Appeals court upholds county ban on indoor religious gatherings
By Bay City News
Santa Clara County officials are applauding a federal court's ruling that affirmed the county's ban on indoor gatherings.
The ruling reversed the court's earlier decision to provide an exception for churches to the county's prohibition of indoor gatherings of any kind, after...
Mass Covid-19 vaccination site approved for Gilroy High
Gilroy High School will become South County’s first mass Covid-19 vaccination site.
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved an agreement Feb. 11 that allows Santa Clara County Public Health to operate a portion of the campus through July 31.
According to the...
Gilroy florists meet Valentine’s Day demand
Expressions Floral’s Gilroy facility has been abuzz with activity over the past week, with designers creating Valentine’s Day arrangements and delivery drivers constantly dropping off and loading fresh shipments of flowers.
The business, which is the retail arm of the wholesaler Regional Farms, is neck-deep...
Sweeping federal drug bust includes arrests in Gilroy
A sweeping drug and weapons bust centered on the Sinaloa Cartel, and headed up by the FBI, resulted in the arrest of scores of suspects over the past year, including arrests in Gilroy.
At a press conference Feb. 11, the FBI was joined by Northern...
Gilroy Chamber reveals ‘21 Spice of Life recipients
Editor’s note: Biographical information for the 2021 Spice of Life awardees was provided by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce.
Man of the Year: Roland Velasco
Roland Velasco served as Gilroy’s mayor from 2016-2020, part of a long career of public service.
Velasco served two terms on the...
Local Scene: Little League donates $200K; State of the County set
Little League donates $200K to city
The Gilroy Little League BallPark Fund recently donated $200,000 to the City of Gilroy to use toward sports field improvements.
The donated funds are required to be used only for the purpose of building new facilities or improving existing facilities...
Rotary Club of Gilroy donates nearly 900 coats
The Rotary Club of Gilroy’s coat drive in conjunction with One Warm Coat collected nearly 900 coats during the month of January.
The goal was to collect 500 coats and jackets to provide to local partners who, in turn, would provide them to those in...
South African coronavirus strain detected in two Bay Area counties
Public health officials say they’ve detected the first known cases of a South African Covid-19 variant in Santa Clara and Alameda counties.
Chief health officers in each jurisdiction, doctors Sara Cody and Nicholas Moss, hosted a press conference Feb. 10 to field questions about the...
First exhibit at new downtown art center emerges
For the past 20 years, Whitney Pintello has worked in the figurative art realm and perfected her craft in glasswork.
Under the Covid-19 lockdown, the Gilroy artist has branched out to the abstract. Those works, many of which have never seen the light of day,...
Small businesses face big fines for alleged Covid-19 violations
Some South County businesses have been fined thousands of dollars for alleged violations of the state and local Covid-19 public health guidelines since Black Friday weekend 2020, when enforcement officers stopped offering proprietors a grace period to correct the offenses before issuing penalties.
Fines levied...
