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A former Santa Clara County Jail guard was sentenced to jail for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate and then covering it up, according to authorities. Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, of Morgan Hill, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role...

Gilroy Police will hold a DUI checkpoint starting at 7pm May 22 at an undisclosed location within the city limits. The checkpoint is scheduled to last until 2am May 23, says a press release from the Gilroy Police Department.  DUI checkpoint locations are determined based...

Brandon Sanchez, a 26-year law enforcement veteran who most recently served as a deputy chief for the San Jose Police Department, has been appointed the City of Gilroy’s new police chief.  The appointment of Sanchez follows a lengthy recruitment and selection process that started with...

Dan Bertelli, a pharmacist and former city council member whose generosity and entrepreneurial spirit helped shape the Morgan Hill that exists today, died April 25. He was 90. Bertelli was born July 17, 1935, and grew up in the Daly City area, where he began...

Spirited debates arise every time the United States has engaged in war during the 21st century. Given the reflexive positions Americans often take during those times of high emotion, one might ask: Is there a rigorous way to consider the question whether to engage...

What began as a small campus club at Christopher High School has quickly grown into a student-led effort to make sure students with special needs feel seen, included and celebrated. The school’s Cougar Buddies club, founded last year, pairs general education students with students in...

About 20 residents of a homeless encampment off Sixth Street can stay on the city-owned property on a month-to-month basis after the Gilroy City Council voted to extend a previous deadline to leave.  In February, a council majority voted to give the residents of the...

Downtown Morgan Hill’s Royal Clothiers, owned by Carlos Perez, is named the 2026 Senate District 15 Small Business of the Year in recognition of the retailer’s longstanding contributions to the community as well as its decades of service to generations of local families, according...

Coach Celeste Perales launched the Gilroy girls lacrosse program in the spring of 2023. By the second year, the Mustangs were competitive in Blossom Valley Athletic League play. Year three was another fine season but then graduations hit, and the 2026 outlook was hopeful but...

Gavilan College and the Gavilan Student Workers Union jointly announced that the college has recognized GSWU as the exclusive representative of student worker employees of the Gavilan Joint Community College District.  This is the first time a community college student workers union has been voluntarily...