Christopher High field hockey team’s greatest season ever ends in hard-fought CCS semifinal loss
Take all the motivational sports quotes and one can apply it to the Christopher High field hockey team after a hard-fought 1-0 loss to Los Gatos High in the Central Coast Section playoff semifinals on Wednesday at Saratoga High.
Perhaps no saying describes the Cougars’...
Holiday-themed maze and roller skating rink opens in Gilroy
The masterminds behind the World’s Largest Haunted House are back with a new event in Gilroy: Garlic City Lights.
Gone are the cobwebs, zombies and gravestones, and in its place is snow, toys and of course, Santa Claus.
After the Halloween event ended in October, organizers...
Judge: No bail for Cain Velasquez
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was ordered held without bail on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to shoot at a man accused of molesting the fighter's young relative.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Shelyna Brown issued the order during a...
Family continues to mourn
The attendees reiterated their intent to hold Gilroy police accountable for Juarez’s death, just a couple days after the Santa Clara County district attorney announced his office had completed an investigation that exonerated the officers involved in Juarez’s arrest.
Candidate for Assessor’s Office decries mailer from County
“Due to the federal Medi-Cal cuts, our County-run hospitals and clinics are at risk of closure.”
“Under the leadership of the Board of Supervisors, we are fighting to preserve and protect our critical services.”
These boldface words from Santa Clara County executive James R. Williams greeted...
Police blotter, July 19-25, 2021: Traffic collisions, hit-and-run cases
July 19
• Assault was reported on the 500 block of East Seventh Street at 2am.
• Someone stole a vehicle on the 6600 block of Automall Parkway.
• A hit-and-run collision occurred on East Tenth Street and Automall Parkway.
• Petty theft was reported on the 900...
State to impose regional stay-home orders to ease Covid-19 hospitalizations
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday that will be targeted at regions of the state with diminished intensive care unit capacity as the state attempts to slow its surge of new Covid-19 cases.
Local track and field athletes end season on the upswing
The track and field season finished up recently with the Blossom Valley Athletic League finals on May 10 at Santa Teresa High and the Central Coast Section prelims and finals at Gilroy High on May 17 and May 24.
One local athlete, Gilroy shot putter...
Gilroy’s street repair program approved
In 2023, the crumbling Monterey Road between Highway 101 and Luchessa Avenue is expected to be reconstructed, as is the heavily truck-traveled Luchessa and adjacent Automall Parkway.
Within the next year, many roads in the northwestern quadrant of Gilroy will get some repairs.
That’s according to...
Concerns raised over Gilroy’s proposed sleeping in public ban
The City of Gilroy is working on an ordinance that would ban people from sleeping in Uvas Creek and other public right-of-ways.
However, some say the plan would force the homeless into more populated areas, namely residential neighborhoods and downtown.
The Gilroy City Council got its...






















