Community

Books. Numbers. Cars. Animals. Gardens. Education. Volunteering.

The atmosphere is tense, quiet, yet electric like a high stakes casino game. A light "dob dob" sound can be heard from large ink markers called daubers hitting the thin paper, then the "B-5" announcement. And suddenly, BINGO!

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, which has a branch located at 8000 Santa Teresa Blvd. in Gilroy, has raised its service fees and changed some of its account terms and conditions. 

Mario Bonfante, Jr. talks a lot about the ability to adapt, accepting circumstances for what they are and figuring out the best way to work around, or go right through, each situation presented.

Georgia Stern, a member of the class of 1967 at St. Mary School, received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the National Catholic Education Association on Jan 29.

Dust settled everywhere as Company Commander Greg Wrubluski rose from the ground, sprinted toward a gaping dirt crater and screamed the name of his comrade.

The application deadline to apply for the 34th Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant has been extended by 10 days. The deadline is now 4:30 p.m. Feb. 13.

Success followed the San Francisco 49ers throughout the 2011 season. The same can be said for Gilroy resident and football fan Louis Zulaica, 7, who won the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick 49ers team competition in December.

A cluster of local wine growers packed a conference room in the Santa Clara County Government Center Thursday for some straight talk with the Planning Department. The issue at hand? County polices that regulate the wine industry. The rules are nebulous, or in...

Somber expressions and serious talk marked a lengthy portion of the Gilroy Unified School Board meeting Thursday night, where trustees discussed "the dismantling of public education as we know it."