Politics

The price tag and construction timeline for California's high-speed rail project increased significantly Tuesday, as officials unveiled what they call a "realistic" business plan for the state's controversial and expensive transit endeavor.

Perk your ears to these options: Mutt Mondays, Terrier Tuesdays and Shih Tzu Saturdays.

A split Gilroy City Council asked city staff Monday night not to pursue bids for a traffic study on Welburn Avenue - one of the city's busiest streets - because of concerns over the study's price tag and whether the results would foster any changes.

GILROY - Of all the signs that last week's Frys.com Open in San Martin was a success - hoards of Tiger Woods followers, increased revenues, national TV coverage - it's two simple words that may sum it all up.

Leave it to the Gilroy Arts Alliance to see beauty in a string of unoccupied, uninhabitable buildings near the heart of the city's downtown.

Speeders beware - the Gilroy Police Department has secured some extra grant funding, and the money will be put towards nipping traffic violators in the tail lights.