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The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering federal disaster loans of up to $2 million for small businesses affected by COVID-19. Eligibility for Economic Injury Disaster Loans is based on the financial impact of COVID-19. Businesses located in Santa Clara County are eligible. “These loans may...

In what they called “a bold, unified step to slow the spread of COVID-19,” public health officials of six Bay Area counties on Monday ordered nearly all citizens to “shelter at home” for three weeks. The legal order, effective at 12:01am on Tuesday, March 17,...

Santa Clara County’s ban on large gatherings, as well its order to close all “non-essential” businesses for at least three weeks, does not apply to grocery stores. However, those involved in the food industry, from growers to markets, have found it necessary to respond...

The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Friday evening, March 13 announced the second death from COVID-19 in the county. The person who passed away was an adult woman in her 80s, was hospitalized March 9, and was among the COVID-19 cases reported by...

On Friday, March 13, Gilroy Interim City Administrator Jimmy Forbis issued a local emergency proclamation to prepare for the growing spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the community. The proclamation will come before the Gilroy City Council for ratification at its meeting on Monday, March...

An investigation into the deadly July 28, 2019 Garlic Festival shooting found that three Gilroy police officers acted lawfully when they fired multiple shots at suspect Santino Legan, striking him several times before he shot himself in the head.

As Gilroy celebrates the 150th anniversary of its incorporation as a city, Mayor Roland Velasco looked back on Gilroy icons who made the city what it is today.  Among them was Lin Wheeler, a philanthropist who quietly helped many small businesses in Gilroy stay afloat...

Santa Clara County public health officials on Monday, March 9 announced a mandatory three-week ban on any gathering of 1,000 or more people, beginning at noon Wednesday, March 11 in response to an accelerating number of COVID-19 cases in the county and across the...

On Sunday, March 8, a representative for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working with the Santa Clara County Health Department contacted the Gilroy Fire Department to inform them that a patient, previously identified as testing positive for COVID-19, was confirmed as...

Incumbent Rep. Jimmy Panetta took a sizable lead against his two opponents for California’s 20th District seat in the House of Representatives. As of 9:07am March 4, Panetta, a Democrat, received 65 percent of the vote in early unofficial results. Republican Jeff Gorman was second...