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Buckets and paint brushes in hand, about 15 employees from Lowe’s donned their red vests and blue shirts and descended on the Gilroy Center for the Arts on Sept. 14, giving the thrift store-turned-entertainment hub a much-needed makeover. The center, located at 7341 Monterey St.,...

The Gilroy Unified School District late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 18, announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the Gilroy Teachers Association on a new labor contract for certificated employees. The agreement covers three years, and provides a 2 percent increase per year, from...

Gilroy Foundation opens grant cycle Gilroy Foundation announced its 2024 Competitive Grant Cycle opened on Oct. 1. “As the landscape of community needs evolves, Gilroy Foundation encourages a diverse array of organizations to apply, from larger nonprofits to smaller neighborhood groups and parent clubs to school...

Driving range event benefits El Roble school El Roble Elementary School’s Day at the Driving Range, hosted by Garlic Country Driving Range, will be held Nov. 13 from 9am to 5pm. Garlic Country Golf Range will donate all of its proceeds from the day to help...

The Gilroy Downtown Business Association presented a $4,000 check to Linda and Kelsy Ashford on Jan. 26, to help pay for the years-long retrofit of the historic Ashford’s Heirlooms building at 7547 Monterey St. The funds, which were partly raised during the Gourmet Alley Urban...

My name is Ann Marie McCauley and I have been a resident and business owner in Gilroy for 20 years. In January 2023 I started attending city council meetings to better understand Gilroy’s government.  I was shocked to see how few people attended and became...

USA Lacrosse recently awarded national “Coach of the Year” awards to individuals in states and regions. One of only four of the awards in California went to Gilroy High’s Celeste Perales.  In the spring of 2025, Perales guided her Mustangs to a solid and competitive...

The Mattress Recycling Council recently launched a new “Bye Bye Mattress” program site in Gilroy, offering free mattress drop-offs for businesses and residents.  One of MRC’s California recyclers, Xtraction, is now accepting dropped-off mattresses, box springs and futon mattresses from all California residents and businesses...

When a graffiti tagger strikes—such as the two who tagged the Gilroy Dispatch office around 5 pm on Tuesday with a crude pink stamp—grime fighters with the Gilroy Wipe Out Watch Anti-Graffiti Program spring into action to erase what is left behind on public...

Nearly 35 percent of Gilroy residents have already filled out the 2020 Census form before the effort officially kicks off April 1. According to response data provided by the United States Census Bureau, Santa Clara County had a 39.5 percent self-response rate as of March 30, ahead of California’s...