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By Kimberly Ewertz Lani Yoshimura steps down from her role as Gilroy Community Librarian on Aug. 23, yet her ties to the community will never be broken. “As much as I can I’m going to keep in touch,” Yoshimura said. “Because Gilroy really is where my...

Gilroy hit a scorching 115 degrees on Aug. 16 during a record-breaking weekend as a heat wave continues to bake the state. The National Weather Service’s excessive heat warning continues through Wednesday night in the Santa Clara Valley and beyond, as triple-digit temperatures are expected...

The Vanni family had a big bash planned to celebrate the 100th birthday of their matriarch. But the pandemic had other ideas. Fortunately, so did the Vannis. Family and friends of Anita Vanni Zanardi decorated their vehicles and invited the Gilroy police and fire departments to...

The Rosewood CordeValle hotel in San Martin, shuttered since March due to the ongoing pandemic, hopes to reopen Sept. 1. However, more layoffs are coming as the business feels the effects of the five-month closure. According to a notice filed with the state Employment Development...

The candidate list for the Nov. 3 election has been finalized. Offices up for election are the Gilroy City Council (three seats and mayor), Gilroy Unified (Trustee Areas 2, 3, 5 and 6), Gavilan College (Trustee Area 2, 4 and 6), San Martin County Water...

Authorities are warning residents of scorching temperatures approaching in Santa Clara County, Morgan Hill, Gilroy and beyond, starting Friday and continuing well into next week.

Nominations are open now through Sept. 1 for the 2020 Gavilan College Community Spirit Awards.  Anyone who lives or works in the Gavilan Joint Community College District may nominate a business, individual or organization for the work they do that contributes to the quality of...

In an effort to regain control of the Covid-19 pandemic, Santa Clara County supervisors Aug. 11 voted unanimously to create a new tool for a group of enforcers by using a combination of warnings and fines rather than criminal penalties.

With the first day of school only a day away, Gilroy Unified School District officials worked throughout Aug. 11 to finalize class rosters and schedules under the new distance learning format. Many parents reached out to the school district through social media and other means,...

A Gilroy man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for child molestation, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Aug. 11. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Hood sentenced Tobias Ruiz Jimenez, 37, to the upper term of 11 years in prison...