Meals For Heroes program grows
Cecily Murray may live in Mountain View, but her heart remains firmly entrenched in South Valley. How else to explain her efforts to pay it forward with the Meals for Heroes program? On Jan. 3, Murray took it upon herself to deliver dozens of...
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos gets its moment in Gilroy art exhibit
When he was 9 years old, Rubén Darío Villa experienced a rite of passage: his mother, handing him some cash, tasked him with going to the grocery store to buy some tortillas.
Villa, however, thinking he was “slick,” decided to seize the opportunity to get...
BLM seeks public comment on federal land drilling proposal
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on proposed management updates for oil and gas leasing and development on public lands in Santa Clara, San Benito, Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, as well as portions of Fresno,...
Mi Pueblo becomes Cardenas Market
Gilroyans will say adios to the old and bienvenido to the new, now that Mi Pueblo has become Cardenas in a Hispanic supermarket shakeup following the merger of the two companies last year in July.
“The footprint of the store has a lot of...
Coroner identifies victims of VTA shooting
The toll of fatalities in the mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance yard in San Jose rose to nine late Wednesday night.
Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who had been in critical condition since being taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center...
High schoolers teach STEAM lessons
A self-motivated group of local high school students, calling themselves “STEAM4Students,” has been teaching afterschool lessons for the last three years at various Gilroy elementary schools in a joint effort to improve early childhood development.
Co-director Michal Stolarski said the student-created and student-run organization is...
Section of Highway 152/10th Street remains closed after semi-truck fire
UPDATE:
All lanes reopened as of 7:45am Aug. 26, according to Gilroy Police.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
The westbound lanes of Highway 152/10th Street between Camino Arroyo and Highway 101 remain closed nearly 12 hours after a semi-truck caught fire in the area on Aug. 25.
According to Gilroy Police,...
Infinity U19 field hockey team wins prestigious Cal Cup International Tournament
The Infinity Sports Club made program history recently when its U19 field hockey team captured the gold medal in the prestigious California Cup International Tournament May 26-29 at Moorpark College.
This represents the first time Infinity’s highest age group won gold at the Cal Cup....
Luchessa bridge to temporarily close
The Luchessa Avenue bridge will be closed to traffic for a month as crews continue work on a water pipeline project in Gilroy.
The bridge, located between Thomas Road and Church Street, will be blocked off from July 13 through mid-August, according to Valley Water.
In...
