Bin Laden raid years in the making, minutes in execution
It took years for the U.S. military to track Osama bin Laden down, finding him not in a cave in the inaccessible tribal regions of Pakistan, but in a sumptuous luxury compound built just six years ago in the same city that is home to Pakistan's most prestigious military academy. Full article
Sex Allegations Rock GPD
Members of the Gilroy Police Department are accused of hosting sex parties, exposing themselves at a Christmas party and having inappropriate relations with young Police Explorers in a suit filed by a police dispatcher who was fired in 2015.
Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet
President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team
List of potential candidates grows for GUSD, council election
The last day for candidates to submit qualifying paperwork to run in local elections on the November ballot is Aug. 9.
As of Aug. 7, two of three Gilroy City Council incumbents—Zach Hilton and Fred Tovar—whose terms expire this year have declared their candidacy to...
Voters to narrow presidential race, decide local issues on Tuesday
Residents of South County, California and 21 other states will
Green voted as new county board president
Trustee Darcie Green was unanimously voted as new board president for the Santa Clara County Board of Education for the coming year during the Dec. 10 meeting, while Trustee Anna Song was given full support from her fellow board members to be named vice president.Green was appointed to the board in 2012 to fill a vacancy in Area 6. She currently serves as the community and government relations manager for Kaiser Permanente South Bay, according to SCCBOE staff. Green was named recipient of the 2014 Barbara Jordan Leadership Award, which honors young elected officials who demonstrate a distinguished record of public service to their community.Son was elected to the board in 200 as the first Korean-born female to be elected in California’s history, according to the SCCOE announcement. She also serves on the County School Boards Association Executive Board.
Business community hopes for ‘compromise’ on signs
GILROY—The Gilroy business community’s leader is hoping for a compromise on the city’s law governing advertising signs and banners, in light of the recent denial of a request to open up communication lines with city staff.
