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A technological upgrade coming soon to the Gilroy Police Department will give officers the latest equipment and also allow the public to submit digital evidence to help solve crimes. The Gilroy City Council unanimously approved a 10-year contract with Axon Enterprises for nearly $3.8 million...

Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on Old Gilroy Street Saturday evening. According to Gilroy Police, officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 400 block of Old Gilroy Street at about 5:20pm. The victim, who suffered from a...

Event provides resources on fentanyl, other opioids The Santa Clara County Opioid Overdose Prevention Project will be hosting an event in recognition of International Opioid Awareness Day on Aug. 20 from 11am to 2pm at the Gilroy City Plaza, 7351 Rosanna St. Mayor Marie Blankley will...

Although farm and food production workers were considered essential workers during the pandemic, many of California's food employers endangered those workers, violating Cal/OSHA's Covid-19 guidelines more often than most industries, a new report said. The California Institute for Rural Studies’ report said farm and food...

Gilroy City Councilmember Rebeca Armendariz violated several city ordinances when she helped organize a Halloween event at her home in 2021 that ended in the shooting death of one man and injuries to three others, an investigation concluded. The City of Gilroy on April 11...

The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County public health officials much to celebrate.

My congregation was recently awarded a Top Giving certificate for our collections toward disaster relief during 2023, particularly for the people of Maui after the horrible fire that destroyed so many homes and disrupted people’s lives last August. The award was presented by Lutheran Disaster...

Many people choose to ignore the check engine lights on their vehicles, that finicky blinker or other maintenance issues, thinking that taking it to the shop for repairs would require them to be without their only mode of transportation for days on end. However, with...

A Gilroy day care operator stalked and sexually molested her foster child and engaged in Satanic rituals, according to allegations in documents reviewed by the Gilroy Dispatch. Santa Clara County officials filed a July 31 criminal complaint that details the charges against Christina Jean Johnson,...

From Bay City News Service    Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen is drawing attention to a rash of fentanyl overdoses and exposures at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, he said in a release on Wednesday.   Thirteen inmates and two staff members were exposed to fentanyl...