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Lisa Faria was turning the corner at the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s “Gourmet Alley” with Gilroy Chamber of Commerce colleague Michelle Campbell when she heard shots fired. “I made a comment about what idiot would bring firecrackers to a garlic festival or something like that,” Faria...

Slowly but surely, the City of Gilroy has made progress over the past year in its economic development efforts, transportation service improvements and the delivery of other public services—and more is on the horizon. That was Mayor Marie Blankley’s message during her annual State...

6th Street Studios & Art Center celebrated the grand opening of Ruben Dario Villa’s studio “Fuchilandia” with an open house event March 18. The event featured local art vendors, live music and performances, a caricature artist and the Cochinita food truck that made the trek...

The ceramics programs at Gavilan and Cabrillo colleges are busy making clay goods for their upcoming fundraiser. The Cabrillo Build and Throw-a-Thon runs Nov. 9 from 11am-1pm in the lower Visual and Performing Arts center at Cabrillo's Aptos Campus. The Gavilan Throw-a-Thon runs Nov. 16 from...

Darlyn Escalante has been appointed as director of the County of Santa Clara Office of Veterans Services. The appointment took effect Jan. 8.  Escalante has been with the County Veterans Services Office since 2019, where she started as a veterans services representative and was most...

A fleet of 12 new ambulances dedicated to transporting patients among the county’s hospitals and medical offices was unveiled at Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy on May 9.  The new emergency medical vehicles will improve transport times among Santa Clara Valley Healthcare’s three hospitals—SLRH,...

The sounds of gunfire and helicopters flying overhead are not the noises one would expect to hear at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. But for combat veterans attending the festival, those sounds are all too familiar. Surrounded by chaos and loss, the scene can be devastating...

Connoisseurs of the grape descended onto downtown Gilroy May 20 for the Wine & Art Walk. Organized by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, the event featured 25 wineries pouring at businesses throughout downtown. Monterey Street was closed between Fourth and Sixth streets and open...

Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) and its three hospitals were recognized by Cal Hospital Compare (CHC) for its opioid abuse disorder abatement efforts and by the American Heart Association for achievements in stroke care. SCVH’s three hospitals are St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, and...

After 10 months of negotiations, the Gilroy Unified School District and Gilroy Teachers Association announced Oct. 25 that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Details of the contract were not publicly available as of press time. The union was scheduled to...