Calgary goalie trade opens NHL door for local hockey star
Gilroy native Dustin Wolf, whose family lived in Morgan Hill during his early years and whose extended family includes many Live Oak alumni, has starred in the American Hockey League and competed in 18 games for the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames.
Wolf has twice...
Letter: Gilroy’s streets and sidewalks
Our 2024 Pavement Rehabilitation progress is underway, and this year marks the third consecutive year of bolstered funding for our city streets.
Thanks to the 5-year Street Repair Program adopted by the City Council in September 2021, Gilroy’s streets citywide are seeing more attention than...
Local Scene: Gilroyans earn academic honors
Gilroyan makes dean’s list
Enzo del Carmen, of Gilroy, was named to the dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Del Carmen is in the new media design program. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for...
Christopher baseball nails third CCS title in five years
Christopher baseball’s 2024 Central Coast Section playoff run of three victories gave them their third CCS title in five non-Covid years, following first-place trophies in 2019 and 2022.
In one amazing week in May, CHS won in different ways, with the latter two being dramatic...
Police will enforce downtown Gilroy parking limits
With two of downtown Gilroy’s largest parking lots closed to vehicles due to construction on Gourmet Alley and nearby street spaces filling up quickly every day, city officials will soon begin more strictly enforcing the neighborhood’s parking limits.
Authorities will not begin immediately writing citations...
Local twins graduate from Gavilan
Among Gavilan College’s graduating Class of 2024 are Gilroy twins Brett (left) and Scott Archer. The twin brothers graduated from Gavilan at the college’s commencement ceremonies on May 24.
Brett graduated with a degree in Business Information Systems and Communication Studies. Scott graduated with a...
Gilroy dedicates Donald ‘Elvis’ Prieto Park
The City of Gilroy celebrated two milestones for its newest downtown popup park in the past week.
On June 22, city officials, local residents and friends and family of the late Donald “Elvis” Prieto gathered for a ceremony to officially name the park—located on Monterey...
San Benito County Rodeo is June 28-30
The San Benito County Saddle Horse Show & Rodeo kicked off rodeo week on June 22 with the annual rodeo parade in downtown Hollister.
The procession began with a traditional cattle drive down the middle of San Benito Street, featuring dozens of steers, longhorn cattle...
Lawmakers agree on across-the-board cuts in state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders reached a nearly $300 million budget agreement on June 21 that closes a $46.8 billion deficit that was projected for the coming fiscal year with across-the-board cuts of nearly 8% to every department.
The $297.5 billion budget is proposed...
Letter: Gilroy celebrates Donald Prieto
For years, I had a vision of bringing a fun and creative pop-up park to downtown Gilroy, and in October 2022 we, the city council, embraced this idea. The goal was to create a space that would not only beautify our downtown but also...