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Gilroy Police will conduct a DUI checkpoint next weekend at an undisclosed location within the city limits, according to the Gilroy Police Department. The checkpoint will take place from 7pm May 17 to 1am May 18.  Authorities select DUI checkpoint locations based on data that...

Mantelli Drive reopened between Rancho Hills Drive and Learnard Way late morning Oct. 14 as police continue investigating an explosion that left a man seriously injured. According to Gilroy Police, at about 2:20pm, the Gilroy Fire Department responded to the 1700 block of Mantelli Drive...

Cole Smith goes over the basics of composting hay during a “Manure Composting Made Easy” workshop in Gilroy on Jan. 11. The workshop, presented by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, taught attendees composting with food scraps, green waste and...

UPDATE: Gilroy man arrested for arson, robbery ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Gilroy Police are looking for two suspects who may have set a series of fires throughout the city over the past week. The fires have occurred in various locations across the city, resulting in property damage, including on...

Coach Daniel Cormier’s Gilroy boys wrestling team set a state record by winning five individual titles at last weekend’s CIF State Championships. In the team competition, the Mustangs placed third, slightly behind Buchanan and Poway. Of the five wrestlers competing in a title match, all...

The Gilroy City Council passed a water and wastewater rate increase Oct. 16 that will be more gradual over five years than was originally proposed. On a 5-0 vote, the council agreed to raise water rates by 6% every year through 2028, beginning on Jan....

Art Markets launch downtown 6th Street Studios & Art Center will launch its monthly Art Markets on June 27 from 10am to 2pm. Located at 64 West Sixth St. in downtown Gilroy, the market will feature a variety of art vendors. 6th Street Studios & Art Center...

Nacho Moya, recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Award and the Poppy Jasper award, comes full circle as a Gavilan College alum this fall for an evening art exhibit at the Gilroy Campus, starting at 6pm Oct. 13.  Gavilan College’s “El Centro,” the...

Pop’s Public House is slated to open its doors in about two weeks from today. It might not seem like it, especially when the new restaurant and bar still looks like it’ll take a miracle performed on an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares.” However, there’s...

Seven Bay Area county health officers, in collaboration with their six county superintendents of schools have made a unified, regional decision to extend school closures and student dismissals from regular school attendance through May 1, 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible.