Politics

The bizarre events of December 2015 will be long etched in Gilroy’s political history. Mayor Don Gage stunned the city by resigning without warning a year before his term ended, effectively handing the reins to his political ally, Perry Woodward. The handoff allowed Woodward to run as an incumbent—but not before the duo pushed through approval of a massive farmland annexation that would have, along with other planned developments, made Gilroy one of the Bay Area’s biggest cities—a sprawling urban mass of 120,000 residents, more than double the city’s population today.

The Gilroy City Council honored Ted Carpenetti, who celebrated his 101st birthday on September 17 and was instrumental in building Christmas Hill Park.

Sandwiched between waves of growing criticism over California's controversial bullet train project, high-speed rail's highest honcho paid a vist to Gilroy Friday morning to meet with South County brass.

A position reversal by Councilman Dion Bracco has effectively

The Gilroy City Council last week decided to add another public hearing to its scheduled outreach efforts to create new districts that will take effect in the 2026 and 2028 elections.  That leaves two more public hearings before the council decides which district map to...

Gilroy's non-unionized, high-ranking staff have joined two of

Gilroy Foods employees will no longer have to wait for a break

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer won her slugfest with GOP rival