Local Scene: Downtown cleanup; Holi celebration in Gilroy
Downtown cleanup events on tap
More cleanup events are scheduled in downtown Gilroy on April 1 and 8.
Bring your brooms, dustpans, garden gloves and any other items that might be useful.
Volunteers are asked to check-in at Greenhouse Coworking, 7500 Monterey St., between 7am and noon.
For...
New downtown parking lot coming soon
Construction is expected to start soon on downtown Gilroy’s newest parking lot after more than two years of planning.
The city council on April 18 unanimously approved Norcal Contractor’s bid of $2,310,000 to construct the lot at the corner of Seventh and Eigleberry streets. Councilmembers...
Letter: With heartfelt thanks, 16 years of service
It has been an incredible privilege to serve as your advocate and representative for the past 16 years—first as a member of the Gilroy Unified School District Board, and for the last eight years on the Gilroy City Council.
I have always approached this responsibility...
Gilroy unveils time capsule for 150th
Gilroy’s 150th anniversary celebration never came to be as planned, despite being months in the making. It was, as organizers describe it, “the best darn party that Gilroy never saw.”
But, a year-and-a-half later on Sept. 13, it got a small send-off during the Gilroy...
Driver dies in San Martin collision
A 48-year-old man was killed and another man was left with head trauma after a two-vehicle collision Aug. 31 in San Martin.
California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene at Monterey Road and Highland Avenue at about 1:12pm, according to CHP.
An initial investigation determined...
Teachers, district reach agreement
The Gilroy Unified School District late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 18, announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the Gilroy Teachers Association on a new labor contract for certificated employees.
The agreement covers three years, and provides a 2 percent increase per year, from...
Injury on the gridiron can’t derail Kingsley Okoronkwo’s quest for CCS jumps titles
Despite suffering a torn meniscus last October during football season, Kingsley Okoronkwo is having his best track and field season yet.
That’s saying a lot considering the Christopher High senior was one of the top triple jumpers in the Central Coast Section last year. Okoronkwo...
Volunteers plant trees in Christmas Hill Park
During on-again-off-again rain showers, about a dozen people helped dig trenches and plant young trees along a heavily used trail in Christmas Hill Park Saturday morning.
The work helped establish a demonstration site, installed in partnership with Santa Clara County and Our City Forest, to...
Hollywood comes to San Juan Bautista
Crew members and security staff are being tight-lipped about a major Hollywood production—featuring stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn—that is being filmed on location in downtown San Juan Bautista.
Shooting for the movie, currently known only as “BC Project,” began Feb. 25 and...
Gilroy council favors interim memorial at Christmas Hill Park
Gilroy City Council members informally agreed Aug. 26 to create a temporary memorial to victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting.
Mayor Roland Velasco reminded the council that plans presented Monday for a quiet space at the northeast corner of Christmas Hill Park would be...






















