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Retired healthcare professional Dorothy Cardenas is enjoying an updated, remodeled look to her west Gilroy home after two Santa Clara Valley nonprofits teamed up to donate their time and materials for a project on Sept. 10.  Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley and the Sharks Foundation partnered...

The holy grail has been attained. In a landmark season, the Christopher boys basketball team captured the school’s first Central Coast Section championship with three playoff wins. The title came in a 51-50 thriller over Westmont on March 1 at Santa Clara High. On the...

The year was 1868 and the United States of America found itself three years past the greatest conflict our young nation had ever known. Originally called Decoration Day, it was May of that year that the first Memorial Day in our nation took place.  The...

Mayor hosting virtual conversation Mayor Marie Blankley will host a virtual Conversation and Coffee on April 3 at 8:30am. To join the meeting, visit rb.gy/x593yf with passcode 700029. The public can also dial in at 669.900.6833 with webinar ID: 82577203726 and passcode 700029. Adopt-A-Bench public art project...

Gilroy Gardens’ 20th anniversary season has been postponed to 2021, the park announced Aug. 4. Citing the “uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic and related government restrictions,” Gilroy Gardens will remain closed for the remainder of 2020. “We are incredibly sad and disappointed that we are unable...

All voters in Santa Clara County can drop off their March 5 primary election ballot at any ballot dropbox location throughout the county. There are also a total of 104 vote centers open in the county this weekend for the presidential primary election, and...

Preliminary data for positive Covid-19 cases in Santa Clara County over the last seven days show that the daily rate of new infections has stayed about the same since the county moved into the state’s “orange tier” about a week ago.

Despite temperatures rising into the triple digits (again) this week, work proceeds on the downtown Gilroy Gourmet Alley project.  As of July 22, crews have been cutting surfaces and installing infrastructure for French drains through the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets, as well as...

Rotary Club of Gilroy to award scholarships The Rotary Club of Gilroy will be awarding a total of $52,500 in college scholarships for qualified high school seniors graduating in 2021 and beginning college in the fall of 2021 and Gavilan College or other students transferring...

Daniel Catano, who is accused in a recent arson spree that includes more than a dozen fires and other crimes in Morgan Hill and Gilroy, was charged July 13 with numerous felony counts in Santa Clara County Superior Court.  Catano, 32 of Gilroy, was arrested...