Red Barn supporters seek access for cleanup days
GILROY—Citizens seeking to save and rehabilitate an old barn in Christmas Hill Park requested approval this week from city officials to hold two volunteer-led cleanup days in November.
Vocal Murray Avenue residents, council and frustrated applicant resolve road conflict surrounding industrial park
A split city council, outspoken neighbors and a group of
City hires two new police officers
Two new police officers for the Gilroy Police Department, Adam Moon and Raul Razo, will be introduced at the Sept. 16 City Council meeting.
Gilroyans get into local government
Calling it the “best turnout they've seen in years,” City Council members were delighted with the sheer number of applicants who showed up eager to serve on City committees during the regular meeting Monday.
Dover reelected to Gavilan School Board
Incumbent Mark Dover has been reelected to the Gavilan College Board of Trustees, winning the race with a healthy 16,877 votes.
A talk from the heart about second chances
Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) made a special appearance at Central High School Friday to speak to students. With about 100 or so students, Mayor Steve Tate, Morgan Hill Unified School District Superintendent Wes Smith and trustees Claudia Rossi and Ron Woolf, the assembly member spoke about his childhood and how he got to the state capitol. He said he was arrested at 16 while attending Watsonville High School and was put on juvenile probation. After another offense his senior year, the school told him with one more problem, he would be expelled.
Santa Clara County moves to restrict ICE activity on public property
Local officials across the Bay Area are developing strategies to protect immigrant communities as the Trump administration considers deploying federal immigration enforcement agents to the region, with some municipalities taking aggressive protective measures while others adopt more cautious approaches.
The administration recently canceled planned enforcement...
