Drought strikes nerve at legislative summit
GILROY—The second-annual South County Legislative Summit was a who’s-who of elected officials that included U.S. Congress representatives and South County mayors pro tem.
How will city grapple with homelessness?
They are the women pushing shopping carts full of blankets down Monterey Street. They are the men who sleep under pine trees in Christmas Hill Park. They are the families who give their kids sponge baths in their cars before they head to school.
Thou shalt paseo
Ask a handful of downtown business owners how they feel about demolishing two vacant buildings to make way for a pair of paseos on Monterey Street, and the answer repeats itself like a staggered chorus:
New turn signs have neighbors fuming
New turning restrictions on upper Welburn Avenue and Mantelli Drive drew ire from nearly 200 people Tuesday night, who packed the cafeteria of Luigi Aprea Elementary School.
Water district does not raise rates for first time in eight years
For the first time in eight years, water rates will not rise.
Mayor visits Gilroy Healthcare center
Gilroy Mayor Al Pinheiro stopped by a local health care facility
City Council debates secrecy of salary votes
The city councilman who wrote Gilroy's Open Government Ordinance
City hires $100K community development liaison
The City of Gilroy brings on a new hire from the City of San Jose planning department to take on the role of Development Center Manager, a newly created position that largely deals with fostering development within the city.
Council OKs Hecker Pass ‘agri-tourist’ plan
A divided Gilroy City Council on July 2 narrowly approved an “agri-tourist” commercial development near Hecker Pass Highway (CA 152) and Santa Teresa Boulevard.
Four council members—Daniel Harney, Peter Leroe-Muñoz, Fred Tovar and Cat Tucker—rebuffed pleas from Mayor Roland Velasco and a standing-room-only crowd of...
