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February 12, 2026

Paramount music producer preps for hometown visit

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Randy Spendlove has been involved with the soundtracks for more than 350 movies over his 30-year career in the industry, earning a Grammy award for “Chicago” in 2004 and working with countless big-name artists. As the President of Motion Picture Music at Paramount Pictures, Spendlove...

Making the solutions to the resolutions

It's a new year and with it, many Gilroyans have embarked on their New Year's resolutions. For many, those resolutions revolve around getting in shape–finally, and this time they mean it. But, if you want that new you, it's going to take some work....

Gilroy woman dies in solo-vehicle crash in Prunedale

A 32-year-old Gilroy woman died in a solo-vehicle crash early Monday in Prunedale. California Highway Patrol officer Jessica Medueño said the woman was driving a 2007 Mazda 3 sedan westbound on Highway 156 at Cathedral Oak Road near Castroville around 6:30am.  For unknown reasons she lost...

New parking lot breaks ground

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Crews were expected to break ground on downtown Gilroy’s newest parking lot this week. The 140-spot lot will take over a vacant lot and the former Gilroy Demonstration Garden at the corner of Seventh and Eigleberry streets. It will include electric vehicle charging stations, ADA-compliant...

Gavilan enrollment dips as economy strengthens

Gavilan College enrollments are continuing to decline, and the college blames a low unemployment rate and strong economy in south Santa Clara County for the drop. The latest available numbers show that Gilroy-based Gavilan’s student count dropped from 11,744 in the 2016-17 year to 10,394...

Saint Louise Regional Hospital opens new cardiology services center

Santa Clara Valley Healthcare officially launched expanded cardiology services at Saint Louise Regional Hospital Jan. 6, bringing diagnostic heart care closer to South County residents who previously had to drive up to an hour to San Jose for the same services. The new cardiac diagnostic...

With Covid rates rising, health officials urge caution

With the Bay Area currently showing the highest Covid-19 infection rates in California, health officers are reminding people of the importance of safety precautions such as continued masking indoors and vaccine boosters. The current wave of infections is fueled by the highly contagious Omicron subvariants,...

CalFresh benefits increase by 22%

For the first time in more than four decades, recipients of a federal nutrition program will see a noticeable jump in food benefits, coming just as pandemic-related assistance starts to wind down for many families. As of Oct. 1, payments for CalFresh (known federally as...

Construction begins on key highway interchange

Representatives of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Caltrans and local public officials on May 23 marked the groundbreaking of the long-anticipated US 101/SR 25 Interchange Upgrade Project just south of Gilroy.  The project is designed to ease congestion, improve safety and better connect South...

Region’s fires have leveled more than 1,500 structures

On Aug. 28, CalFire lifted an evacuation warning zone in east Morgan Hill and Gilroy, including the Morgan Hill neighborhoods of Jackson Oaks, Thomas Grade and Holiday Lake Estates.

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