Guest Column: Build the High Speed Rail Above Downtown Gilroy
For months there has been controversy swirling around the potential advent of High Speed Rail in our community. Many people wish it would not come at all. Others have been hoping for more details about how it will effect Gilroy, which have been lacking until recently.
Newsom outlines plan for state budget deficit
California is in a budget hole, its depth measured not in feet, but in dollars.
How deep? A projected $38 billion deficit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said Jan. 10 he will declare a fiscal emergency when necessary and unveiled his initial plan to...
Former developer owes city $45K for barbed wire fence
A former Gilroy developer who constructed a 9-foot-tall barbed wire fence around his home after he was savagely beaten in 2008 owes the City of Gilroy more than $45,000 in fees that started with a simple $200 citation for his out-of-code safety precaution.
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.
VTA gets in gear for U.S. 101 widening project
The traffic bottleneck that drivers encounter south of Gilroy on U.S. 101 could be a thing of the past if a proposed Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) development gets off the ground.
City’s, Garlic Festival’s main stage left to rot
The Garlic Festival Association would raise its share of money























