Business

Santa Clara County planning officials have released the draft Environmental Impact Report for the 403-acre Sargent Ranch quarry project that is proposed south of Gilroy. The public comment period on the EIR began July 25 and will continue until Sept. 26, according to county staff. Representatives...

High-speed internet is coming to South County, as local providers have been installing fiber internet lines and infrastructure underground and on utility poles in recent months. This work will continue well into next year in an effort to expand the availability of fast, reliable...

About a year ago, my mother asked me if I might be interested in participating in the Inaugural Acton Children's Business Fair of Morgan Hill, taking place in July 2021. We sat together and researched the parent organization and agreed that the ACBF of...

The Group Education to Protect and Defend Animals (GEPDA) has prevented countless dogs from being euthanized since its inception in 2004. But due to a variety of factors, the South Valley rescue organization is wobbling on its last legs—no pun intended. Run out of Director...

AJ Jimenez, at only 21 years old, has already set a list of goals he wants to accomplish in his life. The Gilroy native has checked one of the boxes, having opened his own business, Collectables N’ Stuff, in the Gilroy Premium Outlets more than...

With nearly 105 million pounds of garlic consisting of more than one billion bulbs, Christopher Ranch’s 2022 season is the strongest it has been in recent years. Ken Christopher, executive vice president of the Gilroy-based company, said ideal weather conditions, such as a cool winter...

Sean Anthony Geiger, drill in hand, climbed up a ladder to take down a sign that had been fastened to a Church Street building for 35 years. However, Geiger struggled to remove the screws in the weathered sign with the drill, as they had become...

All Seasons Pool Service recently announced that it is celebrating 30 years of providing pool cleaning and maintenance services for residential and commercial clients in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and the South County area. Owner Dean Filice started the business in 1992 with a route of...

The “future of work” has accelerated due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with many workers ditching the commute and instead setting up their home offices. With people spending more time at home, many want their space to be more visually pleasant. So, they turn to the brightness...

When Gilroy artist Katherine Filice sat down at her kitchen table and started sketching logos for local businesses in the early 1990s, she could not have imagined that she would be celebrating three decades later alongside business partner Jason Raby and a team of...