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April 9, 2026

Photo: Holidays are in the air in Gilroy

st mary's parish holiday tree downtown gilroy
The holiday season is beginning to take shape in Gilroy, where the workers pictured here decorate the tree in front of St. Mary’s Parish at the corner of Monterey and First streets. Many festive events are on tap in the coming weeks. Gilroy Gardens’...

Roundup: GHS boys hoops team rounding into form

After limping to a 1-9 finish in the Covid spring season, things are looking up for the Gilroy High boys basketball team.  The Mustangs entered the week at 2-4 and were coming off a 58-49 win over Evergreen Valley in their own Bob Hagen Tournament...

2020 Ren Faire canceled

The Northern California Renaissance Faire will not take place this summer due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event’s general manager said in a July 1 press release.

Driver dies after vehicle collides with tree

A driver died March 24 after their vehicle collided with a tree off Highway 101 and caught fire, the California Highway Patrol reported. According to the CHP, at about 1:50am, a 2007 Nissan Altima was traveling northbound on Highway 101 south of the Sargent overcrossing...

Virus casualty was a beloved cowboy

Ken Machado, a Morgan Hill native who lived in Paicines for about the last 20 years, was the first San Benito County resident to die with the COVID-19 illness, according to his family and friends.

Earthquakes shake Morgan Hill

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake was reported Tuesday morning 2 miles from Morgan Hill, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Christopher High senior catalogues veterans buried at Gavilan Hills

Give Danielle Russell the name of any fallen Gilroy soldier, from the Civil War to present, and she can not only pinpoint the location of their grave at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, but she can also share their personal stories, many of which have...

Santa Clara County lifts indoor mask mandate

Santa Clara County lifted its indoor mask mandate March 2, the last county in the Bay Area to do so following the region's winter surge in Covid-19 cases. County officials said they expect to meet the third and final benchmark required to lift local masking...

County pushes new sales tax after federal cuts

Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously today to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double digit bracket. The higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall they say is the result of...

Gilroy police chief retires

Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee may have retired on June 1, but he was back to work the next day. The Gilroy City Council on June 1 agreed to keep Smithee on as interim chief as the search for a new head of the police...

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