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California’s Great America, which has thrilled guests in Santa Clara with its rowdy rides and festive functions since 1976, is expected to shut down within the next decade after its Ohio-based owner sold the land to a real estate developer. In a June 27 press...

The generosity of donors to the Gilroy Foundation for victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting continues, soaring past $1.3 million more than a month after the tragedy. The pace and quantity of donations have slowed somewhat, but foundation staff and volunteers—some of them working...

Mark Good has served on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustees for 16 years and is running for a fifth term, this time for the Trustees Area 2 seat. Experienced and savvy, Good keeps on running because he feels like he can...

The nominations period opened on July 18 for candidates who want to run for local offices in the Nov. 8 election.  The period closes at 5pm Aug. 12, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Office, but it can...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 18 unanimously approved a change of course for proposed rural zoning amendments after hundreds of farmers, ranchers and equestrian business owners raised concerns the changes would devastate their operations. Supervisor Sylvia Arenas, who represents much of...

Gilroy City Councilmember Tom Cline said while he was in Modesto recently, someone asked him if the Garlic Festival had moved to Stockton. The person was referring to the California Garlic Festival in Stockton, which got its start in 2022 and was promoted as a...

The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced that Brian Bowe, who has served as Executive Director for the festival for 14 years, has officially resigned. In a Dec. 13 statement, the association will begin conducting an outside search for a new executive director. Bowe will...

Gavilan College will host its Eighth Annual Film Showcase from 6-8:30pm April 26 at the theater on the Gilroy campus. The free event will feature about 25 student films and finish with an awards presentation for outstanding filmmaking achievements.  The showcase presents films created by...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since BookBuyers opened in downtown Gilroy after two decades in Mountain View. The 9,000-square-foot store, with its inventory of more than 300,000 books spanning every genre the mind can imagine, is run by husband-and-wife owners Hotranatha and Punita Ajaya, and a...

Tran named to dean’s list Cathy Tran, a San Martin resident and graduate of Valley Christian High School, was named to the Muhlenberg College dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. Tran studies biology at the college, which is located in Allentown, Penn.  Trujillo earns academic...