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April 21, 2026

Updated: City, firefighters reach agreement

After months of often heated negotiations, the city of Gilroy

Local PR pro takes on a big local development challenge

As the local public relations professional behind the 247-megawatt Panoche Valley solar project and the No on Measure J campaign, which failed to stop a citizen-led effort to ban fracking in San Benito County in 2014, Kristina Chavez Wyatt is no stranger to controversy.

Council may ask downtown used car dealers to relocate

GILROY—The Gilroy City Council has begun discussions on revising what types of land uses are allowed downtown, and those talks could result in relocating used car dealerships to the Auto Mall at 10th and Chestnut streets.

Guest Column: Raising free range kids

One of the best ways to attract more kids to walk and bike to school is through events at the schools, and then sending home material to the parents. The kids become the biggest advocates to letting them walk and bike more and especially to school.

Garlic Festival Director Interviews Today

Festival Association officials whittle field down to eight from

Candidate’s financial assets made public

Now that the candidates for Gilroy mayor and City Council are official, each candidate has released at least some of their financial assets, in a form knowns as the California 700. 

‘Vision 2028’ – plan for prosperity

The city council has carved out a vision for Gilroy’s next 15 years and, after its annual two-day strategic planning session, there’s a blueprint that outlines the steps needed to establish Gilroy as one of the most desirable destinations in the country.

Last chance to register to vote today

Today is the last day to register or re-register to vote in the

Hernandez to face Lofgren in Nov. 5 runoff for U.S. Congress

Longtime U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren cruised to a commanding lead as ballots were counted for the March 5 primary election.  Lofgren, who is running for her 15th term in office, will face Hollister resident Peter Hernandez—the only Republican in the five-candidate primary field—in a runoff...

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". 

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