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Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced Oct. 31 she would retire, effective immediately, as a jury deliberates a verdict in a civil corruption trial involving jail mismanagement and a “pay-to-play” scheme involving gun permits issued by her office. Undersheriff Ken Binder will take over...

Caltrain has added a fourth train from South County to San Francisco on the weekdays, following a survey earlier this summer that found commuters wanted more options to ditch their vehicles. The new service times begin Sept. 25. The trains will depart from the Gilroy Transit...

More than 100 children, ages 5-13, spent the sunny day running, swimming and navigating their way through an obstacle course set up on the Day Road campus for the event.

The sound of firework explosions is nothing new for residents of west Gilroy. But with the booms becoming more frequent, coupled with recent incidents, neighbors are more on edge than usual. A homemade explosive device was found in the middle of the roadway on Santa...

Roughly 325,000 California residents may need to renew their driver’s licenses or ID cards after the California Department of Motor Vehicles discovered that outdated software gave them incorrect expiration dates. In a New Year’s Eve press release, DMV officials said they will send notices in...

The Gilroy City Council continued its discussion May 18 on the city’s declining revenue due to Covid-19 as it prepares for possible cuts in June. Interim City Administrator Jimmy Forbis said city departments are looking at ways to reduce costs through operational and workforce reductions...

Ray Diaz has been restoring Volkswagen vehicles since he was in junior high school, helping countless others get their prized possessions back on the road. Somewhere along the way, though, the time he had to devote to such projects dwindled as work and family commitments...

Construction of a new traffic roundabout at the intersection of State Routes 25 and 156 near Hollister continues this week with work taking place behind protective concrete barriers, according to the California Department of Transportation. Recently installed K-rail at all four approaches to the construction...

A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles rejected a bid by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to block the purchase of two failing Verity Health System hospitals by Santa Clara County. The Feb. 22 ruling cleared the way for the county to close its...

I have been a resident of Gilroy for over 77 years and am writing about the terrible condition of San Ysidro Road, the road going from Home Depot to Saint Louise Hospital. When I was growing up as a kid I remember it was...