Politics

The Gilroy City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to raise residents' and business owners' sewer rates more than 40 percent over the next five years, and city staff say the increases will help fund more than $30 million in repairs and replacements for the region's wastewater system.

The Gilroy City Council will vote on a tentative map and hold a public hearing at the Oct. 21 meeting for a 186 single-family residential lot development located in the East Cluster of the Hecker Pass Specific Plan Area.

A story published Sunday in the San Jose Mercury News was allegedly inaccurate when it reported the City of Gilroy picks up the tab for 16 of the pension contributions employees are supposed to foot, according to City Human Resources Director LeeAnn McPhillips.

The lowest apparent bid for Gilroy's library came in today at

The council has given city unions a choice: compromise or

From raises for top city employees to the possibility of

The rain that hit South County this morning will continue off

While residents, business owners, police and local officials