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The Gilroy City Council agreed Feb. 27 to name a classroom in the Gilroy Senior Center after Theodore “Ted” Carpenetti, an active participant of the center who died in July 2022 at the age of 105. Carpenetti lived in Gilroy since the mid-1940s, following his...

Author reflects on iconic moment, upcoming local performances Every August, I reminisce about my adventurous week at the legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair, now 56 years ago. I think about the heat and humidity and the smell of patchouli oil, incense, cow manure and...

Facing adversity for the first time all season, it was time for the Christopher High football team to show what it was made of. In the end, the Cougars passed their first test of 2022 with a 24-10 non-league win over an always tough...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday banned evictions statewide through May 31 for tenants impacted by COVID-19. The order, which takes effect immediately, prohibits landlords from evicting residential tenants for nonpayment of rent and prohibits enforcement of evictions by law enforcement or courts. It also requires tenants...

The empty parking lots surrounding Gilroy’s major retailers paints a distressing picture for the city’s future financial health. The Gilroy Premium Outlets are closed through April 7 following Santa Clara County’s order to cease all “non-essential” operations to combat the spread of COVID-19. The outlets, which...

When it was time to move the rolled-up wrestling mats, Cody Merrill decided he could do a solo job.  So he hoisted one up—picture someone in the Scottish Highland Games doing the caber toss—and carried it a few yards before the mat was eventually stored...

Gilroy firefighters quickly put a lid on a fire that sparked in an outbuilding adjacent to a Ninth Street alleyway Monday afternoon. The blaze, which ignited behind a home on Hanna Street near the intersection of Ninth Street around 4:30 p.m., sent a plume...

A Gilroy man suspected in an attempted murder earlier this year was arrested Sept. 1. Demetrius Santos, 19, was arrested at San Ysidro Park and booked into Santa Clara County Jail for attempted homicide, according to Gilroy Police. He is currently being held without bail,...

The Gilroy City Council was split on hiring a new community development director June 6 after some members questioned whether she would move closer to the area. With a narrow 3-2 vote, the council appointed Sharon Goei to fill the position after Karen Garner resigned...

By late morning on Monday, temperatures around the Bay Area and Central Coast are forecast to rise rapidly and a heat advisory will be in effect for the entire region. “A fall heat wave kicks off today and will last for several days,” the National...