County and its largest union reach tentative agreement three-year contract
Santa Clara County government’s largest union, Service Employees International Union Local 521, representing more than 12,000 workers, announced July 28 it had reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract providing an effective 13% in wage increases over three years.
The announcement came more than...
Gilroy Chick-fil-A opens Aug. 22
A new, locally owned Chick-fil-A restaurant with a drive-thru is opening in Gilroy Aug. 22.
Owned by Jonathan Bohnenberger, the restaurant, known as Chick-fil-A at 10th, is located at 7060 Chestnut Street and will be open for dine-in, drive-thru and takeout from 6:30am-10pm Monday through...
County installs solar panel array at San Martin animal center
The goats at the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center in San Martin have a new source of shade: an array of solar panels that generate power for the 37,000-square-foot shelter.
The county Facilities and Fleet Department completed the project last fall. It’s one of...
Savvy’s Downtown Sweets to open in former Porcella’s Music building
Savannah Longenbach has had a lifelong love for sweets. Ice cream, fudge, gummy bears, you name it, she’s a self-described addict of the treats.
She’s also had an idea for her entire life to open an ice cream parlor, where kids and adults alike can...
Uesugi facility on the market
Uesugi Farms’ Highway 25 shipping facility and agricultural land is up for sale.
The family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California and Mexico announced in late 2018 that it would sell off all of its equipment and wind down its operations in 2019. It planted...
Nonprofit teams up with GUSD to feed Gilroy families
A Bay Area nonprofit launched an emergency weekend meal program last weekend in partnership with the Gilroy Unified School District, and is planning to serve 500 children and their families every Saturday and Sunday in November.
The program, led by Community Seva, was launched in...
Gilroy Measure C public safety tax shy of two-thirds majority
The Gilroy Measure C quarter-cent sales tax for public safety is heavily favored by voters in the initial results posted by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office, but the count is shy of the two-thirds majority needed for passage.
As of 9pm, 60.54%...
