FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12-15
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States, a crucial step in the nation’s steady recovery from the pandemic and a boon to millions of American families eager for a...
San Martin animal shelter moves from converted house into expansive campus
Since 1978, the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center operated out of a donated, 1930s-era converted home in San Martin that was woefully undersized for the 4,000 animals that passed through it annually.
From the outside, no passersby would look at the hodgepodge of modular...
CHS girls basketball goes back-to-back
The Christopher High girls basketball team reached unprecedented heights this spring, earning a Central Coast Section championship game appearance and NorCal playoff berth for the second consecutive season.
Previous Cougar teams had never advanced to a CCS final and now they’ve done it two years...
Dozens of map drafts submitted for Gilroy district election options
The City of Gilroy held its third public hearing on district based elections on April 7, where the city council reviewed and discussed draft maps submitted by the public more than a week earlier.
Extensive public input is designed into the city’s transition process to...
Bicycling takes center stage in May
The month of May is the Bay Area’s Bike to Wherever Month, formerly known as Bike to Work Day, and a series of events are scheduled in Gilroy to celebrate.
During Bike to Wherever Days, everyone is encouraged to pedal around town, to do errands,...
Letter: Be grateful for gift of Gourmet Alley
St. Jerome's Latin text around AD 400 said, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”
At our March 18 council meeting, we received an update on the Gourmet Alley project and approved the bid by the General Contractor Trinchero Construction. You would have thought...
Sports Roundup: Christopher boys basketball tied for first in league
Christopher HS Boys Basketball (12-2 overall, 2-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)
Recent results: Lost 36-33 at Soquel; won 76-45 vs. Branham
Upcoming games: 7pm Jan. 15 vs. Santa Teresa; 7pm Jan. 17 at Pioneer
NOTES: Cougars led Bruins 42-17 at halftime and cruised to 31-point win. CHS is...
County rescinds vaccine verification order
Due to new state rules regarding the wearing of masks in the workplace, Santa Clara County has rescinded its May 18 health order requiring employers to determine workers’ vaccination status.
New regulations approved by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and...
Fireworks rattle homes, nerves
For many in Gilroy, when dusk falls, the city seems to turn into a war zone.
Constant explosions from fireworks such as M-80s and bottle rockets light up the night sky, rattling homes, terrifying pets and worrying residents about the possibility of fires, especially in...
Locals receive full CalFresh benefits for November
Full CalFresh benefits have now been issued to all California recipients whose November payments had been delayed by the federal government shutdown, says a press release from Santa Clara County. The payments follow an order by the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island requiring...























