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The 2020 Gilroy Garlic Festival was supposed to be an opportunity for the community to reflect on the tragic end of the 2019 festival, while being reminded of the light-hearted fun of the event’s four-decade history. But the Covid-19 public health emergency forced festival organizers...

Despite her swimming accomplishments, Gilroy High junior Zoey Zeller loves being just one of the girls. After the scheduling didn’t work out for her to compete for the Mustangs in 2021, Zeller is back this season and thoroughly enjoying the experience. “It’s been really great...

By Jill Cowan, The New York Times Almost exactly a year ago, on March 7, 2020, officials in the Elk Grove Unified School District—Northern California’s largest—announced that schools would close for a week in response to concerns that the novel, unknown coronavirus could spread like...

Open letter to Hon. Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Re: USDOT F.R.A.'s Notice of Proposed Determination 6-4-2025 In my opinion, the reason for the failure of the CAHSRA’s high speed rail proposal is its reliance on the public sector model of transport funding as seen...

Ken Christopher joined friends and family at home the afternoon of July 28, celebrating the 4,000 volunteers who poured in countless hours to make Gilroy’s annual celebration of cloves and community a success. The 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival was well on its way to...

After five months of negotiations, the City of Gilroy and the Gilroy Police Officers Association have reached a tentative four-year labor agreement that gives officers an annual 4 percent raise. “Our members are pleased with the successful outcome, and we appreciate the mayor and city...

By Alan Viarengo Fear sells news stories; naturally, an alarming article will capture more attention. More website hits mean more profit through advertising, so we see more propaganda now than in the era of newspapers. This does not mean the reports about Covid-19 (C19) cases...

Starting later this month, commuters and other motorists navigating U.S. 101 through Gilroy will see permanent road closures due to construction on the freeway’s interchange with State Route 25, according to the Valley Transportation Authority.  Starting April 16, access to U.S. 101 from Castro Valley...

Santa Clara County residents in need of emergency police, fire or medical services can now send a text to 911 to request a response.

The Gilroy City Council was introduced to two companies March 15 that are vying to develop Gilroy Gardens and the surrounding Hecker Pass property into a tourist destination. The City of Gilroy received two proposals—one from Las Vegas-based Imagine That! and the other from Select...