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PitStop Outreach received a $5,000 grant from Spectrum on July 14 to help the organization deliver food and other necessities to those in need. The mission of PitStop Outreach is to work in partnership with unhoused residents of Gilroy to improve their safety, health and...

The Garlic City Car Show in downtown Gilroy has been canceled for 2021, organizers announced March 19. In a letter, car show Chair Tom Larkin, Gilroy Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Mark Turner and chamber Event Planner Victoria Valencia wrote that the uncertainty of large events...

A San Jose civilian community service officer, who briefly served as a sworn police officer, was arrested on suspicion of gun crimes last week after an FBI investigation linked him to social media posts advocating for killing cops and other hate speech on an...

A 48-year-old man was killed and another man was left with head trauma after a two-vehicle collision Aug. 31 in San Martin.  California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene at Monterey Road and Highland Avenue at about 1:12pm, according to CHP.  An initial investigation determined...

The South Valley Symphony will celebrate the holidays with a concert of seasonal favorites plus a belated commemoration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, at a Dec. 11 performance in the sanctuary of Advent Lutheran Church in Morgan Hill.   Maestro Anthony Quartuccio will preside over “A Holiday...

The faraway looks and soggy eyes said it all—this one hurt the deepest. A year after advancing to its first-ever Central Coast Section championship game, the Christopher High boys basketball team couldn’t replicate the feat in a 66-62 loss to Leigh in a Division...

Tickets going on sale for Garlic Festival events Tickets for the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s second annual Garlic Golf Classic at the Gilroy Golf Course on June 24 will go on sale soon.  The first tournament, held on July 30, 2021, sold out, and this tournament is...

Cruel and Unusual Punishments are prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791. This prohibition first appeared in the English Bill of Rights in 1689. How much more cruel and unusual can a punishment be than execution or incarceration without the...

The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education on Jan. 26 decided not to move forward with closing a school. But with enrollment continuing to spiral down, the possibility of shutting down another campus will continue to hang over the district. Enrollment in GUSD stands...

Santa Clara County health officials announced Feb. 9 that local indoor masking requirements will not be lifted on Feb. 16, which is the date the state will rescind its order. Instead, Santa Clara County will continue to base decisions on whether and when to lift...