Monthly Archives: December 2019
County unions poised to strike in 2020
Santa Clara County is approaching the new year with lingering, rancorous labor fights with two unions representing more than 15,000 employees. Tensions with both...
VTA makes commuter changes
Valley Transit Authority was set to implement scheduled changes across its entire light rail and bus system on Dec. 28, posing new headaches for...
Christmas Day was cold for some needy families
Forecasters this week predicted rain on Christmas, plus cold nights and cool days through the rest of 2019. This prompted Santa Clara County to...
Gilroy Prep honored
Gilroy Prep, a K-5 independent Navigator charter school in the Gilroy Unified School District, has been honored as one of 21 California Distinguished Schools...
Hindsight 2019: Festival to return
The Gilroy Garlic Festival’s 41st year was a year that the Garlic City can never forget, as the traumatic sights and sounds of the...
Hindsight 2019
Oct. 25
Time to say thank you
Quietly, organically and without delay, our community—and people who had never even visited our community—demonstrated by their selflessness and...
Nurses, county reach tentative agreement on four-year pact
The Registered Nurses Professional Association (RNPA) announced on Christmas Eve it had reached a tentative agreement with Santa Clara County on a new multi-year...
Hindsight 2019: Roadwork extends into new year
Two of Gilroy’s major streets have been a construction zone for more than a year. But 2019 was expected to mark the completion of...
Festival of Lights in South County
The South County Jewish community gathered on Dec. 22 to mark the beginning of the eight-day Chanukah holiday, also known as the Festival of...
Christopher, Gilroy hoops have lofty goals
The Christopher High and Gilroy High boys basketball teams both have goals of winning a division championship this season—the Cougars in the Pacific Coast...
