Potential rail strike would halt Caltrain service between Gilroy and San Jose
UPDATE SEPT. 15:
Federal officials announced a tentative agreement late Wednesday between Union Pacific and unions representing workers, avoiding service interruptions anticipated Friday for Caltrain between Gilroy and San Jose.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
CalTrain officials plan to suspend service between Gilroy and the Capitol station in San...
Three Hollister High students die in traffic accident
Three Hollister High School students died in a traffic collision just east of Highway 25 the night of Jan. 14, according to authorities. A recent graduate of HHS was also involved in the accident, and was in critical condition as of Wednesday morning.
School staff...
Digital NEST expanding to Gilroy
By Tony Nuñez
The Digital NEST during its first six years has seen impressive and steady growth in the number of young people that it serves and in the impact on the communities in which it is embedded.
Now, the nonprofit youth workforce development center headquartered...
Atmospheric river soaks region, but only minor damage reported
More than 900,000 households and businesses throughout California lost electricity during the latest atmospheric river storm that walloped the state, according to PG&E. As of the morning of Feb. 6, more than 64,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area remained without power.
The storm that...
Gavilan awards $20k scholarship to Gurleen Khajuria
Gurleen Khajuria, a Gavilan College STEM tutor and aspiring materials scientist, has been awarded the 2025 Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Scholarship.
The $20,000 award supports community college students transferring to UC Santa Cruz who have shown exceptional academic achievement, leadership and commitment to service.
Gavilan...
Bay Area health officers encourage masking indoors
A coalition of Bay Area health officials urged residents across the region Friday to resume wearing a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status following an uptick in Covid-19 cases.
Officials in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties and...
Chris Costello, Gilroy’s electrician-fisherman, knows how to catch ’em
Chris Costello makes his living as an electrician but he hasn’t given up his dream of being a top pro fisherman.
The 50-year-old lifelong Gilroy resident is enjoying his best run of success as a pro, finishing fifth in the WON Bass California Open at...
Gift Shop makes last donation
For more than 40 years, the Gilroy Senior Center Gift Shop has served as an avenue for seniors to sell their knitted goods and make a supplementary income, while also providing a much-needed source of socialization.
Also over the decades, the shop has donated funds...
Election 2020, Gilroy City Council: Fred Tovar seeks second term to help guide Gilroy’s future
Fred Tovar, nearing the end of his first term on the Gilroy City Council, said he is seeking a second term in November to continue serving his neighbors.
“I believe in Gilroy, the city that has always believed in me,” he said. “I care too...
Gilroy High football team prepared to hit the ground running
With a full off-season of passing league and strength and conditioning workouts, the Gilroy High football team enters the 2022 season with optimism and confidence.
Coach Tim Pierleoni said the majority of the returning players packed on some serious muscle in the off-season, and improved...























