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Gilroy’s Memorial Day Parade, which annually draws hundreds along 10th Street to honor fallen soldiers, has been canceled for 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, the Gilroy Community Organization announced April 3. The Family Fun Day and Car Show at Christmas Hill Park, which follows the...

Update: On Oct. 4, the California DMV sent an updated press release stating that the reopening date for the Gilroy DMV office has been tentatively rescheduled to Nov. 12 "due to unforeseen circumstances." The story below has been updated to reflect the new reopening...

We didn’t hang offensive flag Roxana Bliss’ recent letter to the editor alleges that it was the pro-Trump and pro-American Patriots that hung a Nazi flag on the Burnett overpass before waiting for law enforcement to determine who did it and why. It appears she...

A second person who was shot during a Halloween party at a Gilroy City Councilmember’s house in 2021 has died from his injuries, police announced June 1. Jesse Sanchez, 19, died on May 27 from his injuries after he was one of four people shot...

The Christopher-Live Oak boys lacrosse match on March 24 pitted a top-three team from the Gabilan Division and the front runner from the lower division.  For right now, at least, the Acorns showed the chasm between the Gabilan and Mission is a rather wide one.  Live...

Breaking away from the position of many U.S. farmers, Christopher Ranch, the nation’s premier garlic company, announced on Tuesday, Sept. 18, that it fully supports the imposition of a 10 percent tariff on imported Chinese garlic (under the United States Trade Representative Section 301...

Gavilan College announced recently that enrollment increased this semester following a steady decline that was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the college, enrollment increased to 12,139 for the fall 2022 semester, up from 11,227 the previous year. Enrollment stood at 17,140 in 2017...

Hollister Police arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for a string of commercial burglaries that occurred over the last week.

In California’s fight against homelessness, the Governor just announced a $12 billion plan to end homelessness in five years. Combine that with Santa Clara County’s 5-Year Plan to End Homelessness and one might think we are making progress. But it seems the more money...

After time with the criminal justice system in 2010, I experienced the job rejection that many like myself deal with upon re-entering the workforce. While I was more than qualified for job after job, as soon as they saw the box checked for a...