Mayor lauds development, transportation efforts and more in state of city speech
Slowly but surely, the City of Gilroy has made progress over the past year in its economic development efforts, transportation service improvements and the delivery of other public services—and more is on the horizon. That was Mayor Marie Blankley’s message during her annual State...
Gilroy votes: Two incumbents defeated in Nov. 5 city council election
In the Nov. 5 election for three seats on the Gilroy City Council, incumbent Zach Hilton holds a steady lead among the six candidates, according to data from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters website.
Two other incumbents running for reelection—Fred Tovar and Rebeca...
Gilroy Life Publisher Dies at 57
Morgan Hill publisher and writer Martin Cheek died this week at the age of 57, according to his business partner, Robert Airoldi.
Cheek co-founded the bi-weekly community publication Morgan Hill Life in early 2013 and published it for more than 11 years.
Prior to that, he...
Christopher girls soccer team repeats as CCS champions
When the Christopher High girls soccer team won the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section championship last year, it overwhelmed the field, outscoring three opponents by a combined margin of 15-0.
The question was not if the Cougars were going to win, but by how much....
Endangered gray wolf arrives in San Benito County
A gray wolf has made his way into San Benito County, and wildlife officials are saying this is the farthest south a wolf has traveled in the state in more than 100 years.
OR-93, a nearly two-year-old male wolf from Oregon, was fitted with a...
Local Scene: Gilroyans earn academic honors
Gilroyan makes dean’s list
Enzo del Carmen, of Gilroy, was named to the dean's list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Del Carmen is in the new media design program. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for...
Jail guards guilty of 2015 fatal attack of mentally ill inmate
Three former Santa Clara County correctional deputies pleaded guilty Aug. 13 to reduced charges in the 2015 beating death of Michael Tyree, a mentally ill jail inmate.All three defendants – Matthew Farris, 36, Jereh Lubrin, 37 and Rafael Rodriguez, 40 – admitted to voluntary...
Children’s waiting room reopens at South County Courthouse
The Santa Clara County Superior Court, in partnership with Catalyst Community, this week announced the grand reopening of the children’s waiting room at the Morgan Hill Courthouse, 301 Diana Ave. The enhanced facility reopened to the public on July 14.
The free, first-come, first-served waiting...
Two die in unrelated traffic accidents in South County
Authorities are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that occurred in the Morgan Hill and Gilroy areas June 19.
A 27-year-old San Jose woman died in a single-vehicle accident about 1:15am June 19 in Gilroy, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol. The...
Christopher’s Melia Middleton takes second in CCS Track and Field Finals
When Melia Middleton nailed a then personal-record (PR) of 47.21 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles in a May 12 meet, the Christopher High athlete served notice she was one of the best in the event in the Central Coast Section.
On Saturday, she made...
