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Gilroy Foundation will award $327,323 to local nonprofit organizations and schools during its 2021 Annual Giving Program. A total of 23 grants were funded for a distribution of $87,230. Gilroy Foundation received requests for funding in the amount of $193,196. Additionally, organizations received funding of...

Stanford Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive from noon to 5pm on April 21 at the IFDES Hall, 250 Old Gilroy St. in Gilroy. “The need for blood is constant. Even during a pandemic,” said Clayton Toller, Stanford Blood Center Account Manager. “Currently, there are more than 200 surgeries per day...

Bragging rights for the Severance Bowl title belongs—and stays—with Christopher High. The Cougars made it so with a convincing 35-0 win over crosstown rival Gilroy High on Friday night in the season-finale for both teams.  Although Christopher has dominated the Severance Bowl—the Cougars are 9-2...

The Gilroy City Council will consider a design for a downtown parking lot on April 19. The parking lot is proposed at the corner of Eigleberry and Seventh streets, where a vacant lot and the former Gilroy Demonstration Garden sit. Talks have been ongoing to...

For some, it was their first time stepping onto a school campus. For others, it was a return to a sense of normalcy that had been lost more than a year ago. But every one of the students who walked into a classroom at Luigi...

The public is invited to participate in creating the Women’s Downtown Collaborative Mural, which is being painted on the rear of The Neon Exchange building in Gourmet Alley. The paint dates are April 16-18 and April 23-25. No experience is necessary to participate. The mural is...

There are two distinct, and completely opposite, ways of looking at the American job market. One would be to consult the data tables produced every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which suggest a plentiful supply of would-be workers. The unemployment rate is 6%,...

Meeting to discuss transit center proposal The Valley Transportation Authority is hosting another community meeting for the proposed Gilroy Transit Center Transit-Oriented Development on April 22 at 6pm. In February, VTA held two community meetings to discuss the community’s vision for the site. Based on the...

For Amtrak's 50th birthday, instead of lighting 50 candles, we ought to give recognition to the taxpayers and have one candle for each dollar in taxpayers' subsidies that have been paid to it. Of course, then if we start that annual tribute, to be fair,...

The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival has always had a global reach, but never to the extent as it has in 2021. One of the benefits of hosting a virtual festival this year is its accessibility to not just people from throughout the state or...