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Christopher High football had one of the more thrilling seasons ever, with a ton of ups and downs. The Cougars finished 5-6 overall, tied for third place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Mt. Hamilton Division, and advanced to the playoffs for the fifth...

Gilroy’s inaugural La Ofrenda Festival on Oct. 28 promises not only to be a great time, event director Ruben Dario Villa said, but will also create a lasting legacy. That’s because the event is raising funds for the endowed Marigold Youth Scholarship, through the Silicon...

Gilroy teachers and their bosses agree they made some headway in contract negotiations last week, with the district claiming this week that “both the district and GTA are optimistic that a tentative agreement will be reached.” The two sides had left an all-day fact-finding session...

Motorists and commuters will not be allowed to turn left from Bolsa Road onto southbound Highway 25 at certain times of the day starting Aug. 14.

Gilroy’s sesquicentennial was one for the history books. But not in the way anyone had imagined going into 2020. A once-in-a-century pandemic transformed daily life for not only Gilroyans, but the world. As a result, various sesquicentennial events planned throughout 2020 were canceled. However, Gilroy’s 150th...

Operators of the Gilroy Gardens and the Garlic Festival Association have been busy working together to finalize details for the 2025 Garlic Festival—which is returning this summer after a five-year absence.  Tickets for the event will go on sale 12pm May 31on the association’s website.  On...

Gilroy schools are required to stay open for in-person instruction, even as high Covid-19 case numbers are keeping many students home and causing classrooms to be short-staffed, district officials say. Despite this, Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Deborah Flores said the district agrees with county...

The Gilroy City Council will consider a design for a downtown parking lot on April 19. The parking lot is proposed at the corner of Eigleberry and Seventh streets, where a vacant lot and the former Gilroy Demonstration Garden sit. Talks have been ongoing to...

I am shocked and discouraged by the Sept. 5 opinion pieces by Ron Kirkish and Eric Howard, and by the Dispatch’s decision to feature two bombastic attacks in a single issue. I’ve met Ron on a couple of occasions and know him to be sincere...

Recent Christopher High graduate Cloey Turiello got accepted into 17 of the 20 colleges she applied to, so it goes without saying that she had plenty of great options on where to spend the next four to five years of her life.  In the end,...