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December 11, 2025

Local Scene: Edward Boss Prado Foundation donates $25K to Gavilan Nursing program

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The Edward Boss Prado Foundation donated $25,000 to Gavilan College’s Nursing program to cover all fees for completing a degree for at least five students. “We have a great need for nurses, and we have a great need in our most disadvantaged communities for good-paying...

SJPD officer accused of fraud, wage theft, tax evasion

A San Jose Police officer who lives in Morgan Hill has been charged with multiple felonies connected to his use of his private security company to commit fraud, cheat on his taxes, steal wages and launder about $18 million, according to authorities.

Religion: Memorial Day is a time to act

The year was 1868 and the United States of America found itself three years past the greatest conflict our young nation had ever known. Originally called Decoration Day, it was May of that year that the first Memorial Day in our nation took place.  The...

Officials to extend shelter-in-place order

Santa Clara County is expected to announce a revised shelter-in-place order later this week that largely keeps the current restrictions in place through May, according to health officials. The current order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was set to expire on May 3, although...

Drivers arrested in two fatal hit-and-run crashes in Gilroy

Two people were arrested in separate hit-and-run crashes within 24 hours of each other that left two men dead on the same stretch of road in Gilroy. The first crash was reported Sept. 12 at about 8:54pm on Wren Avenue at El Cerrito Way, where...

Religion: The light of understanding

Did you know that Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah and other variations) always falls on the 25th of…Kislev, but what is Kislev? Kislev is a Hebrew month in the Jewish lunar calendar.  This means Jewish months follow the cycle of the moon. Akin to our Gregorian...

VTA proposes housing near Gilroy train station

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority sees potential for an affordable housing development at the Gilroy Transit Center. Before it goes further, VTA is reaching out to the public to get its feedback on the proposal. The VTA will host two virtual meetings to gather input:...

Gilroy concert lives to see another Day on the Ridge

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Day on the Ridge, a popular benefit rock concert held at a home in the Eagle Ridge community, is back after a three-year pandemic-related hiatus. To celebrate its return on May 28, organizers hosted a party at the Milias Restaurant in downtown Gilroy on March...

Garlic City Car Show canceled for 2021

The Garlic City Car Show in downtown Gilroy has been canceled for 2021, organizers announced March 19. In a letter, car show Chair Tom Larkin, Gilroy Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Mark Turner and chamber Event Planner Victoria Valencia wrote that the uncertainty of large events...

Popular Instagramers hit up Gilroy

How often do you say to yourself, "That is what I should be doing for a living." ? For Breann Chiero and Christian Medice, co-founders of the Hungry Hipsters, a popular Instagram site with over 130,000 followers, they have found a way to turn their...

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