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The Uesugi Pumpkin Park is back again this fall for its 34th year in Morgan Hill.

Seven Morgan Hill students and two Gilroy teens have been named as semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship program.

The board of trustees of the Gilroy Unified School District voted Sept. 5 to close its first elementary school in 17 years, and one of its newest: Antonio Del Buono in north Gilroy. The school board vote, with trustee Enrique Diaz objecting, followed a gloomy...

Construction has begun on the first phase of a five-year, $180 million flood control protection project for the historic Upper Llagas Creek watershed, from Gilroy to north Morgan Hill. Federal, state and county officials participated in groundbreaking ceremonies Aug. 28. “When completed, this project will...

The generosity of donors to the Gilroy Foundation for victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting continues, soaring past $1.3 million more than a month after the tragedy. The pace and quantity of donations have slowed somewhat, but foundation staff and volunteers—some of them working...

The morning of July 29, less than 24 hours after a shooter open fire on the crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, local real estate company owners, Tina Tovar and Ruth Garcia started working on ways they could help those affected. Three young people were...

Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy opened Sep. 3 with a moment of silence for the victims and survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. An “interim” memorial was erected at the northeast corner of the park at an existing palm tree. Mayor Roland Velasco told a...

Gilroy Dispatch reporter Jaqueline McCool was the first reporter given escorted access to the scene of the July 28 mass shooting at Christmas Hill Park, which is still closed to the public. Here is her account of that somber visit. It’s been a month since...

The remaining acres of the iconic Tilton Ranch in the foothills northwest of Morgan Hill is for sale, for $20 million. The four parcels of undeveloped ranch land next to the Coyote Creek Open Space Preserve were advertised earlier this month by Hall and Hall,...

The Downtown Live summer concert series wrapped up on Aug. 22, after nine weeks of new bands in a different location with an unexpected vigil in between. The series, organized by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, ran every Thursday since June 20, with the exception...