Tag: california
School budget yo-yo in flux again
Gilroy Unified School District trustees will begin to visit the feasibility of restoring furlough days during Thursday's Board of Education budget study session, but the glimmer of possible good news may be overshadowed by an ominous fiscal rain cloud.
SBHS senior to compete for Miss California Teen USA
Jazmine Parra and a friend were on their way to San Benito High School cheer practice one day last spring when her mother called and gave her the news – representatives for the Miss California Teen USA pageant wanted to meet her in Los Angeles to possibly get into the 2012 competition.
City exhausted by bullet train costs
When it comes to spending staff hours and taxpayer dollars planning for California's pricey and contentious high-speed rail project, City of Gilroy officials say they're nearing the end of the line.
Police out looking for DUIs
Police will be out in force for the next three weeks, looking for drunken drivers. Beginning last Friday and running through Jan. 2, law enforcement officers will conduct DUI checkpoints and institute saturation patrols, looking to take impaired drivers off the road, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department.
Woman, two children injured in rollover accident
A woman and two children, ages 4 and 6, suffered serious but non-fatal injuries in a rollover accident that occurred around 4:20 p.m. Friday on northbound Highway 101 near the Pacheco Pass Highway overpass by Gilroy Crossing.
Cedar Fair will not sell Great America, Gilroy Gardens management stays...
GILROY - Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, which owns California's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara and manages Gilroy Gardens, will not be selling Great America to a San Francisco real estate company as announced in September.
Golden-crowned sparrow on road to recovery
Nearly everyone recognizes the changing of the season when tree
Teens banned from tanning beds
In the wake of fresh-hot legislation that sunsets ultra-violet indoor tanning for minors, teens wanting a golden glow to complement their prom digs will have to settle for tinted lotions, darkening sprays or Mother Nature's fickle whims - the latter of which has one local spa owner concerned.
