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Voters in Gilroy will be asked in the Nov. 5 election to approve a quarter-cent local sales tax that would be dedicated strictly to increased police, fire protection and related public safety services.  At the June 17 meeting, the Gilroy City Council voted 6-1 to...

A modest but solid 3.9-magnitude earthquake near Morgan Hill late on New Year’s Day jolted the Bay Area and Central Coast . Five days later, light sleepers in Gilroy were rattled twice in the early morning of Monday, Jan. 6, by two minor quakes: A...

Vendors setting up downtown More than 30 food and craft vendors will set up in the lawn next to the Gilroy Center for the Arts, 7341 Monterey St., on July 10 for the sixth annual Craft and Vendor Fair. Hosted by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association,...

  As the “rolling work stoppage” by members of Santa Clara County’s largest public employee union continued into its third week, the 11,648 members began voting Oct. 22 on the county’s “last, best and final” five-year contract.  The union members’ vote continues to Nov. 5, which...

Retired Gilroy police chief and current Gilroy Rotary Club member Gregg Giusiana was inducted as the organization’s governor for District 5170 on July 6. Giusiana takes the reins for the next year following Ramesh Hariharan’s term. “One of the most amazing things about Rotary is that...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors on July 9 held off on a decision regarding an ordinance that would prohibit homeless encampments along waterways in the water district’s jurisdiction. After hours’ worth of public testimony from speakers on both sides of the...

Dozens of volunteers spent the Oct. 9-10 weekend rehabilitating a section of landscaping along Murray Avenue adjacent to San Ysidro Park. The Gilroy project was among 20 others countywide organized by Beautiful Day, a nonprofit organization that works with communities to identify a neighborhood...

Gilroyans welcomed the holiday season with a festive celebration downtown Dec. 4. Hundreds of revelers lined Monterey Street for three blocks to cheer on the dozens of colorful floats representing various local organizations and businesses. Afterwards, the crowd gathered at the intersection of Monterey...

At the corner of West Sixth Street and Eigleberry in downtown Gilroy, a venerable old but beloved building is in need of a makeover. The Gilroy Veterans Memorial Hall, home of American Legion Post 217 and the John A. Berri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post...

Cottage Creek, owned by Denise and Sam Russell, is one of those places where you can truly feel connected to the grape source, even if most of the wines come from Oregon. Denise, a beautician who’s owned a hair salon for 36 years, and husband,...