Gilroy City Council will consider temporary moratorium on data centers
The Gilroy City Council will consider adopting a temporary moratorium on new data centers at its Sept. 14 meeting.
The moratorium would allow the city...
Valley Water appoints longtime employee as CEO
The Valley Water Board of Directors appointed Aaron Baker as the agency’s next chief executive officer.
Baker, a licensed professional engineer, will begin his new...
Religion: Finding hope in the shadows of hate
In the autumn of 2018, eleven people were brutally massacred during Shabbat services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, shattering our collective...
City of Gilroy refutes accusation of Map Act violation at data center site
After a demand letter and a complaint were sent to local officials, the City of Gilroy conducted an investigation that determined that the land...
Letter: Councilmember uses faulty conclusion to justify crackdown in Gilroy
Last week on a Facebook post related to Gilroy’s enforcement of its Sidewalk Vending Ordinance, Gilroy City Councilmember Terence Fugazzi stated word for word...
Gavilan men’s soccer team on a roll with 3-0-1 season start
After two years of struggles, the Gavilan Rams’ men's soccer team has turned things around. Coach Ivan Bastida’s Rams are off to a 3-0-1...
Sell, donate, recycle unwanted items during South County Second Chance Week
Residents in Morgan Hill and Gilroy will have opportunities this month to sell, donate, repair and recycle unwanted items as the cities host the...
Morgan Hill, Gilroy school districts oppose ICE facility
Gilroy and Morgan Hill Unified School Districts have joined a countywide wave of school boards formally opposing a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Letter: Dolly’s gifts made the world a better place
This week (Free Lance, Sept. 4 edition) Joe Heller’s opinion page cartoon seems vacant as it depicts a multi-labeled coat simply identified as “Dolly”...
Letter: Nobody wants a data center in their backyard
No one wants a data center in their backyard. Data centers consume a massive amount of electricity and water, they are loud, and, if...
