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By Barry Holtzclaw There will be no proposal for a 0.625-cent increase in the Santa Clara County sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot. The Board of Supervisors on Aug. 4 fell one vote short in a bid led by Board President Cindy Chavez to place...

Thanks to generous donations from loyal customers of Rocca’s Market, more than 500 South County families in need will have a turkey on their Thanksgiving dinner table this week. Dan Keith, general manager of San Martin-based Rocca’s Market, organized the donation to St. Joseph’s Family...

Settle Down Brewery & Taproom, 7515 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, marked its grand opening on May 20 with a ribbon-cutting event. Co-owners Giovanni Albanese and Robert Anderson said they wanted to open the business to share the variety of different beers they have...

Health officers from Santa Clara and two other counties announced today that they “strongly urge” all employers to consider workplace Covid-19 safety policies that require their workforces to become fully vaccinated. For any employees who are not yet fully vaccinated, employers are still required to...

Mayuri Amarnath and her family moved to Gilroy from San Jose a few years ago, and found that the South Asian community in the South County city is much smaller than it is farther north. She said everyone she’s met in Gilroy has been very...

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced Oct. 31 she would retire, effective immediately, as a jury deliberates a verdict in a civil corruption trial involving jail mismanagement and a “pay-to-play” scheme involving gun permits issued by her office. Undersheriff Ken Binder will take over...

Environmental report released for Camino Arroyo proposal A draft environmental report for a development that could add two hotels and other buildings on Camino Arroyo is now available for public review. The 10-acre project, known as Gilroy Square, is proposed on 6970 Camino Arroyo between  Highway...

The median income for residents in the neighborhood cluster of Gilroy, Morgan Hill and South San Jose is slightly above the state average, according to A Portrait of California 2021-2022: Human Development and Housing Justice, a report released Nov. 10 by Measure of America. This...

On Jan. 27 and 28 at 2pm, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will present its high school production of “Into the Woods.”  “The story’s theme is to be aware of the influence you have on others, whether it be your own children, or simply other individuals...

CalFire will be conducting a series of controlled burns over the coming months in Henry W. Coe State Park in an effort to reduce fuels and preserve the diversity of vegetation within the park. The burning will begin Nov. 1 and last through April 30,...