Flower shops prepare for Valentine’s Day rush
Americans will spend billions of dollars on Valentine’s Day before the week is over, and local flower shops have spent months getting ready for the inevitable rush of last-minute orders expected by Feb. 14.
Jerry Ayala, owner of the Flower Cottage in downtown Morgan Hill,...
Multiple casualties reported in shooting at San Jose VTA facility
UPDATE 11am:
The suspect was identified by Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Russell Davis as a Valley Transportation Authority employee, who opened fire at the light rail yard in San Jose at the start of a union meeting.
Davis said nine people were killed, including...
Christopher High baseball team roars into CCS D5 championship game
When the Christopher High baseball team won the program’s first Central Coast Section championship in 2019, Dylan Betancourt was a freshman playing on the junior varsity team.
He didn’t even get called up to the varsity team for the playoffs, as is usually the case...
GHS, Daniel Cormier Academy wrestlers make history in USMC Nationals
Gilroy High wrestlers have achieved lofty status over the years, both in California and nationally.
But what the Mustangs did at the 2022 USA Wrestling Marine Corps Junior & 16U Nationals in North Dakota July 16-19 is at the very top of what they’ve accomplished...
First case of Omicron variant reported in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has received its first report of a case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, county officials said Friday.
The case was reported Dec. 9 involving someone who was fully vaccinated but has not received a booster. The person had recently returned from...
New website schedules Covid tests up to a week in advance
Santa Clara County on Sept. 21 announced a new website—www.sccfreetest.org—that lets residents schedule a Covid-19 test up to a week ahead of time at certain sites. Appointments for the drive-thru testing at the county fairgrounds can be made five days in advance.
County health officials...
Covid-19 testing continues in Gilroy
Santa Clara County is continuing to offer free Covid-19 diagnostic testing Aug. 11-14 in Gilroy.
These walk-up testing sites provide Covid-19 viral detection tests free of charge without an appointment, symptoms, insurance or a doctor’s note, and regardless of immigration status.
The testing site is located...
San Martin man sentenced to 33 years for violent ‘crime spree’
A San Martin man was sentenced this week to more than 33 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of a slew of violent crimes—some involving firearms—dating back to 2018.
The most recent charges against the defendant, Alfonso Castillo Navarro, 37, are related...
Gilroy Police arrest man in connection with February shooting
A Gilroy shooting suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder by SWAT officers Thursday morning in connection with an incident three months ago in which police said he pulled out a firearm and fired several shots at another motorist following a minor traffic...
Santa Clara County moves into Yellow Tier
Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties moved into the yellow tier of the state's pandemic reopening system Tuesday, becoming the third and fourth counties in the greater Bay Area to move into the least restrictive tier.
The tier change, which will take effect at 12:01am...
