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 launches new online data portal
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office launched a public data dashboard last week to support what they said will promote “transparency, accountability, and community engagement” within the criminal justice system.
The DA’s office intends to update data regularly on victim and defendant race and...
PHOTOS: Downtown Gilroy brewery celebrates opening
Settle Down Brewery & Taproom, 7515 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, marked its grand opening on May 20 with a ribbon-cutting event. Co-owners Giovanni Albanese and Robert Anderson said they wanted to open the business to share the variety of different beers they have...
Photo: Vine and dine in downtown Gilroy
Beer and wine flowed as a constant stream of costumed attendees poured into downtown Gilroy Oct. 16 during Vines and Hops. Headed up by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, the event featured nine wineries from throughout the Santa Clara Valley, with glasses being poured...
G-Fest parking allowed at three school district sites
Local school district leaders have agreed to allow parking at three of its sites for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, July 26-28 at Christmas Hill Park.
A memorandum of understanding, approved by Gilroy Unified School District’s Board of Education June 13, permits festival parking at...
Army team wins G-Fest’s first cooking competition
First-time cooking competitor Bret Barker, a 12-year veteran tank commander with the U.S. Army, delighted the judging panel at the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival to claim victory in the Champions for Charity challenge.
“It’s absolutely phenomenal,” said Barker of the opening cooking competition held...
Boy battling cancer is honored at Panthers game
Sawyer Keys, who was recently diagnosed with an extremely rare form of liver cancer, got an experience of a lifetime when he got to throw out a football prior to the Bay Area Panthers’ June 7 game against the Tulsa Oilers.
The 9-year-old Gilroy resident...
City settles in wrongful death lawsuit
The City of Gilroy has settled a lawsuit with the family of Hector Alvarez, who died when police shot him during an emergency call on Filbro Drive in 2015, according to the family’s lawyer.
Under the settlement of the wrongful death lawsuit, the city has...
Attorney: Group demands schools reopen
An attorney representing a group of Gilroy parents threatened a lawsuit if the Gilroy Unified School District does not offer in-person learning for middle and high school students before the end of the school year on June 4.
In a May 2 letter, which was...
Mushroom crops yield millions
As the annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras approaches, it only seems appropriate to further examine Santa Clara County's second biggest agricultural product, the mushroom.
Garlic gets lots of play locally, with Gilroy as the self-designated Garlic Capital of the World and hosting the Gilroy...






















