Meet the Candidates: Rachel Perez
In the first district election in its nearly 100-year history, two candidates are vying for the one contested seat on the Gavilan Joint Community College District Board of Trustees.
Census shifts supervisorial boundaries
If it wasn't ascertained by the increase of cars on the road or
Council debates proposed election ethics ordinance
For the first time since it was conceived by a city open
Dancing, used police firearms on city council agenda
On Monday, the Gilroy City Council will consider a new, more specific version of the city's entertainment ordinance that could relax regulations on dancing downtown.
Local Native American Mining Battle Brewing
Native Americans say mining operations proposed for 30 years at the sprawling Sargent Ranch in Gilroy will hurt the environment and land sacred to their tribe, but the developer says he will do all he can to protect Indian resources.
Can we keep millennials in Gilroy?
Gilroy officials have made a priority of keeping millennials–people in their 20s and 30s–in town after they graduate from college. The challenge is daunting, according to a survey of Gavilan students, who say the city is boring, too expensive and doesn’t have adequate housing.
City hires firm to gauge voter support for ‘Quality of Life Bond’
Following Mayor Don Gage's explanation of the “why” behind his proposed plan for a “Quality of Life” bond measure, Council members listened to the “how” from the City's Finance Director Christina Turner and President /CEO Catherine Lew of the Oakland-based Lew Edwards Group, during Monday night's regular City Council meeting.
