Community

The American Cancer Society invites homeowners, restauranteurs, shop owners and residents of all kinds to help "paint the town purple" for the month of June to celebrate cancer survivors and draw attention to their annual Relay for Life Event in June. 

A Gilroy faith leader is slated to give the opening prayer to the US House of Representatives Tuesday morning, an opportunity he called "an honor of a lifetime."

The Gilroy Downtown Business Association is extending the May 17 deadline for “Gilroy Shark Tank” applications to May 31 to allow extra time for local entrepreneurs to submit their business plans.

Valley Verde, a San Jose-based nonprofit is rolling out a new 10-year plan to increase the number of backyard gardens in Santa Clara County by 20,000. 

Gilroyan Olivia Echeverria, 22, has been crowned the 2013 Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen.

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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.