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July 6, 2025

WWII memories linger

On Dec. 7, 1941, everything changed in America. That Sunday morning, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S Navy at Pearl Harbor, killing over 2,000 and dealing the United States a stunning blow. At that moment the United States was drawn into WWII, and...

Local Scene: Parking lot meeting, drive-thru Garlic Festival details

Virtual meeting June 24 for downtown parking lot City officials will host a virtual meeting to gather the public’s input on a parking lot proposed for downtown. The meeting will be held June 24 at 6pm on Zoom. The parking lot, proposed at the corner of Eigleberry...

Live Oak, Christopher lacrosse teams having tremendous seasons

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...

PHOTOS: Volkswagen takeover in San Juan Bautista

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San Juan Bautista was overtaken by beetles, rabbits and many other things on July 29. No, not the furry or crawling ones—these were the Volkswagen kind. The NorCal DubAffair lined Third Street and side streets in San Juan Bautista, featuring more than 200 vintage...

County offers to buy St. Louise Hospital

Santa Clara County this week is offering to buy Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose for an undisclosed sum, the Gilroy Dispatch has learned. “We would be the perfect purchaser, from our perspective,” County Executive Jeff Smith said in...

Man arrested for shooting in Gilroy field

A Gilroy man was arrested May 9 after he reportedly fired a gun at the ground when he was asked to leave a property. According to Gilroy Police, officers responded to a report of a shooting in a field between Gilman Road and Camino Arroyo...

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...

Covid increases in county sewersheds

While transmission of respiratory syncytial virus has begun to plateau in Santa Clara County, the county's top health official said Tuesday that Covid-19 and flu transmission continue to rise. Covid virus concentration in each of the county's sewersheds in San Jose, Palo Alto, Gilroy and...

LAFCO delays addition to Gilroy’s city limits

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For the third time this year, the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission postponed its decision on allowing Gilroy to annex 55 acres into its limits June 7, citing the need for more time to digest information submitted by city officials a week...

Pedestrian dies in Highway 101 traffic crash in San Martin

The California Highway Patrol reported a man died after being hit by a vehicle Thursday night on Highway 101 in Santa Clara County. It was the second collision in two days on the stretch of the highway through South County.  At about 10:51pm Aug. 10,...

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