Teraji: Simple gesture worth its weight in words
Third-graders at eight local schools are starting the year off right with brand-new dictionaries of their own. Over the last eight years, the Masons in Gilroy and the Pacheco Pass 4H in San Martin have provided dictionaries to schools throughout Gilroy and San Martin.
Grocery Outlet kicks off ‘Independence From Hunger’ campaign
Gilroy Grocery Outlet, located at 333 East 10th Street and locally owned by Gilbert and Janice Angkiangco, recently kicked off its month-long, companywide “Independence From Hunger” campaign. The event was created to “bring together Gilroy Grocery Outlet and their customers to help feed people in Gilroy who are facing hunger and dealing with food insecurity,” according to a press release.
All four lanes of new Highway 156 corridor open June 13
In what transportation officials and local representatives hail as a “major milestone,” all four lanes of the new San Benito Route 156 Improvement Project will open to all traffic on June 13.
Caltrans District 5 hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 7, in which...
Gilroy Road Rescuers Risk Lives Daily
High up on Pacheco Pass, Danny Rubalcava, 33, has a few inches with which to work. Those few inches separate this Bracco’s tow truck driver from speeding semi-trucks, distracted teens on their cell phones and drunk drivers--or those who just rubberneck at accidents and cause others. It's like fixing a tiger's cage, from the inside.
