Gilroy Schools Open with Record Attendance
Gilroy’s new school year got off to a record-breaking start, with more students, teachers and expenses than ever before.
Eclipse at the library, mostly a bust
About 100 people gathered outside the Gilroy eclipse viewing party, that was mostly a dud.
Gilroy and Morgan Hill communities join together in ‘Walk for Peace’
The South Valley community is joining arms to stamp out hate on Saturday, Aug. 19 in a Walk for Peace and Prayer Vigil in response last weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists from several hate groups including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists gathered in a show of force in Charlottesville to protest the removal of the confederate statue of Robert E. Lee.
Boots-in-the-water helpers
From potbellied pigs to parrots, from ferrets to felines, lots of pets seem to need rescuing these days—but one Gilroy group is rescuing a whole species of wildlife: steelhead trout.
Sex Allegations Rock GPD
Members of the Gilroy Police Department are accused of hosting sex parties, exposing themselves at a Christmas party and having inappropriate relations with young Police Explorers in a suit filed by a police dispatcher who was fired in 2015.
Guest Column: Don’t judge your neighbor from the outside
Hi neighbors. In no way do I want this to come across as some narcissistic ploy to talk about myself. However, sometimes I wonder about my neighbors and so I figured I'd share a little bit of my story.
Help Wanted: Need to write fine lines
Santa Clara County is looking for someone who rhymes...or not.
City will cut and plant new trees
Gilroy officials responded to winning a suit against a resident who wanted the city to stop cutting 235 trees until it gets a second assessment of whether they truly need to be cut.
Slide Show: Kids win National Night Out dance contest
DANCE ON This brother and sister won the top honors at the National Night Out Dance Off Tuesday, a contest judged in part by past and current police chiefs Denise Turner and Scot Smithee. Daniela Zepeda, 4, took first place and her brother, Elijah, took second. His shirt gives his opinion of that.
Story behind Gilroy’s biggest housing complex
Gilroyans say the Alexander Station Apartments, a $95 million project on the corner of 10th Street and Alexander, will be filled with residents bused in from Oakland and will lower the quality of the neighborhood. They say there aren’t enough classrooms for the kids and the future students will be bused to far away schools, rather than those they can walk to.
