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December 29, 2025

Business Briefs: Azevedo retires after 33 years with Sandia

Larry Azevedo, who was born and raised in Gilroy, retired April

Used car pitfalls abound

Car dealers have found a new way to profit from people with money trouble: leasing them hand-me-down vehicles.

Customers love All Natural fruits

Nine years ago, people told Juan Carlos Guizar he was crazy to open a pushcart fruit stand at the Gilroy Outlets. The requirements there were too expensive and there were no other businesses like it in Gilroy. But two years later, Guizar opened a second...

Business Briefs: South County Realtor Alliance Ball

Many local South County Realtors will be honored during the

Leedo celebrates open house

Kim Rossi, new owner of Leedo Art and Framing, 7436 Monterey St. in Gilroy, invited customers, family, friends and the Chamber of Commerce to a celebratory open house on Sept. 7.  Although Kim is a new owner, she has been working at the shop for more than 18 years. She is a certified framer and looks forward to helping with your art and framing needs. She can be reached at (408) 842-8118.

Center applies for grant

Extreme Learning Center has applied for a $250,000 grant from Chase as part of a newly launched program, Mission Main Street Grants. Extreme Learning Center must submit a questionnaire outlining a business plan that will result in growth of the business and receive at least 250 votes to be eligible for a grant. Customers, fans and community members can show support for Extreme Learning Center by voting at www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/23090. Voting deadline is Nov. 15. The recipients will be announced in January 2014.

Businesses pressure Santa Clara County to reopen

The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce is leading a charge of business owners who are petitioning the county to reopen establishments shuttered by the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order. Santa Clara County, meanwhile, loosened some restrictions on its order May 18 that allows stores to offer curbside pickup. On...

Hollywood comes to San Juan Bautista

Crew members and security staff are being tight-lipped about a major Hollywood production—featuring stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn—that is being filmed on location in downtown San Juan Bautista.  Shooting for the movie, currently known only as “BC Project,” began Feb. 25 and...

Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Identity theft, including the misuse of Social Security numbers,

Wal-Mart Headed to MH

A big-box giant with rock bottom prices and a flare for

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