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The California Department of Public Health formally recommended Wednesday that state residents resume wearing a face covering indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. The recommendation comes one day after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued similar guidance for people who live in...

Gilroy teachers are holding out hope that they won’t strike, that a deal can get done by Sept. 14, when union and district negotiators are scheduled to hear the results of a fact-finding report. “A strike is not inevitable,” Gilroy Teachers Association President Jonathan Bass...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is conducting aerial patrols in areas of Santa Clara, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.  Scheduled helicopter patrols are part of the company’s Vegetation Management Program to detect dead or dying trees that could pose a wildfire risk.  Patrols, which...

A Gilroy man considered armed and dangerous who was suspected of shooting a woman on Nov. 3 was nabbed in Salinas on Nov. 7, according to Gilroy Police. Undercover Gilroy Police officers spotted Pedro Martinez-Guerrero, 40, as he was walking in the area of Griffin...

South Valley Middle School has been entrenched in the Gilroy community ever since it was the city’s high school in the early 20th century. Case in point: As crews were carving into the ground to build a new field as part of a major rebuild...

Jake Oetinger was in the sixth grade when he made it his goal to play college soccer. All of the long hours on the practice field and in the car going to training sessions and matches paid off when he emailed his signed letter...

Youth piano competition seeks applicants Registration is now open for the 17th Annual Marian Filice Youth Piano Competition and Music Festival at Gavilan College. Piano students ranging from fifth-12th grades can register to compete in the youth piano competition, while all other musicians can register to...

Alex Torres had the tail end of his senior year at Gilroy High School taken away from him as the coronavirus pandemic forced the school to shut down. All his plans for prom, graduation and the senior trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain were gone...

The Ford Store/Morgan Hill donated a 2016 Ford Focus to Gilroy High School to be used for learning in on-campus automotive classes. “We are proud to be part of this program and partner with Gilroy High School to help provide these students with hands-on training...

Walking tour visits bungalows The Gilroy Historical Society’s monthly walking tours continue on Feb. 6 with a look at bungalows on East Sixth Street. Bungalows were a popular style of housing between 1920 and 1940 and Gilroy has many examples. Participants are asked to meet at the...