Politics

GILROY—A request to add 721 acres north of Gilroy to the city is under review by planners after the city council sidestepped most staff concerns and put it on the fast track to an expected summer vote.

Come January, developers and small business owners will be

The 16 fund-raising groups that won the public safety debate

A new bridge is going up near the intersection of Hecker Pass

The Gilroy City Council on Monday decided to spend more than $5 million of city reserves over the next two years to improve city operations and infrastructure.

By summer of 2015, the largest publicly traded wholesale distributor to the natural, organic and specialty foods industry in North America, plans to have a new distribution center operational in the Garlic Capital.

In the case that won't go away, the city is taking Bruce

City Council members shot down a proposal Monday to amend the

A fourth-generation Gilroyan and small business owner who worked his way up from the bottom, Gilroy City Councilman Dion Bracco is a plain-spoken local leader with a real passion for his community. He has seen Gilroy grow from a small agricultural town into a commuter hub impacted by the growth of Silicon Valley. Instrumental in the founding of the Compassion Center and the South County Youth Task Force, Bracco believes issues like homelessness and gang suppression are best solved regionally. He has been a council member since 2005.