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City officials’ plan to negotiate with a developer on the Hecker Pass property could be delayed by months due to a recent state law. In a preliminary agenda posted on the city’s website days before the Gilroy City Council’s May 17 meeting, the council was...

Gavilan College enrollments are continuing to decline, and the college blames a low unemployment rate and strong economy in south Santa Clara County for the drop. The latest available numbers show that Gilroy-based Gavilan’s student count dropped from 11,744 in the 2016-17 year to 10,394...

For years, I had a vision of bringing a fun and creative pop-up park to downtown Gilroy, and in October 2022 we, the city council, embraced this idea. The goal was to create a space that would not only beautify our downtown but also...

Three earthquakes—the largest registering a 4.0 magnitude—occurred in Gilroy early in the morning Nov. 26. The earthquakes occurred between 6:16-6:20am, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website.  The smallest of the earthquakes was 2.7 in magnitude, the USGS reported.  Police and fire departments have not reported...

The disappointment of an underwhelming regular-season has turned into an assurance of hope for the Gilroy High baseball team in the Central Coast Section playoffs. The No. 8 seed Mustangs are peaking at the perfect time, as evidenced by a 6-5 win over top-seed...

It wasn’t even close.  The Christopher High football team outclassed Leland in every phase of the game in a 36-11 win in a Central Coast Section Division III playoff semifinal on Friday in San Jose. The No. 4 seed Cougars (7-5) advance to the championship...

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced March 20 that two more people have died of COVID-19, bringing the total deaths to eight in this county.

What do you do when you’ve owned and operated one of Morgan Hill’s oldest and best known restaurants—a place I’ve called “Morgan Hill’s living room”—for years? You start a winery in San Martin, of course.  But it’s not just a winery; it’s a potential destination...

Online enrollment for the 2021-22 school year, including transitional kindergarten and kindergarten, is now open in the Gilroy Unified School District.   Families can enroll students using the Aeries Student Information platform.  Enrollment in GUSD schools is ongoing. Families who wish to enroll their child in the...

The Rotary Club of Gilroy continues to expand its Trees to Read Under project with the planting of 40 trees on Aug. 2 at both Christopher and Gilroy High schools.  To mark its 100th anniversary as a service organization, the Rotary Club of Gilroy launched...