Local Scene: Las Animas Park cleanup; Summit for Planet Earth
Help clean up Las Animas Park
The City of Gilroy is inviting the public to a cleanup event at Las Animas Park on April 22 at 9am.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the Mantelli parking lot located off Mantelli Drive, across from Floral Street.
All volunteers...
Santa Clara County seeks to add resources for caregivers
Santa Clara County is moving forward with a series of actions to support family caregivers in response to a recent county survey that found caregivers need more resources.
The county Board of Supervisors accepted staff recommendations and instructed them to create ways to address caregivers'...
Local Scene: Earthquakes host soccer clinic Sept. 22
Romo enrolls at Holy Cross
Mia Romo, of Gilroy, enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross, located in Worcester, Mass., as a member of the college’s Class of 2028.
At 835 students, the Class of 2028 includes students from 507 different high schools, 41 U.S....
What’s new at the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival
Ask anybody who is even remotely familiar with Gilroy, and chances are they will bring up garlic. Clichéd, maybe, but for good reason.
Gilroy may be known as the “Garlic Capital,” but it only grows about 300 acres of the bulb. However, it earns its...
7,000 housing units in 20 years?
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...
Gilroy Police blotter, April 24-May 1, 2023
April 24
• Vehicles were reportedly burglarized on the 7200 block of Princevalle Street and 600 block of W. Sixth Street.
• Vehicles were reported stolen on the 9300 block of Rodeo Drive and 7400 block of Crawford Court.
• Grand theft was reported on the 8100...
Local Scene: Alleyway meeting; upcoming theater performances
Input sought on downtown alleyways
The City of Gilroy is seeking public input on the downtown alleyways.
The city was recently awarded a $3.9 million grant through the California Department of Transportation Clean California Grant Program for infrastructure and aesthetic improvements of Gourmet Alley and Railroad...
Spoking my mind: April’s tremendous two
Welcome to April! Before we discuss the upcoming month’s tremendous two, let’s quickly check my 2024 New Year’s weight loss resolution. As of mid-March, my loss was 10.6 pounds. I’m working hard, and so are you!
Longtime cyclists all know that the fourth month is...
Gilroy leads county in arrests
A new report by Santa Clara County shows that Gilroy is the new epicenter of increased crime in the county.
Arrests in Gilroy’s 95020 ZIP code totaled 2,187 in 2017, more than 19 percent higher than the totals for downtown San Jose’s 95112 ZIP, and...





















