Artist creating video portraits for downtown Gilroy residency
A visit to Benton C Bainbridge’s downtown Gilroy studio is like taking a step into a 1990s electronics store.
CRT televisions sit on tables and the floor, next to a JVC VHS player, wood-paneled video synthesizers and even a Vectrex video game console. A Sony...
Garlic Festival eyes new venue, events
The rising costs of hosting a massive event have forced Gilroy Garlic Festival organizers to rethink the city’s signature event in a way that substantially supports local nonprofits without breaking the bank.
A difficult two years, with the shooting in 2019 and a pandemic-related cancellation...
Local Scene: Car show on auto mall; chamber events set
Car show on March 6 at auto dealers
Gilroy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and Gilroy Chevrolet Cadillac are hosting a car show on March 6 from noon to 5pm at 455 Automall Drive.
The show, which is free to attend, will feature various exotic, classic and...
After two-year delay, ‘Cabaret’ is ready for the stage
It may have taken two years because of circumstances beyond its control, but South Valley Civic Theatre is at last ready to perform its dark musical, “Cabaret,” in front of a live audience.
Ten performances will run on select days from March 11-27 at the...
Impact report released on high-speed rail project
The California High-Speed Rail Authority released its Final Environmental Impact Report on Feb. 25 for the San Jose to Merced Project Section.
The Authority’s Board of Directors will hold a meeting on April 20 and 21 to consider whether to certify the report and approve...
Christopher girls soccer team continues historic march with CIF NorCal win
Three days after repeating as Central Coast Section champions, the Christopher High girls soccer team delivered an encore performance on Tuesday.
And it was a historic one. The Cougars’ 3-1 win over No. 8 seed Colfax in the quarterfinals of the CIF NorCal Regional Division...
Gilroy’s Cody Merrill and Jennifer Soto capture CIF State titles
Cody Merrill and Jennifer Soto treated the CIF State Wrestling Championships like a business trip. Get in, accomplish the tasks, and if they met their goals, do a little celebrating afterward.
That’s exactly what the two Gilroy High standouts did as they took home state...
Catalytic converter thieves hitting Gilroy hard
Skyrocketing numbers of catalytic converter thefts within Gilroy have police on high alert and advising residents to take precautions to prevent thieves from grabbing the highly valuable vehicle parts.
According to Gilroy Police Capt. Jason Smith, police received 172 reports of stolen catalytic converters in...
Santa Clara County lifts indoor mask mandate
Santa Clara County lifted its indoor mask mandate March 2, the last county in the Bay Area to do so following the region's winter surge in Covid-19 cases.
County officials said they expect to meet the third and final benchmark required to lift local masking...
DA: Former UFC champ tried to kill child molestation suspect
Authorities confirmed Wednesday that former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez is suspected of trying to shoot and kill a man accused of molesting a close family member of Velasquez’s in a Feb. 28 incident on the streets of Morgan Hill and San Jose.
Velasquez, 39, of...
