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As local officials, non-profits, unions, patients and staff this month piled on in a blitz to pressure California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to drop his efforts to block the sale of O’Connor and St. Louise hospitals to Santa Clara County, one entity was conspicuously...

Santa Clara County officials are turning up the heat on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, demanding that he drop his bid to block the sale of O’Connor and Saint Louise hospitals to the county. In a noon press conference Jan. 24, the county went public...

Uesugi Farms has harvested its last crops. The large, well-known, family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California—Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and other counties—and Mexico, is selling off all of its equipment and “winding down” its operations. There will be no spring planting of...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has rejected a personal appeal from Santa Clara County officials to keep two hospitals open, after they had attempted to head off a Jan. 30 court showdown. The county had proposed a memorandum of understanding that would commit the county...

Spotlighting a plight that has no denomination, Gilroy Center for the Arts hosted a reception for an exhibit on homelessness Saturday, Jan. 12. Photographer Kirti Bassendine, who splits her time between Morgan Hill and San Benito County, took to the streets to document the lives...

The Gilroy City Council this week unanimously approved a mixed use building that will sit on Monterey Road near Highway 101. The project approved Jan. 14 is planned to have 69 market rate units and 9 affordable housing units for a total of 78 apartments....

Gilroy Chamber of Commerce President Mark Turner said the city got an unexpected Christmas gift that will be a big boost for the downtown business corridor in the New Year San Jose-based Cinelux Theatres announced it had bought Platinum Theatres at 6851 Monterey St., effective...

While the rain may be coming down in Gilroy, rodeo organizer Erik Martin, who staged the return of the Gilroy Rodeo in 2018, already has his eyes on August for the next event. Martin is seeking a special use permit from Santa Clara County, which...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s first week of his second term was a busy one, as the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives faced new responsibilities and a government shutdown. Panetta and his Congressional colleagues were sworn in en masse Jan. 3 in the Capitol. By...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra wants to block the sale of O’Connor and Saint Louise hospitals to Santa Clara County, putting him on a legal collision course with a U.S. bankruptcy judge and the county. If the attorney general is successful, says Santa Clara County...