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The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said that $60,000 will be awarded to community organizations and groups to aid local disadvantaged youth of color. The grant money will be used to invest in the education and future of children in Santa Clara County, according...

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we seem to be in a bubble of more open-minded thinking and inclusion. There are other places, regions and states that seem to be filled with fear of the outsider and suspicion of neighbors of different ethnicity, national...

Eighty-five percent of Gilroy teachers voted Oct. 4 to ratify their new contract agreement with their employers that includes a 6 percent salary increase over 18 months, according to a Oct. 5 announcement from the Gilroy Teachers Association. “The agreement was signed on Sept. 18,...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake occurred near the city of Morgan Hill early in the morning April 10, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  The quake was reported at 1:09am, centered more than 9 miles north of Morgan Hill and nearly 15 miles west-northwest of San Jose, according...

As a long-time Gilroyan and local business owner, the dysfunctional nature of Gilroy City Hall is extremely frustrating. The poor customer service is not limited to those of us in the business community, however.  Citizens, nonprofit organizations, property owners, city employees and other local, governmental...

With election day approaching, voters have several state propositions from which to choose. Below is a brief description of each of them. For a deeper dive, visit voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions. Proposition 2 Public School and Community College Facilities Under Prop. 2, the state would sell a $10 billion bond...

The Gilroy Measure C quarter-cent sales tax for public safety is heavily favored by voters in the initial results posted by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office, but the count is shy of the two-thirds majority needed for passage.  As of 9pm, 60.54%...

Santa Clara County will be conducting the 2025 Point-In-Time Count of unhoused residents next week, and is seeking volunteers to help.  The PIT count, which is conducted every two years by communities in California, provides data that helps guide local policy decisions regarding homelessness, according...

Reckless Few performs during the Downtown Live music series presented by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association on July 27. The series, which organizers say has been breaking attendance records, wraps up Aug. 3 on Monterey Street between Fifth and Sixth streets from 5-9pm with...

Police on full alert for impaired drivers The Gilroy Police Department is reminding the public of the dangers of driving impaired. In December 2021, 1,013 people were killed in the United States in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Through New Year’s...