Community

Gilroy's community increased by 1,463 to 51,544 in 2012 according to data released by the California Department of Finance in its annual population report.

Downtown Gilroy’s Art and Wine stroll is coming up soon, a favorite annual event amongst locals who want to appreciate the finer things in life for an afternoon. 

Some say bad things happen in threes, but when you live near Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister – a terrestrial intersection where a handful of earthquake fault lines converge like superhighways (namely, Sargent, Calaveras, Quien Sabe, San Andreas and Paicines) the trio of temblors that popped up in the exact same spot this week is a matter of geographic reality; not superstition.

Late prolific author Ray Bradbury, whose many books are featured on the shelves at the Gilroy Library, never went to college because he couldn’t afford it.

Two hundred years ago, as the late summer sun warmed the soil in the fertile San Juan Valley, friars and Native Californians enjoyed fresh, luscious pears from a thriving 40-acre orchard behind the town’s sprawling Mission.

The 36-month project to expand and beautify the existing Jewish section of the Gavilan Hills Memorial Park at 1000 First St. in Gilroy has finally been completed.

Hall of Fame college football announcer Joe Starkey called “The Play” at the infamous 1982 Big Game between Cal-Berkeley and Stanford.

The cold snowy weather of Illinois and Wisconsin were doing nothing for Frank Bolea when he decided to head out to California to help his sister Maria sell cars in Sunnyvale in 1980.

The California Newspaper Publishers Association announced Saturday its winners of the 2012 Better Newspapers Contest, which recognizes the most outstanding journalistic achievements published by California newspapers.