Gilroy Garlic Festival’s golf tournament tees off June 23
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced the return of its Golf Classic, teeing off on June 23 at the Gilroy Golf Course.
The afternoon of golf, lunch on the course and post-play Gourmet Alley-style dinner begins with a four-person scramble; shotgun starts at 1pm. Fees...
Chamber appoints Danny Mitchell as new president
Longtime local resident Danny Mitchell is the new President and CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation, beginning his new post on Aug. 6.
Mitchell was appointed to the position by the chamber’s board of directors last week, according to an...
Enrollment continues to decline at Gilroy schools
The declining enrollment across Gilroy Unified School District has officials looking at ways to more evenly distribute the number of students across its elementary schools.
While nearly half of the district’s schools are expected to have double-digit percentage decreases in five years, Las Animas Elementary...
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...
Police find ‘vehicle of interest’ in fatal hit and run
Investigators continue to ask the public for help in obtaining more information about the vehicle and the collision.
Candidate for Assessor’s Office decries mailer from County
“Due to the federal Medi-Cal cuts, our County-run hospitals and clinics are at risk of closure.”
“Under the leadership of the Board of Supervisors, we are fighting to preserve and protect our critical services.”
These boldface words from Santa Clara County executive James R. Williams greeted...
Religion: Let’s do better for the homeless
Any resident of California is aware of the large number of homeless individuals in the state. Even South County has numerous people readily identifiable as lacking a home.
Often they fill our creeks and sit along our sidewalks. More recently at St. Mary, I have...
Local Scene: Garlic Festival benefit for schools; author talk on Dunne family
Gourmet Alley food benefits local high schools
The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association will be offering an abbreviated Gourmet Alley menu at the JV and Varsity football games at Christopher High School on Sept. 30, when Christopher High School plays Gilroy High School.
Proceeds from Gourmet Alley...
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...
Gilroy Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death
Gilroy Police are treating the death of a woman as suspicious after she was found in a canal on Murray Avenue Friday afternoon.
According to police, officers responded to a report of a person lying in a canal near the 9000 block of Murray Avenue...























