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Christopher High softball team seeks improvement as it overcomes challenges

To say the Christopher High softball team has had a challenging season would be an understatement. In the Cougars’ 5-2 loss to Sobrato High on March 17, they had just nine players available after starter Bella James went down with an injury during pregame...

Police: Children OK after being hit by vehicle

Two children hit by a vehicle as they were walking to school March 23 suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. According to Gilroy Police, the children were struck while crossing the intersection of Chestnut and Old Gilroy streets on their way to Eliot Elementary School at...

Christopher, Gilroy baseball teams look to get on track

Evenly matched the last couple of years, the Christopher High and Gilroy High baseball teams typically have nail-biting, white-knuckle contests.  Their latest game on March 18 was no exception. The Mustangs defeated the Cougars, 7-6, on Carter Martinez’s one-out, walk-off single. The victory allowed Gilroy...

Chamber president denies conflict claim

Morgan Hill mayoral candidate Mark Turner plans to resign from his position as president/CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce should he be elected in November. It’s a position Turner has shared with voters since he began campaigning in 2021. But he’s had to double...

Library bookstore renamed in honor of longtime volunteer

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In every community there are unsung heroes, individuals that offer their service, commitment and dedication, time and again. The many roles Isabel Jewell has held with the Friends of the Gilroy Library over her four decades of service to the non-profit is a key...

Local Scene: Housing Element meeting March 30; finance talk April 9

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Input sought on Housing Element The City of Gilroy is hosting a virtual workshop March 30 from 6-8pm on the city’s Housing Element update. The Housing Element, which gets updated every eight years, outlines Gilroy’s plan to meet the housing needs of the local community as...

Gilroy to target hosts in fireworks crackdown

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The City of Gilroy will make property owners liable for the illegal use of fireworks under a new ordinance that moved forward March 21. The City Council voted unanimously in favor of the fireworks host liability ordinance. “Host” is broadly defined, Senior Management Analyst Bryce Atkins...

Microbusiness grants available 

Under direction from the County of Santa Clara, the Enterprise Foundation opened the Microbusiness Grant portal for local eligible businesses to apply for grants of $2,500 each. In January, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors accepted approximately $2.4 million from the California Microbusiness Covid-19...

Supervisors buy land for affordable housing projects

Santa Clara County supervisors approved a quartet of housing projects March 22 that will convert existing properties into more than 300 affordable housing units. The board unanimously approved the purchase of four properties—two in San Jose, one in Morgan Hill and one in Santa Clara—that...

Christopher’s King(sley) Okoronkwo has the section’s top mark in the triple jump

With each passing year, Kingsley Okoronkwo gets more comfortable with the intricacies of the triple jump: the hop, step and jump.  It’s a very technical event and this season has been a breakthrough in that the Christopher High junior can go out there and let...

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