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GILROY—Crecencio Roque gave $10,000 to Gilroy businesswoman Leticia Sandoval to wire to his family in Mexico. Not one dollar arrived.

GILROY—Families in the market for a new home could soon set their sights on Gilroy, following approval of the tentative map and architectural and site plans by the Gilroy City Council of Arizona-based developer Meritage Homes’ Heartlands Estates project.

GILROY—A Union Pacific train collided with a Honda Civic late Thursday after the car became wedged under a crossing arm gate and could not get out of the way of the oncoming train at the intersection of Masten Avenue and Monterey Road.

GILROY—Kayla Nanez has won soccer championships, broken track records and has been named the Valley Christian School’s Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years—and she’s only in eighth grade.

GILROY—On a split vote, the Gilroy City Council Monday handed a defeat to business leaders seeking to ease restrictions of advertising banners.

GILROY—Gilroy’s 9-1-1 emergency communications system will get a nearly $300,000 state-of-the-art overhaul at no cost to the city.

GILROY—With three suspects accused of the Feb. 16 slaying and robbery of Gilroy’s Robert Heiser behind bars, one piece of the puzzle remains missing. Isabella Aurora Chaidez, a 17-year-old San Jose woman wanted in connection to his murder and at least one other violent crime in the Bay area, is still on the lam, according to Gilroy police.

GILROY—A Gilroy woman accused of swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from people sending money to families in Mexico was arrested and charged this week with 14 felonies.

Gavilan College held its graduation ceremony Thursday. See a slew of photos from the event.

Eevery weekday morning before the official start of school, 26 students at South Valley Middle School in Gilroy take extra time to make sure their shirts are tucked in, their belts are adjusted, and their sweaters are straightened. Why? Because they know their teacher, Carmen Kotto, expects the best from them.