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Despite the few remaining days in February, you still have a chance to catch a performance of the Savannah Sipping Society, the latest production by Limelight Actors Theater at the Gilroy Center for the Arts in downtown Gilroy. “At the core, the Savannah Sipping Society...

Don and Lisa Billips have been decorating their Church Street yard and home for Halloween every year since they moved in about a decade ago.  Each year, their decorations become more and more intricate, with more props, bigger characters and better ideas. Now, Don said...

The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is expanding special education offerings to include services for students in grades 6 and up at its South County Annex in Gilroy. The expansion will begin in early November and will support both Gilroy Unified and Morgan...

McDonald's Owner/Operators across Northern California through the Central Coast areas have selected recipients of the Golden Grants, based on applications by school and nonprofit organization programs that fuel children's imaginations, education and growth, says a press release from McDonald’s Golden Grants.  This year, Gilroy-based Rebekah...

The Gilroy Police Department’s Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Dec. 14 at an undisclosed location within the city limits. “The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol...

Temperatures in the Santa Clara Valley are expected to reach the high 90s and low 100s this weekend, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory warning.  The warning starts on Friday at noon and lasts until Sunday night.  The weather service said hottest...

Walking tour visits East Side The Gilroy Historical Society’s monthly walking tours continue on April 2 with a tour of Railroad and Alexander streets on Gilroy’s East Side. Participants are asked to meet at the Gilroy Museum, 195 Fifth St., at 10am. Donations to the museum are...

Candidate opposes negative campaign When I began my mayoral campaign last spring, I wrote a letter to every council member, including the mayor, expressing my intention to run an honest and fair campaign. Our team has done that.  Now, people and entities from outside our community...

The County of Santa Clara announced last week that it will be augmenting its substance use treatment services with additional inpatient, residential and outpatient offerings through the Behavioral Health Services Department and Santa Clara Valley Healthcare to serve thousands of the county’s most vulnerable...

If the San Benito High football team came to Don Christopher Stadium on Sept. 10 expecting to roll to victory, Christopher High had other ideas. Though ranked 17 spots below the Haybalers in the Central Coast Section, the Cougars held their opponent down for most...