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The 2023 Binational Health Week in Santa Clara County kicks off with a series of free health events, beginning with a health fair on Oct. 7 at Eastridge Mall in San Jose and concluding Oct. 28 with an event at Arteaga’s Food Center in...

Editor’s note: Biographical information for the 2021 Spice of Life awardees was provided by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce. Man of the Year: Roland Velasco Roland Velasco served as Gilroy’s mayor from 2016-2020, part of a long career of public service. Velasco served two terms on the...

Health officials in seven Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley issued a new indoor mask mandate Monday as the region faces a wave of new Covid-19 cases due to the more infectious delta variant and the remaining swath of unvaccinated residents. The mandate...

Volunteers and staff from South County Community Services served a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal—complete with all the fixings—to about 100 unhoused residents of Gilroy on Nov. 20.  The free holiday meal, which has become a philanthropic tradition of the South County Compassion Center and partnering organizations,...

The Gilroy City Council will get a detailed look June 1 at layoffs, pay freezes, consolidations and other cost-cutting measures as the pandemic-induced recession deepens. Across its various revenue sources, the city is anticipated to be short $11.3 million over two years, according to interim...

Two Gilroy residents were arrested on suspicion of illegal firearms charges after the Gilroy/Morgan Hill SWAT team raided their homes May 30, according to authorities.

Dr. Sara Cody—a nationally recognized public health official who was a leader and a pioneer in the Bay Area’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic—has announced her retirement from her position as Santa Clara County Health Officer.  Cody has served the county for more than 25...

Open letter to Hon. Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Re: USDOT F.R.A.'s Notice of Proposed Determination 6-4-2025 In my opinion, the reason for the failure of the CAHSRA’s high speed rail proposal is its reliance on the public sector model of transport funding as seen...

Anderson Reservoir will be closed to boating, fishing and all recreational activities for the next several years starting Oct. 1. That’s when the local water district will begin draining the lake in order to begin construction on a new discharge tunnel and seismically retrofitted dam.

For the first time in two years, the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce was able to celebrate its Spice of Life awardees in a black tie event March 26 at CineLux Gilroy Cafe and Lounge.  The event began outside the theater with appetizers by Dave Bozzo,...