Politics

Like applying a brand new coat of nail polish one toenail at a

Roughly 1.3 million Americans, including more than 8,800 Santa Clara County residents, are starting off the New Year on a bleak note after a federal program extending long-term unemployment benefits was shut down Saturday.

The woman who embezzled more than $50,000 from the Rod Kelley Elementary School parent club more than 10 years ago violated her probation by failing to make monthly payments and must appear Tuesday at the Hall of Justice in San Jose.

The Gilroy City Council is adding teeth and toughening up Gilroy's sign ordinance to include a ban on a wide variety of signage, from prohibiting A-frame signs thoughout the city – including downtown – to axing costumed sign waving human advertisers on public property.

In response to a string of theft of copper wire from city-owned facilities over the past two years, Gilroy officials are considering adding teeth to regulations surrounding metal recycling within city limits. State law requires scrap metal recyclers document each transaction and record the seller’s name as a way to prevent theft, but compliance across California varies.

Morgan Hill

Two San Jose businessmen were nearly neck and neck for the

The barbed wire is gone from the fence surrounding the home of

GILROY--Gavilan Community College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them, a trustee confirmed.