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Authorities arrested a man who is accused of assaulting and kidnapping a woman in Gilroy over this past weekend.  On Dec. 13, Gilroy Police received a call about a woman being held against her will at a motel on Monterey Road, the Gilroy Police Department...

When Emily McEwan-Upright opened Gallery 1202 in downtown Gilroy in 2017, she realized there was a need for more venues and programs to support local artists. It became even more apparent to her after she moved the gallery to a larger location inside The Neon...

For many, the name Charlie Palmer is immediately associated with his eponymous steak houses—and his Michelin star gem Aureole—in Manhattan. But, it’s also synonymous with Sonoma Wine Country and Dry Creek Kitchen, a pioneering restaurant that helped establish Healdsburg’s status as an international culinary destination. His...

Christopher Ranch donated bags of garlic to the staff at St. Louise Regional Hospital on Feb. 1 as a way to give thanks for their work. The ranch also made a donation through the Valley Medical Center Foundation to go toward the purchase of...

Softball teams from Gilroy and Christopher high schools came together with members of the community for the annual Sarah Villar Memorial Game on May 8.  The event honors and memorializes Villar, a former Gilroy softball pitcher and graduate who was killed by a drunk driver...

Leadership Gilroy’s Class of 2022 will host “A Salute to our Veterans” on Oct. 1 from 10am to 1pm at the Veterans Memorial Building, 74 West Sixth St. The event will begin with the unveiling of the flagpole, which was refurbished thanks to fundraising by...

The knockouts keep coming for Jesse James Guerrero. The recent Mount Madonna High School graduate is 4-0 in his brief professional boxing career entering his July 23 bantamweight match in Rosarito, Mexico.  All of his bouts have been in Mexico and all have been decided...

I was appointed as an alternate to the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) by the Cities Selection Committee for 2025-28, representing all cities in Santa Clara County. I supported the action taken in January by the Board of Supervisors to dissolve...

When he was 9 years old, Rubén Darío Villa experienced a rite of passage: his mother, handing him some cash, tasked him with going to the grocery store to buy some tortillas. Villa, however, thinking he was “slick,” decided to seize the opportunity to get...