Tacos Ameca recognized for recycling efforts
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...
CineLux eyes late summer relaunch
CineLux Theatres’ remodel of the former Platinum Theatres on Monterey Street is in the plan review process, and is now eyeing a late summer opening, CineLux President Paul Gunsky said.
San Jose-based CineLux Theatres announced in late December that it had bought Platinum Theatres at...
New 25 percent tariff great for U.S. garlic
Christopher Ranch in Gilroy welcomed a decision by President Donald Trump to increase tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods May 10.
Many U.S. farmers, especially soybean and corn producers, fear drastic consequences if China retaliates with its own tariffs on...
New businesses open in outlets
Gilroy Premium Outlets announced the recent addition of new retailers including Champion and the California Welcome Center, now open, to its property. Luxury retailer Cole Haan is set to open in May.
“We’re always looking to bring in new, fresh shopping options for our customers,”...
Walmart plans local remodel
Walmart’s Gilroy and Morgan Hill locations will join 18 other stores across the state as part of the retail giant’s $145 million remodel plan.
“The investments in California stores Walmart has planned this year demonstrate our commitment to our customers and the communities where we...
Sumano’s to rise in Gilroy in 2020
Sumano’s Bakery will remodel a dilapidated building near the entrance to downtown Gilroy and move its operations from Watsonville in the spring of 2020.
The Gilroy Planning Commission unanimously approved the bakery’s permit to remodel the 23,000-square-foot facility at 7050 Monterey Road near 10th Street...
Downtown ‘good neighbor’ policy moves forward
The Gilroy Planning Commission is recommending an ordinance that aims to promote a “good neighbor” policy for businesses and residents downtown.
The commission voted 6-1 for the new ordinance April 4, with Commissioner Casey Estorga dissenting. The ordinance will now head to the city council...
Germains Seed Technology grows in Gilroy
Germains Seed Technology, one of Gilroy’s core agribusiness companies, announced the completion of a new organic automated seed processing facility at Swanston Lane and the opening of a second research and development laboratory nearby on Casey Street, just east of downtown near Leavesley Road.
The...
Uesugi Farms is going out of business
Uesugi Farms has harvested its last crops.
The large, well-known, family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California—Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and other counties—and Mexico, is selling off all of its equipment and “winding down” its operations. There will be no spring planting of...
Vets Center seeks repair funds
At the corner of West Sixth Street and Eigleberry in downtown Gilroy, a venerable old but beloved building is in need of a makeover.
The Gilroy Veterans Memorial Hall, home of American Legion Post 217 and the John A. Berri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post...