YMCA hires longtime local as new executive director
After a two-month long interview process, including 10 separate question and answer sessions – four of which took place before a panel of her peers – Kelly Ramirez was still unsure if she landed her dream job as the Mount Madonna YMCA’s Executive Director.
Governor signs hospital CEO pension reform bill to prevent ‘double-dipping problems’
On Aug. 13, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 130, authored by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas).
Art show at Village Green of Gilroy
Residents of Village Green of Gilroy will display their creative achievements during an art show at the senior living home at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28. Village Green is located at 7600 Isabella Way in Gilroy.
Colorful, creative kids
Working from a palette of every color of the rainbow, more than 30 children created a cheerful gallery of paper murals Tuesday afternoon during the last session of Children's Art Workshops at Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park.
Mosquitos with West Nile found in San Jose
Santa Clara County Vector Control District confirmed on Aug. 9 that mosqitos in San Jose tested positive for West Nile Virus, prompting a fogging extermination this week.
Benefit show at 9Lives this Friday
Local musicians will be donating their time and talents this Friday night for a benefit show for Community Solutions and St. Joseph's Family Center, two leading nonprofit organizations providing social services in South County.
Measure A ballots mailed out
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has mailed out Measure A ballots to more than 204,000 voters for the Aug. 27 special mail ballot election to continue a tax that’s been used to purchase library hours and materials for 20 years.
For local choir group, the show goes on
When music director Brant Ruggles was notified in January by Gavilan College that his choir program was being discontinued, he didn’t take it personally - and, in fact, he saw it as a golden opportunity.
Gilroy, San Juan Bautista featured in new historical railroad book
Gilroy is featured in “El Camino Real and the Route of the Daylight”, a book recently published by the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation about the history of California's first road and railroad systems.
Average county home sale prices continued to rise in July
Average home sale prices are "showing no signs of a mid-summer slowdown" in Santa Clara County and continued to rise in July, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors.
