Man arrested with gun after shots fired
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man with a gun in his car after someone reported shots had been fired in the Gilroy area Thursday night, according to authorities.
Food pantries increase assistance
Second Harvest Food Bank has responded to the growing need for food assistance among local residents by increasing the frequency of grocery giveaways at some South County distribution sites.
All food distribution sites supplied by Second Harvest are currently operating on their usual or extended...
Officers who took down festival gunman honored
The three Gilroy Police officers who took down the gunman at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019 were awarded the State of California Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor.
Robert Basuino, Eric Cryar and Hugo Del Moral recently received the medals from Assistant Chief...
Election 2020, Gilroy Unified School District: Nirza Starks sees need to support students
Nirza Starks sees the need for continually supporting children in the educational setting. That’s why she’s running for the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustees Area 2 seat.
Starks, 42, has two sons, one of whom is a special-needs student.
“As a parent, you start...
Christopher High track and field team makes history in CCS Championships
It was a historic day for Christopher High in the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High on May 21.
The Cougars’ Kingsley Okoronkwo (triple jump) and Melia Middleton (300-meter hurdles) earned berths to the CIF State Championships May 27-28, and they’ll...
Covid-19 vaccination site at Gilroy High closes
With three out of four Santa Clara County residents ages 12 and older fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the Gilroy High School vaccination site closed on July 7.
Appointments will now take place at Valley Health Center Gilroy.
Santa Clara County’s mass vaccination sites have been closing...
Council approves two-year budget
The Gilroy City Council approved a budget June 7 that will restore some positions cut during the early days of the pandemic while allocating more money for streets and other infrastructure, as well as for rising pension costs, over the next two years.
The budget...
‘Aggressive’ non-native mosquito found in Gilroy
A non-native Aedes aegypti mosquito—an aggressive species that can spread certain diseases—has been discovered in a residential area of Gilroy, according to the Santa Clara County Vector Control District. A mosquito of the same species was also found recently in a neighborhood of east...
Another record-breaking weather weekend in Gilroy
Gilroy once again broke heat records during a sweltering Labor Day weekend.
According to the National Weather Service Bay Area, Gilroy was expected to hit 109 degrees on Sept. 7, well above the previous record of 103 in 1977.
The city tied its record of 104...
Gilroy’s rainfall doubles in 2021, but only hits average total
Fueled by two wetter-than-normal months, Gilroy’s rainfall total in the 2021 calendar year was more than double that in 2020.
But even with an atmospheric river soaking the region in the year’s final weeks, the city was only near its average.
According to the National Weather...






















