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Gavilan College held its annual Ram-O-Rama event recently and welcomed 650 high school seniors and 40 chaperones from surrounding areas on campus for days filled with guided tours intended to promote access to and enrollment in college.   Held over three days, Ram-O-Rama brought seniors from...

A San Jose nonprofit that has spent more than two decades reshaping how Santa Clara County responds to strokes will hold its 15th annual Fight Stroke Walk on Sunday, May 3, at the Municipal Rose Garden in San Jose. The Stroke Awareness Foundation, which Chuck...

Be Seen Gallery in downtown Gilroy presents “The Shape of Creation,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Bay Area artist Tregenna Garcia. The show opens May 2 with a public reception from 12-6pm and remains on view through Aug. 22. Be Seen Gallery is located...

After nearly a decade away, the San Benito Stage Company is coming home. The local youth theater company will open its production of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” at the Granada Theatre in Hollister, marking the company’s first performance at the historic venue in roughly eight...

The NHL regular season concluded on April 16. The Calgary Flames, with Gilroy native and former Morgan Hill resident Dustin Wolf as their primary goalkeeper, missed the playoffs. However, in the last week of play, Wolf drew enormous acclaim all around the league for...

I’m overjoyed that Paul Reubens was honored in a way that showed his last life’s work to people who would be deeply impacted by it, at the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival.  The movie “The Crown with a Shadow & the Search for Self” has...

As your State Senator representing the 15th Senate District in the California State Legislature, I am grateful to serve such an involved, engaged and strong neighborhood as Gilroy. For years, I have been committed to enhancing affordability, transportation and education in this neighborhood.  It is...

On a 16-acre hilltop on Pacheco Pass Highway in southeast Gilroy, Recology turns thousands of tons of yard waste and food scraps from households throughout South Valley into nutrient-rich compost that farmers throughout the region use as a robust natural fertilizer.  The ultimate result is...

Cherry growers from Coyote Valley to Hollister are reporting one of the worst crops in recent memory after an unusually warm winter left trees without enough cold to fruit properly, followed by a heat wave during the critical bloom period that disrupted germination. “We have...

Authorities in two counties are investigating a San Benito County Sheriff’s deputy who is accused of providing a semiautomatic firearm to a teen in Gilroy, according to Sheriff Eric Taylor.  Deputy Ryan Miller allegedly loaned an AR15 rifle and ammunition to a 17-year-old high school...