Monthly Archives: August 2018
New FEMA aid headed to California
Residents of wildfire-ravaged Shasta County were relieved this week when the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Aug. 6 it would provide much-needed disaster aid....
Attendance off 20% at Garlic Festival
Attendance at the 40th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival fell off more than 20 percent from last year’s record crowds, despite cooler temperatures.
The three-day festival...
GUSD promotes 3 to assistant principal
Three new assistant principals will soon be helping to welcome students and parents at Gilroy Unified School District campuses.
 trio of new administrators, according to...
Reconstruction hums on Monterey Street
The noise of saws, hammers and nails is a welcome sound along Monterey Street in Gilroy this summer, as two downtown buildings, the old...
New business delivers its BBQ
Maybe your Fourth of July barbecue didn't go off as planned. Burned, undercooked or dropped on the ground and covered with ants—on some backyard...
Council OKs North Hecker Pass housing plan
The Gilroy City Council unanimously approved the last phase of the North Hecker Pass project at its Aug. 6 meeting. The project will build...
Mayor confusion
To the editor, On the surface, most cities are governed by a council and a single mayor who are sensitive to and directed by...
CHEER plans march on Sacramento
A Gilroy-based environmental group says that for nearly two years, revised state regulations have thwarted its efforts to rescue steelhead trout in the Pajaro...
CHP: Motorcyclist fatally hit by drunk driver
A motorcyclist from San Jose died after he was hit by a drunken driver in an SUV on Watsonville Road near Gilroy Aug. 3,...
Wildfire contained off Hecker Pass Road
A late afternoon eight-acre wildfire on both sides of Watsonville Road that threatened vineyards and homes west of Gilroy was reported approximately 60 percent...
