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Art Markets launch downtown 6th Street Studios & Art Center will launch its monthly Art Markets on June 27 from 10am to 2pm. Located at 64 West Sixth St. in downtown Gilroy, the market will feature a variety of art vendors. 6th Street Studios & Art Center...

It is more than heartening what two organizations did for total strangers. It is something with which we would like to associate individuals.

A report that recommends a buffer zone between an agricultural fumigant storage facility and a proposed development was scrutinized by the San Benito County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 4, with one supervisor blasting it as being politically motivated. San Benito County voters in November...

Four seats on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education will not be on the November ballot, after only one candidate filed for each of the open positions. Instead, the board will appoint members to the seats on Sept. 22, per state Education Code,...

Gary Young was affectionately called the “Candy Cane Man” around Christmastime, when he would pass out the minty red-and-white candies to his customers at Lowe’s Home Improvement in Gilroy. But this past holiday was different. His daughter, Stacey Silva, handed out the candy canes instead,...

About 100 people gathered in downtown Morgan Hill Thursday, then marched to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office about a mile away to protest federal immigration policies and practices.  The protest was organized by local activists including South County siblings Rebeca and Reymundo Armendariz,...

City officials in Morgan Hill and Gilroy are asking residents to resist the urge to travel and attend large gatherings for the upcoming winter holidays, as South County remains a growing hotspot for the Covid-19 pandemic that is surging once again across the nation.

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...

Law enforcement officials in the South Bay are launching a new program to assist in collecting unwanted firearms off the streets and throughout the community. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new Firearms Relinquishment Program beginning Aug. 21. It will be available...

Local business owners and city officials are bracing again for a prolonged stay-at-home order, which was indefinitely extended by state officials over the weekend as the Bay Area’s hospital capacity remains dangerously low.