Photos: San Martin Food Truck Fly In
The San Martin Airport presented The Food Truck Fly-In, an event filled with food, aircraft displays, aviation-centered entertainment and live music on Sept. 11. The event included a 9/11 tribute skydive by Skydive Silicon Valley in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist...
Local Scene: Gilroyans graduate from Stanislaus State
The following Gilroy residents graduated from Stanislaus State’s Class of 2025, during commencement ceremonies held May 27-30: Yoanna Garcia, with a bachelor of arts in anthropology; Theodore Alvarez, cum laude with a bachelor of arts in child development; Indra Aradillas, bachelor of arts in...
Gilroy High wrestling juggernaut aims for coveted state title
When it was time to move the rolled-up wrestling mats, Cody Merrill decided he could do a solo job.
So he hoisted one up—picture someone in the Scottish Highland Games doing the caber toss—and carried it a few yards before the mat was eventually stored...
County makes Narcan available at all public libraries
Santa Clara County will begin providing the opioid overdose-reversing medicine naloxone in all county library branches in an effort to make the treatment more widely available.
The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 4 to make naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, available at all...
Police seek to ID owner of dog found injured near Hollister
Authorities are trying to find the owner of a dog that was found abandoned with injuries off the side of a highway near Hollister.
On May 5, officers from Hollister Police Animal Care and Services and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...
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...
Local Scene: Gilroy students earn academic honors
Gilroyan named to dean’s list
Drew Gumin, of Gilroy, has been named to the Pacific University dean’s list for the fall semester. The dean's list recognizes undergraduate students in Pacific's colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business and Education who earn a grade-point average of at...
Riverside man dies in traffic collision near Morgan Hill
A 36-year-old Riverside man died Wednesday after he was hit by a box truck while standing on the shoulder of Highway 101 near Morgan Hill, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The man was securing something to his vehicle on the side of southbound 101...
‘House of Desires’ comes to Gavilan College stage
The Gavilan College Theatre Arts Department will present “House of Desires,” a witty romantic comedy filled with mistaken identities and physical humor, over two upcoming weekends starting May 9-10.
Written by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, “House of Desires” is considered the first published...
Tres Pinos festival keeps bluegrass alive
A premier northern California focal point for the preservation, enjoyment, instruction and performance of bluegrass music is in San Benito County, where the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival takes place the second weekend of August every year in Tres Pinos.
The 31st annual festival, Aug....
