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Among the plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit are Kirigin Cellars owner Dhruv Khanna and Old City Hall restaurant co-owner Frances Beaudet. Both businesses are in Gilroy.

State and local officials celebrated the addition of 14.1 miles to the Bay Area Ridge Trail May 30, marking the largest single-day dedication in decades for the ambitious project to create a continuous 550-mile loop around the San Francisco Bay Area. The newly dedicated section...

Gilroy High School will become South County’s first mass Covid-19 vaccination site. The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved an agreement Feb. 11 that allows Santa Clara County Public Health to operate a portion of the campus through July 31. According to the...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen on June 9 awarded $60,000 in grants to community organizations combating racial inequity.  Fourteen organizations received funding from the third annual racial justice grant program following a series of social justice reforms in 2020. A total of $160,000...

When Cody Ahola suffered a devastating injury a week before the season-opener in March, he was understandably melancholic. After all, the junior season for many high school athletes are key in the recruiting process.  “When I got injured, I thought it would put a halt...

By early next year, De Paul Health Center’s former emergency room will be renovated to accommodate dozens of hospital beds and a variety of healthcare services in an expanded urgent care clinic, with longer-term plans to develop a skilled nursing home in the Morgan Hill facility’s old hospital wing.

“Due to the federal Medi-Cal cuts, our County-run hospitals and clinics are at risk of closure.” “Under the leadership of the Board of Supervisors, we are fighting to preserve and protect our critical services.” These boldface words from Santa Clara County executive James R. Williams greeted...

Voters in Gilroy will be asked in the Nov. 5 election to approve a quarter-cent local sales tax that would be dedicated strictly to increased police, fire protection and related public safety services.  At the June 17 meeting, the Gilroy City Council voted 6-1 to...

Five men were arrested in relation to a fight that resulted in serious injuries in downtown Gilroy, police said.  The fight occurred about midnight March 31, when Gilroy Police responded to a report of violence in the area of Monterey and Sixth streets. When officers...

Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties may have been exposed to measles in recent days after an infected person from outside the region visited, according to public health officials.  The infected individual traveled out of San Jose Mineta International Airport on July 2, the Santa...