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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...

The owners of Old City Hall Restaurant (OCH) in Gilroy, Fran and Bobby (a Vietnam War Veteran who served with the Marines) Beaudet, are committed to our community and its veterans. As an example, on Veteran’s Day, veterans can meet upstairs for a free...

Updated vote tallies from the June 2 California statewide direct primary show incumbent candidates still holding decisive advantages in Santa Clara County races, with results from the county registrar's office as of 5pm June 8 continuing to reflect strong performances across the board.  Reported turnout...

The Gilroy baseball team took another step forward in 2026. The Mustangs recorded a strong 14-10 overall record and a solid 6-8 league mark, finishing fifth in an eight-team league. That marked an improvement after records of 12-15 and 7-20 the previous two seasons. Gilroy...