New farmers market growing
The Gilroy Farmers Market is growing steadily every Saturday, after launching Dec. 14 at Luigi Aprea Elementary School.
Manager Sal Ascencio said certified organic winter vegetables are in abundance at the market, including Rainbow Swiss chard, carrots, cabbage, kale and more from Alberto’s Farm of...
Hilton announces reelection campaign for Gilroy City Council
Gilroy City Councilmember Zach Hilton announced he will be seeking re-election in 2024.
Hilton, a firefighter/paramedic for the Oakland Fire Department, was first elected to the council in 2020 after serving as chair of the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission.
“Over the past six years, as former...
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...
County Still Hopeful It Can Reopen Despite Grim News
The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County public health officials much to celebrate.
As Gilroy grows, school enrollment drops
Gilroy real estate agents are reporting that 1,218 single-family homes, condos and town homes were sold in the city in the last two years, yet Gilroy schools are facing a head-scratching decline in enrollment.
Real estate professionals are offering multiple explanations.
Some say it’s because sales...
Workers reach agreement with Union Pacific, averting suspension of Caltrain service
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.
Caltrain officials had announced Tuesday that a strike would mean suspending service between Gilroy and San Jose because...
Highway interchange construction is under way
Crews are pictured June 13 moving dirt on the west side of the interchange of Highway 101 and State Route 25 in south Gilroy. Construction began earlier this month on the long planned new interchange project, which is designed to ease congestion, improve safety...
Avis Kelley Track and Field Invitational takes on added significance
The 50th Avis Kelley Track and Field Invitational at Gilroy High on March 25 went off like usual, with hundreds of athletes from the South Valley and beyond competing in the annual event.
But this year’s meet had a hint of both celebration and poignancy...
Family charged with running brothels in Santa Clara County
Authorities charged members of a San Jose family with running a satellite of brothels—including locations in South Santa Clara County—that were trafficking dozens of women and bringing in about $1 million a year.
Multiple co-defendants face felonies related to their operation of a network of...
Letter: Be grateful for gift of Gourmet Alley
St. Jerome's Latin text around AD 400 said, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”
At our March 18 council meeting, we received an update on the Gourmet Alley project and approved the bid by the General Contractor Trinchero Construction. You would have thought...























