Mi Pueblo chain threatened with boycott after it checks workers’ immigration status
The Bay Area’s biggest Latino grocery chain is trying to avert a threatened boycott after it began checking the immigration status of all its new hires through a federal work-verification program.
Extreme Youth skate and BMX event this weekend
The Gilroy Police Department, Gilroy Fire Department, and Community Services Department have teamed once again to present the fourth annual Extreme Youth skateboarding and BMX competition this Saturday, Sept. 8.
Expectant mom still rocks the drum set at eight months
Drummer Roger Taylor of the 70s British rock band known as “Queen” has a Gilroyan protégé.
Prepare to say hello to our new area code: 669
South Santa Clara County’s 50-plus-year honeymoon with the 408 is over, and telephone users are encouraged to get their dialing fingers warmed up to welcome a new area code to town.
How will city grapple with homelessness?
They are the women pushing shopping carts full of blankets down Monterey Street. They are the men who sleep under pine trees in Christmas Hill Park. They are the families who give their kids sponge baths in their cars before they head to school.
