Business

Waste management firm Recology honored Tacos Ameca with a Recycler of the Year award at the Gilroy City Council meeting May 20. Recology resource specialist Julie Alter said when city officials sent the restaurant a letter about Assembly Bill 1826, a 2014 bill signed by...

When Bruce Haller, who owns Café 152 Bread Co. with his wife Audrey, filled out the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce’s COVID-19 business impact survey, he was candid in his answers. “I said I’m looking for a prayer and a song,” he said. Since the shelter-in-place order...

Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Sept. 21 that her office, along with 33 other California District Attorneys and City Attorneys, have reached a settlement for violations of hazardous waste laws with Ulta Beauty, Inc.  The settlement requires Ulta to pay $752,000 in...

Kelly-Moore Paints, a household word for the past 78 years in residential and commercial paint, has abruptly closed. With two locations in South County, at 8565 Monterey St. in Gilroy and 820 East Dunne Ave. in Morgan Hill, and 61 stores sprinkled around the San...

Black Friday was Green Friday at the Gilroy Premium Outlets. Get ready, get set, shop. The Christmas shopping season is on, and on Black Friday, Nov. 23, the "National Day of Shopping," thousands of bargain hunters descended on the Gilroy Premium Outlets to kick off...

Kim and Todd Englehardt are dedicated to Rhone varieties at their Lion Ranch vineyard in San Martin, where they have two parcels: a two-acre site at the tasting room, which is all reds, and two-and-a-half acres of mixed whites and reds at their additional...

The City of Gilroy is set to begin construction to transform the downtown Gourmet Alley into a modern, spacious, pedestrian-friendly corridor.  The city will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 9am April 5, to “celebrate the start of construction” for the project, which is funded largely...

It was a brilliant and clear day, with views of the entire Silicon Valley from the stone decks and ramparts of the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, where the Wineries of Santa Clara Valley held its inaugural Vine to Wine event on Oct. 23. Music...

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band last week announced that it has filed a lawsuit against San Benito County to halt development of a new commercial project on Betabel Road, which sits on property that “holds significant historical, cultural and religious value” to the tribe.  The...

A regional land preservation organization recently purchased a 1,986-acre ranch in west Morgan Hill, pledging to permanently protect the property that includes sweeping views and critical wildlife crossings, as well as homes for native and endangered species.  The Peninsula Open Space Trust announced on April...