Designs on Sargent Ranch?
More than a decade after Irenne Zwierlein – a Native American tribal member who previously inked plans with a major developer to build on roughly 6,000 acres of pristine property just south of Gilroy known as Sargent Ranch – forged documents in an attempt to prove herself the rightful leader of the local Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs made a move last week that left her rivals “absolutely blindsided.”
Ready to fight for fan safety
Manuel Austin’s first trip to a San Francisco 49ers game in more than seven years didn’t go as planned. Now, with his head still aching from what he says was a vicious, alcohol-fueled attack at the hands of fellow red-and-gold-clad fans, it will be much longer than that before he sets foot in an NFL stadium again.
Gilroy teams sweep competition in softball
Three of Gilroy Little League's softball teams went perfect over
Gilroy resident and seaman dies in overseas crash
Update: Family tells of 20-year-old Mark Gipson-Diaz's life and
City looks to replace entire fleet of all white patrol cars
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Police get a pay rise
Employees represented by the Gilroy Police Officers Association have entered into a new two-year contract with the city, effective July 1. The new agreement and salary schedule for the 65 sworn personnel (sergeants, corporals and officers) and detention services officers (those who work in the local jail and do transports to the county jail) was approved at the City Council meeting on Aug. 1 and result in two pay increases of 4 percent. The first increase goes into effect retroactively to July 1; the next increase will come July 1, 2017.



















