Business briefs: Big Lots opens in Gilroy, Performance Food Group documents available
Big Lots will celebrate its grand opening at 360 East 10th St. on Aug. 29.
The discount retailer, which specializes in furniture and other home goods, is occupying the 27,000-square-foot space previously home to Rite Aid, which closed in early 2019.
The store will reflect a...
DA awards $60K to community groups
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen on June 9 awarded $60,000 in grants to community organizations combating racial inequity.
Fourteen organizations received funding from the third annual racial justice grant program following a series of social justice reforms in 2020. A total of $160,000...
Police arrest South Santa Clara County arson suspects
Police arrested a man they say confessed Tuesday to setting 15 fires in southern Santa Clara County.
The news comes only days after police arrested another man suspected of intentionally setting a fire in Gilroy during the previous week.
Daniel Catano, 32, was arrested on suspicion...
Rosso’s Furniture passes the torch
Sarah Rosso grew up in her family’s furniture business, starting off as a receptionist 27 years ago as a high schooler who did a lot of what she called the “grunt work.”
She took every opportunity she had to learn the ins and outs of...
Workplace safety on the forefront
Managers of Christopher Ranch, South County’s largest private employer, couldn’t help but notice the too-frequent mass shootings that occur almost on a weekly basis across the nation, many of which happen at a workplace.
But when a former employee shot and killed two managers and...
