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Always looking for ways to give back to the city they love, Jeff and Barbara Orth of Integrated Financial Benefits have found a way to reach out and help during the pandemic.  When it became apparent that people were going to have a long-term need...

The South County Jewish community gathered on Dec. 22 to mark the beginning of the eight-day Chanukah holiday, also known as the Festival of Lights. The first-ever Chanukah Celebration and Grand Public Menorah Lighting in Morgan Hill was hosted by the Chabad South County...

Some members of the Gilroy City Council said having a local eviction moratorium ordinance would be redundant since the county’s and state’s recent actions already apply to Gilroy renters. The council on April 6 voted 4-3 against a moratorium for both residential and commercial tenants....

Some Morgan Hill restaurant owners were surprised and confused by the sudden appearance in town Friday night of state officers who said they were there to enforce the governor’s Covid-19 regulations.

Gilroy city officials are looking to reduce the number of advisory commissions, pointing to difficulties in recruiting and retaining members to the more than a dozen boards. The duties of the Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Historic Heritage Committee, Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and Street Naming...

A series of events are scheduled in November to honor local veterans. The Veterans Day Ceremony, hosted by the VFW Post 6309, will be held Nov. 11 at 11:11am at the Gilroy Veterans Hall, 74 West Sixth St. It’ll be followed by the Veterans Day Parade,...

Gilroy is working on updating its list of historic properties for the first time in 34 years. The city’s existing historic resources inventory, which was prepared in 1986, identifies commercial, residential and public buildings that are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, the...

Gilroy native John Hagins is a self-described “adrenaline junkie” who risks his life by charging into a burning forest to save others. Hagins, the owner of Skylake Tree Service, is a tree faller with Cal Fire, playing an important role that not only stops the...

The venue may have been smaller, and there may have been 80,000 less people in attendance, but for just under an hour, the Gilroy Garlic Festival was back. On July 24, the day the 2020 festival was scheduled to begin before it had been canceled...

After 80 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime, the Gilroy and San Benito girls soccer teams were tied 1-1 and headed to a penalty kick shootout to decide the outcome of their Central Coast Section Division III playoff semifinal on Wednesday.  The Haybalers...