Office of Education expands special education programs at South County Annex
The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is expanding special education offerings to include services for students in grades 6 and up at its South County Annex in Gilroy.
The expansion will begin in early November and will support both Gilroy Unified and Morgan...
‘Gravel Road’ follows Australian rock band
“Gravel Road,” an Australian documentary that follows the adventures of Aboriginal rock band Desert Stars as they embark on their first road tour, will screen in Morgan Hill April 10 as part of the 2022 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival.
Directed by Tristan Pemberton, the...
Rotary awards $70k to Gilroy community
The Rotary Club of Gilroy, at a Jan. 28 meeting at the Lodge on the Hill, celebrated the recipients of $70,000 in grants for local schools and organizations. Funding for the grants came from the Gilroy Rotary Endowment, which was established in 1991 to...
List of potential candidates grows for GUSD, council election
The last day for candidates to submit qualifying paperwork to run in local elections on the November ballot is Aug. 9.
As of Aug. 7, two of three Gilroy City Council incumbents—Zach Hilton and Fred Tovar—whose terms expire this year have declared their candidacy to...
Statewide cleanup effort includes inaugural ‘Trashure Hunt’
California Coastal Cleanup Day will celebrate its 41st year this September with its first ever “Trashure Hunt,” offering participants the chance to win a variety of prizes by volunteering to pick up litter and garbage at hundreds of locations across the state, organizers announced...
Joshua Guzman’s ascension continues as he earns State berth; GHS boys team finishes a solid 7th in CCS Cross Country Championships
In terms of the upper-echelon running talent in the Central Coast Section, few have improved as much as Gilroy High sophomore Joshua Guzman in a span of just one year.
Last season, Guzman finished 21st in the CCS Championship Division III race in 16 minutes,...
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...
Rivas leads effort to combat growing retail theft problem
Nearly four months after forming a bipartisan select committee and two hearings later, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced legislation Feb. 15 to combat shoplifting and organized retail theft—just beating a legislative deadline to introduce new bills.
The Hollister Democrat joined Democratic Assemblymembers Rick Zbur of...
Coroner identifies two who died in head-on crash on Highway 25
Two people—one a Hollister resident and one from Gilroy—died in a collision on Highway 25 near the border between Santa Clara and San Benito counties, according to authorities.
The Santa Clara County Coroner and Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims of the fatal accident as...
Animal cruelty suspect ordered to house arrest
A Morgan Hill woman who is accused of felony animal abuse has been ordered to wear a monitoring device and is restricted to home confinement after a hearing in Santa Clara County Superior Court last week, according to authorities.
Ava Geddes, 66, appeared at the...
