Business

Marvin Thomas’s whole life has been spent putting together complex puzzles. He owned Thomas Appliance Service, where he fixed the most intricate, challenging and stubborn refrigerators, stoves, washers dryers, dishwashers and sub zero freezers—to name a few of the machines that are dread of even the most skilled home repairmen.

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and send in original art portraying butterflies for this year’s “Justice for All” Art Contest.  The student art will be used to decorate the DA’s Mariposas Resiliency Center—a...

The City of Gilroy Recreation Department has been selected as a 2013 California Park and Recreation Society Award of Excellence recipient for The City of Gilroy Recreation Department Monthly Electronic Newsletter in the awards category of Marketing and Communications. The department was honored, along with Monica Sendejas (second from left), who created the newsletter, and proofreaders Judy Mireles-Janisch (second from right), Sondra Banks and Maria De Leon. The CPRS awards dinner was held March 7 at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario. Photo by George Ortiz.

Garlic City Car Show moves to new venue The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce’s 25th Annual Garlic City Car Show & Business Expo is scheduled for 5:30-8pm May 29. This year’s event will take place at a new venue: Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park.   Spectators take a...

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The death of a bucking horse that suffered a broken neck during a performance at the Gilroy Rodeo Aug. 8 has raised questions about animal safety protocols and injury reporting requirements.  The mare, known as +H6 Cow Palace, fell while bucking and broke her neck,...