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October 1, 2025

PHOTO: Original Gilroy High tree collapses

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A tree crashed down onto Princevalle Street on March 14 in front of Gilroy High School due to strong winds. The tree was one of the first planted on the campus shortly after the school opened there in 1978, according to Rita Quintero, who...

Religion: Response to a Vocal Minority

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we seem to be in a bubble of more open-minded thinking and inclusion. There are other places, regions and states that seem to be filled with fear of the outsider and suspicion of neighbors of different ethnicity, national...

Religion: Response to a Vocal Minority

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we seem to be in a bubble of more open-minded thinking and inclusion. There are other places, regions and states that seem to be filled with fear of the outsider and suspicion of neighbors of different ethnicity, national...

More cold, wind, rain pound Bay Area

The beginning of another week brought another soaking storm with cold temperatures and strong wind gusts to the region.  The brunt of the latest significant rain storm hit South County just after lunch time on Tuesday, March 21, as a heavy band of rain and...

Gilroy Garlic Festival Association preps for National Garlic Month

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The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association will mark National Garlic Month with a series of fundraising events in April and beyond. The Association recently announced the following events: • On April 15, volunteers will be selling garlic bread all day at the Gilroy Veterans Memorial Building, 74...

Sheriff investigates fentanyl exposures at jail

From Bay City News Service    Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen is drawing attention to a rash of fentanyl overdoses and exposures at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, he said in a release on Wednesday.   Thirteen inmates and two staff members were exposed to fentanyl...

Auditions open soon for large-scale Disney musical at Gavilan College

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In the summer, South County audiences will be transported under the sea to experience a show of such a magnitude that has never been seen before locally. That is what Ken Christopher and his fellow organizers of the newly formed Broadway South Bay organization plan...

Local Scene: Bach to Blues; disaster relief fund launches

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Bach to Blues Concert returns March 18  The Bach to Blues Concert returns to the Gavilan College Theater on March 18 at 7:30pm. Bach to Blues is a fundraising concert that showcases faculty, students and local talent. This year's guest performers include the San Benito Oriana...

Gilroy ​​Police: Designate a sober driver on St. Patrick’s Day

The Gilroy Police Department will be on the lookout for drunk drivers on St. Patrick’s Day. Additional officers will be on patrol March 17 from 6pm to 2am looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. “Leave your keys at home...

Santa Clara Valley Wine Auction set for March 25

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Stacy Giannini, director of marketing for Wineries of Santa Clara Valley, who helped stage the first regional tasting for the group last year at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, anticipates a good turnout for the upcoming annual wine auction March 25 at Guglielmo Winery...

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