News Briefs: Rally Round Downtown eyes Farmers Market on Sunday
A local movement centered around bringing people, their ideas and energy to support existing and future downtown businesses will converge upon the Gilroy Farmers Market this Sunday.
Hot town, summer in the city
The smell of sunscreen is in the air. Find your goggles and take a dip at the area's nearly new – and its tried but true – aquatics centers. While it will cost you more than a dollar for a day in the sun, the money funnels back into the city and to keep the pools open. Dive in!
Rally Round Downtown Gilroy comes to Farmers’ Market this Sunday
A localized movement centered around bringing people, their ideas and energy to support existing and future downtown businesses will converge upon the Gilroy Farmers’ Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Sunday on the corner of Monterey and Seventh streets.
Amah-Mutsun: Recognition from City of San Juan Bautista is ‘icing on the cake’
A “big event” for the Amah-Mutsun Tribal Band took place inside the San Juan Bautista City Hall Tuesday night, when roughly 20 members drove from surrounding cities to witness the issuing of a formal proclamation recognizing the current-day tribe as “the historic and continuous Amah-Mutsun Ohlone Tribe that existed before Spanish contact.”
FOOTBALL: Barnstormers bounced from the playoffs
After coming from behind twice from double-digit deficits in the first round of the semipro Pacific Coast Football League playoffs last week, the Central Coast Barnstormers ran out of luck in the second round on Saturday.
COMMUNITY CORNER: Little League and track and field
Cardinals seeing red: After a 17-0 regular season, the Gilroy Little League Majors Division Cardinals went into the postseason as the favorites and proceeded to go 3-0, including a 2-1 win over the Red Sox for the league championship last Thursday.
Horse euthanized after brutal attack by pit bulls
A Morgan Hill woman had to euthanize her 23-year-old Arabian horse after two pit bulls who lived nearby “viciously” attacked the animal.
25 years of swooping in for the rescue
After 25 years of coming to the aid of 2,500 victims, critical care flight nurse Rose Gaither has not lost any measure of her passion for her job and for those she routinely helps.
Calstar base in Gilroy marks 18th anniversary
After completing thousands of life-saving missions, the California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) base in Gilroy marked its 18thanniversary on June 10.
Skatin’ in the free world
In an effort to bring more skaters and BMXers to the sparsely attended, often vacant Morgan Hill Skate Park, city staff have made the facility free for all users throughout the summer.





















