Business

The closure of dine-in restaurants during the shelter-in-place order has hurt those local establishments that rely heavily on foot traffic to stay in business. Many Gilroy restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and others are now counting on the public to support them through take-out or delivery orders. The following is a...

A beloved Gilroy donut shop hit with a family tragedy has been overwhelmed with community support. The Hok family own Gilroy Donut House at 703 First St. While the husband and wife have been dealing with their own health challenges, their 29-year-old daughter, Kim, suffered...

Nissan of Gilroy celebrated the opening of the city’s newest dealership in the Gilroy Auto Mall with a Chamber mixer and ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 18. A key economic driver in Gilroy, the local auto dealers have generated tax dollars, supported local non-profit...

The county will ramp up its Covid-19 safety enforcement efforts this weekend as hordes of holiday shoppers are expected to descend on malls and other stores. At a press conference Nov. 24, Santa Clara County officials announced that the Covid-19 Business Compliance Unit will be...

Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, has purchased a 102,466-square-foot industrial building at 8190 Murray Ave. in Gilroy. The property is fully leased to Crothall Healthcare, a subsidiary of the Compass Group, a $26 billion British-based multinational company with operations in...

The empty parking lots surrounding Gilroy’s major retailers paints a distressing picture for the city’s future financial health. The Gilroy Premium Outlets are closed through April 7 following Santa Clara County’s order to cease all “non-essential” operations to combat the spread of COVID-19. The outlets, which...

Gilroy Bowl and Scotty’s Restaurant, which closed in 2020 after more than five decades in business, is on the market. According to a listing by Renz & Renz, the 10,431-square-foot building at 7554 Monterey St. is for sale at $2.4 million, and includes all bowling...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since BookBuyers opened in downtown Gilroy after two decades in Mountain View. The 9,000-square-foot store, with its inventory of more than 300,000 books spanning every genre the mind can imagine, is run by husband-and-wife owners Hotranatha and Punita Ajaya, and a...

Gilroyans are rallying behind Sal Oliveri, the longtime owner of Pinocchio’s Pizza who was diagnosed with lung cancer a year ago. Gina Polhaupessy said her father began treatment immediately after being diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Lung Cancer in July 2020. He recently underwent several...

As the decade turned but the scars of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting the year before still lingered, Christopher Ranch realized that Gilroy needed something to smile about again. With people stuck in their homes as the COVID-19 outbreak grips the world, laughter and hope...