Teacher contract negotiations at an impasse
School district officials and teachers have declared an impasse in their contract talks, following months of negotiations that did not yield an agreement.
After the two sides met on Feb. 11, the Gilroy Unified School District and Gilroy Teachers Association decided to request mediation from...
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There’s a curl of fog that crawls across the hill behind my house, misting in the dew and saturating the live oak trees across the hilltop as they drink thirsty from the sky. The marine layer from the Monterey...
Local Scene: Garlic Festival events; Mother’s Day concert
Tickets going on sale for Garlic Festival events
Tickets for the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s second annual Garlic Golf Classic at the Gilroy Golf Course on June 24 will go on sale soon.
The first tournament, held on July 30, 2021, sold out, and this tournament is...
Sports roundup: Christopher field hockey falls in playoff tiebreaker
Christopher HS Football (9-1 overall, 6-0 BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division)
Recent results: Won 31-7 at Live Oak
Upcoming games: 7pm Nov. 15 vs. Menlo (CCS D2)
NOTES: Jaxen Robinson completed 18-of-26 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Cougars. Evan Vernon caught three for...
Gilroy outlines staff layoffs
The Gilroy City Council will get a detailed look June 1 at layoffs, pay freezes, consolidations and other cost-cutting measures as the pandemic-induced recession deepens.
Across its various revenue sources, the city is anticipated to be short $11.3 million over two years, according to interim...
Council majority declines local eviction moratorium
For the second time in a year, the Gilroy City Council rejected a local eviction moratorium, with the majority of members questioning the need for such an ordinance when the county and state are providing protections for renters.
Councilmembers Rebeca Armendariz and Zach Hilton, meanwhile,...
Miller Red Barn group honored for work
The Miller Red Barn Association (MRBA), a local nonprofit organization, received an award for “Outstanding Building Restoration” for the restoration of the Miller Red Barn at Christmas Hill Park during a ceremony on May 21 organized by the Santa Clara County Preservation Alliance.
The association...
Photo: Celebrating Donald ‘Elvis’ Prieto’s life of service
Edgar Zaldana (right) of the Arts and Culture Commission presents the Lifetime Community Service Award for Donald “Elvis” Prieto to Prieto’s family during the Gilroy City Council meeting on Sept. 13. Prieto, who died on May 1 at the age of 54, was known...
Gilroy schools distribute free meals to students
By Juan Reyes
Solorsano Middle School seventh-grader Jason Kern took a stroll inside the cafeteria last week to pick up his lunch.
He went with a bean and cheese burrito, a salad and some chocolate milk, a good choice any day of the week.
But the only...
Garlic Festival organizers dismissed from shooting lawsuit
Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect the court’s Nov. 16 decision to finalize the decision, as well as additional statements.
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge ruled Nov. 14 that attorneys representing victims of the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting provided...






















