Politics

The San Juan Bautista City Council Tuesday selected former Gilroy Interim City Manager Ed Tewes to serve as the city’s top administrator.

Gavilan College announced self-imposed sanctions this week after recruiting and benefits violations came to light, leading to 17 football players’ dismissal in August.

The Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove is huge—with nine stories, 603 rooms, a full water park, seven restaurants, an arcade, shops, animatronics and a hotel-wide interaction action-adventure video game.

Gilroy city officials visited the Great Wolf Lodge in Southern California and days later a representative from the national water park hotel group came to Gilroy seeking feedback from locals.

iTAN Sun Spray Spa, California’s leading health and beauty salon, will open its first Northern California location, iTAN Morgan Hill, at 106 Cochrane Plaza, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 on Sept. 23-24, 2017. To celebrate its grand opening, iTAN Morgan Hill will offer its services for $1 to local community members on Sept. 23-24, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

When Colin Martin drives around Gilroy he sees, hears and feels things no one else in his family knows about.

Dear Red Phone:

It was already a long week. Working a 96-hour shift as a firefighter in extreme heat, away from home, away from family, can be draining. But when the bell rings, tired or not, members of the Gilroy Fire Department are on the job.

One hundred firefighters from Gilroy Fire Department, Cal Fire and other departments in the county are fighting a five-acre fire burning thick brush on top of the ridge. The GFD has reported no injuries or structures in danger at the moment. An investigation into how the fire started has not yet begun.  As of last night, 22 fire engines were employed to fight the blaze.

Total employees, 678 – most part-time, seasonal