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With Covid-19 changing how everything is done, everyone has to find ways to “get creative” in order to do activities that were once taken for granted. That might include ordering dinner from a local restaurant and picking it up outside its doors. For office employees,...

A strong and deep Christopher boys volleyball team had a superb season and closed strong for a league title and the playoffs.  The Cougars finished 13-3 in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Santa Teresa Division, and took the crown by prevailing in tiebreakers over rivals...

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control officers finally offered an explanation for their confusing enforcement efforts in South County July 3. However, since then the state’s public health department has granted Santa Clara County the necessary permits to allow outdoor dining—the chief alleged violation that...

Members of the Gilroy Branch of the American Association of University Women gathered May 25 to celebrate their donation of a bench at Cydney Casper Park dedicated to 100 years of Women’s Suffrage. Despite Covid-19 limitations this year, the branch was able to hold...

A vegetation fire in southeast San Martin spread to engulf a number of farm buildings the afternoon of July 15.

Photographer and filmmaker Kirti Bassendine is bringing her documentary film “Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range” to an exclusive audience in Morgan Hill on Jan. 21.  The film explores the cultural practices and personal stories of 10 tribal community members calling attention to...

Millions of people in cities and towns throughout the nation joined the “No Kings” protest on June 14—a crowd that included several hundred protesters in west Gilroy.  The event was organized in 2,000 cities in the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, and...

A motorcyclist died and his passenger was severely injured Nov. 22 when his bike collided with a car on Watsonville Road near Morgan Hill.  According to the California Highway Patrol, around 2:45pm, a 68-year-old man on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was driving eastbound on Uvas Road...

In 2008, as the economic recession was ravaging communities nationwide, school districts were forced to take a close look at their budgets, and in many cases make massive cuts to preserve the meat of their programs. The first casualties of this across-the-board slashing were often...

The Gilroy City Council moved forward with an ordinance Aug. 7 that will regulate sidewalk vending within the city. Senate Bill 946, which went into effect in 2019, legalized sidewalk vending. Through the law, cities can require a permit or license and mandate other standards,...