 20-July 12. The production is based on the 1993 Bill Murray film and follows Phil Connors, a self-absorbed TV weatherman who finds...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on agricultural land near Gilroy, arguing the project violates multiple state and federal laws. The lawsuit, filed June...

New vessel inspection and quarantine rules aimed at preventing the spread of invasive mussels will take effect June 15 at all Santa Clara County reservoirs open to recreational boating, county officials announced. Under the updated program, boats will no longer be able to use inspection...

The Gilroy Unified School District will ask voters to approve a bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot to raise $295 million for school and facility improvements.  If approved, the bonds would cost property owners about $59 per $100,000 of assessed value, raising about $18.3...

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority announced June 9 that Measure D, a voter-sponsored parcel tax to fund open space conservation across Santa Clara County, has received enough votes to pass. The announcement came as updated tallies from the June 2 California statewide direct...

On May 29, Roger Wehner, Amazon Web Services’ Vice President of Economic Development, published a guest view in this newspaper on the company’s data center under construction in Gilroy. Americans for Transparency attended Amazon’s June 3 open house at Gilroy High School.  We brought copies...