Santa Clara County animal shelter urges public to adopt dogs
Nova the Bulldog mix is a playful 7-year-old girl who loves to roll around on the grass and explore her surroundings.
But she’s been homeless for six months, and despite the regular walks around town, Nova spends most of her time in a corner room...
GECA celebrates graduates in Gilroy Unified’s first in-person ceremony since 2019
For the first time in a year, seniors at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy were in the same place at the same time.
May 27 also marked the first in-person graduation ceremony within the Gilroy Unified School District in two years, after 2020...
Maria Cid honored as Woman of the Year
Maria Cid was recognized as Woman of the Year by the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce during its Annual Awards Dinner and Dance at Leal Vineyards in Hollister on Oct. 21.
Cid, an active member of the Gilroy community who owns Maria Cid Insurance...
Religion: Memorial Day is a time to act
The year was 1868 and the United States of America found itself three years past the greatest conflict our young nation had ever known. Originally called Decoration Day, it was May of that year that the first Memorial Day in our nation took place.
The...
Chicano community extends an inviting hand
By Cesar Gamboa
Nestled in the southern Santa Clara Valley, at the crossroads of the Great Central Valley, Bay Area, “Silicon Valley,” the Monterey Peninsula, and Salinas Valley sits Gilroy. Gilroy serves as an ideal place for tourism, agriculture, high technology and healthy U.S. Patriotism.
When...
Abandoned house, trailer demolished at Christmas Hill Park
A dilapidated house and trailer that have stood vacant for decades at Christmas Hill Park are no more.
Demolition crews tore into the structures last week, leaving nothing but an empty dirt lot.
In March, the Gilroy City Council approved a $57,000 contract with Silicon Valley...
Rossi Oteri, Christopher High look to make a statement vs. Aptos
The Christopher High football team proved it could hang with an upper-tier A-league team like San Benito High. But now the Cougars have a golden opportunity to show they can actually beat a perennial Central Coast Section power when they play host to Aptos...
Gilroy school district seeks public input on next superintendent
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education is seeking the public’s input in selecting its next superintendent.
Deborah Flores, who has led Gilroy Unified School District as superintendent for 16 years, will retire on June 30, she announced in January.
The board is providing an...
Religion: Response to a Vocal Minority
In the San Francisco Bay Area, we seem to be in a bubble of more open-minded thinking and inclusion. There are other places, regions and states that seem to be filled with fear of the outsider and suspicion of neighbors of different ethnicity, national...
Photo: Tree planting at Sunrise Park
On Nov. 16, the City of Gilroy Parks and Recreation Commission hosted the annual Arbor Day event at Sunrise Park. Twelve trees were planted. The Arbor Day event is part of the criteria for the city to maintain its Tree City USA designation, which...
