Help “Stamp Out Hunger” at your mailbox May 11
On Saturday, May 11, residents can team up with their letter carriers to help “Stamp Out Hunger,” an annual event now in its 21st year that has become the largest single-day food drive in the Bay Area.
New homes hit market soon
After a four-year economic slump that hit the housing industry hard, the bustling sounds of construction are filling the air again as work gets underway on the Oak Creek residential development on Gilroy’s south side.
El Roble Elementary honors K-9 and his handler
Staff and roughly 500 students of El Roble Elementary School honored Gilroy Police Department K-9 Pharaoh and his handler, Corporal Paco Rodriguez at a special all-school assembly Wednesday.
Garlic Festival to unveil mystery competition
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is set to unveil plans for an “unprecedented” intercollegiate competition next Tuesday at Mama Mia's Ristorante Italiano, located at 275 E. Dunne Ave. in Morgan Hill.
Pulling the plug on cyberbullying
It started a couple of weeks ago with an innocent friend request on Instagram — a popular social media site for sharing photos — when a user under the name of “Sobrato Bops” sent an electronic invitation to Kim Valles, a junior at Ann Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill.
Judges selected for ‘Shark Tank Gilroy’
The “Sharks” to whom entrepreneurs will pitch their business visions for downtown Gilroy during the “Shark Tank Gilroy” event in June have finally been announced.
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust branch to stay open
Plans to consolidate Santa Barbara Bank & Trust and Union Bank locations in Gilroy have been halted, according to a letter sent out to bank customers earlier this month.
Auditions for summer musical
Gilroy theater veteran John Bisceglie has teamed up with the Gilroy Recreation Department to present a groovy summer musical celebrating the musical renaissance of the 1960s, and he's combing Gilroy youth for some local talent.
