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Members of Pound 4 Pound Sports Fitness in downtown Gilroy, with signs in hand and no shortage of enthusiasm, were drawing in Monterey Street travelers with an enticing deal on Nov. 25: a free turkey for Thanksgiving. Multiple world champion boxer Robert Guerrero, who trains...

A new animal shelter campus under construction in San Martin reached a major milestone Nov. 22, when crews placed the structure’s final steel beam. Santa Clara County officials held a “topping off” ceremony to mark the occasion. The new animal shelter campus is being constructed at...

The Gilroy City Council recommended a scenario Nov. 18 that could add more than 7,000 housing units over the next 20 years. The preferred land use alternative, as it is called, will be studied in the 2040 General Plan environmental impact report. The general plan...

The City of Gilroy will not pursue a public safety sales tax measure for the 2020 election, the council unanimously decided Nov. 18. Two pollings of Gilroy voters in April and October found mixed support for a quarter-cent sales tax measure, according to a report...

Brett Miller, Hollister’s assistant city manager and manager of administrative services, is acting city manager. Miller’s appointment Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, was one of the last acts of Bill Avera on his last day on the job before his retirement as city manager. One day earlier,...

A lawsuit filed Nov. 12 in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleges that negligent security allowed a heavily armed gunman to enter the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, killing three people and injuring at least 14 others. The lawsuit against the Gilroy Garlic Festival...