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July 11, 2025

New book highlights four decades of Gilroy Garlic Festival history

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Throughout its four-decade history, the Gilroy Garlic Festival served as the city’s unofficial leadership academy, where countless volunteers grew up not only in the sense of age, but also by the skills they learned through putting on the massive event and its numerous intricacies. Many...

Local Democratic Party pulls support for Tovar

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The Santa Clara County Democratic Party pulled its endorsement of Gilroy City Councilmember Fred Tovar, saying his policy positions are in “direct conflict” with the party’s platform. On a unanimous vote Sept. 8, the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee approved a resolution rescinding the...

Photo: Vacant shopping center demolished

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An excavator chewed into the former Chestnut Square shopping center recently to make way for a new development at the corner of Chestnut and East Tenth streets. Evergreen Development Company is clearing the 1970s-era center, which formerly housed O’Henry’s Donuts, Gilroy Market, Coast Auto...

Monument installation in Morgan Hill symbolizes global peace

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Marty Cheek has a plan to achieve global peace by Christmas Day in 2040. He admits people will roll their eyes at this point, but he remains undeterred. “It’s ambitious, it’s audacious, it’s also 100% doable,” he said. Cheek, the publisher of Life Media Group, which produces...

Local Scene: Biking, walking survey; city hall flag applications

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Survey seeks input on walking, biking in Gilroy Santa Clara County Public Health is conducting a community survey in Gilroy to gather information about how residents and employees in the Downtown and East Gilroy neighborhoods participate in walking or bicycling.  The survey will be used to...

Gavilan College to dedicate new bridge

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Gavilan College will celebrate the completion of its new steel and cement bridge with a ribbon cutting event on Sept. 21 at 11am at the Gilroy campus, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. The event will also commemorate the naming of the newly constructed bridge as the...

Gilroy High girls volleyball team looks to rebuild, one step at a time

The beef is back at Gilroy High. Brian “Beef” Calimpong, a longtime youth volleyball coach in the area, is in his first season back as the head coach of the Gilroy High girls volleyball team. A 2003 GHS graduate, Calimpong returns with several goals...

Workers reach agreement with Union Pacific, averting suspension of Caltrain service

Federal officials announced a tentative agreement late Wednesday between Union Pacific and unions representing workers, avoiding service interruptions anticipated Friday for Caltrain between Gilroy and San Jose. Caltrain officials had announced Tuesday that a strike would mean suspending service between Gilroy and San Jose because...

Ren Faire starts this weekend

Take a step back in time and enjoy medieval pageantry, entertainment and fare at the Northern California Renaissance Faire. The revelry starts Sept. 17-18, and continues on weekends through Oct. 22-23 at Casa de Fruta in Hollister. The festival features merchandise from fine artisans and...

Potential rail strike would halt Caltrain service between Gilroy and San Jose

UPDATE SEPT. 15: Federal officials announced a tentative agreement late Wednesday between Union Pacific and unions representing workers, avoiding service interruptions anticipated Friday for Caltrain between Gilroy and San Jose. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: CalTrain officials plan to suspend service between Gilroy and the Capitol station in San...

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