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February 25, 2026

SV Clean Energy repays $2.7M loan to cities

The cities of Gilroy and Morgan Hill were among 11 Santa Clara County cities, which, along with the county government, last month were repaid in full the startup loans from Silicon Valley Clean Energy, the public non-profit “community choice” energy agency that now provides...

Spoking My Mind: A praise-filled penultimate piece   

Quick! If it’s the beginning of the 11th month, you have two awesome opportunities. If it’s Nov. 1, check out Gilroy’s annual Día de los Muertos Festival & Wellness Fair. Whilst there, join in the Calavera Bike Cruise!  If it’s Nov. 2, head up to...

Local doctor to compete on Food Network show

cc weaver food network christmas cookie challenge
Local physician, mother of three and part-time baker Dr. C.C. Weaver’s holiday cookies will be featured on Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge” on Dec. 9.  Currently residing in Gilroy, Weaver, a board certified, practicing family medicine physician and mother of three young children has roots...

Quake safety is still an issue

A walk down Monterey Street in Gilroy should be a stroll through the vibrant heart of a city, but instead of bustling store fronts, passersby are more likely to see boarded-up buildings. The empty commercial spaces in Gilroy’s core are often attributed to the city’s...

Deputy charged with staging drive-by shooting

A South Bay police officer who reported being shot almost exactly a year ago in a drive-by was arrested Jan. 29 for allegedly making up the whole story. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it...

Man shot, killed at business

UPDATE, JUNE 25 ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A man was shot and killed at a business on Monterey Street Thursday afternoon. According to Gilroy Police, at about 1pm, officers responded to Littlejohn’s Fine Jewelry on the 8200 block of Monterey Street for a report of a shooting. Arriving officers...

Testing site arriving at Christopher High

A Covid-19 testing site at Christopher High School in Gilroy is expected to go live this week. Santa Clara County health officials made the announcement May 4, after Gov. Gavin Newsom said in late April that 80 such sites would open statewide in “underserved communities.”...

Bike to Wherever in May

energizer station uvas levee christmas hill park bike to wherever day
The Bay Area Bike To Wherever Days returns May 18-20, and Gilroy will host a variety of events to mark the movement. An “Energizer Station” will be set up at the entrance to Christmas Hill Park on Uvas Park Drive and Miller Avenue on May...

Arbor Day celebration kicks off plan to plant 1K trees in 2022

Marisa Zulaski Our City Forest South County Annex Arbor Day tree planting
The South County Annex in northern Gilroy has relatively few trees in its midst. Despite some trees that border the property at the corner of Wren and Farrell avenues, the campus is mostly concrete, grass and dirt. The former Antonio Del Buono Elementary School, which...

Letter: Reject reelection effort

On the evening of Oct. 29, 2021, and into the next morning, a mass shooting occurred at the residence of Gilroy Councilwoman Rebeca Armendariz, during an underage “Beer and Marijuana” Halloween party with an estimated 100 teenage party-goers in attendance—a monumental violation of Gilroy’s...

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