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The Gilroy City Council agreed July 1 to give the Garlic Farm RV Park an exemption to the city’s 60-day maximum stay requirement. Harmony Communities purchased the park at 5878 Garlic Farm Drive for $9 million, documents filed on Jan. 6 with Santa Clara County...

An inaugural ceremony in Gilroy to recognize people that died over the year while unhoused was staged at Gilroy City Hall on Dec. 21.  About 50 people gathered for the outdoor event that centered around 19 temporary “tombstones” that featured the names of unhoused people...

It’s springtime, and orange poppies, purple lupine and red paintbrush flowers color the hillsides at Juristac, a pristine hillside landscape in northern San Benito County and Southern Santa Clara County that is the site of a proposal for an open pit mining project.  In honor...

The Rotary Club of Gilroy continues to expand its Trees to Read Under project with the planting of 40 trees on Aug. 2 at both Christopher and Gilroy High schools.  To mark its 100th anniversary as a service organization, the Rotary Club of Gilroy launched...

Santa Clara County government’s largest union, Service Employees International Union Local 521, representing more than 12,000 workers, announced July 28 it had reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract providing an effective 13% in wage increases over three years. The announcement came more than...

The sound of firework explosions is nothing new for residents of west Gilroy. But with the booms becoming more frequent, coupled with recent incidents, neighbors are more on edge than usual. A homemade explosive device was found in the middle of the roadway on Santa...

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is requesting public feedback on its 2021 Transit Service Plan, which proposes various scenarios for service changes and reductions due to the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Hello Gilroy! On your ballots this November will be Measure C, a request for a quarter of a cent sales tax that will generate about $4.5 million annually for Gilroy’s Police and Fire Departments. Why does Gilroy need this added revenue? Because we can’t...

Pintello Comedy Theater returns with “Clue: Onstage,” a comedic murder mystery that opens Jan. 14 and runs weekends through Feb. 12. Directed by Whitney Pintello, “Clue: Onstage,” a “whodunit” based on the ‘80s movie and board game, features a screenplay by Jonathan Lynn and...

Police holding DUI checkpoint on Sept. 22 The Gilroy Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence and driver’s license checkpoint on Sept. 22 from 7pm to 1am at an undisclosed location within the city. The checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents...