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Work continues on a four-story apartment complex at the corner of First Street and Kern Avenue, adjacent to Safeway and Gilroy Express Wash. The project consists of 120 low income housing units on a nearly four-acre vacant lot. It could take roughly 18 months...

Santa Clara County planning officials have walked back controversial proposed land use policy changes that would have reclassified animals as non-livestock, following fierce opposition from equestrians, ranchers and agricultural advocates who warned the amendments could devastate rural businesses and displace thousands of horses and...

July 26 • A drunk in public call was made on the 200 block of East Tenth Street at 1am. • A business was burglarized on the 600 block of Leavesley Road. • A vehicle was stolen on the 9100 block of Avezan Way and 8100 block...

Carlos Cortes Alvarez of Gilroy has successfully completed cadet training at the California Highway Patrol Academy. He is assigned to duty at the CHP’s Redwood City Area office. Cortes Alvarez graduated from Gilroy High School in 2009. Prior to attending the CHP Academy, he worked...

Fundraiser supports therapeutic riding One Step Closer’s 2024 fundraiser gala will take place 5-9pm June 23 at Coyote Ranch Event Center, featuring line dancing instruction, live auction, BBQ dinner, raffle, open bar and more. Line dancing lessons will be taught by Janet Goddard, to live music...

In 2012, Lisa Jewett watched as a fire tore through her Hollister home, burning everything she owned to ashes. She was fortunate to get her daughter and horses to safety. But with the nightgown she was wearing her only surviving possession, Jewett was homeless for...

The Rotary Club of Gilroy on June 12 launched the first phase of its new program, “Trees to Read Under,” by delivering 390 new books to Gilroy school libraries. The program is funded through an Amazon Web Services grant.  “Trees to Read Under” is a...

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced March 20 that two more people have died of COVID-19, bringing the total deaths to eight in this county.

The Gilroy Reentry Resource Center is celebrating five years of providing crucial services to residents of south Santa Clara County who are leaving jail and prison, according to county staff.  Since 2018, the center has partnered with some of the county’s most effective programs designed...

To those who continue to spread false accusations and hateful messages, I want to set the record straight and address the misinformation head-on. I’ve recently been the target of multiple negative mailers, each more misleading than the last, aimed at dividing our community and...