Down to 7 players, CHS boys volleyball team still thriving
The Christopher and San Benito boys volleyball teams split two matches this season, with the Cougars winning the first time in three games and the Haybalers returning the favor by the exact score in their latest contest on May 20. Game scores were 25-17,...
County: 24 cases confirmed in Gilroy
Newly released data show that dozens of cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in South County, but health officials noted that residents should “behave as if the virus is everywhere.”
Volunteers pick up tons of garbage on Coastal Cleanup Day
Events at 52 local sites on Coastal Cleanup Day, Sept. 23, resulted in the removal of a number of unusual discarded items, including an ATM machine, iMac computer, a counterfeit $100 bill, a sign declaring “Not a Through Street,” a Statue of Liberty figurine,...
Gilroy election: Blankley, Hilton remain in lead as registrar continues to count ballots
The latest Nov. 5 election results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office show Mayor Marie Blankley continuing to lead challenger Greg Bozzo by about 200 votes, as of about 5pm Nov. 7.
Zach Hilton is the only one of three incumbents up...
Business owner demands action in response to burglaries
Gilroy Motorcycle Center on Tenth Street has been the scene of so many burglaries and break-ins over the last two years that owner and general manager Greg Bumb is considering moving the business elsewhere.
It’s not just the repeated theft and property damage that is...
Rotary Club, GUSD team up for more books, trees
The Rotary Club of Gilroy on June 12 launched the first phase of its new program, “Trees to Read Under,” by delivering 390 new books to Gilroy school libraries. The program is funded through an Amazon Web Services grant.
“Trees to Read Under” is a...
Gilroy native AJ Perez produces Netflix documentary
Gilroy High School graduate A.J. Perez’s Netflix documentary “UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre” premiered May 20 and has remained among the streaming platform’s top 10 films, examining Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s role in an $8 million Mississippi welfare fraud case.
The documentary unpacks...
Gilroy Police complete investigation into deadly Jan. 16 pedestrian collision
Following a Gilroy Police investigation into the Jan. 16 collision in which two people were struck while walking through a crosswalk, authorities are considering whether to charge the teen driver who hit the couple.
Andrew and Stacia Stuart died following the collision, which occurred at...
Cyclist killed by falling tree branch in Gilroy
A bicyclist was killed July 18 when a tree branch fell on her in Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol said.
The 65-year-old woman was traveling southbound on Roop Road north of Leavesley Road at an unknown speed when a large tree branch broke off and...
County to close more business, again
Throughout Santa Clara County, the daily numbers of Covid-19 cases and virus positivity rates have climbed so drastically since Halloween that public health officials on Nov. 13 announced more business closures are coming.
