Local Scene: Bike Match Gilroy seeking donations, Vine to Wine event Sept. 12
Bike Match Gilroy seeking donations
Bike Match Gilroy, founded by Zach Hilton in April 2020, is continuing to grow.
The program connects Gilroy residents who have an extra bicycle to those who need one.
“In Gilroy, bicycles are essential transportation for many who need to travel to...
Editorial: What ails our society?
The May 26 mass shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority’s light rail facility in San Jose has destroyed many families and rocked the county, state and nation.
It hits even harder in South County, where we are still reeling from the two senseless mass casualty...
Christopher girls basketball team peaking at the perfect time
High school basketball teams don’t often lose to a pair of opponents by double digits only to turn the tables on them just a few weeks later.
But that’s exactly what the Christopher High girls basketball team has pulled off, and it couldn’t have come...
Christopher boys basketball attempting the rare double of winning consecutive titles in different leagues
The Christopher High boys basketball team is attempting a rare double: win consecutive championships in different leagues.
Last season, the Cougars earned a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Gabilan Division title. This year, with the school having switched to the Blossom Valley Athletic...
Christopher, Gilroy track and field standouts look to PR in CCS Semifinals
Alexis Bembry and Karina Rodriguez had waited all season—check that, years—for another breakthrough performance in their respective events. In the Pacific Coast League Track and Field Masters/Central Coast Section Qualifier Meet on May 27, they experienced the jubilation of having everything come together.
Bembry (Christopher),...
Tentative agreement to power group of downtown buildings
A tentative agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric could help transform the perception of downtown and Gourmet Alley, according to business leaders.
John Taft, a board member of the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, said the 60,000 square feet of boarded-up buildings have created an image...
State law stalls Hecker Pass negotiations
City officials’ plan to negotiate with a developer on the Hecker Pass property could be delayed by months due to a recent state law.
In a preliminary agenda posted on the city’s website days before the Gilroy City Council’s May 17 meeting, the council was...
Guest View, Marie Blankley: VTA’s 10-year outlook still threatens local streets and roads
By Marie Blankley
On Jan. 7, Valley Transportation Authority staff presented the VTA Board with a revised Draft 10-year Vision that allocates 2016 Measure B revenue among the categories of projects to be funded by Measure B over the next 10 years. Among these projects...
Gilroy Rotarian named district governor
Retired Gilroy police chief and current Gilroy Rotary Club member Gregg Giusiana was inducted as the organization’s governor for District 5170 on July 6.
Giusiana takes the reins for the next year following Ramesh Hariharan’s term.
“One of the most amazing things about Rotary is that...
Gilroy local stars in Junior Olympics and Nationals
The 2024 Paris Olympics have received great attention worldwide, in the U.S. and locally. One of the events, shooting, has been a prominent Olympic sport since the first Olympics in Athens in 1896.
A young Gilroy girl, 14-year-old Hypatia Shen, is a standout performer in...
