Politics

Visiting and local wine enthusiasts will soon have options besides their sometimes unreliable GPS systems in navigating South County’s 20-plus wineries and vineyards—some tucked deep into the folds of rural hillsides—as county officials approved a new sign program directing motorists to the viticultural destinations.

St. Mary School seventh-graders were transported to 1562 at Queen Mary of Scotland's banquet as part of an intensive social studies lesson on medieval times.

The costs for certain developments within Gilroy are set to increase by up to 15 percent in July after the city council unanimously adopted a resolution this week that officials said will fund long-term planning activities like the General Plan and High Speed Rail Master Plan updates.

Gilroy City Council, despite hearing from nine concerned business owners and residents, strengthened an already existing ordinance to altogether ban a wide variety of signage, from prohibiting A-frame signs within city limits to excluding costumed sign-waving human advertisers from public property.

Gilroy's only overnight homeless shelter closed on March 31 and is slated to reopen in December. Now, the hundreds who used the shelter each day this year may have no other legal—or secure—place to sleep in town.

The General Plan Advisory Committee, tasked with revamping Gilroy’s vision and guiding principles over the next two decades through the General Plan, will be holding a public workshop April 2. Members of the public who participate will have a chance to share their own ideas about Gilroy’s future with City officials at 6:30 p.m. at Eliot Elementary School.

City Council has scheduled a special meeting next week and the items on the agenda will be closed to the public, as they involve union contract negotiations.