Local Scene: Las Animas Park cleanup; Summit for Planet Earth
Help clean up Las Animas Park
The City of Gilroy is inviting the public to a cleanup event at Las Animas Park on April 22 at 9am.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the Mantelli parking lot located off Mantelli Drive, across from Floral Street.
All volunteers...
Gilroy Measure C public safety tax shy of two-thirds majority
The Gilroy Measure C quarter-cent sales tax for public safety is heavily favored by voters in the initial results posted by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office, but the count is shy of the two-thirds majority needed for passage.
As of 9pm, 60.54%...
Morgan Hill native Jared Allen elected to NFL Hall of Fame
There are 382 members of the National Football League Hall of Fame. And one of them was raised on a horse ranch in Morgan Hill and attended Live Oak High.
On Aug. 2, the NFL enshrined Jared Allen into the Hall, its highest honor. Allen,...
County: Stay home on Lady of Guadalupe Celebration Day
With Covid-19 cases skyrocketing and hospital ICUs reaching capacity, health officials and community leaders are imploring the public to stay home during the Lady of Guadalupe day of celebration on Dec. 12.
Case numbers in recent days have steadily broken records, with 1,700 recorded recently...
Gilroy breaks down downtown grant funds
Does it cost $12,000 to put on a ribbon-cutting event?
Theoretically it could, but it’s not going to happen, according to City Administrator Jimmy Forbis.
Days after the City of Gilroy announced it had received a $3.9 million grant from the state to upgrade Gourmet and...
July 8 earthquake shakes Morgan Hill
A series of earthquakes this afternoon has rattled areas of Central California, including Morgan Hill.
The closest of the July 8 temblors was a 4.8 magnitude at 3:50pm about 11 kilometers southwest of Farmington, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.
That’s about a 100-mile drive...
Gilroy Garlic Festival returns with drive-thru event
Last year was tough for Gilroy Garlic Festival President Tom Cline after the board and festival association decided that the annual festivities had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“All I could come up with was a yard sale sign, ‘We miss you...
Gavilan College mulling Covid-19 vaccination mandate
Gavilan College is looking to require all students and employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as in-person classes resume in the near future.
At its first public meeting under the same roof since March 2020, the college’s Board of Trustees on July 13 voted unanimously...
Rucker fire in San Martin fully contained
Crews have full containment on a vegetation fire in the unincorporated area of San Martin in Santa Clara County, Cal Fire said Wednesday morning.
In a statement on social media around 7:25am June 19, Cal Fire said firefighters have 100% containment on the blaze in...
Gilroy Center for the Arts re-opens
The Gilroy Center for the Arts has reopened after more than a year of closure due to Covid-19. With its reopening, the Center has a calendar full of events for the community such as art lessons for children and adults, open mic nights, family...























