Gilroy, Christopher softball teams to make most of season
Gilroy High softball coach Dusty Lester knows how important Senior Night is for the players who are set to graduate in June. Given the unpredictable nature of Covid-19, Lester decided to hold Senior Night early in the season rather than near the end.
“If something...
Local Scene: Library district opens community survey
Library district opens community survey
Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) has launched an online community survey to the hundreds of thousands of Santa Clara County residents who utilize its services and/or live within the nine cities within its boundaries, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill and...
Jacob’s Heart has a new home
The doors of the new Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services Family Center were officially opened Thursday during a grand opening ceremony at 567 Auto Center Drive in Watsonville.Â
Community members joined elected officials, and Chamber of Commerce representatives from Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito...
State recommends indoor masks, regardless of vaccination
The California Department of Public Health formally recommended Wednesday that state residents resume wearing a face covering indoors, regardless of their vaccination status.
The recommendation comes one day after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued similar guidance for people who live in...
Religion: God and the stranger
On Oct. 7, 1885 a 16-year-old German barber named Friedrich boarded a ship for New York. Fleeing the military service then required in Germany, he became one of over a million German immigrants who flooded these shores between 1880 and 1885.
Once he had accumulated...
Authorities ID three suspected overdose victims
The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office identified those who died in recent suspected fentanyl overdoses at a Gilroy residence as three men in their 50s.
Those found dead Feb. 6 by CalFire paramedics who responded to the home on the 10000 block of Garcia Lane...
Jazz @ Gavilan concert set for Nov. 6
Get ready for an evening of music as the Jazz @ Gavilan Concert returns to the Gavilan College Theater at 7pm Nov. 6.
This annual concert promises a night of classic jazz, and local talent that music lovers won’t want to miss, says a press...
Gilroy Home + Garden Tour is May 9-10
The Gilroy Assistance League’s 2025 Home + Garden Tour & Artisan Market will take place 10am-5pm May 9-10 in the western foothills of Gilroy. Tickets cost $40 in advance ($45 on the day of the event) and the tour’s starting location will be revealed...
Success in ‘A’ league has Christopher High football team prepared for CCS playoffs
The Christopher High football team survived a gauntlet of a schedule playing in the Pacific Coast League’s Gabilan Division.
Now, the Cougars are banking on the fact that playing the likes of Salinas, San Benito, Aptos and Palma—four perennial powerhouse programs—have prepared them to...
Registrar: Ballots are in the mail for Nov. 5 election
Ballots and other information contained in the Santa Clara County vote-by-mail packet will be sent to more than 1.04 million local voters starting this week, according to election officials. The packets for the Nov. 5 general election are being mailed to every active registered...
