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They held it together until the second-to-last song. The a capella voices of 53 chamber singers – a mix of students from the Garlic Capital’s two main high schools – filled the cathedral at Mission San Juan Bautista with sweet harmonies toward the end of what marked the last spring concert for Gilroy’s legendary choir teacher, Phil Robb.

Gilroy’s sales tax was flat in the fourth quarter of 2012 as a direct result of fewer shoppers spending at the Gilroy Outlets. It's the first time in 12 quarters that the City’s sales tax receipts have leveled off.

The Gilroy Leadership & Education Foundation is having a ribbon cutting event from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today in Old City Hall at 7400 Monterey St. in Gilroy.

Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will once again be the center of attention when he receives a proclamation naming May 18, 2013 as “Robert Guerrero day” from Mayor Don Gage in downtown Gilroy Saturday.

After spending 13 years constructing and decorating the second largest home in Santa Clara County, a well-known San Martin family is scrambling to bail out of their ornate, 24,000 square-foot mansion on 20 acres by the end of this month, listing it at a fraction of what it's worth. 

Illegal gambling operations masquerading as Internet cafes are springing up in storefront strip malls across the state according to the California Bureau of Gambling Control – and Gilroy is no exception.

The local Radiation Detection Company located at 8095 Camino Arroyo in Gilroy has entered into negotiations to purchase a building site in Austin, Texas, according to Vice President Ron Smith. The company intends to move its entire operation to the “Lone Star” state in 2014 because of what it views as an unattractive business climate in California.

Forget planes, trains and automobiles.

A longtime Gilroy resident and former art teacher at Gilroy High School has turned her creative energies to a local cable show, which recently brought home two first place awards at a multi-state cable television award program.

There may be a reprieve for several iconic American elms slated for the saw, if an arborist’s inspection in June discovers that birds are nesting in the lush green canopy lining Fifth Street in the heart of Gilroy.