Politics

Sixteen days after the polls opened for the June 8 primary

In response to growing concerns about speeding and other traffic dangers in neighborhoods, the Gilroy City Council heard a plan for a new Neighborhood Traffic Management program Aug. 27. The plan had originally been presented at a May 21 meeting, but adjustments were made following...

Gilroy's auto dealerships are getting a new street name and improved signage on U.S. 101 as the City goes into overdrive to attract big-spending car buyers. Chestnut Street from 10th Street to Luchessa Avenue will be renamed Auto Mall Parkway in the coming months, and in a coup for Gilroy, Caltrans will also put in “Auto Mall Parkway” signs on the highway at no cost to local taxpayers.

GILROY—After banning them everywhere but downtown, the city has moved to reverse that stand and allow A-frame signs in all business districts.

GILROY--Gavilan Community College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them, a trustee confirmed.

The City of Gilroy could take an unprecedented turn for transparency by baring all when it comes to contract negotiations with employees.

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For the first time in eight years, water rates will not rise.

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.

GILROY—In a split vote Monday that rejected much public sentiment and planning commission advice, the Gilroy City Council embraced urban growth far beyond city limits while at the same time preserving a big swath of prime farmland.