PHOTOS: Reel good time at the Poppy Bash
Dozens of filmmakers, musicians and others gathered at the Capos Event Center in downtown Gilroy on April 14 to celebrate the annual Poppy Jasper International Film Festival. The Poppy Bash, co-hosted by Alina Malletti Galore and Jayson Stebbins, was an opportunity for filmmakers to...
Spoking My Mind: From New Years to farewell tears
Happy New Gear! Welcome to 2025!
January means new beginnings bicycle-wise. Many of you will start riding your new Christmas presents, the two of you getting to know each other. Many of you will begin looking to improve your two-wheeled talents, logging more rides and...
PHOTOS: Portuguese celebrate Holy Ghost in Gilroy
The I.F.D.E.S. Portuguese Hall of Gilroy celebrated the Holy Ghost with a parade on May 14. The lodge’s Sr. Queen Toni Marie McIntire and Jr. Queen Braelynn Allen were featured in the parade, as were dozens of other queens and side maids from lodges...
Feds ID Santa Barbara farm as one source of lettuce contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13 that it has identified “a positive sample result for the outbreak strain in the sediment of a local irrigation reservoir used by a single farm owned and operated by Adam Bros. Farms in...
Local Scene: Gilroy Rodeo returns, enrollment days at Gavilan College
Gilroy Rodeo returning soon
The Gilroy Rodeo returns Aug. 13-15 after a hiatus in 2020.
The three-day event will feature live music and line dancing, as well as traditional rodeo events including bull riding, team roping and more.
Before the Gilroy Rodeo’s debut in 2018, Gilroy had...
County removes trailers for Covid-19 patients
The nearly 20 trailers intended to house people with Covid-19 have largely been removed near downtown Gilroy, but not before neighbors and city officials criticized the county for placing them near residences.
Residents in early July began noticing the trailers being stored at a vacant...
National archery tournament brings competitors to Gilroy
If focus was a sound, it would probably be similar to the “whoosh” an arrow makes as it flies through the air.
That was all that could be heard during the July 30-31 weekend at Kirigin Cellars in Gilroy, when the Traditional Target Archery Championships...
Local Scene: Preserve celebrates more access with new bridge
Preserve celebrates more access with new bridge
A newly completed bridge over Llagas Creek at Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in Morgan Hill extends the park’s existing wheelchair-friendly trail and leads visitors to a grassland day use area surrounded by riparian woodlands.
The Santa...
Sheriff’s office creates right-wing terror task force
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 12 announced it is assembling a “special task force” to investigate and combat right-wing terrorists.
Sports roundup: Christopher field hockey falls in playoff tiebreaker
Christopher HS Football (9-1 overall, 6-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division)
Recent results: Won 31-7 at Live Oak
Upcoming games: 7pm Nov. 15 vs. Menlo (CCS D2)
NOTES: Jaxen Robinson completed 18-of-26 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Cougars. Evan Vernon caught three for...























