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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.

Two children’s book authors, Anne Ylvisaker of “Button Down” and Bill Baynes of “Bunt! He’s no homerun hero...,” will make separate visits in May to BookSmart, the local downtown bookstore at 80 E. Second Street in Morgan Hill.

The Central Coast Barnstormers semi-pro football team won its fifth straight game with a 51-41 victory over the visiting California Rhinos on Saturday at Gilroy High.

Uesugi Farms’ Peter Aiello ushered in a new era of self-sustainability Friday for his family's agricultural business, located at 1020 Highway 25 in Gilroy, near the border of San Benito County.

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. 

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.

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.

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.