Tag: gilroy
Editorial: ‘Blessing Box’—compassion and controversy
There is a national phenomenon called Blessing Boxes that within the last year, fueled by social media, has exploded into hundreds of cities. The...
Guest Opinion: Gilroy needs more compassion
In the 2017 Point in Time homeless census count conducted on Jan. 24 and 25, 5,448 homeless individuals—including veterans, families with children, former foster...
Grant funds Las Animas Park upgrades
Walking the pathways at Las Animas Veterans Memorial Park will be smooth this summer as upgrades are expected to begin next month.
The Gilroy City...
Bond bucks shifted to middle schools
Gilroy school district leaders have decided to shift Measure E priorities from an immediate need to build a new elementary school to a more...
Pinocchio suspect has record of attacks
“Frosty” Allmond, charged in the Jan. 6 stabbing of Pinocchio’s pizza restaurant owner Sal Oliveri, has a long history of homelessness, drug abuse—and knife...
‘Blessing Box’ escapes removal
For more than eight months, volunteers each day have gone to a Monterey Street parking lot in Gilroy and filled a small white cabinet...
LimeBike bike share helps Gilroy go green
In Gilroy, the green economy soon may roll into town in the form of green bicycles.
LimeBike, a bike-share company based in Silicon Valley, will...
Beer business brewing in downtown Gilroy
Downtown Gilroy is going to get a lot more brew-tiful in 2018.
By the end of the year, the downtown will add two new...
Gilroyans without homes tell their stories
Who are the Gilroyans some have labeled “the homeless?” They are young, and they are old. They are full of hope, and they are...
Golden State Brew and Grill open for business
Good news beer lovers, the Golden State Brew and Grill has officially opened and they're already pouring their suds for thirsty Gilroyans.
Owner/brewer Seth...
