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Getting to the Sweepstakes round at the largest wine competition in North America takes a wine that outshines and outlasts 5,700 entries from more than 1,000 wineries in North America, Mexico and Canada.  The San Francisco Chronicle is not only the first official wine competition...

Veterans Resource Fair is June 1 The South Santa Clara Valley Memorial District is hosting a Veterans Resource Fair from 9am-1pm June 1 at the Gilroy Veterans Memorial Hall, 74 West Sixth Street, in coordination with American Legion Post 217 and Veterans of Foreign Wars...

The declining enrollment across Gilroy Unified School District has officials looking at ways to more evenly distribute the number of students across its elementary schools. While nearly half of the district’s schools are expected to have double-digit percentage decreases in five years, Las Animas Elementary...

National Night Out returns The Gilroy Police Department will host National Night Out Outdoors on Oct. 5 at 4:30pm in the grass area between the library and City Hall. The free event will feature a resource fair, music, raffles, safety information, giveaways and more. Auction now live...

One arrested, eight cited at DUI checkpoint A DUI/driver’s license checkpoint held in Gilroy on May 26 netted one arrest and eight citations, according to Gilroy Police. Police said 619 vehicles were contacted during the operation, where 44 field sobriety tests were conducted. One person was arrested,...

Police hold social event The Gilroy Police Department will host “Ice Cream With a Cop” on Aug. 3 from 4:30-6:30pm at the Gilroy Senior Center, 7371 Hanna St. Officers will be present to meet, talk and eat some ice cream with children and adults. Police vehicles, as...

Anisha Munshi will be the new superintendent of Gilroy Unified School District, following Deborah Flores’ retirement at the end of June after 16 years at the helm. The Board of Education unanimously approved Munshi’s contract on May 18. Munshi was announced as the finalist for the...

State public health officials stunned Santa Clara County on the Fourth of July weekend, rejecting its proposal to implement a customized COVID-19 order that would have reopened more businesses in mid-July.

Gilroy school district leaders have decided to shift Measure E priorities from an immediate need to build a new elementary school to a more pressing issue of modernizing  Brownell and South Valley middle schools. This change in plans comes after a Jan. 18 presentation by...

The death of a woman last week at a Gilroy home is being investigated as suspicious, police said Aug. 15. The investigation began after the woman was found dead the evening of Aug. 6 at a home in the 7600 block of Rea Street, according...