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Sometimes people ask Mattie Scariot if she is Poppy Jasper. She is not. She is, however, the director of the Poppy Jasper Film Festival. For one week each spring, the Poppy Jasper Film Festival turns the greater South County area into something of a cineaste’s...

Two motorists died in separate accidents in San Benito County over the past week, according to authorities.  The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office identified one of the victims as Nicholas Langford, 33, of Hollister.  Langford died in a collision on State Route 25 that occurred...

Football, fun, rain and more competition than usual in an all-star game. That was the story for many local gridiron seniors on Feb. 3, in the 49th annual Charlie Wedemeyer Game at Los Gatos High.  Athletes from Gilroy, Christopher, Live Oak and Sobrato filled out...

Since coaches Efren Pineda and Roney Cardoza took over the reins of the Gilroy High girls soccer team four years ago, it has never had a roster filled with so many players who also compete on club programs in the off-season. The increased level...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since BookBuyers opened in downtown Gilroy after two decades in Mountain View. The 9,000-square-foot store, with its inventory of more than 300,000 books spanning every genre the mind can imagine, is run by husband-and-wife owners Hotranatha and Punita Ajaya, and a...

The last day for candidates to submit qualifying paperwork to run in local elections on the November ballot is Aug. 9.  As of Aug. 7, two of three Gilroy City Council incumbents—Zach Hilton and Fred Tovar—whose terms expire this year have declared their candidacy to...

If the San Benito High football team came to Don Christopher Stadium on Sept. 10 expecting to roll to victory, Christopher High had other ideas. Though ranked 17 spots below the Haybalers in the Central Coast Section, the Cougars held their opponent down for most...

Squeals of laughter and the scent of hay filled the air as children raced through the corn maze, picked out pumpkins nearly as big as they were, and enjoyed rides at the annual fall festival at Swank Farms—a beloved South Valley tradition marking the...

Library district opens community survey Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) has launched an online community survey to the hundreds of thousands of Santa Clara County residents who utilize its services and/or live within the nine cities within its boundaries, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill and...

Total number of cases in Gilroy since March 2020. Data by city updated weekly by Santa Clara County Public Health: July 8, 2021: 7,636 July 1, 2021: 7,622 June 24, 2021: 7,635 June 17, 2021: 7,617 June 10, 2021: 7,603 June 3, 2021: 7,593 May 27, 2021: 7,590 May 20, 2021: 7,582 May...