Politics

Enthusiasm was high at Gilroy City Council Monday, as a packed chambers watched four new city council members and a mayor get sworn in after a record-breaking election on Nov. 8.

The Gilroy Welcome Center entices travelers to visit Gilroy by marketing the area’s boutique wineries, proximity to beaches and miles of hiking, and for the “destination shopping” boasted in the 147-store Gilroy Premium Outlets.

Dealing with downtown's 18 unreinforced masonry buildings is slow-going but starting to yield results, following City Council's last-ditch effort in June to enforce liens on property owners who were noncompliant in retrofitting their buildings to local and state safety regulations.

The City of Gilroy is racking up thousands of dollars in legal fees as it staunchly resists settling a year-old lawsuit from two firefighter chiefs who claim they were cheated out of overtime pay, according to court records.

Gilroy Library is running a reading program that will make kids feel like they are on a gameshow.

The owner of a San Francisco-based lighting company is questioning why a massive, citywide project was given to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company—and not subject to an open, competitive bidding process.

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...