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Hoey Ranch, the historic property located at 2480 Hecker Pass

The Gilroy Garlic Festival returned Friday after a six-year absence, drawing thousands of visitors from across the country to the South County Grove at Gilroy Gardens for three days of garlicky food, live entertainment and community fundraising. The festival, which ran July 25-27, marked its...

Cruel and Unusual Punishments are prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791. This prohibition first appeared in the English Bill of Rights in 1689. How much more cruel and unusual can a punishment be than execution or incarceration without the...

For a season-opening meet, Gilroy High's varsity swim teams

Instead of tapping on front doors, volunteers for a countywide census traversed alleyways, backstreets, parking lots and the woods of Gilroy Tuesday in search of those who try to be invisible—the homeless.

Hecker Pass Highway was closed off in both directions between