Community

In the wake of Wednesday's double shooting that left Jesse Emmanuel Silos, 30, dead after he was shot in a gang-related attack that also seriously wounded another victim, 37, a Community Safety Meeting will be held from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at Eliot Elementary School, located at 475 Old Gilroy St.

The Central Coast Barnstormers semi-pro football team won its second straight game Saturday with a 27-26 victory over the visiting East Bay Outlaws at Gilroy High.

Gilroy was one of hundreds of communities throughout California to benefit from $1.6 million in federal funds distributed through the Community Services Block Grant, according to a press release Friday from the California Department of Community Services and Development.

A national economy that continues to languish in the doldrums along with years of dwindling social services funding from the state has prompted Mayor Don Gage to create an Interfaith Task Force.

Santa Clara County’s Emergency Medical Services ambulance provider, Rural/Metro, has been fined more than $3.4 million by the County dating back to January 2012 for failing to meet the guidelines laid out in its contract since gaining exclusive county ambulance service rights in 2011.

The City is in the early talks of expanding the aesthetic look of Monterey Street in downtown Gilroy to Fourth and Fifth Streets.

Saturday, April 27 is shaping up to be a day of mass volunteerism in Santa Clara County, but organizers of the annual “Beautiful Day” event are in need of many more volunteers, “willing to pick up a shovel and get a little bit dirty” in order to complete the dozen or so beautification projects planned in Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy.

Downtown Gilroy is in the midst of a coffee renaissance thanks to the opening of Fifth Street Coffee.

Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park launched their 2013 season last weekend with a day for Gilroy residents only - an event that drew an enormous amount of locals to the park.