DA offers family assistance for people affected by Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
The Santa
Clara County DA’s Office’s Victim Services Unit, the American Red Cross and the
County’s Behavioral Health Services has opened a Family Assistance Center for
victims and others affected by the July 28. shooting at the Garlic Festival.
The center is
located at Rucker Elementary School, 325...
Gilroy: Garlic, wrestling and field hockey
The city of Gilroy has become a center of excellence in Central Coast Section girls field hockey. In fact, with success from teams and individuals at Gilroy High and Christopher High, and club field hockey also based in Gilroy, the city is on the...
Articulate Solutions celebrating 30 years
When Gilroy artist Katherine Filice sat down at her kitchen table and started sketching logos for local businesses in the early 1990s, she could not have imagined that she would be celebrating three decades later alongside business partner Jason Raby and a team of...
Letters to the Editor: Immigrants are essential
Immigrants are essential
The Statue of Liberty has been welcoming immigrants for many years. In California our economy and way of living depend on field workers, many of whom are immigrants. Our culture has been enriched by the new foods, music, art and life experiences...
Letter: Young was a bright presence
Your article about Gary Young’s death from Covid really touched me (South Valley, June 12, 2020). Gary was always a bright presence at Orchard Supply, then at Lowe’s. I couldn’t pass him without some mutual recognition; a simple hello or a brief conversation.
At one...
Letter: Vote against CA ballot proposition
George Soros spent millions to elect soft-on-crime DAs like Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, Pamela Price in Oakland and George Gascon in Los Angeles. Citizens have had enough of their policies, like catch and release, their practices of downgrading charges and their seeming insensitivity...
Local student heading to Germany through exchange program
ASSE International announced that Christopher High School student Fianola Fellows is one of 250 high school students from across the United States to be awarded the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year.
CBYX is an exchange program co-sponsored by the U.S....
Gilroy property values exceed $9B
Gilroy’s property values topped $9.2 billion during a record-setting year for Santa Clara County, according to data released by County Assessor Larry Stone on July 2.
According to Deputy Assessor David Ginsborg, Gilroy saw a 6.4 percent increase in its assessed property values over the...
County celebrates new ambulance fleet at Saint Louise Regional Hospital
A fleet of 12 new ambulances dedicated to transporting patients among the county’s hospitals and medical offices was unveiled at Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy on May 9.
The new emergency medical vehicles will improve transport times among Santa Clara Valley Healthcare’s three hospitals—SLRH,...
One injured in Caltrain collision in San Martin
A Caltrain struck a vehicle on the tracks in the unincorporated community of San Martin in Santa Clara County on Monday night, a spokesperson for SamTrans said.
Caltrain was still responding late April 15 to the emergency on the tracks near San Martin Station.
According to...





















