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The Gilroy City Council agreed to completely ban smoking in all of the city’s parks on March 1. The policy will go into effect by April. Recreation Manager Adam Henig said Gilroy has designated smoking areas in 14 of its 17 parks. Gilroy, Mountain View and Los...

The Gilroy City Council rejected the lone bid for a parking program for the homeless Oct. 4, but agreed that it wouldn’t be the end of the discussion. One of the recommendations of the Unhoused Ad-Hoc Committee, comprised of Councilmembers Dion Bracco, Carol Marques and...

The only rumbling that was louder than the bikers’ stomachs were the motorcycles they rode into downtown Gilroy during the annual Burrito Run on Jan. 1. The gathering has been a New Year’s Day tradition for more than four decades, beginning when a small...

The Christopher High football team claimed its second victory of the season with a 51-9 battering of visiting Piedmont Hills High on Sept. 1.  The win came a week after a 31-0 victory over North Monterey County. The Cougars put together an impressive offensive performance...

Upstage Theater, a teen-led theater organization based in Mountain View, is presenting “The Marvelous Wonderettes” on June 19 and 20, featuring South County talent. Director PJ Crocker, a Gilroy resident who is an incoming junior at Christopher High School, said the cast and crew...

Youth Alliance has partnered with MedShare in an effort to distribute Disney masks throughout the underserved regions of San Benito and South Santa Clara counties.  The cloth face coverings will be prioritized for distribution with children and families and in those areas of high need. MedShare...

March 15 • A business was burglarized on the 6900 block of Camino Arroyo. • Police made an arrest warrant on the 800 block of First Street at 11am. • Assaults were reported on the 8000 block of Monterey Street at midnight and 7600 block of Hanna...

Crews recently cleared a homeless encampment underneath a bridge on IOOF Avenue that crosses Miller Slough, where parents of students from the adjacent schools have frequently expressed their concerns over safety for their children. But with limited shelters already at capacity, those who were asked...

The proposed Strada Verde Innovation Park in northern San Benito County will continue through the planning process after the developer announced intentions to move forward with the project. A split San Benito County Board of Supervisors on March 23 decided to let the developer complete...

Last spring, the Christopher High boys basketball team—despite returning most of its key players from the 2019-2020 team that advanced to the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section playoff championship game—couldn’t come up with the answers as it made a somewhat shocking early exit from...