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As a 39-year veteran of the Gilroy Unified School District, Michelle Nelson knows the very inner workings of the education system. Her vast breadth of work—which included a 12-year stint as the president of the Gilroy Teachers Association—gave her inside information in how the...

BC Doyle, first elected to the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustees in 2016, said the impact he was able to have during the past four years encouraged him to seek another term. The little things, he mentioned, can make the difference in improving...

Melissa Nicholson Aguirre understands the concerns and frustrations from those on both sides of the Zoom screen. Aguirre is a second grade teacher in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, and the oldest of her two children is in first grade in Gilroy Unified. “I understand...

Girum Awoke, the director of Gilroy’s Public Works Department for three years, has been hired by the City of Vacaville. Awoke will start his new position as Vacaville’s Public Works director on Nov. 4, Vacaville city officials announced Oct. 22. “I am honored to be selected...

Two people were arrested Oct. 21 following a string of early-morning robberies in Gilroy. According to Gilroy Police, at about 1:34am, a convenience store on the 8400 block of Church Street was robbed by a masked suspect who fled in a white SUV. An hour...

Public health officials are concerned that a severe flu season, coupled with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, could result in what is known as a “twindemic,” crippling hospitals that are already stretched thin battling the novel coronavirus. The flu can be combated much in the same...

A man was found dead on Stoney Court Oct. 20 in what police are considering a homicide. According to Gilroy Police, at about 8pm, officers responded to the 500 block of Stoney Court on the report of a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive...

State health officials released new Covid-19 reopening guidelines Oct. 20 that allow theme parks and stadiums to resume limited operations. Santa Clara County health officials, however, quickly responded, saying theme parks such as Gilroy Gardens and California’s Great America must remain closed, and audiences at...

A memorial to the victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting in 2019 will now be considered permanent. The memorial, designed by Gilroy landscape architect Karen Aitken and completed in September 2019, was originally intended as a temporary quiet space for Christmas Hill Park visitors...

While 12 patients of a Gilroy nursing home have died with Covid-19 since this summer, the facility’s management says these deaths were unrelated to their decision in August to begin admitting infected patients to an on-site Covid Recovery Unit. Gilroy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center staff...