Politics

What appears to be a split vote taken weeks ago behind closed

The ambitious Gilroy Civic Center Master Plan Draft calls for the demolition of City Hall and its annex building, Wheeler Auditorium, the senior center and a stretch of Hanna Street between Sixth and Seventh streets. The long-term public development plan includes a new City...

The developers behind a proposed quarry-cum-neighborhood project

He came to Gilroy as deputy district attorney prosecuting drug dealers and bad financial actors. Mayor Pro Tempore Peter Leroe-Muñoz is a Harvard Law School alum with a first-hand understanding of public safety issues affecting the region. No longer in the running for state Assembly, having dropped out of the race in January, Leroe-Muñoz has two more years left in his term on the City Council. In this Q&A he addresses a major project’s effect on the communications capabilities of law enforcement and emergency responders across the region, as well as a rumour about his residency.

Jerry and Janet Larner bought their dream house for $460,000 in 2004, a 1,200-square-foot bungalow with a view of flowery fields and green hills along Hecker Pass they hoped to live in for the rest of their lives.

Rushed commuters and bicyclists hardly see eye to eye, but both

Gilroy city planners are considering the possibility of using