Michelle Montez completes course
Michelle Montez of Intero Real Estate Services, Gilroy, has earned Real Estate’s Premier new home sales certification: Certified New Home Specialist™. Montez completed the real estate industry’s most comprehensive new home sales course to earn her national certification. With this certification, she joins a group dedicated to providing the highest level of professionalism and service to builders and new home buyers.
Lloyd Lowrey receives Distinction Award
Lloyd W. Lowrey, attorney for Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss has received the Client Distinction Award 2013 from Martindale-Hubbell. This honor is a recognition of excellence based on quality of service, overall value for the money, responsiveness and communications ability. For nearly 35 years, Lowrey has advised clients in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara and Monterey counties in business transactions. He has resolved disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. He is a member of the Gilroy Rotary Club, and past president and board member of the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, which recognized him as “Member of the Year” in 1991 and “Citizen of the Year” in 1996. His other community service contributions have included Rotary International, American Lung Association Board of Directors, Hartnell Community College Board of Trustees, Salinas Valley Memorial Health Care System Foundation, Salinas Jaycees, Boy Scouts of America and Leadership Gilroy. Lowrey has also served as Chair of the Salinas Valley Water Advisory Commission and is a member of the Monterey County Farm Bureau.
Christopher Ranch endorses tariffs on Chinese garlic
Breaking away from the position of many U.S. farmers, Christopher Ranch, the nation’s premier garlic company, announced on Tuesday, Sept. 18, that it fully supports the imposition of a 10 percent tariff on imported Chinese garlic (under the United States Trade Representative Section 301...
Taproom approved for downtown Gilroy
Once the COVID-19 outbreak passes, Gilroyans can look forward to a new place to unwind with a beer and friends after a long day of work.
The Gilroy Planning Commission approved a permit on March 12 to allow Bitter TapHouse to operate a 50-seat beer...
Tempo Kitchen & Bar closes
Downtown Gilroy restaurant and event center Tempo Kitchen & Bar has closed, according to the establishment’s management.
“This has been an incredibly difficult decision, and we want to express our deepest gratitude for your support over the last four years,” says a statement on Tempo’s...
Cache-A debuts archive appliances
Cache-A Corporation, a supplier of network-attached archive
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Local Scene: Interfaith Thanksgiving service is Nov. 24
Gilroy Life goes online only for rest of year
Local news publication Gilroy Life has ceased printing its paper edition until the end of this year following the September death of publisher Marty Cheek, according to Gilroy Life editor Robert Airoldi. The publication will continue...
Weather service forecasts a wet holiday for South Valley
The South Valley is expecting and preparing for the strongest storms and heaviest rainfall of the season so far through the Christmas holiday, with wind and thunderstorms forecast through at least Dec. 26.
Valley Water, the water district that serves Santa Clara County, issued an...
Cassara named Realtor of the Year
Lisa Cassara, a highly regarded sales associate with Coldwell


















