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Google LLC has bought 40 acres of agricultural land next to Gilroy’s southeast city limits—but don’t expect new buildings and new jobs out of the deal. That’s because the Silicon Valley giant said it is going to plant trees, not technology, at the site. A company...

CineLux Theatres is expecting its remodel of the former Platinum Theatres on Monterey Street to be completed by Thanksgiving, the company announced Oct. 7. San Jose-based CineLux Theatres bought Platinum Theatres at 6851 Monterey St. in late December, and originally planned on a spring completion. The...

Gilroy Police are investigating an Oct. 8 drive-by shooting in which a 16-year-old boy was injured, according to authorities.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man with a gun in his car after someone reported shots had been fired in the Gilroy area Thursday night, according to authorities.

Successive stunning announcements about Gilroy High School football players the first two days of October ended the Mustangs’ season after four games. The high school and its athletic program were still reeling a week after a student said he was sexually assaulted on campus by...

The union representing nearly one-half of Santa Clara County’s 22,000 employees went on strike at selected locations Oct.2, the first county employee strike in four decades. Service Employees International Union Local 521 said it called the strike because of the county’s “refusal to bargain in...

Mushrooms became Santa Clara County’s top crop in 2018, capping off a successful year for the fleshy fungi whose local value exceeded $82 million. On the flip side, a rough year for cherries caused the county’s overall crop value to drop by 6.7 percent to...

Four members of the Gilroy High School football team are accused of sexual battery following an altercation with a fellow student on Sept. 26, according to Gilroy police. 

Santa Clara County residents in need of emergency police, fire or medical services can now send a text to 911 to request a response.

At the request of a group of concerned residents, Gilroy officials are looking into hosting a voluntary gun buyback event.