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Gallery 1202 presents “Recreating the Wild/Nature (Un)Spoiled,” a solo show by Yulia Shtern, running through March 20.  Shtern is a Canadian visual artist and a scenic and costume designer for theater currently residing in Italy.  In this series, Shtern focuses on animals that are endangered, extinct...

Ever since she was a young girl, Bérénice Sylverain dreamed of attending a prestigious university in the United Kingdom, inspired by her uncle and mother who encouraged her that she could do anything she set her mind to. That dream, however, was realized in the...

Gilroy Police is searching for the driver of a vehicle who reportedly struck a bicyclist July 2 and fled the scene. According to police, the collision happened at 9am in the parking lot of Burger King at 450 Leavesley Road. The vehicle is described as...

The Gilroy City Council on June 19 finalized its approval of an ordinance that prohibits camping near schools, in Uvas Creek and other public right-of-ways. The ordinance passed at the council’s June 5 meeting, and was placed in the consent agenda for June 19, where...

"What the hell am I doing? I can't even pick these things up."  That is what Jana Eastus was thinking at one point in the Lake Tahoe Spartan Beast World Championship race last September. Eastus was carrying two heavy sandbags up a mountain in rainy...

Nominations sought for Architectural Awards The Gilroy Historical Society is seeking nominations for its 2021 Architectural Awards. The awards honor those who have invested in the preservation and beautification of their home or building. The categories for nominations are: • Historic Design Award: For a new building in...

City Councilmember Zach Hilton recently wrote in a letter to the editor that the commuter rail service Caltrain should “pause” their service out of Gilroy (Dispatch, June 13, 2025). I feel that this action would be taking a step backward and do more harm...

Black Friday was Green Friday at the Gilroy Premium Outlets. Get ready, get set, shop. The Christmas shopping season is on, and on Black Friday, Nov. 23, the "National Day of Shopping," thousands of bargain hunters descended on the Gilroy Premium Outlets to kick off...

Gilroy resident Fernando Sanchez had just gotten out of school and was hanging out with some friends one afternoon last March when the group decided to recreationally consume pills they thought were the anti-anxiety medication Xanax. The teens had purchased the drug from a local...

By Cesar Gamboa Nestled in the southern Santa Clara Valley, at the crossroads of the Great Central Valley, Bay Area, “Silicon Valley,” the Monterey Peninsula, and Salinas Valley sits Gilroy. Gilroy serves as an ideal place for tourism, agriculture, high technology and healthy U.S. Patriotism.  When...