Gilroy Road Rescuers Risk Lives Daily
High up on Pacheco Pass, Danny Rubalcava, 33, has a few inches with which to work. Those few inches separate this Bracco’s tow truck driver from speeding semi-trucks, distracted teens on their cell phones and drunk drivers--or those who just rubberneck at accidents and cause others. It's like fixing a tiger's cage, from the inside.
So that’s what those red hats are about
Not long ago, at a concert or something like that, Margaret Myers of Gilroy caught sight of a big group of women dressed in purple and wearing red hats, each more outlandish than the next, with feathers and flowers and ribbons and bows.
Gilroy’s Newest Amusement Park is a Big Bounce
Gilroy has a new attraction that will have area kids jumping for joy.
Second Leavesley Motorcycle Death in a Week
For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist died April 19 in a traffic collision at the intersection of Leavesley and Holsclaw roads in Gilroy, according to authorities.
Richard Luciano Martinez Dies in Motorcycle Crash
Richard “Ricky” Luciano Martinez, 53, of Gilroy, died Saturday when his Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed into a car making a turn on Leavesley Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
Great Local Comedy About a Man and his Maid
We caught a preview of the new play On a First Name Basis by the Pintello Comedy Theater, and we have to say it’s brilliant, sophisticated and fun—sort of a modern Downton Abbey.
Open Auditions for Local Movie Musical
Several times each year, local director John Bisceglie and Gilroy Children’s Musical Theater hold youth movie musical auditions and hundreds of Bay Area youths come out to audition for their colorful and original feature films. They offer a fun opportunity for kids to appear on camera in a full-length movie in a professional movie theater. Regardless of talent, age or experience, their policy is to cast all kids ages 5-21 who audition.
Longtime body shop changes hands
Mark Mathison was painting and restoring his last two cars this week, an orange 1970 Volkswagen Beetle and a red 1928 Model A Speedster. He’s sold Mathison Auto Body at 7350 Railroad Ave. after 37 years there.
Gilroy’s hidden bakery is huge
Anyone new to Gilroy must be mystified when they pass the intersection of Monterey Street and Leavesley Road and get a whiff of the heavenly smell of bread baking in a building that says Premier Auto Body.
