Around Gilroy: Top 5 things to do Jan. 29-30
The Gilroy Dispatch presents its picks for the five local things
Veteran newsman joins Dispatch as editor
Longtime local journalist and Pulitzer co-winner Jack Foley has been named editor of the Gilroy Dispatch, publisher Jeff Mitchell announced this week.
Garlic Fest 14: Meet president Vito Mercado
Similar to the rise in his professional career, Vito Mercado climbed the ranks from a Garlic Festival volunteer in Gourmet Alley to president of the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association.
Rec Softball: June 22
GILROY—Under Construction outlasted Old City Hall 25-15 Friday to leave both clubs at 5-3 in the Men’s EE League standings at Las Animas Veterans Park.
Homeless but ‘not hopeless’
At least six people used to live behind the Gilroy Dispatch on the 6300 block of Monterey Road, sleeping in cardboard structures reinforced with pieces of wood or in battered tents along the railroad tracks. That was until a Feb. 12 fire wiped out a portion of the camp.
