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June 27, 2026

Family traumatized by false arrest

Kristy Hoenck, 36, was sleeping in her south Gilroy Spanish-style home on a quiet cul-de-sac when she heard her Ring doorbell alert going off and saw a video showing two shadows next to her cars in the driveway. She had just had surgery that day and was still dazed from anesthesia.

Grand Opening for the New Paseo

Downtown Gilroy just got a little more historical, educational and convenient.

Are California Historical Markers Racist?

In an address at the United Nations, a South Valley Native American leader said a campaign to recognize California’s historic El Camino Real trail is an attempt to rob Native American’s of their heritage while honoring their oppressors.

Traffic calm enough on upper Welburn, study says

In a move that may spur outrage no matter the outcome, the Gilroy City Council on Monday decided to reverse course on upper Welburn and remove contentious No Turn signs installed earlier this year.

City studies spending on sewers, crosswalks, fire truck

The Gilroy City Council on Monday, May 8 held a study session on Gilroy’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan. Nearly $23 million in projects—28 in all—were presented by city staff for review. Projects ranged from one-off items including demolishing city-owned property on Dowdy Street to ongoing work like city-wide sewer repair and rehabilitation.

Guest Column: What to do about Gilroy’s rising debt?

With the budget crisis facing Gilroy, one thing is evident, the status quo is not going to cut it anymore. Changes in how government delivers service and what those services costs are going to happen whether or not you like it or not. That is just a simple fact of economics; we are living in a time of limited resources with huge unfunded liabilities created by overly generous salaries and pension benefits made to public employees and mounting costs of repairing our aging infrastructure.

LOCAL SCENE: Huuge Weekend in Gilroy

Strollin’ Around

San Martin Residents Think Porta Potty Plan Stinks

On the corner of Sycamore Avenue and East San Martin Avenue in San Martin, an empty, grassy parcel of land has generated some controversy in the small, unincorporated locality, between Gilroy and Morgan Hill. Middleton Consulting out of Tacoma Washington is in the application process to construct a storage facility for portable toilets on the land and some San Martin residents nearby think the idea stinks.

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