Politics

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

It’s a day that seemed like it might not ever happen: Robert Rivas was sworn in Friday morning as speaker of the California Assembly. The ascension of the Hollister Democrat—who represents the 29th Assembly District—to lead the lower chamber of the Legislature brings to a...

The City Council has a full agenda for their regular meeting Monday night. Here's a few of the items your community leaders will be discussing:

Gilroy Library is running a reading program that will make kids feel like they are on a gameshow.

Council members' varying takes on binding arbitration

Eight years later, and the contamination of drinking water in

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.

Marijuana may be legal in California, but to federal officials it’s as illegal as cocaine, warned Philip Griego, an attorney who briefed Gilroy business people on marijuana in the workplace Wednesday.

Under a temporary plan, the city will pay 80 percent of sidewalk