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City ordinances to be discussed The public is invited to join Mayor Marie Blankley for Conversation and Coffee on May 6 at 9:30am in Council Chambers, 7351 Rosanna St.  This month, Blankley will be joined by City Administrator Jimmy Forbis to discuss enhancing city ordinances. To request...

Marty Cheek has a plan to achieve global peace by Christmas Day in 2040. He admits people will roll their eyes at this point, but he remains undeterred. “It’s ambitious, it’s audacious, it’s also 100% doable,” he said. Cheek, the publisher of Life Media Group, which produces...

The Gilroy Rotary Club donated $52,500 to more than 15 local schools and organizations during a recent meeting. The funds will go toward such items as art supplies at South Valley Middle School, a new dishwasher for the Culinary Academy at Rebekah Children’s Services,...

A man was shot and killed on Tennant Avenue the morning of Nov. 20, and police have arrested a suspect who is in custody, according to Morgan Hill Police. The Morgan Hill Police Department responded to a report of a shooting about 7:11am Nov. 20...

The summer of 2020 will always be remembered as the season of the largest, most destructive wildfires in the history of California. Our Golden State lost over 4 million acres that were ravaged by more than 8,200 fires. Thirty-one lives were lost, along with...

Recently the hot topic in the news is the deficit reduction debate. The debate tries to link Social Security to the federal deficit. Social Security plays no direct role in the nation’s deficit. It does not depend on income tax revenue.  It’s true that as...

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding Gabriel Laradelara, who was last seen in Gilroy last week, authorities said.  Laradelara, 21, was last seen Dec. 1, driving his 2003 black Infiniti FX45 in the area of Monterey Road at...

Each year, the Gilroy Dispatch profiles a few outstanding soon-to-be Gilroy Unified School District graduates. Selected from recommendations of staff at Christopher and Gilroy High Schools, these seniors represent some of the best Gilroy has to offer. Their comments here are in response to a...

Gilroy Center for the Arts reopens The Gilroy Center for the Arts, 7341 Monterey St., reopened April 3 after a more than one-year pandemic-related closure. It is open Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-4pm. The center is featuring the artwork of Jan Bernstein-Chargin through May 4. An opening...

Darlyn Escalante has been appointed as director of the County of Santa Clara Office of Veterans Services. The appointment took effect Jan. 8.  Escalante has been with the County Veterans Services Office since 2019, where she started as a veterans services representative and was most...