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I write on behalf of my Gilroy City Council Member Office, in support of Valley Transportation Authority’s Transit Oriented Development in Gilroy and in response to a recent letter from Gilroy Growing Smarter (Gilroy Dispatch, May 21). 1. Downtown Gilroy is the urban core of...

Gilroy is planning on raising its water and wastewater rates for the first time since 2019. The city, which owns and operates its water and wastewater utilities, serves more than 15,000 customers, according to Finance Director Harjot Sangha. But with the number of customers growing, and...

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the 19th District Democrat and member of the House Judiciary Committee, concluded her question period at the Dec. 9 impeachment hearing with her first call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Lofgren had for months held...

Santa Clara County released the most detailed look yet at its pandemic-related spending. In a memo issued Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors, county Finance Director Alan Minato said he identified 2,300 expenditures from at least seven different departments. All told, they amount to nearly...

With Covid-19 changing how everything is done, everyone has to find ways to “get creative” in order to do activities that were once taken for granted. That might include ordering dinner from a local restaurant and picking it up outside its doors. For office employees,...

With state officials approving Gilroy’s eight-year housing plan on Aug. 21, the city now plans to start implementing the programs that were adopted by the City Council in May. “Housing is one of our top priorities, and we’re committed to continuing to seek ways to...

Gun violence is a public health crisis in the United States, and an upcoming firearms buyback event in Morgan Hill aims to address the problem by keeping unwanted weapons out of the wrong hands, according to county law enforcement and government officials.  Some of that...

The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Friday evening, March 13 announced the second death from COVID-19 in the county. The person who passed away was an adult woman in her 80s, was hospitalized March 9, and was among the COVID-19 cases reported by...

A fire in San Martin burned about six acres of vegetation Friday afternoon. The fire was reported about 2:30pm July 23 in the area of New Avenue, according to CalFire. Crews used air tankers and air tactical equipment, along with numerous ground engines, to extinguish...

A flash flood warning has been issued in parts of Santa Clara County on Tuesday by the National Weather Service as heavy rains are expected to start around 10pm.