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Timothy Patrick Mahanay of Gilroy has successfully completed cadet training at the California Highway Patrol Academy. He is assigned to duty at the CHP’s Hollister-Gilroy Area office. Mahanay graduated from San Leandro High School in 2013. He also attended Ohlone College in Fremont. Prior to...

The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education approved an agreement Nov. 9 with the teachers’ union that increases salaries and lowers class sizes in some grades. The tentative agreement between the district and Gilroy Teachers Association was reached on Oct. 25 after nearly a...

The Gavilan College Music Program is hosting its annual Marian Filice Youth Piano Competition for students in the 5th-12th grades on March 6 at 10am. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021’s competition will be entirely virtual. Students have submitted videos of their performances which will...

It was a Valentine’s Day from hell. According to a complaint filed Feb. 9 in federal court, Tom Mosgrove spent Valentine’s Day in 2022 in Santa Clara County jail after his then-wife called the police and reported that he pushed her into a closet and...

A rare snowfall has dusted the Greater Bay Area, as the National Weather Service is predicting more on its way over the weekend. Highway 17 was closed in both directions between Los Gatos and Scotts Valley early this morning because of snow and fallen trees....

The wild and suspenseful saga that is the winter of 2023 continues, with the latest chapter bringing rare snowfall to South Valley—not just once, but multiple times since last week—blanketing the hills above Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister with accumulated frozen precipitation.  Some locations in...

Input sought on Housing Element The City of Gilroy is hosting a virtual workshop March 30 from 6-8pm on the city’s Housing Element update. The Housing Element, which gets updated every eight years, outlines Gilroy’s plan to meet the housing needs of the local community as...

The National Weather Service is forecasting a heat wave coming to the Bay Area this week, with the hottest day being Wednesday.  A heat advisory is in effect from Tuesday to Thursday. The East Bay is predicted to have the highest temperatures, reaching the mid...

Despite drenching rain and strong winds, people weren’t deterred when it came to dropping off unwanted guns Saturday during a gun buyback program staged by Santa Clara County law agencies and the District Attorney’s Office. Spread out in several tents with a motor vehicle drive-thru...

Councilmembers holding town hall Gilroy City Councilmembers Carol Marques and Dion Bracco will hold a town hall meeting on Feb. 22 at 6pm at Old City Hall, 7400 Monterey St. The guest speakers will be Santa Clara County District 1 Supervisor candidate Johnny Khamis and District...