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July 5, 2025

PHOTOS: Gilroy’s inaugural La Ofrenda Festival

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Downtown Gilroy was filled with colorful marigolds, somber remembrances to those who have passed and traditional performances during the inaugural La Ofrenda Festival on Oct. 28. The event, which celebrates the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos, took place on Monterey Street between...

Election 2024: Lofgren, Rivas hold big leads in vote count

Longtime Democratic incumbent U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren holds a commanding lead in the Nov. 5 election for the 18th congressional seat.  According to the California Secretary of State’s office, Lofgren has received more than 82,400 votes, or 63% of the ballots counted, in the Nov....

Medical student rides the West Coast for breast cancer awareness

One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. Statistics also show that 98 percent of cases are curable, if they are detected early. But a national study by the Breast Cancer Surveillance Coalition...

PHOTO: Mary Otterson celebrates 102nd birthday

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Mary Otterson (left) shares a laugh with Mayor Marie Blankley during Otterson’s 102nd birthday celebration on Sept. 25 at Merrill Gardens in Gilroy. Otterson was born in Oklahoma and raised on a farm, the oldest of five children. Only she and her youngest sister...

Letter: Voters should have picked incumbent

This election should have been straightforward with the reelection of Marie Blankley as mayor. Marie Blankley has worked her way through a position on the planning commission and also as a city council member before becoming mayor, gaining extensive experience as to how cities...

Sports Roundup: Gilroy field hockey finishes second in CCS, best since 2011

Christopher HS Football (9-2 overall, 6-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division) Recent results: Lost 21-14 vs. Menlo (CCS D2) Upcoming games: Season over. NOTE: Menlo scored late in the fourth quarter to beat the Cougars. For CHS, quarterback Jaxen Robinson completed 17-of-23 passes for 154 yards and one...

Fire burns outbuilding near downtown

Gilroy firefighters quickly put a lid on a fire that sparked in an outbuilding adjacent to a Ninth Street alleyway Monday afternoon. The blaze, which ignited behind a home on Hanna Street near the intersection of Ninth Street around 4:30 p.m., sent a plume...

Gilroy Police blotter, April 24-May 1, 2023

April 24 • Vehicles were reportedly burglarized on the 7200 block of Princevalle Street and 600 block of W. Sixth Street. • Vehicles were reported stolen on the 9300 block of Rodeo Drive and 7400 block of Crawford Court. • Grand theft was reported on the 8100...

Wasserman addresses ICE detainers

The February murder of Santa Clara resident Bambi Larson by undocumented immigrant Carlos Eduardo Arevalo-Carranza, triggered a continuing debate within the county about local and state sanctuary city laws. At an April 26 legislative conference in Gilroy, County Supervisor Mike Wasserman told a crowd of...

Voting centers, dropboxes are open

Citizens throughout the nation have begun voting in the 2024 general election, and voters in Santa Clara County can cast their ballots at in-person voting centers or at a number of secure dropboxes throughout the county until the night of Nov. 5.  In addition to...

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