Politics

The U.S. Supreme Court justices Tuesday heard arguments in its first abortion-related case under President Trump, and “pregnancy centers” in Gilroy and Hollister were center stage. In a story that led nearly every major national news report on Tuesday, lawyers for the National Institute of...

More than three years have passed since Santa Clara County voters approved the Valley Transportation Authority's Measure B in November 2008 for a 1/8-cent sales tax increase for a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) extension.

The most dangerous intersection in town is the one on Murray Avenue and Leavesley Road with 35 collisions, including three DUIs and one involving a pedestrian, according to a report released during a special city council study session. Out of the top 10 dangerous intersections...

The group of Asian investors who offered to buy Gilroy Gardens

At a time when City Hall is pinching every penny, cutting money

The state’s petroleum industry is spending $320,000 in the District 30 State Assembly race to defeat fundraising frontrunner Robert Rivas. The San Benito County supervisor hopes to succeed Anna Caballero, who is running for state senate this year and represents a district that stretches...

Despite maintaining the highest unemployment rate in the county,

Thirty years is a long time, but to tack on another seven for needed upgrades to City Hall, that was tough amidst peeling wallpaper, dangling blinds and worn out floor covering once trod on by a motorcycle driven by a new city council member.

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