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A rare snowfall has dusted the Greater Bay Area, as the National Weather Service is predicting more on its way over the weekend. Highway 17 was closed in both directions between Los Gatos and Scotts Valley early this morning because of snow and fallen trees....

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to stop the construction of an Amazon Data Services data center in northeast Gilroy.  Although the project has already obtained all the permits and approvals it needs from the City of Gilroy, data center opponents are hoping...

Gilroy native Matt Morley, a 29-year veteran of local government service, is the city’s new city administrator following a seven-month search to fill the top position at City Hall.  The Gilroy City Council unanimously appointed Morley to the city administrator’s post at the Jan. 5...

As the mayor of Gilroy, Gio La Corte said he wanted to get the city’s crumbling roads back into shape, citing repaving Monterey Road and Luchessa Avenue as the first step. But because there are countless moving parts within city government, it’s understandable that the...

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, of Hollister, and a delegation of 14 Assembly members met with firefighters and officials in Los Angeles last week to discuss how to further assist emergency response efforts, and to fast-track recovery from the devastating and deadly wildfires, Rivas’...

Three former Santa Clara County correctional deputies pleaded guilty Aug. 13 to reduced charges in the 2015 beating death of Michael Tyree, a mentally ill jail inmate.All three defendants – Matthew Farris, 36, Jereh Lubrin, 37 and Rafael Rodriguez, 40 – admitted to voluntary...

The City of Gilroy is searching for a new community development director after Karen Garner, who was hired in November 2019, resigned in December 2021 to take a position with El Dorado County. The city council on Feb. 7 agreed to appoint Jon Biggs to...

Local public safety and health authorities are advising residents of an increase in fentanyl overdoses in Santa Clara County, and the growing presence of counterfeit pain pills that contain the powerful opioid.

A Gilroy resident reported a mountain lion sighting to police Thursday morning in the area of Cydney Casper Park near Las Animas Elementary School.

UPDATE: The fire has charred more than 100 acres and is 25% contained, Cal Fire announced Friday morning. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A large wildland fire opened up in Aromas Thursday afternoon prompting a strong response by Cal Fire, Aromas Tri-County Fire and other agencies who attacked the blaze from the...