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The Gilroy Police Department will be conducting a checkpoint on Dec. 17 to look out for impaired drivers. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to promote public...

The Gilroy Fireworks Show will return on July 4, city officials announced June 10. As in past years, the fireworks display will originate from Gilroy High School and will begin around 9:30pm. Residents are encouraged to view the fireworks from their own home, practice social distancing,...

Hundreds gathered Oct. 5 to chat with officers and take part in various activities during the National Night Out Outdoors event hosted by the Gilroy Police Department. The three-hour event between Gilroy City Hall and the library gave the public the chance to check...

MLK Art Camp is Jan. 20 6th Street Studios in downtown Gilroy will host Martin Luther King Jr Art Camp starting at 9am Jan. 20. The fun-filled camp is perfect for creative kids, offering full and half-day sessions. Campers will delve into exciting art projects,...

Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on Old Gilroy Street Saturday evening. According to Gilroy Police, officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 400 block of Old Gilroy Street at about 5:20pm. The victim, who suffered from a...

Rob Mendez and Brian Lammi first met in March 2019 at Donald Driver's Driven to Achieve Awards event in Milwaukee. A week or two later, the Gilroy-born Mendez reached out to Lammi for advice after a movie producer asked to meet with Mendez, whose...

Pop’s Public House is slated to open its doors in about two weeks from today. It might not seem like it, especially when the new restaurant and bar still looks like it’ll take a miracle performed on an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares.” However, there’s...

With 2024 in the rear-view mirror, on Feb. 12 at 9am the new Gilroy City Council will meet for our bi-annual strategic planning session. This is where the 2026-27 Legislative Work Plan and City Council goals will be established. This will be the foundation...

Before the start of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Andrew Kachel said it didn’t matter which team drafted him because he would be grateful either way. But once the 2019 Christopher High graduate saw he had been selected by the team he grew...

Kelly Ramirez announced Aug. 7 that she will run for Gilroy City Council in the November 2024 election. Ramirez, a resident of Gilroy since her freshman year in high school, is a retired teacher, former executive director of the Mount Madonna YMCA and former chief...