Deputy charged with staging drive-by shooting
A South Bay police officer who reported being shot almost exactly a year ago in a drive-by was arrested Jan. 29 for allegedly making up the whole story.
Prosecutors say 27-year-old Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill staged a “shocking ambush” to make it...
Garlic Festival postponed to 2021
The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been postponed to 2021, organizers announced March 20.
In a statement, festival organizers said the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of the 2020 event.
“Given the unprecedented national emergency we face and its unknown trajectory, we must put the health...
Auto parts store eyed for former OSH parking lot
An O’Reilly Auto Parts store is planned to take over a portion of the former Orchard Supply Hardware parking lot at the corner of East Tenth and Alexander streets.
The Gilroy Planning Commission will consider recommending a split of the property Dec. 3 that will...
Great Wolf Lodge, once eyeing Gilroy, prepares Manteca opening
Great Wolf Lodge, which passed over Gilroy to choose Manteca as the site for its next waterpark and hotel, announced it will open its new resort in the Central Valley city on June 29.
In August 2017, the City of Gilroy entered into an exclusive...
Suspect arrested in relation to South County shooting
A suspect wanted for allegedly shooting at a process server over the weekend in Santa Clara County was arrested on Feb. 1, authorities said.
Christopher Croul, 64, was taken into custody without incident in Morgan Hill but no other details were released about how investigators...
Man struck, killed by vehicle on Monterey Road
A man was killed after a vehicle struck him while he was walking on the shoulder of Monterey Road in San Martin on Jan. 10.
California Highway Patrol officers are now seeking the public’s help in finding the driver, who fled the scene.
According to the...
Saint Louise medical staff receive new Covid-19 vaccine
Dr. Roger Chiou of Saint Louise Regional Hospital was the first South County recipient of the new Covid-19 vaccine Thursday afternoon.
Gavilan College pushes commencement date
Gavilan College announced that it will move forward with its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 but the celebration won’t take place until the end of the year.
Jan Bernstein Chargin, director of public information at Gavilan, issued a press release on June 2...
Highway 101/25 interchange plans progress
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors approved a document June 2 that completes another step in the years-long process to construct a new overcrossing at the chronically congested Highway 101/25 interchange.
The board unanimously approved the addendum to an environmental report for...
San Martin animal shelter moves from converted house into expansive campus
Since 1978, the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center operated out of a donated, 1930s-era converted home in San Martin that was woefully undersized for the 4,000 animals that passed through it annually.
From the outside, no passersby would look at the hodgepodge of modular...