Politics

For members of the City of Gilroy Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, the ride has been a little bumpy. For Zach Hilton, a first-year chairperson and a Gilroyan who works as a firefighter in Oakland, maneuvering around the bumps in the road are worth the...

Police and restaurant owners pressed by a sour economy clashed

Council unanimously voted to appoint Councilman Perry Woodward to the role of Mayor Pro Tempore, as recommended by Mayor Don Gage.

A proposed “Quality of Life” sales tax or bond measure originally floated by Mayor Don Gage as a mechanism to fund city capital improvement projects has taken a turn to include funding for additional public safety positions and upgrades to emergency communications equipment.

Following a recent court ruling that found the City of Los Angeles’ ban on living in a vehicle unconstitutional, local advocates for the homeless will ask Gilroy officials to stop punishing those who have no other place to sleep.

At this time, we’re housing our children in school buildings where their own parents attended classes 30 or 40 years ago. The average age of schools in the Gilroy Unified School District is 30 years old and five schools are more than 50 years old. The District has taken great care of the schools but they need to be renovated and rebuilt.

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.

Political signs that cluttered almost every available chain-link