County looks to expand hazardous waste disposal for small businesses
The County of Santa Clara Household Hazardous Waste program is expanding access to a service that helps small businesses dispose of hazardous waste in a safe and cost effective manner.
The county’s Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) disposal program is a dropoff service for businesses...
Dialysis workers strike includes South County facilities
Tuesday is day two of a strike by more than 500 dialysis caregivers over what they say are unfair labor practices at their clinics.
Workers rallied at Fresenius Kidney Care Brentwood Park in Brentwood and at Satellite Healthcare Blossom Valley in San Jose between 11am...
Holocaust survivor to speak, perform in Morgan Hill Nov. 18
Saul Dreier, a survivor of the Holocaust and founder of the Holocaust Survivor Band, will speak and perform at a special event in Morgan Hill on Nov. 18.
Born in Poland in 1925, Dreier’s youth came to a halt in 1939 with the outbreak of...
Gilroy mothers fight against fentanyl
Three mothers from California's South Valley have turned their grief into advocacy after losing their teenage sons to fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills.
Gilroy residents Geralyn Vasquez, Lisa Marquez and Stephanie Carrasco each lost sons between ages 17 and 21 to what the young men believed were...
Fatal hit and run June 4 in San Martin
Police are looking for a motorist who struck and killed a pedestrian in a hit and run collision in San Martin Tuesday night.
Garlic Festival Queen sets up GoFundMe for shooting victims
Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Kylie Kuwada, a Gilroy native and Christopher High School alumna, has set up a GoFundMe.com fundraiser for victims of the July 28 shooting on festival grounds.
With an initial goal of $5,000, Kuwada’s “Victim Relief for Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting” has...
Christopher Ranch exec reaches out to community after Garlic Festival shooting
Ken Christopher joined friends and family at home the afternoon of July 28, celebrating the 4,000 volunteers who poured in countless hours to make Gilroy’s annual celebration of cloves and community a success.
The 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival was well on its way to...
Fire blazes through San Martin
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A fire that ripped through southeast San Martin burned 20 acres of vegetation and multiple homes, displacing 21 residents of the rural unincorporated community.
The blaze started about 4:15pm July 25 as a vegetation fire in the area of the 12100 block of...
County creates guide for children’s issues
With nearly 438,000 children living in Santa Clara County, it is important elected officials and voters understand how funding and policy decisions impact children’s lives, according to an Oct. 11 announcement from the County Office of Education.
In partnership with the Local Early Education Planning...
Gilroy Police blotter, June 19-26, 2023
June 19
• A vehicle was reported stolen on the 900 block of Casciano Circle.
• A vehicle was reportedly burglarized on the 900 block of First Street.
• A business was reportedly vandalized on the 7500 block of Monterey Street.
June 20
• A vehicle was reported stolen...





















