Politics

UNFI general manager Crystal Brennan cuts the red ribbon at the the company’s state-of-the-art distribution center in Gilroy on Tuesday. She is flanked by UNFI employees and Gilroy Chamber of Commerce president Mark Turner, Gilroy Economic Development Corporation president Tammy Brownlow, Mayor Perry Woodward and Gilroy City Councilwoman Terri Aulman.

With more people buying homes downtown, South County Housing no

California Proposition 1A on the May 19 ballot would make

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

City officials plan on turning up the heat on owners of buildings deemed unfit to survive a high magnitude earthquake, especially those who have not complied with Gilroy's unreinforced masonry ordinance. At the Aug. 18 City Council meeting, Mayor Don Gage advocated for increasing fines on delinquent property owners.

A wrangling over whether the City of Gilroy would contract out