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The Morgan Hill-based Bay Area Panthers of the Indoor Football League closed the regular season with a 45-30 win over the Massachusetts Pirates on July 25. The victory improved the team’s record to 13-3—best in the IFL—and enhanced their standing heading into the post-season.  The...

Settle Down Brewery & Taproom, 7515 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, marked its grand opening on May 20 with a ribbon-cutting event. Co-owners Giovanni Albanese and Robert Anderson said they wanted to open the business to share the variety of different beers they have...

Cipriano Echezarreta, a graduate of the Gavilan College Class of 2024 who will transfer to UC Santa Cruz in the fall, was awarded the prestigious Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Scholarship.  Echezarreta, a resident of San Juan Bautista, is an environmental science major whose career...

First-time cooking competitor Bret Barker, a 12-year veteran tank commander with the U.S. Army, delighted the judging panel at the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival to claim victory in the Champions for Charity challenge. “It’s absolutely phenomenal,” said Barker of the opening cooking competition held...

More than a decade ago, Patti Tartaglia was diagnosed with Celiac disease, where the gluten found in various foods destroys the small intestine’s lining. As such, she had to give up wheat, rye and barley, the foundation for numerous dishes. The news was devastating for Tartaglia,...

Emergency officials pull the driver out of a caved-in Honda Civic on Hecker Pass Tuesday. The California Highway Patrol said the 26-year-old male driver, with a male passenger—both of Hollister—were traveling east on Hecker Pass Road (Highway 152) at 2:45pm when the driver lost...

Jake Oetinger was in the sixth grade when he made it his goal to play college soccer. All of the long hours on the practice field and in the car going to training sessions and matches paid off when he emailed his signed letter...

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is expanding its center and services created to help those impacted recover from the continuing trauma of the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. The Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center, located at the Neon Exchange at 7365 Monterey St., has...

The Rotary Club of Gilroy on Oct. 7 will kick off its 2024-25 funding cycle, inviting schools, nonprofits, youth organizations and others to apply for grants. This year, the Gilroy club has earmarked more than $75,000 for the annual Community Grants Program.  Eligible to apply...

Gavilan College was awarded $1.5 million to create a program to serve students in juvenile detention. The funds, awarded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, will create the “Gavilan College Higher Aspirations Juvenile Justice Program” over the next five years, a part of the...