‘Potential of a fight’ draws police presence at school
Gilroy Police responded to Gilroy High School Wednesday after hearing of a potential fight, but the altercation never happened and no one was hurt, according to school and police officials.
Officers responded to the school at about 1:50pm due to a “campus disturbance which involved...
Governor to Santa Clara County: Not so fast on Covid-19
By Barry Holtzclaw
Santa Clara County is one of 19 California counties on a Covid-19 “watch list.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement July 1 to apply a three-week “dimmer switch” closing bars and state park parking lots, dine-in restaurant service, fitness centers and movie theaters in Santa Clara...
County opens resource hub for fire evacuees
Santa Clara Valley residents ordered to evacuate to escape the SCU Lightning Complex fire can find shelter at the Milpitas Library starting at 5pm this evening.
Bay Area health officers announce new indoor mask criteria
Health officials across nine Bay Area jurisdictions announced their criteria Thursday to eventually lift the region's requirement to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
The health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties and...
Christmas Hill Park reopens
Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy opened Sep. 3 with a moment of silence for the victims and survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting.
An “interim” memorial was erected at the northeast corner of the park at an existing palm tree.
Mayor Roland Velasco told a...
Photo: El Camino Real bell installed downtown
A crew installs a replica El Camino Real bell in the paseo between Sixth and Fifth streets in downtown Gilroy on Jan. 28. The commemorative marker, measuring at 15 feet tall, was brought forth by Gilroy’s 150th anniversary committee as a way to recognize...
Panetta has busy first week in Capitol
Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s first week of his second term was a busy one, as the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives faced new responsibilities and a government shutdown.
Panetta and his Congressional colleagues were sworn in en masse Jan. 3 in the Capitol.
By...
Gilroy bank robbed at gunpoint, suspect remains at large
Gilroy Police are looking for a man who brandished a handgun while robbing a local bank on Sept. 5.
Police released these photos from US Bank’s security camera system, depicting a man who allegedly robbed the Gilroy business at gunpoint on Sept. 5.
Photo Courtesy of...
Printmaker brings ‘Americana’ works to Gilroy
“Our Americana,” a solo show by Atlanta, Ga.-based artist Chloe Alexander, is the latest exhibit at Gallery 1202 in downtown Gilroy, running Aug. 19 through Oct. 2.
In this show, Alexander strives to create an alternative narrative to the traditional “Americana,” illustrating young people of...
Gilroy’s football star holding skills camp
Jeff Garcia is coming home to Gilroy July 8-9 to hold a football camp for children ages 5 to 17 at Kirigin Cellars.
A four-time Canadian Football League All-Star, Garcia, a Gilroy High School and San Jose State University graduate, began his professional football career...






















