City unions protest wage freeze
A few days after the city council responded to public outcry
Housing wins as Rivas shuffles Legislature leadership deck
Who’s up and who’s down? When the news broke late Nov. 21 that new Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas picked new committee chairpersons and canned others, the Sacramento political sphere was immediately abuzz with talk of winners and losers.
The winners include Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, the Davis...
High-Speed Rail Authority’s decision: Train will run through Gilroy
As expected, the California High-Speed Rail Authority reaffirmed
City’s, Garlic Festival’s main stage left to rot
The Garlic Festival Association would raise its share of money
Are you up for a garlic beer?
The rumors circulating on social media for months are true. Gilroy will get its first brewery and taproom when Golden State Brewery opens later this year at 7560 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, formerly occupied by Net Fitness.
County and its largest union reach tentative agreement three-year contract
Santa Clara County government’s largest union, Service Employees International Union Local 521, representing more than 12,000 workers, announced July 28 it had reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract providing an effective 13% in wage increases over three years.
The announcement came more than...
Council: South Valley pool will stay open
At Monday's City Council meeting, the council passed a $180,000 budget proposal on a narrow 4-3 vote to keep all three pools open for limited use.Â
‘Twisting the presumption of access on its head’
The Gilroy Dispatch plans to submit a formal appeal to City Administrator Tom Haglund this week in an effort to overturn a determination by the City Attorney's Office that the names and pension amounts of six retired police and fire employees who claimed a work-related disability since 2007 are confidential.




















