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April 28, 2026

Association: Garlic festival announcement not tied to Gilroy

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Gilroy Garlic Festival organizers were taken off guard Sunday, when an event promoter in San Joaquin County announced that it would host the city’s much-beloved gathering in 2022. The Tony Noceti Group, which puts on events such as the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival and races...

Rotary awards $70k to Gilroy community

The Rotary Club of Gilroy, at a Jan. 28 meeting at the Lodge on the Hill, celebrated the recipients of $70,000 in grants for local schools and organizations. Funding for the grants came from the Gilroy Rotary Endowment, which was established in 1991 to...

State orders closure of indoor businesses in Santa Clara County

By Grace Hase For a few hours on Monday it seemed as though gyms, salons and other indoor operations would remain open in Santa Clara County, despite orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom to shut down businesses in jurisdictions on the state’s Covid-19 watch list. But that all changed...

Santa Clara County receives first doses of Covid-19 vaccine

With hospitals stretching beyond capacity and the number of people dying from Covid-19 continuing to rise, Santa Clara County officials described a “ray of hope” Dec. 15 when the first shipment of a vaccine arrived. The county received its first 5,850 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech...

Nursing facility resident recovers from Covid-19 while staff members test positive

A resident of a Gilroy nursing facility has recovered from Covid-19, while three staff members have tested positive in the last week. Gilroy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, located on Murray Avenue, posts regular updates of Covid-19 cases at its facility on its website. “We share this...

Guest View, Marie Blankley: Considering the future of the transit center

With my support, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority held two community meetings in Gilroy to introduce the possibility of and receive feedback on an affordable housing project at the Gilroy Transit Center. However, the project described in their request for approval to authorize...

Garlic Festival shooting victims can still apply for assistance

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Victims of the deadly 2019 shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival have one year remaining to apply for financial assistance from the California Victim Compensation Board, says a press release from the board.  “We were heartened by the return of the Gilroy Garlic Festival this...

Mass Covid-19 vaccination site approved for Gilroy High

Gilroy High School will become South County’s first mass Covid-19 vaccination site. The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved an agreement Feb. 11 that allows Santa Clara County Public Health to operate a portion of the campus through July 31. According to the...

PHOTO: Gilroy garlic bread event benefits veterans hall

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Jeff Speno (left) joins other volunteers in grilling garlic bread April 15 at the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Gilroy. The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association hosted the event in celebration of National Garlic Month, where people could purchase garlic bread by the loaf. The...

New book highlights four decades of Gilroy Garlic Festival history

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Throughout its four-decade history, the Gilroy Garlic Festival served as the city’s unofficial leadership academy, where countless volunteers grew up not only in the sense of age, but also by the skills they learned through putting on the massive event and its numerous intricacies. Many...

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