Tag: old gilroy california
Video tour would make great gift
Did you know that before Gilroy became the Garlic Capital of the World it had the distinction of being the Tobacco Capitol of the United States during the 1870s? Since 1850 our fair city has also been deemed the Hay and Grain Capital, the Fruit and Nut Capital, the Dairy and Cheese Capital and the Prune Capital of California.
$1 million health grant targets South County
Dozens of community-based and local nonprofit organizations stand to gain from a recent $1 million federal grant awarded to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department by the Centers for Disease Control.
Regional task force to target at-risk teens
Conceived in December, a regional task force dedicated to keeping juveniles out of crime is now “going public,” as it stretches its wings and gets ready to leave the nest.
Drug-related crimes dominate arrests this week
Over the past few days, police have responded to several incidents in which drugs caused suspects to behave erratically. Here are a few of those events:
Police briefs: Man arrested for cocaine and meth for sale
Over the past week, police responded to several incidents of burglary, assaults, theft and drug related crimes. Here are a few of those incidents.
Eyesore clean-up of the week: Alexander Street
It took awhile, but better late than never for a Gilroy eyesore. The junk trap that seems to inhabit a patch of land on Alexander Street without fail (see Eyesores of the Week, Nov. 22 and Jan. 24) is cleared.
Eyesore of the Week: Alexander Street
It's the eyesore that just won't die. The train yard near Old Gilroy and 10th Street continues to be a blight to the area with piles of garbage rising into the foreground of a nice view of the Eagle Ridge development (northwest of the eyesore).
3 letters, including “Marketable historic downtown”
37 old buildings in downtown Gilroy make it a marketable historic district if we just do it
