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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...

Little Theatre Productions of Gilroy is bringing the heartwarming musical “Honk! Jr.” to the stage beginning March 21. Directed and produced by mother-daughter duo Rebecca and Hilary Little, the show at the Gilroy High School Theater features a cast of about 80 performers aged 6-17...

Authorities are trying to find the owner of a dog that was found abandoned with injuries off the side of a highway near Hollister.  On May 5, officers from Hollister Police Animal Care and Services and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...

A falling tree limb at approximately 2:40 pm April 3, took down a quarter mile of high-tension power lines between Burchell Road and Syngenta Flowers on Hecker Pass Road, igniting a one-acre vegetation fire,  knocking out power and closing the road to traffic for...

                              All eyes turned to the judge—several hundred in the audience, three other judges, the announcer, a two-camera video crew, and two very nervous amateur chefs. The celebrity judge put down her fork politely, and said, calmly and seriously, to a hushed audience: “It had...

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,...

On the evening of Oct. 29, 2021, and into the next morning, a mass shooting occurred at the residence of Gilroy Councilwoman Rebeca Armendariz, during an underage “Beer and Marijuana” Halloween party with an estimated 100 teenage party-goers in attendance—a monumental violation of Gilroy’s...

Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Debra Chappell and Gilroy Unified School District’s Rachael Cornaggia are among 36 top teachers who were honored “for their excellence in the classroom, commitment to professional development and dedication to students, school and community,” in recognition ceremonies Oct. 22...

A proposal to construct a 75-foot electronic billboard adjacent to Highway 101 has drawn the ire of some Gilroy residents, including others from outside of the city, who say its bright lights would not only serve as a distraction to passing motorists, but also...

Members of the Gilroy Branch of the American Association of University Women gathered May 25 to celebrate their donation of a bench at Cydney Casper Park dedicated to 100 years of Women’s Suffrage. Despite Covid-19 limitations this year, the branch was able to hold...