Five new principals join Gilroy for 2019-20 year
A quintet of new administrators will welcome students and families at their respective schools at the onset of the 2019-20 school year in Gilroy Unified School District, filling all leadership vacancies.
District staff announced the new hires at the May 9 school board meeting.
“I am...
Munshi named finalist for Gilroy Unified School District superintendent
Anisha Munshi has been selected as the finalist for Gilroy Unified School District’s next superintendent, the Board of Education announced May 2.
The board is scheduled to approve Munshi’s employment at its May 18 meeting.
The district has been searching for its next superintendent after Deborah...
Former GOP candidate for 30th district convicted of election fraud
Neil Kitchens—a Prunedale resident who ran unsuccessfully against Robert Rivas in the 2018 race for state assembly—pleaded guilty to felony election fraud on election day 2020, according to authorities.
Sponsor a wreath for a veteran
More than 1,200 wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in South County on Dec. 17, marking National Wreaths Across America Day, a movement to cover all veterans’ graves with a Christmas wreath.
This is the ninth annual effort in South County. Volunteers will gather...
Gilroy vaccination appointments being scheduled
A site at Valley Health Center Gilroy can vaccinate up to 500 people per day, according to Santa Clara County Public Health, and officials will be set up in Gilroy Jan. 21 to help people sign up for appointments.
According to county health data, as...
Gilroy-based hospice provider opens Hollister facility
In 2012, Dr. Syeda Mamoona Omer lost her father after a years-long battle with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
During those years, Omer was frustrated with the lack of hospice services that offered a human touch.
“I realized there was no one-on-one, no personal touch,” she said.
Shortly after,...
Cura Contemporary celebrates grand opening in downtown Morgan Hill
Hundreds of people attended the long anticipated grand opening of the Cura Contemporary art center in downtown Morgan Hill on Nov. 16.
Featuring two floors of exhibition space—currently displaying works from dozens of artists—as well as areas for workshops and demonstrations, a ground floor wine...
Photographer’s Notebook from the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: On the front lines
By Robert Eliason
After initial reports of a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, I was assigned by the Gilroy Dispatch to go to St Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.
When I got there, there were small groups of people everywhere, huddling together. There were...
Sports roundup: Gilroy softball battles CCS’s best team into extra innings
Christopher HS baseball (9-7 overall, 3-3 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)
Recent results: Lost 3-1 vs. Branham; lost 3-2 at Branham
Upcoming games: 4pm April 25 vs. Westmont; 11am April 26 at Gilroy
NOTES: Freshman Liam Aragon had two hits in the 3-2 defeat to the Bruins.
Christopher HS softball...
Police blotter, July 5-10, 2021: Pair of attempted robberies
July 5
• Petty theft was reported on the 6900 block of Automall Parkway at 11am.
• Police responded to a report of an assault on the 5900 block of Travel Park Circle at 1pm.
July 6
• A vehicle was stolen on the 6100 block of Monterey...






















