Gilroy’s tobacco grade jumps from failing to above average
After two years in a row of flunking Santa Clara County's tobacco report card, Gilroy upped its enforcement of tobacco retail laws, successfully bumping its grade to a "B".Â
San Jose passes pension measure, unions lament
Voters in San Diego and San Jose overwhelmingly voted to pare back retirement benefits for city employees, setting the stage for a showdown over public pensions in Sacramento later this year.
Gilroy public employees union threatens strike
GILROY—After six months of negotiations with the city, a labor union representing about 100 public employees in Gilroy has threatened to strike for two days in November, according to interim City Administrator Ed Tewes.
Gavilan’s $248M bond passes by slim margin
The future is bright for Gavilan College with the passing of a $248 million bond measure Nov. 6 as well as the election of three new members to its governing body.
A combined 57 percent of voters in Santa Clara and San Benito counties (who...
Deal or no deal? $2.3M for firefighters
Accepting a $2.3 million grant from the federal government to
Story behind Gilroy’s biggest housing complex
Gilroyans say the Alexander Station Apartments, a $95 million project on the corner of 10th Street and Alexander, will be filled with residents bused in from Oakland and will lower the quality of the neighborhood. They say there aren’t enough classrooms for the kids and the future students will be bused to far away schools, rather than those they can walk to.
Bargaining groups keep ‘bumping’ policy in place
When 48 full-time employees lost their jobs after Christmas, a
Prop 15, the ‘fair elections act’, failing
Proposition 15 is currently failing in the polls with 57.7
