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In an effort to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes, the California Highway Patrol Hollister-Gilroy Area will deploy additional officers July 4-5, within south Santa Clara and San Benito counties. Officers will look for violations by both motorcycle riders and drivers that make roads...

With hundreds of local students, school employees and their families volunteering at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival—many on Sunday when a gunman opened fire on the festival crowd—school district officials in both Gilroy and Morgan Hill offered crisis support counseling services for those affected. In...

The Gilroy High field hockey program has been one of the Central Coast Section’s most consistent for the better part of two decades.  Year in, year out, the Mustangs reach the playoffs and contend or win league championships. After a CCS quarterfinal appearance last year,...

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced March 20 that two more people have died of COVID-19, bringing the total deaths to eight in this county.

During a back-to-school kickoff event at Christopher High School on Aug. 14, staff and students lined up to greet new Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Anisha Munshi and welcome her back to the fold. It’s a scene that has played out at the numerous visits...

Diana Lee Inosanto, world renown martial artist and Star Wars actor, will be at Enterprise Academy of Martial Arts, 817 Industrial Dr #B in Hollister, on Aug. 22 from noon to 2pm for a meet and greet event. Inosanto portrayed “The Magistrate” Morgan Elsbeth in...

Gilroy Foundation opens grant cycle Gilroy Foundation announced its 2024 Competitive Grant Cycle opened on Oct. 1. “As the landscape of community needs evolves, Gilroy Foundation encourages a diverse array of organizations to apply, from larger nonprofits to smaller neighborhood groups and parent clubs to school...

Foundation donates $50K to CHS Athletics The Christopher Family Foundation recently donated $50,000 to support Christopher High School’s Athletic Department. The donation will be used to augment start-up costs for all athletic department operations at the school following the cancellation of high school athletics due to...

My Classic Car’s filming of the Garlic City Car Show made its debut on the MotorTrend channel May 2. The car show, hosted by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, was held in August in downtown Gilroy. The weekly My Classic Car, hosted by Dennis Gage, is...

As negotiators with Gilroy Unified School District and Gilroy Teachers Association await their next sitdown Sept. 14 at a fact-finding hearing, a Gilroy High School sophomore offered a student’s perspective on the failed contract talks. Sophomore Christina Suarez submitted a petition signed by 654 fellow...