Politics

The future is bright for Gavilan College with the passing of a $248 million bond measure Nov. 6 as well as the election of three new members to its governing body. A combined 57 percent of voters in Santa Clara and San Benito counties (who...

Three developers, including the Glen-Loma Corporation, owned by Filice family members who are longtime residents and developers in Gilroy, have sued the City of Gilroy for thousands of dollars in relief for "unjustified and excessive development fees" as well as unspecified attorney fees, according to court documents.

But he says former restaurateur didn't do his part in removing

The election of Mike Wasserman to the Santa Clara County Board

After a long period of convoluted and emotionally charged discussion, Council voted 4-1 during Monday's regular meeting to make an exception to a city ordinance that limits the number of market-value residential allotments to approve a 91-unit residential project west of Monterey Street and east of Wren Avenue, near Gilroy Veterinary Hospital. 

Residents persuade council to reject truck lot in their

GILROY - California residents want another chance to weigh-in on the state's controversial and expensive high-speed rail project, according to a poll of 1,000 voters released this week. And if given the opportunity, the majority of them wouldn't vote to approve the project again, the poll shows.

In the wake of half a decade of drought and torrential rains last winter, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is proposing an $800 million dam that will make the Pacheco Reservoir 25 times bigger and ease droughts and floods, the district says.

More than three years have passed since Santa Clara County voters approved the Valley Transportation Authority's Measure B in November 2008 for a 1/8-cent sales tax increase for a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) extension.