Monthly Archives: August 2017
San Martin forms a Chamber of Commerce
The unincorporated community of San Martin hopes its first Chamber of Commerce will help bring this rural town of 7,800 together and create a stronger identity.
Wilbur “Willie” Wong
March 7, 1943 - July 27, 2017
Kelly Anne Pearman
April 9, 1995 - July 29, 2017
Annual Second Chance Week coming to South County in September
An annual, multi-city effort personifying the idiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” will start up in South County next month with the “Second Chance Week 2017.”
New Police Chief supports immigrants, worries about press
After a nationwide search, the City of Gilroy didn’t need to look far beyond the city’s limits for a police chief. Last Wednesday, during his official swearing in ceremony at New Hope Church Scot Smithee came out of retirement to become the Gilroy Police Department’s newest police chief.
Help Wanted: Need to write fine lines
Santa Clara County is looking for someone who rhymes...or not.
City will cut and plant new trees
Gilroy officials responded to winning a suit against a resident who wanted the city to stop cutting 235 trees until it gets a second assessment of whether they truly need to be cut.
Local chef wins the Garlic Showdown
Local chef Carlos Pineda won first place in this year’s Garlic Showdown, an Iron Chef-style cookoff held Sunday at the 39th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival. The event, emceed this year by celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis, first appeared in 2011 and pits four professional chefs against each other in a head-to-head culinary competition.
More progress on fixing First Street
The much-maligned pavement on the roads of Highway 152 that pass through Gilroy will get a much-anticipated makeover in 2019 after the California Transportation Commission approved over $14.1 million in repaving funds. First, however, the nearly 100 year water lines running underneath 1st Street will need to be replaced, which will cost the city approximately $4 million after the bidding process has been completed.
