Sports roundup: Gilroy softball battles CCS’s best team into extra innings
Christopher HS baseball (9-7 overall, 3-3 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)
Recent results: Lost 3-1 vs. Branham; lost 3-2 at Branham
Upcoming games: 4pm April 25 vs. Westmont; 11am April 26 at Gilroy
NOTES: Freshman Liam Aragon had two hits in the 3-2 defeat to the Bruins.
Christopher HS softball...
Gilroy Garlic Festival tickets go on sale May 31
Operators of the Gilroy Gardens and the Garlic Festival Association have been busy working together to finalize details for the 2025 Garlic Festival—which is returning this summer after a five-year absence.
Tickets for the event will go on sale 12pm May 31on the association’s website.
On...
Enforcement officers issue fines on Black Friday
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TriCal, Inc., a distributor of soil conditioning and fumigation products, received at least $5 million, the...
Two years after first lockdown, Covid-19 picture improves
It’s been two years since Santa Clara County went into lockdown in response to a then-mostly unknown threat that was destroying lives across the world.
The first shelter-in-place order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which went into effect on March 17, 2020, shut down...
County to purchase medical building
Santa Clara County took a step forward April 21 in purchasing a medical office building adjacent to St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.
The board of supervisors voted unanimously to approve the $7.2 million purchase agreement for 9360 No Name Uno from South Valley Medical...
Commencement 2021: Graduating twins reminisce on the ‘good old days’
Brett Archer, a superfan of the former NBC sitcom “The Office,” is drawn to a quote from the series finale.
"I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them,” Andy Bernard, a character played...
Amazon purchases Gilroy farmland
Online retail and web services giant Amazon purchased 60 acres of farmland in Gilroy, documents filed Dec. 22 with the county show.
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SCU Complex fully controlled after record-setting wildfire season
More than four months after it ignited then slowly burned almost 400,000 acres, the SCU Lightning Complex is fully controlled as 2020 comes to a close.
Mushroom Festival canceled for May weekend
Organizers of the 2023 Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival, formerly known as the Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, announced Tuesday that “due to circumstances beyond our control,” this year’s festival will be postponed to an undetermined date.
A press release from Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras...























