Mulberry Picnic Area renovations near completion
More than $200,000 worth of renovations to the Mulberry Picnic Area on the park side of Christmas Hill Park are in their final stages as the home of the Gilroy Garlic Festival will soon be flooded with thousands of festival goers.
Community Solutions names Lisa Davis COO
Community Solutions, a comprehensive nonprofit human services agency that serves South Santa Clara and San Benito counties, announced the hire of Lisa Davis, a licensed marriage and family therapist, as the agency's Chief Operations Officer on July 17.
Heat illness workshop for Chinese farmers
The Bay Area Chrysanthemum Growers Association, in conjunction with the University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program and the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, will hold a Heat Illness Prevention workshop for Chinese growers Friday in Morgan Hill, according to Farm Bureau Executive Director Jennifer Scheer.
Motorhead mecca
Downtown revved up for the Garlic Festival with another popular summer bonanza, the 12th Annual Garlic City Fun Run and Car Show last Saturday.
Healing through music
Forged by a sudden, tragic death, a song entitled, “Always see you (Wide Awake)” is singer/songwriter Lucas Ohio Pattie's tribute to the loss of his long-time fan and mother.
Gilroy is still Garlic Capital around here
Its odor hangs heavy in the air – especially on hot days – and its bulbous visage is incorporated into all manner of logos seen around the city. Next week’s festival celebrates it and local young women fight for the honor of being crowned its queen.
Guava fruit flies should not affect South County growers, ag commissioner says
An immediate emergency eradication program initiated Wednesday, after three male guava fruit flies were found in traps in San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood two weeks ago.
