Gilroy shops join A Day Without Immigrants movement
Drive around Gilroy today and you will find a number of closed shops in downtown or along the major thoroughfares - Welburn Avenue and First Street.
Hiring Stymied, Christopher Ranch Gives Farmworkers a Big Raise
Recently, employees at Christopher Ranch, the local company that has made Gilroy synonymous with garlic, received a life-changing announcement: All workers making minimum wage would be paid $15 an hour by 2018, four years earlier than California law requires.
Gilroy’s Most Romantic Couples
Gilroy's Downtown Business Association sponsored its first Valentine's Day contest for the most romantic couple. It gave prizes to the top 3 (we'll let you know who they were soon). But first, read these and give us your vote for the best in the...
All that rain and the reservoir is still low
With a series of historic storms pounding the region since 2017 began, Santa Clara Valley Water District officials are disappointed that their overall storage capacity is limited by various safety and environmental restrictions—allowing untold amounts of potential drinking water to wash into the bay shortly after it falls from the sky.
Pro-Life Protestor Cancels Event After Threats
The leader of a canceled Gilroy anti-abortion rally has filed a police complaint against two women over alleged Facebook threats of physical violence—including castration—and violations of free speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
CMAP close to opening
It is all systems go inside the former billiards hall at the corner of Fifth and Monterey Streets, as Greenhouse Coworking, South County and San Benito County’s first coworking space where people can rent a desk or private office by the hour, gets ready to open in downtown Gilroy.
50 Shades of Love
Some will choose flowers, others candy, but for those ready to cross the line from traditional gifts this Valentine’s Day, the Black Label Jack Rabbit personal massager, a sleek black apparatus offering three pleasure points of sensation—is the gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.
