Politics

Two candidates seeking to become Santa Clara County’s next Assessor emphasized their contrasting backgrounds and visions for modernizing the office during a Meet the Candidate forum Sept. 8 at the Morgan Hill Grange. Yan Zhao, a Saratoga city council member and two-term mayor, and Neysa...

Gilroy

Write-in mayoral candidate Robert Martinez has been watching a lot of politics lately. The supply chain professional wakes up every morning at 4:30 to do his doctor-prescribed exercises and while he gets his body moving, ready to start the day, the latest media showdown between the two presidential contenders, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump provides the soundtrack to his morning, and this has got him thinking.

A community arts center could be open sometime next month after

The General Plan Advisory Committee, tasked with revamping Gilroy’s vision and guiding principles over the next two decades through the General Plan, will be holding a public workshop April 2. Members of the public who participate will have a chance to share their own ideas about Gilroy’s future with City officials at 6:30 p.m. at Eliot Elementary School.

For more than a decade, patrol officers with the Gilroy Police Department have been primarily working four 10-hour shifts a week. According to a recent study of the department's inner workings, that practice is outdated and doesn't meet the needs of the burgeoning community—and the Gilroy Police Officers Association and the City have agreed to make a historic change.

On the last day that he can qualify as a candidate, Councilman

The local Amah Mutsun tribe has vaulted to No. 3 in line for